MissGoddess
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I hadn't heard about the Russell Crowe remake of 3:10 to Yuma. I like him, and think he's perfect for the western genre, but I hope they do a decent job. I might see it for curiosity's sake. Anything will be better than his last one, A Good Year (=A Bad Film).
Miss G
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[nobr]I just love Gilbert Roland, and you've filled me in on a number of things I didn't know about him. For instance, I was never certain if he was really latin---I just had to believe he was----or one of those actors who only played latins. Nor did I now about his marriage to Connie Bennett (fortunate woman!) Glad they had kids---must have been gorgeous. Nor did I know how long his career was---he seemed younger than his years. I'd never have guessed he started in silents. He had such a zest for living---I wonder if he was pals with Tony Quinn. Imagine the two of them together on the town: Parents, lock up your daughters!
[/nobr][nobr]He was just the sexiest man (it's not a word I like, but I can't think of another!), so flirtatious, I just can't resist him. He was terrific in The Bad and The Beautiful, as well as Malaya and Thunder Bay. [/nobr]
[nobr]Here he is in Mexican garb:[/nobr]
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> I hate the slim-line boxsets. I just received the
> "Errol Flynn Signature Collection II" and they're in
> Slim Boxes, and not individually wrapped. They still
> contain "Warner's Night at the Movies", with extras.
> But they do look cheap , and save about 2 inches in
> space total. I almost ripped the box trying to get
> out "Gentleman Jim" I would throw out the box if I
> could put them neatly on a shelf without needing a
> magnifying glass to read the side cover.
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It's also most inconvenient for those of us with manicures!
Every time I go to pull one out I ruin my nails. *sigh* If these are my only problems, I should NOT complain. Hee! -
Thanks for taking the time to list those "first timers" who had the good fortune to make their American debuts with one of the best men in the business. I really hadn't thought about it before, but there really were alot of them!
I think Cloak and Dagger deserves more careful attention---and a much better dvd transfer. Fritz Lang fans should not be so dismissive of it, either.
Lilli Palmer seemed to be on her way to bigger and better things after Cloak and Dagger, especially when she got to appear as John Garfield's leading lady in the classic boxing film, Body and Soul, but after that it seems to have been hit and miss, and eventually she made more films in Europe than in America. I've enjoyed her in The Counterfeit Traitor (with William Holden), The Pleasure of His Company (with Fred Astaire), But Not For Me (with Clark Gable) and Hard Contract (with James Coburn and Lee Remick). She was, FYI, once married to Rex Harrison.
P.S. The scene where Gary comforts Lilli after her nightmare must have been something for her to experience! I want to get her autobiography, which got excellent reviews at its release, Change Lobsters and Dance---just to read about what she had to say about Coop.
Miss G
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I don't remember that sequence in In Caliente---I must have missed that part! Loved that movie.
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Hi Mongo----I look forward to seeing that Judy Canova episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents when that particular season makes its way to dvd. Love that show.
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[nobr]The scene at the ball in ANNA KARENINA when Viv appears in that amazing black velvet gown with the bejeweled stars in her hair is a vision of loveliness seldom equaled in cinema.[/nobr]
[nobr]I admired Sara Allgood's portrayal of the matriarch in HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY so much that she is the pattern I would like to follow should I be blessed with a family of my own one day. No-nonsense, loving and willing to fight like a tigress to defend her man and kin. I know Ford wanted the also wonderful Jane Darwell in the role but I don't think anyone can top Allgood's tenacious performance.[/nobr]
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Well, he sure looked Amazing and Colossal in Dragonwyck so it was perfect casting!
Miss G
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A question I hope I never have to answer in earnest! :0 But, I guess it would be Gone with the Wind.
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Fun!!!
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> Charles Chaplin: The Gold Rush
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> John Wayne: Hondo
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> Marilyn Monroe: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
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> Ingrid Bergman: Casablanca
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> James Stewart: The Far Country
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> Cary Grant: Houseboat
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> Henry Fonda: The Ox Bow Incident
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> Greta Garbo: Camille
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> Errol Flynn: The Adventures of Robin Hood
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> Ginger Rogers: Top Hat
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> Audrey Hepburn: Funny Face
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> James Cagney: Angels with Dirty Faces
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> Sidney Poitier: To Sir, With Love
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> James Dean Rebel Without a Cause
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> Gary Cooper: Man of the West
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> Sean Connery: Dr. No
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> Rita Hayworth: Gilda
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> Humphrey Bogart: Casablanca
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> Peter Sellers: The Pink Panther
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> Robert Donat: Goodbye, Mr. Chips
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> George Raft: Scarface
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> Peter Lorre: M
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> Marlon Brando: The Wild One
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> Gene Kelly: Singin' in the Rain
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> Robert Redford: The Natural
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> Olivia de Havilland: Gone with the Wind
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> Joan Crawford: Mommie Dearest
(what a shame I thought of that first)>
> Robert DeNiro: Taxi Driver
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> Orson Welles: Citizen Kane
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> Tyrone Power: The Mark of Zorro
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> Paul Muni: Scarface
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> Fred Astaire: Top Hat
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> Clint Eastwood: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
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> Spencer Tracy: Fury
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> Gregory Peck: To Kill a Mockingbird
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> Laurence Olivier: Hamlet
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> Doris Day: Pillow Talk
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> Elizabeth Taylor: A Place in the Sun
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> Gary Cooper: Man of the West
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> Barbara Stanwyck: Ball of Fire
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> Jack Lemmon: The Odd Couple
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> Katherine Hepburn: Summertime
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> Bette Davis: Dark Victory>
> Kirk Douglas: Lonely Are the Brave
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> Boris Karloff: Frankenstein
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> William Holden: Love is a Many Splendored Thing
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> Marx Brothers: A Day at the Races
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> Walt Disney: Bambi
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> Buster Keaton: The General
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> Vivien Leigh: Gone with the Wind
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> Judy Garland: The Wizard of Oz
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> Robert Mitchum: Out of the Past
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> Alfred Hitchcock: The Birds
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> Frank Capra: You Can't Take it With You
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> James Dean: Rebel without a Cause>
> Alan Ladd: Shane
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[nobr]Love this little film of Viv's and that scene you described in which she is dancing by herself is my favorite. It captured the wistful part of her nature beautifully.
