Tikisoo
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>I believe that Saving Mr. Banks will appeal to many TCM fans
Not this one.
It has cr*p written all over it; from the cheesy title to unimaginative subject with the added handicap of talentless Tom Hanks...
I know, I shouldn't judge before seeing it..but I also knew ABRAHAM LINCOLN VAMPIRE KILLER would be dreadful.
Did you not see the thread in this forum already discussing this weeks ago?
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>the fact that Dangerfield had a wife who had some mental health issues and was institutionalized.
They ALL say that!
I have met several stars I admire through the years, but will only approach them if they are "on", never a private moment, like dining. I'm always struck seeing the "real" person but try to act relaxed and cool about it. I just thank them for their excellent work & dedication and move on to let the next person by.
For several years I made public appearances connected with my job and got a little taste of privacy invasion. I really disliked the guy who would come up and either try to "stump" me with obscure facts, or worse, quote some long forgotten interview. Know-it-alls are tiresome. So I try thinking of what *I'd* like to hear from someone when meeting a star or celebrity.
And keeping composure when a stranger approaches you in the bathroom or trying to read/eat/converse with collegues isn't as easy as you think.
As for "locations", I actually research before I go on the road and photograph film locations or visit movie star's final resting places. It's a fun photo album, but sometimes sad to see whose been forgotten.
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I hate serial type mysteries because you know the convoluted story will be resolved by the end. Then why tell it?
I also hate Asian charactors played by non-Asians (as well as ANY ethnicity reduced to a cartoon) so Charlie Chan is a double revulsion.
You must convince me to watch a Western by a very good story, good charactors. And while I am not attracted to war pictures, they always have positive stories to tell and I'm always glad I watched it. I'm with the SCHINDLERS LIST & AMISTAD crowd- I want escape, but not the whirling CGI crap that makes me nauseus.
I box my DVD copies in "sets" and my "fantasy", "horror" and "pre-code musicals" (all are fantasy, really) are brimming. By "fantasy" I mean anything to do with ghosts, afterlife, angels, magic, etc. My 85 year old mother will NEVER borrow a fantasy or horror from me, funny how different our tastes are.
I have no problem with more recent movies vs golden age classics either-a good movie is a good movie.
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>All good films but (long) commercials ruin the experience.
And you've hit the nail on the head, Kid.
I think people really hate commercial interruption during a movie. We are spoiled watching TCM, it's the stuff we like seeing without having to tolerate what we don't like. I think that's why so many are protective, possessive of TCM-in many ways it reflects our values.
I'll have to check and see if I get THIS (doubt it) I tolerate a lot of rough public domain films on PBS because they are broadcast uninterrupted, although they show commercials in-between features.
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>"The Beginning Of The End" and the schedule reads "The Beginning Or The End", so just a heads up that there are two films with similar titles
Thanks for noticing....just a slip on my part, I already have "OF" the crazy grasshopper invasion movie. Looking forward to having a completely different movie.
My viewing choices are limited, so I have to pick & choose. Glad others think January is great too!
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> "My girlfriend talked me into coming to see this thing."
I will never forget being dragged to the theater by my bf to see CLASH OF THE TITANS, I thought- what a horrible title! Well, of course, I loved it. It was before I was Harryhausen-aware.
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK was another terrible title I was dragged to-obviously I had larned my lesson about prejudgement.
I've sat through a lot of what I consider horrible films and definitely leave for popcorn during sex scenes. I do not understand WHY anyone feels the need to include these scenes-we all know what it looks like-and it never furthers the story at all.
2 movies that come to mind are AN OFFICER & A GENTLEMAN and WATER FOR ELEPHANTS. And I did walk out for AO&AG.
That, and ARMY OF DARKNESS are the only two.
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I'm with you-seven films penciled in my schedule compared to 2 for December!
