Bronxgirl48

Oooh, I want to see this again from start to finish RIGHT NOW, lafitte. You're so whetting my appetite. I didn't even remember Miriam Hopkins being in it! (and she's a favorite of mine)

Hi, Chris!

Was Andy in DON'T GO NEAR THE WATER? (I read that at first as DON'T DRINK THE WATER, which I think is an unfortunate Jackie Gleason "comedy"). Yes, flabbergasted is the right word to describe Griffith's fabulously unsettling A FACE IN THE CROWD performance. I feel the same way about Robert Walker's Bruno in STRANGERS ON A TRAIN. Of course, we know that Bob could deliver straight drama, a la THE CLOCK, whereas there seems to be no precedent for Andy's Lonesome Roads. (that anyone knows about, that is) I believe he, like Fred MacMurray, made the decision to "go back to" more benign roles as their fans would not accept them as villainous characters. (Hence MacMurray w/Disney and Griffith as the Mayberry sheriff). Dick Powell had a face like Henry in the cartoons. Baby-ish but weird, lol. Never appealed to me in any romantic way. My favorite Powell movies are IT HAPPENED TOMORROW, SUSAN SLEPT HERE and YOU NEVER CAN TELL. I'll have to check out what I wrote about ALGIERS vs. PEPE LE MOKO. Hedy and Charles do make a soulful pair. As for Merle Oberon, the iciness serves her well in A SONG TO REMEMBER.

Agree about THE MAD MISS MANTON's "tinge of noir" (and in 1938 yet!) Missy and Hank pair up again of course in THE LADY EVE.

I'm lacto intolerant (yogurt and milk) Cheese is fine, which I'm grateful for because I could never live without pizza.

I don't know why I romanticize Tsarist Russia. My Russian grandmother wouldn't even talk about what she went through with the Cossacks.

Isn't THE BARBARIAN a remake of Valentino's SON OF THE SHEIK? Ramon Navarro was no Rudy! TULIP FEVER almost sounds like a parody of some type, lol. 1634 Amsterdam? A swingin' place! Tuesday Weld! First saw her as Danny Kaye's crippled daughter in THE FIVE PENNIES. She evolved in my eyes into a pretty interestingly "mannered" and "cultish" actress. Catch her in LORD LOVE A DUCK.

By way of Fordham Road. The Bronx never gets any love in movies! Always Brooklyn, Brooklyn, Brooklyn!

I do enjoy a lousy movie. Watched a bit of one very late last night -- never heard of it, either -- something called THE WRATH OF GOD, (last of the Rita Hayworth SUTS line-up). 1972 I believe. A prune-like Robert Mitchum masquerading as some priest. South American "shenanigans". Of-the-times sex and violence. I kept waiting for Eli Wallach to show up in a Frito Bandito moustache. I used to confuse Richard Dix with Chester Morris. Both had that same "American" square jaw. "Pard" was so sweet in HIGH SIERRA, like the doggie in JOHNNY EAGER, both there to make the (anti) hero more "conventionally" human. I have a dear friend who always feels slighted if I don't respond to her immediately, so a few films have gone by the wayside...

You mean my comments comparing Walbrook's performance(s) with a certain German dictator? Uh-oh! (it's okay, lol)

He's just a non-entity to me. Hilarious the way some people compare Kevin to Gary Cooper.

The more music the better! Soothes my soul... You know, I saw CARRIE eons ago and remember thinking it was one of Olivier's best performances (along with SPARTACUS and BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING -- Larry is best when uncharacteristically underplaying) but my memory retrieval is shaky on the film in its entirety. If you find your comments, please post them either here or Rambles II. Well, Florida dodged a bullet with Isaias. But it's only August.

lafitte, I watched ROBOT MONSTER. And now my tummy is fine! Thank you so much for this remedy!!

Here in Boca we are nervously awaiting the possible landfall of Isaisas tomorrow afternoon, recently upgraded from tropical storm to a Cat 1 hurricane. Just another day in paradise. Not.

lafitte, first of all, that Ravel piece is so, so beautiful. I had never heard it before. Thank you. You, my friend, are a very eloquent and perceptive writer. Oh yes you are don't argue with me, lol! I simply love your review of ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT. Never saw that one! I think I've been consciously avoiding it for a long time, though. As for MADAME BOVARY, I think it's one of Jennifer's best performances. I know a few people for whom Jones is an acquired taste. Your summary of this fine Minnelli film is excellent.

