Bronxgirl48

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> Yes, very much like Toys in the Attic, also the Ida Lupino Ladies in Retirement, did you already mention it? I really like that movie, though many say it's flawed. They ought to do a messed up family night on TCM one of these days, lol. They could call it Insanity Runs in My Family... It Practically Gallops! Louis Hayward could be the star of the month, since he's got two crazy as a loon family movies to his credit! Or Geraldine Fitzgerald. Or Page, now that I think of it.... except she drives ME nuts.> LADIES IN RETIREMENT is somewhat similiar in mood to THE STRANGE AFFAIR OF UNCLE HARRY -- period melodramas with psychological and thriller overtones; repressed lead characters dealing with emotionally damaged sisters. Hey, that's a brilliant idea!! Ha!! (is HOUSE BY THE RIVER the other Louis Hayward dysfunctional family movie you refer to?) LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT might head the list, lol. Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Dec 6, 2012 8:44 PM

I was thrilled to find it. Yul is the gift that keeps on giving, lol.

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I just might check that movie out, Lynn. I like Nicole Kidman. (except, ironically, THE HOURS. The fake nose really bothered me, lol)

>I hope Moira is invited back soon! It was wonderful. Maybe it's your turn to sit in the red chair next to Robert Osborne, Bronxie!!> I loved seeing DRACULA'S DAUGHTER again after so many years but I have to say that moira's pick was, well, THE pick of the evening. Oh my gosh, SueSue, you're too kind! I'd probably have to be pushed and shoved onto the set like The Cowardly Lion, or fortified beforehand with a Brandy Alexander.

> > Although, I kind of thought Maria Schell did a good job in The Brothers Karamazov! Did you not think so?>> > > How about Ninotchka? Greta Garbo did an amazing job, but I couldd see MM doing something a little different with that role. It was definitely before her rise to fame, but I can see it in the back of my mind. Of course I really couldn't see the chemistry between her and Melvyn Douglas. We wouldneed a different leading man. Heehee!>> Even though I always get confused watching Maria Schell's facial expressions (laughing and crying at the same time, lol) I can't find fault with her performance as Grushenka. I love Garbo in NINOTCHA and even accept Melvyn Douglas as her romantic partner in that film. And if it was Marilyn I'd still pair her with Olivier. Mom recently raved to me about Deanna Durbin's voice but is also talking about Deanna's "bad arm". I never noticed it before. I sometimes get into a "48 Hours"/"Snapped"/"City Confidential" marathon mode where I'm watching sociopaths 24/7. My mother refuses to look at that stuff, and also shies away from horror and science fiction movies so we can't bond over Val Lewton or ROBOT MONSTER. Mom won't have anything to do with zombies, mummies, or aliens. Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Dec 6, 2012 1:12 PM

> And has Geraldine Fitzgerald ever been more creepy? That scene at the end is just downright messed up!> Yes, she really made my skin crawl, and reminded me of another twisted sister, also played by a Geraldine, in TOYS IN THE ATTIC. Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Dec 6, 2012 1:10 PM

Wow, Miss G., what a stunning publicity photo of Ella and George! The two of them made an odd but totally steamy couple, who would have thunk it, lol? Kate looks so happy goofing around behind the scenes with Bob, ha! I'd like to think the two of them managed to take away something valuable from the experience of working on this turkey.

UPTOWN DOWNSTAIRS ABBEY, PART DEUX "I'm trying to help but I just can't reach!" Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Dec 6, 2012 6:14 AM

UPTOWN DOWNSTAIRS ABBEY:

Thanks for that blogspot, Miss G. Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Dec 1, 2012 6:11 AM

I'm going to dream about Jean Gabin tonight. Don't wake me. Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Dec 1, 2012 6:54 AM

Moira and the film were wonderful, I loved them both! Jean Gabin -- is it hot in here, lol?

> Though I'm not keen on Baz Luhrmann...I predict lots of eye smacking glitz and beautiful costumes, but precious little substance.> > And I agree with your Black Friday selection. > I'm going to will myself into that book jacket, lol! You know, like Ida Lupino does with the photo from her youth in the Twilight Zone. I don't like Baz either! I hated MOULIN ROUGE. Holiday commercialism is getting worse with every passing year. I can't stand it. Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Dec 1, 2012 3:02 PM

>That is a lovely book jacket, Bronxie. So inviting! I can picture myself sitting on a veranda, sipping something cool and waving to the sailboats as they drift by.....> Achingly evocative, isn't it? A lost world of gentility and class... I see Leslie, Rudy, or Ronald on that veranda.

Of course, I could be jealous of Marguerite because she was married to my sweetie George O'Brien. LADIES IN RETIREMENT is somewhat like THE STRANGE AFFAIR OF UNCLE HARRY in reverse: Ida Lupino is the strong and loving sister of two siblings, and she'll do anything to protect them. I've seen a scant amount of Eleanor Parker's work, and (with exceptions of THE SEVENTH SIN and THE OSCAR) have mainly liked what I've seen: OF HUMAN BONDAGE, CAGED, THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM, and A HOLE IN THE HEAD. I don't remember VALLEY OF THE KINGS, DETECTIVE STORY, or A MILLIONAIRE FOR CHRISTY that well. Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Dec 1, 2012 3:07 PM

I loved TOUCHEZ PAS AU GRISBI and could not keep my eyes or erotic thoughts off that earthy, sexy, lazy-eyed French lion Jean Gabin -- the way his world-weary character still enjoyed playing the "game" with all the women in his circle -- flirting, nuzzling, caressing, being very, very Gallic, lol.

>i have to admit i was disappointed by THE GOOD DIE YOUNG.> I'll watch it tomorrow.

You like Marguerite Churchill in DRACULA'S DAUGHTER? I was reminded again of how truly annoying and charmless she was, trying to be "screwball" with of all people Otto Kruger. Gloria Holden's performance as Countess Zaleska still holds up for me after all these years.

> > Scotchie, THE IRON PETTICOAT was dead in the vodka from the get-go. I doubt if anything could have molded it into caviar. The only nice thing I can say about it is that I really liked Kate's coming-out-of-her-Soviet-shell dress, that incredibly chic and flattering gray and black number.>> > > Oh, I think there could have been improvements if at least they tried having better chemistry, but it as just so hard to believe. I absolutely love Kate, and Bob as well, but out of the three or four times I have seen this movie, I sort of find myself forcing my likeness for most of it.>> I hope you're feeling better! Mom usually only needs one sentence to critique a film, lol. With PETTICOAT, she also made a lemon-sucking face. Now I keep seeing Laurence Oliver and Marilyn Monroe as the romantic leads. Marilyn always wanted to play a Russian anyway. (well, specifically "Grushenka" from THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV. Then they could have advertised THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL as their follow-up, lol) Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Dec 1, 2012 4:01 AM

>I know exactly what scene you meant with Ella in the chair and I thought the same thing when I saw her!>

>Bronxie you are flat out brilliant!!! LOL!!!! It's true! He is shaped like a coffin! I never would have made that connection. Only you> It's frightening, isn't it? Not John's body, but the bizarre way my mind works...