JackBurley
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Bridge the 75 year gap between "The Ten Commandments" (1923) and "Wrongfully Accused" (1998) in three steps or less.
MrWrite, you didn't mention if you had a preferred route (e.g., via actors), so I'll see if you'll go for this:
The Ten Commandments w/Richard Dix who fathered Robert Dix who costarred in Forbidden Planet with Leslie Nielsen who starred in Wrongfully Accused.
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"By the way, wondering if anybody out there knows of any other musicals like this, that have little or no dialogue. I can't think of any offhand."
I believe The Wizard of Oz was originally planned to be done in an operetta style with mostly sung dialogue, but they got cold feet and only the Munchkinland sequence survives in this manner.
There are operas on film -- not just filmed stage works, but operas in a cinematic style as well. (Join us in the Musicals Forum http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=82393&tstart=0).
As I recall Tommy and Quadrophenia were done this way. Maybe Jesus Christ Superstar...
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"Mr. SB hates snails and hates La Cage Aux Folles. I know, Nathan Lane was screechy, but I liked it, for some reason.
Sounds like we should hang out: I'd get more snails, since he won't be eating them; and I'll be assured we won't be watching Robin Williams...
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Something tells me they've all held public office. At least John Lodge (who played "a Russian count who has an affair with an empress" in Scarlett Empress) was a congressman, governor and ambassador. And George Murphy (who played "a Broadway hoofer who gets drunk on his opening" in Broadway Melody of 1940) was a senator.
Oh wait a minute, this is definitely it; because Helen Gahagan [Douglas] (who I believe played "a 2,000 year old woman who bathes in fire") was also in congress (and hoped to go further, but was ruined by Nixon).
Let's see now... "An unwilling small-town amputee"... Did the Gipper lose a limb?
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I went out to purchase it today and was told by the clerk that they were sold out. "But it was only released yesterday," I said (with a lump in my throat). The clerk said all copies were sold the first day. So apparently there are plenty of Powell/Pressburger fans out there...
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I can't believe that I came into this thread only to discover the new post was merely to delete someone else's "s"...
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Silly CineSage, I grew up in the academic world and worded my post very carefully to reflect its truth...
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I love movies -- period. From Georges M?li?s silents from the early 1900's to today's theatrical releases. I go to out to a movie theatre at least once a week. In addition to the art (and artiface) of film, I see them as a wonderful way to capture the moment or era that they were made. I don't just mean the aesthetics of the period (though movies are certainly great for that too), but the zeitgeist.
I've seen complaints about The Graduate on this board, but I think it captures the mid-1960's of America in a brilliant way. I find the '70's decade a really exciting time for movies, but understand that they often don't fit into the theme of TCM. But like you, have felt the twist of the knife when posters here skewer later films. I love silents, but not at the expense of Coppola, Scorsese, Fellini, et al.
I agree with your Brando and Dean comments, and used to agree with your Monroe idea (but Some Like It Hot and The Misfits -- even the existing clips of Somethngs Got To Give -- changed my mind). Garbo? I've never seen her in anything unsatisfactory; but that's because I'm one of those who is ensnared in her magic.
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In the Top 15 this week (at my local video store):
2. Black Swan (down from #1 last week)
3. All About Eve
15.Hush...Hush Sweet Charlotte (is this a classic?)
The most puzzling to me is that All About Eve shot up to #3 (from last week's #17). Not that it's unworthy; but it's been out for so long. If it were a new release I wouldn't be surprised, but to have it shoot up after it's been out for so long: What's going on?
On the other side of the coin, this story was published in today's San Francisco Chronicle (written by G. Allen Johnson):
"Balboa Theater owner Gary Meyer has announced that is largely abandoning his repertory programs and concentrating on second-run fare to keep the Richmond Distric theater afloat.
'The public says, "I am making up my own repertory series by Netflixing,"' Meyer said Monday by telephone from his office in Berkeley.
