MissGoddess
-
Posts
22,766 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
3
Posts posted by MissGoddess
-
-
*8*. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
*1*. Brief Encounter
*6*. The Captive City
*5*. Cry Wolf
*4*. Flying Leathernecks
*2*. The Killer That Stalked New York
*10*. The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
*3*. Ride the High Country
*7*. Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
*9*. Soldier of Fortune
*11*. When Willie Comes Marching Home
-
*The Razor's Edge* is a favorite of mine. Gene is sensational as Isabel, in fact the whole cast is great.
-
Favorite Female TV Characters:
1. Laura Petrie (Mary Tyler Moore, The Dick Van Dyke Show)
2. Kitty Russell (Amanda Blake, Gunsmoke)
3. Pepper Anderson (Angie Dickinson, Police Woman)
4. Samantha Stevens (Elizabeth Montgomery, Bewitched)
5. Ann Marie (Marlo Thomas, That Girl)
6. Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball, I Love Lucy)
7. Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore, The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
8. Jeannie (Barbara Eden, I Dream of Jeannie)
9. Rhoda Morgenstern (Valerie Harper, The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
10. Fran Fein (Fran Drescher, The Nanny)
11. Sally Rogers (Rose Marie, The Dick Van Dyke Show)
12. Milly Helper (Ann Morgan-Guilbert, The Dick Van Dyke Show)
13. Flo/Florence Jean Castleberry (Polly Holliday, Alice)
14. Ethel Mertz (Vivian Vance, I Love Lucy)
15. Phyllis Lindstrom (Cloris Leachman, The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
Favorite Male TV Characters:
1. Rob Petrie (Dick Van Dyke, The Dick Van Dyke Show)
2. Paladin (Richard Boone, Have Gun, Will Travel)
3. Morse (John Thaw, Inspector Morse)
4. Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith, The Andy Griffith Show)
5. Lucas McCain (Chuck Connors, The Rifleman)
6. Matthew Dillon (James Arness, Gunsmoke)
7. Barney Fife (Don Knotts, The Andy Griffith Show)
8. Lou Grant (Ed Asner, The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
9. Anthony Nelson (Larry Hagman, I Dream of Jeannie)
10. Pete Malloy (Martin Milner, Adam-12)
11. Jerry Helper (Jerry Paris, The Dick Van Dyke Show)
12. Seth Adams (Ward Bond, Wagon Train)
13. Chuck Wooster (Frank McGrath, Wagon Train)
14. Columbo (Peter Falk, Columbo)
15. Adam Cartwright (Pernell Roberts, Bonanza)
16. Hoss Cartwright (Dan Blocker, Bonanza)
17. Buddy Sorrel (Morey Amsterdam, The Dick Van Dyke Show)
Special mention for Variety-Talk Show Personalities because they were so much fun:
1. Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show
2. Carol Burnett The Carol Burnett Show
3. Tim Conway, The Carol Burnett Show
4. Vicki Lawrence, The Carol Burnett Show
-
Thank you, T...that background music in "Kitty of Fear" just happened to work out perfectly, it wasn't planned at all. And yes, they both play fetch and just learned to do it on their own, I didn't even have to teach them.
And thanks for straightening me out on Miss Sellars...wo8uld you believe that last night I saw her on TCM, right after having mentioned her here. She was in *55 Days at Peking* (a blonde, again). Talk about coincidences.
-
Oh that was terrific...I even love that format for listening to music at the TCU...that's really cool.
And the Dixie Chicks video, too...the music is jarring but they are making it wed to the emotions of the characters and what they're feeling. I like that a lot. What an intriguing mix of movie and song. It makes me long to make my own video montage like that. CineMava hava you made one? I'd love to know the basic steps ....on a Mac, preferrably. And now, soon, before the Coprights Gestapo start goose-stepping on all our fun.
P.S. The blonde lady mother of Hayley just showed up toningt in *55 Days in Peking*...a blonde! So I must have dreamt that she was a brunette.
-
I knew you must have seen it...I'm impressed you recollect the music because I've already blanked out on it...though I remember it permeated the film.
I felt Hunter's glamorous touch only in the character of the mother...she was beautifully dressed and drove one of the adorable little convertible roadsters that were all the rage back then. If I had money to burn, I'd love to have one of those...white with tan interior.
The actress who played the mom...I forget her name, but I am almost certain I had seen her before only as a brunette and here she was blonde.
There was one moment between Haley and her father that was cute...he was giving her this severe look that I imagined he might have used on her for real when she misbehaved.
-
T-Mave, have you seen Ross Hunter's *The Chalk Garden* before? I'm not sure if Hunter's slick and glamorous treatment really suits this kind of British setting (it's not in the big city of London, but takes place on an estate near the coast) but it certainly is one interesting mother-daughter-grandmother-governess psycho-drama.
