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Hi Martin: Earth 2 sounds interesting. I'll try to watch it sometime. Tonight I watched THE CURSE OF THE AZTEC MUMMY so I could review it on a thread in "Science Fiction." It was an ok sequel. Sorry I couldn't answer sooner. Today was 50 and cloudy here, not too nice. It's about 9:20 PM now. Nightwalker

> {quote:title=CineSage_jr wrote:}{quote} > Either Elster subconsciously wanted to be caught, or he was just the role model to give George W. Bush stupid lessonsl. Not to mention integrity and fidelity lessons to the Clintons!

> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote} > Ok, heres what we can do.... we all can take a university class titled Improving Mr. Arcadin. We are each given a tape of the film and some editing equipment, and we are instructed to clean up the film and make it interesting and comprehensible. > > For my part of the project, I think Ill add a narration track. I> > Much like the way Welles himself narrated various parts of The Lady from Shanghai. That narration helped us a lot. > Much like the way William Holden narrated parts of Sunset Boulevard. His narration was a beautiful part of the film. It not only told us what was going on, it told us what he was thinking about all along the way. Spot on, Fred! Spot on!

Yes, the film does ask a lot of the viewer right from the start, and I can sympathize with your feelings about it. In that sense, it's kind of like RESERVOIR DOGS, where you also have to be willing to put more into viewing it (at least at first) than with the average movie. Maybe Welles regretted that he had little to do with the creative aspects of THE THIRD MAN and this was an effort to create a similar type of film. I don't know this, it's only a guess.

Hi Martin: Earth 2 sounds interesting. Hope your knees get better! Nightwalker

Thanks!

I always thought this picture was pretty good, and with a stronger, more cohesive narrative flow (and possibly, as you say, Fred, a relevant narration track for the entire film), it could have been a contender. For me, the plot, even with its similarities to KANE, is more compelling than that film because of the elements of mystery and danger surrounding the discovery of Arkadin's past. If this film had had more of KANE's style, I believe it could have been a masterpiece of even greater stature than KANE.

Sorry about that, Miss G. I just assumed from your post that you had finished the entire book. Credit me with an error (and a mea culpa).

> By the way, the script follows the action in the book very closely, so in terms of its structure Ford was following the pattern already set down by LeMay. Ethan is also practically just as LeMay has characterized him---Ford has added very little, except, that he has given him a degree of lightness and humor in some scenes which are totally absent in LeMay. I always thought that Ethan was a lot less sympathetic in the book, possibly due to the lack of lightness and humor you note, Miss G. All there is to the character in the book is anger, bitterness and bigotry. But there is one big plot difference between the book and the movie, and that is that Ethan gets killed in the book! I seem to recall Ford saying that the reason that didn't happen in the movie is that they just didn't think the audience would accept John Wayne's being killed in a movie in 1956! Whatever the reason, the film's ending, especially the concluding shot of Wayne in the doorway of the cabin, is much more satisfying.

GUEST IN THE HOUSE has been released on DVD by Alpha Video. You can find it at their website, oldies.com or on Amazon.

For a pretty good picture of the "old days," I'd recommend Max Wilk's The Wit and Wisdom of Hollywood. I'm not sure if it's still in print, but you might be able to dig up a copy in a second hand bookstore or e-Bay.

Hi, Martin: The weather here is nice today. It's about 55 and sunny. I'm going to try to go for a walk later. Yes, I have seen V. Also the sequel V: the Final Battle and the tv series. I thought it was pretty good. I haven't seen Earth 2. What is it about? Nightwalker

> {quote:title=PrinceSaliano wrote:}{quote} > My favorite Dracula film is DRACULA (1931). HORROR OF DRACULA is definitely one of the best Hammers, but I always preferred BRIDES OF DRACULA (1960). I agree with you, Prince. HORROR OF DRACULA is good, although it plays fast and loose with the characters in the book, rearranging them or, in the case of Renfield, eliminating them altogether. But for atmosphere, pace, and what is arguably Peter Cushing's finest turn as Professor van Helsing, it's BRIDES OF DRACULA all the way. And, what a doozy of a climax!

I thought the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea from 1916 was pretty good. It had good special effects and photography, and it wasn't changed too much from the book. I also like the one from 1954 by Walt Disney. Please just call me Nightwalker for now. Nightwalker

Hi Martin. TCM has played the silent version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea . Other ones pop up every so often. I think we should just talk here for now. That way other people can join in if they want to. Today it was cold and rainy here, but tomorrow it's supposed to be nicer. Nightwalker

I seriously doubt it.

