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*You're forgiven if you pour me a cup of "Marie Antoinette".* heehee! surely!! ill just get the water boiling! would you like some homemade fudge with that...with raspberries? i really love that stuff, its one of the best, if not the BEST, teas i have ever sipped. heehee! thank you so much for getting it for me in Paris!!

it was my battery. im so sorry about that!! i wanted to call you back so badly, but my phone wouldnt let me until it cjharged a little, by then i thought you were in bed and i didnt want to disturb you. will you ever see fit to forgive me? im puppy dog pouting......

*I've probably seen only 400-500 films that were released prior to 1970.* i dont believe that for a second!! dont listen to him april, he's lying....well either that or he HAS seen 400-500, but he lied about not seeing many movies before.....so either way frankie, you got yourself into a jip, and i dont see how you can get out of this one. heehee! i say we get the hot oil started! *What???! Theresa! Do you see this???* unfortunately i do. heehee! *Theresa? The Invisible Woman? She can see us but we can't see her. She's evil.* great, now im invisable. i feel rejected and abandoned.....honestyl noone loves me anymore! im not appreciated around here! *I listed 50 movies on my list of movies that I watch over and over, Snippy Chider* yeah, but thats still only 50! you are smoking rather a oot, so you might wanna put out the fire in the rear end of your pants.

*vrai dire, je prefere mieux qu?on m?appelle Laffite. C?est le nom que j?aime le plus. Laffite, c?est moi.* oui monsieur lafitte! heehee! *Really! How about that! I may have to break down and read that damn book.* you must!! it is a moral imperative! *Tough nut to crack, that Mr Grimes. Sometime it takes an outsider to pierce the armor.* you dont know the half of it. you really are lucky. *Strangling I can live with. Just don?t make me walk the plank. We pirates hate that.* oh, you like strangling?. hmmmm.. heehee! yes but you are a good pirate, sort of like captain blood right? heehee! *(Now look, you've got me doing it. I'll never learn to blitz post like the rest of you. I'll just consider myself as a mini-blitzer)* okay mr. mini-blitzer, but are really good at it....unlike some people who are mean when picking on people. i hesitate to mention that person's name.

i second that admitting! heehee!

*Say hello to "Smithy"!* thats not very nice... what do you try to do, make friends and then pick on them every chance you get, basically making powerful enemies of all of us innocent girlies?...phew! i got that off my chest. heehee! *After all the kindness and sweetness I lavish upon you, this is how you treat me in return?* let me show you some of your old pms to me sometimes. *Now who are the cruel ones?* oh dahling, its only for your own protection. those shackles might keep you from stealing all the devil's food cake. heehee! by the way, who brought up the Goonies? poor sloth was picked on by everyone! chunk loved him though. heehee! i just love that movie!! .....by the way i was getting ready for church this morning and listening to the radio and a song came on that made me think of you for some reason. its one of our 80s songs and i hadnt heard it in a long time....i just love it and used to watch those movies all the time with my mother!! do you recognize it?

i personally think that any person who says, cruelty is tolerable, they should have their head examined. heehee! yes, mr.frank is *cruely* intolerble at all times. we mustn let him fogret it.....we have his hands in shackles, yes we do!

*"The gloves are coming on!" I like that! Please don't strangle Laffite too much* who said anything about strangling sweet innocent laffite? Message was edited by: butterscotchgreer

oh yes, i think when jane was writing P & P, she didnt want it to have such a serious tone to it like the newest version made sure to place into the beloved story itself. i think, this story was meant to have a little comic standing to it and thats part of the reason people love it so much. i know some people pick apart the costumes, b/c they are from the wrong period, but to be honest, i couldnt see it any other way. i mean, could you see all five of the sisters floating down the street in the middle of the ton with their mother dressed in the proper gowns? heehee! okay that sounds rediculous, but i love the gowns in the original even though they were left over patterns from GWTW....so whats wrong with saving a little money? heehee!

