[Performances of Limited Screen Time That Still Have A Jolting Impact]

On 4/26/2020 at 6:08 AM, Bogie56 said:

Illeana Douglas as Loretta 'Lori" Davis in Cape Fear (1991).

I just love Illeana Douglas! She is such a great actor, she's the very definition of  making a huge impact in a teeny role! 

She brings realism & nuance to her role as the Art Teacher in GHOST WORLD:

Gotta give props to the costumer/hairdresser too. Hilarious!

[Bollywood star Irrfan Khan - Slumdog Millionaire, Jurassic World, Life of Pi - dead at 53]

Any relation to Shah Rukh Khan?

[Who plays a better weasel than Hume Cronyn?]

18 hours ago, EricJ said:

Err, no:  The Winnie the Pooh Guy was the decidedly un-weaselly Sterling Holloway.

Er no: I just said we called him Winnie-the-Pooh guy because his voice was similar to that charactor's. 

Please don't insult my intelligence.  It's common knowledge Holloway voiced Pooh & a few other Disney charactors.

But I believe Helton voiced an animated mouse character, thought it was a Disney. A quick IMDB search would have pointed that out, just thought someone here might know offhand.

[♣ Fun with FOTOMATs ♣]

I worked at a Fotomat in the late 80's It was fun, I got to know the customers.

One guy liked to take nude pics of himself, we called him Mr Sausage since it was an all female crew.  I still have a stack of discarded vacation shots of people that I use as notepaper.

[Who plays a better weasel than Hume Cronyn?]

18 hours ago, Det Jim McLeod said:

Percy Helton, especially in Kiss Me Deadly, here he makes a big mistake trying to blackmail Ralph Meeker's Mike Hammer

He's a weasel-y groveling "pleaser" all right. I just saw him last night as there bartender in CRISS CROSS:

Never knew his name....Mom & I would call him the "Winnie The Pooh Guy" or the "Little Mouse Guy". Didn't Disney cast him as a mouse? He has that distinctive voice.

[Who plays a better weasel than Hume Cronyn?]

9 minutes ago, spence said:

TikiSoo, I already brought him up

Sorry, I can't comprehend your posts.

9 minutes ago, spence said:

check it out He lived top be age 91 COOK

But ion my view PETER LORRE has 'em all beat!

Like this above ^^^

🤷‍♂️ ???

[The Plot Thickens I’m Still Peter Bogdanovich]

On 4/14/2020 at 8:17 AM, spence said:

SHEPARD is rumored to be a real jerk

Talk about calling the kettle black, I think that's a jerky thing to say, perpetuating rumors.

VERY disappointed the only uploads of this Podcast is a trailer & intro.

Welcome to The Plot Thickens, a documentary podcast from Turner Classic Movies. Each season we'll bring you a story about the movies and the people who make them. Our first season is about a young cinephile who quickly rose to become one of Hollywood's top directors.

What does "each season" refer to?  They can't even get us the FIRST part of the story.

Thank you TCM, I enjoyed TCMs Film Festival's excellent hour long interview with Bogdanovich on the YT channel.

 

[Who plays a better weasel than Hume Cronyn?]

...a "weasel" to me is not someone of strength, but an opportunistic type of adversary. Elisha Cook Jr was born with a child like face, unfortunately forever typecasting him in movies as a weakling. He certainly was memorable in The Maltese Falcon as a Wilmer the weasel.

[ANY FELLOW MOVIE BOOK COLLECTORS OUT THERE?]

There are already 2 successful long running threads in General Discussions that discuss books/reading. 

[Video Stores]

6 hours ago, speedracer5 said:

My favorite part of watching those tapes was seeing the old 80s commercials.

ABSOLUTELY! I had forgotten about that. Old TCM recordings have the old animated logos, like King Kong. I miss those!

6 hours ago, speedracer5 said:

There was also the curtained off area with all the adult films. Lol.  I always liked to watch and see who went in and out of that section.

Haha me too and I was a grown up!

I just saw on the news last night Bend OR has the very last Blockbuster store in operation.

[TCM Film Festival - Home Edition Resources]

12 hours ago, lydecker said:

I started collecting back when stuff was pretty affordable.

Big titled movie posters were never affordable. You've got some fantastic ones, Lydecker. The artwork on those older ones is gorgeous.

There's always poster dealers at rare film festivals and it's amazing to see original Lon Chaney & Chaplin posters with incredible, dramatic images. I know someone who drops $4k on that type of movie poster. A US full sheet MILDRED PIERCE would cost around $1000 or more. Crazy. 

