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From: stu16@whuxl.UUCP (Pippin)
Newsgroups: net.railroad,net.movies
Subject: Re: Re: Railroad Movies
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Date: Mon, 10-Feb-86 16:14:55 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 10 16:14:55 1986
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> 
>  >Net.railroad (ARPA railroad list) has had what seemed to me
>  >a rather halfhearted series of articles on railway movies
>  >lately.  I thought I could do better.  Here are two lists of
>  >railway movies that I've seen that were good or excellent,
>  >in my opinion as a fan of both railways and movies.
>  >
>  >The first list is Railway Movies of the First Kind -- those
>  >where the train or railway (or *subway) occupies a major
>  >role throughout the movie. 
>  >
>  >1927 A	The General (silent comedy/suspense)
>      .
>      .
>      .
>  >1979 B	The Great Train Robbery (caper - this is the one about the 1855 theft)
>  >
>  >Hmm, looks like we ought to be due for another one.
> 
> Hmmm!  I have heard good things about RUNAWAY TRAIN (1985).
> The problem here is what is considered a good film.  I like much of
> HORROR EXPRESS (1972) but that is probably a minority opinion.  There
> is also EMPEROR OF THE NORTH POLE (1973).
> 
>  >
>  >And now, some good or excellent Railway Movies of the Second
>  >Kind - movies that are basically about something else, but
>  >where a train or railway (or *subway/el) takes a major part
>  >in one scene.
>  >
>  >1935 B	The 39 Steps (thriller) (1959 B and 1978 B remakes not recommended)
>     .
>     .
>     .
>  >1982	Diva (French thriller)*
> 
> Films I could add are YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, THE WRONG BOX, THE BLACK CAT
> (1934), DR.  ZHIVAGO, KNIGHT WITHOUT ARMOR, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE
> WEST,  BRIEF ENCOUNTER, FOOLS' PARADE, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, 49TH
> PARALLEL, REDS, NIGHT OF THE DEMON, MIND BENDERS, RED SUN, MAN WHO
> WOULD BE KING, CAT BALLOU, SON OF FRANKENSTEIN, SOME LIKE IT HOT, THE
> GREAT ESCAPE, GANDHI, and CAT PEOPLE (1982).  I can honestly say I
> admire each of these films.  I know people who admire TRADING PLACES,
> 42ND STREET, PASSAGE TO INDIA, BOWANI JUNCTION, and BAD DAY AT BLACK
> ROCK, DREAMSCAPE, and SUPERMAN.
> 
> An odd digression.  At one point is seemed that most of the films
> Maurice Jarre scored had trains in them.  Condsider this list:
> LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, SUNDAYS AND CYBELE, DR. ZHIVAGO, THE TRAIN, IS
> PARIS BURNING, THE PROFESSIONALS, RED SUN, THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING,
> PASSAGE TO INDIA.  It seems to me there were a lot more, but they don't
> come as readily to mind.
> 
> 				Mark Leeper
> 				...ihnp4!mtgzz!leeper



    What about Strangers on a Train, Oriental Express and
the one with Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor (can't remenber
the name - Silver Streak?). Parts of Hello Dolly was filmed 
on the Erie-Lackawanna in Morris County, N.J.
    I'm sure there're more. (The Three Stooges had at least
one).
-- 
                      Pippin Stuart
                      whuxl!stu16