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    I Just Watched...

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    1 hour ago, LornaHansonForbes said:

    whew, had to come up for air from the DARK SHADOWS binge-a-thon I've been on for a while.

    All nine seasons of PERRY MASON are on imdb tv, with waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay fewer commercials than there are on PLUTO (which also shows PERRY MASON re-runs, only you can't choose which ones.)

    man, TV Producers and writers in the 50s/60s really thought a hell of a lot more of the intelligence of the average viewer than now, these are some LABYRINTHINE, INTRICATE stories that would have, on occasion, I imagine even RAYMOND CHANDLER scratching his head.

    For "straight" episodes- I recommend THE CASE OF THE NEBULOUS NEPHEW, which has a great twist at the end not related to the ID of the murderer, and THE CASE OF THE DEADLY VERDICT, which guest stars a surprisingly haggard JULIE ADAMS as a woman whose case Perry loses and who goes on death row.

    but the one I think I enjoyed the most was THE CASE OF CONSTANT DOYLE, which was one of FOUR GUEST STAR EPISODES in SEASON SIX (1963) done for the series when RAYMOND BURR was in the hospital for a month.

    MISS BETTE DAVIS steps in wearing a mink and a hard-front wig and proceeds to TEAR IT UP as a widowed lady lawyer named CONSTANT DOYLE who is working on a murder case wherein it seems her late husband was involved in a swindle.

    in all honesty, this episode could have been expanded into a feature film, and it has some wonderful things to say about being a WOMAN LAWYER.

    Sadly, it did not end up turning into a series of its own, although I would wager there was talk of it at the time.

    Channing Thomson on Twitter: "In 1963, Raymond Burr, for health reasons, couldn't work as #PerryMason on a handful of episodes & several guest stars filled in. For one episode, Bette Davis took

    Yes, Bette as a lawyer in a weekly series! I'd tune in to watch that. Too bad nothing came of it. Wasn't Michael Parks her client?

    I'm sorry but I just NEED to talk about DARK SHADOWS

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    On 8/26/2021 at 6:06 PM, Bethluvsfilms said:

    I was just going to say DONNIE BRASCO.

    Also BLACK MASS where he plays Whitey Bulger, he managed to tone down his usual weird schtick to turn in a realistic performance.

    It seems to me that, when he's not working with Tim Burton, Johnny Depp can turn in a good, I mean really good performance when he wants to.

    He was good in Blow and I liked him in Scissorshands.

    Noir Alley

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    2 hours ago, AndyM108 said:

    What's happening to Noir Alley?  I see Cloudburst and Drive a Crooked Road on September 6th and 13th, but after that I don't see anything but non-noirs in the usual time slot. 

    Losing it to 31 Days of Oscar and SUTS is bad enough, but I sure hope this isn't the start of a trend.  My apologies if someone's addressed this question before.

    OTOH I'm thrilled to see The Human Condition trilogy is on the schedule for the first time as far as I can remember.  Far and away the best war movies I've ever seen on the TCM schedule, with the possible exception of Come and See.

    Someone posted the Noir Alley schedule and it was through the end of the year.

    I'm sorry but I just NEED to talk about DARK SHADOWS

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    3 minutes ago, LornaHansonForbes said:

    I haven’t seen any character smoking, and frankly I’m surprised. Maybe there was a rule during daytime television that they couldn’t smoke or something, but I’m on episode 1000 and I’ve been watching since episode 700, and there’s been not one cigarette seen.
     

    There’s also the fact that I can only imagine how incredibly flammable the soundstage was, with all the Plywood and unfinished lumber and draperies, it was probably for the best seeing as how they nearly burned it down once through special effects, that no one smoked on camera.

    I'm willing to bet it was due to safety concerns..........

    I'm sorry but I just NEED to talk about DARK SHADOWS

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    19 minutes ago, Roy Cronin said:

    Oh! I just thought of this.  Did any of the main cast ever smoke on camera.  Many, of course,  were heavy smokers.

    And there was naturally smoking visible in The Blue Whale.

    I don't really remember. Having Barnabas smoke would've been killer! :D

    Now that I think of it, I think I remember Sam Evans smoking in a scene at home. Painting, maybe. I don't recall anyone smoking at Collinwood. Joan was a life long smoker.

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    I'm sorry but I just NEED to talk about DARK SHADOWS

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    2 hours ago, LornaHansonForbes said:

    now that I've broached the sensitive subject of the piece of **** 2012 film, i will take the time to say that I have been avoiding talking about it for a variety of reasons, one of which is that I just cannot rein in THE INTENSITY of MY HATRED for it....which has grown tenfold now that I have seen so much of the original series.

    I swear, if they had erased all the master tapes, summarily executed the surviving castmembers on camera and personally burned down SEAVIEW TERRACE and LYNDHURST mansions they could not have DESECRATED the original property MORE ...and it's hard to believe it was not done maliciously BECAUSE, OBVIOUSLY THE DS FANDOM ARE A SPECIAL BUNCH!!!!

    the original castmembers are given a three second cameo as party guests and the camera passes right over them, which is insulting.

    CHRISTOPHER LEE, who has NOTHING TO DO with the original DARK SHADOWS, is given a 3 minute long cameo with a monologue, why was this role not given to JOHNATHON FRID?

    the character of CAROLYN has not only been made about 15 (so that she could play the typical ANGRY TIM BURTON TEENAGE GIRL) she is DREADFUL, not only is the actress playing her lousy, but the character herself is just HATEFUL with no redeeming qualities.

    The character of ROGER has no reason to even BE in the movie, there is no redemption arc and in fact- HE TAKES A CAB AND EXITS THE FILM about an hour into it.

    the line "ok, I'm a werewolf, let's not make a big deal about it" is actually at the top of my list for FILM LINES OF DIALOGUE EVER EVER EVER.

    the complete misunderstanding of the BARNABAS/JULIA relationship (replete with aN ORAL SEX scene)

    the performance and styling of HELENA BONHAM CARTER, also she is a loathsome character, and WHY DOES SHE EVEN LIVE THERE??????????

    Angelique's PARTY CITY wig....

    I COULD KEEP GOING HERE, BUT I WON'T.

     

    I admit to seeing the film (mostly because there was nothing else showing I even wanted to see at the multiplex) but I've mercifully forgotten all of it! I do remember thinking WHY BOTHER for that brief alumni cameo and you are right, it was about 3 seconds! Maybe Frid was too ill at the time to do any acting. I think he died soon after.

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    JOAN BENNETT for SOTM THIS CENTURY

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    17 minutes ago, ando said:

    Wouldn't it be cool if they showed Suspiria as part of a Bennett salute? Pipe dream, I know. She was good in an early talkie playing a gum-chewing barmaid who has a sister engaged to a louse. I can't seem to find the title. I did see it on TCM about a year ago. Anyone know it?

    TCM shows Suspiria once in awhile so it could be included.

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