Swithin
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Mary Astor was in Dodsworth with Ruth Chatterton.
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1 hour ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
I made it pretty far into ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS, but it just didn’t seem to *really* be about anything, so I checked out. I mean, it had a story, and things happened in it, and it had its moments (I liked the cutaway boardinghouse musical number), but the leads were just so hollow and everything felt so superficial.
I remember seeing it when it was released, at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York. The space was much more impressive than the rather dull film. Very disappointing.
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2 hours ago, Bogie56 said:
Once again, I am disappointed that my July 1, Canada Day suggestion has fallen on deaf ears.
Some bright spots in July: Ah! Wilderness is being shown on July 4, which is appropriate, as it features some nice July 4 scenes.
Two good spy movies: Confidential Agent, worthy if only for Katina Paxinou's nastiness; and I Was an American Spy, one of Ann Dvorak's best.
(Btw, there does seem to be a focus on the Canadian wilderness on May 28, a few days after Victoria Day, which I think is a holiday in Canada. So perhaps TCM feels that's enough about Canada for a while!)
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More Sam Jaffe:
Lost Horizon (1937)
Gunga Din (1939)
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More with Ernest Gold scores:
Exodus (1961)
Ship of Fools (1965)
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On Svengoolie tomorrow, May 22, 2021:
I know nothing about this movie (aka King Kong Escapes):
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Mary Poppins (1964)
Next: Seaweed
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History of the World, Part I (1981)
Next: Evil clergy person
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On 5/16/2021 at 2:46 PM, Swithin said:
"You Are Woman, I Am Man" -- Funny Girl (1968) -- "Just some dried up toast in a sliver, on the top a little chopped liver."
Next: Sung in a basement or attic
Since this seems challenging, how about:
Sung in a basement or attic or anywhere in a house!
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Freddie Bartholomew was in Lloyd's of London with E.E. Clive.
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There will always be a place for Ayllene Gibbons.
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5. He played Marlene Dietrich's husband twice, in Blonde Venus (1932) and Angel (1937).
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1977)
Goodfellas (1990) --(Henny Youngman plays himself.)
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Dianne Foster was in The Last Hurrah with Anna Lee.
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"You Are Woman, I Am Man" -- Funny Girl (1968) -- "Just some dried up toast in a sliver, on the top a little chopped liver."
Next: Sung in a basement or attic
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More bunnies:
Us (2019)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (1972)
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37 minutes ago, TopBilled said:
Thanks. I did read the article. I was trying to make sense of it.
It seems like they are establishing a precedent...I can see other outdoor functions banning the police, because we have reached a point where some activists (not just LGBTQ activists) feel the police are harmful and non-essential. So there is now a movement to displace the police and make them less relevant.
It's deeply insulting to the gay police officers who have worked against great odds for their positions. The defund the police activists are louder, but they are not (I don't think) in the majority in New York City; and I think the June 22 primary will reflect that. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, one of our leading African American candidates for Mayor, has said that "Young white affluent people lead the defund the police movement."
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2 hours ago, TikiSoo said:
I thought this movie was meh. The movie was full of filler taking a long time to get to the action. For the large amount of time spent setting up the story, there was little thought/logic spent on the actual creatures who I thought were awful, stupid. In a horror movie, once they show the creature can be easily killed by bullets, it's no longer a thrilling contest of survival.
I didn't watch the whole movie, just bits and pieces, then the ending. I agree that just being able to kill the creatures by bullets is rather pedestrian, though they did have a nice way of splattering. Although I missed the part of how the creatures came to exist, I gather it had something to do with the scientist's mind. That sort of reminded me of The Brood, and Samantha Eggar's projected creatures without navels.
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1 hour ago, TopBilled said:
Yes, it seems a bit illogical...gay police officers are banned?
New York Times: "L.G.B.T.Q. police officers will not be allowed to participate as a group in the annual march, and organizers said they will rely on private security for their events."
Daily News: New York City Pride has told the Gay Officers Action League — which represents officers from the NYPD and other law enforcement organizations — that it is not welcome in the parade, said NYPD Det. Brian Downey, president of the police group.
We have a Democratic Primary for Mayor coming up on June 22, which is already super complicated. For the first time in my life, I don't know who I'm going to vote for. There are many candidates, but this year we get to rank them if we want. It's a very motley assortment. I wonder if this issue is going to come up.
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We're Not Dressing (1934)
Next: Tom Tom
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I am deeply saddened and depressed by this ridiculous decision:
NYC Pride parade bans police; Gay officers 'disheartened'
https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/wireStory/nyc-pride-police-attend-gay-officers-77714718
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Maggie Smith was in A Private Function with Tony Haygarth.
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I love the Britcoms and their ancestors, the Carry On films and Ealing comedies. Oddly, two Britcoms that I do not like are Keeping Up Appearances and Fawlty Towers. I love Patricia Routledge in almost anything, but not that series. Though not a Britcom, I'm not a fan of Doc Martin, even though I had dinner with Martin Clunes' mother Daphne many years ago, at the Garrick Club.
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And then there's the final scene in Blood Feast (1963), when Egyptian caterer Fuad Ramses runs through the city dump and jumps into the back of a garbage truck to hide from the cops. The truck is just about to leave. The driver, not knowing he has human cargo, shuts the rear loader, scrunching Fuad Ramses.
The cops rush up, one of them says:
"He died a fitting death, like the garbage he was."
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Great Hollywood Screen Psychopaths
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Sal Mineo as Lawrence Sherman in Who Killed Teddy Bear? (1965).