clore
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They should check the Warner Archive. They put the film out on DVD to complaints of it being cut. To their credit, the Archive people restored the missing footage and even offered free replacements to those who had purchased the edited edition.
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I have a personal anecdote about Dick Clark.
I met him a few times, this being around 30 years ago at various industry promotional events. That he remembered my name impressed me, as did his general decency and lack of affectation.
The second time we met, I had mentioned the relatively new HILL ST. BLUES as a show whose quality far outstripped its ratings and which I hoped would not be cancelled. Clark's eyes lit up and he asked if I had been following the show. I said that I had seen every one of the six or so episodes to date and he had loads of questions. He said that he loved the show and had his VCRs programmed to record the program while he was away for a few weeks. But a power outage had knocked the timers out of commission. His enthusiasm for the show was much like our own glee here for any of our favorite films.
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Just to show that I am merely passing along the date that I read, this is where I found the story:
http://darkshadowsnews.blogspot.com/2012/04/jonathan-frid-1924-2012.html
I barely saw the show when Frid was on it. I was working by that time. I saw some of the early ones, when it was more Bronte than Barnabas. My girlfriend at the time was devoted to the show, I couldn't call her when it was on.
The recent limited release on DVD of the entire series run was sold out almost immediately - at a price tag of about 500 dollars on sale. They'll be another release soon, but it won't be numbered as was the previous rlease.
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Another veteran of the 1960s ABC afternoon schedule has passed away. Jonathan Frid, famed as Barnabas on DARK SHADOWS passed away on April 13. The story has only broken within the last day or so.
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{font:Times New Roman}Platt, Glass, et al board the Los Angeles train for New York.
There Platt and Glass save their careers when hired for NORTH BY NORTHWEST. Lupton tries marketing soup under his surname and is sued for copyright infringement. {font}
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> My apologies to Valeska -- because of a formatting problem that I was unable to correct, the first few sentences of my reply below (beginning with "I think Robert...") inaccurately appear to be part of a quotation from her message.
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If you go back to your post in edit mode you can fix that.
Take the appropriate text, cut and paste it into the area below the arrowheads on the left of the text box...
But you must do this in "plain text" mode, the center tab at the top of the message box.
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One year I got him a monogrammed smoking jacket but he refused to wear it.
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> I had a terrible time getting in touch with someone when their Fios "blacked out" for 3 days - they were without phone, internet (& TV) all at the same time!
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Just recently I called Time Warner about swapping my boxes for HD ones and of course while they had me on the line, they tried to push me into the Triple Play package of TV/Internet/phone.
They gave me the rate, which would be cheaper than what I'm paying for my services now (phone is Verizon), but the rate is only for the first year. I asked about the increase after the first year and they would not give me a figure. "But it's still likely to be less than you're paying now and you will be saving in ther meantime."
"I guess you would like me to continue after the first year" I said and he replied in the affirmative. So I said that I'd only be interested in considering - not committing - if he told me the price 13 months from now.
He couldn't do it so I respectfully declined the offer, but added "I've had a couple of situations where my cable service went out and I wanted to check your website which does list service area outages. But I couldn't get on the internet. So, I had to call and the only reason that I could do that is because I'm with Verizon for the phone service."
"Don't you have a cell phone?" he asked and I said that I don't, which is true.
So, right there he was acknowledging that I could lose all three services at once. Besides, the rate they offer is just for basic cable plus web and phone. Add the premium channels and I'm getting closer to what I'm paying now and I still don't know what it will be next year.
But Time Warner does offer me good service, I have no complaints with them. I am also avoiding the package as I don't need any more wiring being done around here if I had them supply the phone. Most likely what I'll do is cut out the premium channels and the additional bedroom box when my limited income can no longer keep pace with my bills.
Or else I'll just go the Magic Jack route for phone service.
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TCM also aired HONDO AND THE APACHES which was two episodes of the Ralph Taeger HONDO series. They did have Robert Taylor's RETURN OF THE GUNFIGHTER listed during his SOTM tribute, but it was cancelled at the last minute.
