MissGoddess
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I think this is a beautiful movie, too. Everyone is great in it and it's so moving. As you say, it feels like it could turn into "too much" but it never does.
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Movies of Gary's I could watch every day if I had the time: (they're odd choices, I know!) Garden of Evil, Morocco, Saratoga Trunk and The General Died at Dawn.
I could easily add to this list.
Miss G
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Thanks, BHF, for the clarification on spacing---I'm still getting the hang of it!!
I think Kelly is dressed that way because that is how Lautrec painted the figure, and, presumably, he painted a real dancer who was actually wearing those light colors.
I agree it looks rather suggestive! But, remember, this was Paris.
Miss G
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Marvelous pictures, Mrs C....I love the one where he is helping the little old lady cut the cake. They're all adorable, and some I've never seen.
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It's hard to resist watching our favorites in anything!
Another case in point: I really have never liked the tales of Alice in Wonderland, but was just enchanted by Gary's "Awkward Knight".
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I was wondering - what
> is the French painting he acted out in the Dance
> movie and what is the act where he is in the French
> bar and his dance partner dies? Is this the same
> dance as in Can Can?
[nobr]If you mean the one pictured below, it's from a Toulouse Lautrec painting and if I remember correctly, the dance is a variation of the "danse apache".[nobr]
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> Did you ever watch The Fastest Gun Alive with
> Glenn Ford?
Yes, I have and I liked it. It seemed like a "Satuday Matinee" type of western, very bold in tone and one which kids would really have enjoyed. Glenn Ford's always good and frankly, I seldom saw Jeanne Crain look better.
Miss G
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BHF---For Me and My Gal reminded me strongly of Pal Joey. Since Gene didn't get to play it on screen it seems like MGM gave him a "substitute" with a similar, caddish character.
Have you seen Gene in Marjorie Morningstar? It is a similar character he plays, but with much more depth and not the typical ending. I hope TCM airs it.
Miss G
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Great post, as usual, Anne. I quite agree about that quality in Duke's characterizations.
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Yes, I really regret tossing away the vhs recording from A&E I had of it. I was moving to Europe and couldn't take R1 videos with me. I should have held onto that one.
Miss G
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TC is the film that turned around my opinion of Margaret Sullavan as a rather snippy, old-maidish actress (I first saw her in The Shop Around the Corner and her character bothered me. I have since changed my mind). She was terribly "gallant" in TC and it impressed me, her quiet, holding back in the scenes when Robert Taylor or one of the other boys were talking. The way she would watch them or become lost in a thought of her own that translated so well on screen, won me over and made me revise my opinion entirely.
It's F. Scott Fitgerald's only credited screenplay and it feels like it. His pathos and way with words is most evident in Sullavan's lines.
It is a very melancholy movie, but first rate. I watched some of it today at work in on one of the TVs we have here. Everyone laughed at my "rapt face". Hee!
Miss G
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OB was on just the other night. I've seen it in bits, but I am not a fan of war movies (except those with strong love stories tied to them). However, it was hilarious to read how the British, because of this film, seemed to hold Errol personally responsible for making them look like they did nothing in that arena of war.
Miss G
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That's funny because I just can't get into spaghetti westerns, but if you liked The Shakiest Gun in the West, you might also like Support Your Local Sheriff and James Stewart's Destry Rides Again.
TMWSLV is a very dark movie, and a great one. I confess I always cry at the ending.
Miss G
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I used to be ambivalent about westerns but in the past several years I've become a real fan of them, especially John Ford's and Gary Cooper's. The west is a wonderful "platform", if you will, for allegories and the scaled-down story of good vs. evil. I don't watch them for "historical education"---I leave that to historians and books or documentaries (boring). I hope you'll come to like them more, because it is a unique genre. I like that in the mythical "old west" the heroes get to be individualists in a freer way than they can in contemporary urban settings.
Have you ever seen Angel and The Bad Man? It's a John Wayne movie, but for those who aren't fans of either JW or westerns I think it's an adorable and entertaining western.
Miss G
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Hi filmlover: RE: the Columbia Screen Legends box sets---I haven't been able to find those online anywhere...are those OOP? Because getting to a Costco is a bit of hike for me.
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How intriguing...was he making himself up like Lincoln because he was campaigning to play the part? Was this specifically for Ford's movie or for another project? I wish they had a picture of him made up like Abe! I love Abe and think that my favorite actor would have been perfect to play him.
