JackFavell
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Hey, I'm an Aquarius. What the heck does high frequency vibrations mean? Do I have them? It sounds a little, um, risque.....
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My mom and I were both up-all-nighters. She would read, and I used to love to stay up late and watch movies into the wee hours of the morning.... I still like to stay up late, but every once in a while I have to adjust. It also seems that the more I want to stay up (like to see a great precode or something) the more likely I am to fall asleep!
I'm glad to hear Laffite is alive and well and not hanging from a yardarm somewhere near the Isle of Tortuga.
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That might be what my sis took... I'll have to ask her.
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Yes, you e-mailed me, thanks! Very exciting!
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I am glad you posted that reply, because I did not know that either you or Judy had insomnia. It is a problem for me at times, but nothing near what it sounds like for you. Anyway, this would explain a lot about Judy's problems with drugs, etc.
There are people who do REM sleep testing out there (my sister had a horrible problem at one time) and if you don't get enough REM sleep, it can cause all sorts of health problems. Her problem was that she would sleep lightly, but never actually drop into the REM stage. I don't know specifically what my sister's doctor did to help her, but her life is one hundred percent better now because she went to one of these sleep specialists....
On another note: Has anyone heard from Laffite lately?
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I would say exactly the same- Anita Page, Joan (with black hair?) and Dorothy Sebastian. The funny thing is, I just rewatched Our Dancng Daughters last night, so this photo is very timely for me!
Love that last group of photos!
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Ro- You're a genius! I am going to copy your instructions for shoe-shopping and keep them with me with me at all times...
Frank:
Bonjour to you too. Nice to see you again!
He's always "hiding",
That is exactly the quality I like in him too. He's such a mystery man - except to the audience. You really should watch "State Fair" because I am absolutely positive you would fall for Jeanne Crain in a big way. She is at her most beautiful in this picture, and just the kind of sweet country girl you say you like....
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown is my fave (it has that wonderful sequence with Snoopy and the Red Baron) followed very closely by A Charlie Brown Christmas ("I killed it!"). However, I have always longed to invite people over for Thanksgiving and then serve them toast and popcorn...
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Sorry, I missed your post before.
It may be true, but I don't know that specifically at this time she was doing the pills. I think she quit during a happy time in her life, maybe her marriage to Minnelli? But it's been so long since I read anything, I would have to go back and look it up. I am sure though, that to get through her schedule prior to this time, she probably was taking something- and especially if she was depressed. I am quite unclear on details, however. I do know that John Fricke has written a documentary and contributed to books about Judy and he is fair and loving in his image of her, as opposed to some of the books and shows that have been done on her life. I am wary of anything that paints her as one dimensional or some sort of crazy drug addict, though.
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And if I was Debbie Reynolds, I wouldn't have gone to the movies, if you know what I mean.
Is anyone else having a problem with posts that don't appear at first, then magically show up after you've read the thread already? Either I am going crazy, or someone is gaslighting me.....
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Thank you very much, guys. Dix seemed so strange to me at first. I couldn't get my mind around his acting style and popularity. But he was another of those actors who are a bridge from one era to another, combining some of the best qualities of two time periods. Uniquely American, as well, at a time when foreign gentlemen had been quite popular....
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I guess Kazan never appreciated Dana's understated and economical acting style. I don't know how he could call him "actor-y"! Andrews to me was anything but showy, but yet he managed to express more emotion with less "work" than many other stars, and was underrated in my opinion.
I would have to agree with you, Bronxie. Given the right movie, he was wonderfully simple and yet totally expressive. I especially like his emotional roles like Best Years or Laura. He is extremely good at showing an emotional side underneath a tough exterior, and I would say this is harder to pull off than he makes it seem. At his worst, there is something tight about him (no pun intended) like a spring that is wound to far, or a steely ramrod coldness to his characters. Sometimes this is exactly what is called for, though. Underrated, definitely. And to me, he is a perfect noir hero.
I have to admit that one of my guilty pleasures is manly Rod Taylor in his glasses. Ohhh. my.
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Now really, you just posted that hot number to torture Frank, didn't you?
I like the very talented Cyd but have issues with her impossibly long legs....
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I'm not a big Robert Taylor fan. He really does nothing for me. But certainly you should check for yourself- I haven't seen that many of his movies because I am not a fan of his acting, or his looks.
On the other hand, Richard Basehart in GLASSES? I am totally enraptured. I dearly love a man with glasses... What movie is that, please? Is it Tension?
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It was a vehicle for building the tension, IMO.
It worked!
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A few weeks ago, on another thread, there were some who were surprised to learn that Richard Dix was the number one box office male in 1928. I thought about this for a while, and after watching Seven Keys to Baldpate I solidified my opinion as to why he was so popular at the time.
Dix became popular at a time when change was in the air.... everything was changing- acting styles, hemlines, economics....things were moving fast. What had been popular only a few years before was no longer quite the thing. In other words, the sheik was on the wane. In comes strong, strapping, manly Richard Dix. No one could be less slithery, or even collegiate. He was rock jawed, and solid. Not the norm, but appealing to those tired of the more feminine charms of the leading men at that time.
