mrroberts
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I took particular interest in Kim Novak's reference to Lee Remick because I am a huge fan of Lee Remick. I don't believe Kim was referring to missing out on any roles that Lee Remick played, only that she (Kim) admired Lee Remick's efforts to only take on roles that were particularly interesting or challenging. To whatever extent she could, Lee asserted herself to get those roles, Kim Novak admitted to not being aggressive in that way. That's why she missed Harry Cohn (hard as it is for many of us to believe), because Cohn set Kim up with many good parts that furthered her career. As for Lee Remick getting the part in *Anatomy Of A Murder* , Lee originally had the supporting role of Mary Pilant. When Lana Turner left the film, Otto Preminger just "promoted" Lee into the starring role.
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I thought maybe Joan was looking to rendezvous with Walter Neff.
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Didn't Susan Hayward sing for The Moody Blues a long time ago?
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Some people don't appreciate the strong silent type.
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My Cooper comment was made in fun, I'll never get why some people have a big problem with him.
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How about the guy is getting a little up in age and needs or wants some down time. I'll bet RO is a lot more active than some people half his age. And he doesn't owe anyone an explanation for why he takes time off.
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Robert O. shows a level of compassion for his guest and he's not out to score with a gotcha kind of question. So they feel comfortable knowing of his reputation and are more likely to open up and talk freely. And you're right Fred, he knows when to keep his mouth shut and let the person set their own pace. And how to continue the conversation by asking the proper followup question, or maybe steer the talk in a different direction to keep things comfortable. Johnny Carson was also very good at doing interviews in a similar way.
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Just entering this so the spelling of Osborne gets corrected. I want to see Robert Osborne continue on for years to come. And I want him to work at whatever pace is comfortable for him.
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If TCM plays *Garden Of Evil* everyday for a month we can have Richard Widmark AND Susan Hayward both as SOTM. (Forget that Cooper guy
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You mean that the guy on the right isn't George Segal?
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I just watched the Kim Novak interview (recorded from last night). It certainly was very moving. She is certainly a very honest and sensitive person, I can understand why she has shied away from interviews in the past. Obviously Robert Osborne had everything to do with pulling this off, she felt comfortable doing this with him. And while some would say he was throwing slowpitch questions to her, he did a great job getting the most out of this interview. I found it very revealing that she referred several times to the Madge character in "Picnic", how she identified so closely to that character. And that all she has ever wanted from people is for them to like her. Not in a idolizing the big movie star way, just an honest caring way. I read sometime ago that when she had to change her name from Marilyn she thought of Kim Hunter , who she admired, and the idea that "Kim" was a nice , friendly name. And she definitely wanted to keep her "Novak" name even though at the time it sounded too "ethnic". Speaking of Marilyn Monroe, I believe Kim was greatly affected by Marilyn's death and wanted to avoid being another casuality of Hollywood. The most important thing is that Kim found her place and what would make her happy in her life. And after all of these years she can now look back and reflect on her whole life. -- Ps; I really liked the reference KIm made to Lee Remick and how much she admired how Lee handled her career.
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Richard Widmark, Richard Widmark, ...... shark! Someone, fill in the blanks.
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Yea, another Widmark fan! I agree he is certainly worthy of a SOTM honor, and if TCM can access most of his Fox films as well as the many others from his career there will certainly be enough to fill out a whole month. Some people here may not agree with this but I think it would really be great if TCM could air the 6 made for TV movies that Richard Widmark did playing his Detective Dan Madigan character . They were done at Universal just as the original feature film was a few years earlier. "Madigan" dies at the end of the original film but miraculously recovered to do the later TV movies. While other NBC Mystery movies like McCloud, Banacek, Colombo, etc have been replayed endlessly in syndication the Madigan films seem to be stuck on the shelf. Richard Widmark may have been one of the screens most notorious villains but he also played a great , if somewhat controversial, cop. He was "Dirty Harry" before there was a "Dirty Harry". Of course Don Siegel directed the original Madigan movie and later did Dirty Harry. Anyway I propose another Joel McCrea type of campaign for Richard Widmark, how about it MissWonderly?
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I want a day of Rin Tin Tin
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Tomorrow night is a TCM night I have been looking forward to for some time now, the Kim Novak interview from the recent film festival. Anytime we can get some personal insight and recollections from a major star like her is priceless. I have been a Kim fan for a long time now, since I started watching movies on tv in the sixties (Bell, Book, and Candle is my personal favorite). Ironically that was right around the time (late 60's) that the still young Kim decided to pull back from her film career and concentrate more on her personal life. She still worked on occasion but started to enjoy her life away from the spotlight of Hollywood, apparently things went rather well for her and I say good for her. And its great that all of these years later she is willing to come out and make the occasional public appearance and share with us. Thank you Kim Novak, and the very best to you for the future.
Edited by: mrroberts on Mar 5, 2013 1:33 PM
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With programming on 24/7 it seems to me that there is always some room for foreign films, silents, etc. You may have to watch at odd hours or record them though.
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It seems that most of the early colorization attempts were really bad, either inaccurate or just looked bad. I assume that technology has gotten a lot better. But even if today's colorization technology is spot on, many of the older films still look best in their original black and white form.
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I'm sure some of these "veteran" movie actors appeared on tv episodes because they needed the money (not everyone made big money in the movies and some of the ones who did squandered theirs). And I have read about some people who were big fans of a tv show and begged to get on an episode or two. I know I read that one actor did a "Batman" show because he wanted to impress his grandchildren.
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I have some movies on DVD, usually ones that have audio commentary. That is a big selling point for me.
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I remember reading my brother's Classic Illustrated issue of "Ben Hur" . I read a lot of the "classics" in that form.
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Maybe the film starts with part 2 and part 1 is all a flashback.
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Other then for the curiousity factor (like seeing Laurel and Hardy in color for once, assuming its a good job of colorization), I will always prefer to see a film in its original state. Some newer films (60's on) were filmed in black and white by choice so there should never be a reason to alter them. And one can always turn the color setting on the tv to off as a last resort. This topic always makes me think of the many tv shows and movies that I originally saw in the 60's on the family black and white set. *Bonanza* was always in color but I watched years of that show on the black and white set. So should I consider *Bonanza* "colorized" ?
Edited by: mrroberts on Feb 17, 2013 12:09 AM
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I did watch some of *Rebecca* , it started at midnight so it actually was on the next day. *Rebecca* is one of my very favorite Hitchcock films so I have seen it countless times, oddly I don't have the DVD though.
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Walter Pidgeon was a Canadian (another one of those guys
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Days of Wine and Roses, starring Kim Novak
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I might add that although I really like Kim Novak (even more than Marilyn Monroe), Lee Remick was a much better actress than either of them. Lee could play many types of roles, Kim and Marilyn needed to be put in certain film roles or they could easily be miscast.