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That's remarkably petty.

Yeah, the psychology was sketchy. First time William Holden actually annoyed me in a film, but he was young and still learning his craft I suppose. My favorite part was Eddie saying he didn't like it.

Third viewing for me of The Dark Past. It's ok, but will never be right up there in the pantheon of Great or even Pretty Good noirs. And as some have observed, it's more a "psychobabble" drama than a noir -- not that I get bogged down in labels. I always like William Holden, so that's a plus in this film. I also like Nina Foch. For some reason, I sometimes get her mixed up with Patricia Neal, even though they don't really look alike. Something about them both being good actresses and attractive women, both were in some fine movies, but never made it to "A List" Hollywood actresses -- maybe by choice. I rarely enjoy filmed plays; you can always tell, they're so static. Everything set in one room ( or two, as in TDP.) Maybe because I was already familiar with the story, I paid attention to little details I hadn't noticed on my other viewings. For one thing, I get a kick out of the set details, things like that ceramic dog that's used as a bookend. And for some reason I think it's kind of funny that despite the tension of the situation, it's sort of cozy, what with the chess game and the fire. A cozy fire while the escaped convicts hold everyone prisoner. They should have had home made soup and French bread to complete the scene. But then, the people who could provide the comfort food were locked in the basement. And what's up with that? How come the two servants were whisked away apart from everyone else? Of course, to give them the opportunity to escape unnoticed...at least, the stronger of the two did. I don't think they needed to present the other servant as so hysterical and annoying. I think the "strong" servant was Kathryn Card. The other servant, the whiney one, is not even credited on wiki, even though I have seen this actress many times, she was just doing what the script called her to do. Anyway, I just think it's funny that even the thugs were "classist" and separated the "help" from the rich people. Upstairs Downstairs. I do sometimes tire of all those "psychology" dramas so beloved by producers in the '40s and '50s. It all seems so dated now, and as others have mentioned, they make for very talky films. I also doubt that Holden's character, even if not shot down by the police ( as in Blind Alley) would have been allowed to live and undergo psychological counselling -- he shot that warden in the back, in cold blood, and I don't think claiming he imagined it was his father would have been an acceptable defence to a judge or jury. Too bad the kid was caught after he tried to escape...I was rooting for him. But at least the cook had better luck. Oh, one other "detail" I observed...One of the female guests ( Adele Jergens?) , the one who was flirting with another guest in front of her husband...how come she's dressed to the nines like that? Black evening gown, high heels, and jewellery, this in a country "cottage" supposedly for a relaxing weekend playing chess and hunting ( while, maybe not her ). The outfit seems so incongrous to the situation. Oh well, she did have to look good for the guy she was flirting with, even though the script makes him look weaker than her husband - that whole thing was like a little subplot, just a little extra something to think about.

Monday, October 18 6 p.m. The Heiress (1949). This is de Havilland’s show all the way but Miriam Hopkins is pretty good too.

Overacting or not, you didn't think his increasingly frenzied behaviour appropriate for a man who knew that time was running out? Besides that you must regard a lot of films as 'campy" if it's based on overacting by a principal player in it.

O'Brien knows it's over so his non-stop hysteria and paranoia worked for me. The scene of him running in the street out of sheer panic over the diagnosis was one of many powerful moments, like the drug store scene with insane Neville Brand. The remake was another reason not to remake classic movies.

Smokes a pipe. Listens to classical music. Plays chess. Tweedy suit. You are now an official Hollywood intellectual. At first I was thinking What the heck is a psychiatrist riding around in a bus for? Should have a Caddy or a Lincoln. Then I remembered he worked for the police department so that explains it. Holden was like the boring party guest who never takes the hint and leaves. Cobb is the shrink who, using his book of symbols, will analyze Bill's rain and umbrella with a hole in it dream and make it not very insightful or even that interesting, though he did manage to get in the ole Oedipus complex. Jah, you was in leib with your mutti and vanted to have zexual intercurse mit her. I vood tell you what zat has to do mit your malformed fingerz but you vood not vant to hear it. I doubt the today's head doctors use dream analysis like they did back in the day, but it's red meat for a Hollywood flick. The psychiatric shtick makes this one a bit more interesting than other hoods holding innocents hostage, but otherwise it's pretty average. Poor Grandma Walton. She survived the Great Depression only to be unnerved by Bill Holden's buzzcut. I think my favorite line was Hey, you could have killed me with those darts. Really?

