Richard Kimble
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I'm wondering, what can one discuss or not on the Off Topic Forum? Certain things prohibited?
Anything can be discussed, but some things can't be spelled
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the majority of boards and posters prefer the most recent post listed first in discussions.
How do you know this? Did you take a poll?
This is the only board I've ever frequented where newest-post-first is not only the default option, but the only option.
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Dedicated to the notable figures of film history who deserve to be remembered as more than just names in a credits roll
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Howard and Theodore Lydecker, always known - and billed - as such, were Howard "Babe" Lydecker (June 8, 1911-September 26, 1969) and Theodore Lydecker (November 7, 1908-May 25, 1990), a special effects team primarily working as contract staff members of Republic Pictures. They are best remembered as the producers and photographers of some of the best miniature effects of their time.
Their miniature effects made Republic serials the best for visual effects, far outstripping their competitors at Universal (where special effects maestro John P. Fulton, ASC was forbidden from working on serials) and Columbia Pictures. Their success came from building large, detailed models and filming them in natural light, often in forced perspective to create realistic impressions that they were in fact life-size in relation to other objects and people in a shot, instead of the small models used by others, and the use of slow motion to give the models the appearance of realistic weight when in motion. For instance, in The Adventures of Captain Marvel, the visuals of Captain Marvel flying appear to be an actual man in flight, not a matted or superimposed image.
The plane crashes train shot from Flying Tigers:
A biography of the brothers (which I have not read) has been published:
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Carl Reiner, who's worked with some major talents -- Sid Caesar, Dick Van ****, Mel Brooks -- called Rooney the most talented person he ever worked with.
FWIW I'm not offended by Rooney's Mr. Yunioshi. I just think it's a bad performance.
*Whoa, Dick Van D-y-k-e is censored? How about if I just call him Dick V.D.?
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I knew it would take me too long to start this
Mods, please delete
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http://www.tmz.com/2014/04/06/mickey-rooney-dead/
Mickey Rooney, who spent nearly his entire life in the show business, died today. He was 93.
Rooney had been in ill health for quite some time.
He was one of the most famous child actors in entertainment history. He played the role of Andy Hardy in "The Hardy Boys" in 20 films.
Rooney also teamed up with Judy Garland for "Babes in Arms" which was a huge hit back in 1939.
He was the first teenager ever to be nominated for an Oscar for his leading role in "Strike Up the Band" in 1940.
Rooney and Elizabeth Taylor starred in one of the biggest movies of the 40s -- "National Velvet" -- which launched Taylor's career.
Rooney also starred with Audrey Hepburn in "Breakfast at Tiffany's."
Rooney appeared most recently in "The Muppets" in 2011 with Amy Adams and Jason Segal and "Night at the Museum" in 2006 with Ben Stiller.
The 5'2" Rooney was married 8 times. One of his wives -- Ava Gardner.
Rooney's last few years were filled with family strife. He claimed elder abuse at the hands of his step-son Chris Aber and won a $2.8 million judgment against him last year for siphoning money from his accounts.
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John Wayne rode off into the sunset after "The Shooist"
It should be noted that The Shootist was not intended as a swan song. Wayne was still considering other projects until his final months -- one would have been a reteaming with Ron Howard.
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J. Edgar meeting Shirley in itself is an interesting pic, but please try to keep doctored or photoshopped stuff out of the thread.
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the film that really stood out for me was THE COMEDIANS. Of course, I was not paying much attention to Guinness, as I was to the picture's two stars, Liz Taylor and Richard Burton. Liz has a few cringe-worthy moments, when she falls into her old school acting routines, but Burton usually is quick to bring her out of that-- and it goes without saying they have chemistry in spades. I can see why they chose to do this story. It is very much a reworking of CASABLANCA, except set in Haiti. And I have to say that this film seems better to me than CASABLANCA for three reasons: first, Taylor & Burton are freer than Bergman & Bogart; second, THE COMEDIANS benefits from more naturalistic acting on the part of the supporting cast (namely Lillian Gish and Paul Ford who are superb); and third, this film does not end on the ground like CASABLANCA does, but rather in the air, with Liz looking out the window, wondering if Burton will survive the resistance movement. This is a grand and beautiful film.
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Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart were a great pair together. I wish they had done more films together where they were the lead couple.
Lupino despised Bogart and tried to get him fired off High Sierra. That may have had some effect on their future teamings.
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Dedicated to the notable figures of film history who deserve to be remembered as more than just names in a credits roll
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Lajos Bíró
(1880-1948)
A former journalist turned novelist, playwright (he wrote the play source of Five Graves to Cairo) and screenwriter, Biro left his native Hungary for Hollywood in 1924. In 1932 he went to England, where he became the scenario chief and right-hand man for Alexander Korda at London Films.
Some of the classics he helped write:
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I happened to see Richard Kimble tonight. Through a series of not very believable
circumstances, he wound up on the same bus as Lt. Gerard's wife.
Well if you're going to nitpick...
The Fugitive is like grand opera or kabuki theatre -- you must accept its conventions in order to enjoy it:
-- Wherever he goes, Kimble will have no problem finding a job or a place to stay.
-- Even though he is a convicted murderer, the people Kimble meets will believe and trust him. The women will generally fall in love with him.
-- And of course he will always make a last-second escape just before the final commercial.
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The word g-a-g is censored in my Albert Shanker post in the Woody Allen thread
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It is a fairly parochial reference.
And was labeled as such by James Monaco in his book American Film Now, published only 5 years after Sleeper's release. It sort of equivalent (for Americans) to all those Monty Python references to English politicians and TV stars (they must've really hated one Reginald Maudling; he gets mentioned at least half a dozen times on the TV show, sometimes in totally non-sequitur situations).
IMHO the Shanker **** is far from the best moment in Sleeper, which holds up pretty well aside from the topical jokes and Diane Keaton's usual annoying presence.
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I wonder if I can get away with mentioning the star of Cimarron and The Whistler movies
We've fought rustlers, fought Indians, fought Dix...
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Sorry but I can't find an option for that
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Some sites give you the option of censoring "banned" words or allowing them to be shown uncensored.
Will we be given that option?
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In the John Wayne SOTM thread, the word packe-r is not allowed. He made a B film at Monogram in the thirties called THE STAR PACKE-R.
C*rly L*mb*** and D*n H*ts*n
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Garbo seems a bit tense here
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>He also toured (with Carol Burnett) in "I Do! I Do!"
I vaguely remembered he was connected to IDID somehow, but couldn't recall if he'd done it onstage. Did they do a TV version?
> I also disagree with his needing a guest speaker. He had a fine voice.
Yes, there was nothing wrong with the tonal quality of his voice. Even as early as his Indian chief in Winchester '73 he sounds like a radio announcer in the Ronald Reagan-Hugh Marlowe-Reed Hadley tradition (indeed you can make a case his voice was actually better than Reagan's or Marlowe's). The problem with these guys wasn't their voices, but getting them to show a little emotion.
Robert Middleton is one example from the smooth announcer school who learned to emote at least a little.
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>Thewy would have needed not only a ghost singer for Hudson, but a ghost speaker
IIRC he actually toured in Camelot in the late '70s/early '80s
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> Miss Parsons stated that Miss Hepburn wasn't so believable as a cockney; but that she was wonderful in the latter half of the film.
In The Story Of Cinema David Shipman wrote that every Eliza from Wendy Hiller on is always more convincing after the transformation
How do you set things up so oldest posts are listed first?
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