Film_Fatale
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> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote}
> Nice poster Kyle in Hollywood.
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> I remember her coming out of her hotel bungalow wearing a red dress carrying a record.
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> One would need the raging falls of Niagara to put out that fire!
I'm inclined to agree with that assessment (in regards to the poster).
Here's a rare b&w trailer for *Niagara* -
http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/index/?o_cid=mediaroomlink&cid=220568
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Nice poster! That's another great MIA title. Presumably gathering dust deep in the MCA vaults.
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I don't know if/when it might have shown on TCM before, but this long-lost silent starring Gloria Swanson and Rudolph Valentino opens up tonight's "Sunday Silents" lineup.
Even better, it will be followed up by the Buster Keaton short *Coney Island*.
Great "Silent Sunday", TCM!
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Well, I guess that could seem a little bit spooky...
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Hi again, Bill. You seem to know an awful lot about the movie serials. Thank you so much for sharing with us.
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Some of our fellow TCM viewers/posters have started sharing their "top 10" choices for their TCM guest programmer stint, over at the Silver Screen Oasis:
http://silverscreenoasis.com/oasis/viewtopic.php?t=3004
Those are some really great lists, everyone! B-)
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> {quote:title=clore wrote:}{quote}
> To me, this is where his decline starts - between nixing the role and his ill-fated affair with June Allyson, Ladd fell deeper into a depression and took to drink. He had enough demons already pursuing him. In the late 30s, when he was head of a family that not only included his first wife and son Alan Jr., but also his sister and mother, there was an event that plagued him for the rest of his life.
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That's pretty sad, thinking about Ladd's decline. It's amazing how many talented actors ended up with similar stories.
Oh, it seems *Hell on Frisco Bay* is not currently available on DVD, but it was at some point released on VHS. Maybe some copies are still around.
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Those are some pretty great Stanwyck movies, roosfelt. I see you decided to get around the 5-movie limit by listing some double features.
Welcome to the boards!! B-)
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Leonard Maltin has posted a nice review on his website:
*MICHAEL POWELL DOUBLE FEATURE: A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH and AGE OF CONSENT* (Sony) ? At last! Movie lovers have waited for decades to add the 1946 Powell-Pressburger classic A Matter of Life and Death to their collections. The folks at Criterion have presented us with impeccable editions of such other gems as The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The Red Shoes, and Black Narcissus, but because the remake rights to A Matter of Life and Death (originally known in the U.S. as Stairway to Heaven) were sold some years ago it isn?t part of the same library. First its rights had to be untangled, then it had to be restored, and finally Sony had to be persuaded that it was worth releasing on DVD. The happy result is a beautiful copy of this memorable film with an eloquent on-camera introduction by Martin Scorsese and a knowledgeable commentary track by British film scholar Ian Christie.
If you?ve never seen A Matter of Life and Death you owe yourself that treat. Watch the opening scene, which begins in the heavens and then zeroes in on a fighter pilot in a burning plane that?s about to crash, and you?ll be hooked. Only Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger could have conceived such a bold, bracingly original fantasy rooted in the grim reality of war and its aftermath. It also addresses the question of what it means to be English?and how that Englishness relates to Americanism. There isn?t another film like it. The performances by David Niven, Kim Hunter, Roger Livesey (that glorious voice!), Marius Goring, and Raymond Massey are unforgettable, as is the haunting music score by Allan Gray. The use of Technicolor?and black & white?by master cinematographer Jack Cardiff is equally striking, with Powell and Pressburger exercising their individuality by depicting heaven in black and white and life on earth in color instead of the other way around!
Age of Consent is perhaps Michael Powell?s least-known film, and while it?s not in the same league as his classics of the 1940s it?s still worth seeing; this marks its welcome home video debut. (I was lucky enough to screen it some years ago because Kit Parker Films had a 16mm rental print!) It was Powell?s swan song, but it marked the screen debut of a talented young actress named Helen Mirren. Her willingness to appear naked was a notable asset to the project, a portrait of notorious Australian artist Norman Lindsay, well played by James Mason. (Sam Neill portrayed him in the 1994 movie Sirens.) Mirren provides a candid and charming interview on the new DVD, along with several of Powell?s collaborators who speak about the film with great affection.
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His death was reported last Thursday, and posted on this thread; now the L.A. Times has run a nice obituary in Sunday's edition of actor Don Galloway:
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-galloway11-2009jan11,0,3395364.story
*Actor Don Galloway dies at 71*
By Valerie J. Nelson
January 11, 2009
Don Galloway, an actor best known for portraying a detective on the television series "Ironside" who later became a law enforcement officer off-screen, has died. He was 71.
Galloway died Thursday at Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno after having a stroke, said a daughter, Jennifer. He had lived in Reno for about a year.
On the NBC drama, Galloway played Det. Sgt. Ed Brown, the primary sidekick of Raymond Burr's Ironside character, from 1967 to 1975. As research for the role, Galloway hung out with Los Angeles Police Department officers and often found himself wondering what it would be like to actually be a peace officer, he later said.
In 1993, he became a reserve deputy for the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, but he left about a year later when he retired from show business -- along with his agent -- and they embarked on a lengthy cruise on a private yacht with their families.
Of his handful of big-screen roles, Galloway once said he most enjoyed playing the unsympathetic husband of JoBeth Williams' character in "The Big Chill" (1983). Although his screen time is brief, he delivers a pithy comment regarding how unimpressive he finds his wife's college friends.
