MissGoddess
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Nothing disappears on the web.
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It's incredible what you can find on the net if you have the patience to dig deep enough.
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No credit to me, I found them at a wonderful photo blog called "pickyourselfup". All the credit goes to there. I thought they were fun.
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GOOD EVE-ENING, MR GRIMES. VERY BELATEDLY BLONDE CONGRATULATIONS ON REACHING 11K IN 11/11!
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Ooh, that is so cute, Sansfin! She looks like a little red riding hood, only pinky instead of red.
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I just want to say, it's so very nice to have *Mr. Osborne* back where he belongs. The world feels a little more "right" tonight.
h1. Welcome back, Robert Osborne!
*Jewel Robbery* always leaves me with the most delightful light-headedness (no "cigarette" needed).
Edited by: MissGoddess on Dec 1, 2011 9:37 PM
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Thanks, Jackie. So I have seen her in two films, *Safe in Hell* and *No Man of Her Own*.
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> Margaret Sullavan? Hmmm, that's interesting. I never knew. You're right about Ava. She won't roll over easily.
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I don't thiink you'll like Maggie.
> Except Scarlett!
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She was a bit child like.
> Huh? What? Isn't that called Netflix?
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ha! that will teach me to write when it's bedtime.
Edited by: MissGoddess on Dec 1, 2011 12:41 PM
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Great posts on SAFE IN HELL...I'm there but I'm not safe!
You really brought the movie back to me, and it sounds even better than I thought. I do see the Hitch/Vertigo parallels now you mention it...brilliant! I wish I had more time, but weekdays are heck lately.And answer to your question: Robert Taylor and the king, Mr. G.
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> Ooooohhh, that's excellent! You're right, I never think of "doom" with Ava. Ava plays "otherwordly" so very well. She's of the earth, but also mystical.
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You also get the sense that Ava is going to put up a fight before she goes down for the count. She has a kind of gallantry that one doesn't see too often in women, particularly when they are about to lose it all. That puts her in league with Garbo, yes, and Dietrich and Margaret Sullaven, I might add.
Vivien, being the most childlike and vulnerable is the one that leaves you feeling the worst because most anyone could have stepped in and saved her simply by being unselfish with her.
> I keep putting off watching that film because of you.
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*Streetcar*? Oh, I thought you had an abnormal aversion to the little forms of public transportation.
> *Oh, I thought it was in the upcoming Wellman set?*
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> I now see. *Safe in Hell* is an upcoming Archive release for January. Two other Wellman films are being released through Archives, too. They are from the 50s, though. "Forbidden Hollywood: Volume Three" features six Wellman pre-codes.
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Quite a few "wild Bills" in the pipeline!
THese are the kind of collections that simply shriek that is someone who REALLY knows movies who buys them...if only I had the right kind of shelf space for my selection. A selection I wouldn't mine sharing with a few trustworthy people if we got together our selections we could have quite a littie little lending library of movies, maybe we could figure some way to ear the money to build the kind of storage space where they'll be accessible yet dry and well preserved.To keep mailing costs down, the Lending Library will cover enough to buy stamp for one or two discs out at a time. And more, the recipient should pay the return postage.
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> What about Ava?!
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Though her characters often end tragically, there's nothing self-conscious about her style that "signals" tragic woman. I think both Garbo and Vivien had a lingering tinge of doom to their psyche's that they projected in every character. Ava's eyes ususally were laughing or flirting or taunting, whether with animal spirits or to cover her hurt.
The only time Garbo really playfully tries to hide her pain is as *Camille*, hence it being one of her finest performances. Vivien tries to hide it as Blanche but she fails utterly, hence it being one of her finest performances.
> *I'd like to have the William Wellman box set its in, I think it's one of the more interesting sets of "pre-codes" around.*
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> I don't think it's on DVD just yet. Maybe it's Warner Archives or a TCM exclusive.
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Oh, I thought it was in the upcoming Wellman set?
> SAFE IN HELL IS SPOILED
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> Woman is seen as just a sexual object by almost every man in the film and the one good man doesn't think well enough of her to stay by her side. He's in love with the sea (his job). So the woman's answer to man's attempt to force her into unwanted sexual submission is to choose death. If the one good man she loved actually loved her equally, she'd fight to live. But he didn't care about her to that level.
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Now it's coming back to me. I remember that about the guy...what a louse.
> I liked her. She had a great fight to her. I liked how she played explosive and "I don't give a darn" while also projecting longing and disappointment.
