Bronxgirl48
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Oh, that sounds delicous, Miss G. It probably has all those geriatric guest stars that show up on MURDER, SHE WROTE.
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I couldn't agree with you more about A NIGHT TO REMEMBER's supeiority over TITANIC; I barely remember the latter, while NIGHT is firmly etched in my mind.
Re: today's suits remaking DAMNED, let's just hope Celine Dion doesn't come anywhere near it.
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Thank God.
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Is he English?
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Sometimes when I squint in the mirror, I see Jane Russell. Other times, when I haven't gotten enough sleep or I've eaten too many hamburgers and french fries, I see another Jane --- Darwell.
(although she did look radiant in the mirror holding those earrings up in that ruefully beautiful scene from THE GRAPES OF WRATH)
I actually have a backstory for Mrs. Iselin. She grew up amid wealth and privilege but all the males surrounding her, starting with her father, were overbearing and downight cruel, possibly even abusive. She associated that treatment with the upper classes and materialism, so she becomes a radical and joins the Communist party. You can tell how much she despises and looks down on all men -- she treats them with contempt and condescension: Raymond and her idiot husband are "my two little boys".
I was trying to figure out the name of a movie I saw on The Western Channel last week; it had Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy, and Barbara Britton. Nice color, and looked like a very uncomplicated plot. As I was racking my brains, McCrea turned to Brian and said, "Smile when you say that".
So I knew it was another remake of THE VIRGINIAN.
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I'm also getting fonder of THE HORSE SOLDIERS the more I see it.
I'm probably the only one who thinks this, but (when you watch it) note how, at the close, William Holden's cynical doctor quickly takes ahold of Constance Tower's arm to bring her back into the cabin.
She's been iconically standing with her hand shading her face from the sun, in that classic Ford women-are-waiting pose, but Holden almost seems to shatter that sentimental idealization, as if to say, okay, now the real work begins.
Miss G., does this make any sense to you, or did you get the same feeling?
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Well, a male ghost can do all the necessary stuff: taking out the garbage, giving a back or foot massage, killing the bugs...
Wait, I think I forgot something.....
Well, that too, but.....
Making me coffee wearing an apron.
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Loved your post! I can see him and Mary as a couple.
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I thought Faye Dunaway stole the show -- and IMO Lynne Frederick (I think she was one of Peter Sellers's later wives) was very, well, amateurish. Also (but not her fault) I didn't understand why she had an English accent and her parents didn't. I don't know any other movies she was in. I always like Pryce (was this his film debut?) and the scenes with his friend were touching, but the script really didn't do them (or anyone else) justice. A fascinating and sad historical story to be sure, but it really deserved better treatment.
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Well, Orson I guess COULD have played the ship. He was a Cuban diplomat, but he also had a vision that the entire production would turn out to be a flop.
I thought about doing that years ago, and fantasized about getting paid for it, but now with the Internet, everyone, including me, can be a critic and have the satisfaction of seeing their stuff read, so it does offer fulfillment, and it's damn fun! Have you read the insightful and brilliant reviews put out by people on this board? They put me to shame.
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I love Tony Randall and it's nice to know others do too.
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Here I am:
http://www.wantedcowgirls.com/images/JRUSSELCOLOR.jpg
I forgot, TMC was also made in '62; you're right; Angela was brilliant and should have won the Oscar for that year. One of the greatest performances ever by a female.
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It's not even a fun bad movie.
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I've always been fascinated in Hitch movies by his policemen who look puzzled at works of art.
FRENZY too, I think.
HAHAHA re: Wendell always looking p.o.'d. You're right! Also like he's smelling a faintly unpleasant odor but trying to ignore it.
I think Hodiak played a psycho in some film with Sylvia Sidney. She marries him but doesn't know he's nuts.....
Stay away from John!
Except for SUNDAY DINNER FOR A SOLDIER.
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You can see DESERT FURY anytime at your leisure on YouTube -- enjoy!
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Although our favorite Tasmanian DOES look luscious:
http://www.errolflynn.net/Filmography/cb8.jpg
(but I'll STILL take Rex Harrison)
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Scarier than Ben Gazzara in anything, lol? (I just saw VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED; see Hot Topics) It's a disaster, all right.
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Great Ferguson link, thanks!
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I'd like to see it.
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World-class veteran actors giving undistinguished cameo performances in a badly directed and poorly scripted movie that unfortunately takes the compellingly tragic subject matter and turns it into when-will-it-be-over tedium.
Ben Gazzara is laughably intense. The normally great Oskar Werner, wearing a very fake looking moustache (you think it's going to fall off when he kisses Faye Dunaway), is not in top form and indeed looks like he's going to kick the bucket any minute.
I'm not exactly sure why, but I knew this was going to be a stinker the moment Denham Elliot's little dachshund walked into a room with him.
Only Dunaway remains unscathed; with a brilliantly minimalist interpretation of a sophisticated yet needy wife. I also love the rather kinky fashion statement she makes at a masquerade party.
Orson Welles plays the ship.
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Tony should have gotten an Oscar! (and not just a Madison)
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Great, Ark!
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Get your recorders out early this morning for Tony Randall's greatest performance(s), memorable philosophy, charm, nifty make-up and fun spfx, Mirneva Urecal, stock footage from ATLANTIS, THE LOST CONTINENT (and by way of digression, I'd love to see that movie again sometime. TCM, instead of the upteenth showing of THE AFRICAN QUEEN, could you play that one instead? Thank you), handsome John Ericson, adorably sexy Barbara Eden, cigar-chomping villain Arthur O'Connell, shallow matron Lee Patrick, and a GREAT Leigh Harline musical score, with bouncy Chinese and western melodies -- one of my favorites.
If you miss this, I will be very, very disappointed.
Do not incur my wrath.
Meaning I'll just get very, very, very disappointed, lol.
But seriously, you ARE IN FOR A TREAT!!!!
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Alfred Hitchcock's VERTIGO
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Ah, GOOD!!
Now I can undress in my bedroom and hope a voice tells me I shouldn't be ashamed of my figure.