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I have never been able to firmly establish if this 'line' is brilliant or idiotic: Speedy (1928)

Seriously though, if I killed every man who spurned my advances, I’d be tied with STALIN.

From Mata Hari: Ramon Navarro (in hospital bed): "I can't see!" Greta Garbo (tenderly): "Is it . . . your eyes?"

(Adjusts collar, laughs nervously) and that’s something I’d never, ever do! (more nervous laughter, eyes dart to the window seat)

I prefer the stage version, but the film is decent. A few songs were lost in the translation (common for stage to film transfers) and some of the PG language from the play was excised or changed, and parts were modified to take advantage of Miller's dancing abilities (e.g., Too Darn Hot opens Act II in the stage version, and is an ensemble number). The TCMFF showed this in 3-D a few years back and that put a different spin on it. I didn't know it had been filmed in 3-D until the festival scheduled it, but once you know that, you can tell by the odd camera angles, depth of the sets (especially on the theater's stage) and the fact that things are thrown towards the camera periodically. I never noticed this before. One thing I've never liked is the disappearing/re-appearing thrust stage in the theater. It appears for "Where is the Life That Late I Led?" and then disappears immediately afterwards.

Just to let you know that the brilliance to be found in the dialogue of Ed Wood films extends far beyond Plan 9 from Outer Space, here's a pip delivered by Bela Lugosi in GLEN OR GLENDA. Apparently the actor didn't have a clue what he was talking about when he sat before the camera to spout the lines given to him by an excited Wood. "Bevare! Bevare of the big green dragon that sits on your doorstep. He eats little boys, puppy dog tails and big fat snails. Bevare, take care. Bevaaaare!" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And yet this is a film that strangely works for me. Just yesterday (wearing a mask, of course) I was standing outside a store window, tempted to buy an angora sweater I saw on display. BEVAAAAARE!

Dreamgirls (2006)

The "stupid minds, stupid, stupid!" sound bite was my alert sound when I was a Mac tech. I liked loading it into unsuspecting employees desktops. (that and "I want a BIG one" from this) Actually got in trouble when the boss heard that one^^ Ed Wood films are rife with stupid lines, no surprise there: "Pull The String" (wha?) and Tor's perfect line, "Time for Go To Bed"

Well, in THAT case, I'd say it's sure hard to beat THIS one then... " "You see? You SEE?! Your stupid minds! STUPID! STUPID!"

A femme fatale is a woman that uses her sexuality to get men to do things they wouldn't normally do. Generally the man is a fairly decent fellow, lacking the courage to not succumb to her charms. Classic femme fatales are Jane Greer in Out of the Past, Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnity, Ava Gardner in The Killers, Totter in Tension, Liz Scott in Too Late for Tears, and Maria Windsor in The Killings. But too often a character is given the label just because there was a crime in the film or because the film has noir undertones. E.g. Gilda: Gilda isn't a femme fatale. She only pretends to be bad. The two men involved with her in the film don't commit any crimes or deceptions to please Gilda or because that is what she desires. Actresses like Totter were in a lot of noir films, but in most of them she is not a femme fatale.

I really liked Kiss Me Kate. I just watched it for the first time early last year?? Maybe the year before? I don't even remember now. It was fairly recent, however. Normally, I'm not a fan of Kathryn Grayson. I find her singing to be very shrill and unpleasant to listen to. However, in this film, she seemed to have toned it down a smidge, or perhaps it was just less annoying in this movie. I loved Ann Miller's "Too Darn Hot" number. I especially loved her scenes with Tommy Rall, Bobby Van, and Bob Fosse. I loved Howard Keel in this movie, and there was so much more of him to see in this film o.O While I haven't seen Taming of the Shrew performed in the manner in which Shakespeare intended, I have seen 10 Things I Hate About You, also based on 'Shrew.' It was easy to draw parallels between the characters in that film and the characters in 'Kate' and I was able to keep straight who was who and what was happening in the play within the film. I actually thought that Kathryn looked great in her "play wig" and costumes. I found her "real-life" blonde wig to be very unflattering. I loved the costumes in this film and I enjoyed how colorful it was. This was a great movie, one that I had put off seeing for such a long time. Ann is really great Stage Door that she made with Lucy when she was 14. It is fascinating to see her holding her own with the likes of Lucy, Ginger Rogers, Eve Arden, and Katharine Hepburn.

I watched "Kiss Me Kate" this afternoon for the first time. It was great! Must have had 20 songs! I recognized some parts from "That's Dancing". The movie had some great Ann Miller dancing! I love watching her dance!! I loved this part... I think Ann Miller is one of the prettiest actresses around. She began dancing at 5. She was discovered at 13 by Lucille Ball. She said she was 18. "Kiss Me Kate" also starred Kathryn Grayson. Most of the movie was shown on stage showing "The Taming of the Shrew" being acted out. Kathryn Grayson, with a red wig & heavy makeup, looked like Eleanor Parker. Lori

No lost for society with this news. He didn't only murder a woman, but The Beatles last album.

