FrankGrimes

I think that you, Frank should take your ice princess and go sit next to her as she looks at her stiff, cold,prim,pomp and proper self in the mirror...you need to be there so you can hold the mirror and keep it polished. You just got a big laugh out of me, Irma. I'll make sure to keep her lovely crown polished. I, on the other hand will sign off and finish "Sense and Sensibility" . There's just no end to the trash. This is Irma signing off for today until.................we never know do we? Until then...

Ashley wouldn't last two seconds with me I believe that. I'd rather go with Colin Firth, at least he's still alive. And prissy. I need my man to be alive or else he can't dance with me and toss me around the ballroom and" put me in my place;"that is what you said I needed, right? Yes, ma'am. There are quite a few Texan women around here who need this.

How can you pout if you don't have lips? Sweet, adorable Grace has lovely lips. She's a doll. Mr. Howard isn't 'manly' enough to play anything other than a stable-boy.He can handle the manure better than he can Scarlett and anyone else for that matter...Ha! What are you talking about?! You should love Ashley because he's just like all the priss and proper Brits in those Jane Austen novels. You ain't gonna find a Rhett in the snob class. So you take your Ashley and go to the ball.

Howdy, Deep in the Smart of Texas ( ) -- Judging by the newest census data, the South and Southwest are the fastest growing areas of the country as you yankees are beginning to wise up. More like, y'all are barefoot and pregnant a helluva lot. I guess this is what y'all learned from Jane Austen and "Gone with the Wind." :p Also Texas is one of the top relocation destinations. I guess you yanks just can't resist us. The Katrina effect. Hola, Proud Texan Latina -- They shouldn't all go weak at the knees and melt like butter around her. Easier said than done. Speaking of boring and all things GWTW, I always found Leslie Howard to be along the same category as your boring ice princess. Yes, I agree, Leslie Howard is on the boring side, ala Pride and Prejudice. The Ice Princess is far from boring. I love her icy moods and all the pouts that come with them.

Hey, Touch of ChiO -- As I have posted before, few films touch on as many genres or styles of film, as well as subjects, and integrate them to create such a wonderous unified vision. Musical comedy -- the newsroom scene. Western/Americana -- his youth. Drama -- throughout. Melodrama -- his tryst. War. Politics. Domestic issues. Class warfare. Bio-pic. Film noir. Not much in the way of crime or gangster, but don't count Mr. Thatcher out. I never really thought of Citizen Kane that way, but you are very correct. I always view Kane as the keystone film for my own personal tastes. Welles triumphantly combined the mesmerizingly dark, unique visuals of German Expressionism with his own dark, forboding tale of greed and power that in turn help usher in what came to be known as film noir. Per usual, I enjoyed reading your words on your favorite film. Welles played. Hi, CCBaxter -- So you might say that, when watching these films, I think my way through Citizen Kane, and feel my way through The Third Man. I really like that. It's exactly why I consider The Third Man the more enjoyable film yet I value Citizen Kane far more.

Scarlett O'Hara was played by a Brit, but a very interesting, attractive,playful and even vulnerably beautiful one who knew how to be what all men want in a woman by playing a woman of the south;determined,and flirtatiously captivating. Fiddle-dee-dee! Selznick couldn't find a real southern woman to play Scarlett because none were bright enough to pull it off thanks to their reading all those "intellectual" Jane Austen novels. There is a valuable lesson to be learned with "Gone with the Wind." A southern belle spells doom for any man.

As usual Mr. G., love your words. Thanks, doll. I much prefer yours to mine. You write with emotion, which is always a very good thing to this guy. (And the screen caps are nice too. If I ever learned to do THAT...look out!) I can show you the way if you are ever interested in doing so. Time and patience is needed.

Thanks, I think. You can't think, you're a Texan gal. You're welcome! It's too bad your minds are empty and your mouths are full. Well according to your definition of Texas women, I'd like to introduce you to our newest honorary Texan . Sweet, adorable Grace comes from Heaven. She's an angel. I forget what state she was born in, though. It must be some place heavenly. A place where kind, loving, caring people are born. The kind you'd never find in a snobby, prissy Austen novel.

Wow, there was Grace Kelly bashing going on here and I've been missing it. Bashing? No, no, no. Just a simple misunderstanding. I have now convinced CinemaBuff that she was wrong and everything is okay. She just needed a man to set her straight. You can pick on us Texas gals all you want but we all know how much you really love us :x . Surely, you cannot be referring to me. How could I love such tasteless bullheads? Apparently there are others who like Texas gals too. The woman who just won the Miss USA pageant was Miss Texas!! Well, I must confess, Texan women are very pretty. That'll I give you. But that's about all y'all can do. You're very good at looking pretty. It's too bad your minds are empty and your mouths are full.

