Arturo
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I have no interest in "streaming" movies either. Nor watching them on either a phone, tablet(which I don't have), or on my computer monitor. I prefer the comfort of my living room, and large screen, wide screen TV set.(with the sound channelled through my sound system).
I too, still utilize a VCR, but for certain occasions. I've long ago stopped recording and/or copying movies with the device, and any movies I get through the proccess of "copying" are usually "copied" by my daughter, who does have a Netflix account, but also prefers a physical disc she can just "pop" in without going through a lot of needless fol-de-rol. She'll sometimes(IF she can find them) load and burn movies for me, and it'll only cost me a nice dinner, or the cost of the disc or, if my BIRTHDAY or someting is coming up, nothing at all!
But of course, there ARE those people who, when it comes to either fashion or technology or both, just LOVE being led around by their noses like mindless sheep by other people, who have a LOT to gain, fooled them( no big feat) into thinking "THIS is how it SHOULD be, because WE say so!"
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So, you can get a movie onto a disc from netflix? Not too savvy here, but O thought you couldn't do this with streaming.
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I missed it this time, but I usually try to watch it when it's on. Also a favorite of mine.
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The kazoo replied, "With an olive, please. The zither can have the onion. He smells bad anyway."
Zither met.Kazoo in a bar
Dazzled, he asked,"Who you are?"
Kazoo started to play
And drove Zither away
Quite drunk he fled in his car
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Evidently, you can't have one without the other. Some people are so desirous of self-glorification, you'll always have that shamelessness if the counts are allowed to remain.
But, there may only be 2 or 3 people who feel this way about it. I've never counted. I've just seen a dozen or more posts about how some find this to be a nauseating brag source. So I was wondering.
In theory, view counts and post.counts are innocuous. But they have been used to clog the boards with meaningless threads which serve no purpose other than to call attention to the op, so yeah, removing them is infinitely better than having that continue.
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Totally agree. I am Old School when it comes to technology, resisting new formats as long as I can. Unfortunately, with this approach, when I finally jump on a bandwagon, it may already be phasing out. But I too like the physical dvd, as opposed to streaming, etc. Just a couple of weeks back, I bought my first streaming movie through Amazon Prime, only because I dispaired of finding it on dvd, never mind it being an upcoming release. I also just bought my first bluray player, in the (possibly mistaken) understanding that they play all region dvds. So I also bought my first European Region2 dvd, through Amazon, and hoping it'll play when it arrives.I read an article yesterday that said this quarter was poised to be the first in which streaming surpassed dvd/blu-ray in sales. I was curious how many of you still bought dvds.
I still buy dvds and blu-rays, and even the occasional vhs. I still use vhs to tape films sometimes. There are three VCRs,three dvd players and one blu-ray player in my household. I have literally hundreds of titles across the various formats in my library.
I also have Amazon Prime and of course YouTube through which I can stream movies, but I just can't build up much interest in doing so. I think I've watched maybe three full films on YouTube, all of which were hard to find titles such as "The Blue Veil". And I've only watched one film on Amazon Prime, 1970's "The Revolutionary".
And I don't know if I can ever get to the point where I would buy digital copies of films. I know it's old-fashioned thinking, but I want the physical item in my hand if I'm buying it.And I don't trust the various cloud services in the slightest.
Not surprising to anyone who knows me, the streamed film I bought, BLACK SPURS (1965), and Region 2 dvd, GLI ULTIMI CINQUE MINUTI/THE LAST FIVE MINUTES (1955), both feature my favorite actress, Linda Darnell.
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One thing is the post counts, which in and of themselves are not a bad thing. Another is to start threads gloating about how many post counts a thread has, or a poster has. This is shamelessly self-serving, ans has NOTHING to do with discussion of classic film, TCM, etc.
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And a remake as well.
The interesting thing about the musical remake of MY SISTER EILEEN is that there had already been a long running Broadway hit musical version of this story, "Wonderful Town". This had opened in 1952, and had made the star of the original film, Rosalind Russell, the toast of Broadway in her first musicsl stage hit. The second, musical film version was a different incarnation, with none of the songs from the stage show.
MY SISTER EILEEN, in each film version, had been intended for one of Columbia's top stars.and comedic talents. In the earlier, it was earmarked for Jean Arthur; in the latter, Judy Holliday. I don't know why neither did it, but It could have been interesting if either had done the role.
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“mmmaaarrrrrttttttiiiinnnnnnniii”
The bartender says, “With an olive or an onion?”
Fred, don't give up your day job lol.
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Interesting that after Universal picked up this indy for release that Sheridan signed a three-picture deal with the studio. Connection?
It was too bad they had to do the roller coaster footage in process. Did you notice that the shot of Robert Keith after the gun shot was actually a still frame of Keith matted against a background of the roller coaster. A curious insert if ever there was one.