I buy titles no one has heard of but have great graphics/stars like THE GOOD SAM picturing Coop & Ann Sheridan, which only cost $5 for a half sheet. It's always fun when TCM shows some obscure film I have a poster of.  Above my computer, I'll rotate half sheets.... right now it's SHOTGUN with Sterling Hayden & Yvonne DeCarlo tied to a tree!

But look at the full sheet & his rifle! 😝

 

[The Post an Interesting Pic thread]

3 hours ago, lavenderblue19 said:

I'm Kitty.

I agree with you about the bra thing. Might as well go back to nature, eh?

Ohio-one of my movie buddies said he likes driving around downtown. He said it reminds him of what it looked like in the 50's/60's when everything was closed on Sundays. I concur.

I miss gathering with my fellow film lovers on Monday nights to enjoy a classic movie social, but otherwise, I love the quiet solitude. Thankfully I am a sole proprietor still working....but wonder what's the point?

[Video Stores]

Yes, the quality is awful. It was ALWAYS awful. I think we miss the idea of all different genres of film fans meeting in one place, like a library. It was fun looking through titles & trying out things you may never looked at before.

That's why I like these message boards, I get great recommendations.

[The Post an Interesting Pic thread]

On 4/10/2020 at 6:46 PM, MovieCollectorOH said:

Before cookie cutter multiples, there were twins.  Here is a bit of ad copy from the early 1970s, that infernal era where remaining large single-screen theaters were horrendously subdivided into two or three smaller rooms.  In the image below, you can clearly see the asymmetrical seating arrangement which resulted, including part of a balcony.  Furthermore the screen is off-center, in the wrong direction, to accommodate the exit on the right.  What a travesty!   Twin-em! 

Our film group President posted this on his FB page:

I'm totally Dorothy

[Video Stores]

I love defunct formats and still have my original old workhorse Sony VCR. I'll never forget my excitement buying it once the prices went down. Remember when players were $500+? Back in the 80's a friend would bring his VCR over my place every Saturday night for a home movie night party. (he lived with his parents)

Everything I recorded from TV is now on DVD. I never purchased commercial cassettes because I could see they deteriorated. I still have a rewinder too!

Our Cinefest Auction often had boxes of tapes, Maltin would quip, "Who'll bid 50¢"? Whereas Laser Disks would often fetch $30+ and Vitaphone disks even more.

I met one of my best friends working at a video store he eventually bought. He said, "Anyone taking out a William Castle movie must be cool" 

[TCM Film Festival - Home Edition Resources]

21 hours ago, lydecker said:

Maybe he's got the "good stuff" in the living room!

It would have been worth it to move them over. I'm guessing he really doesn't have any. My big movie posters aren't allowed in the home I share with MrTiki, they're in my workshop. The DRAGONWYK lobby card gets approval only because it's small & has Vincent Price in it.

I'm afraid my collection doesn't hold a candle to yours, the oldest displayed is a Judy Holliday & mostly crazy pop images.

[I Just Watched...]

I just watched the Netflix 2015 documentary WHAT HAPPENED MISS SIMONE?  I knew nothing about her except for a few recordings which I thought she had a rather unpleasant singing voice. I'm glad I saw this production because it explained quite a bit.

It opened with her fingers very expressively playing piano and I thought, "Wow, she plays piano TOO?" Turns out she was a child prodigy and was given private lessons as a little girl-a very rare opportunity for a black child in North Carolina. Spurred on by her teachers, she eventually went to Julliard with a goal of being the first black woman concert pianist to play a major concert hall.

Her story is rather fascinating, the way she was brought into playing/singing standards: blues, show tunes, pop songs. Her career also spanned the civil rights movement and she wrote/performed several meaningful songs in support. Her voice in this period was unique and she used it effectively.

The documentary explained how/why her singing voice deteriorated and film footage shows her mental condition deteriorating as well. All in all a fascinating look at an important player in our musical & civil rights history. Her music & attitude makes me miss the bygone mantra, "Black is Beautiful" which she truly embodied-

 

[TCM Film Festival - Home Edition Resources]

3 hours ago, yanceycravat said:

I was somewhat disappointed when I saw them. I collect old posters so it was the first thing I noticed. Repros? I was sure he'd have something way cooler on his walls.

Yeah, you can tell by the size. 