Frank Sinatra the worst actor/singer????? Yikes! again, you've never seen his Oscar winning performance in From Here To Eternity or his Oscar nominated performance in The Man With The Golden Arm???? and I think Frank was a great singer. I'd recommend you seeing Sunset Blvd. for William Holden;s performance and From Here To Eternity and The Man With the Golden Arm for Frank's performances.

Somebody hasn't seen The Green Berets....

Knight, Shirley

Pal Joey next--first scary movie you can remember seeing

When Jimmy Durante literally kicks the bucket, a lot of people are affected in It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World In Executive Suite, the death of the company president brings a power struggle to employees and their familiers People all over the country are affected by Polly Phelps' death in Radio Days Senator Sam Foley's death sets the stage for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Baby Doll re: unusual pet

Here are, from my 16mm prints, the original 1931 DRACULA and 1938 (adapted from 1931) FRANKENSTEIN trailers. These are vastly different from the common Realart trailers that are on all the Universal DVD's, blu-rays etc.

Still won't let me post images..... IMDb pro says SUNSET BOULEVARD went into turnaround October 6. So it's officially dead in the water just like Joe Gillis. Here's a screenshot [url=https://postimages.org/][img]https://i.postimg.cc/HxX9dcXw/SUNSET.jpg[/img][/url]

The architecture of Cameron's house (called "The Glass House") in the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off is really interesting. Also, the architecture of a more recent movie Bong Jong Hoo's Parasite (2019) is stunning. Parasite is a South Korean film about greed and class discrimination and won the Oscar. As beautiful as the house is, I would feel a bit creeped out to go into the basement. Below: Top two photos of The Glass House and bottom photos of the Park's house in Parasite.

My second favorite (After Bride Of) of the Universal Frankenstein films and one of my favorite films of all time. I had to shut it off last night because they snipped out bits of dialogue and cut scenes short, probably for time constraints. Most wouldn't notice but I have seen this film dozens of times so I know it well. Sven didn't have time for much trivia but here is some things I have read: Peter Lorre was first considered for the role of Wolf von Frankenstein, played by Basil Rathbone. Rathbone considered the film a "penny dreadful" and does not even mention it in his memoirs. Boris Karloff made this his last time as The Monster, saying "We had exhausted his possibilities, he was becoming a clown". Bela Lugosi's wife, Lillian said Bela was a very warm person and he found the verrrrry Brrrritish Rathbone and Karloff to be "cold fish". Donnie Dunagan, who played the little boy Peter, says that Karloff played checkers with him for money, the kid actually won some quarters from him. Dunagan also said Rathbone would read him poems and stories. He did not mention Lugosi since he had no scenes with him, he said the only one he did not care for as Lionel Atwill, saying "I didn't like him, I avoided him" but did not elaborate.

My favorite apartment is Doris Day's in Pillow Talk.

Ricardo Montalbán - Mexican Film and Television Icon I cannot recommend this interview highly enough. If you are an actor or love stories about film and theatre this is a must watch. I have seen all theses unedited "Word of Mouth" interviews. Montalban's was quite engaging. He is humble, extremely down to earth, charming and still on top of his game. You can't help but love the guy. The interview is by far the most honest of all the interviews available. He is very forthright about his career and life experiences. I only wish it could have been longer. There are some great lessons here for actors and likely anyone else in entertainment.

Many of you have referred to Shatner being rich enough to pay for this flight. As I understand it, he was personally invited by Bezos to join & his ride was complimentary.

