ziggyelman
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Was curious to see if there were "easter eggs" on any of the DVD's of Sunset Blvd, but there don't appear to be any...from a site talking about the raw footage...
The best extra are two script drafts of the famous 'talking corpses' morgue opening, illustrated with four or five actual raw takes from the sequence. They don't include Holden or the talking stiffs, actually, but instead show the nicely-shot 2nd unit footage of the ambulance arriving, and a toe tag being wired to what's supposed to be Joe Gillis' foot. Savant has two theories for why more isn't shown. First, it's possible that including any scenes with Holden or the other actors would have required some kind of talent payment - possibly. Second, and more likely, is that the generic deliver-the-corpse footage survived because it was considered useful as stock footage, and has been sitting comfortably in Paramount's impressive editorial library for half a century
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> {quote:title=HollywoodGolightly wrote:}{quote}
> Glad they were able to show Of Mice and Men, but there seems to have been something seriously wrong with the soundtrack for a good part of the movie.
I wonder how it will sound when it is shown at the Goldwyn Theater???
http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=142629&tstart=30
Sure sounds like it will look good, if nothing else!
"Of Mice and Men" -- July 27: Lewis Milestone directed this adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel. Nominated for three Academy Awards.
"The print we are showing is sepia-tone, which I think will be another revelation," Haberkamp notes.
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> TCM seems to be running a lot of the early 30s S.S. Van Dine shorts these days without mentioning them in the schedule, which is, to say the least, quite annoying. I caught "The Cole Case" purely by accident tonight, since I was recording "The First Auto", but there was another unscheduled Van Dine before the feature of which I caught only the last few tantalizing moments. Same thing happened last week. Why aren't these shorts listed in the online schedule?
rkukan , you are absolutely right! The Cole Case, which ran after the First Auto, but it's not on the schedule, just the Fox(animal) short. Like you I saw the last seconds of the short that must have run after the African Queen...damn. I did catch the Trans-Atlantic Mystery short, also with Donald Meeks purely by accident as well....
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Again, if you have Big Lots near you, check them out! Here in Atlanta area, some stores had nothing, but saw one store that had *Cabin in the Sky, Philadelphia Story(2 disc) Humoresque, King Kong(2 disc) Pat and Mike, Wife Vs. Secretary, Blood Alley, and Last Voyage* , all $3.00 each!
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> {quote:title=PrinceSaliano wrote:}{quote}
> Douglass Dumbrille was married to Alan Mowbray's daughter.
Who was a LOT younger than him! He sure wasn't Dumb...
After a long marriage, his wife Jessie Lawson died in 1957 .In 1960, at age 70 Dumbrille caused a stir when he married Patricia Mowbray, the *28-year-old* daughter of his friend and fellow actor Alan Mowbray. In response to criticism of the May-December marriage, Dumbrille had a succinct answer: "Age doesn?t mean a blasted thing. The important thing is whether two people can be happy together. Pat and I agreed that I had some years left and we could best share them together. We don?t give a continental damn what other people think.
Thanks for the remembrances Ascotrudgeracer !
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Still don't know if anyone here is near a big lots...but, anyway...more deals(in store only) for $3 you can get *Fury*, with Spencer Tracy, *Night and Day*, Cary Grant, *Ziegfeld Follies*, with everyone , *The Big Street* with Lucille Ball, King Vidor's *HALLELUJAH* And John Wayne's *Chisum*.
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I have to say the price seemed awfully steep for plain jane releases, but I can now see that it made some business sense to see how well they sold at this price. They can always drop their prices if the movies didn't sell, a lot harder to increase the price if they felt it was too low. Seems like they are selling pretty well though.
Seems like more RKO movies in the past few updates than anyone else...did they mention they were going to do that anywhere???
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Saw some more come in.
*Mutiny on the Bounty(Gable)*
*Gay Divorcee*
*Romeo and Juliet (Norma Shearer version)*
*Kings Row*
*San Quentin*
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Once again, Big Lots has gotten their hands on some very cheap titles from the WB.(You can't order online, just brick and mortar sales) Best I have seen so far!
$3 with a cut out mark in the bar code. More titles that will be deleted???
*Boom Town.*
*Presenting Lily Mars.*
*Best Foot Forward*
*Dance Girl, Dance*
*Lullaby of Broadway*
*Ryans Daughter*
*Roberta*
*Flying Down to Rio*
*Grand Hotel*
*Ten Little Indians*
*Lilith*
*Roman Spring of Mrs Stone*
*Star is Born(Judy Garland version)*
And more I can't think of right now. As always if they are cheap in stores, you can find them dirt cheap on ebay right now, but someday, they will likely be worth some moola, if they really are getting rid of the titles.
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> {quote:title=Fedya wrote:}{quote}
> It reminded me of *Leave Her to Heaven*, only with the genders reversed.
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> That, and it wasn't nearly as good. It felt as though everybody was going through the motions. Lucile Watson probably left for South Africa not for her health, but because she realized the script had problems.
