MissGoddess
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Angie,
I might be a better painter today if I had been around to attend those art classes in Edinburgh.
Marnie is my favorite Connery movie, too, and it's because of Sean that it's my second favorite Hitchcock flick.
I look forward to the day I can take a leisurely tour of the British Isles...seeing London and its environs is not the same as seeing *England* .
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I'm trading my ticket to Dublin for one to Edinburgh....hee! Just kidding, but I will have to make a trip there one day soon. I love Sean Connery and any land capable of producing him as well as men who resemble Gary Cooper wins my vote.
I actually met a nice guy on holiday in Monte Carlo last summer, he has an apartment there so that definitely showed the Scots like to live well.
I post in another classic movies forum and one of the dearest people there is a Scot named Stuart. Good people, you chose well!
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I just wanted to add that for any who are interested, there was an excellent documentary on Ford produced by PBS as part of their "American Masters" series, which dealt specifically with his collaboration with John Wayne. It is available on dvd as part of the Stagecoach two-disc set (which in turn is included in the John Ford/John Wayne Box Set). It's almost as superb as *Directed by John Ford* .
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Believe it or not, John, I agree with most of what you say. I don't know if 'Sir Scott' has really thought it through. For instance, doesn't he rememeber that anyone who wants to see his Bladerunner, unless fortunate enough to attend the festival, has to buy or rent it and watch it on a television screen?
Actually, I just wanted an excuse to post that "hard-of-thinking" comment on Harrison Ford's narration. It tickled me so much.
P.S. I want to add that I think the one good thing about the internet is that it has provided a place like this for classic movie fans to congregate, and perhaps acquire newly interested ones a venue as well. This can only be good for "cinema", because more people will become aware of what makes for a fine film.
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Canyon CoopsGirl: Your stories of London sound familiar. I was wildly disappointed in Englishmen when I lived there. I even prefer New Yorkers to them, I'm afraid. However, I like to believe that it's just London, not the rest of the country. Big City-itis. Most major metropolitan cities, and I travel to a lot of them, seem to becoming all alike in terms of their social life and how men and women behave toward eachother. Which is to say it's terribly sad.
MacLamarr: You hit on my Celtic button with your post. I am planning a trip to Ireland this fall, God willing, with a couple of girlfriends and we are really excited about it. I met many Scots when I was in London and they were so friendly. I love Celts, really, all of them: Scots, Welsh and Irish. Marvelously warm. However, I have been leary of Scots because of one reason, and maybe you can give me your own opinion (and ask Andrew, too) if you think they are *stingy* . Scots are stereotyped for it and I have to say stinginess is an almost unforgivable sin in a man to this little chippie. Would you say they are generous? I'd love to know what you think about that and what your hubbie says too. I think it's dreamy how you met and found your happiness.
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>>>Maybe I'll have time to run to Blockbuster and rent "Rififi" and we can do a Siskel and Ebert number <<<
Just so long as neither one of you do Richard SchNickel. It would break my heart.
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Interesting comments made by Scott when he appeared at the Venice Film Festival (which is screening his *Blade Runner* and, more importantly, several John Ford westerns
). What do you all think?P.S. I just had to quote this caption which appears under the trailer for American Gangster....it refers to the screening of Blade Runner: *NOTE: Sir Scott was in Venice to screen his new "Blade Runner: The Final Cut," which removes Harrison Ford's voiceover that was originally demanded by Warner Bros. for the "hard-of-thinking." * Ha ha ha!! I'm adding "hard-of-thinking* to my lexicon.
Here is the article folks:
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8983/DirectorRidleyScott:'InternetKIlling+Cinema'
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This site is driving me to drink. If only there was something to drink! I may have dye my hair tonight because it's giving my first grays.
Anyway, I'm very excited for you to see GWTW on the big screen, Angie, and I hope Theresa gets to join you. I liked your dream about Clark---I had one too about him for the first time recently. It was similar to yours about Gary in that he went off and married someone else. I hate when that happens!
I know what you mean about the weirdos---NYC is a breeding ground for them. Only they look normal. And if I talk about my fondness for old movies that only seems to attract them more.
Here's hoping I can successfully post this and future replies today. What a mess this board it today!
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I almost don't know how to handle it, I just clicked "reply" ONCE and got here! This has been the worst morning yet for this board, I couldn't even access it for almost an hour. That's how slow my work day is, I feel withdrawl if I can't get here at least once an hour!
I know what you mean Angie about the weirdos, ha! NYC is naturally a breeding ground for them only they look very normal at first. One has to be very, very careful. And if word gets out I like old movies, that only seems to attract them more. Fortunately, my office has pretty normal blokes, but none that interest me, alas.
