FrankGrimes
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Beautiful scene in those caps, Mr Grimes. I love that whole sequence from the time he picks her up until he almost doesn't say goodnight. And Uncle Elliot listening in on every word, knowing just what his niece is up to.
I enjoy the "last evening" scene, as well. When they go out on the town, it reminds me of Sunrise. Gene then drowns Ty.
If you're just humoring Lynn, why did you say this in reply to The Searchers thread:
Ford's a sneaky little devil. I hate to say it, but I like him.
You must have me confused with another man again. You know I'd never say such a foolish
thing. That would be like me saying Gary Cooper is a good actor or that I actually watched
Gone with the Wind and sort of liked it.
Au revoir!
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Thanks for mentioning some of your favorite silents, Jeff. I like knowing the favorites of others. It tells me a little about their personality.
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Have you seen Rickman in the role?
No, of course not. I did find that description of Brandon to be right on with me, though.
As for Obsession, perhaps one of these of the days it will find its way to TCM or DVD or your collection.
I'll have to rent Obsession.
In the meantime, enjoy Harvey and The Big Heat.
I already love The Big Heat, but Harvey still needs to be viewed by me. As you know all too well, I've got a lot of film dates.
As for removing Ford from your list, you know I can't do that. You enjoy his films too much, despite your protests to the opposite.
I'm just humoring you, Lynn.
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only two? is this a trick question?
Of course!
oh alright i suppose......um....now let me think about this. if someone were a TRUE classics fan, they would know all sorts of genres and gloria certainly did a great job of being in many genres of film.
I'm not so sure about the "true" part. I think there are many classic film fans who probably haven't seen Gloria's films noir.
people might easily know her from The Big Heat with which she costarred the handsome Glenn Ford or in Bad and the Beautiful, or even The Glass Wall. but thats not to say that those movies grasped her best performances. they are famous so more people know them. oops! i said three didnt i? well you know what i mean right frankie? she was in many well known movies and isnt necessarily just known for being Ado Annie in Oklahoma b/c it is a cutise musical.
I think Gloria's best performances are from her films noir, but I believe the masses know her as "Violet Bick" and "Ado Annie."
i figured those two musicals would be the only ones you would ever get. heehee! they have your favorite women in them.....but you are forgetting one.......i thought you liked miss impassive.....she is in High Society isnt she? now i dont like this version even though frankie sinatra is in it, b/c grace is in it and i looooove the original better with kate hepburn and cary grant. although i usually go with the musical version of everything.
Ahhh, yes, Grace. That would be another musical I'd consider getting. I actually look to get Gene and Gloria films before the highly emotional Grace.
heehee! you guessed me! actually i really do like those caps. that are quite intriguing and really say a lot. they capture some of the best scenes from that movie!
Thanks. I loved seeing Gloria get emotional. She was terrific in the final act of the film.
did you put those last two on purpose? do i even have to ask? heehee!
That's my favorite scene in the film. Gloria's rough edges are stripped away in that scene.
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i'm sure he knows but he also knows you don't get off this mortal coil without watching Obsession first. What would you say to Bernard Herrman in heaven otherwise?
I don't have access to Obsession but I have Pride and Prejudice on VHS.
So, I'd suggest by-passing Pride and Prejudice and sticking with Ford, Lang and in between watching Harvey and Obsession, two films that have nothing in common but need to be seen by you.
I like how you snuck that Irish fella's name in there. It may be best to remove his name, too.
(I recommend Sense and Sensibilty myself if only because you remind me of Alan Rickman in the film)
From wiki:
Marianne is displeased: she considers Colonel Brandon, at age thirty-five, to be an old bachelor incapable of falling in love or inspiring love in anyone else.
On the nosey!
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You know the only way that will happen is if Miss Hallie begs him to.
I'm just hoping Doniphon knows that I shouldn't be watching Pride and
Prejudice. He better gun me down.
Is she on your side?
Afraid not.
Or do you just want to get the girl?
Nah, I'd rather Doniphon shoot me dead right now. Where's Valance and that whip
of his?
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To difficult to narrow down my list of favorites. The order changes all the time. I will say this though, most of them are probably American Silent's?
I figured they were American silents. I was just curious to know your favorites.
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Hey, Laffite -- It's weird being so serious on such a happy and carefree
thread. I've gotta stop this.
Now that got a huge laugh out of me. Can you believe how foolish some peopleare around here? I'm appalled.
Hiya, Lynn, dear -- I think I should be injurioulsy hurt to think that you
describe me as such.
I would never think of doing such a thing.
I'm going to the end of the bar to sit with Harvey and cry into my beer.
