If I tried to list my favorite movies, I would go on forever. And still forget some.

But something has to be #1, and right now Das Boot is it.

You sound like me trying not to watch Gone With The Wind. I would never think of it as one of my favorites, if only because I don't think it quite lives up to all the hype surrounding it (although I can understand why the hype exists). And I read the book several times before I ever saw the movie which might be part of it too.

But I still end up watching it just about every time it's on, because once it gets to the first shot of Rhett Butler leaning on that banister I simply cannot turn it off.

I used to wonder why my mother would gush so over Clark Gable. Then I hit puberty and suddenly it all made sense! :D

so we might guess what your pin-ups around your boat were ...... :D

@ Steve: ah yeah, Richard Lester!
great man, wasn't he director of most of the Beatles' movies??

I always say I hate John Wayne movies (They Were Expendable and Big Jake being the main exceptions). But if I walk into a room and someone is watching one I think "I hate John Wayne movies". Then I sit and watch the whole thing.

All both of them.

Well, there was Yellow Submarine, but Lester wasn't involved and the Beatles weren't in it until the very end. And Let It Be was a documentary, so there were really only two.

yep.
just two, couldn't remember but it's quite a while since I've watched "HELP" and "YEAH!"
thx for the quick reply.

Gable would certainly be a possibility. Ronald Colman too. :DL

I caught 'The Enemy Below'on TV the other day.Intresting film....the story is a bit cheesy but Robert Mitchum is on good form and there's some impressive action,including a lot of location filming with a real destroyer instead of cheaper studio takes.I guess it's a good old fashioned yarn about 2 sworn enemies gradually developing respect for one another's skill and bravery.Not bad for 1957.

THAT - m'dear, is a LEGENDARY film! :salute::yeah:

It's next on my Netflix queue, can't wait to see it.

you gots class. That's fer sure. :)

If you read the book, be prepared. It is not like the movie. :nope:

Here is a trivia question about the movie: What did guy playing the Engineering Officer do for a living?

yes, it's a great movie.
the USS "Haynes" was in reality the USS-Whitehurst, I read somewhere. and the crew of the Whitehurst were given a lot of acting in this movie too.

one thing is a wee-bit disturbing:
Curd Jürgens was already 42y, no commander of an U-Boot in combat was this age.
nevertheless he and Robert Mitchum as well were fine actors.

Was he actually the captain of the ship they used in the movie?

While your point is well taken in that the vast majority of the Kaluens were younger, it is not correct to say that no commander of a U-boat in combat was this age.

Wilhelm Ambrosius (U-28, 21, 43) was 42 when the war ended

Helmut Brummer-Patzig (UD-4) was 55 when the war ended. He might not qualify for this list as he was a very successful WWI sub commander but in WWII while he commanded the UD-4, he did not make a war patrol. But he was old!

Walter Burghagen (U-219) was 54 years old and he did make war patrols :salute:

Kurt Dobratz (U-1232) was 41 when the war ended

Werner Hartmann (U-26, 37, 198) was 43 when the war ended

And that is just up to the "H" names. :)


There were some oldsters in command back then. :DL

Fortunately for you, there is no charge for class. I will also throw in awesomeness for an almond cookie or two.

Correct!! :yeah::yeah::yeah:

Lt Cdr Walter R Smith was the commanding officer of USS Whitehurst (DE 634) used in the movie. He is also the officer filmed reading the Little Orphan Annie Comic Book.

Well done Maam!