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Stanley and Barry Livingston (My Three Sons) Ron and Clint Howard (The Andy Griffith Show) Joaquin and River Phoenix (from 1984 tv movie, Backwards)

Ann-Margret is also one of many actors or actresses that can do comedy, and do it well. She had a small, but memorable role in "The Cheap Detective"; a movie which can still make me double over with laughter consistently!

Connie Gilchrist Kathleen Freeman Virginia Gregg

Coming soon to the Dark City Community Theater. Tennessee Williams' Suddenly, Last Summer, starring Lorna and his mother. (...sorry Lorna, just couldn't resist...although with that terrific sense of humor of yours, I knew you'd get a kick out of this one)

Relatos Salvajes (Wild Tales). 2014. Directed by Damián Szifron. Argentina. An Anthology movie composed by six short stories about the unexpected consequences of revenge. 'Bombita' is my favorite segment, and I also liked 'Pasternak', 'The Rats', and 'The Proposal'; 'The Strongest One' has a good ironic ending, but 'Til Death Do Us Part' goes on and on to an underwhelming end. The cast includes Ricardo Darín, Rita Cortese, Oscar Martínez, and Leonardo Sbaraglia.

Last I heard Katrine was with Rob Stephenson, the son who also disappeared from The Best Years of Our Lives.

I mean...as far as names parents may call their children during the heat of conflict go, “Walking mortal sin” is quite frankly rather tame compared to some I’ve heard... ...from my very own Mother in fact. (And just last week!)

Lauren, Billy and Michael Chapin Bobs, Billy, Coy, and Delmar Watson The Dionne Quintuplets

The Cartwrights: Veronica (The Children's Hour, The Birds) Angela (The Sound of Music) The Fannings: Dakota (Sweet Home Alabama, Uptown Girls) Elle (Somewhere, We Bought a Zoo)

I only mention Ann-Margaret because she isn't really taken seriously as an actress, but receives more attention as a live "entertainer". In every movie she's a standout-bringing an excitement, vivaciousness to her role no matter how small. Dependable. It must be just Ann-Margaret's personality & professionalism. Her performances are probably somewhat overlooked because she's so pretty you just can't take your eyes off her, discounting her acting contribution & talent. I'm looking forward to seeing her as a feisty old lady in QUEEN BEES '21 I have this poster framed in my living room. The pic is from the same photo shoot as Viva Las Vegas:

The film was satire, parody, based on real events and personalities of the day. No one back then thought such absurd characters or situations could be taken seriously. Well guess what. Now they are. I too thought the movie was a stinker back when it was released. But I've watched it several times since TCM had resurrected it and will again. The irony is thick, and the lessons are tough to take. It's quite the little time capsule and whether intentionally or not TCM is doing an infinitely greater service with this film than ALL of their silly "problematic" series. Hanks is good. Watch how he interacts when the cops are closing in. THAT is exactly what you say before you call your Lawyer. Griffith is so natural in front of the camera, always has been. I like her in everything except maybe Cherry 2000, I'm particular about my sci-fi.

Yes, but that relationship didn't last. (...and she ended up marrying Chuck Cunningham)

Portrait of Jennie (1948) is the story of impoverished painter Eben Adams, played by Joseph Cotten, who sketches and later paints Jennie, a girl and, soon after, a woman whom he's not sure really exists -- at least not in the present day. Jennifer Jones plays Jennie, and Ethel Barrymore and Cecil Kellaway are Eben's art dealers. Lillian Gish and David Wayne are in the supporting cast. Fantasy isn't my favorite genre, but this is a fantasy that I like very much. It focuses in part on the inspiration behind art and how it can grow to be an obsession -- which, to me, is a very interesting subject. The poster below shows the "Portrait of Jennie" that was painted for the movie. David O. Selznick, who produced the movie and was married to its star Jennifer Jones, considered the portrait a prized possession and hung it in their home, according to Wikipedia.

