Bronxgirl48
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I've got THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER on in the background.
It's a marvel that I can actually suspend disbelief and accept Jimmy Stewart as a Hungarian.
That's my opinion, my honest opinion, lol.
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On 7/21/2020 at 5:49 PM, laffite said:
You are not. I adore Mary Beth. She never made it out of B's. I think.
Hey barb, I'm looking for that post. I'm at a spot where I have entered the conversation. Therefore it could be right around the corner.
Hughes made a movie with Bugs Bunny, er, I mean, Lloyd Nolan. It might have been one of his Michael Shaynes. (relying on my memory and not Google right now)
The elusive ONE,TWO,THREE, lol.
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5 hours ago, MissGoddess said:
Gabin is like the French Spencer Tracy to me.
But with sex appeal! They both resembled potatoes. (my favorite vegetable!)
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23 hours ago, laffite said:
Gee, Barb, I hope you don't think I am making too much of you. But the above is so good. I could never do that. Do you remember your review of The 49th Parallel ? How about Blood Alibi? Or The Big Shakedown? I have the dates of these if you want to see them. There is such vitality and humor, an uncommonly clever use of language, and what you write is so completely your own. I can't find the 123 post but it was like the above. I'm trying to find it, that's how I ran across these others. There are more on 7-18-12 and 8-18-12. I know I'm killing you with all this praise. I'll try to simmer down.
PS You're great!
PPS You must be Rudy's greatest fan.
PPPS If you're just popping in, Bronxgirl48 made a generous comment to me on another thread, prompting me to reflect on how much I have enjoyed her fine writing over the years.
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Oh my gosh, lafitte, I do remember BETRAYED, lol. Why thank you so much. I also (vividly) recall what I wrote about Anton Walbrook in THE 49th PARALLEL. (comparing him to...um, well, maybe I shouldn't say....)
I'm a complete blank on BLOOD ALIBI and THE BIG SHAKEDOWN. (are they in the year 2012?)
I love the two Rudys -- Valentino and Vallee (the latter not in any romantic way but as an underrated character actor).
I was always obsessed with armpits. Wallace Ford's in particular. They were the worst!
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19 hours ago, laffite said:
You riffed on the Cold War and Communism. I don't remember anything specific. Your very first comment was enthusiastic, something like Wow, I just saw this and what howl (not a quote). I believed you were taken by the satire of the thing. If the movie is not considered a satire, then you made it one (and that's another accolade for you).
Cold War and Communism.....still is not ringing a bell but okay, I won't belabor this anymore. I'll take your word and see if I stumble upon it!
I could see, though, how just thinking about Pamela Tiffin might temporarily cause some confusion in any red-blooded guy, lol.
And speaking for the distaff side, I must tell you that Horst Buchholz has always given me the creeps.
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I'm actually more than halfway through this thread but didn't see it (yet?) Still racking my brain to remember! Might you give me a jog by perhaps including some things I said about the movie? I'm a Billy Wilder fan and know I've talked about his work but for the life of me, as best as I recall, not ONE, TWO, THREE -- in any forum.
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20 hours ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
1. did you wake up suddenly RIGHT AT THE END? That always happens to me! (Someone told me it's quite common.)
2. Agree with Laffite, I think it is purely misdirection on the part of the makers- plus If a WOMAN can't see through ANOTHER WOMAN'S BS, we are left to assume that said second woman is either on the level or her BS Game is superb...and with Miss WonderO'Shaugnessy, it's clearly the second. Also, there is the outside chance that this was a line in the novel (I can't be sure) but I find that a lot of HAMMETT adaptations are very loyal to his dialogue- right down to incidental bits like this.
1. No, the credits rolled both times and the next thing I knew the whole thing was over, drat! (maybe it's on YouTube) It's that weird phenomenon I've encountered many times -- I get very excited beforehand about a movie I've never seen that will be aired, and then promptly fall asleep. Not sure what that's all about. It's as though perhaps the endorphins generated by just the thought of watching something new kick in and gets me super relaxed to the point of actual slumber. Does anyone else experience this?
2. Great points I did not think about!
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20 hours ago, laffite said:
So kind you are, Barb, to say that. Thanks!
I say this not out of courteous reciprocity but by simple truth telling. Your contributions on those threads of yore over on the FILMS AND FILMMAKERS and FAVORITES these many years ago, are replete with enlightened brilliancy and I have ALWAYS and FOREVER envied your writing. Do you remember this post you did "One, Two, Three" You had just watched it and were delighted with it. You made all kinds of witty references too the Cold War and other things. It came off as totally spontaneous. I had watched the film some time earlier but after reading your take felt I had missed out. As a defense, I might blame Pamela Tiffin for my inattention to the movie itself, she was such a honey.
thanks
Oh lafitte your generous comments truly knock me out. I have to say, however, that I don't think it was me who wrote a review on ONE, TWO THREE. At least, not that I can remember!
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On 7/19/2020 at 8:02 AM, DougieB said:
I wonder if she's come to an understanding of Julie Christie's hair, or if that will forever remain a mystery.
Mom probably still thinks Grant was married to Betty Hutton and Diahann Carroll. She needs to hop on over to the next cloud and get the straight scoop direct from Cary.
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Wow, lafitte, you've given me new insights! I've been struggling with that scene forever but you make so much sense.
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I seem to have "bad luck" with THREE STRANGERS. Fell asleep twice at the beginning while trying to watch it Saturday night and then Sunday morning.