Havana Widows (1933)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) -- 11 Oscar noms, 1 win Next: a film set in your home state

I actually don't mind the lack of continuity between the films. As Peter Shaffer has said, Shakespeare gave release to the audience. The presumed death of the monster at the end of the earlier films gives that release. The later (1970/80s) horror films that became franchises tended to leave the audience hanging at the end. Shakespeare would not have approved. Btw, the monster's iconic walk that later became a sort of trademark began with the monster as played by Lugosi in Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man.

KIKIKI, Bette's "Deception" apartment is really high on my list too-- I've been known to watch that film just to see her stylish pad. It sort of reminds me of John Garfield's apartment that he moves into once he starts making it in "Humoresque"-- his also has sort of panoramic, loft-like windows, and I think his has a river view (would that be the East River in NYC) with boats chugging up and down... I love to think how Forties' audiences were responding to these two interiors in particular-- I bet they were as agog as we are.... A few more that came to mind: Franchot Tone's wild apartment in "Phantom Lady", Charles Ruggles' New England house in "A Stolen Life" Eve Arden's cozy apartment in "The Unfaithful" and her cousin Zachary Scott's classic California house in "The Unfaithful" and DARRYLFXANAX, I've always liked Joan's dreamy beach house in "Mildred Pierce, AND her Fifties' modern beach house in "Female on the Beach"....

Night of Terror 1933 Foy Produc.dist by Columbia.Directed by Benjamin Stoloff. Bela Lugosi Wallace Ford.Mystery movie in a haunted house,Lugosi is wasted as an Indian servant. Not very good. 65 minutes 5.75/10

Appointment in Honduras

To be fair, you go ballistic over a lot of things.

thank you. I'm one of those people who goes ballistic when the CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS take over the LOWE'S GARDEN CENTER in October, but I feel like the minute SEPTEMBER rolls around, it should be NOTHING BUT WALL TO WALL HORROR ON TV!!!!!

I thought someone posted that Frank Loyd Wright house that Ken (Richard Egan) and Sylvia(Dorothy McGuire) moved into in A SUMMER PLACE already, but going back over the posts, didn't spot it, but it's worth mentioning again. But as I can't post pics, I'll offer this... I think it'd be cool to live in that place! https://franklloydwrightsites.com/california/walker/walker_house.html Sepiatone

The Beragon beach house from Mildred Pierce would be nice to live in!

From October 16-22, the Poli ran The Old Nest, starring T. D. (“Dwight”) Crittenden as Dr. Horace Anthon and Mary Alden as Mrs. Anthon. The film was released on June 27, 1921, at eight reels. The Cinematheque Francais in Paris holds a complete copy. Plot: Dr. and Mrs. Anthon raise a large family of children. One of their sons dies in a train accident. The others slowly leave “the old nest” and find their lots in life. Tom, the oldest, becomes a successful lawyer. Frank becomes an artist. Jim is the black sheep, always needing money. Kate and Emily find husbands. They all fail to write home or visit, even forgetting Mrs. Anton’s birthday. Mrs. Anthon accepts this philosophically, recalling the past. When she sees a mother bird feeing its young, she remarks “feed them now, shove the food down their throats, mother bird, they will soon leave you and fly away!” Then Tom is appointed Attorney General of the United States, and in his happiness, remembers “the old nest” and returns home. Jim sees the light. All the siblings eventually return home for a visit. The still below could not be placed in context. It shows Louise Lovely (as Kate) and Mary Alden: The second still shows a train scene being filmed, with Helene Chadwick (as Emily) at right, about to fall out: Although I could not find a description for this scene, one review did mention a “dream sequence” involving a train wreck, so this could be from that sequence. There is another incident involving a train wreck, but that involves the son who is killed earlier in the film. Every review I read was positive. Wid’s Daily called the film “a splendid presentation of home life and mother love,” adding “the success of this production is due entirely to the happy combination of director, author and players.” Motion Picture News called the movie “a story of richly human episodes which invites us to look in on a typical American family and watch the divine mother love in its eternal song.” Moving Picture World remarked that the film was “real homespun stuff, the kind of a picture that appeals to all that is dearest and most tender, and does it without resorting to time-worn theatrical effects.” Finally, Exhibitor’s Herald called the film “a story of everyday life, filled with incidents so human that each spectator cannot avoid taking one home to himself, now and then.”