I'm hurt, I tell you, hurt. (sniffles)
No more Obsession talk for you, young man.
At least you recommend films that a guy may like. Can you believe Bronxie and
ButterscotchGreer are trying to get me to watch Pride and Prejudice? I hope
Doniphon shoots me from the shadows very soon.
Hola, Mean T -- i hate to imagine which one i am suppose to be.
What makes you think you're one of them, Meanie Mint?
i just bought The Razor's Edge on DVD!! i love this movie and didnt have it on
DVD, only on VHS and a bad recording, and i just watched it again. yay!
Gene Tierney!
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I have the Fox DVD release of SUNRISE too. However, If I am not seeing things, the print that TCM just aired looked dramatically better than what they broadcast back in February? There has been a more recent DVD release by Eureka in Britain that was supposed to be much improved. I thought the film looked very dark and dull most of the time a couple months ago? Not so tonight!
Now I wish I would have tuned in.
Maybe there is hope that TCM will air the Photo-play Productions version of WINGS next month? Izcutter, claimed that they were trying very hard to obtain the rights? Even if it should have been done earlier. I desperately want to see the Brownlow-Gill Restoration.
I read your mention of this on another thread. That would be very interesting.
By the way, what are your very favorite silent films?
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yes i can imagine u would get sent by Gloria....lol...She has many appealing qualities not only very pretty but ionnocent,sexy,very sexy actually not in a obvious way but u know it when she talks looks at u
Gloria understood her appeal:
"It wasn't the way I looked at a man, it was the thought behind it."
Yes Avas performance was VERY good..very dramatic in it....as well though she has a scene on the beach with Gregory when there frolicking together on the beach...and u just get this feeling that Ava Gardner has come in to her own skin...just matured from the whisper beauty of 25 to the mature woman of 35...yes well worth seeing for her performance!
That all sounds good to me.
Ava and Gloria appeared in one film together: Blonde Fever.
Ava was 23 when she appeared in Whistle Stop
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Hi, AvaG -- thats her! I looooooove her..very good actress...She didnt play many lead roles correct?
That's correct. What's funny is that no other actress makes me smile like Gloria does. Her mere presence sends me.
I rememeber her in many movies...the one i remember most was one she did with Humphrey Bogart right? I think the pic u showed me is the movie i mean..that is Humphrey right?
Yep.
thanks for the pics of Gloria again!
I was spoiling myself.
Aas far as the movie is far as The Beach i wouldnt call it a great movie by any stretch of the imagination but she was very good in it...and as i said before she was in her prime..she just looked so beautiful to me in it..imean she always looked beautiful..lol..but there was something when she was 35 as to when she was 35...She looked well mature..well lets just say EVEN more beautiful to me then when she was 25..if thats possible..
I've never seen the film but I'm very intrigued by what I've read about Ava's character.
Hiya, ButterlateGREER -- not true frankie. if they were real classic film fans they would know all her GREAT roles, silly.
Okay, Silly Goose, what two films do you think most classic film fans know Gloria from? You can only pick two.
but you know she is really good in Oklahoma, and i think you should see it. she has a rather big part in it next to gordon mccrae and shirley jones. i just love her songs in it!
If I'm going to own a musical on DVD it may end up being Oklahoma! because of the very sweet and innocent Gloria. Actually, there is another musical I'm considering getting on DVD -- On the Riviera.
those screencaps of yours.....they never fail!
Uh-oh. You're trying to "butter" me up so that I watch Pride and Prejudice.
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YES..me tooo i loove the mature Ava...i loved her in The Beach...i thought she was goooorgoues in that movie..she was 35...in her prime...heehee...and she loooked gorgoues i thought....
I'm considering buying the On the Beach DVD this week.
forgive me u are going to kill me please send me a pic of Gloria..im sure i know her whne i see her but the pictures not coming to my mind of her...sowwy...
I think most classic film fans know Gloria Grahame as either "Violet Bick" in It's a Wonderful Life or "Ado Annie Carnes" in Oklahoma!.
Here's Gloria Grahame in my favorite performance of hers, In a Lonely Place
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I just got SECRETS OF THE SOUL last week. Haven't watched it yet.
I hope you watch it soon and post your thoughts on it. I'd love to hear them. The IMDb user review that I read had me drooling. I love psychological films and the German silent psychs are usually brilliantly visual.
I have had the Kino DVD of THE LOVE JEANNE NEY for about a year. It is a fantastic movie!
It looks I'm gonna have to buy that one this year.
Why aren't you watching SUNRISE???
I have it on DVD. I'll post some caps from the film on this thread. Maybe tomorrow.