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I thought she was very real, believably worn and that she'd experienced, well, hell. Good actress. I don't think I've seen her in anything else that I recall.
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> I've only seen the very end of one Garbo film and I thought it had her being led off to her doom.
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Ha, you're right, that could describe several of her movies one way or another! To me, she was the queen of tragic cinema, and Vivien Leigh its princess.
> I hope she does. I can see why this is her kind of film. It definitely screams "Jackie."
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I'd like to have the William Wellman box set its in, I think it's one of the more interesting sets of "pre-codes" around. And it's neat that Wellman himself is getting known for not just *G.I. Joe* and *The Ox-Bow Incident*, sterling films as they are. He really did a LOT of "women's pictures". He cut his teeth on them as a director.
> Big time. She makes a loud statement. The film is very much a statement film.
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I had no thought of that in my mind, either. Wow. What is the statement? Can we quote you?
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> The tone is very good. You get a real sense of a woman being trapped in an ugly world.
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I'll say. Sort of a choice between the frying pan or the fire. What did you think of the actress, Dorothy MacKail (sp?)
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> I haven't seen a film similar to it. Although, this is how I always picture some Garbo flicks being. But I'm guessing the Garbo films are nowhere near as harsh as *Safe in Hell*.
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Now I'll really have to look again. I never thought of Garbo. When you said "Garbo ending" I could only think of *Queen Christina* and I was sure I didn't remember anything like that in *Safe in Hell*.
> The ending is martyrdom. Very "Joan of Arc." It's just the cause is woman, not country.
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I think *Safe in Hell* Jackie knows and admires a lot, I'm sure she could comment better than I can on this one. I remember the girl making a sacrifice of some sort, but I really need to watch it to refresh my memory of all but the "tone" of the film.
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> {quote:title=FrankGrimes wrote:}{quote}THE SCARLET CLAW AND THE LEOPARD MAN SPOILED IN THE MOORS
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> *In what way did it remind you of TLM?*
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> A beast is being accused of murders when it's a serial killer. I liked the instrument of death, too.
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It was interesting that it took place in Canada, too. This is one of the most atmospheric of their films since *The Hound of the Baskervilles*. I agree it's one of their very best.
> I didn't dislike it, really. It's definitely a very harsh film. I liked the message behind it, although I didn't go for the "Garbo" ending. I just didn't find the meat of the film to be all that entertaining. I loved the opening and the message, the very most. It's definitely a Woman film. It's very strong and quite good on that level.
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I can't remember the ending too well. You've got to admit it's a unique story.
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> No! I really liked it! It reminded me of *The Leopard Man*. It's my second favorite Sherlock, so far.
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In what way did it remind you of TLM?
> So you thought there wasn't going to be middle ground for me with the film. That ended up being accurate.
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Why didn't you like it? I thought it was a very interesting film. Rather harsh. It left a rather vivid impression. It's not a pretty film, that's for sure.
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> {quote:title=FrankGrimes wrote:}{quote}I thought it was really interesting to see how you and Jackie differed on your personal favorites from the group. I was more surprised by your ranking. I would have never guessed *Plymouth Adventure* was at the top.
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None of these films are among my "favorites". I really like the ones on top and I don't dislike any of them. They're just middling to me for the most part, compared to my real favorites. And there's quite a few of them I have only seen once and I believe my appreciation would grow if I saw them again and read some discussion on them.
> Here's how I liked them:
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> 1. Earrings of Madame de... (2 - MG, 5 - JF)
> 2. The Phenix City Story (3 - MG, 1 - JF)
> 3. The Scarlet Claw (10 - MG, 7 - JF)
> 4. Great Expectations (4 - MG, 8 - JF)
> 5. Along Came Jones (6 - MG, 9 - JF)
> 6. A Day at the Races (9 - MG, 10 - JF)
> 7. The Last Sunset (5 - MG)
> 8. Me and My Gal (7 - MG, 4 - JF)
> 9. The Pearl of Death (8 - MG)
> 10. The Tattered Dress (11 - MG, 2 - JF)
> 11. Safe in Hell (1 - MG, 3 - JF)
> 12. Wife vs. Secretary (13 - MG, 6 - JF)
> 13. Plymouth Adventure (12 - MG, 11 - JF)
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I am surprised to see a Holmes film rank so high, unless it's because you really aren't that crazy about any of these movies.
> I believe this is the closest you have ever come to knowing how I'd like the films, Miss G. That was really impressive! You were only way off with *The Scarlet Claw* and *Safe in Hell*. Everything else was right on.
