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I wouldn't watch *Double Indemnity* on TCM because such a great movie deserves that extra picture quality that only a DVD can provide.

Asta is my favorite classic movie dog after Lassie

I do think Stanwyck's pretty in every movie she made. And so she definitely was in the first one I saw, which I think was *Double Indemnity*.

Still, his chemistry with Cagney was awesome.

> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote} > Just wondering...is there anyone alive who has heard the voice of Rudolph Valentino?? That's a good question. I'd love to know that myself.

I'll settle for Weismuller

> {quote:title=dsclassic wrote:}{quote} > I though of Lucille Ball myself.. that's still one of the first names that comes to one's mind in many occasions, never mind if she was a "true" redhead.

It baffles the imagination

*A Christmas Carol* nw: precocious

You may very well be right about that.

Remember your H.L. Mencken

Cagney... James Cagney. B-) (Followed closely by Edward G. Robinson)

> {quote:title=MissMusical wrote:}{quote} > 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea > > New Word: Accomplice *Vertigo* nw: neglect

Ah, yes, of course.

On top of what?

heh, TCM should really look into the feasibility of adding the names of classic actors to its automatic spell check.

> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote} > > > I think Stanwyck is very pretty in this photograph. There were many movies where she looked hard. But there were so many more movies where she looked so sweet. That's a very nice photo. I like that she could look sweet and still imply she might get naughty.

> {quote:title=lzcutter wrote:}{quote} > > As for how glamorous they looked seemingly 24/7, I always think of that scene in Garland's *Star is Born* when Esther is in the make--up chair and the make-up guys are changing her "look". That was more the norm back in the day often more than we realize. Some stars had nose jobs, cheek implants, electrolysis and many were addicted to regiment of drugs to keep their weight down. > > While the photographs all seem very glamorous looking back at them, I doubt it was as glamorous > living through it as we imagine. This is a HUGE part of why I personally don't like to overly romanticize the "glamour" of those stars, because in effect that kind of stuff certainly could sell tickets but it might also have had the negative effect that many women's fashion magazines have today, of making a lot of young women feel insecure about their own looks and feel they have some sort of ideal to live up to. One that might require an inordinate (and painful) amount of effort to possibly live up to. The more you think about all of this so-called "glamour", the less fun and glamorous it feels, imho.

> {quote:title=RainingViolets101 wrote:}{quote} > Did You Know...Stewart Grainger's real name is James Stewart... I did not know that! But thank God for you and scsu, it's much better to find someone who has a sense of humour rather than someone who sounds like a stuffed shirt.

I think nearly all female stars were photographed to highlight their more favorable features, and back then DPs really knew how to bring out the best in them. The rest that you're referring to is some kind of glamour thing that the studios tried to exploit to maximum effect for the sake of selling tickets. It was just a selling strategy, from the studio bosses' point of view, a way to drum up business because they wanted to make more dollars.

*Beetlejuice* nw: slippery

> {quote:title=markfp2 wrote:}{quote} > Looks like Universal is finally opening the vault door a little and releasing some of the pre-1948 Paramounts they control. Let's hope that lots of folks buy the films and it give them incentive to release more. I wonder what it would take for them to release more box sets of classic films, instead of releasing all the titles individually. WHV has done a great job with many of the box sets of classic films they have released in recent years.

I'm glad they were able to restore the film so it came a bit closer to Fuller's original vision. This movie is gripping all the way, starting with the WW1 flashback and all the way to the armistice of WW2.

I'd like to think it wasn't dead, just taking a breather.

> {quote:title=nightwalker wrote:}{quote} > Agreed. Most modern films tend to rely a bit too heavily on blood, gore and special effects, as opposed to the older films' reliance on such outdated ingredients as plot, atmosphere and characterization Yes, totally!