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That 'Maid in Heaven' single was a very Raspberries-like power pop item.
Good thing it didn't become a hit or Eric Carmen would've been right p!ssed off. The Raspberries couldn't get the album-buying public to pay any attention to them in spite of a few top-40 placements.
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Tiki, this reminded me of seeing the movie at a drive-in with my best friend and our boyfriends. Mescaline was consumed, causing so much hysterical laughter my girlfriend and I were forced to leave the car for the delights of the snack bar. I miss drive-ins. Later saw the movie and really liked it--despite being post-1965!
Drive-ins ruled!!
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I thought it was a fine name for a movie star. What surprised me was that it was her real name, as it sounded like a Hollywood name change. I was looking at the wrong Luana, but it looks like both Luanas kept their real first name and last
Makes sense to me that they would. Luana is a nice name.
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I didnt say there was. It sounded like made up Hollywood name to me.
Sounds like the name of an A&P checkout clerk to "Lorna" - and, apparently, the most shockingly inappropriate name for a "movie star" ever.
Luana Patten. Still trying to figure where such an extreme reaction to her name like that would come from. Little mysteries of human behavior like that fascinate me.
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I looked her up on imdb. Luana was actually her REAL NAME. She had a longer career than I had realized. She was buds with Jack Nicholson and other biggies. Sadly, she died relatively young.
Not a damn thing wrong with her name, either.
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Luana Patten - My God, what kind of name is that for a movie star?!
It sounds like she should be working the checkout at a local A&P.
Some of the things you say are just plain weird, dude.
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I watched 'Home from the Hill' several times back in the early 60's - played frequently on the ABC affiliate in Buffalo as their late movie.
I thought it was pretty good - but I was a young person, about 13,14 years old. Also, I always saw it in black and white as that's the tv we had then.
When I started watching it recently and saw that it was in colour, I was disappointed. Felt wrong.
And I grew tired of it very quickly - thinking "geez, I thought this was pretty good?"
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I watched a lot of HOME FROM THE HILL last night.
It was....... the film debut of George Hamilton and George Peppard.
George Peppard's first film feature was 'The Strange One' (1957). George Hamilton's was 'Crime and Punishment USA' (1959).
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What are the top 10 most successful films ever, in terms of expense to profit ratios?
Might be fun to guess. I'd think independent product like 'Easy Rider' might be good guesses.
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Robert Aldrich's The Dirty Dozen (1967) was replete with nefarious types but none were more psycho than Telly Savalas' Archer Maggott.
Religious nut.
Funny how often psychos come with religious "attachments".
Not funny ha-ha, though.
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When it comes to wartime psychopaths, how about Peter O'Toole in The Night of the Generals?
My favorite O'Toole movie!
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Sociopath is a word that is falling from use in psychiatric/psychologic circles. It's a term that is relatively modern, as compared to psychopath - but for the most part the terms have been used interchangeably, as a definitive enough difference has not been presented to universally validate the alternative word.
In the United States it was introduced in 1930 by educational psychologist George E. Partridge, as an alternative to the concept of psychopathy. It was used to indicate that the defining feature is violation of social norms, or antisocial behavior, and has often also been associated with postulating social as well as biological causation. Robert Hare claimed in a 1999 popular science book that "sociopathy" and "psychopathy" are often used interchangeably, but in some cases the term "sociopathy" is preferred because it is less likely than is "psychopathy" to be confused with psychosis (psychosis being a break - to a lesser or greater degree - from reality, or the "norm").
I take from Hare's differentiation that a sociopath, then - is a person who's lack of empathy for others - accompanied by a willingness to actually do bad things to others - feels normal to them. In their psyches, there is no other way of being. In the Showtime series 'Dexter', the central character is this precisely. He cannot love, or be sorrowful, or remorseful, or elated - but he also does not suffer from uncontrolled urges like rage or jealousy. His reality is consistent. Certainly his appetite for killing is at least classically psychopathic, but his emotionlessness about what he does - in whatever he does - and his resulting control of himself because of that emotionlessness, differentiates him from a raging, or laughing, uncontrolled psycho.