Meyer, a co-founder of Landmark Theatres (he is no longer affiliated with the company) and a resident curator of the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado, assumed control of the Balboa at 3620 Balboa Street [in San Francisco], in 2001 and instigated a restoration fo the silent movie-era theater. He began publishing a repertory calendar in January 2005 and has hosted such retrospectives as Eddie Muller's 'Noir City' film noir festival, a Paramount Pre-Code festival and most recently, a Boris Karloff tribute.
Although there were some notable successes, inlcuding the Italina six-hour epic The Best of Youth, the pre-Code Barbara Stanwyck film Baby Face and the Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs, all too often the crowds were in the dozens rather than the hundreds.
'We cannot afford to continue the losses of the past year,' Meyer wrote in a newletter posted July 14 on the theater's Web site, http://balboamovies.com/. 'To cover the film rental and other costs of showing classics, we need an average of 200 people a day. In reality it has been more like 60.'
'We are not alone. San Francisco audiences are simply not attending classic films at any theaters on a regular basis.'
Meyer said he has committed to two more repertory events -- a restoration of Stuart Cooper's 1976 World War II film Overlord (in September) and a retrospective of Janus Films, scheduled for October and November.
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Very impressive!
*swoon*
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"Mr. stoneyburke would rather eat snails than watch La Cage Aux Folles..."
Am I Mr. stoneyburke? I love escargot and hate the American remake of La Cage Aux Folles...
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"Definitely Titanic will be remembered as a timeless classic. Didn't it beat Ben Hur for most oscars won?"
I'm sorry to say that it tied Ben Hur for wins (11); though it received more nominations:
Ben Hur won for:
Picture -- Sam Zimbalist, Producer
Director -- William Wyler
Actor -- Charlton Heston {"Judah Ben-Hur"}
Supporting Actor -- Hugh Griffith {"Sheik Ilderim"}
Art Direction (Color) -- Art: William A. Horning, Edward Carfagno; Set: Hugh Hunt
Cinematography (Color) -- Robert L. Surtees
Costume Design (Color) -- Elizabeth Haffenden
Editing -- Ralph E. Winters, John D. Dunning
Music Score -- Miklos Rozsa
Sound -- Franklin E. Milton
SFX -- Visual: A. Arnold Gillespie, Robert MacDonald; Audio: Milo Lory
Also nominated for:
Screenplay (based on material from another medium) -- Karl Tunberg
Titanic won for:
Picture -- James Cameron and Jon Landau
Director -- James Cameron
Cinematography -- Russell Carpenter
Art Direction -- Art: Peter Lamont; Set: Michael Ford Editing -- Conrad Buff, James Cameron, Richard A. Harris
Sound -- Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers, Mark Ulano
Sound Effects Editing -- Tom Bellfort, Christopher Boyes
Visual Effect -- Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher, Michael Kanfer
Costume -- Deborah L. Scott
Score -- James Horner
Song -- "My Heart Will Go On" -- James Horner; Will Jennings
Also nominated for:
Actress -- Kate Winslet {"Rose DeWitt Bukater"}
Supporting Actress -- Gloria Stuart {"Old Rose"}
Make-up -- Tina Earnshaw, Greg Cannom, Simon Thompson
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"I didn't stay up past Hedy's singing - not that great."
Her singing voice was Martha Mears, a voice we came to know as the larynx for Rita Hayworth's Cover Girl, Lucille Ball's The Big Street and Marjorie Reynolds' Holiday Inn and so many more. I thought it was an interesting choice; the timbre was just a little husky. I was imagining myself as producer with the large menu of voices that were available in Hollywood at the time and was guessing which voice I would choose to pair with the lovely Lamarr...
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Thanks Lynn! I linked to vecchiolarry's information regarding the "star system". Check it out:
http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?messageID=7816960
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You sparked a memory for me as well, Ms. 64. I've never been to a Drive-In. I feels as if I've been deprived of a special piece of Americana; a facet of popular culture that defined an age. But I do remember when I was in the car with my parents and we drove past a Drive-In that was playing Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The scene on the screen was when Katherine Ross was scantily clad on the bicycle (cue music: "Raindrops Are Falling On My Head"). My mother was aghast at this scene because Ms. Ross was on-screen in her bloomers. Imagine what she'd see if Drive-Ins were still popular today!
