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*Alias Nick Beal*, a Paramount film, was one of the movies selected for the Noir City 7 festival in January. Eddie Muller told the audience that it was a brand-new print struck from the original negative:
I posted more about it in the Noir City 7 thread in "Gangster & Film Noir" forum:
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> {quote:title=coopsgirl wrote:}{quote}
> I had a Raggedy Ann and Andy too! I don't think those are ever gonna change
. I also had a cute set of teddy bears that looked like the ones from 'Goldilocks and the 3 bears' and I'd have tea parties with them since my little table had four chairs. >
Well I had both of them, too, but Raggedy Ann was my favourite! :x
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Another great video! Angie, may I add it to TCMFans as well?
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Eddie Muller was explaining to the Noir City audience last night that following last year's fire at one of the Universal vaults, the studio has now begun striking new prints of many of the movies that were destroyed in the fire (the negatives were in another location). So it seems that the print of *Alias Nick Beal* that played on Monday night was an absolutely brand-new print, struck last year from the original negative.
One wonders - if Universal's going through the trouble of digging up some of these old negatives so that it can make new prints to replace the ones that were lost in the fire, is there any chance they'd bother making a good video transfer for an eventual DVD release? With a cast that includes Ray Milland, Thomas Mitchell and Audrey Totter, one would think *Alias Nick Beal* would be worth releasing on DVD.
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> {quote:title=danthemoviefan wrote:}{quote}
> FMC is running it letterboxed at 7:30 a.m. ET on Thursday, Jan. 29.
Funny thing is, my schedule tells me I've recorded this movie before. I just have no idea what I did with that recording! I might just have to watch it again on Thursday.
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There's a lot of positive comments about this series on the imdb.com entry, I'm really lookin' forward to it!
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That poster really is to die for! I'm so happy with tonight's primetime lineup. Looking at that poster makes it all perfect. B-)
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Applejack's sure is a cutie! :x
I never had My Little Ponies when I was growing up, but I sure wish I had. At least I was lucky to have a big ol' Raggedy Ann. You don't see a lot of those anymore I guess.
Mine looked a lot like this one!
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The category, by the way, is actually "Best Foreign-Language Film", not simply foreign film. So if the movie is NOT in English, it can be nominated for best Foreign-Language film.
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That really is an ubercute dream, Ang. Did you think of a name for the miniature horse in your dream?
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I didn't dislike Rose, but I certainly think Alec can bring something new and interesting to the Essentials, as the highest-profile actor yet to sit across from RO to introduce the movies each week.
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> {quote:title=coopsgirl wrote:}{quote}
> I don't mind if you add it to the TCM fansite.
Done! Here is the link to your video on TCM Fans:
http://tcmfans.ning.com/video/gary-cooper-angels-in-the
> Working for the state government (especially in one of the few states not currently in the red, thank goodness) is a little more stable than working in Hollywood so I guess I better keep my day job
. Amen to that. It's scary to see how many states are in the red right now and can't get credit. Sometimes, it's more fun to do something as a hobby or even to freelance occasionally for others.
> As far as what you said Wendy about me knowing the movies Im working with, I should as many times as I have watched them
. That does make it quite a bit easier b/c I can be at work listening to a song and I can kinda storyboard the idea in my head and then get on the computer at home and put it together. I cant help but hear songs and then either put dance routines (from all my years in dance lessons I guess) or movie scenes to them. >
I've kind of the same thing going sometimes when I am making screencaps. Just knowing a movie so well that it's obvious which moments should be "capped".
> Im glad yall liked the song too. When I first heard it the line that jumped out at my was one from the chorus where she says I wanna stay, I feel safe here in your light. It reminded me of a couple of dreams Ive had about Gary where he saved me from something and I felt safe with him so that song made me think of him. I try to stay away from the longer songs (anything much over 3 minutes) b/c they can be tricky and seem to drag on sometimes but I was happy with how this one turned out. Ive got tons of ideas and songs for a lot more so my creative well isnt dried up yet
. Shirley Bassey has a lot of good songs that fit him and those should be fun b/c theyre real cutesy. Another woman, tikilizzy is her youtube name, has made some good Gary videos too and she used one of Shirley Basseys songs Kiss Me, Honey, Honey, Kiss Me and its real cute.And speaking of Coop dreams, have you had any lately?