Funny, a few that excite me are not on your list:
1/4 FOR ALL MANKIND (1989)
For any space buffs, this is a fun film filled with footage from the moon that'll look great on your big flat screen TV (bonus if you have 5.1 sound)
1/19 WINGS OF DESIRE (1987)
A glorious spiritual romantic film well told by Wim Wenders. Superior to US remake CITY OF ANGELS. (bonus-Nick Cave on stage) I urge any film buff who hasn't seen this gem to take a look.
1/9 offers a Bette Davis film THE SISTERS followed by
1/12 rare CHAINED FOR LIFE featuring the Hilton Siamese twins seen in FREAKS. Fun double feature!
I also like 1/18 THE BEGINNING OF THE END with following THESE ARE THE DAMNED for a downer double feature.
Sorry I will miss Dane Clark day, I really like him too.
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>Often when trying to look something up online, I'll type in that which I'm trying to get info on and will be led to a list of EVERY website that has that word in it's title. And NOTHING to do with that which I am looking for.
You must be using Google....results defer to those who have included certain keywords, paid sites first. That's why I prefer Yahoo.
Never heard of "Bokays" ugh. Why not just B'oks? The plethora of "texting" does not help matters. I often say to the kid, "When you use slang and abbreviations you always risk of someone not understanding you."
And finance, I love driving around Philly photographing movie theaters among other commercial archeology. (love Baltimore too)
Historical research often brings me to Philly (carousel history) but my biggest quest is to pay my respects to The Great One. Very difficult cemetary to get permission to enter-I've already made 2 attempts!
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>If Claude was the husband, I don't think Madam Bovary would be straying.
Well said.
He was "intense"...
But well in control. His strength comes from his intellect. not his stature.
(I find this trait often in not-so-tall men)
Does anyone see a little Fredric March in this pic of Rains?
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Sad. Typos like this are becoming all too common with people's reliance on computers. This is why intros on TCM aren't always accurate. I only blame the host for not knowing EVERYTHING about Hollywood to catch it
Has anyone read a book lately? "Spellcheck Typos" is what I call them. Ask any 21 year old to spell "flashlight"...
I've noticed fewer people actually care about accuracy and recently battled with an editor publishing a story of mine. An entire uncorroborated paragraph was lifted off the internet & inserted into my story!
(Philly is my favorite movie town, finance....I'll be visiting soon!)
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>AndyM said: I'd like to think that a much better stepping stone would be W. C. Fields or the Marx Brothers or Laurel & Hardy. (snipped) the type of humor embodied in the former group has always seemed timeless.
True, for a teen maybe. I was mostly thinking of pre-teen ages when seeing adults act like kids can be entertaining to them.
TikiKid (mid teen) loves Harpo Marx, but doesn't catch ANY of the verbal comedy of Chico or Harpo-it's too fast.
>willbefree said: his hilarious show where the only person laughing was Red, and then having to watch him with his vomitous send-off: "Good Night and may God Bless"
Indeed. I have ALWAYS hated comedians that laugh at themselves (although watching the crew holding back on Carol Burnett is a hoot)
And I love your adjective "vomitous", perfect!
Now if only our politicians would stop "blessing America" as if we sneezed and need protection from a demon.
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That's a great bunch of box sets you got there!
My goal is to have fewer DVDs though.
TCM occasionally broadcasts a film I've never seen (or heard of) that stars a fave of mine, and THAT'S a present in itself for me.
December it was a Bob Hope film PRINCESS & THE PIRATE and January Eddie Cantor & Ethel Merman in STRIKE ME PINK. Yay!
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>For SOTM Red Skelton would be somewhere around 987th on my list of possible choices barely above Bob Hope or Bing Crosby. (snipped) those comedies and comedians from the 40's went stale faster than those from any other decade.
I agree somewhat...for many, it's the viewer who grew out of them.
I think Red Skelton, Danny Kaye & the Harryhausen movies are a logical and decent stepping stone for kids interested in classic film once they grow out of the silly or insipid children's movies.
