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    EARTHQUAKE -- "You've just rammed into Zsa Zsa Gabor's hedges!"

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    <<< Give me your assessment of Anne Francis. What went wrong?>>>

     

    Star quality, a smart, sexy, feline blonde presence, but in a "hip", small-screen kind of way, like Diana Rigg. "Actressy", serious, but tongue-in-cheek. Audiences perhaps not emotionally invested as with, say, Kim Novak. That's about all my buffet-swelled brain can come up with right now.

     

    Next time, don?t write after you eat. We want all of you...but that was pretty good for a buffet-swelled brain.

     

    With his razor-cut hair, bony figure, and unholy preferences, I'd want to stay as far away as possible from Boris in ?THE BLACK CAT?. Nothing dishy there for me. I like DETOUR, though. Sammy's in ?THE RAVEN?!

     

    D?Oh!! Uhmmmmm...I knew that.

     

    (Gack! Thanx for the correction).

     

    ?...unholy preferences.? That made me laugh.

     

    Liam Neeson, yesssss. I just finished watching THE HAUNTING and Julie Harris is annoying me. I do enjoy Claire Bloom, however. Her character is the one that unnerves me, though I'm not quite sure why. Perhaps because she sees so clearly into Nell.

     

    Russ Tamblyn annoyed me. And finally Moneypenny got out of the office. Ha! She was almost run over by a car, in fast motion. Claire Bloom: ?I am not a witch. I am you.? She wears black like Mrs. Peel. Maybe it?s her widow?s peak?

     

    We'll have to get a butler for Sandor. (Ruggles of Red Gap?) Sheeesh! His pillow cases will be a sopping mess.

     

    Oh yeah...and I could do without Ted Lewis too.

     

    IS EVERYBODY HAPPY???

    EARTHQUAKE -- "You've just rammed into Zsa Zsa Gabor's hedges!"

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    We need an athlete.

     

    "Could we get someone who looks like Burt Lancaster?? - < ( lzcutter ) >

     

    Only if he wears the outfit that he wore in ?Trapeze.? And on the beach with Deborah Kerr in "From Here to Eternity."

     

    "Ah Listen to them, the Uncle Charlies of the night, what sweet music they make......? -

    < ( Jack Favell ) >

     

    :-) Ha! Clever...clever.

     

    "Athletic and completely discrete: there is only one option:? - < ( Sans Fin ) >

     

    Oh Lord, we?re going to Provence...not Transylvania. You can do better than that, Finnie.

     

    "Ha! You could never be a bad person. Ever see Debbie in THE ?CATERED AFFAIR?? Fine dramatic job, and she holds her own with Bette Davis. Now that takes talent!? -

    < ( Bronxgirl ) >

     

    She really did a good job. And her reward...Rod Taylor. < Sigh! >

     

    "Wow, I'd love to see that bookshelf! My brother would sequester himself in his room and watch heaven knows what. I thrived on a steady diet of Universal horror classics, reruns of the Abbott and Costello Show, Soupy Sales, and The Three Stooges.? - < ( More Bronxie ) >

     

    I?m tellin? you Bronxie, we were sisters under the --mink-- p.j?s. Sounds like my tv fare as a kid. (Please add "Fury" "My Friend Flicka" & "Sky King" to the mix.

     

    ?When the preternatually mature Martin Stephens says "It's only the wind, my dear" to Deborah Kerr, my shivers get shivers. Was there anyone spookier than this kid? No wonder they chose him for ?VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED?.? - < ( B-Girl[/u] ) >

     

    I?ll take that spooky Brit over that redheaded Billy Mumy ANY day! The first time I saw the film in high school...the kiss shocked me.

     

    "Oh, Maven, Daley is certainly in the "running" as a butler, because.....at least he's ALIVE! My Provencal Film Fest isn't just a fun "board game" but something I would really love to carry out, perhaps for the summer of 2012? I'm serious!? < ( Guess Who ) >

     

    You know...I?m serious as well. But we?d better try a short test trip first to see if we?re all compatible...and not steal each other?s butler. I?ll put myself on a payment plan to do this ?B.?

     

    "Gad, Bruce Jenner, LOL, you're right. He's now in the clutches of those Kardashian women. (but seems to enjoy it)?

     

    Welllll...he almost LOOKS like a Kardashian woman, BronxGirl. ?Ooooh, don?t you wish your butler was hot like mine!?