ugh! i just forget the keep adding names left and right, i was really out of it last night i guess. i also forgot theodora Goes Wild for my list. its my favorite irene dunne movie and theodora really captured the screwball ability irene could aply to, especially with a leading man like melvyn douglas.....and then Good News with junie and pete too! oohthats one of my favorites ive seen about 40 or 50 times. *I bet I've seen The African Queen at least a dozen times and Charlie Alnutt is the reason why. He definitely deserved all the acclaim he got for that turn* "nature, Mr. Allnut, is what we were put in this world, to rise above." oh! it gives me goosebumps. *The Bogie movie I can't BELIEVE I left off my list is To Have and Have Not. There was a time when I watched it almost daily. I have seen it at least 50 or 60 times, maybe more, and used to know all the dialogue by heart. I even got a Hoagy Carmichael album that had the songs on it, including the uncensored version of the "Hong Kong" song.* ah! yes! To Have and Have Not is definitely a bogie favorite in my household too. when i first saw that, i was so fascinated with him and betty, that i watched it every day that week, and oddly enough momma and daddy didnt care if i did. they actually liked the movie, and momma thinks bogie has a weird body, so thats a plus for To Have and Have Not. heehee!

hey queen april! *Mr Mann certainly did bring out the many facets of James Stewart, didn't he?* *I love Abie Lincoln so any movie about him always intrigues me (The Tall Target).* he did..i have noticed that whenever he directed jimmy. jimmy had a certain quality in his acting style and anthony mann certainly took advantage of it, which i actually liked about the movies they did together. he made jimmy different in every single one. i mean literally, jimmy had a completely different personality in each one, but always somehow managed to stay on the good side. it intrigues me to see so many different sides to being a good guy, especially with people like gary, the duke, and jimmy. as for abie, well thats oneof the many reasons i actually watched it. heehee! abie baby is certainly a good reason. heehee!

*I once was kind but all of these trashy Gary Cooper, John Ford, and Greer Garson films that I have watched have ruined me forever.* thats it! no more mrs. nice and loverly lady! the gloves are coming on!

*That's Mrs Shankland. Remember the grounds were "intolerable cruelty".* now now sweet april, lets play nice, and that means you to mr monkey boy! on the other hand he was torturing me last night........okay go ahead april you have my permission. heehee! remember..."intolerable cruelty" stands strong!

*Lafitte, mon cher...you queried about whether the line Mr Bennett speaks about "drowning" the children was original to Austen...in fact, it was! She could be quite pointed in her style of writing, which may be one of the reasons she remains popular today.* heehee! i was just trying to remember if it was in the book too. i thought it was, but i wasnt going to say anything until i was absolutely sure. if you remember, than we are both right! woohoo! thats one of the reasons i love jane austren so much in all of her literary works, not only in Pride and Prejudice, but she points the same way in Emma, and Mansfield Park and in the rest of her books too. *And merci mille fois for brining Mlle T's thread back to life. And for managing to get a (somewhat) conclusive opinion from Mr Grimes.* i know! isnt he a sweetheart? no one else can ever get an opinion out of frankie...mr. jean (lafitte) is so kind unlike some one else around here.

*I'm a servant to disappointment.* no, you have that backwards frankie. you are a servent to success, b/c you are our butler, and you better never forget that. heehee! but youre still a wuss. *She's worn them out.* no, these are _magical_ gloves, they never wear out. they are still as black and silky as when i first got them.

i forgot to add my African Queen to the list!! of course i love kate hepburn in all of her movies, but i just love watching that one over and over, and bogie is brilliant in it too. i just love him in that role! it gives him sort of a carefree taste and in most of his roles, he is more serious. i guess thats why i always moved toward that one more. *Be sure to wear the long black gloves, too, the better to strangle Mr Grimes with.* i was wearing them all last night, and where were you? you werent here to save me! *Audrey, Marilyn and Kate Hepburn were the stars whose movies I watched the most often as a teenager until about six or seven years ago, then I kind of moved on a little, though Marilyn and Aud's still remain favorites.* well you cant go wrong with that trio. i always love watching them over and over again myself, especially kate and audrey. i watch marylin a lot, but not as much as the other two. maybe im your minnie me. heehee!

so can i call you, jean then? i just love when we chat in french. its so fun!! i have only taken three years of french in high school, so i can read all of it and write a lot of it, but im still rusty on some of it....i learn languages slowly. heehee!

