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18 hours ago, CinemaInternational said:
Dead of Winter was actually a pretty good in-disguise remake of My Name is Julia Ross, that is if you could get past the dead bodies that looked like they came from a wax museum
I'd forgotten about Dead of Winter.
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19 hours ago, lavenderblue19 said:
Yes, her butler or a man who worked for her wrote a tell all type book a few years ago. He wrote that Marlo was a b--ch. I think she was thought of as being nice before that book came out. He said she demanded fresh flowers be ordered and delivered everyday to her! and some other things that made her sound like a pampered, spoiled woman. who knows ? Her work with St. Jude's is so admirable, it's confusing. She is probably a complicated woman with a few sides to her.
He made her out to be a complete control freak (I read it) If things went well, she was ok. If anything went wrong, watch out! There's a Thanksgiving dinner scene in there where Marlo goes off the rails about something with all her family there that's pretty scary if true.
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20 hours ago, Bronxgirl48 said:
And there was an actress who also threw a lot of moolah into that jar, then told Young to "go bleep yourself".
Tallulah.
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20 hours ago, lydecker said:
Yes, that annoyed me, too. "Revisionist history" by Loretta to clean up her image in later life. She also had an affair with Spencer Tracy (while he was married!) The poor, long-suffering Mrs. Spencer Tracy! Loretta clung to the image of herself as the "pure and innocent Catholic girl" but her actions definitely did not reflect that. I laughed out loud when Eddie mentioned that Robert Mitchum put a $50 bill in Loretta's "swear jar." Good for him.
This only came out AFTER Loretta died. It's revisionist history by her daughter-in-law.
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21 hours ago, Moe Howard said:
Characteristics of someone who might cry rape after an evening of regret?
There is no evidence that she even cried. This is a story perpetuated by her daughter in law AFTER Loretta died.
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21 hours ago, Bronxgirl48 said:
Why is Eddie perpetuating the "Loretta Young was raped by Clark Gable" story?
She and Gable fell in lust during CALL OF THE WILD. The result of that mutual attraction was Judy Lewis, born overseas and then "adopted" by Loretta, who later told her daughter "you are my mortal sin". Lovely parenting.
I've always admired Young on-screen -- to me she was an underrated, naturalistic actress but as a human being not my cup of tea. By all accounts and from everything I've read, a pretty unpleasant person. Narcissistic, cruel, and hypocritical.
Very true.
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22 hours ago, Bronxgirl48 said:
Why is Eddie perpetuating the "Loretta Young was raped by Clark Gable" story?
She and Gable fell in lust during CALL OF THE WILD. The result of that mutual attraction was Judy Lewis, born overseas and then "adopted" by Loretta, who later told her daughter "you are my mortal sin". Lovely parenting.
I've always admired Young on-screen -- to me she was an underrated, naturalistic actress but as a human being not my cup of tea. By all accounts and from everything I've read, a pretty unpleasant person. Narcissistic, cruel, and hypocritical.
Eddie was very inaccurate in his Loretta update at the end of the film. Loretta adopted the child BEFORE she married Tom Lewis. There was never any secrecy about that. He adopted her later on when they married. He acted like there was some sort of cover up. The only cover up was that Judy was Loretta's real daughter. And this date rape thing is ridiculous! That is a second hand story from Loretta's daughter in law that she says happened before Loretta died. There is nothing to confirm this or that it ever happened. A way to make Loretta an innocent unwed mother after the fact? Gable could have had any woman he wanted in his heyday. Like he'd resort to that? And if it was rape WHY would Loretta appear with him in Key to the City years later? Also Gable DID know that Judy was his daughter and even met her during the Key to the City filming at her house. Judy was not aware of this until after he died. Very sloppy journalism from Eddie and was disappointed in his careless presentation of all this.
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22 hours ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
SUSAN CLARK was an interesting actress, I like her a lot in THE NORTH AVE IRREGULARS. Funny that NIGHT MOVES had a line making fun of ALEX KARRAS, I think they had not yet married (or met?) when it was filmed.
She always seemed to be on the verge of stardom in her career, but never quite made it for some reason.
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22 hours ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
WELL, ACTUALLY : I THINK YOU MIGHT JUST BE SURPRISED!!!!
(I apologize for any derailment that may incur by my veering off on this tangent.)
about a month ago, I went to my local grocery store around 6:00 pm to buy some groceries. i checked myself out at the self-checkout (don't know if they have those in CANADA, but they are EVERYWHERE HERE.)
full disclosure- i had been doing yardwork in someone else's yard and was too tired to go home and change, so i did do my shopping in a sweaty sleeveless "wife beater" tee shirt because I work out, Iook damn good for 43 and as long as I'm covered, this is America, I pay my taxes and I am allowed to shop dressed in a floor length ballgown if I so want.