They have also aired SCREEN DIRECTOR'S PLAYHOUSE as well as some Grace Kelly TV dramas from her early days.
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There was also a 1979 mini-series titled SOS TITANIC. Better than the Scott film and oddly enough, David Warner was in the cast. He would sail the Titanic again for James Cameron. The Queen Mary subbed as the vessel.
I didn't watch the 2012 version that aired this weekend. It's the only film on the subject that I've missed. The idea of sitting through commercials has me avoiding all network television.
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Actually, they have played it on TCM Imports. It was perhaps five or six years ago that I saw it and I believe that it aired again. I'm sure someone around here can provide more info.
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It's only fair that you point out my mistake. After all, I've caught quite a few of yours.
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For another thing, I don't know why people so often feel compelled to modify what they say on these forums with the caveat "That's just my opinion."
Oh, i can understand readily, although I don't make a practice of it myself. There's a person on the IMDb, he's the type that if you were to say that Randolph Scott's best western is RIDE LONESOME, he'll respond to you that you're wrong, and that "if you think so, then you know nothing about cinema."
I was told such when in given the choice between A FACE IN THE CROWD or NETWORK, which film is preferable, I chose the latter. Mind you, the question was framed as "which do you prefer" so there was no element of "best" involved.
When it reached the point that I was told *"See,* *I don't see anything interesting in talking about "everybody has their opinion". It's not interesting and pointless in any debate"* I cut him off entirely from any future conversation.
My point is that someone is likely to say "it's just my opinion" as a preventative measure against being told that they're wrong and that's probably from having dealt with persons such as the one that I described. I'm not the only one to whom he said "you don't know anything about cinema" and now when he enters a thread, it tends to die.
This person is so insistent on his being the last word that the other day in a thread about Alfred Hitchcock projects that were never realized, he responded *"The ultimate Hitchcock never-made film is an adaptation of J. M. Barrie's Mary-Rose, which Universal felt wasn't Hitchcockian enough."*
Just how can something that never existed be claimed to be the ultimate among other things that never existed?
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> {quote:title=RayFaiola wrote:}{quote}My favorite - TOMORROW IS FOREVER
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> Speaking of "melodramas", anyone remember when TV Guide used to classify the Universal horror pictures as melodramas?
Oh yes. When I was a kid and "studied" the TV Guide movie listings, it often led to disappointment as some "melodramas" ended up just being mellow dramas.
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> {quote:title=scsu1975 wrote:}{quote}I've seen that photo of Stevens and Loftin before. My guess is I saw it in Famous Monsters of Filmland.
It was either that or the companion mag "Monster World" where I first saw it. Probably the "You Axed For It" feature that appeared in both.
Coincidentally, I had a letter printed in the MW issue with SON OF FRANKENSTEIN as the cover story. I don't have my collection any longer, a basement flood saw to most of it.
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I love this publicity shot from HOUSE OF DRACULA that has Onslow Stevens putting the finishing touches on his stunt man's make-up. The double was Carey Loftin who would go on to be the unseen driver of the truck in DUEL.
The resemblance is such that the camera could get fairly lose and you couldn't tell the difference. Loftin's running and leaping in a chase scene are enhanced by shadows that seem influenced by the MGM version of DR. JEKYLL AND MR HYDE.
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To which he follows with "named after your father no doubt." That and the "collars and cuffs" comment to Jill St. John are about the only enjoyable moments in the film for me. It's one of the few Bond films that I don't own on DVD.
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GHOST runs about 68 minutes and we see the monster moving around from the very first. In SON it takes just about that long for the monster to get off the slab.
I'd gladly take 15 less minutes of SON if it meant restoring the lost 15 or so minutes of BRIDE.
The scene in GHOST where the monster is walking around trying to attract the lightning bolts is among my favorite images in the whole series. It does get a little silly with the monster wanting the little girl's brain put in his head, but for a "B" film, it has nice sets and cinematography.
