Sunday, March 29, 2009

Body and soul (1947) - John Garfield, Lilli Palmer

Rating 8.0/10
Runtime: 106 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Robert Rossen
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039204/

Cast

John Garfield ... Charlie Davis
Lilli Palmer ... Peg Born
Hazel Brooks ... Alice
Anne Revere ... Anna Davis
William Conrad ... Quinn
Joseph Pevney ... Shorty Polaski
Lloyd Gough ... Roberts

Description: Charley Davis wins an amateur boxing match and is taken on by promoter Quinn. Charley's mother doesn't want him to fight, but when Charley's father is accidentally killed, Charley sets up a fight for money. His career blooms as he wins fight after fight, but soon an unethical promoter named Roberts begins to show an interest in Charley, and Charley finds himself faced with increasingly difficult choices.

Screens:

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Download links:

http://www.filesonic.com/file/2261981661/Bo_dy_andsoul.part1.rar
http://www.filesonic.com/file/2262127771/Bo_dy_andsoul.part2.rar
http://www.filesonic.com/file/2262306361/Bo_dy_andsoul.part3.rar
http://www.filesonic.com/file/2262403241/Bo_dy_andsoul.part4.rar
http://www.filesonic.com/file/2262541141/Bo_dy_andsoul.part5.rar
http://www.filesonic.com/file/2262633311/Bo_dy_andsoul.part6.rar
http://www.filesonic.com/file/2262747241/Bo_dy_andsoul.part7.rar
http://www.filesonic.com/file/2262724391/Bo_dy_andsoul.part8.rar



Video and audio information:

Video : 1.27 GB, 1805 Kbps, 25.0 fps, 640*480 (4:3), XVID = XVID Mpeg-4
Audio : 91 MB, 126 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channel, 0x55 = Lame MP3


Password: www.onlyoldmovies.info

Sunday, March 22, 2009

From here to eternity (1953) - Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster, Frank Sinatra, Deborah Kerr

Rating 7.8/10
Runtime: 113 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Fred Zinnemann
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045793/

Cast

Burt Lancaster ... 1st Sgt. Milton Warden
Montgomery Clift ... Pvt. Robert E. Lee 'Prew' Prewitt
Deborah Kerr ... Karen Holmes
Donna Reed ... Alma Burke (Lorene)
Frank Sinatra ... Pvt. Angelo Maggio
Philip Ober ... Capt. Dana 'Dynamite' Holmes
Mickey Shaughnessy ... Cpl. Leva
Harry Bellaver ... Pvt. Mazzioli
Ernest Borgnine ... Sgt. James R. 'Fatso' Judson

Description: It's 1941. Robert E. Lee Prewitt has requested Army transfer and has ended up at Schofield in Hawaii. His new captain, Dana Holmes, has heard of his boxing prowess and is keen to get him to represent the company. However, 'Prew' is adamant that he doesn't box anymore, so Captain Holmes gets his subordinates to make his life a living hell. Meanwhile Sergeant Warden starts seeing the captain's wife, who has a history of seeking external relief from a troubled marriage. Prew's friend Maggio has a few altercations with the sadistic stockade Sergeant 'Fatso' Judson, and Prew begins falling in love with social club employee Lorene. Unbeknownst to anyone, the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor looms in the distance.

Screens:

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Download links:

http://www.filefactory.com/file/2y3gicfsdr6r/n/From_here_to_eternity_1953_torrent

Also included additional extras (with English, French, Dutch, German, Italian subtitles)

* Featurette "The Making Of From Here To Eternity"
* Excerpt from "Fred Zinnemann: As I See It" (80 MB)


Video and audio information:

Video : 1.32 GB, 1670 Kbps, 25 fps, 640*480 (4:3), XviD = XviD MPEG-4 1.2.1
Audio : 60 MB, 74 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channel, 0x55 = Lame MP3


Subtitles (English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish and Turkish (in IDX/SUB format) included


Dual audio track information


This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English, and the other is additional audio commentary by Tim Zinnemann (son of the director) and actor Alvin Sargent. You can use VLC Player to easily choose between any of audio tracks or you can use VirtualDub to get rid of any of audio tracks by following these steps:


1. Download Virtualdub from that WWW address:

http://www.virtualdub.org/download.html

2. Download your version, unzip the files, start the program by running VirtualDub.exe

3. From “File” tab choose “Open video file” and find your dual audio file on your HDD (or you can simply drag and drop movie file into program window)

4. If any warning window pops up, just click on “OK”

5. From “Video” tab choose “Direct stream copy” option (very important, do not miss that step)

6. From “Audio” tab choose which audio stream you want to use, usually English is Stream 1, and commentary is on Stream 2, but to be 100 % sure use preview option that VD provides by clicking on “Play” button on the butttom of program window when video file is loaded. Of course you can get rid of original audio and save the file with commentary that way too, just by choosing other stream.

