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Date Posted: 23:13:50 06/17/11 Fri
Author: Rick
Subject: Favorite moments in 'Bombay Mail' (1934)

A list of your favorite moments would do nicely. Thank you.






Rick

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[> Re: Favorite moments in 'Bombay Mail' (1934) -- Officer Torch, 18:23:43 06/19/11 Sun [1]

-The music...for the most part, the familiar sections used also in the Flash Gordon serial trilogy.

-The trains.(I happen to be a train buff.)

-Good acting by Edmund Lowe as Inspector Dyke.

-Pretty good cast in general, and overall acting as well.

-Fast moving, interesting movie/colorful cast of characters. All moments basically favorite to me in this oldie rarely seen on TV now.

-Good mystery story overall, exotic like settings & places indicated.

(Tim...you take it...you're good at details here.)


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[> Re: Favorite moments in 'Bombay Mail' (1934) -- Tim, 20:18:41 06/29/11 Wed [1]

Edmund Lowe was a really good actor, it's a shame he is so seldom seen and rarely mentioned today.

Great post above by Officer Torch. I like the trains as well, although I have never gotten to ride a passenger train (not very many in my area). You can't beat a train ride from Calcutta to Bombay for exotic intrigue.

Trains have played a big role in many mystery and adventure films, including a number of Alfred Hitchcock classics.

Here are two of my favorite Inspector Dyke lines, one from early in the story, the other from the conclusion.

"No one really searches thoroughly, captain, except myself."

"...and as I remember, his wife was a very charming lady."


Tim


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[> [> Re: Favorite moments in 'Bombay Mail' (1934) -- Officer Torch, 07:47:15 08/08/11 Mon [1]

Yo...Sgt.Tim

A bit untimely this post here and a tad off thread, but if you're interested, here's a list of good movies involving trains (I know there are many more, it's just that these are moreso favorites with me. Perhaps more that I forgot.) Ok, so in addition to Bombay Mail, lets perhaps include some of these, and if any readers or visitors to this forum wish to add or comment, please do so.

-Danger Lights...an oldie with Robt.Armstrong, from 1930, even includes a tug of war using steam locos! Amazing

-Emperor of the North...re nasty freight train (w/steam loco)conductor who dislikes hobo types.

-The General...1926 silent classic, w/Buster Keaton

-Runaway Train 1985 re bad guys on a runaway

-Under Siege Pt 2 w/S.Seagal 1995

-Unstopable 2010 D.Washington & Chris Pine

-Many others, but above moreso my favorites re trains, also some segments indicated below:

-The Nazi train/tank battle in 007 film "Goldeneye."

-Train scenes in 1965s war film Von Ryan's Express

-On train action in 007s From Russia With Love.

I'm a train buff... many were used in movies for decades. They were a vital part of the expansion of our country, transport of people, materials, and folklore...certainly sources of adventure and intrigue as well.


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[> [> [> Trains in the movies -- Tim, 00:04:14 08/11/11 Thu [1]

An excellent list Officer Torch, including several I have not seen. Passenger trains certainly loom large in movie history, no doubt about it.

Alfred Hitchcock seemed to fancy using trains in his pictures, including The Lady Vanishes (1938), Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Strangers on a Train (1951) and North by Northwest (1959).


Tim


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[> [> [> [> Re: Shanghai Express (1932) -- Rick, 22:23:28 08/18/11 Thu [1]

Don't forget this one!






Rick


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