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> You left out Playmate Sally Todd, which is the only reason to watch this bomb. By the way, the female monster in this flick is played by a man.Was Sally Todd a playmate? I haven't seen the film in close to 50 years and while I know of some such as Mara Corday and June Wilkinson who were in the magazine and also acted, I can't say that I've ever heard that Todd has that on her resume - or should I say data sheet?
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> Rathbone plays his role like a man who has given up drinking and smoking and chocolate and red meat and sex and has decided to compensate by overindulging in the one vice he has left, which is apparently consuming large amounts of expresso.
And throwing darts.
I'd love to see a picture of Ygor inserted where the dart board appears. It would fit the scene perfectly.
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> {quote:title=mitali77 wrote:}{quote}I have never seen any extras on the WB Archive DVDs.
You have now - here's something that arrived in my email this very day:
[WESTWARD THE WOMEN|http://l.email-warnerbros.com/u.d?VYGjKTEF_Pyr6KcBpoV30=2021] (1951) We are more than pleased to bring you the DVD debut of one of William Wellman’s best and most overlooked films. Based on historical record, Wellman directed this genre busting western-ladies picture from a story by fellow silver screen-wizard Frank Capra with production personally overseen by MGM gem Dore Schary. Detailing an arduous 2,000 mile trek from Chicago to California that sees a wagon train ‘manned’ by a group of women, Wellman quickly pulls back the curtain of pre-conception and convention to reveal that Western sobriquets like pioneer, trailblazer and gunfighter are not confined to the masculine side of the species. Shot on location in often harsh conditions - Wellman famously informed his cast that there would be no room for prima donnas during the 11 week shoot - the film’s rugged authenticity of setting and actors shine on the screen. Western great Robert Taylor is at his gritty, hardest best as Buck Wyatt, the scout who finds himself at the head of a train of ladies with Denise Darcel, Julie Bishop, and superb character actress Hope Emerson.
*Special Features* include an Audio Commentary by film historian Scott Eyman and a vintage MGM promotional featurette “Challenge the Wilderness”
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Stewart fell victim to the calendar and to the whole cultural shift of the 60s. It wasn't just him, even younger players such as Troy Donahue, Rock Hudson and Tab Hunter saw their clean-cut types being pushed aside in favor of the edgier Newman, McQueen and Eastwood by decade's end.
What happened to Stewart was what would have happened to Bogart, Flynn, Power, Gable and Cooper if they had lived longer. Look at Stewart's buddy Henry Fonda, who was at least lucky enough to get the Leone western to make him relevant to today's audience. But back in 1969, nobody went to see it and they were horrified at the sight of it. How many once hot performers ended up in segments of THE LOVE BOAT or FANTASY ISLAND?
The same now is happening to Hoffman, De Niro and Pacino most of the time. We see them taking whatever they can get, especially in the case of De Niro. But they aren't what they were in the 70s and the last time that I looked, neither am I. Time marches on.
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Too funny. Thanks I needed a good laugh today.
I'm glad to have brightened your day. Thank you for the compliment.
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> {quote:title=casablancalover wrote:}{quote}With this one and Charley's Aunt, can't we just call it
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Hi, I'm Robert Osborne. Tonight as our second Bob's pick, we intended to show you THE SON OF FRANKENSTEIN, but we couldn't afford, errr, I mean, we couldn't get the rights to it. That darn Universal hits 100 years old and suddenly they think the value has gone up on all of their films.
So, instead we bring you FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER, a chiller from 1958. The film has a unique pedigree outside the Frankenstein family. It stars Sandra Knight who was once Mrs Jack Nicholson and it also has Harold Lloyd, Jr and Robert Dix, the lookalike son of Richard Dix.
Also in the cast is Felix Locher, the father of Jon Hall and no doubt, Jon was glad that he wasn't a lookalike for his father.
The star of the film is John Ashley, who isn't related to anybody but he must have had the goods on someone as they also let him sing in the film. We can all thank our stars that he later went into production.
In keeping with tonight's theme, our copy comes from a worn-out Alpha Video VHS tape that we've transferred to digital with a machine that we got at WalMart.
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There's one on TCM right now - THE DANGEROUS DAYS OF KIOWA JONES.