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Re: Constance Bennett Star of the Month
Posted: Nov 15, 2012 4:40 PM
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Did anyone tape (DVD or VHS) the Constance Bennett films from Tuesday night?
My VCR/DVD failed me and I would love to get copies of "Two Against The World,"
"Law of the Tropics," "Rockabye" and "After Tonight." Glad to pay for tapes or DVDs
and your time making duplicates along with shipping. If anyone might be able to help,
let me know ASAP. Thanks!
Lydecker
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Re: Constance Bennett Star of the Month
Posted: Nov 15, 2012 4:04 PM
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Slayton, thank you so much for taking the time to comment on those 3 films from the other night! I pretty much agree with your assessment, though might have enjoyed TWO AGAINST THE WORLD and LAW OF THE TROPICS a bit more! I think you are right about STAMBOUL QUEST, which is also a very good flick! AFTER TONIGHT was probably one of my least faves of the evening, but as you said, Constance being in a flick always has me tuned in!
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Re: Constance Bennett Star of the Month
Posted: Nov 14, 2012 10:10 PM
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Thanks, markbeckuaf, for the compliment. Sorry it took me so long to get back to you. Here's my rundown on the films. Two Against the World has Constance at her society best. There's a lot of enjoyable repartee, even with Neil Hamilton. But the murder thing takes up way, way, way too much of the movie. They coulda, shoulda found some other way of seeing that Victor Linley got what he deserved. Law of the tropics is an interesting look at her later on in her career. You still see the easy, breezy manner. The film also has the vigorous, energetic look of the Warner Bros., but some way into it, it got the feeling of being formulaic and I bailed out after forty minutes. There are some actors who can make an otherwise unwatchable film worth viewing, and Constance Bennett is one of them. But even she couldn't save this one. After Tonight turns out I've seen before, but forgot. It's not remarkable, save for Miss Bennett's presence. That's probably why I don't have much to say about it. The story, or something like it was better treated in Garbo movies, and something with Myrna Loy, called Samboul Quest.
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THE COLBERT SCHOOL OF ACTING..............
Posted: Nov 14, 2012 10:25 AM
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After watching several nights of Connie, I've noticed she comes from the Colbert school of acting (Claudette, NOT Stephen!) You rarely EVER see the right side of her face. One rare instance that I did see it, she did a bit of business to obstruct it. She's almost always shot with her face turned to the right slightly or at a 3/4 angle and positioned on the right side of the screen. Her close ups are heavily filtered. Ah, glamour!
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Re: Constance Bennett Star of the Month
Posted: Nov 14, 2012 10:20 AM
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Was Sooo happy for Our Betters to end. Maugham play that hasnt aged well. Too bad the gay fop came in at the last minute....Didnt watch Hollywood as I've seen it several times. I did record 2 of the early morning films. We'll see how those are. I caught a bit of that Tropics film from the 40s. Looked pretty bad. No star treatment in that one. What was the third Cukor directed film?
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Re: Constance Bennett Star of the Month
Posted: Nov 14, 2012 4:17 AM
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Slatyon, cool rundown of the 3 Cukor-directed flicks from tonight's Constance fest! I'm curious to read your thoughts about the other films you hadn't seen before, if you don't mind sharing those?
It has been a very awesome night and it's a totally grooving month with Constance as our featured star!
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Re: Constance Bennett Star of the Month
Posted: Nov 13, 2012 9:03 PM
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Tonight, among others, we have three films of Constance Bennett directed by George Cukor. They aren't really great, but they all have worthwhile things about 'em, primarily the presence of Miss Bennett. In What Price Hollywood?, the precursor to A Star is Born, there is the added benefit of Lowell Sherman playing the self destructive alcoholic that was merged with the love-interest in Star. It's wonderful to watch him toss off-hand his acerbic lines. The film is weighed down considerably by Neil Hamilton, playing the drip he usually does. One wonders if Cukor, irked at Wellman's success with Star, remade it to get back up on him. Our Betters is high society/drawing room comedy about the sexual intrigues of the British upper classes. It starts off well, drags in the middle as it sets up for the ending, and finishes delightfully. It's a little complicated to describe, but suffice to say Constance, playing a disillusioned promiscuous wife of an aristocrat, manages to seduce a friend's kept man, get caught at it, and deftly maneuver everyone out of outrage and into amiability. Not something you'd see a couple years later. Rockabye has a good pairing of her and Joel McCrea. My favorite scene is where she takes him to her old stamping grounds to show him some fun. She's a successful Broadway actress, but she shows a true affection for her old familiars in the working class bar they go to. It ends very morally, with everyone making noble sacrifices and all, but don't worry, the movie is all past it, so it doesn't damage it too much.
The other movies I haven't seen, so I'm looking forward to them.
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Re: Constance Bennett Star of the Month
Posted: Nov 9, 2012 9:59 AM
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Re: Constance Bennett Star of the Month
Posted: Nov 9, 2012 9:59 AM
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Oh, well! I probably wouldnt have had enough space on the old dvr anyway........
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Re: Constance Bennett Star of the Month
Posted: Nov 9, 2012 9:40 AM
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Here I don't go. I'm wrong.
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Re: Constance Bennett Star of the Month
Posted: Nov 8, 2012 10:30 PM
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Here you go:
 Constance
 Marion
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Re: Constance Bennett Star of the Month
Posted: Nov 8, 2012 7:07 PM
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Yikes. I totally forgot that was on (Sons of the Gods). Wanted to see that. 
I'm so sorry you missed it, Hibi!!! Hopefully it will show up on the schedule again sometime in the near future! From my recollection, it isn't screened all the time, but it does show up from time to time!
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Re: Constance Bennett Portrait by Marland Stone
Posted: Nov 8, 2012 1:39 PM
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Someone needs to post a side by side..........
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Re: Constance Bennett Portrait by Marland Stone
Posted: Nov 8, 2012 1:30 PM
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Just a thought . Did Constance Bennett and Marion Davies look anything alike? I'm just using mental images.
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