Have you seen The Joyless Street? That's another Pabst film I'd like to see in due time.
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Have you seen G. W. Pabst SECRETS OF A SOUL (1926), and THE LOVE OF JEANNE NEY (1927)?
No, but both films look to be absolutely fascinating, especially Secrets of a Soul. Have you seen either film?
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Don't overlook the great American Silent's though.
I just haven't been moved to watch them yet. Buster Keaton and Lon Chaney are the two silent performers I'm most attracted to and that's where I'll start my American silent focus.
Especially, the films of people like King Vidor, and Frank Borzage.
Vidor and Borzage are two excellent recommendations.
What did you think of THE CROWD when TCM ran it last fall? I assume that you haven't seen THE BIG PARADE yet? That's OK, lot's of people here haven't? TCM hasn't run the film in any form since Memorial Day of 2004!
I haven't seen either film. I'm very new to classic film in general but even more so to silents. My silent knowledge is primarily German and Hitch. You'll know my silent tastes if you follow my cap posts on this thread. I'm gonna try to post a film a day until I run out.
If you have THE SCARLET LETTER on VHS, it is probably an older version, and not the restored one that TCM started running in 2001? The print is much improved, and contains allot of previously missing footage. It also boast's a very fine musical score.
I taped The Scarlet Letter off of TCM.
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There are no snippy women on these boards. That is your imagination.
Uh-huh. I know of at least one snippy girl, a couple mean girls, an indecorous girl, and a cruel cephalopod on this board.
You must regard it all as a nightmare, Mr. Carlisle. Come, let me drive you to the hospital. Leave yourself in my care. You can trust me completely. Sincerely, Lilith Ritter
Ooooohhhh, the ice storm! Ice storms tend to be very snippy... and blonde.
Coleen Gray reminds me of a sweet girl on this board.
My last romantic entanglement has probably gone back to Glasgow, Scotland. I hope the Loch Ness monster swallows him up. -- Bronxie
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What's up, Jeff? -- Have you seen Victor Seastrom's great Swedish Silent THE PHANTOM CHARIOT? With it's Super-natural Storyline, it seems to be just the type of film that you would enjoy?
No, I haven't seen that one but I like supernatural films, especially from the classic world. The only Victor Sj?str?m film I have seen is The Wind, which is a very good film. I may have The Scarlet Letter and He Who Gets Slapped on VHS.
Incidentally, I do have Able Gance NAPOLEON by the way. And speaking of Gance, Flicker Alley is releasing the newly restored LE ROUE (1923) in early May. It is debuting on TCM at the end of this Month.
That's very interesting. I bought my brother Flicker Alley's presentation of Murnau's Phantom. I hope to post some caps from that film coming up. If anyone is unfamiliar with Murnau and Lang's German silents, stay tuned, because I'm gonna post caps from all of the ones I have access to.
I've only seen about 40 silents in my life, Jeff. The vast majority are German silents. I just love UFA. I believe UFA did more for the art of filmmaking than any other studio in cinema history. My three favorite directors had ties to UFA: Alfred Hitchcock, Fritz Lang, and F.W. Murnau.
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Wow! Now that's a saucy little tidbit. Ford's a sneaky little devil. I hate to say it, but I like him.
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Guess what screencaps will be the coming attractions for your Torture Thread?
Did I say you were snippy and sour? I meant to say you were extra sweet and quite lovely. Selfishly, I've been wanting you to watch Tobacco Road again. I still am.
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Bonjour, Mademoiselle G -- Just wait long enough and you can get the box set on sale or off Ebay. I think in the end it will be a far better value.
Deep Discount no longer carries Ford at Fox, so I'm guessing DVD Planet is my best bet to get it on sale unless Amazon surprises me. As far as I can tell, only four titles are unavailable outside of the box.
Tobacco Road is not all that good and I'm not even sure I'll watch it again since the last time I saw, which was admittedly a long time ago, I didn't like it. I like people to bathe that I have to look at for almost two hours. Even Ward Bond.
Ohh, geez. Persnippety. I'm very interested in seeing Gene dirty.
Hiya, BronxBabe -- So you like pouty and obnoxious actresses with thick eyebrows?
All I know is that Ali MacGraw is attractive. Isn't that the point? How is it that you're single again? Don't tell me you are super snippy like a certain sour kraut.
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Hiya, Ava! -- Anyhoot thank u for the welcome aboard Frank!
You're quite welcome!
i never got to comment on your thread sorry hun guess i missed that boat.;;anyway better late then never i say.....lol..i love your list of movie beautys there all beautiful
Thanks!
...but u know who i think is the most beautiful,...hmmmmmmm AVA...