"I think Shigur would flip a coin on all of 'em!" Call it, NYC gal. I'd post the cap but I actually do have a little bit of respect for certain people around here. I'll post this cap instead: I can never get enough of MY Grace.

What's the tune, Stars in My Crowen? -- So have you ever seen This Gun for Hire? I don't believe I have. It's the only Ladd-Lake film I have seen and I really like it. Have you seen The Passion of Joan of Arc, you vulgarian, you? Vulgarian? I've never had a word fit me more snugly. You know me too well. I have not seen The Passion of Joan of Arc yet. I have it on tape. I'm actually more interested in peeping some of Dreyer's other works, namely Day of Wrath and Gertrud. I have Day of Wrath on tape and I started watching it two years ago. It looked mighty intriguing.

yes she would be refering to you. heehee! I think Greer was referring to all the British snobs at the ball. At least she makes sense. "oh she looks, tolerable enough....but im in no mood to give consequence to the middle classes at play!" "oh and to think of how we baggered poor papa to...." heehee! "To give consequence"? Now what kind of talk is that? you know what i think mr fankiefurter? i think you have seen Pride and Prejudice and you LIKED it, you just dont wanna admit it....just like we all know you love GWTW. I'm far too close-minded to watch such nonsense. Don't you know that I like films like No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood? Just take a look at this phony stuff...

Now why are you puppy dog pouting? because youre making me! Ruff-ruff! they are NOT snobs! ho could you say such a thing? if mr, darcy heard you saying that he would.......well guve me a minute. heehee! he would do something to you!

Grace Shmace. She was as exciting as a rock. Which is twice as exciting as British pomp and priss. I am a woman, CB. That's obvious. You actually believe Jane Austen is intelligent fare. Sorry for the confusion. I should have known it would cause trouble to go masquerading as a man (the weaker sex).... More Jane Austen bluster. This thread is very interesting. I was born in Austin, Texas. Get out of here! It's VERY official, Texan women are stubborn princesses with zero taste. Y'all been brainwashed from birth but you ain't smart enough to knows it. I'm speaking the King's English for yas.

im puppy dog pouting! Now why are you puppy dog pouting? Ha Ha!! heehee! and i suppose the world will come to an end when you stop giving me miranes. heehee! Maybe. Maybe not. At least you have your British snobs to comfort you.

Grace's accent was totally put on and can't even begin to be compared to that of a British one. She talks perfect princess. I thought all of you British snob-lovin' gals consider yourselves to be princesses. Well, you are supposed to talk like Grace. That's the proper way. You really need to brush up on your Austen. Don't confuse her accent to my dislike for British accents...I've always loved the way James Mason, David Niven, Richard Burton and now Colin Firth speak. (he's my new crush). Sigh. And I thought you had better taste than this. I guess you are right, I don't know you. It looks as if you are just as hopeless as the other Jane Austen "ladies." When it comes right down to it I don't care what a man thinks I look like. Jane Austen is weeping right now. Looks are superficial;sometimes it's good to dig down deep and explore and then when you uncover the complexities of what really makes a person tick, that's what makes the difference to me, the rest is (pardon my texan ) BS, Ohh, stop it. You must not have read Jane Austen like I have. Looks and class are the most important things about a person. The rest is rubbish. yes BS just like the cotton-eyed-Joe I so love to dance ! Oh geez, you are a Texan.

Hola, Texan Girl -- if smithy saw april, im surely he would like her, and dont you remember that he cant handle a knife?! That is until the doll started to tell him what her "favorites" are. At that point, poor Smithy would sprint back to the Institute for some peace and sanity. Yeah, right. Texan women are never speechless. wouldnt you like to know! The world will come to an end before a Texan woman becomes speechless. Buenas tardes, Miss Puerto Rico -- He knows that we're NEVER speechless You don't say. Oh, wait, all you Texan girls do is say. and that's why he looks for us, got it? Once a guy runs into a Texan gal, the rest look all the better. If it weren't for us Texan girls, who would you be spending 85% of your time with Frankie? I'd probably be at some British ball, learning how to be a snob.

Oh,please ! She was as exciting as a wet noodle. You don't find a stubborn Quaker and an ice princess to be exciting? Her accent drives me N U T S B O R I N G !! Yet you enjoy British snobbery. Are your Austen books printed in Texan talk? First stubborn, now ladylike....I never said I was ladylike you MUST have my posts mixed up with someone else's. Who are you again, Sophia? You don't remember the first thing about me Frankie...I suggest you leave it at that. Are you sure about that?

APRIL WHERE ARE YOU!!?? I had Smithy dispose of your doll. frankie......see what you have done? im speechless already! Yeah, right. Texan women are never speechless.