And for whatever reason, I still very much enjoy any movie with Bob Hope in it, no matter how silly. Well, it could be now I catch the double entandre of many of the jokes, who-hoo! (something Skelton or Kaye wouldn't do)
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I am amazed at some of your selections:
FEDORA 1978
THE MAGICIAN OF LUBIN 1979
PERSONAL FOUL 1987
Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies 1969
GETTING STRAIGHT and THE STRWBERRY STATEMENT 1970
Not to be contentious, but there's always threads here discounting "too new" films shown on TCM. I'm so glad there are many here who consider post "golden age" films still worthy and "classic" enough for TCM.
Many more recent films (as well as Ed Wood films) are available on DVD and can be borrowed from your local library.
My movie buddy gave me a copy of WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND to see. I agree, it's a treat.
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This film was screened as the last of the season holiday movie a few weeks ago and the house was packed!
The audience sang along and even danced in their seats to the great music included. Many younger people enjoyed seeing the horn players swing their instruments to the music too.
Did Payne even get to sing?
The criticisms were "too much skiing" kind of slowed the story down and the wry observation of, "If I can't marry the one I love, I'll just marry the annoying one instead" silly ending.
Did you notice the black ice used for optimum reflection in that last number? Sonja Henie was the Madonna of her day, dictating creative control for the best effects.
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>I am, frankly, long past tired of Robert Osborne's misstatements and mispronunciations. Alec Baldwin can only help elevate the level of discussion.
I can't believe you said this with all the adulation RO receives here. Thank you for saying it, I feel the same way.
Greta Garbo lived in NYC, she handled "being seen" quite well. Back then there was a healthier respect for privacy.
20 years ago, I was on TV and magazines regularly because of my job. When attending any open meet & greet sort of thing, I noticed people would come up to talk to me and quote some obscure tidbit I didn't even remember saying. People also delighted in what I call "stump the celebrity" asking about some oddball insignificant occurrence long forgotten, often interrupting a meal or civil conversation with others. People felt they knew me because of my job, when like most of us, our job is only a portion of our lives.
Annoying, but thankfully small scale.
I cannot IMAGINE a life where I couldn't even drive to the grocery store without being accosted by these kinds of pests (not that Baldwin would ever drive or shop at a grocery store)
But that kind of personal intrusion by strangers and WORSE so called professionals (re:photographers) must really get to you after awhile, no matter how understanding you are that this is "part" of being a "celebrity".
Love that shot of Penn kicking that photographer - really- who's the rude one?
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>Theatres are not responsible for the artistic quality of the films being shown
I agree.
But once I was OFFERED a refund. It was the night a bunch of friends and I went to a midnight showing of a Pink Floyd concert. (hey I was like 18)
When the movie started, it was obvious it was no concert movie. We went to the lobby to see what was up. Oh, the midnight show changed to THE SHINING.
Well, it looked pretty artistic, that helicopter shot following the car on a long winding road up Mt Hood. We decided to stay and see it, what the heck?
Big mistake. I had to sleep with the lights on for a week.
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The Tiki family views A CHRISTMAS CAROL twice every year-one traditional version and one "modern" version.
This year we saw the George C Scott as Scrooge version for the traditional (good Tiny Tim too!) and Bill Murray in SCROOGED as the modern one.
I used to read the book every year (easy read, brilliant dialogue) but I like seeing all the interpretations. And yes, most follow the dialogue faithfully, even the modern ones.
It's amazing the story can be so adaptable, not many stories are as successful when updated.
Too bad we can't make the 35mm screening of the Alister Sim version at the historic Capitol Theater....but I know one lucky person on this board who IS going!
And as for the singer Tiny Tim, don't discount his talent from those goofy Laugh-In or Carson appearances. He was a very talented musician and had a beautiful singing voice when not doing that silly falsetto schtick.
