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El Yukko. Again. Seems like this has been optimized for phone viewing since the majority of people have their faces stuck to their phones. Thankfully more people are drifting back to larger monitors with all this zooming. My "reply" box editing looks the same, except there's now there's an indent pointing towards our avatar to indicate it's me replying, like a cartoon bubble. Dumb. And when I run my cursor over the reaction icons, big gray bubbles obstruct the pictures (the trophy/LOL/Confused/Sad) Obviously a Flash animation glitch. Or maybe the onus is upon me to upgrade my Flash. I'm an adult, I don't need bouncing icons. And I agree-who the hex cares about post counts? No one. This forum is more about quality content than numbers. For any of you using FaceBook, that went through a major change yesterday too. You now have to sift through GIANT pictures first, to get to the content. This was definitely changed for phone optimization.

VERY interesting opinions here! I especially agree with Dick Powell & Carole Lombard- I disliked Powell's goofy smugness & tinny singing voice in early movies too and just didn't like Lombard's frantic delivery. I won't NOT watch a movie with them in, but they're certainly not my favorites. Two radical turnarounds for me were WC Fields and Mae West. I saw MY LITTLE CHICKADEE as a teen and wondered what all the fuss was about those two and avoided any movie with them for decades. Thanks to our local film group President who has changed my mind about SEVERAL movie stars by exposing me to better examples. He scheduled a WC Fields movie and was all excited about the audience reaction. After dully stating "I hate WC Fields" he zeroed in & said, "Don't base your opinion on MY LITTLE CHICKADEE, it's the worst!" which took me totally by surprise! So I attended the screening and laughed my head off. The audience loved it too. Now EVERY Fields screening, I get excited to see what comic treasure it holds. Same exact story with Mae West. I thought she exploited herself, but soon discovered she was actually an empowering feminist! After seeing several of her movies screened with an audience, she has become one of my favorites, both as comedianne, writer & pioneering feminist. So some of my opinions were changed by seeing their better films while to some extent changed opinion because of my own maturity seeing these movies from a different perspective. PS so this kind of ties in with the earlier posts- why some actors/actresses won't take substandard material because it may hurt their career & reputation....in this case it only took one movie for both these greats!

Someone just posted this lovely picture of Loretta Young in another thread: and I was struck at how much she reminded me of a young gorgeous Joan Collins: (both women aged beautifully, Joan still looks great)

Haha, youngster. My division is 1959/1960: anything made before I was born is "old" Agree 100% I am not a McQueen fan mostly because of the movies he's in. It's not that they're bad movies, just not interesting enough for me to watch. I think LWAPS (!) is well written, acted & filmed. It made me feel like stunning Natalie Wood was just a normal everyday girl.

Wish there was a "yummy" emoji. Interesting hair cut in that last photo^^^ long on top with the shaved sides

OK I'm getting a bit sad over all the actors/actresses/comedians people are freely naming in the "Do Not Like" thread. I can understand not believing their acting or something personal about them annoys you, etc. But what about those in classic Hollywood movies you didn't care for at first, then changed your mind? I think that often happens when you see them in a particular role and experience a different perspective. For me, as a kid I really hated my kiddie records that had Burl Ives singing. I thought he had the flattest, most whiney voice. How could this guy who didn't even use his voice well, turn out to be a SINGER? I couldn't stomach those Rankin Bass cartoons as a kid-not only lousy animation, but there was his VOICE! Well then I started seeing him in movies, most notably CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. I was struck by his wonderful performance as Big Daddy. His line delivery was odd, but it actually added to the realism of the charactor. I started enjoying his often small but colorful performances in movies and -eghad- started listening to his singing performances. And then my feelings just switched-realizing he was a folksy kind of singer whose vocal talents were beyond a good sounding voice, but instead bringing expressiveness to songs. And now, I love Burl Ives and don't miss an opportunity to see his work on film.

