Cinemascope
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How long have you played the piano?
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Doubtful... at best. But I don't think JA really got a fair shake in Hollywood, or maybe it was just that less musicals were being made.
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They're just talking about the film elements (negatives and such) that are necessary to make the best possible film-to-video transfer, I believe.
There are actually different kinds of film elements that can be used to transfer a movie to video. I don't remember the technical names, I think some of them are interpositives, or something like that. Basically it means being able to put a movie on video even in cases where the original negative no longer exists.
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Ah, cool, thanks
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I love Garbo, and I'm especially in awe of Crawford's early years at MGM. If you see her in some of the silent movies she was in (I think The Unknown is one of them) you'll know what a huge difference a few years made, I guess probably it was MGM's initiative to find a new look for Crawford that they felt might make her a more distinctive presence in movies.
I'm also very much surprised at the things she was willing to do as an actress, like the part in Today We Live where she played with the (yuck!) cockroach. I don't think very many actresses would have liked to do that!
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Awesome news, Izcutter!
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Would you watch a dubbed version of a foreign-language film?
What about American foreign-language films, like Letters from Iwo Jima?
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Are you sure that was on the Judy Garland show?
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Anyone know why currently has the rights to all of these films? I'm thinking how delightful it would be if some of them turned up on HD format in the next few years....
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While she's not one of my favorite MGM stars I certainly recognize the great talent she had. Maybe people's impression of her has to do with the stage of her career they're more familiar with? Anyone wanting to see some of her most delightful work should check out (aside from the obvious Wizard of Oz) any of her musicals with Mickey Rooney (starting with the charming Thoroughbreds Don't Cry and classic musicals like The Harvey Girls and Meet Me in St. Louis.
She was also particularly vulnerable and touching in romantic movies like The Clock.
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Thank you for that link. Does it predate the film version of the musical?
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> I just get irritated when people praise foreign films
> as if they are the end-all in greatness. We have
> turned out some great ones ourselves.
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> Anne
Anne, hun, yes there have been some good movies like the ones you mentioned... the problem, and it's particularly acute in the last decade or two, is that for every one of those movies, there'll be 2 or maybe 3 dozen of garbage movies.
And I don't think anyone here (certainly not me!) intended to imply that foreign-language films are "the end-all in greatness". Again it's a matter of taste, but a lot of people find in foreign-language films an oasis from the mainstream, mechanical Hollywood movie that has become the norm in the U.S.
Doesn't mean every single foreign-language film is a masterpiece, either, but the ones that do play in the U.S. generally are among the best in film production from all over the world.
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It would probably have been just as good with June Allyson *or* JG...
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Like you, I'll watch just about anything JN does. As far as the Oscar show... well don't ask me why, but I think it's kind of become an Oscar tradition to have constant shots of him in the audience, even if he's not nominated and regardless of whether or not he's presenting any awards.
I am glad he is only playing a terminally ill man, although I guess that these days, most movie stars don't get sick without the media finding out about it very fast, so I kinda figured it had to be related to some film role...
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Thanks for sharing, Holly. It's sad she died so young...
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Haven't been to Texas in ages -- would love to be in Austin for SXSW one of these years... when do they have that, again?
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I'm talking about the live action movies, which is why it would be under foreign-language films
If it were the animated ones it would go under "animation".
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Lots of wonderful announcements in the WHV forum, and a summary is now posted in the General Discussions forum!
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Well, it was thoughtful of you to post it, anyhow!
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With the official announcement by WHV that they'll be rescuing Royal Wedding from public-domain hell, there are at least three really good titles being "rescued" this year, the other two being Fox's The Little Princess with Shirley Temple and The Snows of Kilimanjaro with Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner.
DVDBeaver.com has recently posted screenshots of the new Snows of Kilimanjaro from Fox home video, and the difference between the 'official' release and the horrible public-domain versions is like night and day!
Check it out for yourself:
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews28/snows_of_kilimanjaro.htm
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Awesome summary! Thanks for posting!
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Ah, btw, since we're all talking about musicals now, the folks at WHV have just confirmed on the online chat that Royal Wedding is finally being rescued from PD hell!
Oh wait -- don't tell me -- there's probably at least one of you who thinks Fred Astaire is overrated... right?
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Ill-will in Hollywood toward Marty? Not likely, since most of the elegible Academy members must have voted for him and for The Departed.
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Well, you never know, some people might find it overrated!
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Ok, but I don't think you can compare Baywatch in Japan in the 21st century with Rawhide in Italy in the mid-60's. And Leone reportedly only went with Eastwood because he was the cheaper of the two actors considered....