7. From “File” tab choose “Save AVI file”, put movie name and choose destination folder and then click on OK. Program will start its job after no more than 2 minutes your only one audio track movie should be ready.

Saturday, March 21, 2009

How green was my valley (1941) - Maureen O'Hara, John Ford

Rating 7.9/10
Runtime: 118 min
Language: English/Welsh
Country: USA
Directed by: John Ford
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033729/

Cast

Walter Pidgeon ... Mr. Gruffydd
Maureen O'Hara ... Angharad
Anna Lee ... Bronwyn
Donald Crisp ... Mr. Morgan
Roddy McDowall ... Huw
John Loder ... Ianto
Sara Allgood ... Mrs. Morgan

Description: This story of a Welsh valley's turn-of-the-century descent from pristine paradise to despoiled coal mining region, is told in flashback form by Huw Morgan, an old man who has decided to leave the valley forever. Huw is the youngest in a family of 6 brothers and 1 sister and the film centers on his struggle toward manhood amid conflicting demands of faith, economics, education and family loyalty in a Wales caught in an irreversible shift from a pastoral to an industrialized society. The story, based on the novel by Richard Llewellyn, is accented by an impressive background of Welsh choral music and quaint patterns of speech.

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Download links:

CD 1

http://rapidshare.com/files/285549643/Green_vall_ey_1.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285552696/Green_vall_ey_1.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285555194/Green_vall_ey_1.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285552328/Green_vall_ey_1.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285551167/Green_vall_ey_1.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285555123/Green_vall_ey_1.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285552853/Green_vall_ey_1.part7.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285555152/Green_vall_ey_1.part8.rar


CD 2

http://rapidshare.com/files/285551039/Green_vall_ey_2.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285551227/Green_vall_ey_2.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285552075/Green_vall_ey_2.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285555878/Green_vall_ey_2.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285552735/Green_vall_ey_2.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285553595/Green_vall_ey_2.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285553014/Green_vall_ey_2.part7.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285553336/Green_vall_ey_2.part8.rar



Video and audio information:

Video : 610 MB, 1331 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 576*432 (4:3), XVID = XVID Mpeg-4
Audio : 88 MB, 192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x2000 = AC-3 ACM Codec


Subtitles (English, Portuguese) + sample (5.25 MB)

http://rapidshare.com/files/315717604/Gr_valley_subs_sample.rar


Password: www.onlyoldmovies.blogspot.com

Friday, March 20, 2009

The hidden fortress aka Kakushi-toride no san-akunin (1958) - Akira Kurosawa

Rating 8.0/10
Runtime: 138 min
Language: Japanese (English subtitles hardcoded)
Country: Japan
Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051808/

Cast

ToshirĂ´ Mifune ... General Rokurota Makabe
Misa Uehara ... Princess Yuki
Minoru Chiaki ... Tahei
Kamatari Fujiwara ... Matakishi
Takashi Shimura ... The Old General, Izumi Nagakura
Toshiko Higuchi ... Farmer's Daughter bought from slave trader

Description: Two luckless peasants, Tahei and Matashichi (Minoru Chiaki and Kamatari Fujiwara) escape the aftermath of a battle. While trying to make their way home, they meet and begin to travel with General Rokurota Makabe (Toshiro Mifune). The general is trying to transport the princess of a defeated royal family and what remains of their wealth to safe territory in secret. The peasants mostly impede his mission sometimes trying to run off with the gold. They are later joined by a farmer’s daughter (Toshiko Higuchi), whom they acquire at an inn from a slave-trader, or procurer. Together, the five make an arduous and desperate trek through enemy territory, transporting a treasure of gold that the princess and the general hope to use to rebuild the princess's military to one day retake her land and rebuild her realm.

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Download links:

CD 1

http://rapidshare.com/files/285549518/T_hidd_fortress_1.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285550935/T_hidd_fortress_1.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285551868/T_hidd_fortress_1.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285556294/T_hidd_fortress_1.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285549752/T_hidd_fortress_1.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285550682/T_hidd_fortress_1.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285552517/T_hidd_fortress_1.part7.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285554130/T_hidd_fortress_1.part8.rar


CD 2

http://rapidshare.com/files/285552222/T_hidd_fortress_2.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285552229/T_hidd_fortress_2.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285552821/T_hidd_fortress_2.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285553232/T_hidd_fortress_2.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285554995/T_hidd_fortress_2.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285553919/T_hidd_fortress_2.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285551786/T_hidd_fortress_2.part7.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285550798/T_hidd_fortress_2.part8.rar



Video and audio information:

