darkblue
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Sure glad you don't generalize with your obvious age prejudice.
Norman Lloyd just gave a very informed, lively interview as seen is that thread about him. Lloyd is 101.
Some people age better than others. My ex mother-in-law is only 75 and she's nuttier than an almond joy.
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You expect Fred to make sense, Dargs?
C'mon, he's like 95 years old or something.
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Maybe it is your duty then to stay in this thread perpetually and guard it as an old dog guards his last bone.
You will be doing many people a great service.
But far more people a great disservice, don't you think?
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Anyway, we don't have to drive it.
Honey, we can park it out in back.....
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Aw, c'mon Tom! Don't fear the Reaper now, dude!
(...saaaay, wouldn't this sound better with a little more cowbell?)
I was beginning to wonder if you were all gone.
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Sorry, Wrong Number. While this is easily Stanwyck's film, I thought Lancaster did a great job as the husband, who seems like the most likely suspect throughout most of the film.
Not always easy to do when your up against a performance as awesome as Stanwyck's. Certainly one of her best.
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Hell, it's a thread about death so put any label on it you want.
I thought I already did - 'inherently morbid' is enough of a label, I would've thought.
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Hmm. When I was making my list, I wasn't thinking in terms of "yet to die." That does sound morbid. I was listing people who are still with us and meant it in the sense that it was comforting that there were still people around who had first hand experience working in the studio system. All is not lost yet.
Well, this is an inherently morbid thread.
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The last time TCM ran 'Kaleidoscope", it was window-boxed.
Today it was run widescreen. Thank you TCM.
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The Bellboy (1960), and The Errand Boy (1961), Jerry Lewis' best work.
'The Patsy' (1964) is my choice for his best work. I don't understand why TCM has not shown it - it's the most perfect film it could show, considering all of the studio era performers that are in it (George Raft, Peter Lorre, Rhonda Fleming, John Carradine, Everett Sloane, etc).
I don't think Lewis has ever been more likeable or genuinely amusing than in this one.
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In the episode, the song was written by Serena.
Oh, those "silly hippies".
Boy, that Elizabeth was one attractive chick, wasn't she.
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Turner Classic Movies is by no means whatsoever a "misnomer".
It's a remarkably excellent title for the station.
And any movie at all can be a classic to somebody.
People who try to argue misnomer are just belly-achers. Malcontents who live to complain.
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They are great films to be sure, Academy Award winners to boot. Just not "Film Classics" based on the accepted definition of the term.
My accepted definition of the term says they are classic. Other people's accepted definition of the term is irrelevant to me.
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I have seen 'Man on the Moon' - and Carrey's performance as Andy is terrific. I don't think anyone could do justice to that role any better than Jim Carrey. If Andy had been more popular, Carrey might have won an Oscar for that.
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I'm one of those rare birds who just couldn't get enough of Andy Kaufman - and I don't mean in his role on 'Taxi'. I mean his fascinating "reality" plays in life that so perplexed the world.
I think I remember every single time I saw him on anything, anywhere, and how I would just watch him incredulously - not quite sure if what I was seeing was real or not. But never bored by it. Always transfixed.
I wish I had taped it all. Every appearance. Every bit of it.
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Yes, I watched the film tonight. John Grisham and Robert said that Irving Raveitch and Harriet Frank Jr. the screenwriters wrote the screenplay so it was easier to follow. John Grisham said that the novel was required reading for 10th grade students in Mississippi high schools. William Faulkner wrote a southern gothic novel with intertwining families that was difficult to follow. John said a professor at Ole Miss University helped him to understand the novel better. I enjoyed the movie once I understood that Yul Byrenner was the step uncle to Joanne Woodward. He is keeping the dysfunctional family together for Joanne which includes a alcoholic uncle, her mostly absent unmarried mother, and a mute uncle. Ethel Waters, Joanne Woodward, Margaret Leighton, and Yul all gave good performances. Since I live in Mississippi and have visited Oxford where William Faulkner lived, I was disappointed that the film was made in Louisiana.
This is one movie I truly love. Strangely love? So much so that I read the novel after seeing the movie a couple of times.
I've come to realize how truly peculiar Yul Brynner is for a Hollywood A-lister. That foreign voice. That unequivocal masculinity. That bald head.
Hey, maybe that's why 'The Sound and the Fury' is my favorite Yul Brynner performance! The hair!
I so admire the character of Jason, without whom that family would be out on the streets, and his determination to keep them up even though their weakness and pettiness is probably undeserving of it. The tough as nails boss of the family, unappreciated and misunderstood, gifts them with enormous love that they cannot seem to see or thank him for.
Although the movie does end on a hopeful change to that attitude from the young Quentin after his wisdom (and sacrifice) saves her from a regrettable decision.
A lot of people poke fun at 'The Sound and the Fury' movie. But I think it's exquisite.
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How about classic Star Trek?
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Dirks are a dime a dozen.
But a Hurd is one of a kind.
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Yeah,maybe, I thought of him too.
I once knew a Dirk in real life. But I never met a Hurd.
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I used to have this album. Wonder what ever happened to it.
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It was apparently consolidated/intermingled into this thread - it's down there.
Now someone find the wine thread - I miss the chuckles.
Oh, wow! Mashing together threads!
What'll they think of next?
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Has everyone noticed that misswonderly's thread on the subject of how the spam bothers her, which was getting some pretty fair discussion, has mysteriously vanished?
That seems pretty weird. Was something said in there that isn't supposed to be said?
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He's had plenty of tribute days. Not necessary to do one every year.
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Or someone watching "Hot Spell".
Or someone having a hot spell.
TCM not so classic anymore?
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Doesn't help.