I did not keep my receipt because it is my local grocery store and I am there upwards of 5 times a week, I have shopped there for myself and my family for three decades and spent thousands of dollars in that time,.
on the way out the door, I was physically accosted by the security guard who snatched the cart out of my hands and accused me of stealing. I of course did not have the receipt because I did not keep it.
she then pushed my cart in front of me and blocked my leaving while another employee took my groceries that I HAD PAID FOR away while WHILE THE POLICE WERE CALLED.
I was told to stop lying and when I said "check the system, I paid $41.06 at checkout two" I was told "it ain't gonna be in the system" by a bug-eyed bag girl who bore a striking resemblance to BENITO MUSSOLINI.
FIVE MINUTES LATER, the manager who REALLY REGRETS TAKING THAT SMOKE BREAK FOR THAT PARTICULAR 15 MINUTES shows up, recognizes me AND GOES AND PRESSES THE BUTTON ON THE MACHINE WHICH INSTANTLY SPITS OUT MY RECEIPT FOR $41.06.
I promptly informed all present that every last inch of my *** could then be kissed and left.
SO...
if that manager had not shown up, they would have absolutely had me arrested by the police, THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD SAY THAT WOULD CONVINCE THEM I WAS INNOCENT
IT WAS DOWNRIGHT KAFKAESQUE.
long ramble ended.
my point being that, as with LORETTA IN "CAUSE FOR ALARM!" ANYONE'S LIFE, LIBERTY AND SAFETY CAN BE SNATCHED AT ANY MOMENT. FATE AND HUMANKIND TOGETHER WILL ABSOLUTELY BAND TOGETHER TO KNOCK YOU ON YOUR BUTT AND THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT. WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN LITTLE UNIVERSES IN WHICH WE ARE IN CHARGE OF OUR DOMAIN, BUT AT SOME POINT, 99.99999% OF US FORFEIT THAT THE MINUTE WE WALK OUT OUR DOOR OR THE MINUTE LUCK THROWS US ONE OF HER PATENDED B!TCH-GODDESS CURVEBALLS.
And there is nothing so galling or unsettling as that lesson to learn about life.
WOW. What a scary story.
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23 hours ago, misswonderly3 said:
Just a really quick note about Cause for Alarm: It's well-known, and was even in 1950, that the more guilty you act, the more guilty people are going to think you are. If you're innocent, relax. Running around acting guilty will only make you seem guilty.
Loretta should have said to the execrable Barry S., : "Yeah, so the letter was mailed. Nothing you say is true, and I say, I'm not worried. And if you die- and it won't be by my hand- they can do an autopsy which will show there's no overdose of your medicine in your system. So nyah !"
Also, the worst thing she could have done was to remove the gun from Barry's hand. The gun in his hand would have proved he was trying to kill her and that he was a nutter. By removing the gun, there'd be no evidence that Barry was bonkers and was trying to kill her.
And yeah, Eddie's right...Loretta has no time to lose, and yet she takes several minutes to change her outfit and "get all dolled up", just to go to the post office and retrieve the letter (which it turns out wasn't there anyway.) The expectations in the 1950s of how women were supposed to look, no matter what the situation, were ridiculous.
One more thing- nosy neighbours and busy body aunts ! The flip side to the "we're all friends and we all help each other out in this neighbourhood" thing is the nosy neighbour who interferes or possibly threatens the person with their nosiness, well-meaning or not. I would not have been able to stand living in a neighbourhood like that back then, with everyone standing around staring at everything I do.
And that little kid ! He'd have driven me crazy ! he's not cute, he's a pain in the azz ! Get lost, kid ! And get your own cookies.
Agree wholeheartedly!
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On 7/25/2021 at 12:09 PM, ElCid said:
Back to Noir Alley.
This is the second time I have seen Cause For Alarm and still not impressed with it. Guess because I have a hard time with the Loretta Young role and/or her portrayal of it. Also do not see it as Noir, but rather another 1950's drama. After all, there is no crime in it, no criminals and so forth. Just Barry Sullivan being paranoid.
I hadn't seen it in awhile and it doesn't hold up well. Comes off as an overlong episode of the (upcoming) Loretta Young show. Young does what she can with the hackneyed script. Everything is shot in bright sunlight. Not very noirish. Everyone she has to deal with is so annoying.
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On 7/24/2021 at 11:51 AM, LornaHansonForbes said:
in his book ALTERNATE OSCARS, author DANNY PEARY argues that JOHN HEARD should have won the 1981 BEST ACTOR OSCAR for CUTTER'S WAY.
For the first hour, I wondered just what he was basing this on...and then came the scene where he and BRIDGES are watching THE POLO MATCH and he lets loose with some HARDCORE RENDING AND GNASHING, some TORTURED SOUL STUFF that in the hands of a lesser actor- say ROD STEIGER- would have been AWFUL, but HEARD makes it work.
There were numerous times thereon in the film where I looked into those piercing blue eyes of his and was sorry for THE POTENTIALLY GREAT LEADING MAN that the world of moviegoers lost out on...(HEARD, in real life, had some serious issues with drugs and abusive behavior, whether that was because of career difficulties or the cause of said difficulties, I dunno.)
