Film_Fatale

> {quote:title=judycwrite wrote:}{quote} > And this is all written after 4:30 am,,,, have we all had our Starbucks today?!!! I don't drink coffee.

> {quote:title=judycwrite wrote:}{quote} > Jill Clayburgh was in *Silver Streak* with > > > Gene Wilder How come if 2 people answer at the same time, you *always* pick the other person, never me?

Alan Bates was in *Far From the Madding Crowd* with Julie Christie :x

> {quote:title=judycwrite wrote:}{quote} > No wonder we're a country of insomniacs!!! And that was before the Starbucks saturation! :0

So, which is your candidate for the most noirish city in all of film noir? L.A.? San Francisco? New York City? Chicago? London?

Just watched it tonight and enjoyed it thoroughly. Ray Milland is sooo good at these kinds of roles, and of course Charles Laughton is wonderfully sinister. Maureen O'Sullivan and Elsa Lanchester are great also - almost wished they could have gotten a bit more screen time. The whole premise would have also worked great as a Hitchcock film, it's basically the innocent man up against circumstances that make him look guilty. But John Farrow did a very good job, and John Seitz' photography looks very well done, even if the current Universal Home Video release might not do full justice to what this must look like in a nice 35mm print. And Harry Morgan is also quite creepy even if (or perhaps because) he never says a word!!

So - finally had a chance to screen the new DVDs of *San Antonio* and *Montana*. Good fun. I think Flynn and Alexis Smith had good chemistry, and "Cuddles" is always fun to watch. Wasn't Smith a redhead in real life? The only quibble (and a _very_ minor one at that) I guess is that these Westerns suffer a bit by comparison with the more realistic-looking Westerns that become common in the 50's and 60's, especially John Ford's. The rear-projection shots in *Montana* really don't look like they worked at it very hard, although I guess most viewers probably won't care or notice.

> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote} > Lovely Mary Brian was a well known leading lady during the 20's for everyone from Ronald Coleman, to William Haines, to Wallace Beery, to W. C. Fields. She is probably best known today for her role as Wendy in Herbert Brennon's 1924 Silent version of the PETER PAN. Never had the pleasure of watching that version of *Peter Pan*, if it even survives today. Got any photos of her in the Wendy costume?

Finally got to see the newly-released DVDs of *San Antonio* and *Montana*, both starring Errol Flynn and Alexis Smith. Good, not great, westerns, but still fun to watch (they're both in Technicolor). Flynn's career was probably already winding down by 1950's *Montana* and it certainly doesn't seem like it was a very ambitious production, although it was nice to see Flynn and Smith working together again (this time she was a red-head, not a blonde).

I watched *Montana* today. Errol Flynn's character offers "Cuddles" some coffee in the middle of their campground. He seemed to enjoy it, but didn't ask for a second cup.

> {quote:title=scsu1975 wrote:}{quote} > Did you know that on this date in 1962, the "hot line" between the Kremlin and the White House was installed? Unfortunately, President Kennedy was forced to wait in the Oval Office all day, since the phone company could only promise they'd be there sometime between noon and 6 p.m. Did he ever have to answer the "hot line" at 3 a.m.? If so, what did he say?

I still haven't seen this promo. Why couldn't they have put it in TCM.com's so-called "Media Room"? They have that "Odd couple" promo with RO and Mankiewicz.

> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote} > Film_Fatale > > Wow! Fabulous news, but where are THE RIVER, and FOUR DEVILS reconstructions that were expected to also be a part of the set? In addition, are they retaining the original Movie-tone tracks of SEVENTH HEAVEN, and STREET ANGEL? It does not say here. I have a lousy copy of LAZY BONES, so will be wonderful to have a nice restored version. > I really don't know why other films weren't included, but I suppose as we get closer to the release date, there will be articles and reviews which might shed more light into what went into the selection process for the films that are included. If those films were in fact restored or reconstructed, it would be strange they didn't include them.

There are a lot of British films I enjoy a lot, especially Powell & Pressburger, David Lean (especially the small films he made before he started directing epics) and of course pre-Hollywood Hitchcock. However, today I'd like to mention a bit about *The Yellow Rolls-Royce*, the last film by director Anthony Asquith ("Pygmalion"). I watched it again today after not having seen it in quite a while and the romantic subtext of the movie seemed much more profound, for some reason. For those who have seen the film, I'm kind of left wondering if I understand whether there's added meaning to the Yellow Rolls-Royce that follows from the fact that it's the only place where three couples find a small moment of love, although they are doomed to be apart due to circumstances beyond their control.

