MissGoddess
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> Ball of Fire is being released by MGM/Fox on 5/22.
> List price is 19.98, so maybe with extras. 2 other
> Gary Cooper titles released on that day with that
> price are Casanova Brown and The Wedding Night.
More and more marvelous news!!
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An all-star concert reading of the Lux Radio Broadcast version of John Ford's western classic, "My Darling Clementine", will be held in a benefit, one-night-only performance in Manhattan on February 27th, 2007. For anyone who might be interested, here is more info from Playbill:
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> MissGoddess, FOX is now handling releases of MGM
> product and they seem to be doing a good job so far.
They certainly are. Fox dvds are among my favorites in my collection.
> .Hopefully we will see more Goldwyn films coming
> such as WUTHERING HEIGHTS and THE HURRICANE.
Amen to that. The Samuel Goldwyn catalogue is a treasure house!
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Edgecliff (darling are the messengers which bring good news!) just announced in the "Upcoming Releases" thread, this marvelous news:
>>>MGM/FOX has announced a Gary Cooper-Samuel Goldwyn box set: THE REAL GLORY, WINNING OF BARBARA WORTH, VERA CRUZ and COWBOY AND THE LADY. Also, to be released separately is ADVENTURES OF MARCO POLO. <<<
This makes it pert near "official" that Gary Cooper is now one of the stars with the most number of high quality box sets to his name. Interesting that this is an MGM/FOX cooperative??????
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*GASP!!*
Needless to say (now that I can "speak"), I am thrilled.
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MOROCCO is one of my favorite GC movies, as well as my favorite Marlene Dietrich performance. I would get a copy of it quickly, if you can! It is very erotic and daring for its time, but what stands out the most is the very palpable chemistry between Cooper and La Dietrich. There is not much to the story and the ending is a bit ridiculous, but it's a marvelously photographed, escapist gem by director Joseph Von Sternberg.
Cooper and La Dietrch would lighten things up a little with the rarely seen romantic comedy, DESIRE, which I also highly recommend.
Miss G
P.S. I love that doctormacro site----I just have a bit of trouble with the size of some of the images, but I suppose I can just save them and edit them with one of my photo managing softwares? I'm very "computer illiterate" but I did manage to master "Photobucket" uploading and am feeling daring, now!
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Now I'm really looking forward to seeing more of his silents, especially Doomsday. Thanks for your synopsis! I wonder why they chose that title? I will take a look at that site today as well as the forgottenfilms site and maybe put in an order or two.
P.S. If I were Gary's co-star before any kissing scene I'd tell him "now, Gary, I think it's important we make this kiss as realistic looking as possible...." Ha ha!
P.P.S. If you have scene any of Garbo's silents, you might notice that she, too really puts her heart into her work in her kissing scenes!
Miss G
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I don't like the cover "art" for this box set at all---scary!
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Thanks Coopsgirl for that fascinating background on WINGS. I knew a little about Wellman's adventurous background, but this was even more exciting than I expected. Those men were so fascinating back then.
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Hi Coopsgirl---I spent part of my childhood in Texas around ranches, too. It's been a while since I've gone riding but I always liked to be around horses and people who ride them. I like to see a man who can look good riding a horse. Gary's peculiar "seat" was due to a back injury, but somehow it just made him ride even more gracefully.
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That was a bargain!
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Hi Coopsgirl:
What an interesting idea to put together a collection of songs like that! It must have taken some doing. Did you actually burn cds or do you have one of those iPod/Mp3 things?
I have probably heard 1/3 of the songs on your list somewhere or other. I will have to put on my thinking cap to come up with others, and that will be fun! I suppose some of the tunes that the Sons of the Pioneers recorded would fit the bill, though John Wayne's face might first pop up in my mind upon hearing them.
I just caught the last half of The Westerner---I hope you did too and that you enjoy it. I forget how charming he is in it---not only with the girl but with Brennan; just like Sheherazade, to keep alive he has to keep spinning his tales about "Lilli Langtry".
