MissGoddess

It's a film filled with wonderful scenes like that, which really reveal character.

I thought this was cute. http://www.times-news.com/adoptapet/local_story_067095345.html?keyword=topstory

> I have a couple manic depressive relatives (who don't > take their meds) and if they acted anything like > Longfellow, life would be much easier (ha!). Me too! That courtroom scene in which the doctors "analyze" Deeds' personality is still so resonant today. So many armchair psychologists would do exactly the same to him today---and instantly put him on some medication that turned him into a zombie. Just because he took things to heart----just because he HAD a heart! Capra was a genius at setting that scenario up, and found his perfect leading man to convey the dilemma of such a creature coming into a ruthless world. Miss G

I thought Duke and Katie made such a cute pair in Rooster and I agree, it is a shame they did not work together before. She always had such nice things to say about working with him....loved a comment she made once about his feet: "He had the tiniest feet for such a big man, and no behind, no behind at all!" Lol! OK, Katie. Lauren Bacall adored him too. In fact, I've observed that he is one of those rare birds that got along with almost all of his leading ladies, and if you really consider it, he is quite generous in his scenes with them, allowing them the lion's share of the focus. And he just seems to get along so well with them that's it's difficult for me to think of one actress he had no chemistry with at all. Even the most incongruous pairings (Lana Turner, Lauren Bacall, Kate Hepburn) seemed comfortable. Sophia Loren is the only one I might say didn't quite fit with him, but that may just be the language issue, which she was still mastering. Miss G

[nobr]I love this one, let's call it "The long and the short of it..."[nobr] [nobr][nobr]

Thanks, Cinemascope, for reprinting my post. I can see I didn't express myself clearly enough.... ....now to search for a nice John Wayne picture to post so no one can mistake my admiration for the Duke... Miss G

Hi Sue-Sue! I must have really expressed myself poorly in my previous post because I am most absolutely a fan of Duke Wayne and his films. He's given me many hours of pleasure and though The Searchers is such a magnificent mouthful to watch too, too often, I think its a masterpiece. What I wanted to say was I understand if others just don't get him, especially if they haven't actually sat down and given his films a try. I don't expect everyone to like the same things---even if I think it's impossible not to like Gary Cooper--lol!!! (just kidding). Miss G

>> > For my own sanity, I am thinking based on your > previous posts in this forum that you do like John > Wayne and find him to be a good actor. > > It is Depp, Nicholson and Pitt that you don't > "cotton" to at all and not the Duke. > > Do I have that correct? Oh MY YES I really do love Duke Wayne and most of his movies! I posted earlier about how much I did. Watching him always gives me a shot in the arm of confidence, and that's primarily what draws me to his films over and over. Miss G

> Sorry to hear... but look at the bright side, you > still got Coop! Oh yes and many, many others including, from today's crop, Russell Crowe so I don't despair! And when these actors, besides Jack who's already there, become really old I might start liking their work more. Nothing's set in stone...

[nobr]The "manic depressive" kills me but otherwise it's a cool song! Poor Longfellow....[nobr] [nobr][nobr]

I thankfully finally got this recorded and can't wait to watch it (first time) tonight!! I have heard about Joan's great work as Sadie for years and look forward to forming my own conclusions (I do think Joan was a terrific actress but I also was mightily impressed with Rita's interpretation). Miss G

HI CC---I love Capra and any opportunity to see his early, rare films is like finding buried treasure. I'll add my "kudos" to TCM for doing so and hope they continue the good work! :)

HI Klondike! I'm a huge fan of Big Bad Bob Mitchum and I really like Hopper in the few things I've seen outside of PM. Track of the Cat is unlike any western---or anything else---I've yet seen. Peeps might first notice the monchromatic color scheme, with Red being the most common accent color. And this movie presents us with a Beulah Bondi like we've never seen or imagined she could be! I never knew William Hopper was Hedda's son until this thread. You guys around here are teaching me so much. Bobby M. is like Alice in Wonderland: when he was good, he was very, very good; but when he was bad he was terrible!! Miss G