This was my second viewing of Witness to Murder (saw it on TCM several years ago.) I enjoyed it just as much this time around. It's very engaging, never boring. Quibbles: Eddie was right when he mentioned in his intro that there were glaring plot flaws. One of them was this: When Richter, realizing the police are coming over to investigate his apartment, removes the body and hauls it into the corridor, he hides it in the empty apartment next door. (This apartment is up for lease.) The door is unlocked, he just opens it and drags the body in. Next day, Cheryl, suspicious that he's done something along those lines, pretends she's interested in renting the apartment . The superintendent takes her to it and unlocks the door ! How come the empty apartment was locked when Cheryl asked to see it, but open and conveniently available for Richter the night before? Plot flaw ! I also agree with those who've noted that it's unlikely that Cheryl, terrified and fleeing the homicidal Richter, would have ascended that building under construction. By that time a big crowd had gathered, there's safety in numbers, she would have been a lot safer just staying in the crowd. But of course, frantically climbing a precarious high structure to escape a determined pursuer (sometimes the bad guy, sometimes the cops) is a familiar scenario in old movies. It allows for such dramatic endings. I do wish Richter had not fallen to his death, but been caught and arrested by Detective Larry. That way, Richter's story would have come out, and everything Cheryl claimed to have happened would have been verified. I know we're supposed to think that the police did indeed believe her after that, but it would have been gratifying, somehow, to have heard Richter confirm as true all the things she said he did, including admitting that he'd snuck into her apartment and typed those notes himself. It's scary to think how easily a person, especially a woman, could be certified as insane and imprisoned in an asylum, based on pretty much nothing sometimes. By the way, I always notice when Black people show up in old movies, because it happens so rarely. I liked the Black lady and her song - she was the least weird of the inmates Cheryl shared a ward with. Not a bad voice, either.

" I met him on a Monday and my heart stood still"

I always wondered who fell for the whole "pre-order" schtick. I blame it on testosterone, not Mame.

Heh, the first thing I thought when hearing the news is who would play him in a biopic? First thought was Steve Buschemi, he certainly could get the manic genius & evil side of Spector brilliantly. I'd love to see John C. Reilly portray Spector, though. If this guy was still alive, he could play his prison years:

The Distinguished Gentleman (1992) Betty Boop for President (1932) The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947)

In the middle picture he looks like Harpo Marx playing a lesbian.

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Our fourth precode star is handsome RICARDO CORTEZ Dolores Del Rio got caught up in his charms. So did Kay Francis. He was still charming women a few years later alongside Charlie Chan. That was in Reno.

Communism was just a red herring!

But you have to give him credit for his prowess as a producer. His 1963 collaboration with Darlene Love resulted in one of the best-ever holiday songs.

My favorite moment in Witness To Murder was at 1.16 when Jesse White did the dum-de-dum-dum main title theme from Dragnet and said a line similar to what Joe Friday would say. The story went off the rails for me when Sanders spouts Nazi rhetoric and rants in German. Instead of being a gaslighting ladykiller, he's now a super-villain. The music seemed similar to the Edward G. Robinson flick Vice Squad (1953). Sure enough, it was by the same composer Herschel Burke Gilbert. He did the famous theme for TV's The Rifleman. The ending also didn't work for me. Where did all these people come from in a few minutes? Barbara looks down and there's a thousand people looking up at her on the building. With all that, you still can't go wrong with Stanwyck and Sanders.

I CAN GET IT FOR YOU WHOLESALE (1951)

I think most here would rather RESPECTfully( look it up) express appreciation for Ms. fisher's level of skill as an actress and her talent. And be careful that none of the mud in your sty gets into your computer or other devices. Sepiatone

I was doing some organizing in my film vault today and I came upon an RKO picture that I'd never gotten around to running. It's called MARRIED AND IN LOVE. It was an unproduced play by S.K. Lauren who also wrote the screenplay. Directed by John Farrow, it's a tremendously effective and unpretentious 6-reeler (59 minutes) with Alan Marshal, Barbara Read, Helen Vinson and Patrick Knowles. All about two long-ago lovers who meet after both have since married. Has anybody else seen this? I assume TCM has run it but I have no idea when.

I purchased a huge collection of silent photographs from a private collector. Nice stuff; i can identify (usually) the ones I do not know with the production codes. However, I have not seen this film in such a long time, I did not remember the scene. The only film that had a war theme with that code (1017) was WINGS, but I knew the actress was not Clara Bow so I had to do a little more research. May I ask, which 'photo finder' apps do you use? Thanks!