After debuting on TV in 1962 in the CBS soap opera "The Secret Storm," he appeared in about 70 TV and film projects in his 30-plus-year career. He starred in the mid-1960s NBC sitcom "Tom, Dick and Mary" and also appeared in the 1966 film "The Rare Breed," which featured James Stewart.
Donald Poe Galloway was born July 27, 1937, in Augusta, Ky., to Paul Galloway, a contractor, and his wife, the former Malee Poe.
From 1955 to 1957, Galloway served in the Army and was stationed in Germany. At the University of Kentucky, he earned a bachelor's degree in drama in 1961 and headed for New York City. The next year, he appeared off-Broadway in "Bring Me Home a Warm Body," which led to TV roles.
When he retired from acting, Galloway said he was tired of how tough the business had become. He eventually moved to New Hampshire, where he wrote a weekly opinion column for the Union Leader in Manchester for much of 2004.
Galloway, a Libertarian, once described "the seven best sounds on earth" in his column. On the list with a kitten purring and stew simmering was No. 7: "A politician not talking. Hasn't happened lately, but could. Maybe. Probably not."
Galloway is survived by his wife of 19 years, Linda Marie; his daughters from his first marriage, Tracy and Jennifer; his stepchildren, Sheila and Robert; three grandchildren; and his brother, Paul.
Services were pending.
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Nice list, Dewey! B-)
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I'm wondering if *anyone* in the TCM forums is familiar with this Douglas Sirk film made before he started working in Hollywood (when he was still known as Detlef Sierck)
Check out my ramble here:
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> {quote:title=metsfan wrote:}{quote}
> Could it be "Royal Wedding"? Fred Astaire and Jane Powell perform a dance number on a ship and Peter Lawford looks on.
Oh, that's a good suggestion, metsie!
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> {quote:title=clore wrote:}{quote}
> I wish that TCM would air HELL ON FRISCO BAY, here's Ladd with Paul Stewart and Edward G.Robinson:
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That does look like an interesting movie. Seems like it was released by WB. Sometimes TCM seems to have a harder time gettting a hold of post-1949 WB movies (something to do with rights issues) so it might be why it doesn't show up more often.
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_Walt Disney (animated)_
*Snow White*
*Pinocchio*
*Fantasia*
*The Lady and the Tramp*
*Sleeping Beauty*
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Victor Jory was in *Party Line*
with Jean Arthur
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> {quote:title=Scottman wrote:}{quote}
> Z Channel in Los Angeles showed a few Universal pre-codes in the mid to late 1980s.
> I recorded copies of NIGHT WORLD (1931) and AIR MAIL (1932) from Z.
> I also recorded THE MAN WHO RECLAIMED HIS HEAD (1934) and THE MYSTERY OF EDMUND DROOD (1935) from Z Channel as well.
> I would love to upgrade my copies of these films should they run on TCM sometime in the future.
Let's hope they do, Scottman, let's hope they do. B-)
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A great movie find I'd like to recommend is Douglas Sirk's *La Habanera*, done when he was still working out of Germany and still going by his birth name, Detlef Sierck. The movie is set mostly in Puerto Rico, though it seems just about everyone speaks German.
The film's about the disillusionment of a young Swedish woman who decided to stay in Puerto Rico and marry the powerful Don Pedro de ?vila, with whom she has a nice (and very blonde!) young boy. Eventually she gets sick of the island and wants to leave by any means necessary.
There's a lot of great imagery here. I'll try and get some screencaps later on.
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> {quote:title=molo14 wrote:}{quote}
> Hi everyone.
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> Well mom has been doing pretty good lately. She can get around somewhat easily without her walker and the rehab exercises have been going pretty well. The physical therapist gave her the green light to go out with me whenever she wanted. She has her good days and bad days and today was a good day.
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Molo,
It's so good to hear that your mom has been doing pretty well. That was a cute story about you two at Wal-Mart. I hope she will continue to do very well, and perhaps she'll be fully recovered by Mother's Day. I'll bet you'll have something special for her then!
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> Now about Party Wire. I saw this a long time ago and liked it. Now remember, I'm easy to please as far as Jean Arthur is concerned, and I have a tendency to like fluff, but I think this might be better than you might think. I'm definitely recording it. It's been so long. I remember it involved mix ups over a phone party line. Hence the name. Duh!
I'm pretty sure they also played it during Jean Arthur's SOTM turn. It's pretty short, but very, very funny! B-)
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There does seem to be something funny going on with that link, but here's another upload of the picture:
*Ever notice that Sal Mineo had a picture of Alan Ladd in his locker in REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE?*
No, but I'd like to look for it next time I watch it. B-)
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> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote}
> Thanx for posting that. Nice promo. Wish I knew Spanish...aaaah, who cares. Just staring at Ava.
Apparently, folks in Spain are very happy she went to live there for a while. B-)
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Kim Novak
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Great stills, Armand! Thank you for sharing. B-)
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> {quote:title=randyishere wrote:}{quote}
> This woman is simply gorgeous!! Cyd looks like she is of Latin heritage, especially her face and eyes. She has an awesome figure and her smile is infectious. Tony Martin is one lucky dude.
Well she was born in Texas, but didn't have any Latin heritage as far as I know. She did, however, initially get cast in ethnic roles in both *Fiesta* and *On an Island with You*.
Off Topic: Favorite Music?
in Your Favorites
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Care for a cup of coffee, CineMaven?