I'm so excited for you to see GWTW in a theater! It's the way it has to be experienced. Is Theresa going, too? I liked your dream about Clark. I had one of him for the first time fairly recently, but it was kind of like yours with Gary in that he was off marrying someone else. I hate those!
Here's hoping I can post again successfully before the day is out.
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I almost don't know how to handle it, I just clicked "reply" ONCE and got here! This has been the worst morning yet for this board, I couldn't even access it for almost an hour. That's how slow my work day is, I feel withdrawl if I can't get here at least once an hour!
I know what you mean Angie about the weirdos, ha! NYC is naturally a breeding ground for them only they look very normal at first. One has to be very, very careful. And if word gets out I like old movies, that only seems to attract them more. Fortunately, my office has pretty normal blokes, but none that interest me, alas.
I'm so excited for you to see GWTW in a theater! It's the way it has to be experienced. Is Theresa going, too? I liked your dream about Clark. I had one of him for the first time fairly recently, but it was kind of like yours with Gary in that he was off marrying someone else. I hate those!
Here's hoping I can post again successfully before the day is out.
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I almost don't know how to handle it, I just clicked "reply" ONCE and got here! This has been the worst morning yet for this board, I couldn't even access it for almost an hour. That's how slow my work day is, I feel withdrawl if I can't get here at least once an hour!
I know what you mean Angie about the weirdos, ha! NYC is naturally a breeding ground for them only they look very normal at first. One has to be very, very careful. And if word gets out I like old movies, that only seems to attract them more. Fortunately, my office has pretty normal blokes, but none that interest me, alas.
I'm so excited for you to see GWTW in a theater! It's the way it has to be experienced. Is Theresa going, too? I liked your dream about Clark. I had one of him for the first time fairly recently, but it was kind of like yours in that he was off marrying someone else. I hate those!
Here's hoping I can post again successfully before the day is out.
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I almost don't know how to handle it, I just clicked "reply" ONCE and got here! This has been the worst morning yet for this board, I couldn't even access it for almost an hour. That's how slow my work day is, I feel withdrawl if I can't get here at least once an hour!
I know what you mean Angie about the weirdos, ha! NYC is naturally a breeding ground for them only they look very normal at first. One has to be very, very careful. And if word gets out I like old movies, that only seems to attract them more. Fortunately, my office has pretty normal blokes, but none that interest me, alas.
I'm so excited for you to see GWTW in a theater! It's the way it has to be experienced. Is Theresa going, too? I liked your dream about Clark. I had one of him for the first time fairly recently, but it was kind of like yours in that he was off marrying someone else. I hate those!
Here's hoping I can post again successfully before the day is out.
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Whew, it is still a chore to post on this maddening forum. Thanks to all to who keep trying.
LuckyD---I remember the location shots of NYC in *Love with the Proper Stranger* and that they were photographed very starkly which seemed to pick up on Natalie's sense of fright and abandonment, not to mention the horror of what she was to endure. Then you have a scene like the "scotch and tonic" incident, or at the dinner party given by her fiance's family (Tom Bosley, old man "Happy Days" himself giving a really charming turn), where Natalie cannnot seem to do anything right or graceful. It's inexplicable to me, given hers and Steve McQueen's continuing popularity, why this movie is not on dvd.
Frank---Most representative of Nat? Hmmm, most might say Splendor in the Grass, but I am not a fan of that movie (or Warren Beatty) and prefer to name *Marjorie Morningstar* . It's also a coming of age yarn but one which actually shows her growing up to face her life as an adult. It displays the beautiful girl-next-door which men were drawn to and women were not threatened by, the qualities that made her a star.
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Metsfan: Now that is what I like to see first thing in the morning. Unfortunately, Gary's is the only chest hair I'm seeing lately first thing in the morning, for which I am still grateful.
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>>>They're probably repeats but I'm glad you liked them. I have one from "Along Came Jones" but I'll post it later as it needs to be fixed.<<<
Theresa will *love* that!
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Wasn't *The Killers* also about a heist?
*Assault on a Queen* is an exciting if seldom seen heist yarn which takes place at sea---a motley group get together to rob an ocean liner via submarine. It stars Frank Sinatra, Virna Lisi, Richard Conte and Tony Franciosa. It's not as well known as Sinatra's "Tony Rome" movies made at the same time, but in my opinion it's much superior to them.
