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I agree with you and filmlover 293 that Ava had "personality", that she came across as cool, intelligent, and yes, I'm willing to concede, sensual. I am not talking about her acting or her personal style, just her actual looks.
Which, sorry, Tom, that pic you posted here just re-affirms my opinion that she was no great beauty - at least, not in a traditional sense.
She's okay, in a kind of high-maintenance, lots of time at the make-up table way. Always looked like a real boozer to me, though - that didn't make her a favorite.
But, as studio-era actresses go, I guess she's one of the more sexually-alluring ones from that time in the industry.
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There's nothing unusual or wrong about having opinions.
If one is overbearing with one's opinions, stubbornly insistent upon repetitive and forceful statement of them - or cannot seem to allow anyone else's stated favorites go unchallenged or un-critiqued, one can be what I might refer to as opinionated, and not in a good way.
Where a topic is very serious, it might be understandable to be opinionated in such a way as that - but in matters of simple preference of movie types or music, not so much.
There's also just simple consideration of other people's feelings. I don't see any need to dump on what another person has said they like in a friendly "favorites" thread. It should be enough to have your own equal opportunity to post your own favorites in threads like this one.
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George always did have a sense of class about him. And he too, had a sharp wit that went unnoticed largely due to the concentration on LENNON being the "witty" one
Agree strongly with this. George had a very clever wit, quite funny when you get clued into it.
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A beautiful girl who went on to marry George. Sadly, later she came to him with the confession that she loved Eric Clapton too and wanted to be with him! Well, George did the noble thing and gave her a divorce amicably, as he wanted her to be happy, This I read more recently and was very impressed by George's behavior. Also, it was good that Pattie was honest with him.
Watching her in an interview a few years back (wow, time was not kind to her looks), the interviewer asked her (perhaps mischievously) who she considered to be the love of her life. It's George. And she was emphatic about it. There was a real sense of regret over the Eric dalliance, or so I intuited, listening to her.
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DB,
If Freed were here he could use the line of Fields " Yeah and you're crazy but in the morning I'll be sober and you'll be crazy for the rest of your life."
Well, I don't expect that to be a whole lot longer, so I'll just enjoy my craziness while it lasts.
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The only reason I have 'The Haunting' in my collection is to watch Claire Bloom in it.
What can I say, she's just one of those who really did it for me. Way jealous of Rod Steiger for years.
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Lennon was kind of a wiseass who spoke his mind more than folks were used to back in the day. I don't think he set out to intentionally offend people, he was just making what he thought was an accurate statement. There is a photo I've seen in a number of places showing a boy about to consign the Meet the Beatles album to the flames in Waycross, Georgia. But people got over it
Some people can get real goofy real quick. Then it gets infectious for a while for the weaker-minded associates with whom they're in contact.
For emotionally well-quipped people it can actually be quite dangerous to be around such an outbreak. I'm sure they stayed home and stashed their Beatle albums out of sight while such episodic nonsense burned itself out.
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Peter O`Toole, my favorite Irish British actor, was robbed of winning a Oscar in 1968 where the odds were in his favor. He did not want to accept the honorary Academy Award given to him in 2003. Peter`s three children convinced him that accepting would be the right thing to do. The interview with Peter from the 2011 TCM Classic Film Festival will be shown on September 7. Now I won`t have to watch this interview with French subtitles on You Tube anymore. THE LION IN WINTER 1968 has been shown recently. I wish that TCM had chosen BECKETT 1964 or THE STUNT MAN 1980 to showcase Peter`s talents. When peter read the script of THE STUNT MAN, he told director and screenwriter Richard Rush that nobody could play the part of the eccentric director Eli but himself. And he was right!. If you want to see the actual Telluride interview Roger Ebert conducted with Peter O`Toole in 2002 go to Peter O`Toole.com wipikedia. At the bottom of the page there is a external link section. The last in the list is this interview. Roger did a very good interview with Peter, and shortly afterwards Roger received his first cancer diagnosis.
Lion in winter is a remarkable performance. I never bother with should have's for the Oscar, though. The Oscar became meaningless to me the year they gave it to Marion Morrison. Haven't watched an Oscar show since '74.
Anyway, I digress. I've seen quite a number of O'Toole movies here.
The one's I long for the most, however, are 'The Night of the Generals' (1967) and 'Man Friday' (1975).
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Since I'm the one who first questioned the appropriateness of Scott's being selected, I don't think I suffer from paranoia.
Okay, then.
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I always got a kick out of Lennon's "apology" for saying the Beatles were more popular than Jesus. Jesus was all right, but his disciples were "thick and ordinary." What a diplomat.
It was an apt remark. The Beatles at that time were in the thoughts of a billion mostly young people constantly - in an actual way, not just a habitual, by-rote, no thought, morning prayer at school way.
Too deep for a lot of people to comprehend. Fetch the matches.
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Sorry it took me so long to respond to your post. I was outside playing in my sandbox.
Nobody was talking to you, Peanut.
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What is 'electable'? When was the last time we had an electable candidate elected?
Military-Industrial Complex Secret Society TRUMAN???
Even the much-sainted JFK had to fudge the Texas vote...
ahhh...The Roman Joke...
The best candidate America has had in the past hundred years was "unelectable". He was smart, tough and honest; he had America's best interests at heart, and the backbone to stand up for them.
But 98 percent of the people won't vote for a good man like that, so he was unelectable - and is blamed continuously for the disastrous Bush-Cheney debacle.