The Osmonds

I do, and I also remember in 2000 assisting her deplane off a Northwest Airlines flight into LAX along with her husband Roger Smith and right after she had had a pretty bad spill in Minnesota off her motorcycle. She had just recently suffered three broken ribs and a fractured shoulder, but still was very pleasant to interact with that day. (...I remember actually kidding her by telling her that if perhaps she had been riding a better handling Triumph motorcycle instead of a Harley, maybe this wouldn't have happened to her...she got a kick out of that...nice lady who I had known had been a fellow avid motorcyclist for years)

The Jackson 5, including little Michael

Melissa, Sara, and Jonathan Gibert Jodie and Buddy Foster Macaulay, Kieran, and Rory Culkin Sean and Mackenzie Astin Abigail and Spencer Breslin Kristy and Jimmy McNichol Fred, Ben, and Kala Savage Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen Hayden and Jansen Panettiere Hillary and Haylie Duff

She’s great in BODY DOUBLE. There is a hilarious scene where she meets a legitimate actress at Hollywood party who doesn’t recognize her from her dirty films, it’s very bold, very funny.

I've watched several foreign language films over the last couple of months: Black God, White Devil (1965) Brazil/Dir: Glauber Rocha - A peasant (Geraldo Del Rey) and his wife (Yona Magalhaes) join various revolutionaries in a quest to find a more just and equitable life. Director Rocha attempts to blend neo-realism with experimentalism and heavy-handed allegory, with the results not much to my taste. It felt pretentious and amateurish, although the use of Brazilian folk tunes was a good touch. (5/10) Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972) Italy/Dir: Sergio Martino - An author (Luigi Pistilli) and his wife (Anita Strindberg) live in a large, decaying mansion, where they entertain friends in between vicious verbal attacks. Things get more complicated when the author's niece (Edwige Fenech) arrives, and a series of murders beset the neighboring town. This is a slick, tawdry giallo-style thriller with a lot of exposed skin. The many twists and turns of the plot proved a bit much for me, but the movie is recommended to fans of Italian films of the period. (6/10) Torso (1973) Italy/Dir: Sergio Martino - Giallo thriller that's as interested in naked women as it is bloody murders. The cast includes Suzy Kendall, Tina Aumont, and John Richardson. This lacks the style of the better titles in the subgenre, but still provides some entertainment. (6/10) In a Glass Cage (1986) Spain/Dir: Agusti Villaronga - A former Nazi, long in hiding and now suffering from illness that forces him into an iron lung, is tormented and tortured by his new "caretaker", a disturbed young man with a shared past. This controversial, very disturbing drama about mental and physical trauma is hard to watch. (6/10) Nekromantik (1987) West Germany/Dir: Jorg Buttgereit - The infamous, low-budget shocker about lovers of the dead. I found it repulsive, amateurish and dull, and I've much preferred Buttgereit's later works. (3/10) My Lovely Burnt Brother and His Squashed Brain (1989) Italy/Dir: Giovanni Arduino & Andrea Lioy - Proof that America isn't the sole source of beyond-dreadful shot-on-video dreck, this beautifully-named yet excruciatingly-produced travesty is obnoxious, incoherent, and just plain stupid. (1/10)

My old man dropped out of school in the sixth grade during the Great Depression to help feed his five sisters and brother by working in the Kentucky and West Virginia coal mines. Two days after the attack on Pearl Harbor he found the local recruiting station and signed up for the army going on to serve in the Pacific (That's right. Being shot at was a more attractive scenario than going down into the mines). So his vocabulary and phrasing was colorful to say the least. More than a few of the things I was called by him during my escapades would have hurt my feelings...if they weren't so impressively inventive

we stole pay-per-view in the 1990s and I watched BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES several times over a six week period ca. 1991. I was about 12 at the time, but I liked it...funny thing is, I will always remember MELANIE GRIFFITH has a line in it: "Sherman, don't you want a little p00ntang?" in her Suh-huthern accent and FOR YEARS I totally thought she said "Sherman, don't you want a little perm tank?" which I figured must be something really filthy. I also love the hairstyling for MELANIE GRIFFITH in BONFIRE, she is COIFED within an INCH OF HER LIFE IN THAT FILM.

also, various people have mentioned not liking the scene where LORETTA takes the time to DOLL HERSELF UP immediately after her husband buys it and before she is off on her quest to catch Mr. Postman. THIS IS THE REALEST SCENE LORETTA YOUNG EVER PLAYED IN HER LIFE and I LOVE IT. It is is the LYNCHPIN of the whole movie.