I agree,,, Ask Me Why is a good song. One main reason I mention it is that, while I have played Beatles songs for over 35 years, I only really "heard" this one about 8 or so years ago. I.e. I got a CD mix of early Beatles songs (1962 - 63) from a friend, and this one was on that (along with There's A Place): These songs were "new" to me (yea, I'm sure I had heard them but they dropped off the radar over the decades). At first I assumed Ask Me Why was a cover since it just didn't "feel" like a John\Paul song. So I looked it up in my book: The Complete Beatles, which has the sheet music for almost every Beatles song ever released (not just written but released), and yea, there was Ask Me Why; So I learned it and discovered its unique traits. As for Please Please Me; Another song where John's singing is the star, being pushed by the quick tempo by his mates. What can I say,,, just another fine song by the lads.

It sounds like Bobby Van and Elaine Joyce. He is remembered for "Small Town Girl" where he hopped around the town, as well as "The Affairs Of Dobie Gillis", and "Kiss Me Kate", all from 1953. They appeared together on the game show "Tattletales", which was hosted by Bert Convy who, like Bobby, died in his fifties from brain cancer. They also appeared together on "Match Game" and an episode of "Chips". She was also a dancer and early in her career she had bit parts in "West Side Story", "The Music Man", "Bye, Bye Birdie", and "Funny Girl" . Her last husband was playwright Neil Simon.

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2021?) Show Boat has an African American plot line

"Deadly Manor" (1990) also released as "Savaged Lust" on VHS. A group of young people spend the night at an abandoned mansion which is the home of a masked killer. Yes this sounds like just another late period slasher but this Spanish-American production has some style and very good photography. The cast seems to have been chosen for their looks not their acting ability and they do make attractive victims of the twisted killer. There is a surprising erotic sex scene which might have lead to the alternate title but the rest of the movie is just another run for your life slasher. Directed by Jose Ramon Larraz the film is out on a good looking Blu ray from Arrow Video. The extras include a very revealing and funny interview with Jennifer Delora

Any excuse to post a pix of your fantasy boy friend, eh Nip?

THE LOVES OF CARMEN (1948)

STEVE next: Day, Nolan and Roberts

Hello all: I did a little more research, and I got an answer......... Yes, it is from WINGS. The actress is Margery Chapin, William Wellman's wife (at that moment). Itis thescene in the french farmhouse where Richard Arlen crashes and then dies. Good stuff, huh?

In other words, an Ogilvie Home Perm.

Knowing the way the film was going, I think George Sanders would have been able to convince the crowd of people that Barbara Stanwyck was, in fact, loopy and worthy of committal at your friendly, neighborhood insane asylum. So, I don't see that part of the film containing a plot flaw. Stanwyck decided to take a chance and head up the staircase of the building under construction, if anything, to show that American women in heels were more agile than ex-German Nazi sympathizers in flats. I think she knew in the back of her mind that her love interest with a linebacker's build would be able to 'take' her tormenter once push came to shove. Good movie, which I had never seen before. I will say too that George Sanders aged much better than his brother, Tom Conway. I saw Conway in "Voodoo Woman" a few weeks ago, and I hardly recognized him from his days of playing 'The Falcon'. He looked pretty bad.

Virginia Weidler

Peerless Pauline, played by Eve Arden in "A Night at the Circus"

TROUBLE IN PARADISE (1932)

Northern Exposure

Think I know why he's called Speedy.

Monty Python 's Flying Circus

The problem with Mr. Moonlight (one of The Beatles least popular songs) is the organ. It is too much in the foreground and has such a lame solo that it makes the tune, for me, more annoying than bad. John does a good vocal on a not very good song.

Update....Phil Spector, Tanya Roberts and Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.

Singing for votes..Thanks a Million Wild in the Streets show biz meets reality...Pat Paulsen for President, 1968 ("I challenge Ronald Reagan to meet me on his home ground, the backlot of Warner Brothers")

IMDb says... There were two versions filmed - one in 1936 and another in 1956. The 1956 version is so different from the original Broadway show that to call it the same is almost laughable. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027302/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048954/ Both starred Bing Crosby. Both films had new songs written for them that weren't in the Broadway show. Some of the lyrics to the Porter songs would have been too racy for either film. According to https://www.moviecollectoroh.com/reports/TCM_SCHEDULES_SUMMARY_alpha.htm , the 1956 version was shown once on TCM in November 2011. The 1936 film hasn't been shown. The Broadway show itself has several versions. The original premiered in 1934. In the 1980s, the book was significantly reworked, and Porter songs from other shows were added and the song order was shuffled. Most productions since the 80s have used the 1987 rewrite, as many of the jokes and some of the lyrics from the original have early 1930s cultural references and slang that are all but lost on most modern audiences.

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