His role in PETER IBBETSON is not a prince but it is a fairytale/fantasy. I guess the closest he came is as the "Awkward Knight". I think he would have been wonderful as Quentin Durward, my favorite of the knights-in-shining-armour (Robert Taylor played the role).
I always think of his western heroes as "prairie princes".
Miss G
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Interesting info on DISTANT DRUMS! I do look forward to getting it---I see Lion's Gate has put out a dvd of it so I have hopes it is a decent print. I've just placed a rather massive dvd order with deepdiscount.com. I hope I don't go bankrupt!
I love trivia like that about the wild lines and Sheb Wooley. I think I even know what that classic "scream" sounds like, it's been used so often!
I don't know how much more I can wait for The Hanging Tree---every time you describe a scene for it I practically see stars I'm so anxious to see it! Think I'll put a rush on that dvd player order.
Miss G
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Cigarjoe's suggestion of HOW THE WEST WAS WON is a good one; the movie covers a lot of territory in western history, so you might want to put that on your list.
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LOL! I don't think it's "blasphemy" at all, Malkat, though I don't agree. He was an actor and not a god so anyone can think as they please, that's what make these discussions interesting!
I do think he was a marvelous and supremely underrated actor. His persona and showmanship deceive many into thinking he's playing the same guy over and over but he does play against type from time to time and in True Grit he presents us with a really marvelous character.
However, I totally understand why some just don't "cotten" to him. He's one of those love 'em or hate 'em types that seem to elicit strong opinions. I usually love that type.
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This is a pretty obscure film, so maybe no one has an answer, but I wonder if there are legalities involved in the releasing of The Picasso Summer, since it was never theatrically released in the United States. I'd love to know if it could ever make it onto Region 2 dvd, if nothing else.
This is a movie I have searched for ever since it used to air on A&E Network.
This is the imdb.com link to it, FYI
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> I think many of us are a special breed. >
I agree! Nice thread.
I think for myself I must give the credit to my father. Practically the only happy memories I have of he and I are when he took me to the movies, usually to a scary movie (I used to like those). He also liked watching the Abbott & Costello movies when they came on TV, as well as the Three Stooges (my Mom put a stop to that, though, lol!). While I can't really say any of those are my favorites anymore, I did get my first taste of cinema from those times and I am grateful because it led me into a world which I still prefer to "reality" at times, lol!
When my Mom watched Gone With the Wind with me on TV, that opened the floodgates to my full fledged passion for classic cinema.
I went so far as to drive from Texas to Hollywood to pursue my movie dreams, so a lot has unfolded since those days watching Bud and Lou argue over "Who's on first?"
> From there, I would hang around the projection booth,
> occasionally tear tickets at the door when the
> doorman was occupied, etc.
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That memory of yours instantly made me think of CINEMA PARADISO. Have you seen it, Filmlove?
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When I got to work I saw the note in my calendar: Record "Left Hand of God" today!!
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! I keep doing this. I really enjoyed this rather off-beat film and it's singular teaming of Bogie and Gene. Tell me what you think of the ending.
Miss G
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PKtrekgirl---I just learned that DISTANT DRUMS is a remake of Errol's OBJECTIVE BURMA!, replacing the Japanese with Native Americans. Did you know that? Now I really want to see this!
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I have most of these simply on VHS recorded from TCM, but am slowly replacing them with the best quality dvds I can find. RE: Bhowani, am I totally wrong or was it mentioned as a possibility for release in the next year or two, in "Upcoming Releases"? I thought something was posted a while back about Ava Gardner movies.
This movie is hardly ever mentioned when discussing either Cukor or Ava, and yet it's certainly one of their most unusual and daring works. Those who think of Cukor only in terms of smart romantic comedies and glamorous dramas should see this film.
Miss G
Lonelyhearts (1958)
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I love "talky" pictures so I like it, principally for Robert Ryan. He's too good to be true sometimes, I love this actor. HIs character is so cynical that I would have just laughed at him, in Myrna's place. She took him too seriously and I think people like that need to be jogged out of themselves. He was crying out to be proven wrong (which is why he relented in the end) and that would have happened sooner if everyone stopped being so afraid of him and taking him so seriously.
Of course, then you wouldn't have half of the movie!
Miss G