Sidebar -- Can anyone explain to me why Spade's secretary Effie, after Sam asks her opinion on Bridget's character, tells him that she's essentially "okay"?
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In a nostalgic mood, I decided to re-read this entire thread starting at the very beginning when I created it. Wow, we did have fun! I had forgotten how in-depth our movie discussions were and the way they took us to strange, surreal places -- from the fish lips of Troy Donahue to George Raft's shaved underarms.....I think I'm going to cry!
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9 hours ago, laffite said:
Movies are presumably fair game but etiquette is a point to be considered, for reasons you point out and especially that of an OP's preference. Given also that this wonderful thread has never been principally an in-depth movie discussion thread, per se,. as was, for example, the FrankGrimesTortureThread. Or MissG,s threads the names of which escapes my poor brain. There was a Part I and a Part II. The notion of a revival of golden times past is a sweet idea but perhaps not practicable unless we reach out to former denizens of the troop anyway. Just musing about the idea is probably enough for now. No, you are not off base at all, the inspiration for this thread is so venerable that such considerations are necessary, as you also point out.
Really appreciate your kind words and insights, my friend. I would just like this thread to continue in the same vein as it always has, no more and no less -- a little bit of this and a little bit of that....
I just know that Mom is looking down on us from her heavenly perch, watching the movies along with us and whispering in my ear "Tell them I still think Henry Fonda is hairy"
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10 hours ago, DougieB said:
A couple of days ago TCM showed Bertrand Tavernier's My Journey Through French Cinema (2017) and Gabin was all over it. Such a solid, dependable actor. It's long (3 1/2 hours) so I'm still working my way through it, but so many great movies I've never even heard of, let alone seen. Scorcese did something similar for TCM sometime in the early-2000's called My Voyage in Italy about Italian cinema and I keep hoping they'll repeat it. Thank God for movies, especially these days.
I watched it! Quite long but fascinating. Several films I never even heard of. And yes, Gabin was delightfully front and center. I thought, however, that Tavernier went a bit overboard stating that the French took their movie scores much more seriously than the Americans. Listening to him, I wondered if they ever heard, say, Hermann's for THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR or David Raksin's FOREVER AMBER (even better than LAURA, much more evocative and so, so beautiful) I don't remember seeing the Scorcese doc.
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On 7/16/2020 at 3:13 PM, laffite said:
Hey Barb, I have an idea. Why don't you visit San Diego? I happen to know that the weather is exactly the same as the Riviera. 'Course there might be a dearth of Frenchiness, etc, and I doubt that you'll find Alain here. But it's ... it's ... oh heck, it's boring. Never mind. You're better off dreaming ...
Hi MissG, how wonderful to see a post from you!
laffite
My "American Riviera" fantasy has always been Santa Barbara! (and not just for the name, lol) Would love to visit.
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Miss Goddess, I would also take Gabin over Delon any day of the week!
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On 7/16/2020 at 3:48 PM, laffite said:
I think there should be a reunion and discuss a movie. How about In a Lonely Place? Oh wait, maybe not that one, haha. Something simple like...like...The Big Sleep, easy to understand.
Hi, matey!
lol. Wouldn't want Bronxgirl's Mother thread to usurp/hijack the other forums in terms of their individual genres. Not sure about this in "etiquette" terms. Correct me if I'm off base about this!
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On 7/16/2020 at 3:36 PM, lavenderblue19 said:
Hi Barb! Glad to see you post. My younger one lives in your neck of the woods. Not so great there now and I agree that Gov, well I don't want to say what I think about him . Stay in, safe and please stay on the bds.
Hi, lavender! Yeah, it's pretty crazy down here as you know....
Plus of course it's hurricane season, ugh. Just what we'd need.
Thank you so much, my friend.
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20 hours ago, DougieB said:
Didn't notice a thing. Seemed like a graceful reentry to me. 😉
Just when I thought Maurice was wrapping it up, out came the dancing girls! Bravo! Can't tell you how far that went in sweeping the clouds away for me. And I loved the travelogue. I'm so used to those James Fitzpatrick Travel Talks/home movies on TCM that it was nice to see something with all that Air France money behind it. For me, airplanes will always be those big silver behemoths with the propellers. Loved the bikinis circa 1949, when poor Esther Williams was still dressed to the gills in one-piece Catalinas. Thanks for the memories.
Dougie, you didn't see anything else except Maurice and the Riviera travelogue? Whew! From my end I see some aborted Google images that are "stuck" on like a regular post and I can't seem to erase them.
Glad you enjoyed these -- Personally, those FitzPatrick Travel things are kind of, well....of their time let me say...."And here is a picturesque ethnic festival with the villagers in their local garb, dancing and singing for us Westerners", etc. You know what I mean, lol. Although I do love his voice.
The Riveria must have been a dream come true in 1949 for many, after the privations of WWII.....
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21 hours ago, MissGoddess said:
By the way Bronxie, I found another "urchin". Well, clad in breeches and broadcloth, lol. The thing is, he is only about 6 years old yet he looks just like...OLIVER REED.
Ah yes, my notorious urchin aversion! You remember!
Oh my gosh, lol. I'm trying to picture it. Handsome and creepy at the same time!
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Pay no attention to those glitches I can't seem to get rid of right now.
Oh yes I'm back -- can't you tell, lol?
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I've been recently obsessed with William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy so have been watching a bunch of "Hoppies" on YouTube. Love them! Perfect for these horrid pandemic days and nights.
He just replaced Roy Rogers on my "sexy cowboy" list.
Although I have to say that Harry Carey SENIOR is numero uno!