I had always thought that WOMAN ON THE RUN had been Ann Sheridan's first film under her Universal contract, and wondered why there was a gap of over.a year between that one and the next. But Eddie Miller's comments that it was done independently, with Ann becoming involved on the production end, made some sense of the situation. Her contact with Universal bigwigs probably had one party approach the other about more pictures. In this case, she signed for two pictures a year.
This was Anne's second studio berth since leaving her long-term home at.Warner.Brothers. She had done the huge hit I WAS A.MALE WAR BRIDE in 1949 at Fox, but the next.movie she did for them,.STELLA, got mediocre reviews and did poor business. No more offers we're forthcoming from Fox. She also was to have made CARRIAGE TRADE for RKO, but Howard.Hughes decided he wanted It Girl du jour Ava Gardner; Ann would successfully sue over this.
So the opportunity to work regularly at Universal came at a crucial time for Ann. Despite some good films.however, she never returned to the prominence she had enjoyed during the 40s.
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Well, it was a modestly budgeted production so no real surprise that they used rear screen projection in the roller coaster ride sequence. I still thought it was an effectively shot sequence, anyway. When I see process work like this, unless it's really badly done, I try to ignore it, if possible, and just go along for the film ride (in this case, literally).
You've got a sharp eye to have spotted that matted image of Robert Keith in front of the roller coaster, Ray. That moment lasts three seconds, at the most. What is even more curious about the decision to insert that frozen image of Keith looking so impassive is that it occurs right after his character has fired a fatal gun shot.
Many studio era films, even those with big budgets, used process shots for some backgrounds. It was standard procedure, even when most of a film.might've been done on-location. The trick, I guess, us for it to not call attention to itself, because then it becomes obvious and distracting.
I got home late and.started to watch WOTR, but fell asleep about halfway through. Hope to see the rest this morning.
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On FXM Retro, tomorrow Saturday, 6/6:
7:40 am est: THREE CAME HOME (1950): Very good film featuring an excellent performance by Claudette Colbert in this tale of a woman in a Japanese war camp in Borneo during WW2. Taut and harrowing, and highly recommended. Big of trivia: Colbert hurt her back while filming this, thus losing the paet of Margo Channing in ALL ABOUT EVE.
Also on Sunday, 6/7 at 3 am est.
1:05 pm est: CRASH DIVE (1943): Technicolored flag waver with Tyrone Power and Dana Andrews as submarine servicemen, competing for pretty teacher Anne Baxter. I believe it won oscars for special effects (or something).
Also on Sunday @ 11:50 am est.
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On FMC (all times eastern):
Saturday, 6/6:
4 am: THE GIFT OF LOVE (1958)....................6 am: CIRCLE OF DECEPTION (1961).....................7:40 am: THREE CAME HOME (1950)................9:30 am: A YANK IN THE R.A.F (1941).................11:15 am: IN LOVE AND WAR (1958)..................1:05 pm: CRASH DIVE (1943).........
Sunday, 6/7:
4 am: CIRCLE OF DECEPTION (1961).................6 am: THREE CAME HOME (1950).....................7:50 am: THE SONG OF BERNADETTE (1943).............10:30 am: WHERE DO E GO FROM HERE (1945)....................11:50 am: CRASH DIVE (1943).....................1:45 pm: THE DAY MARS INVADED EARTH (1963)................
Monday, 6/8:
3:30 am: THE DAY MARS INVADED EARTH (1963)................4:45 am: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE (1945)...................6 am: LLOYDS OF LONDON (1936)......................8 am: I WAKE UP SCREAMING (1941)...................9:30 am: TAMPICO (1944)......................11 am: FIVE FINGERS (1952)...................... 1 pm: THE QUILLER MEMORANDUM (1966).................
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Going to my niece's graduation this afternoon. Better set the DVR now, who knows if it'll be shown again anytime soon.
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Glad to see some love for The Damned Don't Cry. TCM shows it fairly often, and I wish they'd beg, borrow or steal Sudden Fear the next time around, but it's definitely the quintessential Crawford.
And while I've seen The Women so many times that it's starting to wear a bit thin, I'll always love it if for nothing else but that scene where Crawford tells Rosalind Russell (Mrs. Fowler) as she's leaving the shop, "Do come again----Mrs. PROWLER" Ros gets so flustered she winds up tripping over herself and landing head first into the clothes hamper. All in all this is much more Russell's movie than Crawford, but Crawford gets the best single line.
Manpower is at the opposite end of the spectrum: a film so deliciously bad, it must be seen to be believed. Dietrich is teamed with the alpha and omega in terms of quality actors: Edward G. Robinson, who works like hell to salvage what he clearly knows is a mess of a film, and George Raft who persists in rubbing his stink all over every moment he has onscreen. Raft's character actually hits Dietrich numerous times, and he is supposed to be THE HERO of the story (this is shown to be a "good thing.") Truly, a can't miss, but only in terms of it's value to shock and appall.