Intelligence & talent will always be appealing-Rooney had a bucketful of both. Just goes to show what we see on the screen is NOT the person we might meet in real life. I bet Rooney was intense & charming when smitten. It's called ACTING. I'd venture to guess that Deborah Kerr is a more complex actress than Crawford. Janet- if you don't like Welles you should see CITIZEN KANE, he's not very likable in it. MissWonderly said: It's really noticable how few Black people Allen has in his films, it's always kind of bothered me a little. Mmm, maybe because there's so few people of color in NYC? 😉

Missed that but was riveted watching Dano play a creepoid killer in 2018's ESCAPE FROM DANNEMORA. This was a great Showtime movie, highly recommend it. The strength of this mini-series/movie was the incredible casting. Both Paul Dano & Benicio DelToro were cunningly charming while being creepy & disgusting sort of in the same way Tony Perkins played Norman Bates as sick, scary & vulnerable all at the same time. Patricia Arquette's portrayal of the foil in ESCAPE was spot on sympathetic & disgusting as well. I find it amazing when any performance strikes the viewer so emotionally. This movie had 3 of them!

Sorry to hijack this thread, but it seems like the best most recent topic to add this MOMA film to: This was linked on the National Carousel Association FB page because of the early carousel's historical significance. Note the brass ring arm. I love how some ladies are sitting astride while others sidesaddle. It goes pretty fast, I could see how they'd slide right off!

I just watched my TCM recording of Fritz Lang's YOU AND ME '38 from Sylvia Sidney day. Who could resist a movie with George Raft as a gangster set to Kurt Weill music directed by Fritz Lang? A recipe for a delightful disaster! This starts out rather typically with the crazy story of a large Main Street Department store whose owner hires ex-cons to give them their first break back into straight society. While a very worthwhile concept, you just know there will be trouble. But being 1938, the convicts are bumbling, lovable saps, winning your support. George Raft is a little more hardened & suspicious than Sylvia Sydney (who always seems to remind me of Janet Gaynor) but they try to make a go of it with a quickie marriage. Lang clumsily tells the audience she too is a parolee and of course Raft misconstrues the clues & relapses. Predictable hilarity and heavy handed morality ensues. What makes this movie great, is the notable musical interludes. They are as oddly executed & placed as a Bollywood Horror film. The opening is a montage of department store items to a cash register with "You gotta PAY for it!" which at first it cute. But it goes on & on & the cash registers get bigger & bigger. And the desirable items they list as "must haves" gets more ludicrous- Cheese & roses, snowshoes & statues, perfume & pistols, piccolos & dynamos, garbage cans & feather fans, candy sticks & building bricks, silver chests & movie sets....! Thank you Sam Coslow, lyricist. The other standout is Warren Hymer in a typical goofball gangster portrayal. It's a pretty heavy handed film, but boy, I sure loved it.

Heh I noticed the bowl of cigarettes too! I collect photos of movie stars on carousels-here's a new discovery: WC & Gloria Swanson on an old Parker carousel. (note all the people in the chariot behind them) Parkers were made in Leavenworth KS, carved by convicts. The carousel in SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES '83 is a Parker Machine.

Ugh never liked that mouth-breather. I wanted to tear my hair out when he played "older" Brian Wilson in LOVE & MERCY. (Paul Dano was just PERFECT as "younger" Brian Wilson-wish they just used aging make-up than that Cuse-hack) I had forgotten long ago I disliked super popular Kevin Costner after forcing myself to sit through a couple of movies with him in them. Can't say "starring"since the rest of the world has realized he's not an actor or star, just a poser. After reading Peter Bogdanovich's rhapsody on the brilliance of Jerry Lewis, I gave several of his movies a try. I didn't care for any of them except for THE NUTTY PROFESSOR which I thought was a pretty good illustration of his comedy/acting skills.

Haha well everyone on this board knows the actor I can't stand-although I will watch a movie with him in it. Most of the time the strength of the story or other actors can support his bumbling non-acting. I feel the same way about Gregory Peck, Randolph Scott, John Wayne.....meh. And Charles Boyer! I wanted to stab him in Gaslight every time he said "Pweul-a" and have a hard time getting past Ronald Coleman's breathy voice but they're tolerable. As for others' I hear ya on Fred MacMurray, although he can come across better in better roles. I can be charmed by Mickey Rooney, he tries so hard and is obviously a talent. I actually like Warren Beatty - you just have to get past his pretty girl face, he certainly didn't ask for it. It IS kind of a funny thing to form strong opinions of people you don't know.