-
Howdy, Peacemaker,
>
> NO worries, little darlin'. Ha.. at least it did not take you as long as it did ME (to watch Giant!) HA! (and I bet you had better reasons than I did, too) :-)
>
It just took a while to come around on the "conveyor belt" of my DVDs to watch. I confess, I did watch *The Chalk Garden* first, though, so I am guilty of dragging my feet.
P.S. Now that is an interesting film for discussion, especially for the ladies. Some really REALLY intense mother-daughter stuff. Hayley almost gives little Rhoda a run for her money, ha.
> That is one of the Dukes I have yet to see.. and I don't know why exactly because I have had plenty of opportunities.. I just have not been able to get into it the few times I tried to sit down and watch it (for whatever reason) I will give it a try sometime, if only so we can chat about it here.
>
You will like John Wayne and the child-parent stuff, I think. It's very similar to *Big Jake*, he even has an "Indian" sidekick. I think maybe this movie is lacking a really defined villain, though. George Kennedy, he's bad, but somehow he doesn't approach Richard Boone's level of danger and he certainly isn't no big "Sweet". Somehow George is always kind of goofy to me, like a comical villain, ha!
>
> I have to agree with you about that. It WAS pretty brutal at the beginning.. and then later at the end.. especially that low-life machete guy. OH my golly, he (and all that repeated hacking over and over.. and over again) started to REALLY get on on my nerves.. if ONLY poor beloved (dearly departed) DOG could have laid into him a bit harder.. alas.
>
Isn't the big guy called, of all things, "Sweet"? Yikes! Feed him some chocolate please, he's either on major sugar withdrawal or just plain psychotic. I have to admit, he scared me more than Boone. Stupid psychotics worry me, I'm amazed Boone was able to control him with just words, he was so much bigger than anyone I'd think no one could handle him.
Did you catch in the little run-down of all the villains in the beginning how they said Boone had served honorably and even received some citations. But they never get into his character as to why he changed. That's one of the things I was hungry for in this movie. He's a lot like Frank in *The Tall T*, but we get to know Frank a little and that's part of what makes this movie so good. Plus, John Wayne facing off with Richard Boone is exciting, that was the part of the end scenes that I enjoyed the most.
"Who are you?"
"Jacob McCandles."
"I thought you were dead."
"Not hardly." (Ha, I would have sworn he was going to say "That'll be the day" but he said that earlier.)
>
> HA!! Now just imagine if old Jake had brought HER along w/ them to deliver that "ransome" trunk.. OH me.. ha. couldn't you just see it.. the trunk pops open and she jumps out.. and the machete guy is TOAST!! (shades of LeRoy!)
>
Hahahahhahahaaaa!!! Forget it, the old west would NEVER be the same if little ol' Rhoda had been there to clean up Dodge. Every saloon would be forced to play her favorite tune over and over and over again.
I wonder who would win in a Main Street showdown between Rhoda and little Anthony (Billy Mummy in The Twilight Zone's "It's a Good Life").
> I can see that a little. I think Rooster was a bit grittier (and maybe seedier too) though. And he had a wife and son, (at one time) though didn't he?? So not sure WHY he came out a bit "rougher around the edges than Jake.. ha!
>
Did he have a son? I thought he was just married, with no kids but I am not 100% sure. I've seen it so many times this year because AMC plays it almost every weekend yet I can't recall him mentioning a child.
> Ha.. glad to hear the QT and I are not the only ones.. ha. (the kidling went around saying "I understand" in this silly little copy-cat deadpan voice for YEARS before she even knew where that line came from.. ha)
>
lol. This is the first time I ever saw that expression in a movie. I thought my parents were the only ones who used it.
> Maybe we can talk one day about Cahill US Marshall to compare
>
> I will make a point of it seeing it the next time I find it on (it comes on pretty often if I recall) and we'll definitley give it a chat.
>
Yes, AMC has it on pretty heavy rotation. If you can stand the commercials!
-
I recorded *Danger Signal* but haven't watched it yet. I did watch *The Southerner*, which I've seen before. I like it, and think Scott did a good job. I kind of wish it had been shot in color, though, because the movie reminds me in some ways of Renoir's later film, *The River* which is one of the most beautiful color films you'll see. Gee, I wonder where he got it?
-
My dear movieman,
Yes, Maureen was a terrific stuntwoman! She really held her own with the boys.
I saw *Ride the High Country* a couple of times earlier this year, so I can talk about it pretty much any time you and Frank and anyone else care to. Good movie.
And *The Wild Bunch* was in my mind as I watched *Big Jake*. I was sure there was an influence. TWB is much more interesting movie, of course, but I can't really bear the violence in either!
-
> *She evidently did quite a few. They even inducted her into the Western Hall of Fame.*
>
> Wow! That's quite an honor.
