JackFavell
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The thing that's crazy is the whole movie (or I should say both movies) looks like that all the way through.
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Ivan the Terrible is a little tough going plot wise, but it is an absolutely gorgeous film. And though Potemkin has it's moments, and is in some ways a better film than Ivan, for sheer goggle-eyed beauty, there is nothing like Ivan....
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Oh my gosh, Lavender! You just jogged my memory in such a nice way!
When I lived in Illinois, there was a a little town called Dwight near where we lived, and the Dwight bus station was located in the back of an old pharmacy/soda shop. In the front were tall old wooden cases with spectacles and shaving kits and the like, and then the pharmacy was on the right, with cases full of potions and concoctions. It reminded me of the druggists in It's a Wonderful Life.
Then at the back left, there was a real live soda fountain, with a long rounded counter, and a black and white tile floor, and real fountain spigots, where they served cokes- any flavor, and made from syrup- not just bottled stuff. You could get a cherry coke float, or an egg cream, or a vanilla soda, or whatever. I used to love to go there because it was right out of the thirties and forties. Andy Hardy could have been sitting right at that counter.....
I wonder if it is still there, or if they tore it down eventually... I hope not.
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> Agree 100%. Though I like New England accents a bit better (nothing against midwesterners!)
I tend to like the midwestern accent better- just because that's what I grew up with, and it seems a little gentler to me. These yankees up here are really tough! I am not kidding!
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> I'd love to have seen Kate and Walter Brennan in a western.
Awww. Now I am disappointed that there isn't one....
> And didn't the pioneers set off for the west in prairie schooners...?
Chuckle
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I agree about the silents, Miss G. I don't even realize it after a few minutes.
Re: Kate Hepburn playing in westerns- isn't it interesting how old time New Englanders are so close in nature to midwestern and western prairie pioneers? I notice that the quiet, rugged and downright tough lives that some of our fishermen lead up here are very similar to those characters we see in westerns. I think that they even look alike- New Englanders get a kind of cold, windblown look that matches the dry, sunburned faces of farmers and cowboys from Montana to Texas.
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That's a very interesting article, CK.
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> I do know what you mean...sometimes when I am watching something really good....the "unreal" aspects....like black and white film or even subtitles disappear.
That's it exactly! I get so completely lost in a movie sometimes that I am convinced of things that may not be there! Black and white lets me create a whole world in my mind, and I think that is why in some ways, it is a better medium than color.
So, what color is this dress?
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Bronxie- it is well worth the time invested. :x
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Oh, geez, that bottom one in the cossack uniform is beautiful! I can think of some rather romantic scenarios to go with it!
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Of course, McGavin is just the best, but I think Melinda Dillon is a wonderful actress. And Peter Billingsley is perfect.
>Mr. Parker: "Where's the glue?"
>Mother: "We're out of glue."
>Mr. Parker: "You used up all the glue on purpose!"
>Mother: "Ralphie, you're lucky it didn't cut your eye! Those icicles have been known to kill people."
And this line always cracks me up.....
>Ralphie as Adult: (narrating) Meanwhile, I struggled for exactly the right BB gun hint. It had to be firm, but subtle.
>Ralphie: "Flick says he saw some grizzly bears near Pulaski's candy store!"
>(everyone stares at Ralphie)
>Ralphie as Adult: They looked at me as if I had lobsters crawling out of my ears.
>*Next to me in the blackness lay my oiled blue steel beauty. The greatest Christmas gift I had ever received, or would ever receive. Gradually, I drifted off to sleep, pringing ducks on the wingand getting off spectacular hip shots.*
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Interesting article, interesting follow up discussion. I will lurk here a little more.
I was surprised at some of the movies picked, like Barefoot Contessa, as well. and I certainly would have put Ivan The Terrible far above Potemkin, for sheer beauty.....No *Brief Encounter* ? Now, really. That's just wrong.
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Thanks for responding so quickly, TCMP! You are great! Happy Turkey day!
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Thank you, Jake, for posting this article....
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I would love to see a Gloria Jean tribute! Just putting in my two cents....
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Well, I finally found this thread! I just wanted to say again here, how striking the movie was on TCM the other night.
Having seen this movie years ago in B&W, I finally understand how GORGEOUS a movie it really is! The tinting and Chaney's remarkably sympathetic performance make me like this movie SO much more than I ever did before. I just loved Chaney in red, his cape floating over the lovers on the roof. What a great movie! I think this is now my favorite Chaney, though I haven't seen many of his movies for a long while.
A big thanks to Ray Bradbury for picking some silents during prime time, and for his love of Lon Chaney.....
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I am guessing the poor progranmmer will be flooded with mail......
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Although this one was on a list previously, it's the one I thought of first- and I think it deserves a separate post:
James Cagney - *The Roaring Twenties*
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I agree that there are quite a few films that should never be viewed online first. But I do like having access to films online for the purposes of discussion on these boards.....
I think no *John Ford* film should be viewed online without first having seen it at least on a big screen TV, and preferably the largest venue you can find.....
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I think You've Got Mail is perfect for online viewing.
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If it is colorized, I expect the TCM Programmer will be quite sorry that they chose to show a colorized movie. I, for one, would write a nice lengthy, and none too nice letter about it.
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I'll check it out!
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Oh, no. He could just wrap me up in that coat and carry me away.....