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[nobr]Ruggedly beautiful Jeff Chandler: [/nobr]
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I recently saw the original Bird of Paradise (with Joel McCrea) the other day; I didn't even know till now there was a remake. I'd love to see it and hope it and more JC films get their due on dvd. What a marvelous looking man. I loved seeing his films with the old AMC used to air them quite frequently. I particularly remember enjoying him with Jane Russell in Fox Fire and with Joan Crawford in Female on the Beach.
Have you seen Man in the Shadow? That's a terrific, noirish little drama co-starring Orson Welles as a powerful Texas landowner who excercises dominion over a small town in which the murder of a Mexican farm hand takes place. Jeff is the town's sheriff who, until recently, has been content to go along and not ruffle too many feathers. But when faced with unassailable evidence that there was foul play on Welles' turf, he has to do the Will Kane bit and uncover the truth. The production values seem to indicate this was a low, low budget film and the script is just so-so, however the presence and acting of Welles and Chandler do more than hold your interest.
I have also heard The Tattered Dress is another good Chandler role. Anyone else seen it?
Miss G
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I also thought it was interesting that you get to see Diana Lynn as a straightforward, romantic interest. Usually she was a second bananna or the sarcastic supporting player.
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Great photo, and interesting discourse! Can I add one idea that came to me? Which is probably already implied in what you have said before, namely that Scott's expectations of the peole, men and women, he comes in contact with are formed mainly out of realistic and practical knowledge of what it takes for a human being to survive in the tough country in which the films are set. That leaves him with little patience for whining, or hand-wringing or even much conversation and reflection---just get it done, whatever you have to do to survive. Don't get in my way of my job, either. No time for the niceties and soft sensitivities of civilization.
I don't know if I made myself clear and like I wrote earlier, it's been a while since I've seen the other westerns, and so I base this mainly on what I saw in 7 Men from Now.
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I was surprised by it when I first saw it on TCM a couple of years ago. I mean surprised that Burt was so believable as the title character! It's an unusual tale, it seems to making an issue of the conflict between a civilized education and frontier practicality but then the fight between Burt and Walter Matthau appeared to be just the old fashioned kind over a dame.
I liked it alot. Burt showed he could wear both "hats" (acting/directing) comfortably.
Miss G
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> I don't think that was necessarily his main
> motivation, tho
It may have been: at just the point in his life when he and his family should have been able to sit back a little and relax, Wayne learned he'd been swindled out of virtually all of his fortune. Back to work!
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I think TCM aired it a few weeks back, and I have watched it both times, liking it more and more. I want to either see it on dvd or get it recorded next time it airs. I don't know about anyone else, but I find Julie London was a terrific actress, just based upon her work in Cooper's Man of the West and this movie. (She was also good in that Frank Tashlin comedy---sorry, can't remember the title!).
The line from The Wonderful Country that has stayed with me (spoken by Julie London): "Life isn't what we feel, but what we do."
P.S. Pedro Armendiarez has a wonderful supporting part, as one of the Castro brothers.
P.P.S. Which "country" is referred to in the title? The U.S., or Mexico?
Miss G
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[nobr]Here you go, you earned it!
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Thank you, Filmlover!
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Merci for the lovely pictures, Mr. M. I first noticed Langan in Dragonwyck, and wondered what became of such a handsome actor with the beautiful baritone voice.
Miss G
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[nobr]Tracy's raw talent, exposed in Fritz Lang's Fury:[/nobr]
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Oh! you wanted to know "why", too....not just because he's so believable, so real, but because I like what I see projected through his characters: an undeniable individuality. He always so positively makes up his own mind and is who is, take it or leave it. I love that quality.
Garson Kanin said he had a face that looked like it belonged on Mount Rushmore. I rather agree.
I think he was very attractive too, because of his peronality and sense of humor.
Other movies I neglected to mention include his co-starrings with pal Clark Gable: Test Pilot, above all, with that looooooooooong death scene in Gable's arms. ("Die, already!" Gable reportedly felt like saying during the scene), Boom Town and San Francisco and the unusual, allegorical Dante's Inferno, co-starring Claire Trevor.
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(what a shame I thought of that 
Who Would You Like To See Robert Osborne Interview Next?
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Olivia and/or Joan would probably be my top choices. They are such an intrinsic part of classic Hollywood, I wish they would give of themselves more in interviews. Perhaps they just can't believe there is all that much interest, or they are simply too private. Which I respect, though Bob doesn't dig around in people's personal lives.
Elizabeth Taylor.
Miss G