darkblue
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And who are they???
People that rank?
Presumably after spin class?
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Incidentally, Karloff's monster's furry vest reminded me of the type of vests '60's FOLKSINGERS used to wear. I believe The Momma's and The Poppa's John Phillips used to sometimes wear one, too.
I think Sonny Bono was the first one I saw wearing one.
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Ya ain't related to Sophie Tucker are ye? I have a autographed photo of her from a nightclub in Chicago that I'll throw in with the tape rewinder.
No, but I used to fantasize about Tanya Tucker.
I said it often.....
I love Tanya Tucker
I really want to meet her
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Darkblue, I have an extra vintage rewinder from Radio Shack which I'll sell you for 100 smackers!
You just know they are becoming rare lol.
The name's Tucker, not Sucker.
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For those being shamed for being old school in their video watching and recording
Shamed.
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I have 4 vcr's - and I use them all.
Although 1 is just used for rewinding.
The other 3 are used for recording and/or watching (I watch almost nothing "live" other than news)
But I archive no movies on tape. All movies are recorded to dvd-r's in variable bit recording mode (one movie per disc).
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Well--I just went to look up facts,, & according to TCM's list of Marilyn Monroes' credits, she made her debut in "Dangerous Years" (DY) (1948), which from the plot synopsis sounds like a would-be film noir. She is billed 12th as Evie. Click on "Notes" for "Dangerous Years", & according to that page, her role in "Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!" was cut before that film's release. She did well enough in DY to be given a co-starring role in "Ladies of the Chorus" (1948) a Low budget musical. That led to a bit as Groucho's "straight woman" in "Love Happy" (1949), which led to a bit at MGM in "Right Cross", which led to her bit in "All About Eve", which led to her bit in "The Asphalt Jungle" (all 1950). Falling dominos(sp?). You can't fairly eliminate All of her bit parts--& I have never heard of her debut film. Has anyone else heard of it?
One thing is evident. She had something very, very special. From these bits she would go on to become the world's most famous movie star and fantasy object.
Nobody else had what she had. Others tried to copy, but none of them could match her. They couldn't even come close.
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There's is currently an NFL player with the last name of Shitoo.
Moderator!!!
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I go along with Darkblue on this one, the very unusual interior set of the Frankenstein home doesn't fit in with the earlier films or that time period at all. Would anyone of wealth live in such a stark looking place? And there is no continuity at all with the earlier films; where did this "new" Ygor character come from, the laboratory (both earlier ones were completely destroyed) being conveniently located right next to the house, etc?
Not to mention that he's now mute, unlike previously; in a near-catatonic fugue state (apparently only gets up off his back to do whatever chore Ygor gives him); and wears a woolly vest that came from who knows where (and that just as mysteriously disappears when he gets up again in 'Ghost')
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At one point there was another "o" word that was bleeped on the boards even in the context below:
He's not a dentist. He's an oral surgeon.
Yes, disallowing "oral" as a word was pretty ridic - almost as bad as when "mouth" was disallowed.
Can you imagine the mindset of whoever programmed that filter! Spaced out, man.
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To be honest, I had only been paying half hearted attention to the complaints about the censoring on these boards, and I had made no comment about it before.
But I thought that the ridiculous editing overreaction to that dreaded "o" word that I used was so ludicrously extreme that I couldn't resist pointing it out to others. Sorry, guess I'm just a **** disturber at heart.
It's probably that the o word is considered different from saying "sex party" in that both "sex" and "party" are in and of themselves innocuous. Every child knows what a party is. And sex is just another term for boy and girl.
But the o word for a certain type of party derives from another o word which has a certain meaning vis-a-vis "gasms".
And those are what makes your o-party word seem so prohibitive to whoever set up the filter. Certain aspects of humanness (or animal-ness) should not be mentioned (in the opinion of some people).
For example, there's a type of whale we're not allowed to mention. And, if one wishes to mention a certain biological substance one must spell it out completely with "atozoa" included at the end of the word.
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I've met plenty of guys like that. The TV news business is filled with "over the top" guys, such as KK Klansmen at their rallies, serial killers, neo-Nazis who dress up like Nazies, ISIS wannabes. The world is full of "over the top" crackpots, and there are probably several who live in your city.
Several live in every city, Fred.
And in the "country" too.
Nutjobs. They're everywhere and anywhere.
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As interesting as the sets are in this one, it's my least favorite of the Universal "Frankenstein" movies.
