JackFavell
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OK. Here is the link for it, the scene starts at about 4 minutes, they start to sing at about 7:25, and the song I am thinking of is at about 9 minutes.
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No, that's not the one. It goes
Dumde dum deeee dumde dummmmmm,
Dumde dum deeee dumDE dummmmmm.
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I thought it was so interesting and sort of bittersweet that Coburn worked on the stage with his wife, I think they ran a little theatre for years and years; and that when she died in 1937 he made his first movie - at age 60!
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I love Oscar Homolka! I like how he changes the mood of that singing scene when he starts humming the graduation type song....oh, what is that song called? I can't remember. Anyway, he is my favorite- but really they are a team and should almost be considered one character.....
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I agree. I have also had many really horrible copies of His Girl Friday. One in which the sound suddenly exploded out of the TV halfway through the movie.
Who's your favorite professor? I mean after Gary?
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I'd love the outfit - and the phone!
They match...
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Oh, that's the one! There's my "Piggy". I love that whole exchange between Marilyn and George Winslow... and the look on her face when Coburn walks up is priceless...You got it!
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God, what I wouldn't give to be a size 0 or whatever she is! I want that last outfit! Those colors are so popular right now.
She was just too cute!
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Above and beyond anything else he did, I love *His Girl Friday*. I noticed earlier this year that on the "Movies you watch over and over" thread, this movie showed up on almost every person's list. It is also on almost everyone's favorite movies list. That is really something.
*Ball of Fire* is next for me. It is an absolute favorite.
I think that Hawks is shown at his best when directing a group of actors, rather than one on one scenes. This is what I most appreciate in my two favorites listed above, A Song is Born, and also in Only Angels Have Wings. His artistry is most apparent when three, four, five or more people are all talking to one another, or not talking, as the case may be. Take time to watch the scene in Ball of Fire in which the old professors sit at the table singing "Genevieve" - This may be my favorite movie scene of all time- each actor gets some time, and Hawks allows real action and emotion to "spontaneously" happen. He had a real grasp of human psychology, I don't think many biographers or critics notice this quality in his movies. He is able to suggest real intimacy when his characters finally do get a minute alone. The juxtaposition of free for all and intimate moments is quite satisfying.
This leads me to the other reason I like Hawks- I like the sound of his films. I like the rat-a-tat-tat of staccato voices, I also like the whispered speech of a character that doesn't know he's being listened to. When you put a movie together made up of scenes like that, it's like listening to the best jazz ever.
I did watch the Howard Hawks entry in The Men Who Made the Movies, but I was distracted by my daughter a few tiimes. He was pretty laconic, and didn't say a lot about himself.
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The More the Merrier is the most enjoyable Stevens movie to me. There is none of the awkward uncomfortableness of some of his other comedies, and it is genuinely funny - right from the opening scene- I really do love the ironic beginning of this movie with the voice-over describing Washington! Jean Arthur is great in anything and I am ecstatic to hear that there will be more Arthur films released soon. Charles Coburn is the best - just going about his business he is a scream!
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Jeff, maybe there will be more interest in Mary Duncan after the new box set comes out with what's left of "The River" on it....
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How sad! I thought I knew all of the character actors, but I only just discovered him this morning. He was a great weasel .....
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Barton Fink is my head's down favorite Coen Bros. movie.
Mickee- I loved your "ramble" on why you like the Coens, it was certainly not too long!
I feel the same- lately, I only like movies that can take me somewhere I haven't been before. The Coens consistently do this. I enjoy the "edge of your seat" feeling I get when watching one of their films. Burn After Reading was not the greatest movie ever made, but I never once looked at my watch or knew what was coming next. That's what I want in a movie.....
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Monroe Owsley was just in a movie this morning- "The Keyhole" with Kay Francis and George Brent.
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"I'm trying to memorize your face. I'm trying to memorize everything about you so that no matter what happens, I won't forget you."
"What might happen?"
"Now, don't be scared. Just look at me.You wouldn't forget me either, would you?"
"No. Never."
"But if something did happen, and it won't, though. It won't! But supposing - you wouldn't forget - I mean, the thing you said you saw in me. Remember? You said you saw something in my eyes? Well, if somebody came up to you, he might even be a fighter, and acted like he'd seen you someplace before? You'd notice the same thing in him? Even if you thought you did, you'd give him a break - cause he might be a good guy."
"I don't understand you."
"I'm just crazy. Don't mind me. I just never want to lose you, that's all I'm trying to say. And I'm never going to."
Robert Montgomery to Evelyn Keyes in *Here Comes Mr. Jordan*
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I adore those dresses! I swear that the twenties are coming into style this year! I was walking down the street in my town yesterday, and there were cloche hats in the window in two of the stores! I didn't have time to stop,. but I am going to go this week sometime and take a closer look.
I just bought my daughter a hair wrap that looks very twenties, and she loves it (At eight, she already has more style than me).
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I would venture to say that *Raising Arizona* is the Coen Bros. most accessible film, maybe the one that has the most "feel good" theme. It certainly never fails to make me smile and actually shed a tear....
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I think they would have made wonderful sisters! I wish I had thought of that. Actually, I wish someone back then had thought of it!
I am really wanting to add some late twenties style into my wardrobe- have you noticed that a lot of the pics from1928 or so the women were all wearing baubles at the ankle? I just love this idea, and the picture of Clara and her boots reminded me of this one of Anita Page.
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I hope you find it- it really is worth the read. It has a wry humor that we like very much. My daughter read it with my dad (he's a pretty crotchety and cantankerous old coot), and he actually said it was very good. That is high praise coming from him!
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"Damn the torpedos, full speed ahead!"
from one pirate to another....I didn't see any pics of him on the net that looked any other way. No early 10's or 20's ones or anything. I think you are right about him springing fully formed fro m the womb... you rally had me laughing with that one!
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Those boots! I want them! I love the Children of Divorce pic. It is perfect.
I never noticed the similarities between Gaynor and Bow- both had red curly hair, both were short, they each had a very natural acting style with a lot of verve. I think the biggest similarity is the way their audiences identified with them. They each seem so down to earth, so real.
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I thought I was something of a connoisseur, but I have never had one. Now I am longing to try a popover! MissG. You really must stop starving yourself- you are already beautiful, and an occasional treat does wonders for a diet. As long as you don't fall off the wagon completely!
Laffite- I love a party! What a great idea. If there is champoo and popovers, I'm there!
Mischievous Coburn is the best. I was wondering how many times did he and Jean Arthur have to rehearse that scene in "The More the Merrier" where they cross paths in the hall on the way to the bathroom, kitchen, etc? It looks like it would have been difficult to get the timing just right.....
I was going to post a picture of Marilyn and Coburn from Gentlemen prefer Blondes, but I couldn't get it to open. It is my favorite scene in the movie- the one where Marilyn and the little boy are under the blanket when Coburn walks up? I just love that scene.
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Has anyone here ever actually eaten a popover? From what I understand, they are hollow muffin-type things, that puff up in the oven. I can never remember having eaten one in my life....
I was just noticing Coburn this morning in "In Name Only". He seems pretty straightforward in his acting style, but watching him closely, I realized how hard it is to come off naturally in so many diverse roles- he could play a deluded father, a kindly houseguest or a horrifyingly twisted doctor with the same diligent artistry. You never notice him working at his characterizations, and that is just what an actor should do. He makes it all look so easy that you sometimes don't notice him- he just fits into a film like a hand in a glove. That is pretty good acting if you ask me.
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Go ahead- I cannot formulate these very well.
Any fans of the Coen Bros.?
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At that point I knew it was every bit as good as I thought it was.
You just made me laugh hard!