I was raised an EPISCOPALIAN and we spend absolutely NO TIME on SIN and/or THE DEVIL, which disappointed me as a child, but now I think it's REALLY the way to go. As a rule of thumb, I TRY not to cast aspersions on religion (in general) but Catholics are taught to FIXATE on the ODDEST THINGS that, forgive me, I don't think there IS MUCH NUTRITIVE VALUE in FIXATING UPON.

I'll buy tickets! I'm all for supporting local talent. It might help me later on the Meeting Classic Stars in Person thread.

I have not seen many episodes of MAUDE. I admire more than like the work of Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin. ALL IN THE FAMILY was a truly innovative 1970s American TV series but I do not enjoy it the way that I do THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW, that other innovative 1970s series. I am definitely team MTM versus team Tandem (Lear and York's production company). HOWEVER . . . based on your post I watched the first episode of MAUDE on imdb tv (titled "Maude's Problem"), which I’d never seen before, and I absolutely loved it! The writing and acting were amazing. I am more familiar with Beatrice Arthur's work as Dorothy Zbornak on THE GOLDEN GIRLS. Her Maude Findlay is a completely different character than her Dorothy but is just as real. The other actors featured in this episode ---- Billy Macy as Maude's husband Walter (we learn later in the episode that he is her fourth husband) and Adrienne Barbeau* as Maude's daughter Carol (we learn that her father was Maude's second husband) ---- are fantastic and hold their own with Arthur. All three actors have stage experience and it shows in the way they work before the live audience. I literally laughed out laugh at several points, something that rarely happens when I watch something by myself. I anticipated Maude biting Walter’s hand but laughed nevertheless when it actually happened. The scene where Maude visits the office of Carol’s psychiatrist Dr. Stern (we learn that he is not Jewish) was brilliant on so many levels. “Maude’s Problem” was written by Susan Silver, who wrote five episodes of THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW (she gave the world Twinks Tvedt) but only this one episode of MAUDE. So perhaps it was more in the MTM vein than the rest of MAUDE. But I definitely will check out more episodes. *I’m a big fan of Adrienne Barnbeau’s work as the voice of Catwoman/Selina Kyle on BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES, one of my favorite TV series of all time.

I recently watched, "Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind". The guy is one of my favorite recording artists, and this documentary, released in 2019, chronicles his music and his career. It was very interesting. Most people interviewed for the piece said he was an incredible songwriter and arranger, and was quintessentially Canadian in much of the songs he composed. I thought it was a very well done production. It began with one of his early hits, "That's What You Get For Lovin' Me" and how Lightfoot came to view the song with disdain, because at the time, he was married with a couple of kids and didn't think it was an appropriate song to be celebrated as it was. He still does an occasional performance, even at 78, although his voice isn't as strong as it used to be. Lightfoot is a good wordsmith whose songs evoke imagery that make you think of Canada or any cold-weather place in the world on some of his songs like "Song For A Winter's Night", "Circle of Steel", and "Did She Mention My Name". Of course, his songs can make you think of any place anywhere on the globe, because they are so universal, like "Carefree Highway", "Summer Side of Life", "Affair On 8th Avenue", and "Don Quixote". Then you've got 'story' songs like "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" and "Canadian Railroad Trilogy". Gord's Gold is one of my favorite albums, and I'll occasionally bust it out and play it on my turntable. I'd give the documentary 9 out of 10.

