GarboManiac
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Hey, I love Madeline as much as the next guy! And, I think she should be remembered and celebrated. But, please don't ask TCM to play movies from the 70's and 80's! It is already in danger as it is. With requests like that, the entire format could change overnight. Thank goodness the September schedule is done and has some good ole time silents!!!
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Ok! Are you guys tryin' to start a fight? Put 'em up! What do you want to fight about? Race? Whose got it worser? Who is the most prettiest? Pick your poison!
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;-) How true! How true!
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Might as well be on both Favorites lists. Here we go again:
Greta Garbo
Norma Shearer
Bette Davis
Marlene Dietrich
Hedy Lamarr
Jean Harlow
Ava Gardner
Rita Hayworth
Cary Grant
Errol Flynn
Tyrone Power
Burt Lancaster
Gary Cooper
Randolph Scott
Charles Boyer
Laurence Olivier
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I remember now. Her name is Sherilynn Fenn. Remember her? But, I think she was too busty to play Lamarr.
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HUH! We are back on the general discussion! And, off Lamarr, again. :0
Let's all go back to Hedy's thread!
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Well, I joined this forum for purely superficial reasons. I don't want to get too heavy! Goodness, let's just talk about who's the prettiest, who was the best actor, who was miscast, stuff like that there! For cryin' out loud!
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There was one gal a few years back who might have pulled it off. Her name was Sheryl or Cheryl something. She had black hair and she was gorgeous. Can't remember any movies she did, but I remember her face!
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My goodness! What happened to the topic on this thread?
My favorite most recent movie is The Hedy Lamarr Story! Oh, they haven't made it yet. Well, who could play her, anyway? Ha!
Ok, everyone back on track.
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Oh, how funny! No, I rarely take anything you say as needing chiding.
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Thank you, David! I understand and agree completely. I go back and forth, Garbo/Hedy, Hedy/Garbo. Photos, definitley Lamarr. Acting definitey Greta. But, somedays I just want Greta, then others I just want Hedy!
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I'm with you!
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If Joan Crawford married Broderick Crawford, she'd be . . . .
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HUH!!! (inhaling a gasp of air!)
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Didn't she fall in love and get married! That often makes you forget about everything! But, she could have come back later in life like Alice Faye. Shown up at some film festivals and signed a few autographs.
And, how could you put Greta Garbo and Deanna Durbin in the same sentence? (Ha! But, I know what you mean.)
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That was supposed to be: Hats Off To YOU! Salute! High FIVE! and Winking and Laughing!
Just forget it!
Good job, David.
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d:-o M:-) ^5 ;-D Ha! Well, so much for that!
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Ok, Ok! This is obviously too hot a topic to discuss without starting to cry, "Racism!" We are supposed to be discussing whether or not new film discussions belong on this forum, or not!!
But, CB&W, I just wanted to comment on one thing more before we calmly go back to discussing the topic at hand. Wow! I didn't know that about Garbo. But, she was very internal and tremendously sensitive, not only to her own feelings, but the feelings of others. Well, I don't know if I am saying this the way I want it to come across. Cause I know she didn't give a hang about anyone else! What I am trying to say is, she was sensitive to other's suffering, mistreatment, loss, etc. And, because of that, it did lend to her ability to portray empathetic characters.
Thanks for the Garbo plug!
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Amen, to that!
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You know, cee, I am with you one hundred percent. I, personally, don't care for many new films, and I see very few if any. I am on this site to discuss old films. I live in a dream world of days gone by, and I like it like that. I go out into the new, modern world where violence and hate occur everyday. I come home to escape to Garbo's face, or Lamarr's languorous beauty.
But, remember, this is the modern world, and everyone has a right to their opinion. New films will be discussed here every now and then. But, as many have already pointed out they don't add up to much. I just don't read those threads or respond to them. Stick to the ones which inspire you to comment. Then, you won't have to get distracted from your reason for being here.
Now, as to us being a dying breed, it is true. I deal primarily with youth. Most of the young Latinos, Blacks, Asians, and even Whites aren't interested much in seeing old colorless films about a time in which most of them were servants or second class citizens. I am told over and over, "Oh, I don't care about those movies!" And, why should they. They belong to a select group who appreciate them for personal reasons, even if those reasons could be considered far reaching. I believe that in one hundred years the old B&Ws will all be locked up in some library somewhere viewed only by a few vaguely interested parties or confined to the scrutiny of the studious.
But, for now, they are with us and still very much alive. So, eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow they may die.
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My pleasure, TOOMANYNOTES!
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The color choices don't make the site seem finished! It looks like it is in some sort of transitional state, which I hope passes quickly. I am with all of you on these colors, they make me nauseous and dizzy. I much prefer solid, substantial colors like a darker blue with a lighter blue, red (maybe a burgundy) with gray, brick with gold. Whatever, just stronger. These colors are weak and sickly.
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"recent film" talk doesn't belong here
in General Discussions
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Of course, you know I was kidding, TOOMANYNOTES. I was sure you would be more cleverer than that there!
I just ran out of things to say on this thread, so I bailed. Cowardly, I know, but they need me over in the Whose Favorite Actor Is This? thread!