I can't limit it to just one couple, though "Rhett" and "Scarlett" would be my choice if I am forced to . Charles Boyer and Hedy Lamarr in Algiers William Powell and Kay Francis in One-Way Passage and Jewel Robbery Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn in Charade Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca Orson Welles and Joan Fontain in Jane Eyre Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier in Rebecca Bill Holden and Jennifer Jones in Love is a Many Splendored Thing Omar Sharif & Julie Christie in Doctor Zhivago Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney in Son of Fury and The Razor's Edge Fred and Ginger in all their movies together. Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison in The Ghost & Mrs. Muir Clark Gable and Ava Gardner in Mogambo Walter PIdgeon and Maureen O'Hara in How Green Was My Valley Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr in An Affair to Remember Greer Garson and Ronald Colman in Random Harvest Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday Bette Davis and Paul Henreid in Now, Voyager Bette Davis and Charles Boyer in All This and Heaven, Too Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor in Waterloo Bridge Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier in Wuthering Heights Glenn Ford and Rita Hayworth in both Gilda and Affair in Trinidad Some other screen couples I really believed in: Omar Sharif and Julie Andrews in The Tamarind Seed Frank Sinatra and Natalie Wood in Kings Go Forth Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier in That Hamilton Woman John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara in Rio Grande and The Quiet Man Gary Cooper and Madeleine Carrol in The General Died at Dawn Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman in For Whom the Bell Tolls Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes in A Farewell to Arms Ida Lupino and Robert Ryan in On Dangerous Ground Gary Cooper and Audrey Hepburn in Love in the Afternoon Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron in Daddy Long-Legs Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron in An American in Paris Leslie Caron and Louis Jourdan in Gigi Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in Dark Passage Charles Boyer and Olivia de Havilland in Hold Back the Dawn Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman in Arch of Triumph Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman in Notorious

I also would point out that the Gary in Morocco is one you may not have seen before. You know about Marlene's insolence, but he's just as insolent as she is, if not more! There is very little trace of the sweetness we've come to glimmer in even his darkest, later roles. It just shows what his skills were, that he could play a seriously commitment-phobic, ne'er-do-well along with his more traditionally heroic guys. But he does it with lightness, he's never heavy in the role. I'm excited for you to see it! Miss G

Thank you---and I've learned a lot on these boards myself, which is why I come here.

> Oh. There wasn't a single movie with any of them that > you enjoyed? > > No, unfortunately not,

"What will you pay for my apples?" Marlene croons. The saucy way she saunters through the room, selling her apples and singing, first to the rich in the upper level and then, to the consternation of the proprietor, decends into the "pit" where the "rabble" (including Coop) sit, is unique in cinema! His buying her apple (after borrowing the money) and biting into it is strangely remnicent of Adam and Eve....

[nobr]Coop, looking as if he can't quite believe his eyes....in Morocco:[nobr] [nobr][nobr] [nobr][nobr]

The Romance of Rosy Ridge is a charming film, so I don't blame you.

You're welcome! That ballet sequence in An American in Paris is ingenious. The documentary on Kelly had some very interesting points made about it (including shot comparisons of the actual paintings to the scenes, similar to what you've done in your post); so I hope you get to see it soon. Miss G

> > Now, I don't sit down LOOKING for it, mind you. But > it is not any sort of distraction where I'd notice > without looking for it. > > Hopefully your experience will be similar. I'm sure it will.

Thanks, Danny!

Ha! The ending is silly but it's so short I find it negligible.

Man from Wyoming sounds like another winner. I don't think I know June Collyer, so this would be my first movie with her to my knowledge. I look forward to seeing it one day. You describe the plots really well, Angie---thanks for taking the time to do so. They really seem to "appear" before my eyes. I could "see" that scene with her sewing on his button.