# Forgotten movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [January 2, 2024, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476 "2024-01-02T02:08:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/81 "2024-01-03T01:09:53Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > If you can name the star of … **In Search of the Castaways** … Hayley Mills? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/82 "2024-01-03T01:14:21Z")
You got it! I could have included _ **The Parent Trap** _ and _ **The Trouble with Angels** _, but that would have been too obvious. (I think.) 🙂 I’ll be amazed if you can name the star of _ **The Sad Sack** _ from 1957. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/83 "2024-01-03T01:16:55Z")
I saw ffolkes on the big screen when it made it’s way across the Atlantic to the US. I still love it. Anthony Perkins, George Baker, James Mason, other well known names. Some really dry humor too, and I loved his award at the end of the film. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/84 "2024-01-03T01:18:18Z")
That one I couldn’t do, @terentii. I think I only remember **Castaways** from seeing it when I was a child, and as I recall, it was very exciting. Might be why I remembered it; it made an impression. Not sure when I’ll be in London again, though. But I’ll keep you informed. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/85 "2024-01-03T01:21:49Z")
I’ve seen all three of those movies. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/86 "2024-01-03T01:27:21Z")
I remember the part where Haley and the others are being chased by the natives with burning torches, and they set fire to the rope. My mother sent me and my older brother to the movies every Saturday just to get us out of the house. I saw all of the Ma and Pa Kettle, Francis the Talking Mule, and Martin and Lewis movies by the time I was six or seven. The Bowery Boys were on TV every Sunday morning. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/87 "2024-01-03T01:29:22Z")
Bittersweet film- _Schultze Get the Blues._ Very little dialogue, some cool Cajun zydeco music. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/88 "2024-01-03T01:46:20Z")
[How I Spent My Summer Vacation](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061788/). 1967 TV movie with Robert Wagner and Peter Lawford playing cat and mouse. Jill St. John, Lola Albright, Walter Pidgeon and Michael Ansara round out the cast. [Man’s Favorite Sport?](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058324/) Rock Hudson as a fishing expert (who isn’t an expert at all) that gets entered into an angling derby by his boss at the suggestion of public relations agent Paula Prentiss. Great slapstick comedy. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/89 "2024-01-03T01:57:14Z")
One of my favorite films to watch on cable as a kid in the 80s was the 1980 film _Midnight Madness_ It was about teams of college students going on all night scavenger hunt. It also feature Michael J. Fox in his movie debut. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/90 "2024-01-03T02:00:37Z")
The Hudson movie turns up on Silver Screen occasionally. I saw it during the pandemic. _ **The Sad Sack** _ was a post–Dean Martin vehicle for Jerry Lewis. I saw it during the winter of '61, I think. I was disappointed because it wasn’t much like the comic book. It had Peter Lorre and David Wayne in the cast, though. Like the other movies I mentioned above, you don’t see many Jerry Lewis movies around any more. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/91 "2024-01-03T02:03:40Z")
NM already answered ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/92 "2024-01-03T02:07:50Z")
Yes, Jerry Lewis. Like _ **The Delicate Delinquent** _, _ **The Big Mouth** _, and _ **The Disorderly Orderly** _. Pretty regular stuff when I was growing up. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/93 "2024-01-03T02:14:41Z")
Sorry, I didn’t realize you were answering my question. My bad. 😞 ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/94 "2024-01-03T02:44:07Z")
When I was about sixteen, I recall enjoying this film on HBO or Cinemax, just a year or so after it was shown in theaters. Spielberg helped produce it, but took his name off it when he disliked the finished product (not sure why). > **[Fandango (1985) ⭐ 6.7 | Comedy, Drama](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0089126/)** > > 1h 31m | PG ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/95 "2024-01-03T03:09:28Z")
[Uptown Saturday Night](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij3LKTjpmd8&ab_channel=RottenTomatoesClassicTrailers) was a movie that was shown at the summer camp I went to. Yearly for like 6 years in the late 70s and early 80s. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/96 "2024-01-03T03:57:28Z")
Great film- then, I tried to rewatch it, and now its dated. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/97 "2024-01-03T04:05:57Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > When I was about sixteen, I recall enjoying this film on HBO or Cinemax, just a year or so after it was shown in theaters. Spielberg helped produce it, but took his name off it when he disliked the finished product (not sure why). > > [Fandango (1985) - IMDb](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0089126/) Mentioned that upthread. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/98 "2024-01-03T04:26:19Z")
Two I think worth mentioning: First is _ **The Gods Must be Crazy** _ from 1980 (forget the sequels), which is rather hard to define but I seldom have laughed as hard at any movie while also being near tears for several scenes. Don’t think it’s played much anywhere these days, but if you have the chance… Second is _ **Chocolat** _, set in a French town when a woman opens a Chocolate shop in a small French town and it’s effects on the people there. It gets mentioned because Johnny Depp has a (small) role in it, but it’s just a beautiful film that is almost never played or seen on TV. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/99 "2024-01-03T04:49:19Z")
Which movie? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/100 "2024-01-03T04:56:05Z")
_Babette’s Feast_. I ought to make a list of the dishes in the movie and look up their directions. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476.md?page=6)