Bette Davis’ apartment in Deception.

Without a doubt one of Bela's best non-Dracula roles as the sinister Ygor. Even though the monster isn't quite as sympathetic in here as he was in the previous 2 films, he still isn't the real villain in here. It's Ygor, (SPOILER) using him to exact Ygor's twisted revenge on all those who saw to it that he hung. Their misfortune that he survived the hanging. Basil Rathbone also turns in a fine performance as Wolf von Frankenstein, originally intending no harm, but finds himself turning into his father's son, whether he likes it or not. And Lionel Atwill is a joy to watch as the one-armed Inspector Krogh. Not quite up there with James Whale's films, but I still think it's a good movie.

On Svengoolie tomorrow, October 16, 2021:

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Wright, Wilbur -- played by Michael Moriarty in THE WINDS OF KITTY HAWK (1978)

STEVE123456, here's a link to an article on her from "Vanity Fair" that I remember as being so interesting. It's by a friend of hers and producer, and chock full of stories, "The Garbo Next Door": https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2010/04/the-garbo-next-door-200004

Charade (Audrey Hepburn's Husband)

two thousand two hundred twenty-seventh category Someone’s death affects a lot of people Marion Crane in PSYCHO (1960) Romeo Montague in ROMEO AND JULIET (1968) Eva Peron in EVITA (1996)

The Girl from Missouri (1934)

The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)

Madigan (1968)

Nora Prentiss (1947)

Three on a Match (1932) (cocaine)

I’m trying hard to make it through RIVERS EDGE (1986), but to be honest with you, I really don’t think it’s very good. am I alone in this? or am I missing something? (it was on TCM UNDERGROUND) edit: I only have 12 minutes left of it, but to be honest with you, I don’t even care about sticking around that long.

You can rationalize individual tinkerers pushing the envelope a smidge, and while James Bond does have a heavy sci fi content, something like The Wild Wild West also owes a lot to Victorian era scientific romances. Dr. Loveless is as much a child of Robur and Captain Nemo as he is of Ernst Blofeld.

Part of the Dupont Show of the Month anthology series. This episode aired live from NYC, and also featured Marion Lorne, Elizabeth Montgomery, Charlotte Rae, Larry Blyden and Fred Gwynne (who was also in the Jimmy Stewart TV version) IMDb entry: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0352389/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_76 The kinescope is available on YouTube:

I've only seen this film once, but this set has been stuck in my head (from Marriage on the Rocks)

I guess I coulda posted this stuff in the "Canadian TV Memories" thread but since this thread is about Bill Shatner, I'll post it here for fun. Back in the 1970s, Shatner did some TV commercials for Loblaws. Loblaws is a major Canadian grocery store chain that's still around. They also operate the Real Canadian Superstore outlets and other stores under other names. Here's one old Loblaw's ad from 1972. Have no idea why there's a penguin in the ad.? My memory banks don't include that info.: Poor quality one here from 1978:

Somebody else here mentioned that they noticed Dana Delany was wearing the same clothes for both Gloria Grahame Noir Alley screenings. Here's my guess, although it could be entirely wrong: Although Eddie said, "Hey, Dana will be here again in 2 weeks to introduce another Gloria Grahame film", I would not take that literally. I don't believe they filmed the first session ( for Human Desire ), waited two weeks, and then came back to discuss The Glass Wall. That wouldn't be practical. I think it's much more likely that Eddie and Dana arranged to co-host Noir Alley for two Gloria Grahame films, and did it all in one session. That would explain why Dana Delany is wearing the same outfit-- she never went home, she did both Noir Alley "wraparounds" all at one time.