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Coming up tonight (as part of "Directed by John Cromwell" theme)
*The Racket* (1951)
A tough cop has to fight his superiors in order to battle the mob.
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, Robert Ryan, William Talman Dir: John Cromwell BW-89 mins, TV-PG
TRAILER:
http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/index/?o_cid=mediaroomlink&cid=104845
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*Brief Encounter* (UK BD) in February
ITV DVD have announced the UK Blu-ray Disc release of Brief Encounter on 2nd February 2009 priced at ?19.99 RRP. Noel Coward?s sensitive portrayal of what happens when two happily married strangers, played by Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard, meet and their acquaintance deepens into affection and love. David Lean directs.
Features on this digitally restored Blu-ray Special Edition include:
* 1080P 4:3
* Dolby Digital 2.0
* English subtitles
* Documentary ?A profile of Brief Encounter?
* Stills Gallery
* Theatrical Trailer
* Brief Encounter restoration featurette
Extras are presented in 720P.
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I posted this earlier in the Ernst Lubitsch thread in "Films and Filmmakers" but since many folks don't check that regularly - here it is again.
Celebrate Lubitsch's birthday this Wednesday, Jan. 28 with THREE of his movies that TCM will be showing to mark the anniversary:
*That Uncertain Feeling* (1941)
A happily married woman sees a psychoanalyst and develops doubts about her husband.
Cast: Merle Oberon, Melvyn Douglas, Burgess Meredith, Alan Mowbray Dir: Ernst Lubitsch BW-84 mins, TV-G
*The Shop Around The Corner* (1940)
Feuding co-workers don't realize they're secret romantic pen pals.
Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan, Joseph Schildkraut Dir: Ernst Lubitsch BW-99 mins, TV-G
*The Merry Widow* (1934)
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Edward Everett Horton, Una Merkel Dir: Ernst Lubitsch BW-99 mins, TV-PG
Happy Birthday, Mr. Lubitsch!!
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> Thanks, Molo, for your kind words. My thoughts were really just fleeting impressions from someone so ignorant of film noir that I don't even know when the movies are on! I really should go and watch the whole movie now so I can actually give a decent opinion...
Don't sell yourself short, Wendy! You probably get a lot more about noir than you think. And you've got great insight into the characters, I believe.
> Frank- so what is this theme you so cryptically talked about? Stand by your man? You have caught my interest here. Or is it a ploy to get us all comparing High Noon and IALP while you go skipping happily away?
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Of course it's a ploy!
But don't worry, we can all compare the movies and come up with something interesting all on our own.
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> {quote:title=randyishere wrote:}{quote}
> For Mexico: Katy Jurado and Lupe Velez.
Don't forget Dolores del R?o...
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Oh, how I used to love that one. And to think I hadn't seen it in ages...
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*Greed*
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To celebrate Ernst Lubitsch's birthday on _Wednesday, Jan. 28_, TCM will be showing THREE Lubitsch films:
*That Uncertain Feeling* (1941)
A happily married woman sees a psychoanalyst and develops doubts about her husband.
Cast: Merle Oberon, Melvyn Douglas, Burgess Meredith, Alan Mowbray Dir: Ernst Lubitsch BW-84 mins, TV-G
*The Shop Around The Corner* (1940)
Feuding co-workers don't realize they're secret romantic pen pals.
Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan, Joseph Schildkraut Dir: Ernst Lubitsch BW-99 mins, TV-G
*The Merry Widow* (1934)
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Edward Everett Horton, Una Merkel Dir: Ernst Lubitsch BW-99 mins, TV-PG
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> {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote}
> I will keep an eye open for it, but won't let my hopes get too high....
