Cinemascope
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What was that you said a while back? Something about checking the guns at the door?
Yup, that's what I thought you said.
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I agree with that, but wouldn't you think that maybe the actors from the Golden Era we remember so fondly weren't perhaps quite the first crop of film actors? The stars from the 30's 40's and 50's have largely eclipsed the stars of the silent era. Or maybe it just has to do with a lot of people not enjoying silents, I'm not sure.
But at any rate, yes, the actors of the Golden Era are still the standard to beat!
MissG -- that is a great photo!
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Ah what I wouldn't have given to be a fly on the wall
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Ah, the memories. Guess we won't be seeing the likes of that again!
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There's an interesting story about a new Edith Piaf biopic which is about to be released in theaters... for more info check out this thread:
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/28/movies/28rend.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Published: February 28, 2007
Marion Cotillard?s feral portrait of the French singer ?dith Piaf as a captive wild animal hurling herself at the bars of her cage is the most astonishing immersion of one performer into the body and soul of another I?ve ever encountered in a film. Her portrayal of Piaf, plucked from the streets of Paris and molded into a music hall legend, ignites Olivier Dahan?s screen biography ?La Vie en Rose,? which opens the Film Society of Lincoln Center?s annual Rendez-Vous With French Cinema series this evening at Alice Tully Hall.
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Kubrickbuff, I'm glad that you saw those films anyway. I have to say, though, that I've never heard anyone say that any of those films were bad...I mean, Fargo, The French Connection and The Godfather are all Best Picture winners...
Yeah, exactly, those are actually some of the most praised movies of recent years!
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Every time I watch that movie I feel not just like rooting for him but also bringing him a glass of water!
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Says you!
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I wonder if the Disney Co. signed off on the whole thing...
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Love Minnelli! His musicals, especially, but he also made a lot of compelling dramas in his later years, like Home from the Hill.
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You're entitled to your opinion, hun. Just understand that others don't necessarily see it the same way. So we can just agree to disagree on that, no reason for you to take disagreement personally.
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South Pacific might have had a lot more pizzazz with Doris Day starring. Was she really considered for Annie Get Your Gun? It's been a while since I read the story about that, just remember that Judy Garland had already filmed some numbers before she was replaced.
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Any particular DVD? I think this one's in PD hell....
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The Coop thread is the best, and you know it!
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TiVo'd this movie from Fox Movie Channel last night... wonderful b&w western with Tyrone Power & Susan Hayward, directed by Henry Hathaway. Although most people prefer Hathaway's Garden of Evil, this movie features some good locations and a nice supporting cast.
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Ah sorry I posted that question right after the Alf Kjellin photo.
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I think before the Internet I used to rely on one of those movie guides (not Maltin's) to look up past winners, but it only included best picture, director, actor, actress winners. No nominees.
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I was actually all the more impressed with Scorsese's take on Wharton after watching the RKO original, which is a weaker adaptation and even though it stars Irene Dunne is ultimately not quite as compelling.
Plus Scorsese was far more faithful to period detail.
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I know I've seen him somewhere, but where?
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I try to be pretty open-minded when it comes to modern actors, the one thing that really gets my goat is when they think they're the new Clark Gable or the new Elizabeth Taylor... actors today will never achieve the mythic status of the Golden Era stars because that was as much a product of their time as it was of the old studio system.
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Well, this is interesting.... according to imdb.com,
Bowman's appearence as Snow White at the 61st Annual Academy Awards was actually the second time that she had appeared as the fairy tale heroine - the first time was in a bawdy musical revue called "Beach Blanket Babylon" at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas.
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I wouldn't really call The Age of Innocence a weak link by any stretch of the imagination. I don't know I suppose other directors could have achieved something different with it, but to me it was really exciting to watch a period movie by Scorsese that took place in New York.
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Last Friday I was all set to see James Cromwell introduce one of his father's old pre-codes at the Film Forum, but then I got sick. I also got sick when I was supposed to see John Wayne in The Searchers so I'm starting to wonder.... Lol!
So sorry to hear that... well at least those pre-codes will be showing on TCM soon.