mrroberts
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Basil Rathbone had a great authoritative (and I looked that word up too ) voice that was well suited for Sherlock Holmes as well as Basil's many great villains. I would also suggest William Powell and Edward G Robinson, their years of stage work helped them make the move into talking pictures.
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How about the Cagney movie *White Heat* ? Fed agent Edmond O Brien puts a tracking device on the crooks' truck so the feds can follow them to their crime scene.
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Actually TCM does repeats as a public service. It gives some people a reason to go outside and get some fresh air. Seriously, does anyone watch the tv 24/7 ? When TCM repeats *North By Northwest* at 4 AM, I am in bed anyway.
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Isn't that finance in that scene with Drew?
So, he HAS seen Drew act. I'll bet he also worked with June Allyson. -
Fred, I would say that the "Bullitt" chase was in part inspired by the final scenes in *The Lineup* which was filmed in San Francisco almost a decade earlier. One of my favorite "chases" is in the Bogart film *High Sierra* 1941 , very realistically done too. I would agree that *The French Connection* took things to another level, filmed in busy real traffic conditions. If I recall, they took a lot of real risks doing that too. The same group did *The Seven Ups* a few years later, that chase sequence hit the high level mark in my book.
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Misswonderly and I are both big Richard Widmark fans ( for different reasons I assume
) . I put *Pickup On South Street* on my favorites list because of Widmark and the "muffin" Jean Peters. And of course the always "adorable" Thelma Ritter.Edited by: mrroberts on Jul 13, 2012 11:32 AM
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"The Mighty Quinn" is one of those 45's that I ran out to buy and then literally played it to death ( wore the poor thing out and the record needle as well. ) I don't believe I have it on any of my many cd "hits compulations" . I will have to remedy that situation.
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*Under Capricorn* is Hitchcock hitting a weak blooper single over the shortstop's head. It pales in comparison to Hitch's many towering home runs , or his line drive doubles off of the wall.
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This certainly is very sad news for all of us movie/TV fans. Mr Borgnine was a fine actor and an even finer gentleman. I never had the pleasure of meeting him or seeing him in person. Most everything I have read about him says he was a true 1st class man. And he lived his life to the fullest right to very near the end. So while we are sad, we should also be very happy for him and his family and friends. He lived a very good and long life and had a positive impact on us all. I salute you "Lt Commander McHale" , maybe he's out watersking behind PT 73 as I am typing here.
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Just do a search on wikipedia for "Korean war films" . *Bridges at Toko Ri* with William Holden is a favorite film of mine.
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In *Shadow of The Thin Man* , Nick Charles goes for a ride with Nick Jr, and guess who gets dizzy from the experience? And Asta gets in the act as well.
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I think I may have answered a similar question on a long ago thread; the first ladies to get my attention were spy gals April Dancer (Stefanie Powers) and Agent 99 (Barbara Feldon). I was around 10 / 11 at the time.
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I like so many Cagney movies but my favorite is *The Strawberry Blonde* (he plays on the Cagney tough guy image so well and has a terrific supporting cast.) TCM should play it a lot more often.
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Jean Peters ; been a fan of hers since I saw *Niagara* years ago on tv. Jean was certainly a looker (more the girl next door type) but she always showed a lot of ability as an actress. A real shame she gave up her career so soon, barely 30 years old. I believe she could have had a long successful career.
Edited by: mrroberts on May 21, 2012 8:02 PM
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My free time has been quite limited these past few months, but I am recording many of the McCrea films for future viewing. Hopefully I can see some of them in the not too distant future so as to get in on some discussions here. It is great to see that TCM has gotten a lot of these early "talkies" , I can imagine some of them have not aired for a long, long time. Maybe won't be shown again for quite a while too.
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Is this the first time Tyrone Power made the list? Getting access to a number of Fox films, thats a good sign for future TCM scheduling possibilities. --- Glad to see him on the SUTS this year.
Edited by: mrroberts on May 3, 2012 11:54 PM
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When films like *Fort Apache* and *She Wore A Yellow Ribbon* give the "Duke" a real good character to play , he usually responds with a strong performance. Its easy for some people to just give you the "its John Wayne playing another John Wayne character" critique. But he has quite a few really good roles in his resume, his total record speaks for itself. I think SWAYR may be my favorite Wayne film.
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Early best wishes for a very happy 80th birthday to the wonderful Mr Robert Osborne; he's not getting older , just better. The "crew" wanted to send him a palm tree, but we can't find a big enough envelope. And we couldn't afford the extra postage. But its the thought that counts, right?
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Mrroberts' battle plan for tonight is to set the tape timer to start at 1130 pm est (I have a dual deck DVD/VCR recorder player) and let it run through the night. I will be up before 7 am tomorrow to "reload" for taping the morning McCrea films. The VCR unit records very well, and I can transfer what I want to save to a DVD. This plan will be the standard procedure for the whole month. Hope everyone out there can get what they want to see/save for the month. I also look forward to the RO intros, maybe the "faithful" here will get a mention.
Edited by: mrroberts on May 2, 2012 6:31 PM
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What "Peyton Place" needed was the Lee Remick character from "Long Hot Summer" .
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Enough about this Cooper guy, let him get his own thread. There are a number of Joel McCrea films coming up that I have never seen. I will try to see many of them, anyone care to opinion a favorite "sleeper" film in the McCrea month, one that's a "must see" ?
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I guess I am one who is willing to cut johnbabe a little slack here. Actually if he had started just one "Garbo" thread awhile back and then just kept posting on that one thread he may have generated some kind of discussion with other "Garbo" fans. At least the "Garbo" thread would have a lot of pages and would look impressive
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*Foreign Correspondent* is one of my favorite Hitchcock films (admittedly that is a long list). Joel McCrea is a big part of my liking that movie so much, he just seems so right for the role. I could see him doing very well in several other Hitch films (playing the average Joe), like *Strangers On A Train* (Granger role of course), *Man Who Knew Too Much* , or *North By Northwest* (a particular favorite of many people here
). Wonder if Hitch ever considered using McCrea in another film, I am sure he was pleased with Joel's work in Foreign Correspondent. And no knock on Coop' but couldn't Joel McCrea have done well in just about any Cooper role? -
Good to see that I "kick started" this thread again. Misswonderly, pepper spray is rather intense, don't you think?
That's getting into Cagney territory.
So, he HAS seen Drew act. I'll bet he also worked with June Allyson.
) . I put *Pickup On South Street* on my favorites list because of Widmark and the "muffin" Jean Peters. And of course the always "adorable" Thelma Ritter.
"She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" (1949)
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Not again? They show this all the time
. Besides I bought the dvd last year.