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Ever heard the story of Hoover / Boulder Dam?
Went from Hoover, to Boulder and back to Hoover. Need to acquire 3 reels because someone couldn't make their minds up.
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"Wargames" (1983)
Mr. Liggett...... Alright, Lightman. Maybe you could tell us who first suggested the idea of reproduction without sex.
David..... Umm, Your wife?
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"V For Vendetta" (2005) took note of this.
Make comedy fun of the Chancellor...
...this is the consequences.
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Jerry Lewis has passed on, release the movie and let the public decide if it's in poor taste or not. Forgot the name but there is a TV movie where a night club comedian was arrested by the Gestapo, so "The Day the Clown Cried" is true to form in that regard.
Nazi's don't clown around.
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Graduated from slingshot to machine gun in one year.
Definitely hung out with the wrong crowd.
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"Hacksaw Ridge" (2016)
Desmond Doss....Please Lord, help me get one more.
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"Hacksaw Ridge" (2016) The True Story of Desmond Doss: the Medal of Honor Winner Who Never Fired a Shot. Not all heroes carries guns. Truely admire his convictions!
Andrew Garfield as Desmond Doss
President Harry Truman presenting Desmond Doss with the Medal of Honor on Oct. 12, 1945
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49 minutes ago, NipkowDisc said:
One is like the others but only a teeny-weeny bit.
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PREDATOR ON THE RESERVATION
Oh, thought it was something a Native American can sense.
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4 hours ago, Sepiatone said:
I agree. But I too see the "Baby Burlesks" as parody, not exploitation, but will state that I think children ARE the most shamelessly exploited in this country, and I'm NOT talking SEXUAL exploitation, but CORPORATE!
How many times, for example, have you seen or heard advertising that instead of mentioning how economical or durable, reliable or high quality a product is, but instead parades a bunch of children (or babies) out and implies YOU'RE somehow lacking as loving parent if you DON'T use their product? It's a pretty commonplace practice.
Sepiatone
The hidden message in the old 1980's Michelin tire ads....Drive on other brand of tires, you're putting your child's life at risk.
That slogan would had been better suited here.
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3 minutes ago, Fedya said:
Somebody needs to watch The King of Comedy.
Never heard of him in that film, nor seen any TV ads.
Made changes on my OP to reflect your info
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Trivia...One of his last movies was a flop, "Hardly Working" (1980)
Try to get away with that today!
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During this White House visit, Shirley made a slingshot bulls eye on Mrs Roosevelt rear end (I WOULD LOVE TO HAD SEEN THAT!). The incident didn't go unnoticed by her mother whom gave Shirley an old fashion over the knee spanking with a ruler. She claim it broke! ouch!
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14 minutes ago, NipkowDisc said:
Does it make him feel like a man to knock out a pregnant teen?
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This stuff is old news, lol. John Agar was an abusive drunk whom punched Shirley out while carrying their first child Susan. Imagine how the public would had reacted to that?!
Shirley was quoted...I never saw the fist coming.
Baby Burlesks are of bad taste but not provocative. Were an attempt at early satire / parodies of movies i.e. "The War Wagon" , actresses, directors, etc. Few people thinks it's an exploitation of kids....need to get their minds out of the gutter.
The one that puzzles me is "Polly Tix in Washington", whom are they ridiculing? Tried to find some Washington, DC scandal during the early 30's that fits but came up empty - some Congressman got involved with a prostitute
About her birthdays, one Movietone newsreel showing her celebrating her 6th (she actually was 7). She was not allowed to keep a single gift!
Surprised they let her have some cake in that farce of a birthday party - misleading publicity!
A lot of info can be found in this book.
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Come across this a lots of times, a movie / documentary now playing doesn't match the Directv guide.
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"Mrs Doubtfire" (1993) Robin William's posing as a maid in drag. (does this count?)
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4 hours ago, Sepiatone said:
Mentioning MARLA GIBBS in a thread about MOVIE maids begs for equal time to mention Shirley Booth as HAZEL, MY favorite TV maid!
But too, I liked all previously mentioned.
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Ann B. Davis as Alice in "The Brady Bunch" is one of the best known TV maids.
RIP - passed away 2014.
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19 minutes ago, TopBilled said:
Thanks. Are we counting TV miniseries as films? I wasn't counting TV movies either but I can see why some might.
Doesn't count if the screen is small? Long as Burt was in front of a camera, doubt if he cared.
Made for TV films doesn't have the budget or quality of theatrical movies but there have been times big screen films has stunk worst.
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5 hours ago, TopBilled said:
Thanks ham. I wondered if it might have been due to personal reasons.
From 1946 to 1989 (the year of his last film), he had no new films in:
1967
1975
1982
1984Lancaster was a workaholic. As I said, he probably did work on films in '67 that didn't hit the screen until '68. But there was obviously a gap.
Lancaster's gaps in the later years are more understandable if he was semi-retired or having trouble finding decent roles to play at that stage of his career. But in 1967 he was still at his peak as a leading man/box office star. Technically 1967 is the midway point of his film career.
He starred in "Marco Polo" (1982) TV mini series.
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Albert Finney in "Millers Crossing". Yikes.
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20 hours ago, jakeem said:
In all your memorials, please remember
#AlbertFinney loved making#MillersCrossing so much he stayed after wrap to be a female maid extra.
Just added his name to this thread.
http://forums.tcm.com/topic/81031-maids-in-movies/?tab=comments#comment-1220711
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Burt and his wife Norma separated in 1967 because of alcoholism, was stressful. Doubt if he could concentrate on acting. Both finally divorce in 1969.
If it's any comfort, he didn't appear in any movie theatrical or television in 1984.
Hopefully now won't lose any sleep tonight over this.
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Rated T for Tasteless
Great One-Liners
in General Discussions
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"Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann" (1983)
Those poor guys from 1877, don't know what the heck Lyle just said.
Daniels....That machine, these clothes, this here light... Where'd these come from?
Lyle Swan...... Tinker toys, mostly. See, I hang with technoid types. We party, and they come up with all this bundle of boogie. Bike's a bunch of J__ parts. Real zoot, huh? Cyalume from K-Mart.