In case you're ever interested, I started an *Oh, Rosalinda..!!* thread in the Musicals forum:
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Great GG photo, molo! Don't be shy about posting more. Hope your mom is doing well and continues recovering. It might not be too early to start thinking of a really special present for Mother's Day this year.
Is anyone here a Troy Donahue fan? This week's DVD column in the New York Times is dedicated to the WHV Romance collection, which apparently features only movies with Donahue in them:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/movies/homevideo/27dvds.html
January 27, 2009
Critic?s Choice
*New DVDs: Romance Classics*
By DAVE KEHR
_WARNER BROTHERS ROMANCE CLASSICS_
This is a curiously bland title for a fascinating boxed set of four films that functions at once as a tribute to a forgotten star, a treatise on an overlooked director and a study of American sexual mores on the threshold of change.
The four films in the collection ? ?Parrish? (1961), ?Susan Slade? (1961), ?Rome Adventure? (1962) and ?Palm Springs Weekend? (1963) ? all feature Troy Donahue, a sandy-haired heartthrob whom most audiences remember only indistinctly today. (He?s the one who?s not Tab Hunter.) But for a few years, between the release of the hugely successful ?Summer Place? in 1959 and the disastrous ?My Blood Runs Cold? in 1965, Donahue?s broad-shouldered, self-serious presence dominated the fan magazines and the dreams of countless American teenage girls. If Elvis had a rival, it was in the unlikely form of this somber, slow-moving young man, whose blond forelock and clear blue eyes represented the nice-boy alternative to Presley?s aggressive sexuality.
?A Summer Place,? like three of the four films in this set, was directed by Delmer Daves, a Hollywood veteran who had already established a reputation for morally complex war films (the excellent ?Pride of the Marines,? 1945) and socially progressive westerns. (His 1950 ?Broken Arrow? helped to introduce the issue of racism in postwar American movies, in what was widely if inaccurately regarded as the first ?pro-Indian? film.)
The only clues in Daves?s filmography to his latent talent as a melodramatist lie among his credits as a screenwriter: four scripts for Frank Borzage, including the outstanding ?Stranded? (1935), as well as a contribution to Leo McCarey?s sublime ?Love Affair? (1939), which McCarey himself remade as ?An Affair to Remember? in 1957.
The success of ?A Summer Place? shifted Daves?s career from the Howard Hawks-John Ford realm of the masculine action movie to the Douglas Sirk-Vincente Minnelli axis of the so-called ?women?s picture? ? a transformation with few parallels in film history. (Daves?s son, Michael Daves, has said that the shift was precipitated partly by health problems: his father had a heart attack in 1958 and, on his doctors? advice, decided to limit himself to less strenuous, studio-based projects.)
The virtues of Daves?s late romances are essentially the same as those of his adventure films: characters composed with the utmost integrity and respect; a gift for creating a detailed and convincing social background; and a strong, clear narrative style that allowed him to manage a large cast of characters and several simultaneous levels of dramatic events.
In their influential book ?50 Ans de Cin?ma Am?ricain? (available only in French) Bertrand Tavernier and Jean-Pierre Coursodon, perhaps Daves?s most passionate critical supporters, described his commitment to his increasingly soap-operatic subjects as ?suicidally conscientious.? And Daves certainly does take risks by treating material like ?Susan Slade? seriously, where Douglas Sirk would have signaled his superiority to the material with his crafty distancing devices.
There is no apparent distancing in ?A Summer Place,? a full-throttle melodrama that compares and contrasts two love affairs: an innocent first romance played out between young people (Sandra Dee and Donahue) and a guilty, adulterous affair between the girl?s father (Richard Egan) and the boy?s mother (Dorothy McGuire). ?Broken Arrow? may have brought down some barriers, but ?A Summer Place? (which Warner released on DVD in 2007) helped to redefine the way sex was portrayed in American movies.