Miss G
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A picture of Edmund O'Brien:
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Thanks Coopsfandan for that link. What an odd combination for a movie collection: Gary Cooper and Edmund O'Brien. I never thought of the two in conjunction with each other before!
Oh well, for what it is worth I will tell you that O'Brien was a marvelously talented character actor whose roles encompassed a very broad range. D.O.A. is probably his most famous role, and one of his few starring vehicles. You won't be disappointed. The Hitchhiker is in the same gritty, noirish vein and was directed by Ida Lupino (as was The Bigamist).
Miss G
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This has probably already been announced, but I'll post it here anyway:
Lionsgate Home Entertainment have announced the Region 1 DVD release of Alfred Hitchcock (3-Disc Collector?s Edition) for 6th February 2007 priced at $39.98 SRP. This remastered set features five of legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock?s first features including the silent films The Ring and The Maxman, as well as Murder!, The Skin Game and the director?s personal favorite from the UK period, Rich and Strange. The box set also includes the new featurette, ?Pure Cinema: The Birth of the Hitchcock Style? featuring interviews with Peter Bogdanovich and Pat Hitchcock as well as never before seen home movies from Hitchcock?s early days.
The Silent Films (The Ring and The Maxman) feature new Stereo soundtracks, while the other titles are presented in the original Mono with optional Spanish subtitles.
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Hi Coopsgirl---thanks for the info. I will definitely be watching if I can. I have The Story of Dr. Wassell on dvd and I really like it. I think Gary has a unique ability to show compassion through his characters, so the true story of this doctor's efforts to save his wounded soldiers fits him well.
The Westerner is just an all-round classic, but it is really Walter Brennan's show. The relationship between the two is the most fascinating part.
Speaking of Brennan's showy part as "Judge Roy Bean", I was musing that there were a few instances where Gary co-starred with actors or actresses who had a much "flashier" style than he. It occurred to me that he was nevertheless the one you couldn't help watching in scene after scene. Perhaps the performers felt they needed to work harder opposite his laid-back style.
I remember reading in Ingrid Bergman's autobiography that she felt frustrated with him sometimes because it seemed like he wasn't giving anything to the scene. And then she saw the rushes and realized what was happening.
I wish I could see Lilac Time, or any of his silents.
Cheers,
Miss G
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Thanks for the lovely pix of Clark. Director John Ford was also born on this day.
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Somehow I've managed to miss FIRECREEK so far. I will have to rent it since I continue to hear good things about it.
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Lol! Like I said, there's a lot that I missed!
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> You know if Turner was still able to air the 007
> movies (I believe the rights have gone to SPIKE TV)
> i'd program a weekend of Bond and to cap it off have
> a PS with all 6 of the Bonds and have them talk about
> their experiences as 007.
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> I know it's a pipedream so i'll stop thinking about
> it.
That's my kind of pipe dream!
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There you go, Ayres. What a poignant photo.
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>>>Hey are there any particualar film moments that always make you smile? I would have to say the moment in Singin' In The Rain when Debbie Reynolds pops out of the cake... Gene Kelly says "Well, if it isn't Ethel Barrymore!" I love it when he smiles, too. <<<
In CHARADE, with this exchange:
Audrey: Is there a Mrs. Joshua?
Cary: No, we're divorced.
Audrey: Oh, that isn't a proposal---I'm just curious.
And "Mammy's" line to "Scarlett" in GWTW:
"What gentlemens says and what they thinks is two diffn't things!"
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I agree that Roger Moore would make a fantastic subject for a private screenings. I listened to him do the commentary on one of his movies (The Man Who Haunted Himself) and he's wildly entertaining, shares a great deal of anecdotes (hilarious) and is quite informative.
I do hope the programmers try to get him, I'm sure he would be flattered.
P.S. I'd think I died and went to heaven if they could get Sean Connery, too!
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It's all such wonderful news. I am going to need to build a whole extra shelf in May, just for Gary!!
Here's hoping for MAN OF THE WEST and GARDEN OF EVIL, two of my faves.
Miss G