Here's another adjective for your pomp and prissy lady.... B O R I N G Grace is always full of excitement. She was a little lambchop, bursting with excitement in High Noon and she was a warm ocean breeze in Mogambo. She's a sweetie. Stubborn ? where did you get that from? You're being stubborn right now. Why don't you quit being stubborn and just admit I'm right? Don't tell me Jane Austen taught you to talk back to traditional gentleman? That's not very ladylike of you. BTW, are you forgetting the other ties that bind me? my Spanish heritage? It is equally divided with my American one 50 - 50 yes sir. Now do you really think I'd forget such a thing? So, I am NOT just a southern Texan belle but also an outspoken latin mama ! Southern Texan belles tend to be VERY outspoken, so you are double trouble. I'm fully aware of this. I am American from the waist up and Spanish from the waist down, hence my frenzied dancing skills. Ha! It also explains your frenzied stubbornness. Ahhhhhh, Texan gals. Such obstinance.

Oh and 'Jack' please do forgive me for what I feel to be one of THE worst insults that a woman can ever be given, will you forgive me? She must disagree with you since she chose the name. I'm thinking Texas girls are the problem. They seem to be brainwashed. "Gone with the Wind" AND Jane Austen? How sad. Hey, a lot of people on here thought I was a man for months way back when...I'm sure that I could NEVER be mistaken for the same now though. I don't see how anyone could not figure out you were a woman. You are too stubborn not to be. Welcome back, CB! That is impossible because if I seem to recall, you had a 'thing' for a certain Grace Kelly and talk about pomp and priss, ha! What have you got to say about that? Sweet, adorable Grace is a delicate little angel. She understands a man is not to be involved with such pomp and priss.

Okay if this person is not a man (I don't know this person personally) Then it makes complete sense that JF is a woman because she is so insightful, logical and open-minded...many things that men so lack nowadays. So you don't find me to be ever so insightful, logical, and open-minded? I'm deeply hurt, CB. I think I have been very insightful, logical, and open-minded in my distaste for pomp and priss.

Yes, manly-man Jack, why don't you tell us how much of a man you are.

OK Frank manly-man Grimes. I was up last night watching the Alex Trebek guest programmer set and wanted to know what you think of Wuthering Heights? Noir Heathcliff, the black souled, tormented stable boy is too "prissy" for you? Was he wearing doilies and did he go to a ball? Did he kidnap Claudia Cardinale?

What's up, CineBabe -- I watched Double G Saturday night in "Odds Against Tomorrow." You're right, she had a very small part in it. I liked Gloria in it. So quirky. What was up with her pronounced way of speaking? Was she mentally 'slow'? Was she deaf? She had an odd inflection in her speech. It made her very interesting to listen to. You're right about Gloria's character and her speaking being very quirky. I'd like to think that was her take on the character. I took it as her character being not too bright and on the unsure side. She was definitely sex-starved and if Ryan could have sleepless nights hearing her baby cry, Grahame probably had sleepless nights hearing Ryan & Shelley getting 'busy.' You KNOW when she saw the shirtless, drinking 6'4" RYAN answer the door and looked up at him on the word "****" she was just looking to score some of what Shelley was gettin', ey?? Yes, ma'am. I love how Gloria asks, "what's going on in there, an ****?" She's certainly a nosy neighbor looking to take a big whiff of Ryan. I loved the robe opening and her outfit underneath; a precursor to Marion Crane's outfit in "Psycho." Oooh, I never thought of that. Very nice! When she says "just this once" I had the feeling that her husband left her home alone many many nights, the louse! I love "just this once" because anyone who utters those words almost never means it, especially when it comes to... One small word about "Odds..." It really felt ahead of its time for me in terms of race relations becuz Belafonte played a man...just a man like all other men. I like how he was portrayed in this heist film. I liked the interracial mixing of folks (PTA meeting) and him kissing the gorgeous Kim Hamilton (of "LEECH WOMAN" fame! Why didn't she get more parts?? Oh yeah...) And at the end of it all...Harry & Ryan both go up in an incendiary "white heat" explosion...their burnt-to-a crisp bodies indistinguishable from each other. Ashes-to-ashes...all the same! You are right on all accounts. Odds Against Tomorrow is a layered social commentary film. The most obvious component is racial, but I also like how Harry Belafonte and Robert Ryan's characters are both dealing with their own male insecurities and feelings of inadaquecy that are brought about due to societal pressures. Their skin color is different but they are similar in many ways. One of the social commentaries in Odds Against Tomorrow has to do with aging. Ruth (Kim Hamilton) remains very much in love with Johnny (Harry Belafonte). She desperately longs for his loving, but she also knows he's still the same immature man she left, so she pulls away. The following line says so much. Woman is what most men desire, and woman helps heighten many of their fears.