>
I read an interview with her, she said she learned to ride really well and would even do some stunts herself.
>
> *Only if the situation calls for it.*
>
> As much as you slap, you would be saying "Dog" a lot!
>
In New York, especially!
-
> You think so? I guess that depends on your dad. The experience can sometimes be embarrassing.
>
I mean if you have a dad like Jacob McCandles.
> *She has a small part, but not much interaction with Wayne beyond maybe one small scene. I like her in westerns and in films noir.*
>
> I don't know if I've seen her in a western or not.
>
She evidently did quite a few. They even inducted her into the Western Hall of Fame.
> *What else in New York?!*
>
> You seemed to want an attack dog!
>
Only if the situation calls for it.
-
> {quote:title=FrankGrimes wrote:}{quote}*Well, yes, that's all true and I agree.*
>
> And I know his sons came to appreciate him more because they got to spend time with him and be around him in action.
>
It's the kind of experience boys probably dream of.
> Marie is in "Cahill"? That's interesting. And I know she's not Maureen to you. Especially with the Duke.
>
She has a small part, but not much interaction with Wayne beyond maybe one small scene. I like her in westerns and in films noir.
> You just want to walk the dog?
>
What else in New York?!
-
> I thought he was. I believe he respected his sons more and I thought he felt a closeness with his grandson. I think it would be more difficult for him to just abandon these boys after all of this. I feel he'll be more responsible and accountable.
>
Well, yes, that's all true and I agree.
> Did you like the actress as much as Maureen?
>
Marie Windsor? I like her alot, though she's no Maureen O'Hara.
>
> They died viciously, too. And you've got a skillet!
>
You can't walk a skillet.
-
> But that scene was on the silly side, for me.
>
Only because it didn't end in bloodshed.
> Me, too! But I liked how the sons and grandson come to affect Big Jake, and vice versa. I also love Sam (Bruce Cabot) and Dog and what they end up doing.
>
But how do they affect him? He didn't seem any different at the end!
> You wanted the female presence!
>
I suppose so, but there wasn't much female presence in Cahill, and I didn't mind as much.
> I was surprised by there not being any kind of remorse over the loss of Sam and Dog. But I can tell you that I provided it for them. It hurt to see them perish. It was a good feeling to have.
>
I felt terrible, too. Dog was mighty handy to have around. I'd love to have him in New York.
-
*Big Jacobean Spoilers*
> Oh, my. I was still worrying about the film at that point.
>
We just met McCandles at that point! I'm amazed you liked this movie at all.
>
> You had Richard Boone as your parents? That explains a lot with you!
>
In a way he was like my father. Smart and sarcastic about it. "You just had a look in your eye that worries me." ha!
>
> That would have been a much better ending than the silly still.
>
When you really notice a character's absence then they weren't used enough. And I didn't care for how the Indian just got killed and there was no real reaction to it. This is gratuitous to me. Reactions are what I look for, more than "action".
> I'm guessing Maureen didn't want to do much at this point of her career.
>
Maybe so.
>
> I'd have to get that one.
>
Oh, I thought you had it. Funny those 60s/70s movies aren't all together in one bunch, they're so similar.
-
Ro, Chris, Frank:
I'm sorry it took so long, but I finally got around to re-watching *Big Jake* and while I thought it was probably better than I remember, I still have stand by my preference for Cahill, U.S. Marshall. I think the violence in this one bothered me too much. The beginning and end scenes just seemed to drag out longer for the sake of showing a blood bath. And it didn't need it! I'd like to have seen much more character work from the actors, many of whom were real pros, than all that killing.
But to go back to what I did like, I enjoyed the cinematography in Mexico, for one thing...much nicer than I remember...too bad Jim Davis' bit was so small but that was one of my favorite segments. And the music was pretty good, the variations on that tune, "Frere Jacques", that little Jake plays in the opening...Ro...it had me thinking of Rhoda, ha!
Jake kind of reminds me of Rooster Cogburn, if Rooster had had kids with his wife. He just wasn't played for comedy.
Patrick Wayne was good, and of course, Richard Boone as the bad guy. "You understand? Say it." that was funny, my parents always did that. And of course, the running joke that McCandles was thought dead by everyone, I liked that. Only Martha seemed to know he was alive and where to find him. I still wish they could have returned and gotten a reaction from Martha. I'm bewildered there was so little use made of Maureen. Less time shooting and killing in the beginning is one way.
Maybe we can talk one day about *Cahill US Marshall* to compare.
-
I read that as was the custom with actors, Gable wore his own clothes for contemporary movies like *Teacher's Pet*, and he was actually very persnickety about his wardrobe. For example, it was said he showered and changed several times a day when on location in humid Hong Kong for Soldier of Fortune, so he always looked crisp and fresh in his whites and linens.
