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I love this short. I thought the animation was gorgeous, though some of the caricatures were rather grotesque; but some were pretty funny. Claudette and Norma must have visited the same beautician before hitting up Ciro's that evening. I find it hard to believe that either Claudette or Norma would wear violet eyeshadow like that (at first I wrote "violent eyeshadow" and considered keeping it).

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Dargo, this thread is amazing, thank you for creating it.

and I'm sorry, but it bears mentioning a second time that THOSE BREASTS WERE EXQUISITE. (And I am REALLY gay)

The Thing from Another World (1951) Gojira (1954) Forbidden Planet (1956) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Contact (1997)

Skyscraper 1928. William Boyd, Sue Carol, Alan Hale. A man pretends to be interested in his fellow steel worker's sweetheart, in order to help the man recover his spirit and come out of depression. 2018. Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell. A security expert must infiltrate a burning skyscraper, 225 stories above ground, when his family is trapped inside by criminals.

Money for Speed (1933)

I agree with your general assessment. I did not state such things because they are spoilers. I fear that many people have not watched the movie because they do not seek out science fiction movies. It may be for some that they might watch the airing on TCM because it is benignly available. I did not wish to taint their 'cold viewing' of the movie. I feel at all times as if I am on a tightrope when I attempt to present the interesting aspects of a movie while not creating anticipations or ruining surprises. I did mention Roy's soliloquy because its presence and reputation are widely known even by those with no interest in the movie. I did not mention the mood of it or quote from it so that new viewers can experience it raw. There was a time in my life when my friends and I reveled in presenting spoilers of a sort. We would talk of such things as: "The walrus appearing at that moment truly surprised me" while leaving a movie theater and walking past the people waiting to enter for the next showing when there was not a walrus anywhere in the movie. We would debate also whether the 'dragon in her dream' was Chinese or Japanese when no character was shown sleeping and 'here be no dragons'. I will not falsely claim to have outgrown doing such things but there is so very little opportunity to practice it now.

On Svengoolie tomorrow, July 17, 2021: I'm not a fan of Hammer remakes of Universal classics. I tend to find them stodgy and unimaginative. However, I haven't seen this film in years, so I'll give it another chance. The Universal original with Boris Karloff, directed by Karl Freund, is one of the great creepy moody horror films of all time. But the Hammer remake, which features Kharis and Ananka, is not so much an attempt to remake the original, but is closer to the first sequels: The Mummy's Hand, (1940), etc. I don't remember if the Hammer version uses tanna leaves.

Here is a 35 mm projection of the original ending to Hollywood Steps Out, discovered in 2016, with Clark's "I'm a bad boy" line.

this is not great quality, but it's similar in theme and interesting and also features KATHARINE HEPBURN and a more flattering (and funny) rendering of GARBO (see 6:50 in)

POLTERGEIST THEM TIME TRAP GROUNDHOG DAY

The basis premise of the film is: what makes us human, and the POV that a primary factor is the memory of our experiences. For me, that theme has a spiritual relevance. E.g. if there is some type of afterlife after this life on earth, "ME" as I know "ME" only continues in another life (type of existence), if I have some memories of the experiences I had in this life. I like Blade Runner because I find it is a nice combination of sci-fi and a detective story, with that spiritual overtone. Of course I'm a big fan of author Philip K. Dick. My favorite sci-fi author.

I missed “Body Heat” but did catch “To Live and Die in LA”. It was my first time seeing it. I feel like if I had seen it when it was released (and I was twenty years old), I would have enjoyed it. However, watching it last night I found it to be a laughable parody of eighties movies. It was chock full of cliches right off the bat. In the first scene, the older partner actually says “I’m getting too old for this sh$t”. We then find out that he’s only got 3 days left ‘til retirement so we know he’s gonna die. I enjoyed Eddie’s comment about throwing a chase scene in there. It felt like the chase scene from “The Seven-Ups” that was so epic you thought the movie was ending already. I also had a hard time taking John Pankow’s character seriously based on the types of roles I’ve seen him in. I made it through most of the movie but my general lack of interest caused me to miss most of the end other than the very last scene and the “outro” with Ben and Eddie. (I looked up the plot on wiki to fill in the gaps). I nominate this movie to compete with “Lethal Weapon” as the ultimate ‘80’s-defining flick.