> {quote:title=Bronxgirl48 wrote:}{quote} > I used to live in Greenwich Village. > > THE SEVENTH VICTIM territory. Also BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE territory!

> {quote:title=Bronxgirl48 wrote:}{quote} > I might be confusing FOG ISLAND with NIGHT MONSTER re: your comments on it. That's possible. I think I might have commented on it either in a Lionel Atwill thread or a thread in which the subject of Universal horrors came up. > I won't make you watch **** ZOMBIES. You're too kind. Besides, I know I don't have it! I'd have to (gasp!) rent it!

You're quite welcome. And, welcome to the boards.

> {quote:title=Bronxgirl48 wrote:}{quote} > That you deigned to sit through MONSTER A GO-GO for my edification surely bespeaks what a beautiful kindred spirit you are, lol! I'm here to serve, Bronxie. That's me, watching C*** so you don't have to. Let me know if there are any more movies I can watch for you. > I think a good dose of sherry cordial is what's needed to get through it. Yes, I do believe that's correct. Pass me a glass (through cyber-space), would you, please? > So the only reason this movie was made was to showcase pretty girls gyrating their bottoms, apparently. It would so appear. However, there was no gyrating going on in the "sunbathing" scene, just three or four girls in mid-1960s bikinis on a towel or two, probably in someone's back yard! > Yes, i think I WOULD rather see your friend's lasik surgery. You are so right! > P.S. I saw FOG ISLAND last night on a public domain movie site. I seem to recall you discussed it in some thread, possibly Mystery, but I can't locate it. Not bad for PRC -- sort of like AND THEN THERE WERE NONE combined with a bit of THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL I rather liked the little party favors that Zucco handed out and the clues they had to decipher. The story had good bones thanks to the fact it was a play. The script and characters were certainly a notch above the usual poverty-row productions, although the plodding direction and busy score brought me back to the cheapness of it all. > > I liked the fact that the supposedly phony psychic Jacqueline DeWitt was actually seeing a correct vision for one of the guests. > I can't remember now either where I might have discussed that film, but your comments have put me in the mood to see it again, that's for sure.

Hi Martin, I have missed movies I wanted to record, too, by forgetting to set the timer. I hate it when I do that. I am a boy. I live in New Jersey in the United States. How are things in Canada? Nightwalker

Hi Martin. Yes, I did see THE TUNNEL last night. You are right; it was different, but I liked it. It was interesting to see what they thought the future would be like when they made the movie back in 1935. I watched IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA the other day, too. I thought they did a good job on the giant octopus, especially when it attacks San Francisco at the end. Nightwalker

Bronxie wrote: > I'll look forward to your take on MONSTER A GO -GO. There's probably a whole lotta shakin' going on with that one. Okay. My copy of MONSTER A-GO GO was not too difficult to unearth. Whether or not that's a good thing is for future generations to decide. Imagine, if you will, a picture that combines the basic plot of FIRST MAN INTO SPACE with the artistry and technique (not to mention the budget) of THE CRAWLING TERROR and you will have a pretty good idea of what this picture is about, right down to a soundtrack that sounds as if it had been recorded in an echo chamber and the requisite portentous-sounding narrator. A space capsule returns to earth, crash landing in the wilderness just outside Chicago (yes, Chicago). We know this because two guys in a jeep tell us so, thereby eliminating the need for going to the time, trouble (and expense) of inserting stock footage. A helicopter pilot searching for the capsule sets down to investigate and meets with a grisly fate. A couple at a dance (where there is, indeed, a whole lotta shakin' goin' on, Bronxie) quarrel and then leave early to find a secluded area to kiss and make up. Scientists investigating the capsule and searching for its missing occupant find the boy. The girl's moans alert them to her presence as well. Following a cursory examination, one of them declares "She's okay. She's just in shock! Let's get her to the lab!" Thank goodness for these government experts; you or I would probably have settled for taking her to a doctor's office or an emergency room. Other encounters with the whatsit follow, including that of some sunbathers and one scientist with a very bad sense of timing. Will the good guys be able to find and stop the creature? Does he/it have anything at all to do with the missing astronaut who went up in the capsule? Maybe... And be advised: this movie also features a conclusion that is guaranteed to leave you shaking your head saying "Huh?" Would I recommend this picture? Let me put it this way: I have a friend who has a video of his lasik surgery; I'd rather watch that (again) than this. P.S. A cyber cookie to anyone who can find the slightest connection between the title and anything (besides the dance) that goes on in the picture.

> {quote:title=Bronxgirl48 wrote:}{quote} > You love ANNE OF GREEN GABLES too?? > > Yes, sherry cordial, lol. > > We must be kindred spirits. I suspect you may be right about that.