Manpower may be one of only about half a dozen noirs out of nearly a thousand that I've rated under a 5 on a 10 scale, and in this case I think it was about a 2. Having seen its badness once, I think I'll rely on my memory rather than a repeat of the torture. If I want delicious badness, I'll take Death on the Diamond or My Dinner With Andre, even if for that last one I'd need to bring my barf bag.
P. S. Lorna, if you haven't seen it already, the one film in August you can't afford to miss is Thieves' Highway, showing on Lee J. Cobb's day on the 17th at 8:00 PM. Cobb is at his absolute best, and the rest of the cast does their part.
I second THIEVES HIGHWAY. Absolutely riveting, with Richard Conte the protagonist, being weaseled out of a load of apples by crooked produce middleman Cobb. He gets a very sexy Valentina Cortese as Rica, to tempt Conte, and forget about hearth and home and Barbara Lawrence. That scene in the room where she rakes her nails down his back is sizzling. There is even Jack Oakie in a surprisingly small role as comic relief/villain.
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Lucia Mendez
Wow, Thanks Fred. Great shots, as were the earlier ones. Thanks again.
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Lucero is 46.....
Fred, thanks for the pictures of Lucero and Thalia (I had mentioned her in the Brush with Greatness thread). Since I can't seem to post pics, can you find before and after pics of Lucia Mendez,.say, from her 1980s heyday, and post-plastic surgery, and post them here. Thanks.
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OMG!!!!!!!!! Are you kidding me????? No fast food chains in Hollywood? LOL.
Many of those places won't let you use the facilities unless you're a paying customer, in the name of keeping out the.riff-raff.
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TCM could feasibly have Booth featured for SOTM, in a month with several performers, where none have enough credits by themselves, not enough even for SUTS. James Dean could also be included. They could each have one night.I would say this: Even though this thread is merely an excuse to drop the name of 'HOT SPELL' back in to the mix, it doesn't have to stay fixated on it. There's all sorts of directions any thread can go. Some of them go off the rails and get 'locked', but not very many.
► I figure NipkowDisc has it all planned out someday when he croaks: He'll have a friend film the funeral proceedings and call it 'HOT CREMATORIUM'.
~Amen~
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JFK was apparently scarfing up all the beautiful women. leaving all the other h o r n y guys going the George Costanza route.
Well, maybe between JFK and Howard Hughes.
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TCM will be having its premiere (I believe) of Woman on the Run, Friday evening at 10:15 pm (EST). This 1950 film has long been available in public domain versions only. Here's hoping this version is restored.
This is a tough, effective noir effort, with Ann Sheridan in a search for her husband thorough the mean streets of Frisco (if memory serves me correctly) after he accidentally witnesses a gangland slaying.
Thanks for the reminder Tom. I too hope that this effective film is shown restored.
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But Tor Johnson lives! Right here anyway. I'm sure Quentin could find something for him. How about Torkey Brown. We have CGI, don't we? Why not recreate Tor and put him in a movie. Tor be or not tor be, that is the question, and I would like to put forth a resounding yes!!!
DGF writes:
Could someone advise me regarding what threads I may go to which are Tor Johnson-free?
and later:
This dead horse has been beaten, stomped on, drawn and quartered. I am calling the SPCA.
Quite funny, I mean it. I chuckled. Way to go, DG. I really like the levity here (a fine thing in life, for most of us anyway). I'm also very fond of any sentence with "dead horse" in it (apologies to equestrians), after all, we have so many here on the boards (see GenDis)
As for me, I'm getting to the point where I don't know what I'll do if Tor ever loses favor here the board. This is a surprise to me since up to a few weeks ago (or has it been years) I had never even heard of him.
Vive Tor!
Vive Tor!
Vive Tor!
A little passion doesn't hurt either.
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CGI was employed radically yet most tastefully in the making of AVATOR, the ground-breaking 3D fable of ecology on another world. And for the record, no horses, chickens or ducks were hurt in the making of this epic. You ain't seen Tor until you've seen Tor in 3 dimensions!
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More Tor filmography:
TOR BE OR NOT TOR BE
THE AWFUL TORUTH
THE SHANGHAI GESTOR
FLYING DOWN.TOR RIO
INTORLERANCE
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Kennedy must have been dating Gene Tierney and Audrey Hepburn at the same time.
Here's a cute song about him
Not at the same time. He dated Gene Tierney around 1946-47. Hepburn was an unknown teenager in England then.
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Forget Broderick Crawford's smelly old bathrobe.
For just $350 USD you can get a replica Orson Welles bathrobe and help fund the completion of his last film The Other Side of the Wind.
Does that mean in comes only in Orson Welles' size?
The limited.edition Tor Johnson bathrobe is fetching small fortune on ebay as we speak.
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Youu got thrown out of your virtual "celebratory" party?! That's drastic.