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever The Legend of Hell House The Clairvoyant Village of the Damned

Greed 1924

The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951 The War of the Worlds 1953 E.T. The Extra- Terrestrial 1982

I bet you anything they had a really hard time casting that role because a lot of actors of a certain age said “no.“ It’s not a super substantial part, and it’s certainly not a flattering part. And it doesn’t help that you’re going to be compared to The 6’2 slab of SCRUMPTIOUS cream cheese that was William Hurt in 1981. also those white boxer shorts...

Indiscreet (1931) A young woman jeopardizes the relationship with the man she loves when a no-account from her past shows up. Indiscreet (1958) An actress who has given up on love meets a suave banker and begins a flirtation with him...even though he's already married. Indiscreet (1998) A multi-millionaire client of a detective agency hires an investigator to get dirt on his wife, so he can divorce her. What the investigator finds instead is that the wife takes care of her elderly mother, likes to drink a little too much, and skinny dips in the ocean. He also sees that she is physically abused and when she apparently is going to attempt to drown herself, he dives in and saves her setting off a romantic coupling that innocently moves him unknowingly as the chief suspect in the husband's murder. Both of these movies concern a train with gold aboard. The reason they are different is that the first focuses on rescue of the passengers of a stolen train while the second follows the execution of the caper of stealing gold from a moving train. The Great Train Robbery (1941) Tom Logan is a railroad detective. Tom takes it upon himself to halt the activities of his crooked brother Duke. Duke and his henchman have stolen an entire gold train, including the passengers. These bad guys have stopped the train and have it backed into lead into a long since abandoned dead-ended tunnel. The nightclub singer Kay Stevens is one the passengers who requires rescuing by Tom. The Great Train Robbery (1978) Sutherland and Connery wish to rob a moving train's safe in Victorian England. They need wax impressions of keys, coffins, dead cats, and a great deal of planning in order to pull it off.

two thousand one hundred thirty-fifth category Unexplained phenomena CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977) STARMAN (1984) THE X-FILES movie (1998)

Danson has some good lines in it. One we like is " The door was open [unlocked] - inviting illegal entry." My wife and I use it every time a character says the door was open in a movie or TV show.

Imagine Jim McLain had been working for the Kefauver Committee instead. (Yes, I know Hawaii wasn't a state at the time and so wouldn't have been part of the committee's remit.) Would the film be any better or worse? When I watched the movie, I found it to be about as good as a sub-par episode of Hawaii Five-O; so, while not particularly good, nowhere near as bad as most reviews would have you believe. But then, almost every review says it's bad for having the gall to say mean things about commies.