Chris, I love the sartorial splendor of those times. Men looked great, and not effeminate about it either. The only time they were sloppy was when they were playing sand hogs or sharecroppers!
-
> I also prefer *Teacher's Pet*. But I can definitely see how this film could be a Tracy & Hepburn film.
>
They set the "template" for this kind, you might say.
-
> *He won the Oscar for this role, believe it or not.*
>
>
> Really?! I would never guessed that!
>
My mistake, he was only nominated.
-
It's a really sophisticated comedy like they truly "don't make anymore". It's rare a movie can be so funny/sexy and at the same time smart with a message. I see the screenwriters were Michael and Fay Kanin...no wonder, Michael wrote *Woman of the Year*. I prefer this one, surprising as that may be.
One other moment I liked was when the school admissions clerk, that snooty woman who kept looking down her nose at James (Gable) and told him not to smoke inside, as he walked away he blew smoke at her from the side of his mouth. Ha!!
-
> And dance! It's a really nice role for Doris.
>
I love her clothes in this one. She looks great.
>
And I loved how these guys "felt for him" :> They were priceless! Especially Charles Lane.
>
Oh yes, the news staff...it was great. Like how the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" staff would be. Clark is "Lou Grant".
>
> I just loved how James' (Clark Gable) insecurities were raging with Hugo. I think most every guy can relate to that.
>
Smart, handsome, young, confident, successful, what's so threatening about that?
> That's a wonderful observation! You've got it right. The roles will eventually reverse. And, indeed, they have. Now it's about what papers you carry versus what you can do.
>
Yes, and that little "key".
> That's because it's your song!
>
OH, to have that shape.
-
> And that's probably why I responded to her so much more in this one. I think the film allows her to showcase a lot of her talent.
>
She even gets to sing a little, and very playfully.
> *Her jealousy at the club, you mean? Love that scene.*
>
>
> Uh-huh. Particularly back at her place.
>
And so much of it is non-verbal. With her eyes and hips!
> Gig was so darn good at playing these roles. He's a terrific "third wheel." I did end up liking his "Dr. Hugo Pine."
>
He won the Oscar for this role, believe it or not.
"There's definitely oxygen leaking in here somewhere..."
> He's exceptional with that. He's really hung out to dry in this one. He starts the film off as an overconfident power player who soon finds himself feeling like a nobody who doesn't measure up. Both men and women do this, just in separate ways. And these ways are presented in the film.
>
He gets it from the academia, his new girl, her dead father and Richard Long's mother.
> I was definitely surprised by how great it was. It's now one of my very favorite comedies.
>
Fabulous!
> That's probably the most "out of place" part in the film because of how seriously it is played, but I did end up liking it. The entire selfishness behind "I was raised that way and I turned out all right" is examined quite nicely. I love the entire attack on selfishness ("my way") in the film and the presentation of male and female insecurities.
>
I even sense that the balance is tenuous. You know that soon enough, Gable's kind isn't going to be in charge, that the "college kids" will take over and yet the same kind of arrogance will go on, just the players have changed.
>
> I loved the jealous, insecure teasing of Erica (Doris Day):
>
Ha! She's so cute and I love that song! It sticks in your head all day.
-
> Absolutely adorable. She's the perfect mix of good girl and sexy. I love her jealousy. I also didn't find her to be too over-the-top (comedically), which I sometimes find annoying with Doris.
>
I'm glad you finally found a Doris you really respond to. I think she was such a fine tuned actress she could give a director exactly whatever he wanted. She'd go big and exaggerated, if that's what was wanted or keep it down. She never misses, to me. She can do what the material calls for. This comedy is a little more realistic and with a serious side and she delivers.
Her jealousy at the club, you mean? Love that scene. They're both jealous and Gig is hilariously in the middle. You think you're going to dislike him, he's so sure of himself and so smug, then he reveals he even knows himself and then you end up liking him. I love the contrast between his "type" and Gable. And I always liked that Gable could let himself be poked fun at.
I wish the movie would get more play. People are usually really surprised by how good it is.
> That's how I felt about it. The meanness that's found in the film is met with guilt. And you make a terrific point on the humility each faces and how they come to understand it. It's very lovely.
>
I like the story about Richard Long and his mother, it was unexpectedly touching.
> That was done with a very even hand. Both sides are shown to be needed. Lots of give and take, and I feel that's what makes a great relationship.
>
What did you like best?
The Annual FrankGrimes Torture Thread
in Your Favorites
Posted
> {quote:title=FrankGrimes wrote:}{quote}And how do you like those movies, Miss Gun for Hire?
3. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
7. Brief Encounter
4. The Captive City
5. Cry Wolf
10.Flying Leathernecks
6. The Killer That Stalked New York
9.The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
8. Ride the High Country
2. Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
1. Soldier of Fortune
11.When Willie Comes Marching Home