Bronxgirl48
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I know what you mean about that Niven "look". I agree he was good in SEPARATE TABLES but not sure if it was Oscar worthy. (Rita should have snagged Supporting)
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Lupe seems to have had great taste in men.
Except....JIMMY DURANTE???????? (I just read that)
I can't even imagine.....
(and I wanted to strangle him in THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER)
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I agree with you completely. Synthetic all the way.
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I saw the original for the first time last night and loved it. I haven't read Elmore Leonard but it's probably his hand that makes the script terse and quirky (Heflin cutting Ford's meat; Ford: "I hate fat"), with some very cynical attitudes towards marriage. Delmer Daves makes every shot count, pardon the pun. Ford as the baddie with the easy, casual air, is a sheer delight -- smirking, smooth-talking with the ladies, playing mind games with put-upon, weary Heflin (also terrific) The two boys playing Van's children are excellent -- very natural and believable.
This is one of the best Glenn Ford performances I've ever seen.
The theme song was a bit overdone -- Glenn even keeps whistling it!
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Flaming Star and Follow That Dream are my two favorite Elvis songs.
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True, lol.
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Bela's must have been more attractive than the bowlegs of Karloff. (I'm sure they had a rivalry about even that)
Seriously, I think Danny Kaye (always elegant and graceful, no matter the role) looked good in tights in THE COURT JESTER. (not in a sexy Gene Kelly THE PIRATE muscular-thigh way, however)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_AvbgeCV3E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AKMP16meGk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-30xxQ6kx0c&feature=relat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-BK79Fk67E&feature=related
The above are some of my favorites, but I love all the western themes, on t.v. and Hollywood movies. There's just something so beautifully poignant about them all.
For some reason I've been listening to the theme songs of the old western t.v. shows like Lawman, The Rifleman, Have Gun Will Travel, Bronco, Maverick, etc. on YouTube.
I did watch all of them back in the day, but not consistently. Yet I'm having an attack of nostalgia
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I couldn't believe my ears when I heard Kol Nidre being played over the scenes where the unbaptized babies were murdered!!
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I'd love to see Margaret O'Brien give the Gettysburg Address! Haven't seen YOU, JOHN JONES! but it sure sounds like fun.
Her block party speech isn't exactly cringe-inducing, although it's completely unexpected -- all of a sudden she's giving out with postwar "next generation" fervor of a decidedly political nature. I'm fascinated by the idolization of FDR in Hollywood.
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I haven't seen a lot of O'Brien films -- loved her in MMISL of course. Haven't seen LOST ANGEL.
TENTH AVENUE ANGEL might remind you somewhat of A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLN -- the apartment seemed similiar, the mother becomes pregnant, there's a family member who has to overcome a stigma, economically challenged household, coming-of-age of the daughter. But without emotional resonance, to say the least.
Buffalo, would you like to play some solitaire?
I like Payne in MIRACLE -- he seemed to be playing it tongue in cheek, actually. I think the script sunk Murphy here -- whatever edge the character might have had is completely lost. Must be all the problems the film had as RO said. A waste of a good cast.
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Nothing really quiet in that film, lol.
Thanks for asking after Duane and me, Miss G. The wedding is still set for June, but I'm determined to have it in either Westminster Abbey or a Scottish castle. The menu I'm thinking could be smoked salmon, caviar, beef Wellington, lots of champagne and Guinness.
I'm also toying with the idea of a California ranch, with the bridesmaids all dressed like cowgirls.
I'd make my entrance on a Trigger look-a-like. Tex-Mex appetizers and lots of tequila and margaritas. The entree will be chicken mole enchiladas.
Or we could rent a hall in the Bronx or Brooklyn and I'll have chopped liver, blinzes, deli sandwiches, Cel-Ray soda, black and white cookies, and Papaya King frankfurters with mustard and sauerkraut (that's a New Yawk dog) All the bridesmaids will wear penny loafers.
My Duanie is doing well and is going to the gym frequently. He says he wants to be ready for the honeymoon.
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Yes, Carl and Barbara 'It was Palm Beach two years ago. Don't tell Sidney" Nichols would be perfect!
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LOL back at ya!
And Arthur Shields would have performed the wedding ceremony between Angela and George Murphy.
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I have to admit that when I first saw this years ago, I was a bit put off, even frightened, by the "noir-ish" Mitchum playing against type, because to me his character was still very edgy and unconventional.
I initially would have preferred the "safety" of Carl and the status quo but, like Nick Cage says to Cher in MOONSTRUCK, "Playing it safe is about the riskiest thing a woman like you can do".
Of course it was inferred that Janet didn't feel any "chemistry" with Carl.
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Oh, thank you Miss G.-- only I don't have a DVD recorder. Is THE HANGING TREE with Maria Schell? I think I saw it eons ago but don't remember it at all.
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OMG that is so COOL -- you have that?
I wonder how much that's worth.
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LOL. I think John Ford should have made TENTH AVENUE ANGEL.
Then Ward Bond would have been in it and said something along these lines to Margaret:
"WHERE IN THUNDER AM I GOING TO GET YOU A COW????"
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I really like Janet here, so poised and warm and mature -- and completely flustered by the "fiery" feelings she has for Mitchum (the same she had for her husband).
Poor Carl never stood a chance!
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Despite the evocative lower Manhattan sets, the genuinely warm and believable performance of Phyllis Thaxter as the mother, Rhys Williams as a blind newspaper vendor and (occasionally) Margaret O'Brien (when she's ruling the roost of her neighborhood in a precociously cynical way; not when she's required to do The Crying and saying lines like "How do cows know it's Christmas?") the movie doesn't work for me at all. This is one of those "we-don't-know-what-to-do-with-her" parts for the supremely talented Angela Lansbury, here completely wasted as O'Brien's young aunt, in love with the equally miscast George Murphy (he does his best, though).
Margaret gives a patriotic speech at a Fourth of July block party which it's safe to surmise (since the film was made in 1946, only one year after FDR died) is a double tribute to him and his principles (they even show his picture); convenient dovetailing as the story takes place in Depression era 1936.
Apparently mice are so common in their household that the one O'Brien sees doesn't phase the family one bit; nobody bats an eyelash.
Also, when pregnant women fall down stairs, they are not taken to the hospital.
Bovine miracles will astound you.
I was underwhelmed throughout.
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You got it, Fred!
Thanks, TCM, for Turning Up the Heat!
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Frankly, he doesn't do much for me in the hot stuff department (his baby face reminds me of my brother's); to me he's like an overgrown, sweet Southern boy (albeit with some good moves) But I'm an appreciator of American pop culture, and he's firmly established as an icon in that department. And the films get me nostalgic for the early sixties.
Strangely, I prefer his rockabilly songs to the more famous ballads -- can't get enough of that beat. (and I'll add You're The Devil In Disguise as another favorite)
My favorite movie is FOLLOW THAT DREAM.
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