*Hi Lafitte---I am not sure if I've seen Where Angels Fear to Tread although I have seen many of those E.M. Forster adaptations.* hey, isnt that a helen mirren movie? yes it is!! oh goodie! i havent seen this one yet, but i plan to soon. i have seen screen caps from it and she looked absolutely gorgeous in it. i need not worry about her acting capability in it, b.c she always plays the part right! lafitte can you tell me about it?

*Theresa, you win the prize for most eclectic list by a teenager. Naughty Marietta and In a Lonely Place, you are something. And those movies that I've rarely seen you've watched many times, like Margie and Many Rivers to Cross.* i have out my long black dress......oh thank you! thank you! i shall accept this award for you sweet april! heehee! those are just the movies i grew up with at grandmama's house when she first got me hooked on old movies and i have just never grown tired of them yet....i never plan to. heehee! i just looooved your list by the way! i love your selection of sappy audrey hepburn movies, those are in my favorites list too.

*There are many things in the film that I do enjoy. I definitely like the battle between Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy, as I'm always up for a tug-of-love. My favorite scene in the film is when she denies him. I thought that was strong.* the diversity of thoughts going on in the middle of that argument, is sort of mind boggling when you think about it. when darcy proposes, he makes the mistake of saying that he liked her against his will, against his proper judgment, againt the obstacles that lay between them. if he hadnt said that to her, i do think she would have denied him, although there was the jane and bingley issue. lizzy thought it was darcy's fault for separating them, and dacry hadnt even realized jane and bingley were in love. for such an intelligent and perspective man, he sure let love get in the way of the gift of observance. i really couldnt see any other man beseide larry olivier to play darcy. i just thik he was beyond perfection for this role. i think the entire cast was picked with perfection, so thanks to the casting director from marsha hunt, and heather angel, to edmund gwynn and greer garson. a friend of mine watched this with me one time and he said that mr. bennett was the best character and had the best lines in the whole movie. he was constatly cracking up to his lines...and he doesnt even like old movies. i mean every word of the script was carefully written based upong jane austen's brilliant novel and the added conversation is just as refreshing and sophisticated.

oopsey daisies, i messed up my french grammar didnt i? so im a little rusty, im getting better though.....you do it much better see, a lot of people dont see that in why greer got the part and viv didnt. it isnt because it was a beauty contest, but it was the air in theri personality. the way the carried off certain things. goodness, some parts of the movie, i could never see viv playing, personally. it is so different than Scarlett. now i know that would be typecasting, but it makes sense, just as you said. gone with the wind was made a mere year before pride and prejudice was filmed. that is pretty close to one another and it wouldnt have been smart for viv to do that. but despote larry wanting viv to play elizabeth, when greer came on the scene, he was pleased nevertheless, b/c they knew each other long before shecame to America. they worked with each other in England when doing stagework and even dated. so he knew her personality as well as her abilities to do what. but i really dont wish to put viv down any, b/c i thought her work in gone with the wind was brilliant, but i also think that greer's work in pride and prejudice was brilliant if not more so. even if viv hadnt taken the role as scarlett, i still couldnt see her playing elizabeth. it would be so weird! heehee!

