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Far From the Madding Crowd --Bathsheba The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing--Evelyn Nesbit Gone With the Wind --Scarlett Laura

Took two people down from Sedona here today for the two hour shuttle van drive to catch their flights out of Phoenix's Sky Harbor. After I dropped them off, I called the office and at which time they advised me that my one lone scheduled inbound passenger's flight had been delayed by a couple of hour, and so they said to just come on back empty. Started to do just that, but then decided to stop into the local Costco near the airport and grab a couple of things I've been needing. After I walked into the place and as I was passing through an aisle containing menswear, suddenly the sound of an alarm with a fast-paced high-pitched oscillating sound rang out from somewhere near the back wall of the store and which could be heard by all. After about five seconds of hearing this, I just couldn't resist yelling out in as loud a voice as I could muster, "RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! THE GIANT ANTS ARE HERE!" Yep, that alarm sounded JUST like THIS... Now, I heard one guy, that's right, only ONE single solitary guy from a couple of aisles away laugh out loud at this, but THEN noticed that everyone within a twenty foot radius, about half a dozen people and none of which looked any older than about forty, were just staring at me and had a look on their faces as if to say "What the hell is this guy talking about?!" It was then that that alarm ceased sounding, and so I just threw up my hands and loudly said, "Sorry folks. False alarm, I guess", and continued on with my shopping. (...epilogue: After paying for my new shirt and my bundle of microfiber shop rags, I stopped by their little snack bar and got me one of their tasty foot-long hot dogs and a Pepsi...not a bad deal for only a buck and a half, right?!)

I'm a big Anglophile myself- my British wife is my biggest trophy 😄

Salome 1953 Rita Hayworth Fathom 1967 Raquel Welch Octopussy 1983 Maud Adams Basic Instinct 1992 Sharon Stone

Flesh and the Devil (1926) - Greta Garbo Pandora's Box (1929) - Louise Brooks The Wicked Lady (1945) - Margaret Lockwood The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) - Lana Turner Samson and Delilah (1949) - Hedy Lamarr The Seven Year Itch (1955) - Marilyn Monroe The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) - Natalie Portman

And God Created Woman (1957)

You could do worse than to teach about the Russian Revolution: Reds - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082979/reference October (Ten Days that Shook the World) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018217/reference (silent) Ten Days That Shook the World - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1118510/reference (as above but has sound)

Hey Moe! IF ya show the kid my favorite propaganda film of all time, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, you'll then be able to cover The Boer War, WWI AND WWII with him. (...although you DO run the risk of him becoming a big anglophile, but there ARE worse things in this world he could become, ya know...just be sure you don't allow him to start spelling certain words in this language with that oh so needless superfluous letter 'u' and he'll turn out okay, I'm sure)

Dargo, you are a tribute to method acting. You are in character inside and outside of this forum. I salute you sir.

How to Steal a Million Small Time Crooks

The story as told in JFK has not been told numerous times. That is at the heart of what makes the film nonsense. A bunch of made up theories, wrapped around historical facts (which have been told numerous times), with a weak lead actor and slack direction. (oh and I'm not saying these theories are nonsense, but just how they are presented).

This almost slid, right off my radar. Warm, Safe, Healthy Ninety-First Birthday Wishes and Greetings to Madam Sally Ann Howes. (1930. St. John's Wood, London.) Youre Marionette, Mime "Dance" with Dick Van Dyke is (for me Madam) still one of the Most Magical, Exquisite Musical Numbers EVER. KALOS

Nobody liked working with Marilyn Monroe, and you can't blame them. She was always late, she couldn't memorize her lines, many takes, etc. Olivier was very nice to her though, at least in the long run. When filming was done, Marilyn was seen as being very bad. Olivier told her that they could rework the scenes, if she wanted to. She assented. That was a lot of trouble for him but he did it.

WHAT?! No love for THIS one here???...

Agreed. That is the film where I realized what a HAM OLIVIER was...

over the edge (1979)

TCM did show Visions of Eight, which is made up of eight short films by different directors about various aspects of the 1972 Munich Olympics. Unfortunately, I only saw the end of the film on Monday night. In the end credits, they included a prominent remembrance of the 11 Israeli athletes who died in the terrorist attack. But I don't know whether the main body of the movie went into more detail.

I watched this within the last 12 months on TCM. The poster doesn't seem to do the story any justice. Apparently Olivier didn't like working with Monroe. I thought there were some good scenes but overall a mediocre film.

I finally was able to catch Los Tallos Armargos this morning on Kailua, on my phone while battling a 6 hour jet lag laying on a couch. Holding the screen about a foot from my face gave a reasonable facsimile to a large screen TV effect. Great film, great cinematography, though I did figure out the seeds would come into play as soon as I saw them, lol.

I remember it well and wish TCM were still using it -- "Look for the Silver Lining." One of Jerome Kern's best melodies, performed a great singer/trumpeter, Chet Baker.

