JackBurley
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Could it be Kissed, a Canadian movie from 1996?
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"That may be true, but we never get to see her face..."
Now Garbo, the title of this thread is "never seen, never heard..." Apparently Addie Ross looks something like this:
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At first reading I thought Ms. Lindley got the jackpot: Addie Ross in A Letter to Three Wives. But on second thought, I believe we hear Addie. Wasn't Celeste Holm's voice used, and we hear her voice as the letter is read?
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This was a British movie produced by the Rank company. It was originally released as North West Frontier, but you're right -- it was released in the U.S.A. as Flame Over India. I think Hallmark owns the rights to it now...
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There's only one problem: Robert Mitchum never made a movie with Robert Stack nor Barbara Stanwyck...
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"...when I watch "Gaslight" I'm always aware that I'm watching one of the great screen performances of all time. Ingrid Bergman is nothing short of brilliant."
Have you seen the Anton Walbrook [british] version of Gaslight? I understand it's included on the DVD of MGM's Cukor version. I'm tempted to buy it, just to see "Lermontov" as Gregory Anton...
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Every Sunday is going to be broadcast on TCM on August 8, 2006 at 5:45am EST. This is the early MGM short that Miss Garland made with Deanna Durbin. It was considered somewhat of a "screen test" for the two lasses; after which, of course, Miss Durbin was released to Universal while Miss Garland languished in minor roles for the next few years until Dorothy Gale came blowing in on a twister... The short follows the classical v. popular singing formula that Judy would be involved with Miss Durbin, and later with Betty Jaynes.
[Further Oz tangent: Betty Jaynes was originally slated to play the Princess of Oz who would sing "classical" while Judy Garland sang "jazz". Thankfully, this idea never came to fruition.]
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TCM is showing the Marx Brothers' A Night at the Opera. Presently I'm watching them scewer Verdi's Il Trovatore, with Olga Dane singing Azucena's "Strida la Vampa"; Walter Woolf King is Manrico; Luther Hoobner is Ruiz and Rodolfo Hoyos is the Count di Luna. Oh yes, Kitty Carlisle Hart is Leonora singing along with the "Miserere" chorus, who also got to sing the "Anvil".
Other singers in the film are: Tandy Mackenzie, who sings Verdi's "Questa, O Quella" (from Rigoletto) and Alexander Giglio who sings in the Pagliacci scene with Miss Hart and Mr. King.
P.S. Verdi's "Anvil Chorus" makes another audio appearance ("audio appearance -- is that possible?) in Animal Crackers via Chico's piano.
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""I always enjoy seeing Miss. Grey as the murderess in Another Thin Man..."
Oh, I own that too! Apparently I'm sitting on a mother lode of Virginia Grey without being aware of it. Thanks for the tip!
Do you know what would be considered her best role?
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"...never been further north than Richmond and even I know mayo does not go on pastrami and rye! Finishing school was good for something!"
I thought finishing school graduates were relegated to watercress and/or cucumber sandwiches (with the "crust" removed).
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This sale seems to be everywhere; at least I noticed that The Black Swan was being sold for $9.99 at Tower last night... A good time to catch up with our DVD collections!
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"Okay, I'm going to kick this one off with what I would consider unqualified stinkers: ...'The Helen Morgan Story' (who?!?)"
Here's a good answer to your question:
http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=85202&tstart=0
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"The Black Dahlia case is now a movie by Brian De Palma. I would love to see it but the cast is a ??sketchy?? for me. Not a fan of any of them except Hillary Swank."
Sketchy? But I love Scarlett Johansson (who's also featured in Mr. De Palma's movie). She's one of my "destination actresses" of today; i.e., I'll see anything that she's in. I trust her taste in choosing roles, and I find her a luminous presence on screen. Black Dahlia will be released in September...
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Whistling in the Dark is the film that she made immediately after The Big Store. I've never seen it; is her role substantial? Does anyone know what her most signficant role was?
Here she is with Ms. Crawford in The Women:
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You've just bowled us over, that's all. I think it's fantastic. I love looking over your list and wish I'd done the same. For years I kept every ticket stub. And on those stubs I wrote the movie's title, the screening date, the theatre name and with whom I went. But a few years ago I mustered the strengtht to throw them out. I still astound friends with my memory of movie viewings though. Each year I intend to write down what I've seen, along with a brief rating... but, well... intentions... I'm afraid now it's an impossible task to catalogue the countless movies I've seen. I hope you'll continue with this obsession. It will be great for you to peruse later. Thanks for sharing it. It's amazing!
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It happened again. TCM was playing the Marx Brothers' Big Store while I was putzing around. I happened to glance at the screen and saw that face: Virginia Grey is so arresting. Every time I see The Women I'm struck by her performance as Joan Crawford's foil behind the perfume counter. Has anyone seen this on the big screen? The close-ups of Ms. Grey are stunning. What a beauty. I always leave this movie wondering why she didn't become a bigger star.
She has a supporting role in The Big Store, and once again I was stopped in my tracks and charmed by her sparkling looks and demeanor.
This is a great message board, by the way. Curious about Ms. Grey, I ran a search and discovered this thread (apparently started by Moirafinnie):
http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=48212&start=15#4669526
This thread is a treasure trove! I had no idea Virginia Grey was featured in so many movies that I love. I'll have to recheck my DVDs of The Rose Tatoo and All That Heaven Allows. I guess I didn't recognize Ms. Grey in those later roles. Mentions were made of her interviews with TCM. I wonder if we'll ever see those again. I would have liked to have seen her featured as "Summer Under the Stars" performer.
I dedicate today to Virginia Grey.
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"My Grandpa didn't stay west - you couldn't get decent pizza or bagels out there at that time"
Although I like west coast pizzas, you still can't get a decent bagel out here. And I've learned never to order a pastrami sandwich here: they rarely come on rye and usually with mayonnaise. Sometimes I think we're still living in the wild west. Mayo on pastrami? Uncivilized!
P.S. The only Mayo I want is Virginia.
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Thanks. Hmmmm... this will be my new quest; to rediscover this film from my childhood. I'm hoping this will explain my present dazed state; I'll blame it on Vincent Price.
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We don't see Sebastian's face, but we see his body in the flashbacks...
I believe we see Mr. Hilton's photograph in Since You Went Away...
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I was told that the old Bronx accent (e.g., "boyd" = bird) has migrated to Yonkers. As housing prices rose with gentrification in the Bronx, people moved further away from Manhattan. The Bronx accent is no longer heard in there, but can be found Yonkers.
I used to delight in calling operators in New York; they always had the best accents. Of course now to call "information" is to be charged for listening to a watered down recording...
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I'm betting it's alright to post it here, but I'll offer an idea: I'd like to see the genre forums used more often because it's so easy for later reference. For instance, should the day come a few months down the road, and I want to find this thread it would be easier to find it in the Silents Forum. There have been some great Musical threads introduced in various forums, and I've wished they were in the Musical Forum so I could quickly refer to them with the others in that Forum.
If a Forum seems dead, I say let's wake 'em up with new material. Posting in GD is adding nails to the coffin of the other Forums.
Welcome, by the way. It's always great to see new ideas here!
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You're the man, MrWrite! Your turn...
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Wasn't there a movie wherein Vincent Price "hypnotized" the audience? A whirling pattern on the screen as he urges us into a suggestive state... It might have been The Tingler?
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Hmmm... I presume you mean Ragtime from 1927...
Ragtime < Robert Ellis > Dancing Man
Dancing Man < Reginald Denny > Captain of the Clouds
Captain of the Clouds < James Cagney > Ragtime