casablancalover
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> {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote}
> 6'4 yes... and I am only 5 feet tall! I needed that boost so much! Thanks guys!
No wonder I seem to think we are Kindred spirits! At 60 inches (seems taller) My feet just touch the floor.
How bad does it get? I don't enjoy bar-hopping, for I have to ask men for a boost up on the barstools -LOL!
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The lovely Olivia de Havilland:
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Yes, JH, it is interesting.
Cameron is a God in Hollywood. After Titanic, when James Cameron wants to direct something, the wallets fall open. Not my cup of tea at first blush, but I will see it eventually. Unique story concept, I hope it fares well.
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He had a wonderful bass voice. I liked him, and my mother loved him in Burke's Law.
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I do not think it a joke. My ex collected sand from exotic locales. It at least spurs a more fascinating conversation than, saying "I shoved this old lady over for this last Santa Bear.."
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Thanks, Fred. When I mention changes, it is so funny, but ... well, my women friends have a great reaction. Please, do not take it personally... I am doing much better. Now, just waiting.
Do you understand collector's mania? Art collection, for appreciation, yes. but this whole Cabbage Patch (to think of an older mania) type of thing is really bizarre to me.
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I need some input. I am making some changes in my life, and getting rid of some things. One of them is my doll. It is crazy, I know, but without getting into detail, I wanted to see it went to some sweet little girl who would love it, as a doll and a toy, and not treat it like some THING that will be eventually auctioned off on e-Bay to the highest bidder. That is where the trouble maybe starting, for her name is Molly McIntire, a little girl doll from Chicago during WW2.
Why do people get so worked up about things??
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>Ronny: *You're making me feel guilty again.*
>Loretta: *You are guilty. I'm guilty.*
>Ronny: *Of what? Only God can point the finger, Loretta.*
>Loretta: *I know what I know.*
>Ronny: *And what do you know? You tell me my life? I'll tell you yours. I'm a wolf. You run to the wolf in me, that don't make you no lamb! You're gonna marry my brother? Why you wanna sell your life short? Playing it safe is about the most dangerous thing a woman like you could do.. You waited for the right man the first time, why didn't you wait for the right man again?*
>Loretta: *He didn't come!*
>Ronny: *I'm here!*
>Loretta: *You're late!*
>Ronny: *We're here.*
>(they are outside Ronny's apartment)
Nicholas Cage and Cher, Moonstruck 1987
I stayed up late to watch this. It is so worth it.
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Winter's here in the North
Dino in his great style:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFcXimZ-9gc
h4. Merry Christmas!
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> {quote:title=cubswin1984 wrote:}{quote}
> Anyone mention *The Best Days of Our Lives* (1946)
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> Everyone comes together at the wedding and they all...especially Dana Andrews and Teresa Wright will be just fine.
Slight correction, it's The Best Years of Our Lives ..
It is a terrific ending. I love how his kiss is so passionate, it knocks her hat from her head..
Other movies with perfect endings:
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*Cinema Paradiso*
*Babette's Feast*
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*Moonstruck*
Edited by: casablancalover on Dec 9, 2009 12:20 AM
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I think Capra's work in silents helped him to create stronger action (rather than dialog) endings. I think most of the endings I really enjoy, (Casablanca, Field of Dreams, Sabrina, The Third Man) have a closing shot that is unforgettable.
Speaking of Capra, Meet John Doe.
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>*How could you be so cruel?*
Viveca Lindfors, The Damned 1963
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Ronald Colman's voice was so good, he even made it into Kitty Foyle. Dennis Morgan does an impersonation of Colman into Kitty's (Ginger Rogers) Dictaphone...
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The Alice Adams dinner scene and the WOTY scene I can usually tolerate for I can accept the attitude of the period it was produced. People at the time could not accept things that were not status quo.
I still have a hard time with the 3 Stooges. The cartoon violence practiced on humans just doesn't translate well for me. I've seen too many crying kids subjected to it in reality.
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Thanks for saying it's Head East, JH; I did download a song from iTunes that you had posted. I didn't mean to send folks headed the wrong way.
Beethoven's 5th is very good, glad you posted it. I am reminded how the Allies used the 5th as their own theme. ---. ! Hopefully I did V correctly in Morse code. My Beethoven favorite is the Final movement of his 9th, the Choral Symphony:
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I love Lili...
Tired of Love:
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Gloria.. very good. But I didn't recognize the version. I had to look it up. The one I was familiar with was Shadows of Knight. But the offerings on youtube are not exactly what I remembered. The Shadows of Knight had a good garage-band sound.
You mentioned the band Down East a while ago, and I thought they were terrific.
In the sixties up here in the cold north, we had some very good bands, but let's try the unique +?+ :
The Trashmen:
The Novas:
Edited by: casablancalover on Dec 4, 2009 10:11 PM
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The symphony was sublime. I heard a new song today. At least new to me. In keeping with the season. I wanted to share it. *Merry Christmas!*
My Grown Up Christmas List:
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In no particular order:
Grapes of Wrath
The Right Stuff
Red River
Picnic
The Best Years of Our Lives
American Graffiti
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Drums Along the Mohawk
Meet John Doe
Peyton Place
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Obstinate and Stubborn people:
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Richard Burton: I liked him better before the booze and wringer Liz put him through. Look Back in Anger, My Cousin Rachel and the Desert Rats were fine performances..
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>Algernon Moncrieff: *Oh! I am not really wicked at all, cousin Cecily. You mustn't think that I am wicked.*
>Cecily Cardew: *If you are not, then you have certainly have been deceiving us all in a very inexcusable manner. I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being really good all the time. That would be hypocrisy.*
Michael Dennison and Dorothy Tutin The Importance of Being Ernest 1952
The Immortal words of Oscar Wilde
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>*I have a fearful temper. You might as well know about it now instead of findin' out about it later. We Danahers are a fightin' people.*
Maureen O'Hara The Quiet Man 1952
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Change his name? Maybe he didn't because Tom Mix was already taken ;-)
He does have a very pleasant face to gaze upon. I bet he made many women Western fans.
Seeking copy of Hollywood Revuew of 1929
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