mrroberts
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Lets see, in 1958 James Stewart was 50, Kim was 25. In 1955, William Holden was 37 (and just a few years out of college in *Picnic* ) while Kim was only 22 (playing an 18 - 19 year old). I think the age difference is a bit of a stretch in both cases. A forty year old can maybe play 30, but not a recent college grad of 22 or 23. And its also about pairing the male and female leads, if they are supposed to be of reasonably close age , maybe 6 or 7 years tops. Unless the age difference actually plays into the story. We know Hollywood has always been a lot more generous to the men on the age issue then the women. Women "show" their age more then the men, at least in the movies.
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I am just not a big Bette Davis fan. Barbara Stanwyck is way , way ahead for me. That being said, I do believe that *The Letter* is my favorite Bette movie. Its a great movie and I guess the character just fits my impression of Bette Davis. --- speaking of impressions, anyone ever see Jimmy Stewart's Bette Davis impression thats on the Dean Martin show?
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My favorite Kim Novak film is *Bell Book and Candle* , she is perfect for that part. Actually its James Stewart (who I am a big fan of) who is somewhat miscast (he's just too old for Kim) in that film. Kim was just right for *Picnic* , her inexperience as an actress and shyness fit the character well. Again it was the male lead , William Holden , who was a little too old for his role. And Holden apparently felt the same way, he was reluctant to play the part.
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Cary Grant made a number of so called "screw ball comedies" in the 30's, *The Awful Truth* , *Bringing Up Baby* , *His Girl Friday* etc. My favorite actor of all time is William Powell, who somewhat influenced Cary Grant. Powell was a major star in the 30's when Grant started his career. Clark Gable also imitated Powell in some ways. William Powell did the famous "Thin Man" films, *My Man Godfrey* and others. William Powell is the SOTM in December on TCM so watch the schedule for some of his work.
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I agree with stjohnrv. Today's audience and what they apparently want to see is very different from years ago. Which begs the question --- Do the movies make the public or does the public make the movies? Or better still, Do the movies influence the public or are the movies just a reflection of the public?
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How about the Howard brothers, Leslie, Trevor, Moe, Curly, and Shemp?
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I believe that Lana Turner also owned one of the Chrysler Thunderbolt cars in the 40's. One of the cars is currently on display in the lobby of the Walter P Chrysler Museum in Michigan,
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I have said it before Mark, TCM should hire you to to promos
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To help you get into appreciating older, black&white movies, check out the Cary Grant movie *Arsenic And Old Lace* from the 1940's. Its just non stop funny with a whole great cast of characters, and with Halloween coming up soon it can be a great movie to have at a party.
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Broderick Crawford / Joan Crawford
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Here's a good question, Why didn't that attractive and talented Christine McIntyre get further ahead in her career?
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So Charlie Sheen is about 80% tabloid and 20% entertainment? Actually he has shown himself to be rather talented, just can't get his head screwed on right.
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Anyone who saw the film *American Madness* and found it interesting might want to look up another film from the same year 1932, *Manhattan Tower* . Its from a low budget studio but is rather well made. A big part of the movie deals with a bank run panic similar to *American Madness*. *Manhattan Tower* can be found on the internet and free download. --- [www.archive.org|http://www.archive.org]
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About Paul Muni, it appears that although he was very highly respected for his acting he made no attempt to create a screen persona for the viewing public. Unlike Cagney , Gable, Grant, etc the public never had an identity to hang on Muni. It was like the extreme opposite of being typecast. While most actors don't like being typecast, a certain amount of it is necessary to build an audience. It seems that he never was comfortable with the Hollywood environment, probably much preferred the stage work. When he left the movies in the 40's was it because he was frozen out by the studio bosses or by his own choice?
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The question is, was Charlie Sheen ever really a big star, or just a lot of tabloid hype?
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I am really happy that Bob will be back in time for William Powell month !
Edited by: mrroberts on Sep 30, 2011 3:36 PM
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Just a few off of the top. --- James Cagney's final scene in *The Public Enemy* ; William Powell (Nick Charles) shooting balloons with his pop gun in *The Thin Man* ; William Powell (Godfrey) putting Carole Lombard in the shower in *My Man Godfrey* ; Cagney as the Captain in *Mister Roberts* going out to water his palm tree, and its gone; James Stewart in *Rear Window* when he blabs on the phone, then realizes its the murderer on the other end. Last scene in *How Green Was My Valley* when the boy and his dead father come up on the lift. Richard Widmark, with a price on his head, running through the streets in *Night And The City*
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*Emperor of the North* (Lee Marvin and Ernest Borgnine) was just on FMC recently. An underrated Marvin gem.
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Is it safe to assume that the silent version wouldn't have any scenes that the "talkie" did? I would think that it might be the other way, the talkie might have additional scenes.
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Is there a silent version of 1931's *Dracula* ? Never knew that. Several years ago TCM did show the "Spanish" version, filmed at the same time, basically the same sets and script but with Spanish actors and dialogue.
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Bullock, Irene --- Carole Lombard in *My Man Godfrey*
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"Constructive criticism". Thats the point to make here. I love the TCM channel and feel it has a lot more positive qualities then negative ones. And if I want to offer criticism, I do it respectfully, the tone of some of these critics is the real problem.
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After reading the last comment (finance) I started wondering if there were any actors/actresses in *North By Northwest* who only have a one movie credit. If so let's make them SOTM.
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This is a very entertaining thread to read, for anyone just coming in check it out from start to now. --- Several have said "there's good ham and there's bad ham". I believe it more a question of whether you like the actor or not. A long time ago I decided that I really liked actors like Charles Laughton and Edmond O'Brien so when these guys get "hammy" I just accept it, even enjoy it. When others do the same I just find it very annoying. I will say the really good ones seem to know when to ham it up and when to show restraint.
Favorite Bette Davis movie?
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Just off the top, my favorite ladies include Barbara Stanwyck, Carole Lombard, Olivia D (so far we're in sync james), Ingrid Bergman, Myrna Loy, Lee Remick, Jean Peters, Jeanne Crain, where do I stop? Oh, and a gal named Noel Francis.