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28. The Bishop's Wife (1947)
By IFC
on 06/25/2009
In 1947, it was perfectly believable that Cary Grant, David Niven and Loretta Young would just happen to be strolling through the Samuel Goldwyn lot when they suddenly remembered they had yet to make a trailer for their latest film, though as this teaser immediately announces, “It Couldn’t Happen Anywhere... But in Hollywood!” Yet the trio of stars apparently aren’t famous enough for one Goldwyn security guard, who holds them up at the gate and prompts them to introduce themselves, and wonders aloud what a trailer is and what their film is about. Eager to please, Niven and Young introduce their characters, though Grant is hushed when he starts to describe his character, leading Niven to realize that they shouldn’t make a trailer if it’s going to spoil the film. As Grant concurs, “Why take all the wonderful surprises out of it before people see it?” If only the people who made the majority of trailers since would’ve taken note. --Stephen Saito
I guess you guys haven't seen the trailer for The Hughes Bros.'s Dead Presidents, huh? What about Forest Gump? I think those are the 2 greatest of all time. Gump is better than the movie. And Dead Prez is the best ever.
Oh... what about the SW Ep 1 teaser? Maybe you should call this the best film trailers on YouTube! LOL. Dead Prez is probably too hard for you to locate.
I think The Dark Knight, Iron Man, and 300 should be included!
Clerks? No love for the Clerks trailer? Sigh.
Honorable mention for the Grindhouse fake trailers? "Don't" was brilliant.
Great list, by the way. Thanks for including 'Man Who Wasn't There'
Seriously? We have to click 50 times just to get the damn list? No thanks.
Like clicking 50 times is soooo hard, right? But you guys forgot about There Will Be Blood!!
50 PAGES?!!! Get back to work researching how to post an article. No Digg for you.
50 PAGES?!!! Get back to work researching how to post an article. No Digg for you.
GREAT article and flawless pick for #1. I actually did a lil piece on that trailer at our own movie blog, so I'm elated to see as your top pick. Yay trailers!