Video : 604 MB, 1216 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 608*256, XVID = XVID Mpeg-4
Audio : 95 MB, 192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channel, 0x2000 = AC-3 ACM Codec

Subtitles (Spanish, Portuguese, Polish) + sample (6.5 MB)

http://rapidshare.com/files/287726238/The_H_Fortress_subs_sample.rar


Password: www.onlyoldmovies.blogspot.com

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Le notti bianche aka The white nights (1957)

Rating 8.0/10
Runtime: 102 min
Language: Italian
Country: Italy/France
Directed by: Luchino Visconti
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050782/

Cast

Maria Schell ... Natalia
Marcello Mastroianni ... Mario
Jean Marais ... Tenant
Marcella Rovena ... Landlady
Giorgio Albertazzi ... Narrator (voice)

Description: A love triangle, the past invades the present. Mario, a shy man new in Venice, chats up a crying woman on a bridge. She's Natalia, waiting for a lover gone for a year who promised to return. For three nights, Mario accompanies Natalia, assists her, distracts her, dances with her, and falls in love. He's the present, real; can he pull Natalia into his arms, away from the past and from love for a man who will probably never return? On the third night, just before dawn, it snows...

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Download links:

http://rapidshare.com/files/285550315/Wh-Nights_notti_b.part01.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285553295/Wh-Nights_notti_b.part02.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285550706/Wh-Nights_notti_b.part03.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285550882/Wh-Nights_notti_b.part04.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285549699/Wh-Nights_notti_b.part05.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285550544/Wh-Nights_notti_b.part06.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285549452/Wh-Nights_notti_b.part07.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285555077/Wh-Nights_notti_b.part08.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285554835/Wh-Nights_notti_b.part09.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285552662/Wh-Nights_notti_b.part10.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285552405/Wh-Nights_notti_b.part11.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285553123/Wh-Nights_notti_b.part12.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285553827/Wh-Nights_notti_b.part13.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285554677/Wh-Nights_notti_b.part14.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285550121/Wh-Nights_notti_b.part15.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/285551573/Wh-Nights_notti_b.part16.rar



Video and audio information:

Video : 1.23 GB, 1740 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 672*400 (16:9), XVID = XVID Mpeg-4
Audio : 139 MB, 192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channel, 0x2000 = AC-3 ACM Codec


Subtitles (English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, Serbian) + sample (6.2 MB)

http://rapidshare.com/files/287726809/Le_n_bian_subs_sample.rar


Password: www.onlyoldmovies.blogspot.com

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Ballad of a soldier aka Ballada o soldate (1959)

Rating 8.2/10
Runtime: 89 min
Language: Russian
Country: Soviet Union
Directed by: Grigori Chukhrai
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052600/

Cast

Vladimir Ivashov ... Pvt. Alyosha Skvortsov
Zhanna Prokhorenko ... Shura
Antonina Maksimova ... The mother
Nikolai Kryuchkov ... The general
Yevgeni Urbansky ... Vasya (the invalid)
Elza Lezhdey ... The invalid's wife

Description: During World War II, 19 year old soldier Alyosha gets a medal as a reward for a heroic act at the front. Instead of this medal he asks for a few days leave to visit his mother and repair the roof of their home. On the train eastwards he meets Shura who is on her way to her aunt. In those few days traveling together they fall in love.

Screens:

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Download link (torrent file):

http://www.filefactory.com/file/zovhxedhg33/Ballada_o_soldate_(1959).torrent


Video and audio information:

Video : 637 MB, 1947 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 512*384 (4:3), DX50 = DivXNetworks Divx v5
Audio : 62 MB, 192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channel, 0x2000 = AC-3 ACM Codec


Subtitles (English, Spanish, Polish) included

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

The blue dahlia (1946) - Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake in classic film noir

Rating 7.3/10
Runtime: 95 min
Language: USA
Country: English
Directed by: George Marshall
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038369/

Cast

Alan Ladd ... Johnny Morrison (Lt.Cmdr., ret.)
Veronica Lake ... Joyce Harwood
William Bendix ... Buzz Wanchek
Howard Da Silva ... Eddie Harwood
Doris Dowling ... Helen Morrison
Tom Powers ... Capt. Hendrickson

Description: Ex-bomber pilot Johnny Morrison and his buddies George and Buzz (who, with a metal plate in his head, can't stand "monkey music"), return from the war to their home town, Hollywood. In a rude homecoming, Johnny finds his wife Helen behaving like a tramp with oily nightclub owner Eddie Harwood. His marriage over, Johnny wanders off into the night, leaving his gun behind...and someone uses it to murder Helen. Dodging cops and seeking the real killer, Johnny is aided by blonde Joyce, who just happens to be the estranged wife of Eddie Harwood...

