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A troll's goal is to override positivity, so I'll just say: Rest in Peace, Issur Danielovitch. Your strong, multifaceted contribution to our culture will be enjoyed by future generations.

Wow that guy's got a large hand 😳 I just caught PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO '85 ...and husband Danny Aiello plays the boorish tough guy husband role exactly as Paul Douglas and Broderick Crawford did decades earlier. It's definitely a "type". I did like the straight & innocent twist Paul Douglas brought to his role as Stanwyck's clumsy husband in 1952's CLASH BY NIGHT. Certainly made him less of a "beast".

I need to find one to hire for my real life. 😎

And is it "hard work" to you? Or are all the hours of problem solving & building a joyous way to spend time? Someone paying you for your expertise, then taking the item away to be used is the best! It's one of the reasons I love Star Trek the original series. I see the sets & props and think, "One or two guys were given a couple of weeks heads up to create sets & costumes & I enjoy the efforts. The real heroes of TV are the crew of Saturday Night Live. I've been watching their videos about producing a weekly live show. I can't imagine the special talents developed by the pressure! What an incredible set/prop/make up/costuming job! (and your skit can be cut in the last minute-poof!)

Very sad, RIP Conrad. As a young girl, I was enthralled with both leads in The Wild Wild West-rightly so: Jim West was athletic, gorgeous & smart and Artemis Gordon was adorable, innovative & clever. Talk about strong role models. Yes, he did many of his own stunts and like most stunt people had one or two accidents with lasting consequences. Don't forget his successful TV show Baa Baa Black Sheep, he seems to have reinvented himself as an actor. He also had a very impressive singing voice & recorded a few albums, I believe. My favorite aspect of the Wild Wild West was the costume designer- those color schemes and fabrics Conrad wore were just luscious.

Eh, the idea of Sunset Blvd made into a musical sounds absurd to me. Then making a movie of the musical? Boy, Hollywood has an awful time making well rounded original movies, don't they?

Wow that's gorgeous! I'll see it next time in Ottawa (my favorite city) That's way more detailed than I had to craft for my temporary displays. I mostly work in cardboard, foam core, stacked blocks of foam insulation (for large props) and sometimes small pieces of wood. I have cast multiple parts in resin, but hate the variability of it. Since I'm a faux painter, it seems that is what really makes a model come together and look real. Otherwise, it's just bits of board glued together. I learned all I know from a Canadian special effects prop artist, so every time I see a movie prop or set say, "I know how to make that" (all except candy glass)

A joy for those into it! One of my favorite assignments as a professional model maker was recreating Dorothy's House, but wish I had been able to fully flesh it out with paint, but that was not the specs. It was table top size prop, about 2 and a half feet square and was mounted on a burlap/cheesecloth "tornado" spitting merchandise. It's amazing how cheesy props photograph when lit well. MrT has taken this up as a hobby. It's been fun to point out the "styrofoam & corrugated cardboard" builds in his favorite fantasy movies and Game of Thrones sets.

Well THAT screen instantly scared me-I thought what button did I touch? All previous examples have been excellent, I can't add to it. Although not a movie, I absolutely love MST3K on the TV at Moe's: There's no sound, but you see those silhouettes & the familiar screen images of a bad movie.

Lolly, the old adverb, here. My very favorite Kirk scene is in THE BAD & THE BEAUTIFUL when he sneers, "Maybe I LIKE being cheap....get out-GET OUT!" Kirk was the best male screamer of all time. Similar scream at the 2:40 mark:

Goodbye Kirk, may you rest in peace. What a wonderful actor who gave it his all-always elevating a role with his presence. His books were also very enjoyable, I've read them all. Several years ago I visited his boyhood home in Amsterdam. It's right next to the tracks, the "bad" side of town. Amazing what hard work and talent can do for a person. Thanks for making our lives better, Kirk!

The only one I've ever seen was a beautifully preserved display in The New York State Museum.

Yeah, I thought some of RM 237 was nit-picky, for example the chair in one shot but missing from another. I think some things were just chance/oversight. But I do love the film and Kubrick's filmmaking prowess. Nothing is more disappointing than going to The Timberline Lodge in Oregon (exteriors) and walking into the cramped lobby of the main entrance. I could barely believe those interior shots were SETS! So big & elaborate!

I have the entire series on DVD-makes great binge watching. I can't wait to see this years installment, 63Up, but don't know where to find it. I especially like the 7 year old that says in the intro she wants to work in a flower shop when she grows up! I'll have to revisit to refresh my memory of each kid/grown up name & location. I recall a few of them refused to be included in their 20's-30's, they were very much missed. I'm only a few years younger than them and it's heart wrenching to see how few lives turned out as imagined. Also, I think the series is quite successful illustrating the differences in social class, expectations and upbringing that effect each life's trajectory.

Ugh, I'm not a Beatles fan. I was in 1964, but now pretty tired of the music.

Whoa-thanks for the big cut & paste. Here is a much better, short example of the Andalusian horse's movement-the type of horse favored by classic studio era Hollywood westerns. He shows light fancy action naturally, but notice his back stays perfectly bounce-less and still (compare to line on wall) Anyone with limited ability could easily ride this horse & look great. Those already comfortable riding were all the more impressive prancing into town on such a beautiful horse.