I remember reading(And I think Robert mentioned this in the past as well) that Robert Mongomery was just dead tired, was refused a vacation from the studio. He told Ingrid nothing personal, but he had nothing to really give, and was going to be a blank, more or less. It's been a long time since I saw it,but after seeing Leonard Maltin's book only give it 2 stars, I thought it was better than that.
I see James Hilton wrote the book the film was made into.
Look how many of his books were turned into films!!!
*# Dawn Of Reckoning (Rage In Heaven), 1925*
*# The Silver Flame (Three Loves Had Margaret), 1928*
*# Knight Without Armour (Without Armor), 1933*
*# Lost Horizon, 1933*
*# Goodbye, Mr. Chips, 1934*
*# Random Harvest, 1941*
*# The Story Of Dr. Wassell, 1944*
*# So Well Remembered, 1945*
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*H.M. Pulham, Esq*. , despite being perhaps the best film either Robert Young or Hedy Lamarr was ever in...has a really stupid title. Can't imagine anyone back when it came out saying, wow, can't wait to see H.M. Pulham, Esq.
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> > Even though I really do like "Greatest Show on Earth", I have to admit that there must have been a better movie to win the award. I've always had trouble believing that "Rocky" was the best picture of that year. Maybe an inspirational; movie, but best picture?
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> > Terrence.
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> *Rocky* was easily the Best Picture of 1976. No contest. What about it isn't best picture material for you? *Crash*, *Chariots of Fire*, *The English Patient* and *The Silence of the Lambs* would all be candidates for "worst", imo.
Agree about Rocky as well. And the other films you mention, can't comment on Crash, but the others sure are the opposite of good. The English Patient seemed like a bad David Lean film. People I knew then sure loved it.
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> > > Good question! I bought a few weeks back(and haven't watched) a VHS from RKO called Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men. Stars Charlies Farrell and Wynne Gibson(Who looks a bit like Miriam Hopkins, at least from the box)
> > > I sure never heard of this film, let alone seen it on TCM, has it???
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> > I watched it when TCM last ran it (2005) although the only thing I can recall is seeing that bizarre title on the opening title card. Otherwise, it doesn't seem to have made much of an impression on me.
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> > -Brian in Atlanta
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> It's a good pre-code, really enjoyed it! I also happened to catch it when TCM aired it in 05, hope it pops up again!
Mark, I agree! I hadn't watched the film when I posted this comment. Really enjoyable precode film(Wynne Gibson briefly wears a very skimpy black teddy that really shocked me for 2 reasons, how short it was, and that we saw her in it at all because there had already been a perfect scene a minute before to show her getting out of bed, and they cut away instead) Wynne Gibson was very interesting, made me wish some smart directors had given her more leading roles. Charles Farrell is quite good as a wimp(early on) and I have never seen William Gargan as a tough guy.
And the ending was not what I was expecting at all! Mark Sandrich was quite the director.
The VHS tape can still be had for around $5.00 on Amazon, believe it or not.
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> {quote:title=randyishere wrote:}{quote}
> I had to jump in as i am off the deep end for Mae West. Her movies crack me up as she is always pushing the envelope with her one-liners that are risque and clever. I love her confidence. I love the way she walks across a room. Her singing is so unusual, it makes Mae unique, so i love to hear her sing. I love how she sparkles in everything she wears. Mae is one of a kind. She's not off some hollywood asssembly line. Mae's intelligence is a very attractive quality to me. I saw an interview of Mae around 1955. This guy asked her about men. Mae said: "I like two kinds of men....... foreign and domestic. Why don't you come up sometime n see me?" I busted out laughing. Mae is too much. And she looked really good for being 62. There is a cool video on youtube of Mae singing Baby It's Cold Outside with Rock Hudson from the 1957 or 59 Oscars. It's fun. I love Mae West and all her movies. Thanks for making me laugh Mae!!
That youtube clip is great, thanks for mentioning it!
She was born in 1893, I think people forget we never saw the "young" Mae on film. I love her singing as well, there is no doubt that it's sensual, IMO.
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This 1938 Technicolor film should look as good as another film shot in color that year...The Adventures of Robin Hood. Well, I know they will never spend that kind of money on a restoration of this film....but...it's looked like a faded print since the first time I saw it run on TNT back in the late 80s! And I thought Techicolor faded less than the other processes???
Has anyone ever heard if the original negative was destroyed, or if the transfer was long ago screwed up, and just never has rated any correcting????
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I have this problem quite often! (and I had a few minutes of Captain Blood before the next movie with Captain in the title started)
And if I try to record beyond the time allotted, and record the next movie as well, it (DISH DVR) goes nuts and starts and stops several times....I guess confused by being told to record 2 programs back to back, and record long on the first one. Anyone else have this issue???
Really annoys me when I see 2 minutes of filler before a movie starts and the end gets cut off.
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Of course the DISH network blurb is really helpful. Movie. Nancy Carrol. (1933) *Silent*. Premiere.