Is he referring to Hume Cronyn's rubber hose we were discussing in another thread? Oh the HORROR!

Thank you for posting that Peebs. I just registered-see you there! (if my workday is done)

LOL Thanks Holden for your recommendations. I can't stand Julie Christie after seeing her in Dr Zhivago & Heaven Can Wait, where I find her bland & blank. I like HCW a lot despite her presence but hated DrZ and will never watch it again- thought I was the only one. I've just requested McCabe, Demon Seed & Petulia from my library hoping to change my opinion of Julie Christie-THANKS!

Capitol's Ultra Lounge series has a volume dedicated to crime music. I think there's a Pt2 as well. It includes Peter Gunn Suite (including Street Scene), Harlem Nocturne and my favorite "The Silencers". I have all the original 20 volumes including HIGH ROLLERS (Las Vegas themed) which has a few crime cuts and a volume of Strip Music, another seedy fave genre. Sorry to disagree about Hotel California, but....

I remember oh-so-well all the publicity surrounding the release of the movie ET '82 and all the hype about the "4th Generation Barrymore" playing in it. I was so excited, to see the "Barrymore". At the end of the movie, reading the credits I saw Drew Barrymore listed as the little sister role & was shocked! That little girl was the Barrymore? I was supposed to see great acting from a little girl? Certainly proven in her adulthood. She's a fantastic legacy to the Barrymore name. PS I'm a volunteer for the cemetery where John is interred in Philadelphia. You know his stone will be scrubbed & the plot planted with forget-me-nots for the spring clean up.

It helps identification if you post photos. I searched all names/movies but only came up with this: Is this the brooch you're speaking of? I do not see it on Davis or Crawford in stills of those other movies. This one pictured looks like all clear crystal stones. Most likely costume made of true European Rhinestones, like Eisenberg or Weiss pieces and probably came with matching clip on drop earrings echoing the drops on the brooch.

Haha that says it all! Yeah, I remember all the hype about what a fabulous movie SHAMPOO was when it came out but couldn't even dream of seeing it at 14/15 y/o. I finally saw it as an adult and just didn't "get" it. Thanks for watching it & saving me the trouble of giving it a re-try. I saw this for the first time at a 35mm Horror Festival in a classic movie theater because I had nothing else to do. I was pleasantly surprised at how fun it was and was most impressed with Kevin Bacon whom I now regard as a top notch excellent actor of our day.

Arsine Lupin is one of my favorite Barrymore Bros. films, along with the fantasy The Return of Peter Grimm. My favorites though are the "smaller" films he did like Topaze '32, State's Attorney '32...I even like The Invisible Woman '40. The movie I really want to see is WC FIELDS & ME '76 with my other favorite hambone Jack Cassidy playing Barrymore. I bet it's delicious! My favorite photo of Barrymore- framed 8x10 in my office:

Yup I d/l them too, they are pitch perfect. I should print them out, they're such fun! I especially like the Alexis Smith, she seems like a tough one but the artist just NAILS it!

I just couldn't stay up for NIGHT CLUB CONFIDENTIAL, so I hope it recorded successfully. I love John Barrymore and have made a box set of my personal favorites - which incidentally are not his most famous, big pictures. I caught a bit of MAYTIME yesterday and although Barrymore was great, could not get into the story.

Kind of late, but I have just read in the CLASSIC IMAGES obits that actress Cindy Butler died May 26, 2020 unknown cause. She was only 64 years old. She was briefly married to filmmaker Charles B Pierce who gave her a small role in 1976's THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN and a starring role in MST3K favorite BOGGY CREEK II where she plays the inappropriately dressed tag-along-friend: She pleads, "No Doc, I don't wanna see it" and MST's response, "No one should have to see the little creature" I loved her performance, she was really the most professional, believable actor in this movie full of bumbling wooden delivered lines. She lived her entire life in Texarkana and I feel sad she died so young.

Um coming into the party late....YIPES what a movie still! How did THAT get past the censors? Everyone's grandfather wore those undershirts. In my house these were referred to as "under shirts" or if for girls a "tank top".