CineMaven

Awwwwww who can forget Bekim? He was such a hunk back then!!! He also appeared in "BLACK SUNDAY" with the very salty Robert Shaw. Terrorists in the midst!

MOLO: "I could write about the film, but I decided to reflect a little on Jane Greer..." You mostly did write about the film...and a wonderful exposition it is. Your short staccato sentences kind of made me think of the movie, moving along and along and along. Your addition of the photos was great. I think you captured the essence when you say: ..the girl can't help it! (p.s. if your rite up doesn't inspire people to watch the movie...I say off with their heads your Majesty!

I'm about to read your post Mighty King Molo XIV (whatever happened to the other XIII??) and I am soooooo looking forward to your take on Jane Greer. Thank you so much for picking up the baton I was waving around. Well...heeere goes.

Good shots you picked to show the similarity, SCSU. But looking at Huston in my favorite "OUT OF THE PAST", I didn't think of Lombard. I couldn't think of anyone else but Jane Greer in that film.

Edward Fox appeared in "Gandhi" with CANDICE BERGEN.

Very funny movie. Billy Wilder had not lost his satircal biting touch. A master...and Cagney was still his rat-a-tat best!

Hmmmm....the sultry sexy and very different Salome Jens. I remember her with Rock Hudson in the under-rated "SECONDS". Enjoy her at the convention. Wow. I've always liked her.

And... Okay. I just saw Gloria Grahame on an old episode of "The Outer Limits." I enjoyed it. The young man was the same young man trying to date Jean Seberg in "Bonjour Tristesse." Gloria plays a silent screen star trapped in a house (along with a cantankerous old married couple) by an alien force. She did a nice job channeling an old silent star who was on her way to make her first talkie when she becomes trapped by the house. She enunciates like someone who wants to show she can talk. She doesn't have a whole lot of screen time and she looks older, but it's still her. She even does a bit of the 'cougar' thaaang and tries to put a move on the young hero. Aaah, the ol' hot to trot Gloria. But I couldn't help feeling sad that she had to decide to do a television show, but she was a trouper and a pro, and it was good to see her. Thank you Mighty King Molo XIV. Cinemaven.

May I add another scene: Jack Lemmmmon in the greenhouse in "DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES". Just like Cagney's prison breakdown in "WHITE HEAT". Whew...tough to watch.

Would you happen to mean Eleanor Parker??? I didn't see all of it...but I didn't realize that Shelley was the Gorgon. Sweet!!! I love lethal ladies.

Stephen444 writes: "Wrestling scene between Oliver Reed and Alan Bates in "Women In Love." Ooooh, I live for that scene. One of the most painful scenes for me to watch (and I do turn the channel when this scene comes on) is Virginia Weidler in the closet crying about 'mummy dear, daddy darling.' Not the sadness of divorce for a child, but the over-acting- schmaltzy-treacly-sentimentalistic-sugariness of it. I feel like screaming right now just thinking about it!!! AAAARGGGGHHHH!

I'm not sure if the outfit is from "You Belong To Me." I didn't see the movie from the very beginning. But you could be right. And she looked downright young & Pretty in that shot. I wish I could copy & paste it, but I didn't get it from a link. It's my absolute fav'rite picture of her.

I'm sorry SCSU, I didn't realize that the Goddard-Lindsay look-a-like post was sooo recent. Found it, and you're right.

CINEMAVEN wrote: "...settle down for the evening and watch "CROSSFIRE". After that, go back a few pages and read the rondelay a few of us had in discussing the movie. You might have something you want to add." LAFITTE writes: "Like what? What could I possibly add to the "rondelay?" Any thought I may have had of my own has imploded into nothingness, quite possibly never to be retrieved. I'm serious, I'm totally blown away by the depth perceptions of the three of you (you know who you are!)" I'm truly flattered. I don't know if any cinematic publication would take (at least) my writing seriously. I love being complimented by people who write better than I. LAFITTE: "But...I will try to at least to view again her two scenes and note any personal impressions, providing, of course, it's still possible. As to the rest, you three GloriaMaven Supremes have Miss Grahame quite nailed down (excuse the expression, Gloria). I am quite out of my depth with you." I won't be able to nail Gloria, but may I watch while you guys do??? Okay..okay. That one may have not been worthy of inclusion here. :-( (But I hope you're laughing). LAFITTE writes: "I liked the movie, even the non-Gloria parts. More about that when I am more fully awake (and not so totally depressed)." Depression*? A wasted emotion. Just write what you want...what you can. Love to read it. * Yes I know depression is a serious mental disease. Please don't send me your cards and letters, folks! CINEMAVEN writes: "What are your thoughts on 'The Big Heat'?" LAFITTE responds: "I wrote a paragraph on it below and I went back to read it. I would refer you to that for the time being because that's all I seem to remember." I'll go check it out, thanxx! You write so well.

:-) :-) :-) I'll take your advice on reverse psychology. Message was edited by CineMaven...what are your thoughts on "The Big Heat"? (No everything's not an assignment, but it is a film forum.)

SCSU: Loder, John British actor. Actor?? A stretch. Let's just say he was Mr. Hedy Lamarr, shall we? Who's gonna try for "U"??

I think one of the points this thread makes Lafitte, is that a little bit of Gloria goes a long way (and I mean that in a good way). BTW, do us a favor...don't bandy about with FrankGrimes. He's very very very busy; he's told us this on a coupla occasions on this thread. This is why we're all waiting ("with baited breath") for his take on "In A Lonely Place." We're curious as to his view of the movie. So if you take him off course, and dangle little conversational carrots in front of him...we'll never know what he thinks. Please allow him to do his homework. Thanx!! Message was edited by CineMaven: absolutely and totally strictly tongue-firmly-in-cheek!!! ;-)

IVES, Burl Balladeer and actor.

Multi-tasking is twentieth century lingo for doing a half-**** job on several tasks. Message was edited by: CineMaven...that's a$$.

Yeah, that wig in "Double Indemnity" is brutal and distracting for me. But her performance is still outstanding. I can't pull up this photo of Stanwyck sitting in the snow but that is my absolute favorite photograph of her. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Behold: Barbara Stanwyck.

I've always loved Priscilla Lane. Sweet good looks, girl-next-door. Lovely. Priscilla Lane worked with Hitchcock in "SABOTEUR" with the equally adorable: ROBERT CUMMINGS.

She was lovely in that film...wasn't she? She was always one of my favorites. I loved her voice.

Going up...Jimmy?? I'll bet. ;-)

WHEW!!! Class you've got your work cut out for you. Hawks, Boetticher and Mann...what a triple threat.

BARGAR writes: "Excu-u-u-use Me! Gosh, a person makes one mistake and I get reprimanded in "bold". So sorry, Cinemaven. My mistake. I will do my best to carry on!! Meanwhile, lighten up!" Okay, I'll lighten up. The next time you make a mistake I won't put it in bold. Now...baaack to this wacky thread: John Lund worked with the 'Oomph Girl' in "Steel Town". Next Star: ANN SHERIDAN