Film_Fatale
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I'm almost feeling sorry for Kevin Costner now. He reportedly financed *Swing Vote* himself and it opened very weakly - 6th or 7th at the box-office, I believe.
Maybe Americans these days simply don't care for movies about politics. We'll have to wait and see what happens with Oliver Stone's *W.* - but that one might be a whole different story.
In the meantime, I will stick with *The Great Man Votes*
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*Truth or Dare* (sorry couldn't resist!)
next: vaudeville
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Liza Minelli is in *The OH in Ohio*
with
Parker Posey
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> {quote:title=ThelmaTodd wrote:}{quote}
> "Themanthatgotaway" appears aptly named; he's been away for months.
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> I recorded it. I would be glad to share some material with you all from the film. I would like some resolution on my concerns expressed in my last post.
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> Thelma
I would hope Time-Warner would be willing to help on that. It's the kind of stuff they could even use with some of the WHV DVD releases, assuming there are no legal/copyright impediments.
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> {quote:title=ChiO wrote:}{quote}
> Film Fatale: I love Wings of Desire. Use it to your and our heart's content (but please try to avoid positing Henry Travers as a voyeur...that would change my Christmases forever).
You got it, prof!
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Among recent documentaries/filmed concerts, Martin Scorsese's *No Direction Home* and *Shine a Light* have got to be some of the best there is.
*Shine a Light* is, of course, new to DVD and *No Direction Home* has been out for years now, so I took some time to watch both this week. Though they are of course very different films, they both offer a great retrospective to some of the great changes in music that began some 40 years ago and are still influential today.
Sometime in the near future I'll also be checking out *The Last Waltz* and *Woodstock* since I haven't seen them in ages.
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> {quote:title=themanthatgotaway wrote:}{quote}
> HELP!
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> I am seeking a copy of Hollywood Revue of 1929. I know that TCM shows it--but very, very rarely. If anyone can make me a copy that I can buy from them (or we can trade movies), please contact me at matthew.sherwin@yahoo.com. Thank you, Matt Sherwin
So did you record it earlier today?
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I did at one point take the WB tour. As for Paramount... let's just say I may have toured it on my own when nobody was watching. That's all I'll say.
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Happy B-Day, Louis Armstrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Aug. 4, 1901 - July 6, 1971)
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> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote}
> Film_Fatale,
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> More than just Marie Dressler, we are getting a very rare chance to see among the most forgotten of the major Silent Stars. It's the exceptionally beautiful Corinne Griffith in Frank Lloyd's THE DIVINE LADY (1929) later this morning!
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> Dressler plays the mother, she is in this movie, but not a whole lot of it. The equally forgotten H. B. Warner who was amazing as Jesus in De Mille's THE KING OF KINGS (1927) also appears.
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Thank you so much for mentioning her. How many Corinne Griffith movies do you think survive today? How many of them has TCM shown?
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> {quote:title=laffite wrote:}{quote}
> *...to many people she's all but forgotten.*
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> *Film Fatale* I wish you had named this thread, "The sadly forgotten Marie Dressler," or something like that. She was never underrated. The fact that she is not known today doesn't make her "underrated." It just means that she is not known. If she were known and undervalued then she would be underrated. It just seems strange to me that someone who outdrew Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, and Jean Harlow at the box office should be referred to as "underrated." Just me, maybe.
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Well, OK, I'll change the name of the thread
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*A.I. Artificial Intelligence*
Next: Goldie Hawn
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Thank you, TCM programmers, for dedicating a day of SUTS to the great Marie Dressler, whom I've admired for decades even though to many people she's all but forgotten. She was great in just about everything she did, and from what I hear, one of the top box-office draws during the best years of her career.
You've gotten SUTS to a fantastic start, and I hope more viewers will tune in with so many interesting stars being given tribute this year.
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There was a brief period of his career when it seemed he would really live up to his full potential, but I don't think he has taken things very seriously for the last couple of decades.
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I agree with everything that filmlover said.
Sadly, many of those who interact with him in other parts of the forums don't realize how intentionally annoying he is, because they haven't been following his behaviour in this DVD forum for the last few months.
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*To Be or Not To Be*
Next: Ronald Reagan.
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> {quote:title=Film_Fatale wrote:}{quote}
> Coming this Monday, August 4th:
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> *The Hollywood Revue (1929)*
> Sketches and songs give MGM's silent stars a chance to show their stuff in talking pictures.
> Cast: Jack Benny, Buster Keaton, Joan Crawford. Dir: Charles Riesner. C-118 mins, TV-G
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> {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote}
> Wonderful list, PK. I love 49th Parallel....
A largely overlooked movie, to be sure. It's a good thing that Criterion has released this on DVD, along with many other Powell & Pressburger gems.
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> {quote:title=Edgecliff wrote:}{quote}
> THE DARK MIRROR, where Olivia de Havilland plays twin sisters, one good and one bad.
Was that a WB release?
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Why not just watch both? Although if it came down to one or the other, I'd pick *Philadelphia Story* .
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I tried to watch *TGMV* over the weekend but didn't get around to it. Hope to have time later this week.
It's going to be interesting to revisit this great classic after having seen the modern-day remake.
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> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote}
> Hitchcock, the ultimate voyeur. Will you be joining that class Bronxgirl??? (How 'bout that Laughton picking his teeth at the end).
Bronxgirl!! The class won't be as much fun if you don't sign up!
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*Raffles*
NS: Kay Francis
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> {quote:title=casablancalover wrote:}{quote}
> Paramount Studios has a number of ghosts, most of them delightfully benign. Music filters through near the Melrose entrance, not far from Rudolph Valentino's offices. People claim to hear it after the studio shutdown, well after midnight. There are other's who notice the nattily-dressed man who walks around the sound stages on the old Desilu side, near the Gower Entrance, sometimes at dusk. Folks around there surmise it is Bugsy Seigel, who is buried across the wall at the Hollywood Forever Cemetary. Some have even claimed they've watched him walk through the wall! If you find the right tour guide, you can get great stories.
I wonder why the Paramount tour isn't as well known as Universal Studios tours.
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