I've heard it said that the electorate gets the government it deserves. Voting for a learning-disabled, simpleton President, puppeteered by a fascist madman Vice President, certainly plays into that old saw.
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The Chapman Report. I like George Cukor and I like Jane Fonda. This film sounds interesting.
I think it's Claire Bloom's movie all the way. She's head and shoulders the best thing in it.
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Harper (1966). Well, that's shown a lot, but it's a good movie, so I'm looking forward to it, anyway.
I love 'Harper'. Of all of Newman's movies in the 60's, it's my favorite. Well, maybe tied with 'Hombre'
(1967). Oh, wait - I forgot about 'Cool Hand Luke'.
Wow, he did some good stuff at that time in his career, didn't he.
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Now tell me the truth here, dark. Did the moderator just now help you (re)compose that???
LOL
(...I'm just sorry that "Ottawa" thing I wrote is now gone...I was especially proud of THAT one, ya know!)
Dang, I missed the Ottawa thing. The last thing I remember seeing before the scrub was you asking me if I was referring to my temperament or someone else's (who apparently cannot be even hinted at).
PM me the Ottawa thing - you've got me real curious now.
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Just kind'a got that impression at first, that's all, dark. It seemed to imply to me at the time that anything discussed about a star's life was somehow "immaterial" to any discussion of them started at this website.
My apologizes for reading more into your post than what was actually stated.
That's okay. You could be a lot worse at reading things that aren't there. You're usually one of the more comprehending members we have here, and I realize anyone can make a mistake. Even me.
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Well, in MY case anyway here, you two MIGHT have noticed that I never said NOR implied that I thought Scott shouldn't have been featured as yesterday's SUTS honoree.
However, I ALSO don't believe merely MENTIONING what a freakin' jerk he by all accounts must a been in his private life means that THAT shouldn't be mentioned in this thread about the man EITHER! As these sorts of threads which focus upon various artists often do, information about the COMPLETE person filters into them and I certainly don't see the harm in THAT!
(...AND I believe it's up the individual reader to place the degree of importance THEY wish upon the information received)
Why do I get the feeling you think someone said it was wrong to mention whatever gossip there is to mention about an actor?
All I said is that it doesn't make any difference to me in terms of watching an actor's work. There are some who say they won't watch if they've heard something they don't like about the actor - but I'm not like that. As I thought I'd made clear, it's the art that interests me. I'm like an adult that way. A mature one.
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There's few Canadian rock groups I'm familiar with, mostly because of the lack of exposure to them. A local "underground" FM station here in '68 used to play music from a Canadian group called, if memory serves (which it might NOT be) The Great Mandella. Or, maybe just Mandella, I'm not sure.
That would be Mandala you're remembering.
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I've watched a bit of LITTLE MURDERS and like what I've seen so far.
I'll try to remember to post again after I've seen the entire movie.
One thing that struck me is the female lead Marcia Rodd (someone I'm not familar with) sounds a lot like Liza Minnelli.
It kills me that his hobby includes taking pictures of dog ****. And his emotional vacancy - when people beat him up he just takes it, figuring they'll eventually get tired and then leave him alone.
New York in the 60's and 70's was becoming notorious for its episodes of senseless violence - this movie plays on that quite well. As black comedies go, this is way at the front of the list for me.
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So much hate for George C. The man got a SUTS day because he made some good films and was a helluva actor, not for being Mr. Nice Guy, which I think has been established, he was not. A lot of performers have volitaile personalites, let the matter rest.
I can't imagine how it would be to miss so many good movies and performances because I can't accept the gossip I hear about an actor's private life.
I pay as little attention to gossip as possible. Whatever relationship a woman has with her man is her business and his. I don't have any need to involve myself - the art I'm viewing is where my interest lies. I'm an adult that way.
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Did a little checking on that Edward Bear single 'You, Me and Mexico'. It was their first, and was a big hit up here - reaching #3 on our Chart.
I'm surprised that it made it to only #68 on America's Billboard Top 100. I always thought it's a great song and very well played.
However, their next single was one of their rockingest - and was excellent, which I hope you'll agree. It was called 'You Can't Deny It' and was also pretty successful up here, reaching #16.
It didn't chart at all in the States, though. I just don't understand that. Judge for yourself.
Note: the LP version of 'You Can't Deny It' runs a minute+ longer.
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And there in lies the rub. All "best of " lists are subjective and ultimately a bit ridiculous. No two people are ever going to agree on what are the best songs The Beatles ever recorded.
Probably easier to name Beatle songs you don't like.
When I listen to their first 9 albums, they all seem to play like greatest hits collections - the songs are so good throughout each lp. It's not until The White Album that they even begin to do a song here and there that's not great.
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Not sure if this Toronto group got much play in the States, but it had half a dozen singles that charted up here in the early 70's. Group name is Edward Bear.
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Why did you say he was taken by CPS for playing ball in his backyard?
I expect that kind of twisting from a Fox News blog - as this one that's your source - but even they were honest enough to say it was a case of neglect - the child being left alone.
Not that I think the cops had any business there. I myself was a latch-key child almost all my life (from age 7, anyway). I was a baby-sitter from the age of 9. Today's busy-body laws do get on my nerves.
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Off Topic: Favorite Music?
in Your Favorites
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Nonsense. We're all equally discriminating.
Some music we like, some music we don't like.
Being loud about what one doesn't like doesn't make one's discrimination any more substantive. I've been told by young people that I'm difficult to please when it comes to music. I make no claim that that makes me more discriminating than anyone else. They don't care for "my" music any more than I care for "theirs". It's all personal preference. We're all equally discriminating.