MissGoddess
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This is my favorite Elsa Lanchester role now. She was so touching. It's a beautiful movie and I like the details of Dutch life filmed in a way that seemed to harken to Rembrandt's chiarascuro.
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> {quote:title=FrankGrimes wrote:}{quote}*I was really crying by the end.*
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> So was I. The ending really hit me good. I was not prepared for it.
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> *Laughton puts on quite a show, and anyone can see how he could be so taken by Vivvy's "Liberty".*
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> He is masterful in the film and Vivien is always darling.
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You should see him as *Rembrandt*. That's a terrific film, too.
> I could really identify with "Charlie." Sometimes things just don't go your way in life and love.
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Sometimes? I'd settle for "sometimes they do", but in my case it's always "never".
> *Funny, I watched The Big Street last night and the stories sort of remind me of each other.*
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> Oh, yeah? If that's the case, I'll end up liking it.
You should, it's a terrific story. I think it's Lucy's best movie performance. She's really mean.
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> {quote:title=FrankGrimes wrote:}{quote}*I'm watching* *Sidewalks of London...I forgot how great a little film it is! So delightful!*
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> It is. It really is. I was surprised by how much I ended up loving it.
I was really crying by the end. Laughton puts on quite a show, and anyone can see how he could be so taken by Vivvy's "Liberty". Funny, I watched *The Big Street* last night and the stories sort of remind me of each other.
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I'm watching *Sidewalks of London*...I forgot how great a little film it is! So delightful!
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> Thanks for the link Wendy. I'll try to get it this weekend and maybe I'll have something to add. (So much has been said I can't imagine what but maybe...)
Of course there will be something to add: your opinion. And that's what we care about.
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*It just hit me today because the final shots in each film are identical with the exception of the focus. Then I realized the love stories are pretty much identical (Romeo and Juliet, as Jackie said) and the setting of a "court" (power struggle) was identical. It's just one is a king and the other is a queen.*
I have to say, of all the unique comparisons you've pulled out of your rabbit hat, that's one of the sharpest. I'm impressed. I'm impressed with ALL the company she (me) keeps here. What a classy, saavy group. The big wig critics of today should write half so interestingly about movies.
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Wow, I never would have thought of all movies, *The Little Foxes.* How on earth did you figure that out? Talk about worlds apart....yet they both really are about "get us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the grapes...."
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CinemAva, let me add my humble compliments to one of your most enjoyable posts. Wow! You really described that sweet odor to a "T".
This paragraph had me rolling:
Don't get me wrong, not that they're both not weasels and chiselers...they are, Blanche... they are! But if I'm going to deal with 'em, let me have the guy who'll wine me and dine me before he takes my money over the guy who'll roll me up in a rug and dump my body into the Hudson River after he smacks me around for my PIN number.
The main difference between "Harry" and "Sydney" as you so colorfully described it, is sex appeal. Widmark really has none (as himself in an interview I found him sexy, though) and though Curtis is not my style, I won't deny he has plenty of catnip for the ladies. In fact, I don't think he'd have had a career without it.
Fascinating ramble!
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> {quote:title=movieman1957 wrote:}{quote} *You've been quiet lately. Everything alright?*
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> Not really.
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> Otherwise I've been reading everyone's comments. It's just a matter of not having seen what you everyone is talking about. I do like trying to find things for you and others when I get the chance.
Oh I'm sorry to hear that...I've missed your comments.
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Ha! That's a great line-up, one I would love to cut-in.
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> {quote:title=Bronxgirl48 wrote:}{quote}I want those John Ford stamps.
I'll be at the Post Office the day they come out, I can tell you that.
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Hi MsCutter,
They haven't announced a release date yet, all I know is it's a 2012 stamp, the first of four on Hollywood directors (the other three names haven't been revealed). It's a "forever" stamp, so it will always be the current First Class value, yay!
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"Lush" is a good word and this movie is beautifully designed and photographed. London seldom looked so glamorous, ha.
What struck me this time about how Lucy looked was her uniqueness. For the first time I really appreciated that she resembled absolutely no one else in movies at the time. She was statuesque, and a red-head to boot. Really a striking looking woman and most of the time I have to say her comedy has overshadowed her appearance for me until now.
Another noir she's good in is *The Dark Corner*, which I wish could have been included in tomorrow's line-up. At least we get *The Big Street*. I haven't seen it in a while but I remember how mean she was to poor old Fonda.
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I really like *Lured* more and more every time I see it. I think Lucy's stunning looking in it and as wild as it sounds, she's got real chemistry with George Sanders! (who is just as adorable as can be, playing a good guy for a change).
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> {quote:title=movieman1957 wrote:}{quote}According to imdb he was married from 1919 to 1928. Later it shows he fathered at least one child with a woman he would introduce as his wife. (It's about half way down the page.)
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> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0934595/bio
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> Edited by: movieman1957 on Aug 5, 2011 4:27 PM
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That's it? Why am I not surprised. Thanks, movieman. You've been quiet lately. Everything alright?
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Wow, I wonder what his wife was like? Did he ever marry? Did anyone ever get anything on HIM and expose him?
I got *murder by contract* from netflix today so I'll try to watch and post on it tonight or tomorrow. it's from 1958 so i'm not sure i'll like it. i find the later "noirs" generally too violent or grim but i'll try to keep an open mind.
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I'd included *3 Bad Men*, too. It's my favorite silent western.
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Kingrat, I agree about *The Big Country* and the others you listed that should be included. In fact, any list that leaves off *Man of the West*, let alone pushes it out of the top 20 is crazy!!!!
I've never seen *Greed* but I had no idea it had anything to do with the old West...is that its setting?
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It's good to see you around, again, MrsC! I hope you've been well?
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Thank you for that background on Winchell. I wonder what the public thought of him? Sounds like he was really popular with the readers, making him like a one-man tabloid.
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I do feel something unhealthy about JJ's control over his sister. I don't think he's aware of it, but the filmaker seems to want the audience to feel it and thereby make JJ even more evil in our eyes. I wonder about the backstory on this movie...i saw a documentary about it once but of course have forgotten everything. was there some malice behind its conception? it really seems like someone had huge problem with one or more of the columnists of the day to have created such a venal portrait. it feels personal. anyone know for sure?
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I discovered that wild store in Rome of all places! Then I was thrilled to find out they have them here! I just loooooooooove the smells and textures. It's like bathing in a banana split.
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*Hmmmmm, what you wrote to Jackie about it makes me curious. I don't have it, though.*
It's a wonderful character for Laughton, proud and humble at the same time, and very emotional. I don't know how well you can deal with the period setting, though. You don't seem to like any period movie unless it's a western.
I love the last scene, when he quotes King Solomon's words at Ecclesiastes, which are among my favorite in the Bible.
*She's playing you, Your Highness?*
You watched it!