The Scott\Greer film is The Company She Keeps. It is a drama and not really a crime\noir film. I only point this out since I wish those two were in a gritty noir film with at least one playing a femme fatale. It is an RKO film, released in 1951; (thus TCM should be able to lease it, unlike a Paramount film).

The New World (2005) is a fine film, directed by Terence Malick; perhaps the only one of this films that has moved me. Pocahontas and Captain John Smith are characters. You didn't say (or did you?) that the films should focus on American history? If not, there's tons of other films, like Becket and The Lion in Winter, which combine to give a good depiction of Henry II and his times, even if some of the facts are not accurate (e.g. making Becket a Saxon was a total fiction). I think if you show Gone with the Wind, you could also show Little Women (perhaps the 1933 version), which shows a slice of Yankee life during the Civil War.

Helen of Troy 1956 Rossana Podesta Darling 1965 Julie Christie She 1965 Ursula Andress 10 1979 Bo Derek

Is this limited only to historical films involving WAR? Or some history in general.... EMPEROR OF THE NORTH does cover some segments of Great Depression struggles.( Don't know when or why the word "pole" was dumbly added to the title. My old VHS tape ends at "north".) Many people (including an Uncle of mine) traveled the rails as hobos seeking shelter, food and work. So does THE GRAPES OF WRATH('40) as "Dust Bowl" poverty and "Okie" migration was a fact of life for millions, and not romanticized tales. And it behooves me that I haven't noticed anyone suggesting you correct your children's exposure to the Dec. 7 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor by showing them TORA! TORA! TORA! instead of the dreary soap opera treatment given it in PEARL HARBOR. Given I don't know your kid's previous exposure to certain things or your predilection of exposing them to them, I might hesitate the showing of SAVING PRIVATE RYAN as the opening beach invasion scenes are brutally frank in their depiction of the bloody carnage that invasion actually was. But, if you DO wish to get across the reality of war, well.... Sepiatone

Yep, Jim. I think this film is by far the best of all those "giant insects/animals born of a post-nuclear age come to attack civilization" flicks which would follow, alright. (...although every time I watch it, I still hate seeing Mr. Whitmore's fate up there unfold near the end of it)

I have wanted to do this for so long! It's not Stella but I think I could make it work. Go to the opposite end of the aisle from my wife, grab two different boxes of an item, glance furtively look from one to the other and howl, "SAVANNAH*, repeatedly in anguish. This goes a long way towards explaining why I end up having to shop alone.

Same. Had it been shown I would have watched Olympia. The bits I've seen of the one's they are showing that I've glanced at don't hold my attention for any length of time. They remind me of the Ed & Steve Sabol NFL Films shorts but in long form and without the legendary Voice of God John Facenda narrating, in other words boring as all get out. Riefenstahl's Olympia along with her non -sport Triumph of the Wills with all their pageantry and choreographed order offers a fascinating view into how the public were seduced into supporting the Reich. Yes the creators and Nazis were reprehensibly beyond any imaginable evil. But they had the willing support of the populace. These films and others like them give us a major insight into how that support was earned and that is invaluable into preventing it from happening again.

Oh I gotta chime in with my favorite Leon Schlesinger story: Apparently Schlesinger had such a thick lisp, he would actually spit while talking when excited or angry. Daffy Duck was patterned after Schlesinger and Mel Blank obviously imitated him with the voice charactorization. Everyone was cringing in their seats during Schlesinger's fist viewing of the cartoon, just waiting for sparks to fly. When the lights went up afterwards, Schlesinger, laughing said, "Jethuth Chrith, that'th a funny voith!"

I grew up hearing stories of my Mom growing up during the WW2 years. I have enjoyed several movies that fleshed out what it was like for many people from different angles. Most have been mentioned already, many are "long" movies but if s/he's interested, can be revelatory: THE LONGEST DAY BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES SINCE YOU WENT AWAY MRS MINIVER CRY HAVOC SO PROUDLY WE HAIL (I also like THE TRAIN but that may be a tougher watch for a teen) Even though some of these films may be a stretch, I find them memorable for experiencing events from the various charactors point of view. Empathy is a great learning tool. The young romances in Mrs Miniver & between Jennifer Jones/Robert Walker in SYWA will reach any teen's heart.

Wrong, no "deal" in my book. So awful, they practically have to GIVE it away. Can't believe you can maintain those good looks of yours on that cancer inducing chemicals. Only an extrovert would think of saying something kooky like that in a crowd of strangers. My response to your comment would have been to clutch my cart & yell "THEM! THEM!"

I just finished reading Jerry Stiller's MARRIED TO LAUGHTER picked up at an estate sale. (after Covid, LOTS of those happening) It was a quick easy read, written well with lots of fun stuff included. (never mean, no dirt/barbs) He covers his childhood growing up a toughie in NYC and constantly refers to his college days in Syracuse and how much his profs influenced & supported him throughout his career: his early days struggling as an actor, doing Shakespeare and how he discovered comedy....and Anne Meara. I had always watched their Ed Sullivan performances but never realized how pivotal they were in his career. Just a wonderful glimpse into a fabulous life of entertainment with the insecurity, struggles & successes. I had no idea Meara wrote plays too. Was amazed they lived their entire lives in NYC, bringing up both their famous children there while performing in movies, theater & television.