Now why does this not come as a surprise to me?
In terms of sex appeal, I'd rank Ava #2 for me, behind Gloria Grahame, although I'm someone who does believe Ava is the sexiest starlet of them all. I actually prefer the "mature" Ava, too.
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Hola, Whistlin' Gypsy -- I really enjoyed the beautiful images you shared from Warning Shadows; it looks like a fascinating film. I especially like the ?dream sequence? or the first ?hallucination? and the shadow puppet scene.
Thanks. Warning Shadows isn't on the level of Murnau or Lang, but it does have its
merits. The dream/hallucination scene you speak of is foreSHADOWing. Eventually, a
traveling minstrel shows the future to a dinner party if they are to act on their dark desires.
The Bat also looks like a great horror film with the criminal (?) in a bat costume. If I?m not mistaken, that is Louise Fazenda as the terrified lady.
Correct on both accounts. "The Bat" is a criminal in The Bat and that is Louise Fazenda as the damsel in distress.
Gregg Toland, the DP for Citizen Kane, was an assistant cameraman on the film and William Cameron Menzies was in charge of "settings." I really like the look of The Bat. I'm someone who is very drawn to the look of films.
I suppose that Siegfried is based on the Wagner opera, (complete with Valkyries?) and would be intriguing to watch.
You are once again on-point. I will post part two of Lang's Die Nibelungen, Kriemhild's Revenge. The running time on the Kino version of Die Nibelungen is 291 minutes, so one definitely has to be committed to viewing Lang's epic tale.
Hey, Jeff -- I have not seen WARNING SHADOWS at all yet, but the capture stills look very impressive! Thanks for posting these.
You're very welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed them. It's hard to find any silents you haven't seen.
I told MetsFan that I wanted to share some caps from the silents that I really like. I prefer the German silents because they tend to be very visual and very dark.
Here is Jean Epstein's...
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Thank you for the torture, Doctor J! You are the most evil girl on the board.
I've never seen that Gloria Grahame pic before. I love her eyes and smile. Is she
wearing Daisy Dukes in that photo? I'll pretend she is.
Grace Kelly's beauty is so very natural. I just love her relaxed hair. It's too lovely.
I don't think anyone wears a hat better than Gene Tierney. I just love all of her exotic
hats. She knows how to wear gloves, too.
Thanks again, J!
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Hi, AnnieLaurie -- Welcome to the board!
That is awesome...which movie is it? Thanks for sharing.
The first caps are from Arthur Robison's Warning Shadows and the second are from Roland West's The Bat.
Hiya, Girl with the Gorgeous Name (
) -- Now I'm intrigued with "The Bat". I love the hanging picture and the one where he is climbing up the stairs. The mask was done extremely well from what is seen in the side view. Thanks for introducing me to this film.You're welcome. The Bat played a big role in helping inspire Bob Kane to create the character, Batman, which is my favorite superhero. I think the film is underrated.
Fritz Lang and Thea von Harbou's...
What genre of movies & what type of music do TCM members like ?
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Hola, PKTrekkie -- Inherit the Wind? That one surprised me with you. Gone with the Wind did not.
I must say, I do like the fact that you're a moll.
What's up, Game? -- I think you already know my tastes in classic film but I doubt you know my musical "tastes." Giallo, eh? Who knew?
Metallica and classic film... that's an interesting mix.
Favorite classic film genres:
1. Hitch
Psycho
Rear Window
Vertigo
Strangers on a Train
The 39 Steps
North by Northwest
Shadow of a Doubt
To Catch a Thief
Notorious
Spellbound
2. Film noir
Scarlet Street
Pickup on South Street
Out of the Past
The Third Man
Raw Deal
Fallen Angel
The Killing
The Night of the Hunter
The Big Heat
The Asphalt Jungle
3. Westerns
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Wild Bunch
For a Few Dollars More
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
High Noon
The Searchers
Winchester '73
Forty Guns
Man of the West
The Naked Spur
4. Horror
Val Lewton and Universal.
5. German silents
UFA (Murnau, Lang, Pabst, etc.)
I pretty much like visual films and psychological films.
Favorite music
1. Rap
Eric B. & Rakim
Public Enemy
Ultramagnetic MCs
Gang Starr
Tuff Crew
KRS-One/Boogie Down Productions
EPMD
Big Daddy Kane
Beastie Boys
A Tribe Called Quest
2. 80s pop
Huey Lewis and the News
Human League
Hall & Oates
Duran Duran
The Fixx
Thompson Twins
INXS
A Flock of Seagulls
Prince
Tears for Fears
I actually prefer listening to a mix of artists versus just one. I'm into singles more so than albums.