Swithin
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The Chingachgook of my childhood:
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More coming back from the dead, one way or another:
Black Pit of Dr. M (1959)
The Return of Martin Guerre (1982)
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Louis Calhern was in Frisco Jenny with Helen Jerome Eddy.
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That situation at the Atlanta airport where the gun went off (which was not hilarious) brought to mind the hilarious scene in High Anxiety, where Mel is trying to smuggle a gun onto a plane. Mel and Madeleine Kahn pretend to be an old Jewish couple with shopping bags filled with groceries.
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Roswitha -- Mariella Oliveri in The Tin Drum (1979)
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Felix Bressart was in Above Suspician with Conrad Veidt.
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1 hour ago, rosebette said:
I know - I read the book, but never saw the film. It is a weird tale! But I couldn't resist the wordplay.
After I saw the film, I was thinking about getting the book, but I didn't Byatt.
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10 minutes ago, rosebette said:
No, that's INSECTS, not INCEST! Anyway, I was thinking of Peyton Place, made around the same time, which does have an incest plot relating to a father/stepfather(?) and daughter (also abortion is an element).
Incest is the theme of Angels and Insects. It's a complicated film, about zoology and human sexuality. Mark Rylance's wife has been sleeping with her brother. When Mark finds out, he says something like "That explains all those blonde children!" An eerie, creepy, complex movie.
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/angels-and-insects-1996
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1 hour ago, Peebs said:
Is it playwright John Osborne (Look Back in Anger, one of the first "kitchen sink" dramas) and actress Mary Ure (nominated for Sons and Lovers)?
That's the couple Peebs, well done!
John Osborne won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for Tom Jones. He also wrote the play The Entertainer, which was made into a film with Laurence Olivier, who was nominated for Best Actor the same year as Mary Ure was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Sons and Lovers.
It's your thread now.
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Here is an excellent film that should be mentioned in this thread.
Best line from the film: "Whom can I tell, that I should not destroy in the telling."
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On 11/21/2021 at 9:43 AM, Swithin said:
Sorry, I thought I had given such obvious clues, practically given the answers away. Let's go over a couple them:
1. Wife was an actress, once nominated for an Oscar;
2. Husband was not an actor but won an Oscar in another category. I posted a picture of a "kitchen sink," and also said the husband was "angry," and said Husband was "of monumental importance in the theater...." (So what do you think Husband's profession was? What is the most important profession in the theater?)
3. In the "Double Feature" game in the "Games" thread, Peebs mentioned the film that Wife was nominated for. I responded, posting two more films with Wife, including the one that she worked on with Husband.
4. Husband's most famous work, which basically helped change British theater, was directed by another Oscar winner, who also directed the movie that husband won an Oscar for (and won an Oscar for it). The film that Husband won an Oscar for also won the Oscar for Best Picture.
Today's hint: Husband's surname is the same as someone near and dear to TCM fans.
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9 minutes ago, misswonderly3 said:
I saw it last week. I posted a little write-up about it on the previous page here.
I saw your interesting post. In addition to Branagh and Dench, I like Ciaran Hinds, whom I've seen on stage a lot, most recently in Brian Friel's Translations a few years ago. I'm a big fan of Branagh, whom I first saw in his London stage debut, as Judd in Another Country in 1983. I last saw him on stage in The WInter's Tale in 2015, which also starred Judi Dench.
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Kay Francis is the highlight for me. I'm also pleased that The Young Philadelphians (my favorite Paul Newman movie) will be shown. I had to replace my cable box, so I lost my TIVO'd movies. Glad about Putney Swope as well.
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19 hours ago, misswonderly3 said:
Swithin, for some reason, maybe because I think of you as an honourary Brit ( even though I know you hail from NYC), I thought you might have heard something about Belfast, possibly even seen it.
Haven't seen it yet, but I've heard good things from friends who have. From what I've read about it, it reminds me of Terence Davies' great films, including The Long Day Closes and Of Time and the City, which is Davies' documentary about Liverpool, his home town.
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1 hour ago, Eucalpytus P. Millstone said:
I saw The Conqueror Worm (as it was titled in the USA) on a double-bill with another AIP horror flick (might have been Cry of the Banshee). I didn't dig it -- too violent for my delicate tastes.
Flash-Forward to the 21st Century
Being a lifelong, inveterate horror film fan, Witchfinder General is, of course, in my movie library. I've also got a one-sheet poster of The Conqueror Worm.But, Michael Reeves' "masterpiece" is still not one of my favorite horror films . . . because of the violence.
Price evidently wasn't so easy to work with, but in the end, as usual, the director knew best.