I own a lot of soundtrack recordings & enjoy them both on LP & CD. Morrecone's Anthology is a must for any soundtrack fan. Although the songs are incredibly corny, I love all of SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS And similarly the clever lyrics of ANNIE GET YOUR GUN (both Broadway & movie versions) But I think my most often played soundtrack is the vintage song compilation for PAPER MOON which sadly has never been released digitally, only LP If we're counting ALL soundtracks, I was thrilled when licensing was cleared for Nina Paley's clever animated SITA SINGS THE BLUES that combines old Annette Henshaw singing American classics juxtaposed with new Bollywood style songs supporting the story-

I just watched another TCM recording-a very old one-featuring Robert Osborne in the intro/outro. He was obviously very ill and could barely breathe. What a trouper though, he gave it his all. The movie was SMILE 1975, a satirical comedy of teen beauty pageants- this competition choosing who will represent California from each county winner. Barbary Feldon plays the driven coordinator who fills her life with running the pagent and Bruce Dern plays the main Judge who lives. Both are very strong in their roles, with enough over the top antics for parody & laughs. This movie is full of subplots including the Judge's son taking stealth Polaroids of the contestants undressing, the husbands in town participation in a secret society, the contestants sabotaging the girl they dislike's talent act and frustrations of a "Hollywood" choreographer hired to teach the gals a stage routine. May not be always be laugh out loud funny, but pretty entertaining nonetheless. I especially liked the janitor's numerous hiding places for pint bottles of booze all over the school. The clothing and home interior styles are so incredibly dated 1975, it becomes part of the fun. Shot in documentary style, this idea has been completely reworked & updated by Chris Guest in his movies like BEST IN SHOW and WAITING FOR GUFFMAN. If you liked those, you'll probably enjoy this. I'm going to file this movie next to 1971's COLD TURKEY, a similarly silly, yet well acted & crafted 70's satire.

Good thing this thread isn't "TCM Message Board Members You'd Love To Pitchfork" 😎

Heh I saw my first one catching up on a TCM recording of a few months ago. I found it pretentious & annoying. BUT.....I did like the idea of drinking red wine & popcorn with parmesan and basil while watching a movie. I could just taste the combination- I must be "pretentious" too. 😕

Annoying. I especially agree with that last sentence- I want to be caught up in a film-at least when seeing it the first time. Except the movie I just watched STAR 80 (1983) This is the story of model Dorothy Stratton who was murdered by her husband in 1980. I was the same age as Stratton when she died and wanted to know more details of her story since I was too busy at the time to watch the news. Mariel Hemingway (also the same age at the time) plays Dorothy. Hemingway absolutely embodied the innocence & charm of Stratton, although some might feel her performance was a bit flat or wooden. With that soft sweet face & voice, I felt the character was underplayed, evoking a shy and unassuming young girl. Talented Eric Roberts plays her "pimp" husband to perfection-boy, is he slimy! Since Stratton was a model -a Playboy centerfold- there are many beautiful stills and scenes with Hemingway bare breasted and in suggestive poses. I don't think it's any spoiler saying there is also graphic sex & violence in the last 5 minutes that was uncomfortable for me to watch. Just a warning for those who have a tough time with that sort of thing like I do. The 2 leads are excellent but the standout for me was the direction (Bob Fosse) & editing. Very emotional, artistic and clever all evoking the feeling you're a voyeur watching real life and flashbacks. Sordid real life. Painful. I won't ever watch this again.

I never tire of Knotts performance in that - all of the performances are great, really. It's a perfect movie to introduce kids to classic film with an exciting, easy to follow plot. (but you have to explain Bon-Ami) Vic Mizzy's music is a standout too. So very glad Knott's "shakey man speech" is captured on film in this movie. I think Andy Griffith saw Knotts doing that routine on stage and requested him for NO TIME FOR SEARGENTS-the rest is history. Atta boy Luther!

Scarlett was never treated unfairly. But she certainly was discouraged to be in business-shameful for a woman. There are also references to different families treating their slaves differently, "we never treated our d***ies that way" (cringe) What about the fact it was DELIA's recipe, but the restaurant had to be owned & fronted by a white woman? Having a woman running a business was unusual for the time. And yes, Peola's "shame" of her race is just awful. Maybe YOU don't see it as "forced", but for some desperate women -especially during the depression- sexual favors was the only valuable commodity she had to offer.

No, they're "chaps" or "chinks".

That is a kind of lame example of the "Spanish Walk". Here's a horse (odd coloring) in training: Most often Portugese Bull Fighting horses (Lusitano or Andalusian) are used in movies. The fighting rejects are often purchased for circus and movie work. They are fancy, precise in hitting a mark and bomb proof for an inexperienced rider, but kind of short...usually not tall enough for big guys like John Wayne. Trigger was half Andalusian. Friesian horses are the new flavor of the month in movies because they are kind of fancy looking, often large, with feathering at the feet but they only come in black. Here's one doing a Spanish Walk: Of course, that's the kind of horse Martha Stewart has, Friesians.