For Pete's Sake (1974) High Sierra (1941) Take the Money and Run (1969) Snatch (2000) Caprice (1967) Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) Seven Thieves (1960)

Welcome to the firm Counselor. Your office is in the corner.

Would you consider it a bewhiskered reference also when a particularly bright flash of lightning and crack of thunder is heralded by a person shouting: "It's alive! It's alive!"?

FORREST GUMP (1994) has a lot of pseudo-history.

Someone mentioned Jon Voight. Watch COMING HOME (1978) with Voight playing a Vietnam Vet -- now a paraplegic. This film is inspired by Ron Kovic's true life story, which Oliver Stone covered in more detail in BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY (1989). You could compare Voight's version of the character with Cruise's. And if you want more Stone, then you could also watch THE DOORS (1991) which covers a specific moment in time through music.

Glory (1989). I haven't seen this movie in a while, and I don't know how accurate it is, but it's a good movie, entertaining, and beautifully shot. Chinatown (1974). The Water War in California sets the story in motion. And it's a great film, too.

Greetings from DFW. Yep, buck-fifty for a dog and a pop. And sure, go ahead and go there. What a cluster........oh look!........grapes!

Sunrise at Campobello (1960) -- Franklin Roosevelt's valiant struggle with polio, from the time he contracted it while on vacation with his family in 1921, to his brave return to politics three years later. The film stars Ralph Bellamy as FDR and Greer Garson as Eleanor, with support from Hume Cronyn and Jean Hagen. Dore Schary adapted the screenplay from his own Tony-winning play. Eleanor Roosevelt, a friend of Schary's, was present for some of the filming, some of which took place at actual locations. It's one of the most inspiring films I've ever seen -- it helped me understand how a man who couldn't walk across a room unaided had the strength to lead the country through the Depression and World War II. (Those years aren't covered here.) The Longest Day (1962) -- the story of D-Day, with Henry Fonda, John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Richard Burton, Sean Connery, Red Buttons, and many, many other well-known actors. Author Cornelius Ryan wrote the screenplay, adapted from his own book. Actual D-Day participants served as consultants on the film, and much of the film was shot in France, sometimes using actual locations. I found it very gripping -- especially when a German lookout first sees the Allied armada approaching.

Red Headed Woman (1932) Jean Harlow I'm No Angel (1933) Mae West Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) Diane Keaton The Good Wife (1987) Rachel Ward Ryan's Daughter (1970) Sarah Miles

I liked Stone's JFK but have reason to think that at least one detail was unsupported by the facts. At the time of release, one of the much-discussed details of the movie's conspiracy theory was that phone lines in DC went down intentionally at the time of the assassination, supposedly to prevent political and military leaders from communicating with each other during the crisis. When JFK was released, I happened to be working with an older guy who had been an AT&T staff member in 1963. He told me that there was nothing intentional about phone calls being blocked after the assassination; it was simply a matter of too many calls being made all at once, resulting in severe network congestion. My old colleague had first-hand knowledge of the network situation, so I found every reason to believe his assessment. (I've now worked in the DC telecom world for over 30 years, and I saw something similar happen on 9/11/01. Right after the NY and DC attacks, it was difficult to get a call through in DC, but wireless and wireline calls weren't entirely blocked. I was able to call my wife to tell her I was safe -- I worked within sight of the Pentagon -- and would be coming home early. But some of my colleagues couldn't get their calls through at all.)

I remember it. It was replaced with the morning train piece with the music that sounded like something from the 80s and 90s Roseanne TV series. It only lasted about three years and was replaced with the pop-up book intro. Which has been around since about 2010.

Thursday, July 22 5:45 p.m. Thirteen Women (1932). With Irene Dunne and Myrna Loy.

Douglas, Jeff - Van Johnson in Brigadoon

I don't think anyone has actually guessed, so ... 2503 is Second Chorus. Yes. 2509 is City Heat. Yes. Despite Moe's suspicions, Top rarely tries to trick us, at least to my memory. So, I assume 2510 is the original, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. Although I've seen all of them, so whichever one it is, I count it as a yes. So, three I'm sure I've seen.

Like most on the Internet, I was reminded of Flesh Gordon (1974) for some reason... 🤔

Spoilers in re: THE SECRET AGENT by Joseph Conrad I picked up an edition of this book that (on the back cover) (Pretty much) summarized the story as, “a secret terrorist shopkeeper Enlists his wife’s mentally disabled brother into carrying a bomb into the London exposition.” Like, literally once you know ALL THAT there’s no gottdamned point in reading the thing. That’s every single surprise and all 3 acts systematically unloaded on you in one poorly written paragraph.