TCM did run I KNEW HER WELL -- I think it was part of their Sunday Imports line-up and so that's where I saw some of it. Your demand is my pleasure - I'll definitely share my thoughts when I am able to watch the whole thing. Ethel Merman and Betty Hutton both played Annie on stage and film, respectively. From everything I've read about those two, you wouldn't have wanted to get on their bad side IRL.

lafitte, it's like I'm reading my work for the first time because my memory is so bad, lol. Hate to be a downer, but I'm somewhat under the weather. Stress-related tummy issues. I won't elaborate in the interests of good taste. Also, haven't been watching a lot of movies if the truth be told. I fall asleep on my living room couch, wake up with something that might be akin to night terrors, then drift off again. This pandemic, along with everything else going on in the country, plus my own neurotic fears and apprehensions, is sucking all the life out of me! I want to be optimistic and cheerful, and normally nothing would lift my spirits like a bad film, particularly one in the horror or sci-fi category, along the lines of ROBOT MONSTER. I'm normally enthusiastic about voodoo stories involving shrunken heads so will have to look for these on YouTube. I know they will buck me up! So please be patient with me. POSSESSED has some creepy moments with Crawford hallucinating all over the place. I'm always favorably impressed by Van Heflin. Run hot and cold with Raymond Massey, however. I do remember thinking that Leslie Howard and Norma Shearer looked like they could have qualified for Medicare in ROMEO AND JULIET.

lafitte, Andy Griffith as Lonesome Roads was truly casting genius. I've never been able to "see" him in anything else, and certainly not Sheriff Taylor of Mayberry. His natural sinister beetle brows don't help. I was always thinking "this guy could have played a werewolf in some Night Gallery episode". (I'll have to go back on this thread and see who actually thought Griffith was any kind of sexy. Not to my eyes) Ah, yes, Dick Powell....I remember. YOU NEVER CAN TELL. Delightful little fantasy comedy of a murdered German Shepherd (Dick) reincarnated into a human being so he can solve his own murder! I love this film. Another Powell charmer is IT HAPPENED TOMORROW (Rene Clair, you can't go wrong) As for WUTHERING HEIGHTS, I probably should have included some remarks about Merle Oberon's performance and as an actress in general. She had an imperious, icy quality in every movie I've ever seen her in. Hard to warm up to. Beautiful but lacking real talent imo. Much like Hedy Lamarr. Rambles I and II -- brilliant threads, wonderful people.

lafitte, trust me -- you are brilliant. I was thinking about I KNEW HER WELL and then it dawned on me that I had seen bits and pieces of it -- didn't she move into a tiny balcony apartment in Rome? I must see this in its entirety. As for cowgirls, there's always Annie Oakley. But you wouldn't want to get on her bad side.

Hello dere folks! Time is just an illusion! Am I the only person in the world who thinks Vanessa Redgrave is annoying as hell in CAMELOT (just ran yesterday on TCM, followed by of all things SOYLENT GREEN, lol)?

Eddie tried to justify his appearance by telling us that THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER actually has some suspense, lol.

lafitte, is Stefania Sandrelli the fetching young woman who Marcello Mastroianni takes a fancy to (over his wife with the heavy mustache) in DIVORCE, ITALIAN STYLE?

lafitte, I can't tell you how flattered I am. You're really taking me back to the good "old" days with this! And how we all came together for some good (or naughty) fun in connection with our love of movies. I also struggle with patience in going through the entirety of these pages but curiosity, (as well as nostalgia) is taking the lead and thankfully slowing me down some. Don't remember what I wrote about UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE, but it holds a special place in my heart. Very bittersweet. Authentic. Sandy Dennis is an acquired taste but I do believe this is her best performance.

Hmm, BLIND ALIBI, nothing reverberates in my brain pan (which is smaller than the crows that Melanie Daniels talks to Daddy about in THE BIRDS). SMILIN' THROUGH, ditto. I'm only on page 68 of this thread, January 2011. Ah, Miss G.'s Rambles! Ah, lzcutter....(but don't remember RUDYMENTARY) Well, if you want to transmit those reviews, go ahead, I won't stop ya. (I just hope people don't get bored with my childish comments) The armpits are a Bronxgirl thing I am sorry to say. (ears as well -- the one thing I didn't like about John Garfield) Someone once sent me a candid photo of Bela Lugosi's underarms as he was going through body movements that Walt Disney used for the demon in that frightening Night on Bald Mountain sequence of FANTASIA.

INSIDE DAISY CLOVER. "The circus is a wacky world!" (but I have to say that Christopher Plummer is hot, hot hot!)