CineMaven
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Wasn't it beautiful? I wish I could make those. Coopsgirl makes great ones. - <MISS G.>
Yes I remember Coopsy's.Tell me the name of a couple of your favorite popular male film stars. I'll see if I can create one for you. P.S. You might have done something horribly horribly wrong to Bronxie if she's suggesting...
HEY LADY!!!!!!!!!!!! Goddess, you're in luck, because early tomorrow morning, Monday, at 7:45 a.m. EST. is (get ready) DONDI!!!!!!!!! Set your timer!!!! AN APEX OF THE OBNOXIOUS, IMPORTUNING ITALIAN STREET URCHIN GENRE! WITH (as I recall, it's been quite some time) THE WORST CHILD PERFORMER EVER TO HIT THE SILVER SCREEN!!! DON'T MISS!!! -
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Is that the screeching of Jerry Lewis? No, it's Bronxie! My mom took us to see "DONDI" in the movies when it first came out. Yeah, that dates me, huh? My secret? Why, cryogenics.
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Great list Frank. If I could screen cap...I would include the dance between Louis Jourdan and Jennifer Jones from "MADAME BOVARY." That was simply an exquisite example of filmmaking...and when the windows broke....
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What an exquisitely edited piece of YouTube entertainment. I doff my cap (yup, in this c-c-cold weather) to the person who created that tribute to "THE GHOST & MRS. MUIR."
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JACK??!! Holy Moley filmlover, I didn't...wait a sec...another poster in the Rambles thread wrote this:
"I caught Edgar Buchanan as one of Thorpe?s men, Jack ?Lash? LaRue as a Spanish officer..." - <<< (( wouldbestar )) >>>
I did see "Petticoat Junction's" Edgar Buchanan as one of the bucaneers...but I didn't stay to watch the whole film. And I see I already missed seeing the great Flora Robson make her mark
as Elizabeth R. But...is it Lash or luscious Jack?
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Ben Casey? Whoa!!! When I was leetle keed, there were Ben Casey and Dr. Kildare trading cards.
He was brooding but I always a teensy more partial to Dr. Ben.
Barranca...always at the ready around here.
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MISS G.! I can only hope you're out there somewhere watching your Gilbertito in "THE SEA HAWK" tonite on...what else? TCM. He's a little too covered up in Spanish armor. I'm hoping for better things as the movie plays out. It's got to be hot out there sailing the seven seas in all that armor.
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Weeeee! Another Diana Rigg fan.
"I grew up on these late seventies/early eighties low budget horror films. They were always playing these things at our late lamented drive-in theaters right up until the bloody end."
Oh I loved those. There was one with Brooke Shields when she was a little kid.
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I'm so sorry that Peggy couldn't materialize for your birthday. But that girl is always getting herself in trouble...
No problem. Besides, I think some of our boys had her occupied with reaching for items on high shelves.
These Screen Director's Playhouse stories were not short and sweet, but short and dull. Give me a Hitchcock anthology any time.
The Playhouse stories hadn't really interested me, but it must have been marvelous to see all these big stars on television in the 50's.
What was up with all the florist shops in the Payne noirs?
I don't know Bronxie. Beats me. (Well...they actually beat Payne). Flowers say something.
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CHANG!! Wizard of the Orient. Whew!!! I wonder what kind of show HE put on.
Paulette Goddard as Scarlett. < ( Sigh! ) > What might have been...
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Well...they say a man's home is his Castle. ;-)
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Im-a-ni-ma-ma-ma
Im-a-ni-ma-ma-ma
gination....
< Sigh! >
Thank you Mongo, sir.
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Uhmmmm....Mr. Mongo, sir. Any more pictures of...uhmmm...Victor Mature?
Just askin'.
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I hear you about the modernity. Folks were talking of the Margaret Lockwoods and Celia Johnsons. The 30's / 40's... < ( Sigh! ) > Always a different breed of cat. But perhaps a direct descendent of
the classic beauty of a Madeleine Carroll would be mad mod swinging 60's Carnaby Streetin' Julie Christie.
Diana Rigg!!!! Avengers fan acknowledged.. - << (( SUEx2 )) >>
Don't get me started on Mrs. Peel. I saw her in the play "Abelard & Heloise." I'm a fan.
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Now see what dear Susannah York started? I forgot about Charlotte Rampling. How could I have?! I loved her back in the day. I saw "THE NIGHT PORTER" and was burnt to a crisp by the drama of a sick twisted masochistic sexual relationship between Rampling and Bogarde. I loved her in "THE VERDICT" looked just like Bacall in "FAREWELL MY LOVELY" and shocked at not recognizing her in "SWIMMING POOL."
Look at the names on this list: http://www.imdb.com/list/avgi5oEBK4I/ of top British actresses. Many of my favorites appear here. I oughta make a list. Your show & tell always makes things better. Looking at that imdb list...and not to sound unpatriotic...our American actresses are starting to pale a little in comparison to those British gals.
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Hi there...
I'm afraid I was grown enuf to see Glenda Jackson in the movies waaaay back in the 70's. She was no frilly femme little babe. She was one tough cookie. I've seen her in "SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY" "WOMEN IN LOVE" "A TOUCH OF CLASS" "HOUSE CALLS" and you're right about her as Elizabeth as I imdb'd her. Whew! She was one tough cookie...the only one who could stand toe-to-toe with someone like Oliver Reed.
Another favorite of mine is Jacqueline Bisset. I thought she did a great job in "Rich and Famous."
I don't think people generally think of her as a good actress. I think her beauty probably got in the way.