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Moira, thank you once again for an incisive and for me, very sympathetic post on Alan Ladd. You said:
>>>I realize that others will emphasize his height or his obvious aging on film as detriments to his abilities. Still, there was an interesting sadness in him, as well as a capacity for expressing bemused resignation to the way of the world.<<<
This is what I respond to most in him, though you put into words better than I. Man in the Net was unusual, wasn't it? It was almost like he was playing Peter Pan.
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Metsfan! You outdid yourself this time, super pixtures! I really like the one from the PictureGoer magazine cover, where he is almost totally in the shadows...so mysterious.
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Posting here is definitely *flustrating* Theresa---and a major pain in the arse. I'm going to start complaining over in the "General Issues" forum, this is too much!
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Good question! I have seen *Raw Deal* twice now, and each time I was struck by that starlight effect in Claire's eyes. It just occured to me, maybe it's to illustrate the fact that she has "stars in her eyes" in regard to O'Keefe? She really loved him deeply enough to do anything for him, which of course backfires on her. I find the movie an interesting study in character. O'Keefe does nothing but bring trouble into the life of Marsha Hunt, but naturally, she has to fall in love with him for it. We mortals just love our tormentors!
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I was surprised to see Herrmann's name in the credits for doing the music on *The Snows of Kilimanjaro* while watching it this weekend. I had not realized he was the composer. He really got around.
Frank, I have also heard *On Dangerous Ground* was one of the scores Herrmann was most satisfied with, in part, because he got to work on it without interference. It certainly is exquisite.
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Lovely pictures of "Missy", FG! I never saw that later picture of her and Bob Taylor---is that from a movie they did together? I thought they only did a couple together, in the early days.
My favorite BS movies: *East Side, West Side, B.F.'s Daughter, My Reputation, Remember the Night, All I Desire, The Mad Miss Manton, A Lost Lady, Baby Face, Meet John Doe* and *Clash by Night*.
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Hi Angie---oh, that sounds like you girls had a ball! Glenn Miller, too? That cat really could swing.
I want to see *The Virginian* again---I saw it years and years ago and remember little about it. However, I read the book it's based on and it's one of my favorite western stories. The character with no name, (Gary) is an iconic one and I always picture Gary in the role. I am not sure I have ever seen Joel McRea's version.
I think perhaps I agree with Gary's take on Romeo and Juliet. At least if I were Juliet that's what I would respond to best.
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*ForeverG*: Thank you so much for your pix of Natalie---and thanks to anyone and everyone who manfully sticks with it when it comes to posting replies, I am having the dickens of a time myself with this sluggish forum!
*GarboM*: Thanks for your help, too---thankfully I keep my pix in Photobucket, too, or I'm sure I would have lost a lot of them during this transition. I hope you'll post any Nat pix you come across, too, because you have a knack of finding rarities.
*Frank*: So happy to see you here. "Warm" is the word for the woodsy Natalie. It's just a hunch on my part, but I immediately thought of two movies of Nat's for you to try, given your stated preferences: *This Property is Condemned* and *Love With the Proper Stranger*. The former movie is ultra-slim on plot and seems to go nowhere but it's perversly interesting for some reason. I know the reason, I can relate to Natalie's character, she has a way of always bringing out the vulnerabiliuty in any character but this one's probably one of her most complex. It was Sidney Pollack's first film. LwtPS is just a really good *adult* love story, though some find the central issues as dealt with here to be dated. It has moments of unexpected hilarity and for me contains Natalie's most accomplished and mature performance.
*LuckyD*: *All The Fine Young Cannibals* is noteworthy mainly for Pearl Bailey's charismatic performance, the chance to see the young Robert Wagner's in a movie together, and for the beautiful, glamorous clothes. At least that's what I got out of it. 'RJ' had not yet become a real actor and the plot is so sudsy even I feel like I need a rinse after watching it but it can be fun.
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Guess what? I was perusing the website of The Film Forum (a theater downtown which hosts classic movie retrospectives) and I noticed that they will be showing a Gene Tierney movie I've never seen called *Rings On Her Fingers* . I was excited by that. I kept on browsing and saw some other titles that looked interesting, including one that vaguely rang a bell which soon turned into a six-alarmer: *CITY STREETS* !!!!! You should have seen me smile. Imagine, this hard to find Coop flick popping up and I might have missed it if I didn't double check! It's playing next Tuesday evening along with two other features (one is a documentary on the director, Rouben Mamoulian, who is the subject of this retrospective). I hope nothing prevents me from going---I'm so excited!
City Streets, as you all know, is the only crime meller Gary ever appeared in and it should be so cool to see him in the milieu. Sylvia Sidney, always a first rate actress, is his leading lady. Here is a link in case anyone else might be in town to catch it:
http://www.filmforum.org/films/mamoulianfilms.html#city