    EARTHQUAKE -- "You've just rammed into Zsa Zsa Gabor's hedges!"

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    Provence is still on the table, yes? And we're interviewing for butlers, no? We'll need someone who can run around and get us coffee, croissants, champagne, truffles, load the DVD into the player, raise up the projector screen.

     

    We need an athlete. You don't have to look at all seven minutes; if you're not a sports fan you might be bored. But check out the first two and a half minutes...should be enough. He was a decathlon winner in the Olympics. (No...not Bruce Jenner. He looks like an old woman now). I'm talking about the British Decathlon winner from 1984. Daley Thompson. Pip pip cheeriohhhhhhhh!!

     

     

    EARTHQUAKE -- "You've just rammed into Zsa Zsa Gabor's hedges!"

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    ?I?m a man of all works, Sir. When my master says ?Krull do this thing,? I do da thing....whatever it may be.?

     

    << (( BRONXGIRL writes: )) >>

     

    Interesting that CRY HAVOC has not one, but two blowsy-with-heart-of-gold showgirls, Joan and Ann. I can't immediately connect Frances Gifford's name with her face, sorry. I do know she's a brunette. Ann's good in A LETTER TO THREE WIVES. (Kirk's wife, right?) She had a light, tinkly, feathery, seductive kind of voice to my ears.

     

    Yeah, they?re almost the same type. She does play Kirk's wife...working wife...the one that's really bringing home the bacon to Kirk's schoolteacher husband. Well, it?s not strange not to have noticed Frances Gifford in "CRY 'HAVOC'". I?ve seen the movie for years and never paid attention to her what with Marsha Hunt and Ella Raines and Fay Bainter and Margaret Sullavan. But now she has my undivided attention.

     

    You're so right about Glenda as "Maude", and the movie in general. I'm amazed how so early in her career, Debbie already has deft comedy timing. As a self-admitted "ham", she knows how to play to the audience. which is why I also like her in the even less well-known (and appreciated) GOODBYE, CHARLIE.

     

    Another unsung blonde from ?SUSAN SLEPT HERE? I think is Anne Francis. Always reliable, and never quite the tippy-top of ?A? listers, but just as sexy...just as handy with a quip. Very feline. Bronxie...you know everything. Give me your assessment of Anne Francis. What went wrong?

    TCM would do well to have her appear at their festival in next year. I'll bet she has lots of stories.

     

    Did you mention Ricardo Cortez? Because THAT'S who I want, hands down (or, any other way) as my butler. I just hope I can get out of Provence alive.

     

    YOU?! I can only pray that poor Ricardo makes it out alive from your mesmerizing quips.

     

    Now i'm going to have to watch THE GHOUL again. I just added Fredric March in ONE FOOT IN HEAVEN, to my "Oddly Dishy Men Of The Cloth" list.

     

    Thornbird-itis. Well...that?s one way to get to Heaven.

     

    I could use a good pedicure. My heels are getting crusty.

     

    OMG! You do keep it real B-Girl. Ha! :D

     

    I've never been that keen on THE BLACK CAT, but maybe that's because frankly I'm not an Ulmer fan. He used to tell interviewers the film was cut drastically, which I believe, since the story really doesn't make much sense. Karloff is a devil worshipper who keeps Bela's wife in a glass container, and is married to the daughter. Huh?? I've never been impressed with the campy Art Deco sets, pseudo-philosophical dialogue, or Jacqueline Wells (aka Julie Bishop) Even David Manners looks bored.

     

    Oh dear! That doesn't sound good, but I will give it a try. I've never thought of it as an Ulmer picture until you brought it up. I haven't seen this one in many years. I'll let you know what I think of it. - < ( Molo ) >

     

    Oh Bronxie...and yet you have an "Oddly Dishy Men Of The Cloth" list? I feel differently. I enjoy ?THE BLACK CAT? (Love ?DETOUR?). I like the sets and their futuristic look seventy years plus later. The unseemliness of sleeping with your enemy?s daughter adds to the horror; at least to my horror. My Sammykins on the slab. I enjoy this movie. But I do agree with you about Jacqueline Wells. Meh! Check it out Molo, tell us wha?cha think.

     

    Aline MacMahon can do no wrong with me -- everything I've ever seen her in, I've liked. One of my favorites is GUEST IN THE HOUSE.

     

    She?s a masterful presence. :x

     

    Oh I forgot to tell you. I found Guest in the House on the internet archive so I downloaded it and burned it to a DVD. I'm not sure of the quality but I will get to it soon. - < ( Molo) >

     

    Oh Molo...goody. I tried to find the Ramble we all did on that film, but I can?t seem to get to that archive. If I do, I?ll send it to you; you ought to read it once you finally watch the film. It was a

    great discussion. Gee, we could sure use a little Aline around here.

     

    I like Irving Pichel as "Sandor"; every sophisticated female vampire needs a well-spoken, Brillantined acolyte. - < ( Bronxgirl ) >

     

    Bronxie?s quips wins again!!! Funny.

     

    Aww, gee Bronxie:

     

     

     

    "I watched the original Frankenstein on Netflix streaming - it was wonderful - so sparse and beautiful. Boris was incredibly great. i found the opening scene in the graveyard to be a masterpiece - and the way the medical science room echoed the graveyard was wonderful, skeletons hanging from the ceiling instead of on posts - the art direction of the movie was superb.? - < Jack Favell >

     

    "Oh, Jackie, your observations are so exquisite. You'd think I'd be used to them by now, lol, but you always amaze me. Have you seen GODS AND MONSTERS? Fascinating insights into James Whale's troubled psyche...blasted landscapes that mirror the broken souls of his outcast, marginalized screen creatures.? - < Bronxgirl >

     

    Well hell...you both leave me misty-eyed with your eloquence.

     

    I was thinking about revisiting ?The Innocents? again this year, that's a film that is worthy of a ramble. Also I wanted to watch The Black Cat this year. I'll have to figure out a few others to view as well. - < ( Molo ) >

     

    I always liked Deborah Kerr in that film and her relationship with the young boy. She?s always so very delicately convincing to me.

     

    THE INNOCENTS really gets under my skin. Quite unnerving, like I find THE HAUNTING. Pamela Franklin and Martin Stephens are excellent as the children. Do they or do they not see the ghosts? Both Deborah Kerr here, and Julie Harris in THE HAUNTING, could be seen as the real sources of evil -- repressed, neurotic women who seek to impose their disturbed psyches on everyone around them. - < ( Bronxgirl ) >

     

    Yes both films are unnerving. I like them both, though I lean a little more toward The Innocents. I really like Kerr's performance (though Harris is great as well in "The Haunting"). It's just my kind of a ghost story. I love the ghost imagery which is hard to pull off without being interfering and I love the questions it poses. - < ( Molo ) >

     

    Why doesn?t anyone ever believe the repressed neurotic woman? I like seeing them come undone in films. Repression in the movies is kind of sexy in its own right. As a kid, ?THE HAUNTING? scared the living daylights out of my younger sister who 'thought? she was brave enough to watch it in the living room alone on our big tv. She ran out of there and back into our bedroom like a bat outta hell. Russ Tamblyn spoils it for me. Claire Bloom is my favorite. The re-make was an unmitigated disaster, even with my hunky fave Liam Neeson.

     

    I forgot about Hold That Ghost. I may watch that one again. Good idea! - < ( Molo ) >

     

    I love Evelyn Ankers and Richard Carlson and Joan Davis in this. Oooh, let's not leave out The Andrew Sisters.

     

    And Lou?s cummerbund.

    EARTHQUAKE -- "You've just rammed into Zsa Zsa Gabor's hedges!"

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    "I love the three actresses you've mentioned - Glenda, Ann and Joan Blondell. Such warm, lovely gals, all have liquid eyes and a way with a wisecrack. My favorite Ann Sothern is also

    'A Letter to Three Wives.' Joanie cannot do anything wrong in my book, but I really like her more mature roles, like 'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn' and 'Desk Set.' Wonderful to see a wo-

    man of a certain age who is still womanly and appealing. And who has a sense of humor. I think that is my biggest requirement in a star, warmth and humor."

     

    For Joanie...I'm loving her womanliness in "NIGHTMARE ALLEY." But she was a real firecracker in the 30's.

     

    "Frances Gifford floats under my radar... I'll have to check her out...any suggestions?"

     

    Well, there's "The Arnelo Affair" & "Marriage Is A Private Affair" & "Our Vines Have Tender Grapes" as a school teacher. Ha...she was married to James Dunn at one point.

     

    "I find Ralph Richardson in 'The Ghoul' very attractive. I think there is something wrong with me. He plays a clergyman. Maybe it's because the rest of the movie is such dead weight."

     

    A clergy...have you been eating one of Bronxie's deli sandwiches, again? Well, you're right about the dead weight. I skipped that and am watching Karloff as "The Walking Dead." Dang, has Bar-

    ton MacLane ever smiled in his career???

    BRONXGIRL'S MOTHER, HENRY FONDA'S HIRSUTENESS, ETC.

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    Breno Mello sounds like some intoxicating brew, doesn't it? I haven't seen 'BLACK ORPHEUS' in some time, but I'm sure he is.

     

    Girl, trust me...he is.

     

    Whenever I watch 'DRACULA'S DAUGHTER', I want the Countess to have Sandor quickly dispatch the obnoxious Marguerite Churchill. Somehow I never thought Otto would have

    really minded since she pestered him so much.

     

    You handed me a laugh with this, b'cuz I agree wholeheartedly. Yeeech. He'd have had a better time with the Countess...cultured, sophisticated. There were some of these heroines in those movies that were so innocuous to me that they have me rolling my eyes. Big eyes and tight curls. Meh!

    EARTHQUAKE -- "You've just rammed into Zsa Zsa Gabor's hedges!"

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    JACK FAVELL writes:

     

    "Refresh my memory on Mrs. Odette?"

     

    Do you remember on "MY LITTLE --MEDUSA-- MARGIE" Margie had an old lady neighbor who help her with her hare-brained schemes. The character's name was Mrs. Odette or Odette(s).

     

    "She completely cracks me up in 'Talk of the Town', and one of her best supporting turns is as 'Feathers' Tifton, a man hungry divorcee, constantly competing with wonderful Ruth Donnelly for Frank McHugh's attention in 'Heat Lightning.'

     

    I think she and Ann Sothern are woefully underrated."

     

    Oh yeah, you know, Aline MacMahon had me so transfixed in "Heat Lightning" I forgot Glenda was in it. "Feathers Tifton." HA! What a great character name. She was pretty hot to trot in that. Liked the YouTube tribute to her. Very stylish. In some of the photos in the beginning of the clip, she look like 30's Claire Trevor, to me. She wafts in and out of my cinematic consciousness.

     

    BRONXGIRL writes:

     

    "I like Ann in 'CRY HAVOC' (one of the most depressing movies ever made) and as the social-butterfly political organizer in 'THE BEST MAN'."

     

    I liked Ann in that film too...liked seeing her with Joan Blondell. Frances Gifford has my attention in that movie. My favorite Ann Sothern role is in "A Letter to Three Wives." She had a distinct voice too. Close your eyes and you could pick it out in a crowd.

     

    "Remember how I came around to finally appreciating Anne in 'THE DEVIL COMMANDS'? I'm going to refresh myself again with 'THE WALKING DEAD', but I recall Boris being poetry in motion, as he was in the original 'FRANKENSTEIN'."

     

    Yup, I remember. I'm looking at Anne right now. Ooooh, she's a cold one. In "THE WALKING DEAD" my favorite line is the last line in the movie: "The Lord our God is a jealous god." I think Karloff could have done more if they let him. Glad he found success in the niche he chose...or that chose him.

    EARTHQUAKE -- "You've just rammed into Zsa Zsa Gabor's hedges!"

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    Well it's Friday and a Halloween weekend. Last year I was with friends who were in costume ( (No, I wasn't). We went to the Village to see the parade and it was so crowded, we had to leave. When we got to 14th Street, we were literally...LITERALLY stuck on the corner of 14th Street & 6th Avenue in a crowd so thick, we were stuck for 20 minutes, pushing and shoving and then stuck. My friend thought she was getting goosed in the crowd and started cursing people out. She then realized that it was the toy sword she had dangling off her belt. (She was in a pirate costume. Too c rowded to even laugh 'cuz it was kind of scary). We managedf to get inside the subway station and the kind subway worker let us through the turnstile without paying so we could get to the other side of the street.

     

    This year I think I'll get to a bar early and watch the parade unfold from the inside out. If you're of a mind to watch more Karloff, check him out this Saturday morning:

     

    6:15AM "The Devil Commands" (I'm lovin' Anne Revere in this).

    9:15AM "The Walking Dead."

     

    As for "THE WOLFMAN" Jackaaaaaaay, oh, I bet he's got nuthin' on "Medusa." ;-)

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