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I took a gambled on *Safe in Hell* that it would rank either way high or at the bottom.
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My rankings:
6. Along Came Jones
8. A Day at the Races
9. Earrings of Madame de...
11. Great Expectations
2. The Last Sunset
3. Me and My Gal
4. The Pearl of Death
13. The Phenix City Story
1. Plymouth Adventure
10. Safe in Hell
5. The Scarlet Claw
12. The Tattered Dress
7. Wife vs. Secretary
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There's some pretty good writing and stories to be found on the show.
In connection to another conversation on this board, today's guest star on "Have Gun, Will Travel" was...Martin Balsam.
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Possible WAGON TRAIN/GREAT EXPECTATIONS Spoilers
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0743272/
"The Tom Tuckett Story"
A young boy called "Tuck" meets a convict in a swamp and helps him. Years later, while on Major Adams' (Ward Bond) wagon train, the boy---now a young man with, you guessed it, "great expectations" in San Francisco, meets a snobbish young lady traveling with her guardian who tries to keep them apart.
The convict turns up, reveals he is Tuck's benefactor, and Tuck is at first ungrateful and ashamed of this "rough" looking man who is hiding from the Cavalry troop that has joined the wagon train. What Tuck and the cavalry don't know is the convict holds the key to their safe passage through Indian territory.
P.S. They also did one based on *Pride and Prejudice*, believe it or not!
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This was a hard group for me to rate for you. I really have little idea how you'd like most of them since few of them are really your speed. I'm guessing the ones I thought you might like the most in fact fell flat, and the ones I figured you wouldn't care for, impressed you a little more.
6. Along Came Jones
9. A Day at the Races
2. Earrings of Madame de...
4. Great Expectations
5. The Last Sunset
7. Me and My Gal
8. The Pearl of Death
3. The Phenix City Story
12. Plymouth Adventure
1. Safe in Hell
10. The Scarlet Claw
11. The Tattered Dress
13. Wife vs. Secretary
Interestingly, today's episode of "Wagon Train" was based on Great Expectations. So I didn't have to wait until TCM airs the movie next month to get a "refresher" on the plot.
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> {quote:title=movieman1957 wrote:}{quote}Not yet but it's on my list. I am not surprised that they all kind of run together. They all kind of look alike. I have a bit of the same problem. The one that is really distinct for me is "No Name On The Bullet." He is quite a different character there. (He plays a hired killer who has come to a town to do a job.)
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It's been a while since I've seen that one, either.
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> I thought I'd watch "The Furies" again and so it sits on my table.
I have that one that came with the novel its based on. I should read the book one day.
So you haven't seen The Quiet American? I'm not sure if you'll like it or not. There's not a whole lot of action, and it's an unusual character for Audie, but for one aspect of his real personality that they included. I won't give it away.
Edited by: MissGoddess on Nov 28, 2011 9:57 PM
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This one's been on Encore, right? I'm not sure if I've seen it yet. I have to admit Audie's westerns kind of all get jumbled up in my mind.
Did you ever see him in the non-western, The Quiet American?
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For what it's worth,
I actually had the volume problem myself, recently. I turned off my cable box and turned it back on again, and the volume went back to normal. I assume you already tried that, but just in case you didn't you might want to, or to even re-boot entirely by unplugging the power cord to the cable box for a few seconds.
I used to have a lot of "pixelating" on TCM---and TCM only---from time to time, but thankfully it has not been an issue for the last several months. I have TimeWarner cable and they came and replaced my cable box and rewired several times, all to no avail. TCM would still pixelate, even if all other channels were fine. I came to believe a gremlin was out there, a TCM gremlin only I could see.
One day, it just seemed to clear up all by itself. But the volume thingy crept up last week a few times.
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I recommend *Pushover*, too. I've always thought Kim was her most alluring in it.
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Yes, I've seen *Moonrise*. It's probably the most substantial role I've seen Gail do, and she's wonderful, so is the story. I would like to watch it again. The first time, I wasn't crazy about it mostly because Dane Clark's character didn't move me, and a lot depends on that in this story. I didn't feel much chemistry between him and Gail. Maybe it was me, I'm willing to see it again since Borzage is always worth a second look.
You really brought the movie back to me, and it sounds even better than I thought. I do see the Hitch/Vertigo parallels now you mention it...brilliant! I wish I had more time, but weekdays are heck lately.
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Ha! Too true!
Here's one more just perfect for you: