mrroberts
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This movie is always so intriging to watch even after multiple times. The characters, and their relationships to one another, are rather deep and complex, more so then I find in most John Ford films. The actors are all in fine form, Henry Fonda is at his best, I think at this point in his career John Wayne's acting takes a step up . And the Ford "stock company" do their usual work. *Fort Apache* is certainly much more than just a "cowboys and indians shoot'em up" movie. Thats why this movie continues to grow in status as a classic.
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"Accents tend to be regional"; as a American (Pennsylvania Dutch country) when I travel I notice that people in Michigan sound a lot like people in Ontario (maybe just Western Ontario). So regional accents actually can cross borders, eh? Like most Americans I don't really know anything about Elwy Yost, but it sounds like he was someone special (maybe RO emulated him). I can imagine the sense of loss, my sympathies. Right now I have this strange picture of Roy Scheider in "Jaws", with Canadian accent saying, "We better get a bigger aboot, eh?"
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The Saturday morning noir movies were called "Darkness After Dawn". It took me awhile to remember that. Started at 6AM est. Many of the movies were short (80 - 90 min) so we got several in a row. Movies like *Tension* , *Armored Car Robbery* , *Kansas City Confidential* , etc, etc. I often worked those hours so the VCR was put to work. Some films I then dubbed to a DVD. I am not too particular as to what off time hours would be used for a weekly presentation, just so it would be on a regular schedule, most people have some way of recording , eh?
Edited by: mrroberts on Jul 23, 2011 6:00 PM
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Penny Singleton was in *The Mad Miss Manton* with Henry Fonda
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For me, when I go to the reply page I must hit the "plain text" tab to enter the message I am typing now. When I click on the smiley face I get the box of faces, but I can't pick anyone of them out and enter it. I actually can't seem to use any of the "type" options either. So I am limited to entering a response like this and that's it.
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testing, testing , 1 2 3. It works!Edited by: mrroberts on Jul 23, 2011 12:32 AM
Edited by: mrroberts on Jul 23, 2011 12:44 AM
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Hey, with $20K a year, Sheldrake could buy a nice stainless steel spaghetti strainer. No tennis racket here.
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Did this "accident" involve a wheelchair?
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I feel better already. Why can't I (and apparently there are others) get the smiley face guys on my postings?
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JOEL McCREA, JOEL McCREA, who the heck do we have to pay (off) to get a day ?
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*King Kong*. Why do they keep trying?
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I think I'll watch my DVD of *The Bedford Incident* today. A nice leisurely cruise thru the Arctic waters with a pleasant ship's captain (Richard Widmark), what could go wrong? And maybe I can forget about the heat for a little while.
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I do find one minor fault with the storyline of *The Apartment*. Is Fran (Shirley MacLaine) such a sweet, innocent young gal, or is she basically just another golddigger. She falls in love with a much older man (Fred Mac, who certainly is a handsome fellow), but he is married, has kids, etc. But he does have that one important quality, he's got a lot of dough. Keeping that little fact in mind, Paul Douglas or any other middle aged or older guy could have played Mr Sheldrake. He's the big executive with a lot of money (notice Rupert Murdoch has a 40 year old wife, etc). And he isn't shy about using his position and his money to get whatever he wants for the moment. All three main characters in this are rather shallow people; Baxter wants to move up the corporate ladder, he's a lap dog for his bosses. Fran, the elevator girl, doesn't want to be a career elevator girl. And finally, theres Sheldrake, who I believe may have been just like Baxter at one time. This is certainly a cynical, dark little comedy, but Wilder as usual pulls it off. And he seems to have a real knack of casting the right people, they all are just right for the parts.
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I watch a little of all three major Philly news programs, but usually end up on channel 3. I wonder if Kathy Orr (the weather gal) ever gets confused with the hockey player?
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Last night I watched the local weather gal (Philly, Pa.), she says the heat wave is continuing into the middle of next week. Not exactly the news I wanted to hear. --- "Come on January !"
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*Down To The Sea In Ships*
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Gavin MacLeod was in *Operation Petticoat* with Arthur O'Connell
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They have one for S.Z. "Cuddles" Sakall right? But they have barely scratched the surface here, there are dozens of other possiblities.
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I personally like the change in the seasons, within reason. The extremes are my problem. But I will say, when its cold you can wear extra clothing or use another blanket, but when its hot you can only undress so far.
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If Noir films are on Tuesdays and the boss won't give me off I'll send my pal Tommy Udo over to chat with him.
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Between the shooting of *The Apartment* and *My Three Sons* Fred probably didn't even need a wardrobe change.
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Do like I do, go to the local supermarket and hang around the frozen food section. Thats where I meet my girlfriend Phyllis.
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The TCM schedule for the next few weeks appears to be rather weak on the Film Noir side. I know and appreciate that TCM shows us a lot of Noir films including some really obscure stuff. My question (suggestion) would be; Should there be a regularly designated time each week devoted to noir films? We used to have Saturday mornings (I would record that mornings movies almost automatically, or just get up early to watch.) I would like to see TCM put a little more structure into its programming days , especially the late night, early morning hours. Like, Tuesday could be Noir day, Thursday could be comedies, Fridays for musicals, etc. This wouldn't have to be a real rigid schedule, TCM can still have Oscar month, Summer Under The Stars, etc. The prime time hours, 8PM est time on would be open for whatever. How about it TCM people?
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I would like to know if anyone has a list (archives) of the people who have been featured? These little segments are always entertaining, wish they would do more and show them more often.
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There are several other channels out there that deal with the tv classics. I believe most are available on the satellite services, and some cable outlets (unfortunately my cable service is rather poor in that regard). I am sure most of us want TCM to stick to the feature type movies period. When they have recently aired some documentary type programs, many viewers (at least those who post on these boards) got quite upset. So while I and many others also like the programs you suggest, TCM isn't the place for that stuff.