Cinemascope
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Did you ever see Gabriel Over the White House?
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Indeed it's rare to see any man be so debonnaire or suave in today's world. Maybe it seemed more natural in the 30's and 40's. And of course it's part of Gene Kelly's charm, that he managed to excel artistically just as much as FA while at the same time being a "man of the people".
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It's great to watch stuff like that, especially with it not being on DVD yet.
oh and welcome to the boards therealmarypoppins.
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Yes, and it is very similar to watching other great talents enter a period of self-destruction, whether it be Brando, Judy Garland or Belushi.
It's so sad but of course there's nobody anyone can do but them... and maybe those closest to them.
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And bobhopefan, thank you so much -- I didn't know there were people who really really loved it as well.
Well, of course there are -- it's Gene Kelly!
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Oh never mind the time, I was just curious about the channel... I'll watch it on DVD when I do watch it
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I haven't seen it since it was just a Criterion laserdisc, but now that they have it on DVD too, it surely will be worth checking out again!
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Well, that's more or less what I thought although I didn't want to say it in such blunt terms. While on the one hand we live in a free society and cannot usually do anything when some people engage in certain destructive behaviors (which can include smoking, excessive consumption of food and/or alcohol, etc.) in some cases we certainly won't stop feeling sorry about it.
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I'm now really looking forward to watching it again!
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Really? According to this info it wasn't a Desilu production at all...
For a number of years, Ball served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Desilu, while at the same time starring in her own weekly series. Eventually tiring of the stress, in 1967, Ball sold the company to Gulf+Western, which merged it with its other production company (and Desilu's next-door neighbor) Paramount Pictures and renamed it Paramount Television (now called CBS Paramount Television) in 1968. As a result, Star Trek was no longer a Desilu production but a Paramount production.
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Well hopefully TCM might air it again this year.
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I read something about that recently but I forgot all the details.
Well, as most people probably already knows, MGM under Thalberg's guidance really put a lot of emphasis on preview screenings and trying to "fix" or "improve" the movie whenever possible prior to release. Guess they just wanted to make the most satisfying movies they could, and a lot of the time, they succeeded.
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I like your analysis, JB. I just wonder what the OP would have thought about old fairly tales such as those by the Grimm brothers!
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Well the one you have right now doesn't have the two different cuts of the film, does it?
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Those were interesting movies. I enjoyed watching them even though they got a bad rap.
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Where was it on?
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And there are plenty of wonderful, struggling composers out there; wishing they could find a good producer and an audience...
Sadly these days the big corporations have too much of a say in what gets produced in Broadway, especially the Disney Co. Where is the next Rent?
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It was interesting to revisit Summer Stock and think about what a difference eight years can make....
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Champeen of what?
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I agree that was very good background info, JB. Thanks for sharing and hope you enjoyed the movie again last night.
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Well I guess her birthday is just around the corner!
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Well, thank you very much lzcutter. Just as I had finally gotten all of this out of my system and hoped that I wouldn't have to start discussing these matters again, you come back and you bring all of these things up again.
I do not think you are truly trying to help, I think you're just trying to kick a person while she's down, or while she's just getting up.
If you have anything further to say on this please PM me.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._E._Lawrence
Lawrence's vision of the Middle East
A map of the Middle East belonging to Lawrence has been put on exhibition at the Imperial War Museum in London. It was drafted by Lawrence and presented to the British Cabinet in 1918.
The map provides an alternative to present-day borders in the region, based on sensibilities shown by the local populations. It includes a separate state for the Armenians and groups the people of present-day Syria, Jordan, and parts of Saudi Arabia in another state, based on tribal patterns and commercial routes.
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Did you watch Words and Music just now as part of the GK tribute?
Gene Kelly, SOTM - 2nd week
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Cinemascope, it's only better after multiple viewings...
Well I'm definitely looking forward to many more viewings!