film -Action in the North Atlantic 1943

Trool323 · 11-13-10, 07:46 PM

I just saw Action in the North Atlantic last night on TMC. It's a great movie for its time. If you've never seen it you should. The 1943 trailer is on youtube at the link below.

frau kaleun · 11-14-10, 10:50 AM

Well I'm a huge Bogie fan and I'd never even heard of this one.

Will have to see if Netflix has it, thanks for the recommendation!

Frying Tiger · 11-15-10, 08:59 AM

I was watching that with my son for a while as well... Alan Hale cracks me up, I can only see him as HIS son, Alan Hale Jr., The Skipper, in "Gilligan's Island". Man, those two look just alike!

fred8615 · 11-15-10, 11:20 AM

It's always been one of my favorites.

frau kaleun · 11-15-10, 11:57 AM

Yay for Netflix, it's now at the top of my queue.

vienna · 11-16-10, 01:34 PM

I have this film on DVD as part of a Humphrey Bogart box set I bought a few years back. It is a very good film. The U-Boat scenes are a bit laughable (in one scene you can even see the tether used to control the model on the port side of the boat), but given that it was obviously a quickly made propaganda-type film, it is quite enjoyable. I sometimes have thought this film might deserve a remake. We here in the States have had cable TV movies about the land war ("The Pacific") and other such subjects, but there has not been a film dramatizing the Battle of the Atlantic and/or the efforts of the Merchant Marine. Maybe Tom Hanks could get on this.

By the way, if you buy the DVD, the film is presented as a "night out at the movies" including a period newreel and cartoon short.

Trool323 · 11-17-10, 09:57 AM

Glad I turned some of you on to the film. It's not bad for its age I enjoyed it and i'm 29.

Sailor Steve · 11-17-10, 11:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frying Tiger

Alan Hale cracks me up, I can only see him as HIS son, Alan Hale Jr...

Alan Hale senior was Little John in the 1938 Errol Flynn Robin Hood.

vienna · 11-17-10, 01:21 PM

I met Alan Hale, Jr. many years ago and he was one of the nicest people I have ever seen in Hollywood. He used to own a restaurant on La Cienega Blvd. in West Hollywood and I was passing by one night and I saw him outside the front door. I have lived in and around Hollywood for many years and have seen and met many celebrities, so I 'm not inclined to make a fuss over them when I see them. But the sight of the Skipper was a bit more than I could resist and I went up to him and told him how much of a fan I was of both he and his father. He was very gracious, shook my hand and we had a brief and pleasant conversation. Other people began to come up to him and he was equally as nice to them and took time to talk to each one and posed for a few pictures. I always remember his smiling face and gentle manner to this day.

corvette k225 · 02-10-11, 08:14 AM

Have you guys seen the movie Corvette k225? the last time I seen it was
about 12 years ago, on AMC. Very good movie.

I donot think it is
on DVD yet.

11-13-10, 07:46 PM	#1
Trool323 Sparky Join Date: May 2007 Location: southwest ohio Posts: 154 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	film -Action in the North Atlantic 1943 I just saw Action in the North Atlantic last night on TMC. It's a great movie for its time. If you've never seen it you should. The 1943 trailer is on youtube at the link below.

11-15-10, 08:59 AM	#3
Frying Tiger Sonalysts Man Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Waterford, CT Posts: 113 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I was watching that with my son for a while as well... Alan Hale cracks me up, I can only see him as HIS son, Alan Hale Jr., The Skipper, in "Gilligan's Island". Man, those two look just alike! __________________ *Roger "Frying Tiger"* Long** Art Lead Sonalysts Combat Simulations "the atom-powered submarine: Her engines were to be a miracle of speed and power, her sides strong enough to withstand any blow... The mind of man had thought of everything - except that which was beyond his comprehension!"

11-15-10, 11:20 AM	#4
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11-14-10, 10:50 AM	#2
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Well I'm a huge Bogie fan and I'd never even heard of this one. Will have to see if Netflix has it, thanks for the recommendation!

11-15-10, 11:57 AM	#5
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Yay for Netflix, it's now at the top of my queue.

11-16-10, 01:34 PM	#6
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,712 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I have this film on DVD as part of a Humphrey Bogart box set I bought a few years back. It is a very good film. The U-Boat scenes are a bit laughable (in one scene you can even see the tether used to control the model on the port side of the boat), but given that it was obviously a quickly made propaganda-type film, it is quite enjoyable. I sometimes have thought this film might deserve a remake. We here in the States have had cable TV movies about the land war ("The Pacific") and other such subjects, but there has not been a film dramatizing the Battle of the Atlantic and/or the efforts of the Merchant Marine. Maybe Tom Hanks could get on this. By the way, if you buy the DVD, the film is presented as a "night out at the movies" including a period newreel and cartoon short.

11-17-10, 09:57 AM	#7
Trool323 Sparky Join Date: May 2007 Location: southwest ohio Posts: 154 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Glad I turned some of you on to the film. It's not bad for its age I enjoyed it and i'm 29.

11-17-10, 01:21 PM	#9
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,712 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I met Alan Hale, Jr. many years ago and he was one of the nicest people I have ever seen in Hollywood. He used to own a restaurant on La Cienega Blvd. in West Hollywood and I was passing by one night and I saw him outside the front door. I have lived in and around Hollywood for many years and have seen and met many celebrities, so I 'm not inclined to make a fuss over them when I see them. But the sight of the Skipper was a bit more than I could resist and I went up to him and told him how much of a fan I was of both he and his father. He was very gracious, shook my hand and we had a brief and pleasant conversation. Other people began to come up to him and he was equally as nice to them and took time to talk to each one and posed for a few pictures. I always remember his smiling face and gentle manner to this day.

02-10-11, 08:14 AM	#10
corvette k225 Lieutenant Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: USA Posts: 254 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	Have you guys seen the movie Corvette k225? the last time I seen it was about 12 years ago, on AMC. Very good movie. I donot think it is on DVD yet.