Film_Fatale

*Around the World in 80 Days* nw: yogurt

*The Fabulous Baker Boys* .. in bed *The Unbearable Lightness of Being* in bed *Beavis and Butthead* in bed *There Will Be Blood* in bed *No Country for Old Men* in bed *Kiss of the Spider Woman* in bed *The Year of Living Dangerously* in bed *Ordinary People* in bed *When Harry Met Sally...* in bed

So glad to see your little essay on *Tight Spot* moira. To be fair, I did comment on her haircut just in passing, because I was recording the movie and hadn't the chance to watch it properly, so I couldn't really put it in the context of what was going on in the movie. Having said that, I have the recording and hope to be watching it soon B-)

Of the many colourful movies directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, this is perhaps one of the lesser-known ones, and oddly enough it seems not to have been released on DVD either in America or the UK. It is an ambitious project, with an eclectic cast: Anthony Quayle, Anton Walbrook, Dennis Price, Ludmilla Tch?rina, Michael Redgrave, Mel Ferrer and Anneliese Rothenberger, to name a few. Although the movie is set in post-war Vienna (when it was still occupied by the Four Powers) it didn't really involve much location shooting; most of it is filmed in soundstage (I don't remember if there's even any second-unit photography in the movie showing what Vienna actually looked like at the time). Obviously it is most likely to appeal to those who liked other similar Powell/Pressburger projects like *The Red Shoes* and more specifically *The Tales of Hoffman*. Here's hoping the movie will become more widely available some time in the near future, either through a possible Criterion release or perhaps TCM showings.

*Charade* nw: adamant

If you don't recognize that line, you may never have watched "Never Love a Stranger", an odd little gangster film that's possibly one of the lesser-known movies in Steve McQueen's filmography. The film actually stars John Drew Barrymore as a young man who was raised in a Catholic orphanage but is thrown out after it is discovered he was actually a Jew. He subsequently raises to become one of New York's top capos, which pits him against his childhood friend (McQueen) who is now a special prosecutor for the D.A.'s office. It isn't a great movie but at least the new DVD release features a razor-sharp transfer.

> {quote:title=MissGoddess wrote:}{quote} > I find it a very easily re-watchable film noir. My only qualm, Barbara's Harpo Marx hair style. Sigh. But, one can't have everything. She did have bad hair days from time to time!

> {quote:title=laffite wrote:}{quote} > And I agree with *Bronxgirl* and *FilmFatale* about the awning blowing in the wind. A deft touch, betraying a nervous tension, even anxiety... Awww thanks! :x

metsfan, where did you watch "Ciao Italia" ?

*Exodus* nw: merry go round

Lyle Talbot was in *The Singing Kid* with Allen Jenkins

> {quote:title=Bronxgirl48 wrote:}{quote} > Our pizza is pretty awful. I don't know why I bother, but I find nothing beats the tropical storm jitters than a pie, even a Florida one. > I'll bet you must miss Ray's Pizza

*Prince and the Pauper, The*

> {quote:title=mongo wrote:}{quote} > > Darling Audrey Hepburn on the road with her pooch > > Getting kisses. > So she had a pooch and a baby deer? She must have really loved animals! What a big heart. :x

> {quote:title=TripleHHH wrote:}{quote} > Quatermass Xperiment is GREAT ! I loved that movie, Brian Donlevy was great. Very atmospheric and nicely done on a low-budget. Were the sequels any good?

> {quote:title=Bronxgirl48 wrote:}{quote} > The night wind flapping the apartment canopy was brilliantly nightmarish imagery. I love how they used every element on the set to highten suspense!

> {quote:title=mongo wrote:}{quote} > > Marlene Dietrich & John Wayne in a game of chess on the set > Funny. Never before had any reason to wonder whether John Wayne was good at chess. B-)

Sarandon, Susan

> {quote:title=scsu1975 wrote:}{quote} > >how can one sneak up on you (like Ann Robinson) if they got suctions cups on their hands and feet. Wouldn't you hear - > > I think she was listening to her Ipod. That would explain a lot, actually! B-)

Some mysteries may never be solved! I wonder what H.G. Wells would have said about that.

So how come in my computer Ctrl + X is called "Cut"? Seriously, what CK actually thinks is likely to remain a mystery, all he ever does here is copy and paste copy and paste copy and paste copy and paste copy and paste copy and paste copy and paste copy and paste copy and paste copy and paste copy and paste copy and paste copy and paste copy and paste copy and paste copy and paste copy and paste copy and paste copy and paste copy and paste copy and paste copy and paste copy and paste all day long.

He's not going to get it, he's too busy cutting-and-pasting around the clock.

> {quote:title=hamradio wrote:}{quote} > You could play it safe and wear this TCM T-Shirt > http://www.zazzle.com/tcm_girl_t_shirt-235912227936273060 > That's exactly what I used to wear in college! How did you know?

> {quote:title=mongo wrote:}{quote} > > W.C. Fields and Groucho Marx meet briefly at a buffet > He looked so different after he shaved his mustache!

Approximately how big is that auditorium, Miss G?