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> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote} > Thanx for posting that. Nice promo. Wish I knew Spanish...aaaah, who cares. Just staring at Ava. Apparently, folks in Spain are very happy she went to live there for a while. B-)

Kim Novak

Great stills, Armand! Thank you for sharing. B-)

> {quote:title=randyishere wrote:}{quote} > This woman is simply gorgeous!! Cyd looks like she is of Latin heritage, especially her face and eyes. She has an awesome figure and her smile is infectious. Tony Martin is one lucky dude. Well she was born in Texas, but didn't have any Latin heritage as far as I know. She did, however, initially get cast in ethnic roles in both *Fiesta* and *On an Island with You*.

> {quote:title=scsu1975 wrote:}{quote} > I enjoyed this film. The British actors really stood out. I wonder if this was the only war film that Miklos Rozsa scored. He also scored *Five Graves to Cairo* and *The Green Berets* B-)

> {quote:title=ccbaxter wrote:}{quote} > FF, those are interesting. That last one is surreal. Yes. Probably that's why it's my favourite!

I wonder if she will get invited to the inauguration? Well, kimpunkrock, it's nice to see you around here. B-)

Howard Hawks' *Red River* has been hailed as one of the greatest westerns ever. Do you agree or disagree? Personally I think the story (albeit very similar to "Mutiny on the Bounty"), the acting, the cinematography, and Dimitri Tiomkin's score are all first-rate. It's a great western that hasn't aged at all.

Had a great time watching *Red River* last night. What an awesome western! B-) I am pretty sure there was a dedicated thread around here somewhere so I'll be looking for it...

> {quote:title=clore wrote:}{quote} > Here's a GLASS KEY promo shot for you: > > That's an awesome shot! Thanks, Charles!

> {quote:title=randyishere wrote:}{quote} > Don't forget Alan & Veronica did another movie together called Saigon in 1948. So let's show all four of them, TCM. I might have overlooked that... > FF, that photo you just posted of Veronica is the best. She looks so good. No wonder Howard Hughes and Aristotle Onassis were after her in her heyday. Thanks for the pic. Thanks!

Very nice screenshots... I'm thinking they would look good on my desktop. B-)

Very nice photo, CK. If only TCM could somehow program all these 3 movies on the same night - *This Gun For Hire, The Glass Key* and *The Blue Dahlia*.

Speaking of *Two Rode Together* - found these great posters! B-)

> {quote:title=randyishere wrote:}{quote} > I have the same affliction. I love to stare at Veronica and the sound of her voice is smooth like buttah. Whoever came up with the idea of teaming Ladd & Lake is a genius. They play off each other like sizzling lightning. Both are really wonderful actors, together, and when they starred opposite other people. Well said, randy. Enjoy this photo: > {quote:title=clore wrote:}{quote} > Ya know, I have SAHARA on right now, and it's been about 30 years since I've seen it. I forgot just how good it looks, a really nice job by Rudolph Mate here. I have it on right now but wasn't really watching - I got the DVD just a few weeks ago, and enjoyed it very much (I posted something about it in the War Movies forum). The most amazing thing is that the whole movie was shot in California and Arizona - but to me, it seemed totally believable that it was all set in the Sahara.

I'm talking a short break from my *Pink Panther* rambles to speak briefly about *The Glass Key*, which I watched today after *The Blue Dahlia*. And I have to say, that as good as I think *The Blue Dahlia* is, I think *The Glass Key* may be a little bit better. Obviously, you have a lot of the same stars in the cast - Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix. You also have the great (and perhaps criminally underrated Don Levy). The movie was last shown on TCM during the American Politics in Film series, I believe, and it is a fairly rare showing since TCM doesn't get to air that many of the Paramount movies that Universal still controls. According to RO, Paramount wanted to get Ladd and Lake together again just as soon as they'd seen a rough cut of *This Gun For Hire*, and they started working on this movie even before their previous collaboration had been released in theaters. Everyone in the cast does a terrific job, and the movie's snappy 85-minute running time makes sure everything moves along pretty fast, right up to the conclusion which shows the real killer is not the person we were led to believe. (Well maybe some people will figure it out before they show it in the movie.

I think it's unnaturally hard to disagree with any positive assessment of Miss Norma Jean.

Well, I've heard he does a lot of his own writing (he is, after all, also a writer for "The Hollywood Reporter", I believe). As for the retakes, I think they don't do a whole bunch of them, which is perhaps why you occasionally see promos where he slurs slightly or mispronounces the name of some European composer. I could be wrong, but maybe someone else knows this better than I. B-)

Here's a pretty rare AVA promo. That documentary was probably never seen in the U.S.:

I tried to look for the "NY vs. LA" spot but couldn't find it, either. However I did find some interesting promos from TCM Spain: And my personal favourite:

Well, Fedya, I agree it can be a pretty mixed bag, at times. There are times when a movie can be a huge hit in its own country and not travel all that well overseas - like France's *Les Visiteurs*, which I believe was only shown in the U.S. during film festivals, or the *Ast?rix* movies, which at best might only be shown in French-speaking Canada if they get a North American release at all. As for the Mexican film industry, it experience a prolonged period of abysmal quality, mostly in the 70's and 80's, before there was a concerted effort to stop making the so-called "churros" and made at least a few movies that had some artistic merit. This was more easily noticed by the early 90's with movies like Alfonso Arau's *Like Water For Chocolate*, Alfonso Cuar?n's *S?lo con tu pareja*, etc. Obviously, the directors that benefited the most from that - Cuar?n, Guillermo del Toro, etc. - are more likely to be working in U.S. or international productions these days. However the larger point I was trying to make is that there doesn't seem to be a U.S. equivalent to the "National Film Industry"-type organizations that exist in other countries. I mean, there isn't any government body that tries to encourage movies that promote "American culture", because here we have Hollywood for that, right?

> {quote:title=clore wrote:}{quote} > In the Ladd bio by Beverly Linet, it's mentioned that they had a falling out and that they were not really close during the period that they made this film, CALCUTTA or TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST. That's interesting, Charles. *The Blue Dahlia* and *Two Years Before the Mast* were two of the movies that RO mentioned as having been made when the two were close friends. Then again, it wouldn't be the first time that RO apparently got his facts wrong.

Very nice photo - it must have been fun to be on the set and watch Ford, Widmark and Stewart having fun between takes. Well, I assume they might have been having fun. > Shirley Jones is the love interest for Widmark, and > she's very sweet and Laurie Jorgensen-like, but not > very interesting or well developed as a character. I kind of agree that she had a bit of a thankless role, and it's a shame they couldn't write a better part for her, she was a great and very charismatic actress. She could have really put some more warmth in the movie, I think, with a better part.

> {quote:title=kae wrote:}{quote} > I will be watching this movie in about 25 minutes or so. Has anyone been to the movie info page lately? What gives with the 'articles' page? Someone has posted their very large image/picture with Christmas lights in the background a the beginning of the article. Perhaps whomever did this would be so kind as to remove it. It is a lovely photo, but it sure doesn't have anything to do with the movie!

> {quote:title=CelluloidKid wrote:}{quote} > I got an email from a friend (I'm still waiting for an answer back!) who told me that _Violent Saturday!_ will be shown on TV Feb 29, 2008 ...but what channel I have no Clue...Sorry TCM, but I checked W./AMC and well nothing!! > Well, CK, it's a Fox film, so you might think Fox Movie Channel. However, you'd probably need a time machine to catch a movie shown on Feb. 29, *2008*. As of right now, the movie isn't scheduled on FMC: http://foxmoviechannel.com/movPrime.asp?Programid=4409058