From July 17-20, 1921, the Poli ran Paying the Piper, starring Dorothy Dickson as Barbara Wyndham, Rod La Roque as Larry Grahame, Alma Tell as Marcia Marillo and Reginald Denny as Keith Larne. The film was released on January 30, 1921, at five to six reels, and is presumed lost. Plot: Barbara Wyndham grows up as the spoiled daughter of wealthy parents. Larry Grahame is the wandering son of a wealthy industrialist. Barbara flirts with a poor architect named Keith Larne, who works for her father. Larry carries on with an actress named Marcia Marillo. However, the Wyndham and Grahame families determine that Barbara and Larry should wed. Larry wants to continue his relationship with Marcia, but she will have none of it. Keith and Marcia console each other, and eventually get married as well. Then the Wyndhams and Grahames lose their fortunes in the stock market. Larry develops into a responsible person and goes to work for Keith. Barbara attempts to become an actress, but fails. She goes to dinner with a married man, who is then shot and killed by his wife. The murderess locks Barbara in a room, and calls for the police. Barbara manages to escape, and is finally reconciled to a life without wealth. Her marriage to Larry becomes a happy one, and Keith and Marcia live happily as well. Motion Picture News wrote “this can be labeled a better than average drama, very logically developed and produced without regard to expense. … The picture has been lavishly staged. It has big sets, beautiful clothes, pretty exteriors and extra good photography. The various roles are very evenly divided and each one is splendidly interpreted.” Moving Picture World also gave a positive review, and noted that “Miss Dickson has a personality so intense as to hold attention every moment she is in evidence. Alma Tell is highly effective at every stage of the drama, an admirably chosen and harmonious company.” Wid’s Daily had a different take, writing “the picture is thoroughly pleasing to look at but it’s such shallow entertainment that you forget it when you’re outside the theater.” Dorothy Dickson was more famous for her roles in musical comedies than her screen roles, and she was also an accomplished dancer and Ziegfeld girl. While performing in “The Cabaret Girl,” Dickson struck up a friendship with Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. Lady Elizabeth was so taken by Dickson’s performance that she brought her fiancé, then the Duke of York, to the show. The Duke eventually became King George VI, and Lady Elizabeth became the Queen Mother. At one time, Dickson was believed to have been born in 1900, but the British biographer Michael Thornton was able to find her birth certificate, proving she had been born in 1893. Dickson died at her London home in 1995, at 102 years of age.

The poster makes the mummy look like Gort....Klaatu Barada Nikto!

Those have a real name, they are called a "Snood". Classical music people were referred to as "long hairs" until the hippie revolution. I don't know, my first impression is the face looks like Bela Lugosi: But no mustache. Looking at the pic below, I'd say it's Brent: the nose, the arching eyebrow, fuller face & round, weak chin: People definitely connected Ameche with the telephone, but in this case I think the animators would have drawn Ameche as more a "glamor boy" handsome type with emphasis on his smile. Definitely would not have given him that prominent nose. They had a harder time caricaturing women because it's harder to add lines to a woman's face without looking like wrinkles. The Garbo is horrible. She was a tall gal and consequently had larger feet. Everyone zeroed in on that feature of hers because she was so beautiful...having big feet was her only beauty "flaw". Def NOT Warren William, as his most distinct facial feature is the deep bridge of nose between his eyes. An artist would zero right in on that unique facial feature (and why I love WW's face)

Having waited to see the cartoon and read this thread till last night, I am going to go with Cugat. I watched the cartoon first, drew my own conclusion, then read the rest of the thread only after. Having said that, based on visuals alone, it is harder for me to imagine it is "not" him. I think for some the HW backstories and rumor mill are taking precedence here, even though it has been acknowledged actors from different studios are mixed together here and in seemingly random fashion. So what difference does it make if Cugat is seen seated and mingling. What's a guy like him to do in between gigs, not socialize? It makes perfect sense, he was well known at the time around LA, as well as NY (Coconut Grove and Waldorf Hotel respectively). BTW, great cartoon!

Sunday, July 18/19 4:30 a.m. And the Pursuit of Happiness (1986). Louis Malle documentary about immigrants to America.

"No one believes me" seems to be a common theme in Christmas movies, such as MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET, THE SANTA CLAUSE, & ELF

I like Michael Caine's work but Pulp is terrible. It has a few interesting scenes but they don't redeem the movie. It's satire, parody, mystery and thriller all rolled into a surreal stew with no suspense or tension. This was Caine's and director Mile Hodges' reteaming after Get Carter. Scott's scenes were chopped down so she has little to do in the final cut. Caine drifts through the film. There's some repulsive and real animal abuse footage that may have been an attempt to make a statement about fascism but made the movie even worse.

I never did get confirmation from Bunny Whit on my Bruce Dern answer. Stallion should have waited for his turn before posting a question and I should have waited before answering..

MASH Next: Lots of screen time for Donald Sutherland

Franchot Tone Next: THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES (1993)

Ruby Keeler does dance like she had boxes on her feet! So does Joan for that matter, but thankfully we were only subjected to her dancing in Dancing Lady.... I think. If there are other Joan dancing movies, I don't know about them...mercifully.

