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Curses! That's what I get for only covering half my tracks...
Your turn, and well-deserved...
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The author of this response is also a noir lover but if you are "ultra-left", ken, I might consider myself simply "left".
I'd be interested in hearing, if you are so inclined, what would make you "ultra"...maybe I'm "ultra" and don't even know it...
[i've never been "ultra-" anything before...this could be my big chance at "ultra-dom"!]
In any case, ken, this is a good observation - I've always been drawn to noir because of the social/non-elitist context in the genre.
It would be interesting to hear a viewpoint from another perspective.
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Agreed.
My tolerance for violence is fairly high - the '64 version is violent, but not skin-crawlingly so, for me.
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A tip of the cap to Mongo!
[i'll have to remember "Won Ton Ton,..." - a good film for this game]
Go, Mongo, go...
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Dennis Morgan to Morgan Freeman, anyone?
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No television; no "scenes deleted"; most important, no Gene Barry.
War of the Worlds [1953] to War of the Worlds [2005]
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Giulietta Masina < Il Bidone > Broderick Crawford
Broderick Crawford < The Oscar > Milton Berle
Milton Berle < It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World > Jack Benny
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As the children I care for at work would say:
"EEZY, PEEZY, LEMON SQUEEZY!"
Detective Story < Kirk Douglas > Spartacus
Spartacus < Laurence Olivier > Sleuth
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[rises slowly from his resting place, wiping his sweat-drenched brow, raspily whispering]
........the horror, the horror................
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Trump away, Jack. For me, cameos count.
Take your turn, Jack. I'm OK to wait...
or one of us can go to Mornington Crescent to leave a puzzle there - we tied, I think, with our solutions to "Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day" to "Pearl Harbor".
Let me know if you have a preference. [You came up with your solution first at the Crescent, so actually you are the official winner.]
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For me, this is a case of apples and oranges.
The '46 film is a classic, no doubt. The '64 "re-think" of The Killers is a movie of a different sort, with different appeal. I don't think the later film stinks - Lee Marvin and Clu Gulager are a very interesting pair of hitmen, with an appealing chemistry - but it is not quite in the same league as the '46 film.
Packaging them together on DVD is a good marketing ploy, but may deceive some movie enthusiasts looking for films of a similar genre.
Nightmare Alley is also a classic, and a sorely overlooked one.
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...or maybe you hab a code in your node, and it just came out wrong... :-)
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Here I go:
Vic Morrow < King Creole > Paul Stewart
Paul Stewart < Citizen Kane > Ray Collins
Ray Collins < Athena > Vic Damone
That should do the trick
for the two guys named "Vic".
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wordmaster is: [in no particular order]
50 years old
an early childhood educator currently supervising an out-of-school care program
Canadian
university-educated as a linguist/translator [French/English]
trained as a chef, but grew weary of long hours and no friends
aspiring [in this world or the next] to be one
a lover of Oriental art and religion
not currently the subject of anyone's amorous intentions
known to enjoy crostics and Scrabble
in analysis for clinical depression [SO COME ON, TOM CRUISE, BRING IT ON!!!...oops, did I say that out loud?]
left-handed
an advocate for children's rights
asthmatic
interested in the workings of the human mind
not a conversationalist
an ex-curmudgeon, now just tired and cynical
known to enjoy dark chocolate
someone who has dabbled in earlier days in the worlds of music [saxophone], radio broadcasting [as a record spinner], acting [little theatre] and politics [ran for government office]
a strange hybrid of Peter Lorre and Woody Allen [somewhat short and rotund, quirky with a dash of wit]
antisocial or reclusive, depending on whom you ask
tired, but not yet retired
going to stop writing or my reputation as an enigma will be in serious jeopardy
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I ain't talkin!
Ya can't beat it out o'me, ya lousy screws!
OOPS, sorry...I did that schtick already...never mind.
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This is a good idea, inglis.
We are all people who have a passion for movies in some form or another.
I will make an effort to compose something for people here, as soon as I can figure out who I am. More precisely, how to say who I am. When it comes to this subject, wordmaster is not one.
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Curmudgeons aren't curmudgeons all the time, just when they have to be.
No shrink necessary for you, that's for sure. They have other fish to fry.
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> One of the best roles ever, for any actress, I think
> is Julie Traherne in Dark Victory.
pssssst, GM........"Judy, Judy, Judy" [or Judith, if you prefer...]
I do agree with you, though.
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ZOUNDS! That is brilliant...
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I usually don't have too many irons to add to the fire here [it's a part of my nature that I have to keep in check or things will happen...] but I will add the following mystifying human quality/quirk to the discussion:
PERSONAL GROOMING IN PUBLIC
One example of this aberration is sufficient to fuel debate [or lack of same]:
People who clip/trim their fingernails on public transit or in other public spaces. HELLO! You are no longer at home! You live in a society of humans that will derive nothing substantive from this kind of public display! Kindly desist immediately...lest you incur the wrath/disgust/perverse attentions of your fellow terrestrians! You are invading my small portion of God's golfball...go away!
[exits, to soothe aching head]
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As Spock might say, "Fascinating..."
It makes me think of silent films and how we all should appreciate them more...myself included. It also confirms my belief in the power/influence of music on the human mind [at least, on my mind].
I am not one to ask a lot of questions about how and why things are - I used to have a great deal of curmudgeonliness but now am just too weary of the world [keep the "curmudgeon" flag flying high, stoneyburke and friends!].
This example of strange synchronicity is a mystery to enjoy. At least, I did, for a brief time. Thanks, benwhowell.
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I think we are all in agreement here, then.
No "scenes deleted"; if you want restrictions, state them clearly.
Let the games begin.
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I agree, MrWriteLA.
I was just wondering aloud.
I declare that we should be able to use them.
Our game, our rules...right?
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No worries, Jack - anything to promote the spirit of friendly competition...
I wonder if we are allowed to use actors' roles that are marked as "uncredited"...probably not...I have avoided using them.
I tried the "Fatty Arbuckle" route and got to Anthony Quinn [also a good bridge] but stalled there...
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Mornington Crescent
in Games and Trivia
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My roundabout solution:
Die Bruder Karamazoff < Emil Jannings > Der Blaue Engel
Der Blaue Engel < Marlene Dietrich > Just a Gigolo
Just a Gigolo < David Bowie > Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me < Harry Dean Stanton > Renaldo and Clara
Renaldo and Clara < Joan Baez > Woodstock