Bronxgirl48
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One of the best little horror movies ever made.
Very spooky; I love the colonial American inn where Venetia (unfortunately) stops by.
Lee is too hammy here for my taste.
Patricia Jessel is very frightening as the witch. A great performance!
"Burn, witch, burn witch, burn. burn, burn!!!!"
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How about if Bette comes along for the ride:
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Remember?
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Miniature trains and Eddie Cantor singing a little-heard Christmas song: Strangely, it's a nice combination:
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You can hear Joan's native southern drawl.
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Forgive me people, but this is one of my all time favorite movie scenes. (yeah, it's got snow, lots and lots of snow, but it's pretty!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Apma6FhsQp8
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I have to admit the giant phone shot got to me as well, then I felt sort of guilty for my guffaws, thinking about poor Mary's fate.
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I thought Knox was sweet and very human; I wanted to protect him, like Irene seemed to do. I liked her better here playing a real sophisticated yet down to earth woman than in some of her very early "women's weepers" stuff. She looked great in that black pants outfit, yes! I didn't mind the film; it was pleasant enough. I don't think it was supposed to be ha-ha funny, though. Or really funny at all. (you're right, it wasn't) And I preferred Knox with Dunne over miscast Melvyn Douglas (who I usually like) in THEODORA GOES WILD.
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Seems the reputations of both THE GIANT CLAW and HORROR OF THE BLOOD MONSTERS have preceded them. I haven't seen either, but over the years I've heard of the special sublime awfulness of MONSTERS.
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Great news about L'AVVENTURA, Terry; I'll be watching. PERSONA I think is brilliant, but definitely headache-inducing, lol. Liv and Bibi are excellent. So all that's left is LA NOTTE. Maybe Sundance will play it sooner rather than later. I'm so glad I have that channel and I know you are too.
Again, thanks!
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PERSONA is a masterpiece, but I don't think I want to see it again any time soon!
SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT is like Scandinavian Shakespeare. And not so "light" -- of course Bergman throws in discussions on his old friend Death and the Meaning Of It All.
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I feel for you; many's the good stuff I've missed.
I hope they do run it again, because it's a must see for sheer weirdness alone, as well as its progenitor status.
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What an experience! Trippily "edifying" -- and is this the Granddaddy of all future supernatural/fantasy/horror films to come?? Seems so to me! I love the dry, scholarly (complete with pointer and woodcuts) text, combined with the most luridly macabre visuals ever. There seems to be a lot of exploitation underneath all this so-called academic exploration. Haunting, nightmarish, surrealist images abound to blow your mind, and the live action vignettes are almost pulpily addictive.
A cult film supreme!
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Just finished watching it. Amid all the heavy-handed, hoky black humor (which at times becomes unintentionally laughable, in a melodramatic Sirkian way, such as the poster of Father Time at the New Year's Eve party), Margaret Sullavan is poignant, remaining above the mawkishness of the script. She's always had a unique quality that I like -- she seems to me, in what I've seen her in, like a little stalwart soldier -- always putting up a brave front but so sad and a bit lost underneath. She's very touching in this role without resorting to bathos or an appeal to audience sympathy through grand suffering gestures or attitudes. How convenient that hubby Wendell Corey (all earnest vulnerability) has a, shall we say, head start on his new life by way of Ingrid Bergman look and sound alike Viveca Lindfors (sporting an awful looking hairdo), who comes to work for him and becomes very efficient at her job. Natalie Wood, unfortunately, is not allowed to behave like a regular pre-pubescent full of sass and individuality; instead, she's icky and vapid, yet in her pigtails looks uncomfortably like Patty McCormick in THE BAD SEED.
During a "last holiday" in Mexico, it's only natural that a fortune teller automatically shows up at Maggie and Wendell's table, giving them some symbolic news about love lasting for eternity.
For Sullavan fans, this is a must-see; for everyone else, it might be even more tough going than it is.
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Gregory Peck always turns up the heat for me. I love his soft brown eyes.
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Yeah, you're right...
But, what about...HORROR OF THE BLOOD MONSTERS.
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Actually I think Tor Johnson delivers lines better than Loretta King.
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I hope Sundance runs more mini-festivals from classic foreign directors; I'm enjoying them so much and expanding (I hope) my movie knowledge.
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I was looking forward to these two Chicago films, but it turned out I wasn't able to view them.
I can't even get to see my Shy-town on the screen, darn it.
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Thanks, Ark!
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Gary seems more authentic, more organically suited to the western, than a lot of actors who have performed in this genre. (Stewart, Wayne, Ladd, etc.)
I'd like to think that Cooper goes back to his wife and children in MAN OF THE WEST, but perhaps not before doing a little mutual hugging and kissing with Julie beforehand.
I haven't seen THE DAMNED DON'T CRY in a long time, but it's prime 50s Crawford..
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A Very Merry Joan Christmas
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Hi, rainingviolets! (April Showers is one of my favorite songs! I like how Al Jolson sings it)
A lot of people expressed opinions along those lines. I do wonder what was really true and what wasn't. Crawford on this radio show does sound pretty intimidating and scary, I've got to admit..