I love this part when Harpo lights the little firework under Greta Garbo's enormous feet and she just goes: "ouuuuuuch." And the caricature of Clark Gable cracks me up:

PAID (1930) with Joan Crawford

LOL OR perhaps Ruby Keeler??? (...well, SHE danced just like that TOO, now didn't she?!!!)

Ava Gardner was in The Hucksters with Clark Gable.

SO LONG AT THE FAIR THE VAST OF NIGHT NATIONAL TREASURE BLACKBEARD’S GHOST REAR WINDOW SOYLENT GREEN

i REALLY GET MORE OF A LIZA MINELLI AT STUDIO 54 VIBE FROM CLAUDETTE, BUT... PS- THAT BACKGROUND WORK IS EXQUISITE THOUGH PSS- THERE WERE NO FEMALE ANIMATORS WORKING ON THIS. NO WOMAN IN HER RIGHT MIND (or not working the streets for money) WOULD WEAR THAT EYESHADOW in 1941.

Stare into the light and repeat after me "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles." "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles." By gosh, I think he's got it. Big Jim McLain (1952) John Wayne, James Arness. Nancy Olson. Not a LOL red scare flick like some of them are, though it has a few hilariously absurd moments. More of a 90 minute long litany of patriotic blather and anti-commie shrillness. Wayne and Arness are members of the un-American House Un-American Activities Committee. Instead of chasing various commie rats in alleys in the big city while torn copies of The Daily Worker blow about, they are sent to Hawaii to investigate various communist schemes to wreak havoc on the island, done by the usual college professor and union boss suspects. Wayne maybe be Big Jim, but Jim Arness is a few inches taller than the Dukey, still with blond hair before he dyed it and moved to Dodge City. While investigating the commies Wayne meets Nancy Olson and the two fall in love, perhaps the most gut churning part of the movie. What does sweet Nancy see in this jingoistic jerk? Damned if I know. Maybe love is truly blind. The reds abduct Arness and accidentally kill him which really sets Wayne off. Up until then Arness had been the more fervent of the two. The commies hold a big meeting to review future plans when Wayne shows up and punches a few reds, both the rather effete types and the goons. The communist's plans for a red Hawaii go up in smoke and Wayne and Olson kiss and walk off into the figurative sunset. BJM isn't among the best, or funniest, of the commie rat films, but at 90 minutes it moves along fairly well and gets occasionally close to the over the top nonsense that is the best part of this genre. Veda Ann Borg has a funny turn as a lady who tries to seduce Big Jim with all the subtley of a sledgehammer and despite all her efforts gets nowhere. Nancy Olson thought the script was strictly for the birds, but couldn't resist a free trip to Hawaii and a chance to star in a movie with the Dukey. Hey, nobody's perfect. {Forgot to mention that Nancy was a liberal Democrat and John Wayne .........wasn't. Seems they had a few political discussions but she always let him have the last word.}

Treasure Island 1934

THE LADY VANISHES FLIGHTPLAN GASLIGHT HOCUS POCUS

For anyone in danger of falling asleep, consider this video your wake up pill Abbe Lane was married to Xavier Cugat. No wonder he was smiling all the time.

Supposed to be: William Powell, Spencer Tracy, Ronald Colman, Errol Flynn (top row); Noah Beery, C. Aubrey Smith (bottom row).

Friday, July 16/17 12am midnight To Live and Die in L.A. 1985 William Friedkin directs,seen it first run and many times over the years ,great cast,good action and a fantastic film score by Wang Chung.The fake bills in the movie were also very good. Friedkin mentionned the crew and himself used some of them in L.A then. The fed changed the bills in 1986 because of the ones done for the film that's what Friedkin said!

Party Girl 1958. Robert Taylor, Cyd Charisse. Lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career defending crooks in trials. He has never realized that there is a downside to his success, until he meets the dancer Vicki Gaye. 1995. Parker Posey. Party girl Mary gets bailed out of jail by her librarian godmother. She starts working at the library, slowly fills her empty brain.