The advent of sound (another change) helped Dix, IMO. He is not ridiculously stagy, and his voice is good, strong and quite natural. He is not artificial, like some actors brought in to show off their vocal tricks. And yet, he is not so easy going that you lose his words, either. His acting is straightforward, and his time in silent films gives him an expressive quality that is lacking in some of the actors who only worked in front of the talking picture camera. He is more like a precursor or prototype of actors to come... Gable and Tracy. In the next few years, his strength and naturalness would be the most sought after requirements for motion picture work.
Lastly, he could play almost anything. The studio could give him any part, and he would do a good job. I don't know exactly why, but he seems to have been able to play in any genre, any character and still draw a crowd. He is sort of an oddball to us, but he is never completely out of it. His diverse roles always work in the end. His dependable work, and solid image were comforting as we headed into the depression. So he was the perfect hero for an unstable time in Hollywood and in the U.S.
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Awesome observation, Fred. I suspect you are right about the fake clocks with working pendulums.... otherwise it would be a nightmare to make that movie. You would need to hire a guy just to make sure the clocks were reset after each take...
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So far I am thrilled with the lineup - especially Wedenesday's:
Street Girl (1929)
Rio Rita (1929)
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929)
Dixiana (1931)
Girl Crazy (1932)
Bird of Paradise (1932)
Most Dangerous Game, The (1932)
Animal Kingdom, The (1932)
Double Harness (1933)
Cross-Fire (1933)
Cimarron (1931)
Lost Squadron, The (1932)
What Price Hollywood? (1932)
King Kong (1933)
Our Betters (1933)
Christopher Strong (1933)
A great movie watching month! (or two or three, depending on when I can watch all the movies I just taped). The color sequences really caught my eye.... and I also love the sound of the RKO signal flashing from the top of the radio tower......
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Cool Hand Luke - By far my favorite. It is simply the quintessential Newman film to me. His whole personality is in this film.
Somebody Up There Likes Me- because he really gets a chance to act here, and does a great job.
Nobody's Fool- The older Newman- just as charming in his quiet way.
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Snob Taylor? Isn't he a wannabe Gable. Who wants to be plastic anyways?
On this, we agree.
Most of the actors were stage actors, like Jane Wyatt. She plays an oversweet version of what a wife should be.
I have always felt that way about Jane Wyatt- she always seemed so sickly sweet to me. But then I saw her in a play on PBS- *Ladies of the Corridor* by Dorothy Parker. Because of the oversweetness of her earlier performances, this one really got me! She was the same character- only the evil side of it. Oh, man, she was creepy! Wheelchair bound and horribly evil....
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I'm generally more familiar with her earlier pictures, and I do think it's heartbreaking to see how hard her life was affected by all the rigors of working for MGM. Have you seen the outtakes from when she did a number for Annie Get Your Gun, before she was replaced?
Yes, she just looks exhausted... I do believe this was at the time when she had asked and asked for a vacation, but MGM didn't want to lose the bucks she would bring in, and told her no. She had never taken a vacation during her whole career! Can you imagine? I do believe she had also had a miscarriage somewhere in this time period, and that mentally she was not all there-
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I watched "A Child is Waiting" again a few months ago, and was surprised at how good it was. Everyone always disses it, critics and such, but I thought it held up very well, and especially Judy's perfromance. She really is the whole picture, and the depth she shows makes you wonder what she could have done if she had had more time on this earth. I am a big Garland fan from way back. She was always a huge favorite in our house when I was growing up, and I had albums of hers that I would listen to all day long. The same emotion that just bubbles out of her when she is singing, is there in "A Child is Waiting, but I particularly like the movie because the emotion seems sort of reigned in for the early part of the movie, quietly building up. I also very much like her interaction with Burt. The ability to feel is sorely lacking nowadays, and I think we could all use a little Judy to help us remember how to care....
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You are right- he does sound like a crazed puppet. But unfortunately, this was the first Richard Basehart performance I ever saw, and I still love him in it, and love the movie. It is odd now when I watch it and realize that the voice couldn't be more different than Basehart's own, but it still works for me.
My daughter's dance teacher took one look at my toes this summer (we were all wearing sandals) and she said, "I bet you wore nothing but flip flops when you were a kid, right?" The gist of it is, that I have very slight hammertoes due to the constant pounding around I did when I was a kid. She said that they are the worst things in the world for kids to wear, and that many adult foot problems can be traced back to flip-flops! She actually said I was lucky that it wasn't worse- my toes overlap just a bit, some people have much worse problems.
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You are right- definitely more Star Trek-ish.
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Aaargh! I know what you mean.... I think I already said I have a list at netflix of 400 movies, then the ones I tape, and then the ones i have collected from other fans.... i should be done watching by 2030, if I don't get any more!
I don't have a copy of Showboat (29). ... I thought it might be available on dvd at Netflix.... oh well. One more to collect from unnamed sources...
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Geez! That DOES sound like me. Weird.
For example, in the American Hall of Fame there are more Aquarians than any other sign, yet statistics reveal that in mental institutions there are more Aquarians than any other sign too.
Ha! Got that right.... Maybe I'm gaslighting myself...