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"If I'm not mistaken, her contract with MGM was up by that point. She'd already made two other films for Paramount prior to My Favorite Spy (and returned to MGM for one film between those two)."
Thanks Mr. Plumtree! I wonder if she was under contract to Paramount, or if she was freelance? Have you a favorite Lamarr picture that I should watch for?
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Well, she was beautiful anyway... Her performances often seem so studied though. Her lines are said as if spoken by rote. At least in the fight scene, she finally broke loose and looked spontaneous. Before the broadcast Mr. Osborn said that Miss Lamarr looked forward to playing in a comedy; then discovered that Bob Hope wanted her to play the "straight man" for his comic antics. "She never forgave him." But it takes skill be a good straight man (paging Margaret Dumont... White Courtesy Phone, Miss Dumont...); it's too bad she didn't cull some enjoyment from the experience.
Does anyone know what she was doing over at Paramount? Was she on loan? Had she left MGM by this point? Was she a "free agent"?
At GarboManiac's behest, I look forward to more of her films, to discover the magic...
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Message was appended by JackBurley:
As a second thought, off-topic side-note: I noticed Michael Ansara was in this picture; an actor (once married to Barbara Eden) who is still making movies today...
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Welcome to TCM, FreeOutdoorFilms, where the "original Superman" will always be Kirk Alyn's 1948 venture and Rocky stars Roddy McDowall.
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"I haven't seen My Favorite Spy (1951) despite the fact that it airs on TCM somewhat frequently ... "
Well, I'm snuggling in to finally watch it now. Let the comic antics of Miss Lamarr begin...
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It's frequently played on TCM. In fact, it just played again at 8:20pm (Pacific). Unfortunately, I haven't seen it announced on a TCM schedule; it seems to be tossed in whenever they have a few extra minutes...
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I wonder, MGMWBRKO, if you could help over here?
http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=84732&tstart=0
Would you have this information?
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I'm only a City bumpkin, but here's what the New York Times had to say:
"The Criterion Collection continues its admirable commitment to bringing the work of the British director Michael Powell to DVD in technically superlative editions with this relatively little-seen 1944 film, ostensibly a propaganda piece made to promote friendship and understanding between the wary British and the unruly American servicemen who were their wartime guests. But, as always with Powell, a strong streak of perversity and an irrepressible poetic spirit keep nudging A Canterbury Tale down unexpected paths.
Dennis Price is an English junior officer; Sheila Sim is a 'land girl' who has signed up to work on a farm in Kent; and John Sweet, an actual American sergeant, plays a bumptious Yank with dreams of seeing Canterbury during a brief furlough.
As Powell and his inseparable screenwriter, Emeric Pressburger, open the Kentish landscape (where Powell spent his youth) into a pastoral fantasy that mingles the Chaucerian past with the Churchillian present, the plot settles strangely on the figure of the Glue Man, a phantom who terrorizes the district by pouring glue into the hair of attractive young women. The main suspect is a Druidical gentleman farmer (Eric Portman) with mystical links to the area?s landscape and history.
Criterion?s technicians have come up with one of the most impressive black-and-white transfers I have ever seen, finding a wealth of shadow detail where only vague forms were visible before. A second disc includes several documentaries on the film?s making and tosses in Humphrey Jennings?s propaganda classic of 1942, 'Listen to Britain.' $39.95, not rated."
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You don't have to have a degree to teach in college; those with exceptional experience will do...
Who says Classics are Dead?
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But in the 1970's there were no DVD players nor TCM. I'm afraid that classic movie fans might not make the effort to go out to see flicks any longer. And I fear this lack of support will kill the art form. I've suggested film showings to friends, only to have them dismiss it with "Oh I've seen that on television." I wonder how many of our colleagues here attend showings now? Many might not have the opportunity any more; but how many would take advantage of the opportunity if local theatres were showing classic movies. Home entertainment systems can be very seductive...