mrroberts

*Kid Galahad* (the Eddie/Bogie one) was on just a few weeks ago , 6 am Saturday morning Sept 14th. The great Robinson film *The Sea Wolf* was on right after.

A very unusual film when it came out, one of their first films and it set a high standard that the Coen brothers have been able to maintain through the years. I can watch this film over and over (something I can't say for most films) and keep finding new things to appreciate. The character Nathan Arizona (Trey Wilson) was particularly funny, sad, he died a young man. I love the big chase scene after Cage goes into the convenience store to get Huggies and then holds up the place. (Cop car races up and cop sitting on the door falls out of the car when it stops, puts me on the floor)

I just checked on youtube, several of the Basil Rathbone/Sherlock Holmes are there. A chance to get a sampling of this great series.

It's amazing how far off track this thread has gotten. Shouldn't have made that left turn back at Albuquerque (yes I had to look up the spelling for that one)

The Basil Rathbone/ Sherlock Holmes films (2 1939 Fox films and 12 Universal films from 1942 to 1946) have been shown a number of times on TCM (even a marathon that had most on during a Holmes day). *The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes* and *The Scarlet Claw* are generally considered to be the very best of the Basil films but I find they are all very entertaining. While the Universal films may be thought of as "B" films they are very well done, good scripts and production values. A few of the Universal films fell into public domain and dvds have been available in the discount bins of stores. I put out for the restored complete set (all 14 films) a few years ago, a little pricey but very fine quality plus there are a number of extra features (commentaries, etc) included. I highly recommend it.

Finance, I take it that you are more like Alan Ladd or Elisha Cook Jr. ?

If you shower while fully dressed you can save time and money (cut down on those laundry bills). Just wear all drip and dry clothes.

"Anyone here think that male noir fans are always like their filmic counterparts in being wussy" -- CaveGirl --- I can't answer for the theory that male noir fans are necessarily wussy, but I certainly don't believe that the male noir leads are usually that way. The atypical noir male guy is usually a macho he man type (like Mitchum, Lancaster, etc) . Where they fall down is they end up being suckers for the little "helpless " female who is able to lead the big macho man around by his nose and get him to do stupid things that he would never normally do. And he usually knows that he's doing something stupid but he does it anyway. If he were smart he'd turn around and run the other way, but does he ever? A big NO. So when she says "wash the windows" , "take out the garbage", paint the front porch" , "clean out the basement", etc, etc he just shrugs and does it. I can't speak from personal experience (not married) but I've seen enough from others. So I guess they are being "wussy" . I've been fortunate not to become a captive of a Barbara Stanwyck, Jane Greer, Peggy Cummins, etc type. Although it might have been fun if I did.

This I find impossible to believe. You love mysteries AND Basil Rathbone and yet you've never seen any of the Basil/Sherlock films? This must be remedied immediately!!

that last post was way above average for you, Finance. (only in word count)

Just recently I caught a few minutes of Vincent Price playing "Egghead" on a "Batman" episode. And his crime partner was none other than Anne Baxter!

But Finance's average post is only around 8 to 10 words . He must tire easily.

Mr DeBartolo, I applaud your choice of movies the other night. I like *Murder By Death* a lot, it has some great moments and its great seeing that cast together (Alec Guinness was particularly fun) and I always find Elsa Lanchester so delightfully quirky. Peter Falk was also a standout and just a year or so later he starred in Neil Simon's *The Cheap Detective* which was an even better film and a dead on satire of classic Bogart. So if you get another cohosting gig with RO...

Dan Duryea has a long list of tv appearances to his credit. One of his best known has to be an episode of The Twilight Zone (one of the very first episodes of that program) where he plays the aged gunfighter who has now become the town drunk. Dan gets an opportunity to relive his glory years when a traveling salesman gives him a magical tonic that makes him feel young and lighting fast on the draw. But when he has a big showdown gunfight with a young gunfighter things don't go exactly as planned. Dan Duryea gives us an unusual, for him, sympathetic performance as the down and out man who is desperate to regain his self esteem. We are actually rooting for "Slimy Dan" in this one.

Vincent Price was one of those actors who was great fun to watch on the old variety shows (he guested on many). He did Hollywood Squares and I believe other game shows. He was a frequent guest on talk shows too. You got to see the real man and he was a fun guy. So no matter how evil he was playing those villain roles you knew it was all acting and he seemed to enjoy every minute of it . He also was a bit of a ham (remember that ham thread awhile ago), but I don't think anyone minded. Ironically one of his best known films is *The Fly* , and he plays the straight man in that one.

The Cary Grant Cadillac apparently belonged to a museum in western Pennsylvania, part of a large collection that was partially sold off. The Swigart Museum (I have to check out this place) has a web site, they identify the car as 1940, not clear if they still have the car . Cary was a big Caddy fan, he must have owned quite a few. All of the small auto manufactures like Duesenberg disappeared in the late 30's. so Cadillacs, Lincolns, Chrysler Imperials, and Packards were all that were available to the wealthy, unless you went to an import. And of course there were still the regular production models and there were the one off customs that the very well healed could buy.

Notice the name "Anthony Curtis" at the bottom of the poster? Don't think I ever saw this one. My introduction to Howard Duff was in the 60's on tv, The Felony Squad.

Sorry if anyone misunderstood my previous post and I assure you this thread went way beyond my definition of "fun".

Of course *Yours, Mine and Ours* did better box office. Everyone wanted to see Henry Fonda .

Hey, lets not get TOO polite here. It will get awfully boring. A moderate amount of mud is permitted, it can even be fun.

A little aside about the movie, *Winchester 73* . A few years ago I had the pleasure of meeting and briefly talking to James Best (maybe the only surviving cast member) . He autographed a photo still I had of The Caine Mutiny cast. Then subject of " Winchester 73" came up. Jimmy Best was one of the cavalry soldiers (along side of Anthony Curtis) and in the shoot out with the Indians Jimmy gets killed. Actually got killed twice, once as his character , and a second time as an unnamed extra. For anyone who doesn't know it James Best worked for many years in films and tv but is primarily known today for being Sheriff Rosco on the Dukes Of Hazzard tv show.

From *Winchester 73* , another great Waco Johnny Dean moment; when we first meet him and his gang, they are holed up in the farm house. The law arrives and the big shoot out starts. When things get too hot and the bad guys are going to get overwhelmed good ole' Waco sends his pals out the front door (where they promptly get gunned down by the posse) and Waco grabs the girl (Shelly) and scrams out the back way. What a nice guy, I worked for some bosses that were like that

I only live about 60 minutes from Hershey , Pa. The annual AACA meet is coming in a few days. Some very nice vintage cars will be there and some are for sale/auction. I believe it was just two years ago that there was a 1941 Cadillac that was built for Cary Grant and his wife Barbara Hutton. Got to see that up close and talk to the then current owner. I don't know if it sold or for how much, but a little out of my league I can tell you.

I agree with Sepiatone 100% . There is a time and a place for everything, but these boards aren't the place for "Tim"s postings. When the TCM site gets clogged with this kind of stuff it discourages new visitors from staying and participating in the discussions about movies. That's why this site exists. This also hits at the heart of Misswonderly's original thread issue, why there isn't greater participation on these TCM boards.

Ah, good old John Ford. You have to love him, and hate him.... As it seems most anyone who knew him or worked with him can attest to. But damn it the guy made some great movies.