Care to PM me the clip?

Yes, I agree. And the release of *HSM3* later this year will conceivably help younger viewers become more interested in musicals in general.

> {quote:title=Bronxgirl48 wrote:}{quote} > Any discussions on THE BIG COUNTRY? I just saw it the other day and this is now my favorite Gregory Peck movie. Loved Jean Simmons. Haven't seen it in a long time, but wouldn't mind watching it again. Especially since Jean Simmons is this year's honoree at the Telluride Film Festival.

(skipping "X" as usual) Young, Loretta

> {quote:title=Bronxgirl48 wrote:}{quote} > Hope this isn't too late, lassie, for your birthday! Have a wonderful day. > > > Like kilts, huh?

> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote} > I agree about the walk. But I think Denzel Washington has the second sexiest walk in show business and the close-up shot of him in "Philadelphia" when he was in the library was a Cary Grant movie star close-up shot. > > But back to Mitchum... I haven't seen *Philadelphia* since it played in theaters. Gah time flies sometimes. Well, for purposes of considering the "sexiest walk in movies" I guess we could divide it in two categories: "sexiest walk of classic movie stars" and "sexiest walk of contemporary stars". B-)

> {quote:title=Bargar wrote:}{quote} > Robert Mitchum is one of those actors who can do it all! > > I could go on and on. One last question...Does anyone else think he has the sexiest > walk in the movies? I agree with your first assessment. As for your question - possibly, yes, I haven't really given it much thought. But I can certainly keep it in mind, in the future.

The most recent box-office figures admittedly do not seem to be adjusted for inflation. Still, it seems to be the most popular musical to come along in a long while.

In case you may be interested... http://turnerclassic.moviesunlimited.com/product.asp?sku=D30769 *Murnau, Borzage & Fox* Two F.W. Murnau and 10 Frank Borzage films make up this 12-disc set of silents and talkies. Farmer Charles Farrell finds loving a "City Girl" (1930) rocky in Murnau's romance. AKA: "Our Daily Bread." "Lazybones" (1925) Buck Jones falls for his adopted daughter (Madge Bellamy); Janet Gaynor won the first Best Actress Oscar in part for roles opposite Farrell in "Seventh Heaven" (1927), which netted Borzage the first directing Oscar, and "Street Angel" (1928); Gaynor and Farrell woo in the war-themed "Lucky Star" (1929); "They Had to See Paris" (1929) stars Will Rogers in his first talkie; Farrell is "Liliom" (1930) to Rose Hobart's Julie; the musical "Song o' My Heart" (1930) finds John McCormack raising Maureen O'Sullivan's kids after she dies; a pregnant "Bad Girl" (1931) gets her lover to sacrifice. James Dunn, Sally Eilers star; Farrell and Marian Nixon wonder if sex will wreck love "After Tomorrow" (1932); Spencer Tracy faces hoods in "Young America" (1932) stealing to help an old lady. With Raymond Borzage, Ralph Bellamy. Also includes Murnau's "Sunrise" and a bonus documentary. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish. Available: 12/09/08

> {quote:title=casablancalover wrote:}{quote} > Always thought this is a good choice for Labor Day weekend. It hadn't occurred to me to look at it that way, since officially it was presented as part of Marlon Brando day. But maybe they did think about that when making the schedule.

> {quote:title=JakeHolman wrote:}{quote} > The Dems want to change America by adopting green policies. Nancy wants to save the planet. > They have no real solutions that will lower prices any time soon. Nobody has any real solutions that will significantly lower gas prices any time soon. Even the Bush administration's own analysis says that no amount of drilling would have any significant effect on gas prices before 2030. *Impacts of Increased Access to Oil and Natural Gas Resources in the Lower 48 Federal Outer Continental Shelf* The projections in the OCS access case indicate that access to the Pacific, Atlantic, and eastern Gulf regions would not have a significant impact on domestic crude oil and natural gas production or prices before 2030. Leasing would begin no sooner than 2012, and production would not be expected to start before 2017. Total domestic production of crude oil from 2012 through 2030 in the OCS access case is projected to be 1.6 percent higher than in the reference case, and 3 percent higher in 2030 alone, at 5.6 million barrels per day. For the lower 48 OCS, annual crude oil production in 2030 is projected to be 7 percent higher?2.4 million barrels per day in the OCS access case compared with 2.2 million barrels per day in the reference case (Figure 20). Because oil prices are determined on the international market, however, any impact on average wellhead prices is expected to be insignificant. http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/aeo/otheranalysis/ongr.html