CineMaven
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Wow what a name from the past...and as a character actor he fed his family. He had a great voice too.
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Oh, that sounds delicous, Miss G. It probably has all those geriatric guest stars that show up on MURDER, SHE WROTE."
I didn't see "Voyage..." but when I read the synopsis it made me think of "Ship of Fools."
I was never an avid watcher of "Murder She Wrote" but was grateful for seeing all the old stars being given another shot. And it made me feel that Angie Lansbury were giving her friends a job.
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Sad news. He made his mark in "Jaws." Sad.
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HA! I saw a little of Anna too. (Her head was out of the car window when they were chasing a stallion). I didn't want to see what was going to happen to the animals so I had to turn the channel, but Anna looked magnificent!
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"NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN" baby. Javier Bardem.
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Thank you so much for your thoughts on such an interesting movie.
Your line about "hair ingenue" really made me laugh out loud. I'm glad the smokey-voiced gal one out.
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"Mr. Hinchcliff, why did you kill my mother..You can do anything can't you? I read your newspaper. It solves everything. It tells the President of the United States how to stop war. It tells women how to raise babies. It tells us to shorten our skirts or bob our hair or lengthen both. Well you omnipotent coward, raise my mother and father from the dead."
"Five Star Final" is fantastic. Here's some notes I jotted down as I was stunned by this film.
*This film was quite frank for 1931 (pre-code, of course). They mention illegitimate children.
*There's a shot breast high of Ona Munson as she talks to secretary Aline MacMahon about a job interview; MacMahon says: "You'll get the job alright!"
* An exchange between a cub reporter and MacMahon:
(Reporter): "When's the boss gonna put me on the street?"
(MacMahon): "What do you think you are... a woman?" MacMahon also tells him NOT to change his last name: "New York's full of Christians as it is."
* George E. Stone tries to negotiate a taxi cab race up Manhattan and says "I'm gonna let an Irishman, a Jew and a **** win." It was shockingly wonderful to me to hear this.
*Edward G.'s manic MacBethian habit of washing his hands after every vile thing he did to spin and sell this story.
* The parents' acting style did feel kind of hokey and D.W.Griffith-ish. When mom tries to kill the story she's coldly & cruelly ignored. Loved the split screen effect during her phone call to the newspaper.
* Finding his dead wife and then pretending she's still alive so as not to upset their daughter's on her wedding day. Heart-wrenching.
*Taking photos of the suicide victims. Disgustingly sordid.
*The boyfriend in a 'David Manners' type role tries to defend the girl he wants to marry against his folks. He tells Mom: "I think you're the coldest, most brutal woman I've ever seen." The smack his dad gave him seemed real if you ask me!
*Exchange between EddieG. and bosses: "For two cents I'd smash your face in." "You'd do anything for two cents," says Edward G.
Melodramatic, sordid, overwrought, zealous and frank..."Five Star Final" is a wonderful film and totally relevant. I'm no big fan of celebutantes like Paris Hilton, or of starlets like Lindsay Lohan or Britney Spears, but I think Aline MacMahon's character summed up the press' position eloquently when she said:
"I think you can always get people interested in the crucifixion of a woman." Sad but true.
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Same here Sandy. There are many of us out there.
Cinemaven.
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Mercedes McCambridge??? Ay yi yi yi...she's a hurricane by herself. I've got to look into that movie...and you..."Desert Fury." Let us know wha'cha think once you see it.
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"...Don't miss out on this awesome comedy with Spencer Tracy, Myrna Loy, William Powell and Jean Harlow. The latter were married when they filmed this so it is even more enjoyable to watch if you are a fan of either."
"Libeled Lady" was a great film...and a plot I think would work today Kim. But you are wrong about Harlow and Powell. They were NEVER married. Just the facts, ma'am. Just the facts.
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Good idea about a thread bOb. Make sure all copyrights are in place and let's this plotting started.
Dolph Lundgren, ey?
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I think Newman did a great job...I do, though, think Ben Kingsley did a great job playing Gandhi. It was just Newman's bad luck to have been nominated that same year.
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Awmigawd...someone is going to hell for this. And it might be me 'cuz I ****!!
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I think Paul Newman was robbed of an Oscar for his performance in "The Verdict" and should seek legal help to getting it.
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Wonderful to read your review of "CASABLANCA". I don't even remember the first time I saw the film so reading this was like looking at the movie for the first time. The movie was tight and cast so perfectly. Ingrid & Bogart...even a more perfect union than Bogart with Bacall. What a story..What a director...What a cast...WHAT A FILM. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
(Bergman always gets me).
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Ladies...both of your analyses of Bette in films was a wonderful read. Thank you! Have you seen Meryl Streep's talk of Bette Davis on TCM. I think Bette Davis is the iconic queen of classic movies from the 30's & 40's. Just saying her name and thinking of her roles conjures up such mammoth images. Thanxxx ladies!!!
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AAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!
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Please go one step further. WHO would you ask to play this erudite Tarzan???? And may I fill out an application play Jane??
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Didn't the blast of the volcano's eruption shift the island over to the east???
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I will make a film noir. It will be set in these days. It will be in color and...there will be blood! Just gotta think of a good lethal lady out there from the actresses appearing in films today. You know what I mean, someone in the vein of Helen Walker. (I just saw a couple of minutes of "Nightmare Alley" and was chilled by the coldness of Walker when she turns on Tyrone Power. Yeah he deserved it...but geez!!!) Too bad she didn't make that A-list. She had a lot of potential.
Aah, they don't make "dames" like Walker, Alexis Smith or Gail Patrick anymore, do they.
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"FredC,Dobbs you just gave me a wonderful idea for a thread - Thank you..."
RainingViolets, I would love to walk into the homespun Americana of "Four Daughters." Oh there are swankier places to be ("To Catch A Thief," the Riviera and Cary Grant) but right about now with SuperTuesday just about to end and our world just about to change, swinging on a white picket fence with the adorably boyishly handsome Jeffrey Lynn would suit me just fine. For now...
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I used to Yea. Now I'm Nay on Richard Dreyfuss.
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Separate but equal never works. Don't separate the men from the boys.
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I'm a big Stanwyck fan. Love those shots of her below. I think I liked her 1940's look better than her look in the 1930's.
A monumental talent in any decade.
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"I love Magnani -- not beautiful, but look at the hunky Hollywood leading men she played opposite -- Brando, Lancaster, Quinn -- you could believe their characters all lusted after her."
Now doesn't THAT say it all BG. It takes a real man to love a woman like that...not a boy. (Guys should remember that).