mrroberts
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As others have said, each decade has its highs and lows and when anyone gets nostalgic they bring up good times only, and a lot depends on your individual station in life at the time. Stating the obvious, the well to do have always had it pretty good while the ones at the bottom always had it rough. I tend to think that it was better in the old days when life wasn't as complicated and people had a great appreciation for the real important things; good health and close family ties. Material things weren't such a high priority. Speaking strictly from a movie stand point, I would love to be in the 1930's just before that little business called WW2 got started. Going to see the newest movies in the big theatres with all of the other people crowding in, a couple of quarters in your pocket could make a nice day of it.
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Now that this film has been designated an essential it will certainly get a few repeat airings over the next several months.
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I just posted a thread on *Sunrise* in the "films/filmmaker" forum. I enjoyed watching it. A good essential pick.
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I can't believe that the ladies haven't mentioned that Joel McCrea guy yet.
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I hope Mr Osborne is with us for many years to come, but he should be given the luxury of working at a pace that's comfortable for him. Since the intros are taped in advance and then scheduled they should cut his work load and have him on to do only two films a night. Then Ben or some other host can intro the later films. TCM has to be thinking about bringing in a few more people to host the other time slots.
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I really enjoyed watching this latest "essential"; is there any other film that used this same basic storyline? Did anyone catch the "Hitchcock TV Theme" music that played during the scene at the photographers? Janet Gaynor is such a "cutie", it really pained me to think of her getting murdered. It would have been nice if he had strangled the city gal at the end (justice , right) but then he would have gone to jail and there would be no happy ending.
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I just read the Stan Laurel piece, priceless. I have always loved watching their films, this just reaffirms my admiration for them. I hope they will always be remembered and future generations will come to know of their work.
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MovieGal53 says that *Conflict* is her favorite Bogart film. I would say that it is Bogart's best "sleeper" film, that is to say his most underrated, unappreciated, unknown film. *Conflict* should be aired more often and occasionally shown in a prime time slot. I have always liked *Dark Passage* but rate it a notch below the other 3 Bogie/Bacall films. Agnes and the S.F. locale filming really make this one a must see.
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I am sure that the Ernie interview will be aired again as other interviews have been. Put it in the "suggest a movie" listing along with "Marty" and whatever other titles you want to see. Click on "fan community" above and go to "suggest a movie".
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While I'll always be grateful for the William Powell month just last year I am rather shocked that he has never had a SUTS day. This HAS to be done this coming year. And I am always supportive of bring some new blood into the SUTS roster, some good character actors/actresses would do nicely. --- I would also like to see TCM start a new event; one month with each day dedicated to honoring a particular year (each day a different year). Today all films from 1955, tomorrow 1948, etc. Even the little in-between fill in stuff (like newsreels) could be from the same year. And the films for each year don't have to be the big time ones, just a nice cross section of A -pictures, B-pictures, a musical, a noir, a comedy , etc. One 24 hour slice of living in that year.
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If I were programming TCM there would be at least 3 William Powell films on each day
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*Pickup On South Street* is a favorite of mine, I even put out the big bucks for the criterion DVD. The storyline is a little hokey but the casting more than makes up for it. Richard Widmark is at his best, Jean Peters (who I adore) plays it "trashy" and "classy" at the same time (like my gal Lee Remick in Anatomy Of A Murder). And finally there's the always excellent Thelma Ritter doing her usual excellent work (somehow she should have gotten an Oscar win sometime, this would have been as good a time as any). Don't ever waste your time on the 60's remake of this one, even the beautiful Jacky Bisset can't save it.
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I think that Jerry the Mouse was by far the BEST.
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A lot of those "classic " movies we all love so well often make references to small cities in the northeast that were also railroad stops in the old days; Albany, Schenectady, Scranton, Altoona, etc. And that also comes from the old vaudeville routines like the Three Stooges "Slowly I Turn, Niagara Falls" bit. Moe Howard, "I almost caught up to you in Pittsburgh", etc.
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Current tv ad for T Mobile service; "One, two, Kalamazoo, three, four Jersey Shore, etc."
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Why do you think I am being critical of you ??? You bring up a subject, I thank you for that. I am only commenting on the article about the upcoming movie, actually the movie itself. I will probably watch the movie, we will see how it is. I am wondering how truthful it will be or just a tabloid type of deal.
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Are we talking about the skier guy here?
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As the saying goes, there's always two sides to every story. But Hitch died over 30 years ago and many of the people who worked with him are also gone too. Clearly he had some obsessions. I would think most film makers do. And being able to work with and direct some very beautiful women like Ingrid Bergman and Grace Kelly in a movie must have been very "stimulating". The question is, how far did he go in some of his dealings with these women? Since he basically "created" the actress Tippi Hedren (and had her under a personal contract) I guess he felt he had special license to do with her what he wanted and overstepped what was reasonable. But now a story can be told that could really stretch the truth and we should keep that in mind too.
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Films that have some "Vertigo" in them? Just a couple off the top of my head , the Tim Burton "Batman" movie, the Michael Douglas "Basic Instinct" movie... I am not talking about all out remakes or satires, just films that have storylines or scenes that clearly have a "Vertigo" inspiration.
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*Best Years Of Our Lives* is truly a superior classic film. Deserves multiple viewing because of its complexity and the outstanding performances of its cast members. And it is in many ways a timeless film too.
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I don't believe many would say that the first "Thin Man" was the "best". The great success of the first film made it possible to budget more money for each of the later films (which all made a nice profit). The later films were shaped by what the audience wanted to see most ; the interactions of Nick and Nora with the murder mystery in the background. I like all 6 films very much, ranking them is like splitting hairs for me. I believe most would rate the second film *After The Thin Man* with Jimmy Stewart as the "best"; the next one *Another Thin Man* seems the weakest entry. I personally would take the next one , 1941's *Shadow Of The Thin Man* , as my favorite. it has Donna Reed in it and brings back Lt Abrams (Sam Levene). His character works well with Powell's Nick Charles, giving an added bonus. And of course there's always Asta (played by several different dogs). Asta manages to steal most scenes he's in, no easy feat. But William Powell always seems easy to work with and he doesn't mind being upstaged.
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Lets not forget, Jack Carson was another gift to us from our great northern neighbor, Canada.
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As others here have said, I like *Rio Bravo* / *El Dorado* mostly as entertaining films. The attempts to build up tension between the Duke and "Dude" are way over the top, I think the light hearted relationship that Wayne and Mitchum have works a lot better. The whole feel of *El Dorado* makes it a more fun, entertaining story then the first version. On the whole I like both movies a lot, but *Gunfight At The O K Corral* beats them both.
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*Vertigo* is a very intense, intriging film and I can understand why film makers study it so much and use it for inspiration in their own work (and also "steal" lots of Vertigo moments for their own films). Maybe some of the hard core movie buffs here can back me up ; *Vertigo* has to be one of the most imitated films of all time, even more than *Citizen Kane* . As for "Kane" , I again appreciate the "film experts" praising it , but as an average viewer I get very little out of it. ---- *Rear Window* and a number of other Hitchcock films entertain me more than *Vertigo* .
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The Boston Celtics won 8 consecutive championships ; 11 times in 13 years (1957 to 1969) under the legendary Red Auerbach and Bill Russell