The Conquerer Worm is not the best way to see the film. It's basically the same film, but Paul Ferris' musical score is not used. They got someone else to score it. Part of the story concerns the evil in the midst of beauty, and Ferris' gorgeous score enhances that. The "American" score does not. Also the reading of poem, tacked on for the American version, detracts from the images of the screaming faces and the music.
Here's something I read about the relationship between Reeves and Price (Reeves evidently wanted Donald Pleasance for the role):
"The story of the clashes between the experienced Price and the younger Reeves make a great tale, and indeed I did once listen to a radio dramatization about it. Reeves deplored Price’s over-ripe acting style, and went to great lengths to rein him in. “I’ve made 87 movies. What have you done?” demanded Price grandly. Reeves responded, “I’ve made three good ones.” It seems likely that Reeves did not handle Price too well, or explain his intentions to his lead star too clearly. Nonetheless in spite of his anger at the time, Price later came to regard this as his greatest acting performance. He was probably right."
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Witchfinder General, one of the great horror films of all time, was released in 1968. It not only features one of Vincent Price's best performances (he agrees), it is one of the most tragically beautiful movies that culminates in a pit of sadness. This film is about the presence of evil in the midst of beauty, and ultimately, the victory of evil.
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"Ev'ry Street's a Boulevard in Old New York" -- sung by Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in Living It Up (1954). Originally from the 1953 Broadway musical Hazel Flagg, a musical based on the film Nothing Sacred (1937).
Song from a movie directed by Sidney Lumet
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7 hours ago, Princess of Tap said:
Swith, do you have any specific clues?
Sorry, I thought I had given such obvious clues, practically given the answers away. Let's go over a couple them:
1. Wife was an actress, once nominated for an Oscar;
2. Husband was not an actor but won an Oscar in another category. I posted a picture of a "kitchen sink," and also said the husband was "angry," and said Husband was "of monumental importance in the theater...." (So what do you think Husband's profession was? What is the most important profession in the theater?)
3. In the "Double Feature" game in the "Games" thread, Peebs mentioned the film that Wife was nominated for. I responded, posting two more films with Wife, including the one that she worked on with Husband.
4. Husband's most famous work, which basically helped change British theater, was directed by another Oscar winner, who also directed the movie that husband won an Oscar for (and won an Oscar for it). The film that Husband won an Oscar for also won the Oscar for Best Picture.
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Viceroy House (2017)
I'm fascinated with the history of India, from the earliest days through the British Raj to the present. I recently read one of the great books on the subject: Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins' Freedom at Midnight, which, in the context of all of India's history, describes in detail everything to do with Indian independence in 1947. The book is scrupulously researched, fascinating, and dramatic. There is horrific tragedy as well as hilarious comedy. The film Viceroy House credits the book as a source. It's an insult to the book.
Viceroy House is populated with the Mountbattens (Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson), Nehru, Jinnah, and Gandhi. There is some accuracy in those depictions as well as fiction. There is also a very dubious exchange between Michael Gambon as Lord Ismay and Simon Callow as Cyril Radcliffe, who was charged with drawing up the map for Partition. There is also an interwoven Romeo and Juliet story about a Hindu boy and a Muslim girl, who work for the Viceroy. The acting is not very good, although Indian actors are used to play Indian roles. The director, Gurinder Chadha, did much better work with Bhaji on the Beach and Bend It Like Beckham. Although the film has some good moments, things happen too quickly and are not true to period or to character. Visually attractive for the most part, but very disappointing as a whole.
The subject matter has been covered with greater accuracy and panache elsewhere. Although I am not a fan of the stately film Gandhi, the excellent1986 miniseries Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy does justice to the subject and contains brilliant performances by Nicol Williamson and Janet Suzman as well as the best performance as Mahatma Gandhi (by Sam Dastor) that I have ever seen, as well as rounded, accurate portrayals of Menon and Patel, who were so crucial to the history.
And of course, although it doesn't deal solely with the politics of it, The Jewel in the Crown is a monumental depiction of the period leading to independence.
Gillian Anderson, Hugh Bonneville as Edwina and Louis Mountbatten in Viceroy House
Janet Suzman and Nicol Williamson as Edwina and Louis Mountbatten in Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
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Alice in Wonderland (1933)
Alice's Restaurant (1969)
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6 hours ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
BETTY BOOP?!
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1 hour ago, TikiSoo said:
I just finished watching an odd film interesting for it's combination of stars: Rosalind Russell and Alec Guinness in1961's A MAJORITY OF ONE.
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The leads in the Broadway cast were Gertrude Berg and Sir Cedric Hardwicke, with a strong supporting cast, including Ina Balin, Barnard Hughes, and Mae Questel.
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John Cromwell
Next: Dressed by the same costume designer many times
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On Svengoolie tomorrow, November 20, 2021:
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The First Film That Comes to Mind...
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London Road (2015) (The whole cast are gardeners.)
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