He should have been at LEAST nominated! Had the film done well, he probably would have.
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1 hour ago, Bronxgirl48 said:
Oh you are welcome. It is fascinating stuff, n'est pas? I don't how or why astrology "works", but it just seems to.
Yes, fascinating. Goes back to Nostradamus or even earlier?
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1 hour ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
I haven't seen CUTTER'S WAY or NIGHT MOVES, although I've heard a lot of good things about both.
I apologize if this turns into a derailing or offends any of you COENITES out there, but I tried watching BLOOD SIMPLE the last time it aired and frankly I thought it sucked.
There. i said it.
author's note: I'm recovering from a late-night visit from the Migraine Fairy, so there is no governor on my mood today. get your knickers in as much of a twist as you want over it, but I hate the Coen brothers and I detested the half an hour of BLOOD SIMPLE that I was able to sit through.
Not a big fan of it myself, though I liked certain scenes. But you could see they had talent.
I've seen Night Moves a few times and its pretty good. I saw Cutter's Way many years ago and liked it, but have forgotten what it was about.
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Oh, good! Plus David Manners too! Haven't seen this one in awhile.
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13 hours ago, SansFin said:
Yikes!
Your birthday and home town are two of the most important pieces of information needed for identity theft.
Too late now! Glad I didnt put my real first name in there.
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13 hours ago, Bronxgirl48 said:
Actually.....there are two sorts of Pisces.
One is dedicated to selfless pursuits involving volunteerism on a global scale, the arts, and anything dealing with creativity. They are angelic souls who love to help other people, are modest, humble, and sweet-natured. They have a natural, organic discipline which keeps them balanced and in harmony with all human beings and nature. This is a fully evolved Pisces who has his or her feet on the ground even as the head might be in the clouds, dreaming of a perfect world yet shrewdly acknowledging its harsh realities.
The other, well...lives only for pleasure and might even be tempted to....shall we say....explore the shadier aspects of human existence.
LOL! I'm definitely in the first group!
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16 hours ago, Bronxgirl48 said:
Okay, this is good to hear. So if it says Sag, then that indeed is your rising sign.
Now, there are two "types" of Sagittarians -- 1) scholarly, intellectual, even visionary people who find satisfaction with careers in education, travel, the law, or publishing. They are natural-born teachers. Their quest for knowledge has them seeking out life's truths and mysteries. 2) larger-than-life, good-natured individuals with great senses of humor who love nothing better than partying and having a lively time. They are usually big spenders, extravagant and love to live "big" . Studious pursuits do not interest them.
Thanks. Yes, I have some of both of those attributes, but not dominant in my personality.
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16 hours ago, Bronxgirl48 said:
Okay, this is good to hear. So if it says Sag, then that indeed is your rising sign.
Now, there are two "types" of Sagittarians -- 1) scholarly, intellectual, even visionary people who find satisfaction with careers in education, travel, the law, or publishing. They are natural-born teachers. Their quest for knowledge has them seeking out life's truths and mysteries. 2) larger-than-life, good-natured individuals with great senses of humor who love nothing better than partying and having a lively time. They are usually big spenders, extravagant and love to live "big" . Studious pursuits do not interest them.
Thanks for the info. I looked up Pisces in Venus and that fits me very much, but Sagg rising, not so much. But I can see a little of that in me. Interesting information. Thank you for explaining.
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14 hours ago, Bronxgirl48 said:
You are a fish! Live with it! LOL
LOL! My chart is a mix of water and fire signs. (one or two air and earth). Doesn't sound like a good combination! (Fire and Water) I'm continually putting out fires?
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24 minutes ago, Bronxgirl48 said:
Put "amateur" in front of astrologer! I only wish I had a firmer grasp on some of the more esoteric "aspects" of this art/science. For instance, I'm not up on my nodes and don't really understand "Placidus", so ignore those two for the moment, lol.
I must ask -- did you put in your accurate birth time? (if not, then your Ascendant cannot be ascertained)
If you did, and you put in your place of birth, and then hit submit or "o.k.", you will see that box with all your birth planets in their respective houses.
So according to all this you are an Aries with Moon in Capricorn and Sag rising. Very interesting. Quite, quite interesting. Don't get frightened, lol.
Yes, I put the time, location everything. Not sure if Sagg is rising, but I think so. That's what it says at Ascendant.
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34 minutes ago, Bronxgirl48 said:
Moon in Cap -- you are a serious person! (that's a good thing)
Sometimes.
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12 minutes ago, Bronxgirl48 said:
Hibi, -- you have Venus in Pisces?
YES!
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1 hour ago, Bronxgirl48 said:
There are mitigating factors shaping the personality which include one's Moon and Rising Sign (aka Ascendant) We are not just our sun sign! Did Astro Mart show any Pisces placements?
I think Ascendant is in Sagittarius. Is that the first sign under Placidus? Don't understand that whole table! Asc. node, I assume means Ascending node?
Not much Pisces in my chart at all but Venus. Didn't realize we had our own astrologer on site!
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YES.