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May I throw my hat in the ring...for two British actresses who I'm fond of:
Diana Rigg
Glenda Jackson
As for Nova Pilbeam...you can't make that name up.
Pip...pip!
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Hey what happened to the life preserver???? Hey CineMaven!!! What's that you're sitting on??? - < MOLO >
That wasn't me Dad. That was Stymie!
Evelyn and Turhan are searching for Peggy Castle. - < BRONXGIRL >
Evelyn Ankers is one of my very tip top favorites of the 40's. She & Peggy have a similar look. (I love their - and Anita Louise's haughty looks). And I just want to ruffle Turhan's hair.
There are greetings awaiting you at the Oasis as well. - < MOVIEMAN >
I just saw. I feel like Rex Harrison. And that's as close to a confession as I'll get. (I'll never put him down again!) Thank you MM &...
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Awwwwww darn it Bronxie...I'm just wandering over here and I see you WERE talking about Peggie Castle. (I still can't see the picture). She was a ****. If only I possessed one-tenth of that. Thanx again for thinking of me.
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CINEMAFAN - And I should thank you for giving me the gift of John Hodiak, stranded on a lifeboat with him. He's so handsome in not a pretty boy kind of way, and he & I can...Oh wait, I get William Bendix, Canada Lee and Henry Hull to boot??? Well, I guess I will just have to go all out for my birthday. Thanxx again!
Ooops! She tripped. Bankhead overboard!! BANKHEAD OVERBOARD!!!
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BRONXGIRL - Hey Girlie...representin' Boca & the Bronx. Thank you. I can't see the picture, but knowing your sense of humor that castle could be either Peggy or William. But more 'n likely you
have given me a birthday present of a luxurious castle deep in the heart of Europe...with a tv set
in every room. Well of course they're tuned to TCM, Silly!
MOLO - Thanxx so much for the birthday greetings. Never mind what you saw of me on TCM. Your screencap has captured me perfectly...I look just like Gloria. I look just like Gloria. I look just like Gloria. I...
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NOVEL-TEEEE - Yes it was. Thanxx for sending me those mop-head Brits to sing for me. Tsk! Tsk!! At my age to still have a crush on the "cute" Beatle. Yeah, I'm a mess.
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RO - Thank you for the extra delicious birthday calories of your cherry-topped, whipped cream cupcakes. Whew! I'm going to feel that in the morning.
GRIMESY - Thank you for confirming to this birthday girl that beneath my "lethal" pen is simply the soul of a girl whose just looking for love...and money...and power...and (awww the list is too long).
MADAM CUTTER - Thank you my fellow Cappy! You're going to be the Perle Mesta (and maybe a little Texas Guinan) of all things TCM during the April Film Fest. I'm resting up for that now.
FILMLOVER - Thanxx for showing me what was going on in the reel world on the date I was born many years before I happened.
BABY T - Thank you l'il young'un for the birthday gift of a leading man who is both naughty AND nice. Hmmmmm....I think I'm going to enjoy both sides of Mitchum.
I share this date with Cary Grant. The documentary aired this afternoon shows how irreplaceable a star he was.
Thanx guys!
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I'm thinking of Coleen in "KISS OF DEATH." Her hair looked great in there. I loved in "LEECH WOMAN."
I have recorded "Kansas City Confidential" after "...River Street." I've got to check it out.
WRITTEN, DIRECTED AND PRODUCED BY PRESTON STURGES
"No man who employs detectives has ever been disappointed..."
I watched "Unfaithfully Yours." Uhmmmm...oooh boy. It was dark, shockingly brutal. The use of language was musical. It felt like I was watching Shakespeare. Rex Harrison did a fantastic job with his bombastic apoplectic arrogant nature...but I did not like him. I thought the "comedy" (and yup, I do put that in quotes) went on too long when he was looking for the record player. But I understood what Sturgess was doing; showing his well-ordered world turn into a catastrophe of his own making. Edgar Kennedy had a wonderful pathos when he was spilled the beans of Linda's supposed infidelity. And there was a jab of classicism in terms of a --foot padded-- flat-foot daring to like classical music. The forays into "how to murder his wife" was interesting and interesting that it made him conduct with gusto and passion, like thinking about someone else when you're with your partner. But check out what he was thinking about...
Linda Darnell was a delight. Well, let me put it like this...she really showed another side of her. She was soooooo understanding and sweet to her out-of-his-mind husband, when we know what she's capable of from "A LETTER TO THREE WIVES" "FALLEN ANGEL" "NO WAY OUT" where she was withering. And as soon as he realized his error he was all sweetness and light and loving again. Uhmmmm...oh man. Really? Linda might not know what he was up to...but we sure did.
But all in all, I didn't care for the movie. Oh, I didn't mind Sturgess' brutality of the jealous mind. And he is quite a wordsmith. There must have been two billion words on his first page. You can see he was in love with his own words and Rexie was the boy who could deliver 'em. Rex Harrison did a great job...I respect the job he did, but I don't like him. He's always seemed cold to me. (Yeah yeah, Lucia Lucia...and there's no doubt he, like James Mason, has a great voice and he was some sort of gruff romantic sea captain). I think that might've been the key to everything for me. I don't like Rex Harrison and watching all his shenanigans...meh.
Well, at least now I can say I have officially watched "UNFAITHFULLY YOURS."
BRONXGIRL'S MOTHER, HENRY FONDA'S HIRSUTENESS, ETC.
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OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Well Kate's urchin was a cuite pie in "SUMMERTIME."
BTW... HEY LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADY!!!!