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I just spoke with David Skal at a horror convention-he was quite interesting. His "talk" was on the history of horror films and the different categories they all fall within. Clearly the only panelist in the entire convention that prepared a presentation.
Stopped by his booth, but sadly couldn't afford any of his books. (he did not have the Rains book on the table) When I told him I really wanted to read his books but couldn't afford them, he said, "Me neither. I get my books second hand." and urged me to do the same. Hopefully, I'll have the Rains book by the next convention.
It must be in that book the story is told about Rains taking his daughter to a movie theater so she could see him up on the big screen to know "what daddy does for a living".
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I recently watched PANIC IN THE STREETS expecting some kind of film noir from the title. Instead of gangsters, the enemy was an epidemic!
Generally my favorite medical films center around the warped mind rather than an ailing body. I love NOW VOYAGER, 3 FACES OF EVE, SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER, that sort of film.
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>Claude Rains, an actor of the highest caliber. Like Edward G Robinson (and a few others)
Thank you.
I'll never understand why a thread like this wasn't started in the YOUR FAVORITES section.
My question to the OP is, what makes Rains "classy"? How do you define it?
I love Claude Rains a little more than the other "classy" guys such as George Sanders and Vincent Price mostly because he made far more number of films so we actually get to see him more often.
For me, these "classy" guys crackle when they play the bad guy because they have the ability to insult while making it seem like a compliment.
This is a talent I've tried to develop, requiring well chosen words (wish I had Hollywood writers!) along with positive facial expression & commanding body posture.
What's amazing to me about Claude Rains is he certainly isn't as handsome as Price (or even Sanders) he still attracts you.
Much in the same way as Bette Davis, which is why they were so well paired. I think it was on TCM I heard, "She wasn't beautiful, but she was a good enough actress to make you believe she's beautiful."
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>KEEP THAT LP!!!
Really? It looks just like the one in the photo. The back cover is the Daily Planet mock newspaper page.
Unfortunately, the box of LPs were stored in a basement, and every cover has a corner of water damage. Didn't hurt the vinyl, but the covers are terrible. Only keeping the Merman ANNIE GET YOUR GUN.
I was going to disperse them among my friends. If anyone here is interested PM me.
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I just scored a box of LPs of Broadway musicals and was shocked to see IT'S A BIRD, IT'S A PLANE, IT'S SUPERMAN, the musical comedy starring Jack Cassidy!
That must have died a quick death, never heard of it.
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>it was simply one of those off-the-wall happenings that nobody planned and nearly nobody noticed.
Heh, don't you believe that for one second!
I'm an artist and I know how designers react to dictation/underpay/bosses. This happens ALL THE TIME.
Remember the hub bub over a **** on some Disney video cover? This kind of stuff is super common, the artist always hopes the boss doesn't notice until it's too late.
My favorite? The **** (ok sorry, vines) on the NJ Turnpike barrier walls.
I'm not Christian but I kind of associate a cross with a grave or death. Kind of like in vampire movies. It doesn't offend me. (but strangers saying "Merry Christmas" does)
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>I've often wondered if studios buy off-the-shelf common clothes for films set in modern or recent times, or do they design everything and make the clothes at the studio
I have a friend who is a professional costumer and according to her, yes, they DO often buy "off the rack" often from used thrift stores. Recall the story of Frank Morgan & Baum's coat....guess it was always the case.
BUT, also realize everything a star wears has been professionally altered. Even Brad Pitt's JC Penney t-shirt has been fitted to flatter his body.
This is the biggest issue I find with the average joe buying clothes off the rack in stores-clothing almost _always_ needs alterations to make you look your best-even simple things like the sleeves or hem falling at your "sweet" spot can shave pounds or highlight your best features.
Walking through any mall you'll see 90% of people do NOT KNOW how to buy clothing (or underwear) that truly "fits" them. (or muffin tops or carpenter crack would be a thing of the past)