*Dinosaurs chomped your tea party? How lovely! Hannah would like that.* no, silly thats not what i meant. i meant that when i was littler, i watched Jurassic Park and then had nightmares about the dinosaurs chasing after me and im just saying that i dont think you wouldwant your hannah to have those...do you? if ever a dinosaur chomped up my tea party, then i would surely get out the long black gloves. heehee! *She is not! She teaches young girls to not fight for true love and to break up marriages. How awful!* greer most certainly does not, and i wish your brain would comprehend that! she teaches young girls elegence and classiness. *Open your eyes, Fibby* they are open otherwise, i wouldnt be able to see what i am reading. hello, is this a trick question? heehee! *I seem to have forgotten what I was thinking. I have such a bad memory.* such excuses! honestly, why do you only have short term memory loss when it comes to writing specific things? ....uh-huh! *I can't argue with that. That's why it's best not to watch violent Greer Garson movies. She causes men to kill. Look at Smithy. He immediately felt the urge to kill after meeting her.* did you see anywhere in Random Harvest that someone got killed? NO! did you mnot hearthat line in th movie where she is wearing that beautiful black dres and they are hosting a ball for her politics and she got the most pitiful looking man there to smile? the other ladies, said that he never smiles, but she got him too. did he look like he had an urge to go out and kill someone? *I haven't watched it yet!* okay, you havent watched Mrs. Miniver or Pride and Prejudice, yet you seem to know exactly where all the lines i am quoting from are, and then you go and post them and conitue to talk about them....i think you are a fibber and you are so smoking! *Don't you dare put on those long black gloves.* i dunno, i just might have to call up gloria graham and get her to put on her black gloves with me so we will match.

*I love to bedevil Sweet T about her Greer Garson, among other things. She's adorable, and far more knowledgeable on classic film than I will ever be.* see, there you go again, you fibber you. heehee!

bonjour moi ami francois! blame it all on frankie, whatever makes you dizzy on here is brought upon by him! heehee! thank you for that post, i rather enjoyed reading your your take on one of my all time favorites. i must say that i quite agree with you on most issues you wrote about. one big issue that caught my eye was your take on edna may over judi dench. i completly 100% agree with all of that. i was so overtaken with the fact that they remade this classic....again when its original with the humble exception of colin firth's verion...needed no change whatsoever and was quite priceless. but i watched it regardless, just to compare the two and if kiera knightly didnt already do the trick, then it had to be judi dench putting too much emphasize on the fact that lady catherine was a stuck up snob who hated change. now i have read the book many times, and yes, judi dench's verion comes closER to how jane austen wrote it, but back then, louis b mayer wanted their movies to turn out with a happier ending and thats why i think they cast edna may oliver as lady catherine. i think they did a bang up job with doing that and i couldnt picture a more perfect person to play that part. i also thought greer was and always will be the most suitable person for the role...yet i know the first choice was vivien leigh, and i do like her, but i dont think she would have made elizabeth as believable as greer did. i was so excited when carrie fisher and robert osborne made this one of the essentials, but when they started to talk about it, carrie had the nerve to say how, "the role of elizabeth was made for a pretyy girl, not an exquisitely beautiful girl to play." she was referring to greer garson as being just pretty and viv being absolutely "drop dead gorgeous" was,i believe the actual phrase she used. thats completely dropped any like i had for carrie fisher. at least she could have said something nice about greer. goodness me. i thought it was rather mean of her. i may be a naive teenager in a lot of ways, but if im wrong, someone please tell me. *And I?m still trying to figure out what Grimes really feels about this film? A lot of banter about that. I think I know, though.* maybe you can get an answer out of him, i have already tried...numerous times. heehee!

*If watching Greer Garson and Gary Cooper movies means she'll turn into an obstinate priss who likes to strangle guys with long black gloves, she would be much better off watching Jurassic Park.* maybe i should come educate her. it would be better for a little girl to have tea parties than to have nightmares about dinosaurs eating them up.....i know from experience here! besides greer garson is very great for education! *Then you must believe it.* show me the proof silly ducky! *It's not heavy, it's prickly. And not everything is snippy, just certain...* would you care to finish that sentence?... *I cannot believe you, of ALL people, would love the romance part. What's this world coming to?* well this world needs a little more sappiness and a little less violence. *I would still be alive and my cheeks would match yours.* ha! loverly screen caps, so you have seen mrs. miniver....interesting.....how did you like it? she knows how to punish a man when he's not behaving. maybe i should take lessons. heehee!