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Unless I missed it in a search, this film hasn't been mentioned yet. 1933 Universal film that is running as I type. (started at 9:30 PM)
I pour over the schedule, yet somehow I missed this one!
What a weird, interesting film! Some overacting for sure...feels more like a film from 1930-31, than 1933.
Frank Morgan as I have never see him, completely serious. Nancy Carroll unsmiling. Shot like a horror film, instead of a crime drama. Guess the director had something to do with that.
Curious, does anyone know if this was a "hit" or not???
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> > > tcm.com now has a direct link on the main page to the Warner Bros. Archives. B-)
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> > OK, but where is it? I can't locate it. Could you provide it? Thanks.
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> You can go to the shopping page on tcm.com (http://www.tcm.com/shopping/index/) and look for where it says "Warner Bros. Archive Collection", when you click on it, it should take you to the WB Shop site.
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> Or you can just go to warnerarchive.com (which takes you to the same page).
I cannot find it, what's wrong with me?? Wait, don't answer that! But, is it on the left side, bottom of the page???
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Do the prices seem a bit steep? I know it's niche stuff to a certain extent, but if I was in charge, I'd make at least some of the movies cheaper, say $9.99 for the B movies???
We shall see....
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Gee, and I thought everyone knew Satan Met A Lady was the best remake of Maltese Falcon.
I don't know what it is, remakes in the past(and there are tons of b movie remakes that I bet some people don't even know ) don't bother me like the ones that come out today. Perhaps because they didn't smack so much of profit only. Which is pretty silly, that's why they made them then. I guess it's the percentage of remakes and sequels these days....
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> {quote:title=georgiegirl wrote:}{quote}
> Sad, and even sadder is the fact that celebs are not allowed to have one stinkin' moment of privacy, even under such adverse conditions as this. Why would someone want to talk about Mr. Nesson sitting holding his dying wife's hand and caressing her face? Walter Winchell and Hedda Hopper for all their power had some integrity and sympathy for the stars they wrote about. Today the fans and paparazzi have little respect, and it comes down to the almighty dollar and ratings, as I'm sure that little ditty was sold about the family's most private moment.
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> They tried to take it one step further with Travolta and I'm glad that came back to bite them on the, well, you know.
Exactly!!! Saw a photo of one of her sons leaving the hospital. That's not news.
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> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote}
> >There was no music in the opening titles and credits and no sound for the first scene! I thought maybe the guy sent me a defective disc but after the first scene Lewis Stone's voice popped up. Weird!
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> It's possible that this was recorded on a Vitaphone disk (but I'm not sure). It sounded to me like the initial sound was missing, such as being a piece broken out of the original disk, maybe a chip half an inch wide, along the edge of the record. I also noticed a click.....click.....click.....click for several seconds when the sound did come on. This is a repeating disk click caused by a deep scratch. It's not an optical sound track click.
Please don't think I'm being rude, but I kinda zoned out while reading the Long post Film Fatale put up, but it was so interesting, I started over, and I noticed this...thought perhaps you guys might have missed it as well.
since I didn't see the film, besides the clicks, does this sound like the sound...you weren't hearing??? Did you hear Leo roar???(I'm pretty sick, so if I am not making much sense, sorry!)
*Viewers may notice that no music is heard under the opening or closing credits of Madame X (even though Leo's growl is audible). This is the result of a short-lived practice in which studios expected the local theatre musicians to provide live accompaniment to the opening credits of sound films. Because keyboardists and orchestras were still working in the theatres at that time (providing music for silent films still in distribution), it was an easy way to make the screening more of a special event and not a purely "canned" presentation. At times during the film's production, the sobriety of Madame X and its lack of music were more than Barrymore could bear. He reportedly visited the set of Broadway Melody during breaks in the shooting. When asked the purpose of his visit, Barrymore replied, "Watching the pretty girls. Over on my set I'm directing Ruth Chatterton in Madame X -- only heavy drama... Every director needs a change of pace."*
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From the first post...
*Freshly recruited from the Algonquin Round Table, Dorothy Parker did some uncredited dialogue work on the film and was disappointed in its sobriety, in the age of flappers, red hot rhythm and Al Jolson's The Jazz Singer (1927). "Why not jazz up the story?" She asked Barrymore, tongue-in-cheek, "Stick in a few hot numbers and call it Mammy X!"*
Mammy X, now that cracked me up!
1942: a bad year for MGM
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> Yes you're right.... public tastes changed fast during the war. But for a time, MacDonald was one of the biggest box-office stars in Hollywood..... Personally I think she's hugely underrated as a dramatic actress (yes, possibly within a narrow range) and also a splendid comedienne. She would have been terrific in the Norma Shearer role in *The Women.*
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> I watched *New Moon* last night, having finished her biography. I think she was a remarkable talent.
New Moon and Naughty Marietta are both fine films that I bet some folks just won't give a chance to because of them being period piece musicals. Nelson and Jeanette had real chemistry. Better at comedy than drama, but still very watchable pair, if people just give them half a chance.