I collect movie posters too and absolutely prefer the lesser titles to the "biggies" like King Kong, Casablanca, GWTW....yawn. (Although I do have a set of 5 Universal Horror Monster reproductions I put up for Halloween)

I would have expected a guy like Mankiewicz to have affordable original half sheets or inserts of decent movies relatives Herman or Joe were involved in like THE ENCHANTED COTTAGE, GIRL CRAZY, PEOPLE WILL TALK, etc. Heck, even I have an original lobby card from DRAGONWYK.

[Well, I went and did it.]

I find your illustrations fascinating. You sure are talented in many different ways, LHF.

[TCM Film Festival - Home Edition Resources]

Haha, I felt the same as Lydecker's first post about the MOVIES being shown but changed my mind once you posted the Festival interviews. THANKS for linking them, I just subscribed to the channel to watch later.

The only thing I'm actually enjoying about "gathering from home" is getting a glimpse of celebrities homes. Of course, those living in NYC apartments may be kind of bare bones because of space restrictions, but I love seeing how "celebrities" live. It's fun reading book titles in the background shelves, many seem to set up in their office. I would too.

Tom Hanks' house looks just like him: typical, suburban, bland. Californians (Jimmy Kimmel/Ellen DeGeneres/Bill Maher) have professionally designed interiors & gardens. Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert have traditional Early American "inherited furniture" interiors. I was impressed all 4 Rolling Stones have very artistic, quirky furnishings in their homes with red color dominating.

All Mankiewicz's movie posters are poorly framed reproductions, wonder if they were quickly done for the quarantine broadcast? I especially like that Jacqueline Stewart's bookshelf is overrun & there's a tower stacked off to the side! 

[I Just Watched...]

9 hours ago, LawrenceA said:

many of the crude lines of dialogue throughout the film became oft-repeated catchphrases.

The very reason I abhor "catchphrases"- it assumes you've seen the movie and come off hollow & unclear when you haven't.

9 hours ago, LawrenceA said:

A harrowing, funny, and unforgettable film. 

Thanks for your personal impressions, not spoilers. I also appreciate your impression of Eyes Wide Shut, a movie I've only seen once, when it first came out. "A sense of dread" is how I remember feeling when watching it. I also had the impression if I had been watching this at home, I may not have stuck with it.

Thanks Lawrence for having a Kubrick festival & sharing your impressions here. I especially agree with your assessments of THE SHINING, one of my faves. I was most impressed with the sets: the decoration & size of the grand lobby, the claustrophobic disorientation of the hallways and the glittering ballroom.

9 hours ago, LawrenceA said:

Kubrick uses the Vietnam War to illustrate how young men become killers.

Perfect sentence to succinctly say what it's about without spoiling the story!

[I Just Watched...]

15 hours ago, Janet0312 said:

I liked it tho, but would never want to see the movie. Too much violence. 

I thought so too, but it's a worthwhile movie-just close your eyes during the violent parts and remember-it's only play-actors! To ensure I would sit through the whole movie, I saw it on the big screen at the Eastman House in Rochester. Trust me, there is a comedic release in the "payoff" to the character's disgusting violence.

I still haven't seen Kubrick's FULL METAL JACKET for similar reasons. Someday....

[anuimator Gene Deitch dead at 95]

7 hours ago, Princess of Tap said:

Gene was a Pioneer in live action animation.

Walt Disney

1920's:

and 1964:

Gene Deitch cartoons are trippy.

[I Just Watched...]

15 hours ago, LawrenceA said:

Lolita  (1962)  I hadn't watched this in 15 years or longer. I still enjoyed it, yet perhaps a bit less than memory recollects.

I just can't seem to enjoy this movie. The performances are great, but just can't believe a mature man would truly fall in love with a teen. Actually it's obsession, not love. 

While I can look at a teen and recognize how young, fresh & beautiful they are, their minds are still a teen's. Lolita is no different, she's just a little girl in a quickly developing body.

I just can't buy an educated,  mature man would be so incredibly stupid to allow hormones to take over all intellect. Maybe because I'm female, but it just strikes me false.

[Coronavirus Film Festival -- movies that suddenly became relevant!]

13 hours ago, LonesomePolecat said:

I also have only seen that bad copy of a bad copy taped off comedy central, and it's usually online circulating-- on youtube or vimeo or dailymotion, whichever. It's the only version I've ever been able to see, but it's better than nothing.

Re: What's So Bad About Feeling Good

My library has a copy on DVD. When on a mission to see every MTM vehicle, I borrowed it but didn't like it very much. The only MTM movies I really liked were: Thoroughly Modern Millie '67, Ordinary People '80 and Finnegan Begin Again '85.