The Autofono, which sold at Breker for $130,800, is the only known surviving example of the first jukebox. Hobart C. Niblack patented the apparatus that automatically changed records in 1918

Since I have loved watching films over the years there is one element of filming that I have absolutely fell in love with and that is the scoring of films. I have found a great YouTube channel from the Film Symphony Orchestra… I will try and post as many of these wonderful bits of films I have discovered… From the FSO website: What is FSO? The Film Symphony Orchestra is a ground-breaking artistic project which was founded to address a gap in the musical and cultural industry in Spain. We are an elite, professional symphony orchestra made up of more than 70 musicians, exclusively dedicated to music for cinema and related art forms. Led by the internationally acclaimed composer and conductor Constantino Martínez Orts, the FSO performs a rich program of film music concerts, sometimes accompanied by visual projections. We also offer composers the chance to record their own soundtracks. With cinema always at its core, and with a consistent preoccupation for quality, Film symphony Orchestra launches a singular, innovative initiative which aims to bring symphonic music to a wide audience, uniting culture, art and spectacle under the umbrella of one unique experience. https://filmsymphony.es/en/ Here is the great Lawrence of Arabia... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYXkSCelRpc

That is the God's honest truth.

Hey There - John Raitt - The Pajama Game "Hey there, you with the stars in your eyes" Bobby Vinton song he sings that is used in a movie

Guys, I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree on Melanie. I've seen those movies and can't get into her at all.

