MissGoddess
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[nobr]Hi Sue-Sue---your comment about how Marnie could resist Mark was echoed by Tippi herself, to the director. She said it would not be believable that her character could not fall for someone as gorgeous as Sean Connery, to which he replied, "That is why it's called 'acting', my dear." Indeed! I don't think I could have finished the kissing scenes without fainting, if I were in her place.
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Hi Angie---I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one to react that way to The Last Hero. You are right, after 1942 the author basically wrote off everything Gary did except High Noon, and he criticizes his appearance in a very catty way, if you ask me, which should be no part of an objective, serious biography. I really spat fire when he dismissed his performance in Ten North Frederick---if he'd only criticized the film itself I could live with it, but to fail to see anything worthwhile in that highly moving portrayal is just plain blindness.
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LuckyD---I'll post more pictures for you to focus on later.
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FG--thank you for the pix of little and big Natalie. She has the same smile at any age.
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I just wanted to say "welcome", BoB, and we hope you'll visit this trail often!
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Wow, Kim those are great!! I love the animated files, they're so cute!
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> wow, my internet decides to shut down and i miss out
> on so much. i love all you guys pics!!! i have been
> real busy lately with my parents, but i am finally
> going to get to watch bright leaf, and next is now
> and forever. i love seeing new pics of gary and
> shirley temple all the time. i have quite a few of
> those. heehee!
Hi Theresa!
The board seems a lot quieter than it was when I logged on last Tuesday after a long weekend. We've missed you---I posted a couple of pix of Greer over in "Hot Topics---Post Pix of Your Favorite Stars".
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> Yes, I am, and have been. a Cooper fan for many
> years. He's a big guy and so nice. I love
> watching him and Ingrid Bergman together. They only
> had two films together, For Whom the Bell Tolls and
> Saratoga Trunk. I watch these films all the time.
> They were made for each other.
Welcome, Marnello! I love Saratoga Trunk to pieces---it's such a fun movie and I think Coop and Ingrid are very good together, even better than in FWTBT.
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Really? LOL He sure was a great actor, then!
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Thank you, Mongo, for that informative posting on cutie-pie Dennis Morgan! I've always been curious---given all the "Irishy" roles he played, were his family really of Irish descent?
Beautiful pix, too!
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>>>>I did forget to mention one of the small little touches in Man of the West that I really liked. It's an unimportant piece of the film but it really grabbed me. It's the scene when Link is leaving the ghost town (I forget the name of it) and he runs into the Mexican male. Link says, "he's sorry," and trots off. The man proceeds to enter the building calling out for his wife, "Juanita? Juanita?" Of course, she's been killed. Anthony Mann never shows us the man finding his wife, we only hear him off screen while we see Link ride off in the distance. Very powerful.>>>>
I don't believe I have commented before about this scene here, either. It always takes me by surprise, perhaps it's because it happens so deep into the film. I practically jump out of my skin every time I see Royal Dano (one of my favorite character actors, by the way) shoot that poor woman, and then to hear her husband come calling for her. To give credit where it's due, the performers were Joe Dominguez and Tina Menard.
I'm not sure I am altogether happy about that scene being included at all, it seems just too much. It's too much for me, anyway, and this is where I part company with Mann on the subject of violent scenes and appreciate, vastly, John Ford's restraint.
>>>>By the way, when I went back 80-plus pages to find the words you wrote about Man of the West, I was once again treated to those wonderful Fountainhead photos you had posted. That made the search worth it. Thanks again for all the beautiful photos you post on this board. <<<<<
My pleasure---and how flattering you would travel back so far for one of my silly old posts! I seldom find any new pix on Gary anymore, Kim and Angie are better at that by far. Just when I think I've seen them all and there can't possibly be any more, they dig them up somewhere!
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Yes, Natalie left a void in many people's hearts. At least we have her movies to enjoy---once more of them come to dvd!
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Hmmmm....interesting to know about champagne baths...I think I'll stick to goat's milk and use the champagne to rinse my hair.
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> miss Goddess, I own Lana Wood`s biography of her
> sister and also Gavin Lambert`s bio "Natalie Wood A
> Life".
I ordered Lana's biography so I should have it to read next week. Can't wait!
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You must have read my mind---we both posted pix of her as a child!
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I think the one with Claudette is adorable; she was such a cute little pixie...
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Thank you for those pictures, FG! I love the one in yellow---yellow and orange are my favorite colors and I think they look smashing on brunettes like Natalie.
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I really like Magic Town, too, and would like to see it resurface.
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I never heard of that story with Bette, but I knew there were lots of instances where her fear of water had to be confronted in the course of her career. Poor thing. I really want to get Lana Wood's biography of her sister.
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Hi, VF!
You and Cashette really make me want to see The Cracker Factory....hmmm, I may have to pay a "visit" to Netflix....I hope it's on dvd.
The only made-for-tv movie I saw with Nat was a rather ho-hum one she did with Robert Wagner called "The Affair". I have that on on dvd. She does sing a song in it, but oh, boy, someone convinced her to cut off her beautiful hair into a most unflattering style and I still have problems with it! lol! The movie isn't directed very smoothly, either. Which is a pity, it's the only time they paired up on screen since their younger days (I believe, unless I've missed something).
I'll be posting even more pix later, I just didn't want to overwhelm everyone all at once!
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OK then yes I have seen Our Very Own---that was a very moving film now that I remember. I would like to have that one recorded, if TCM can show it again.
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Good work.
Lonely are the Brave (1962)
in Westerns
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It's a theme I love perhaps above all others, and it's the film of Kirk's I most admire.