Psychopathy, on the other hand, would seem to be something that any one of us, if given enough cause, could experience. Temporarily. What makes for a psychopath would be that this is a frequent state of being - a habit - with minimal experiential causation - and can be accompanied by lots of emotion: anger, glee, resentment, excitement. Chemical causation - both internal and externally sourced - could be a factor in inducing psychopathic incidents, in addition to the psychological state usually built through poor social learning and adaptation.
Anyway, here's a definitive psychopath from a movie - his name was Frank Booth.
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Well, this lawyer will try hard not to be offended.
Whaddaya call 172 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?
A good start!
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If memory serves, I believe this was the first single that Paul put out after the breakup with Artie. I love this song - as I do so many of Paul's songs.
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1050 Techwood Dr. NW
Atlanta, GA 30318
(...and btw, all fruit cakes will automatically be returned to sender once received)
I was thinking more of their home addresses. Sending cards to where they might work is so impersonal.
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Swithin, that's great ! Thanks so much for that link. I had no idea we could access that information.
Now if we could just find out where to send the Christmas cards.
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This is what happened before. Crickets.
I wouldn't care, except I know for a fact that many posters here do wonder how the moderators make their decisions.
Is it really that boring a topic (don't answer that !) or are people just afraid they'll get in trouble if they comment on the moderating?
It's because there's nothing to be gained. No answers will be coming forth.
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When it comes to homevideo releases of movies you never know what the deal is with the music rights. I recall various video VHS releases of certain films where the music was altered from what you saw in the theater. Most of the time there's a small disclaimer on the video box that'll say something like: HOME VIDEO VERSION - Some music re-scored.
I hate lawyers so much.
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Gene Tierney is more of "a guy's guy" than Gene Kelly.
'Cause she was so butch, or because he was so prissy?
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POINT BLANK (MGM,1967) - Another one of the most-praised movies of all time that has still eluded my viewing. Definitely try to catch it this time.
I chuckled when I read that - TCM shows 'Point Blank' every couple of weeks, it seems. It's kind of like someone saying they haven't had a chance to catch 'North By Northwest' - it's eluded them.
After an explosion of interesting titles in October, I find November to be back to the usual quantity of record-worthy offerings for me.
I'm most happy about 'The Strange One' (1957) finally getting another airing. This was Ben Gazzara's first movie - and he is amazing. Also George Peppard's - his forthcoming screen persona is immediately evident in this.
There is more than one strange character in this film. And there is an unmistakable homosexual vibe present - I watched it back in the early 60's and found it both off-putting and fascinating at the same time. Really glad to have the chance to add it to my collection.
I'm also very pleased to see 'Summer of '42' (1972) on the schedule. I can't remember the last time TCM ran this, if ever. In terms of movies that have induced both sweet and sorrowful emotion within me, this one is high on the list. After leaving the theatre, I found that even just hearing the theme on the radio in the months following would affect me quite poignantly.
I'd also like to say that, when I look back at which years have been significant to me in my movie-watching life, 1958 tends to stand out as the first really interesting year in which many movies seemed to take on a new aura to them - greater edge, realness, disturbingness - unusualness from what had been produced by Hollywood previously. Not that it's necessarily an example of that, but I'm happy to get another chance to add 'Frankenstein 1970' (1958) to my collection as well. Good old Boris is terrific as always in this latter day variation on a theme.
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Take off those glasses, let down that hair, and Oh, Baby - she's a hot one!
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I been objectifiying men all my life.
ps- I bet he could crack walnuts with those things.
Things? He has more than one?
I know, I know - you meant his thighs. Does sound kinda perilous to his own "walnuts", though.
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I hope Perry Como isn't on your list.
The list I have includes anyone in my collection. Presently that's about a thousand artists.
I do have a Perry Como cd. I bought it for my mother as a birthday gift, and when she died I just took it and added it to my own collection. There's actually 3 or 4 songs on it that I like at least a little.
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Steve Martin!
Buried with a donkey
He's my favorite honkee
King Tut
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Unlikely, since it isn't 4:00 am yet.
But thanks for the spoiler.