Der Todesking/The Death King (1990) West Germany/Dir: Jorg Buttgereit - Bizarre, unsettling drama/thriller (?) that features a series of short vignettes of various people committing acts of violence upon themselves and others, interlaced with time-lapse footage of a corpse decaying. Not for everyone, to put it mildly, but it has an undeniable power taken as a whole. (6/10) Three Colors: Blue (1993) France/Poland/Dir: Krzysztof Kieslowski - Powerful, understated drama about a woman (Juliette Binoche) struggling to move on after the sudden death of her famous composer husband and their young child. Binoche gives an exemplary performance. Recommended. (8/10) The Untold Story (1993) Hong Kong/Dir: Danny Lee & Herman Yau - Anthony Wong stars in this outrageous horror comedy based on the true story of a homicidal butcher-shop proprietor. Wong is terrific is this infamous "Cat 3" (basically NC-17 rated) bloodbath. (7/10) Chungking Express (1994) Hong Kong/Dir: Wong Kar-Wai - In two loosely connected tales, policemen (Takeshi Kaneshiro and Tony Leung) fall for mysterious, unusual women (Brigitte Lin and Faye Wong, respectively). Wong's signature style, love it or hate it, is on full display, with a meandering, improvisational feel that's more interested in mood than story. I thought the cast was very good, particularly Kaneshiro and Wong. Recommended. (8/10) Three Colors: White (1994) France/Poland/Dir: Krzysztof Kieslowski - Black comedy with Zbigniew Zamachowski as a Polish immigrant in France who seeks revenge against his French wife (Julie Delpy) after she divorces him. This seemed like an anomaly compared to Kieslowski's Blue and Red films, but it's still enjoyable. (7/10) Ring 2 (1999) Japan/Dir: Hideo Nakata - Director Nakata's unnecessary follow-up to the hit 1998 original about a cursed videotape that kills anyone who watches it in three days. A group of investigators search for the survivors from the first film as more people die from the curse. Bland and perfunctory. (5/10) Ring 0: Birthday (2000) Japan/Dir: Norio Tsuruta - Prequel to the prior Ring films that attempts to explain the origin of the mysterious girl behind the cursed videotape. The plot is confused and the suspense negligible. (5/10) Memories of Murder (2003) South Korea/Dir: Bong Joon Ho - Acclaimed serial killer thriller, based on a true story, with detectives Kang-ho Song and Kim Sang-kyung on the hunt for murderer. I enjoyed the film despite the tired subject matter. (7/10) One Missed Call (2003) Japan/Dir: Takashi Miike - More J-horror "thrills", this time centering on a cursed mobile phone call that leads to the death of anyone who receives it. Miike may have been attempting to parody prior J-horror films, but it's a bit too straight faced to succeed. (5/10) Kamikaze Girls (2004) Japan/Dir: Tetsuya Nakashima - Cult film about a gangster's daughter who's obsessed with 18th century French fashion. This is fast-paced, loud, colorful, and not to everyone's taste, including mine, I guess. (5/10) Noroi (2005) Japan/Dir: Koji Shiraishi - Found-footage J-horror about an investigative TV reporter attempting to do a show on a mysterious series of deaths in a small village. I'm not much of a fan of the found-footage subgenre, but this one worked for me, with a blend TV footage from various styles of programs mixed with security camera footage and other types of "real-world" surveillance. (7/10) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) Sweden/Dir: Niels Arden Oplev - Thriller about a disgraced investigative journalist (Michael Nyqvist) hired to look into a long-unsolved murder case that involves a wealthy and powerful family. He's finds unexpected assistance from a troubled, unpredictable computer hacker (Noomi Rapace). This original adaptation of the novel by Stieg Larsson was overshadowed a few years later by the big-budget American version, but this one is well worth checking out. Rapace is phenomenal as Lisbeth Salander, the title character, and it's a star-making turn. Recommended. (8/10) The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009) Sweden/Dir: Daniel Alfredson - Lisabeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) is back in Sweden after the events of the first film, but now she's been framed for three murders, and it's up to her and former associate Mikael (Michael Nyqvist) to clear her name. This sequel seemed much sloppier and uneven, perhaps due to the change in director, but the stars still make it worth checking out. (7/10) Trollhunter (2010) Norway/Dir: Andre Ovredal - Found-footage dark comedy/fantasy thriller with a collegiate documentary crew following Norway's official troll hunter, a man tasked with killing any of the mythical giant beasts that escape from their designated habitats. The special effects are good, and the filmmaking clever, with a good, wry script. (7/10) Witching & ****ing (2013) Spain/Dir: Alex de la Iglesia - A group of bumbling robbers attempt to hide out in the country after a botched job, only to be confronted by a coven of murderous witches. Slick production values highlight this loud horror comedy. I found it a bit too obnoxious, but it has its moments. (6/10) The Wave (2015) Norway/Dir: Roar Uthaug - Disaster movie about a rock slide causing a tidal wave to push through a fjord into a coastal town. A father and mother race to save their children from the deluge. This was a huge hit, and features US-style effects and production values. I found it entertaining. (7/10) Knife + Heart (2018) France/Dir: Yann Gonzalez - Giallo-style thriller set in the world of gay adult films, where a mysterious masked assassin is picking off the cast and crew in grisly fashion. Vanessa Paredes stars as the world-weary production boss. The neon-soaked cinematography accentuates the period decadence. (6/10) Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) France/Dir: Celine Sciamma - Period-piece romance about a repressed painter (Noemie Merlant) hired to paint a portrait of wealthy woman's daughter (Adele Haenel) in hopes of enticing a proper suitor. The painter and her subject instead fall for each other. Gorgeous cinematography and subtle performances are the best part of this low-key film. (7/10) Another Round (2020) Denmark/Dir: Thomas Vinterberg - A group of middle-aged school teachers make a pact to try and maintain a steady level of alcoholic buzz in an attempt to better their moribund lives, with mixed results. With Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang, and Lars Ranthe. I enjoyed this Oscar winner for Best International Film, although I wasn't as blown away by it as some seem to be, and I prefer some of Vinterberg's earlier films. The real-life tragedy behind-the-scenes, with Vinterberg's adult daughter, who had been cast in the film and was on her way to the filming location, dying in a car crash caused by another drunk driver, casts a pall over the proceedings as well. (7/10) The Binding (2020) Italy/Dir: Domenico Emanuele de Feudis - Scary in-laws in this supernatural thriller about a woman (Mia Maestro) who travels with her young son to stay with her fiancée's mother in her large, crumbling estate. As the mother begins to suspect something sinister is afoot, the clichés begin to pile up. (5/10) Cadaver (2020) Norway/Dir: Jarand Herdal - In a grim, post-apocalyptic world, a couple are invited to attend a lavish dinner party in order to "raise their spirits". Their are ulterior motives, of course, and things go predictably awry. Blah. (5/10) Don't Listen (2020) Spain/Dir: Angel Gomez Hernandez - Supernatural thriller about a family dealing with an unruly spirit in a decrepit mansion that the parents hope to renovate. The film plays like any of a number of American films of the same ilk, using loud audio in an attempt tp elicit jump scares. (6/10) Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight (2020) Poland/Dir: Bartosz M. Kowalski - Highly uneven homage to American summer camp slashers movies about an isolated retreat for youths with tech addictions who are forced to rough it in the wild without the use of cell phones or computers. Unfortunately for them, a murderous psychopath is also on the loose in the area. This has a few good moments, and the back story of the killer is unusual, but overall I found this lacking. (5/10) The Scary House/The Strange House (2020) Austria/Dir: Daniel Prochaska - Juvenile-targeted horror thriller about a group of kids dealing with a haunted house in the Austrian countryside. A bit too routine for me. (5/10) Sputnik (2020) Russia/Dir: Egor Abramenko - Cold War-era sci-fi thriller starring Oksana Akinshina as a doctor brought to a secret military base to evaluate a cosmonaut who recently returned from a space mission...changed. Big-budget special effects highlight this engaging-if-familiar genre outing. (7/10) The Superdeep (2020) Russia/Dir: Arseny Syuhin - A remote scientific installation is the setting for this horror/sci-fi thriller. The world's deepest man-made hole unleashes something nefarious. A good set-up and an unusual antagonist are undercut by bad direction. (5/10) Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula (2020) South Korea/Dir: Sang-ho Yeon - Lesser sequel to 2018's Train to Busan, with a group of people traveling into the now-quarantined Korean peninsula, which has been overrun by zombies, in order to secure a truckload of cash. I liked this more than most other viewers seem to, although it's a far cry from the excellent first film. (6/10) Blood Red Sky (2021) Germany/Dir: Peter Thorwarth - A group of hijackers take over a passenger jet over the Atlantic. Unfortunately, one of the passengers happens to be a vampire. This was a well-made action thriller with horror touches and good performances. (7/10) Oxygen (2021) France/Dir: Alexandre Aja - Claustrophobic sci-fi thriller with Melanie Laurent as an amnesiac who awakens in a sealed cryo-sleep chamber with a rapidly depleting oxygen supply. She must figure out who she, where she is, and how to escape before time runs out. Engaging thrills and a solid performance from Laurent elevate this familiar suspense outing. (6/10)