Daves not only suggested actual physical relations between the lovers, but also went to the scandalous length of condemning the sexual hypocrisy of the older generation while suggesting that teenage sex was natural and healthy (if still likely to lead to consequences). More so than Mark Robson?s lurid and moralistic ?Peyton Place? (1957), Daves?s film opened the way to ?adult? themes in Hollywood films, just as the sexual revolution was breaking in popular novels and magazines.
The formula was too effective not to be repeated, and Daves elaborated the basic themes over three more films. Connie Stevens stepped in for Dee in the ambitious ?Parrish,? set against the unusual and vividly rendered background of tobacco farming in Connecticut, and joined Donahue again for the least satisfying film in the series, the contrived and uneven ?Susan Slade.?
Daves ended his Donahue period with perhaps the best film of the bunch, ?Rome Adventure,? with Suzanne Pleshette (in her first leading role) as a New England schoolteacher who travels to Europe in search of experience ? and finds it with Donohue, as an earnest architecture student.
To an America that needed to believe that ?nice girls don?t,? Daves?s melodramas responded, ?Nice girls do? ? or did at least sometimes, when the appropriate distinctions had been made between lust and love, predatory older males and sincere young men, casual encounters and lifetime commitments.
The sobriety and sensitivity of Daves?s work is underlined by the fourth film in the Warner set, ?Palm Springs Weekend,? a slapstick sex farce broadly directed by the old comedy hand Norman Taurog, taking a break from his Elvis vehicles (?Girls! Girls! Girls!,? etc.).
Amid the juvenile high jinks of ?Palm Springs Weekend,? Donahue already looks dissipated and disaffected, and, indeed, he was sliding into an alcoholic depression. His teenage fans were moving on (and about to discover four new dreamboats from Liverpool), and he failed to establish a more adult appeal, in spite of credible work in what would prove to be Raoul Walsh?s last film, ?A Distant Trumpet? (1964).
His career slipped into exploitation films, and by the time Francis Ford Coppola lifted him from obscurity for a brief role in ?The Godfather: Part II? (he appears as Connie?s fianc?, Merle Johnson ? which was Donahue?s real name), he seemed like a page out of ?Hollywood Babylon,? the walking embodiment of damaged celebrity. In 2001 he died of a heart attack at 65.
Daves made one more melodrama in this strain, the interesting ?Youngblood Hawke? (1964), with James Franciscus in a role that might have been conceived for Donahue: an intense young novelist from Kentucky making his way among the predators of Manhattan. After a final, minor effort, ?The Battle of the Villa Fiorita? (1965), Daves retired, and died in 1977 at 73.
With several other highly accomplished films to his credit ? among them ?The Red House? (1947), ?Dark Passage? (1947), ?3:10 to Yuma? (1957) and ?The Hanging Tree? (1959), Daves remains among the most unfairly neglected of American filmmakers; this fine small collection, produced with the care we?ve come to expect from Warner Brothers, represents a blow for justice. (Warner Home Video, $39.92, not rated)
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*HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...*
*Jerome Kern* !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date of Birth:
(Jan. 27, 1885 - Nov. 11, 1945)
*Sabu* !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Jan. 27, 1924 - Dec. 2, 1963)
*Ingrid Thulin* !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Jan. 27, 1926 - Jan. 7, 2004)
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> > So did you get a chance to watch *The Big Heat* on Saturday morning?
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> No, Saturday is our busy day - gymnastics, and playdates and all......I wish I had been paying attention, I would have taped it.... I don't know a lot about the 50's films, especially the noir genre, and so it's almost as if I can't see them on the schedule.....
Well, the good thing is both *The Big Heat* and *In a Lonely Place* - are available on DVD so most folks can probably get those fairly easily any time...
. I also had a cute set of teddy bears that looked like the ones from 'Goldilocks and the 3 bears' and I'd have tea parties with them since my little table had four chairs. 
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Any Gary Cooper Fans?
in Your Favorites
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> {quote:title=coopsgirl wrote:}{quote}
> You can add many of my videos as you want.
Thank you!!!! B-)