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Incredible. I was just edited in another posting by TCMModerator 1 for typing the plural form of the word ****.
What kind of prudery is this? It's a commonly used term for sex parties, and I don't think it is either a swear word or an obscene word to describe them.
Since my use of the word will presumably be edited again, let me just say for those who see the edited version of this posting that what I had typed was a four letter word starting with the letter "o" to describe parties of a sexual nature.
A child might stumble onto your post and then seeing the evil o word ask his mommy what that is.
Do you want that on your conscience? Well, do you?
Administration is clearly doing the work of the angels here and the word filter was developed by the finest minds the Church of Latter Day Saints could provide. So, accept it for its inherent goodness and stop complaining about it. Don't you wanna go to Heaven? Sheesh.
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the prisoner of second avenue tomorrow morning at eight fifteen.
this time I looked!
I'm a-gonna get that on my vcr, tcm.
A vcr, ay Nip.
Nipkow leaps into the 80's!
Do stores still sell blank tapes?
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BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS is not a sequel; and, in fact, states so, right in its opening credits. It was released with an X-Rating, due to its sex which is softcore, and its violence, which seemed hardcore, at the time. I love both films beyond all reason.
A totally unjustified X rating. Here in Ontario the Good it was rated R without cuts.
If one doesn't relent and do the one-second cuts here and there to satisfy the power-addicted MPAA censors who make such demands just to justify their own positions, one gets an X (now an NC-17) as punishment for one's defiance.
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The Newsmax news channel have been presenting "JFK 's Women: The Scandals".
JFK was unfaithful to Jackie??
What a cad. No wonder he got shot in the head.
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Often the first question I get from people after they view my collection of studio-era star photos in my den is 'what, no Monroe?' (yea, I'm not a big fan).
How any red-blooded American man can not be a fan of Marilyn's baffles me.
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TCM "Premieres" are only important for those who want to actually WATCH movies. I don't understand the interest in compiling useless LISTS.
If there's any list more useless to everyone than one that's about how many times a movie has been shown in the past, I can't imagine it.
Maybe if we ever have personal time machines that allow us to go back and take advantage of a past showing such a list will have some value then. Otherwise it's a complete waste of time and energy.
Now, this thread - this thread has value. It alerts us to what's coming up and new for us as TCM viewers.
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The one I'd like to see the most is 'Suspiria' (1977).
She was in that, wasn't she?
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Well, as I was watching the shows for content, script and actors' performance I really didn't have time to watch it from a politically correct standpoint. You are right there were no black actors on television (with the exception of Amos'n Andy) and Nat King Cole (no actor but one heck of a singer) in the fifties just as for most of us growing up during that time period there wern't many in the school or in the movies. It was the times.....so judge for the time period. It won't be far in the future and "they" whoever they are will be judging us.
Reminds me of an anecdote I heard of a black actor who suggested to the producers of 'Happy Days' that maybe he could have a role on the show and said he was told "there were no black people in the 50's".
It got a big laugh from the audience (I forget what talk show it was on, as well as who the actor was - but remember the anecdote very well).
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In my opinion, the filmmaker should make the film they want to make. The ratings board can assign the rating they want to give. Let the audience decide whether to watch the film or not.
Absolutely. And the directors would love that.
But, few have the financial resources to produce movies themselves, so they need studio financing. And the studios will not let them make something that can't be played in theaters. Very few theaters will book NC-17 rated movies - it's all about selling popcorn, you see.
I miss the late 60's - early 70's so much.
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I have 3 of Laura's 4 Columbia albums on re-mastered cd's. The one I'm missing at the moment is 'Christmas and the Beads of Sweat'. I'll have to make a point to get it soon.
Did you know she was a performer at Monterey?
Listening to her always makes me feel sad, though. Retiring in 1971 took her out of the game at a time when her enormous success as a songwriter had developed for her a real following.
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Wow. Okay. I saw that imdb said it was rated X. Maybe that was the original 1970 rating.
I see that at IMDb. Giving an X rating to non-sex movies was a form of punishment back then. Nudity alone could aggravate the censors enough for that - not to mention ideas that they were not fond of being talked about (Midnight Cowboy, Myra Breckinridge). So, yes there were a few non-hardcore movies that got an X initially from those society-protecting weasels.
I just assumed it was R-rated as it ran here in Canada with an R rating completely uncut. There was no brouhahah about it at all.
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Videotaping Shaming
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Forget that. She's way old now.