Some places now offer to e-mail your receipt. I ALWAYS ask for a paper copy so I have it with me!

She is also in Grumpier Old Men (I think). Do you remember when she fell off the stage? Thelma Ritter is always dependable

Absolutely brilliant movie! I went into this one positive I wasn't going to like it. Whatever the brief plot synopsis I'd read made it sound like a dry melodrama, but I watched it for Joseph Cotten. My God!! Whoever wrote that crap description I read should be hanged, drawn and quartered and his hands glued to the city gates as warning to future describers to actually watch before type. It only took about five minutes and I was absolutely enthralled. I'm not a big fantasy buff either but this and A Matter of Life and Death from a couple of years earlier are two of the most beautiful stories I've ever seen put on film.

Sorry I got caught up in the ALGERIAN IVY and I forgot to mention... IF I was ever a hooker, I would be one of those HIGH CLASS HOOKERS that you have to call a PHONE SERVICE FOR. and I would look like this: And I would have been waiting outside in the Limo as THE DRIVER was inside the store getting whatever it was I needed. And that's all the news that's fit to print...

Like anyone reads Playboy articles. 🙄 Thanks midwestan for the Gordon Lightfoot documentary mention. While "too cool" to like him when his songs were on the radio, I've since grown to appreciate him in retrospect. He's one of those guys who sings flat/in between key and nearly impossible to sing along with like James Taylor and Jim Morrison.