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Download links

http://www.fileserve.com/file/46KZMqp/Bl_dah__lia.part1.rar
http://www.fileserve.com/file/mMxfckA/Bl_dah__lia.part2.rar
http://www.fileserve.com/file/r6Tkb7D/Bl_dah__lia.part3.rar
http://www.fileserve.com/file/gEhbxqS/Bl_dah__lia.part4.rar
http://www.fileserve.com/file/dwEdAyQ/Bl_dah__lia.part5.rar
http://www.fileserve.com/file/P5W3Znz/Bl_dah__lia.part6.rar
http://www.fileserve.com/file/ptUcswz/Bl_dah__lia.part7.rar



Video and audio information:

Video : 1.19 GB, 1799 Kbps, 25.0 fps, 640*496 (1.29:1), XVID = XVID Mpeg-4
Audio : 130 MB, 192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x55 = MPEG Layer-3


Password: www.onlyoldmovies.info

Monday, March 16, 2009

A movie each day :)

I got a crazy time in my life nowadays so I just thought I might do something crazy on the blog so...

I will be posting new movie each day from tomorrow to Sunday :)

Nice, huh?

What can you expect?

1. Film noir I mentioned before - not quite known, but quite enjoyable :)

2. Some of Italian-French cooperation cinematography :)

3. Some of Japanese cinematography :P

4. Some of Russian (!!) cinematography

5. John Ford drama

6. War romance :)


And something more - if there is a person that wants to help me provide movies to be posted, got their own rips, and can co-operate with me with all the details, please feel free to leave some comments

Monday, March 9, 2009

Music from classic movies era? :)

Is anyone interested? :)

I got some of Fred Astaire songs in MP3 format, from his musicals, and might get some others

I may try to post them if there is interest :)

EDIT: Will post some Marylin Monroe and Fred Astaire on the weekend...and brand new film-noir movie, maybe even on Friday

Friday, March 6, 2009

Mr Smith goes to Washington (1939) - classic drama directed by Frank Capra, starring James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains and Edward Arnold

Rating 8.1/10
Runtime: 129 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Frank Capra
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031679/

Cast

James Stewart ... Jefferson Smith
Jean Arthur ... Saunders
Claude Rains ... Senator Joseph Paine
Edward Arnold ... Jim Taylor
Guy Kibbee ... Governor Hopper
Thomas Mitchell ... Diz Moore

Description: Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed on a lark by the spineless governor of his state. He is reunited with the state's senior senator - presidential hopeful and childhood hero, Senator Joseph Paine. In Washington, however, Smith discovers many of the shortcomings of the political process as his earnest goal of a national boys' camp leads to a conflict with the state political boss, Jim Taylor. Taylor first tries to corrupt Smith and then later attempts to destroy Smith through a scandal...

Screens: To be added later

Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/ug09n7ms


Video and audio information: To be added later


Subtitles To be added later


Sunday, March 1, 2009

White heat (1949) - classic film noir directed by Raoul Walsh, starring James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Margaret Wycherly and Steve Cochran

Rating 8.1/10
Runtime: 114 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042041

Cast

James Cagney ... Arthur 'Cody' Jarrett
Virginia Mayo ... Verna Jarrett
Edmond O'Brien ... Vic Pardo/Hank Fallon
Margaret Wycherly ... Ma Jarrett
Steve Cochran ... Big Ed Somers
John Archer ... Philip Evans

Description: Cody Jarrett is the sadistic leader of a ruthless gang of thieves. Afflicted by terrible headaches and fiercely devoted to his 'Ma,' Cody is a volatile, violent and eccentric leader. Cody's top henchman wants to lead the gang and attempts to have an 'accident' happen to Cody, while he is running the gang from in jail. But Cody is saved by an undercover cop, who thereby befriends him and infiltrates the gang. Finally, the stage is set for Cody's ultimate betrayal and downfall, during a big heist at a chemical plant.

Screens:

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Download link (torrent file):

https://workupload.com/file/7G9wPUqasnN


Video and audio information:

Video : 2.95 GB, 3724 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 656*480 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 135
Audio : 472/48 MB (main/commentary), 581/60 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1/1 channel, 0x2000 = FLAC/VORBIS, VBR/VBR


Subtitles (English hearing impaired, French, Spanish. German hearing impaired, Portuguese closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English (including hearing impaired), Spanish, French, Portuguese, German (including hearing impaired), Dutch, Greek, Italian, Polish, Swedish, Finnish, Hungarian, Czech, Hebrew) posters and screenshots included


Double audio track information

This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English and others is commentary by Drew Casper, a professor of Critical Studies. You can use VLC Player to easily choose between any of audio tracks (Audio => Audio track and switch to main audio track on Track 1, additional track on Track 2)