“LORNA AND HIS MOTHER” would make a great title!!!!!!! (I gotta use that for something someday!)

Good topic here, TopBilled. My picks wouldn't necessarily be considered great or memorable, but they were part of casts that made some good movies. Kent Smith, Richard Carlson, Nigel Bruce, Lee Bowman, Jack Carson, Una O'Connor, Helen Walker, Agnes Moorehead, Lee Patrick, Lucile Watson.

When I saw your description of this, Ham...I immediately thought of..."tubes to the left of me, preamps to the right, here I am...stuck in a speaker with you!"....🙄 This thread brings back memories. My parents owned a tavern, and the jukebox was my introduction to music. I was always taking quarters out of the cash register to play songs I liked. It was always fun when the 'record man' came by every 3 months to change out old records and replace them with newer songs.

Live a Little, Love a Little (1968) 90 minutes Spinout (1966) 90 minutes A Quiet Place (2018) 90 minutes Others that are pretty darn close... Sleeper (1973) 89 minutes Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 91 minutes Halloween (1978) 91 minutes

I'm glad that a couple folks remembered F For Fake and The Horse's Mouth. In Fake, Welles presented an engaging, almost whimsical look at deception. (I really need to watch it again to remind myself about its details.) The Horse's Mouth is a big favorite in our house; my wife and I watch it almost every year. (And in between, we talk about it occasionally, as we were just the other day.) Alec Guinness's portrayal of Gully Jimson captures the messy life of a painter consumed by his artistic vision, almost to the complete exclusion of life's practical realities. Guinness is very ably supported by a great cast that includes Kay Walsh, Renee Houston, Robert Coote, and Ernest Thesiger. And keep in mind that Guinness also wrote the screenplay, based on Joyce Cary's novel, and received an Oscar nomination. A wonderful, wonderful movie.

I thought I was movie experienced enough to recognize the big-mouthed guy going "...hhhheeeEEEYYY!", but well...nobody's perfect. 😊

I agree about Geraldine Fitzgerald. Also memorable later on opposite Rod Steiger as a sympathetic New York City social worker in THE PAWNBROKER. Another vote for Roger Livesey. So charming in I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING. And a fine performance as Laurence Olivier's father in THE ENTERTAINER. Another cast member from that film -- Brenda de Banzie. Never disappoints. Excellent actress in everything else I've seen her in such as HOBSON'S CHOICE (as Charles Laughton's determined, stubborn daughter), THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, and other films which don't immediately come to mind (mainly because my Baby Boomer memory is occasionally faulty).

2004 Of the 26 FF’s I’ve seen this year, this one is at the very bottom of my ‘I’ve also seen list.’ Le Pont des Arts (2004) Eugene Green, France IMO, quite simply pretentious garbage. I like watching all manner of films, even bad ones but this was at another level entirely. With Bresson and Duras influences gone all wrong.

Ya know, before the invention of the jukebox, early man was required to change his own records...

How about James Mason? Certainly an actor of some reputation, but I think generally underrated. He was fearless in his choice of roles, frequently playing characters who weren't highly sympathetic.

Has anyone mentioned The Woman on the Beach (1947)? It’s a film noir starring Joan Bennett and Robert Ryan. Charles Bickford plays a retired painter who has lost his sight. He’s married to Bennett’s character, and this being a film noir, the Bennett and Ryan characters develop a relationship that troubles Bickford, of course. I saw the movie when Eddie Muller showed it on Noir Alley and enjoyed it very much.

Roger Livesey. Maybe because he was a Welsh born actor and best known in England, we in the states may not know him from a lot of productions. I think he was outstanding in I Know Where I'm Going and The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp.

While I know she's a real, well you know, in much of the film, I'm kind'a surprised that no one as yet mentioned this young lady (although another character in the film would disagee vehemently with the term "lady" being ascribed to her here) who got her strength from the red earth of Tara... (...although maybe I should've waited until our friend leighcat spotted this thread)