JackFavell
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Anita Page
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Cinemaven- I too was shocked at the gravestone- I didn't remember it either. I wonder if they restored the movie somewhere along the way and added it back in?
I was amazed at how good Eve Arden and Lucille Ball were. All the performers are great, but these two really make the movie the fun time that it is, in my opinion.
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Joan had been kicking about for a few years, and hadn't made really a significant impression on much of anyone until this film. And it seems that poor Anita Page was already being overlooked?
I think, from everything I've read about Joan, that she worked at being a movie star. She took it very seriously, and probably tried to get as much publicity as possible. I don't think Anita worked to get fans like Crawford did. I know when I saw *Daughters* I was much more impressed with Page. Crawford has the more attractive role- she is the "nice" one.
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Take the day off- go to the beach...
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Release your inner Gidget!
Actually, this is a perfect late summer song:
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Miss Gulch - I have seen some of those spoons on ebay- but usually only one at a time! ....
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I would not be able to concentrate if I were at work.
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I would agree, FF. They go through cycles- a small comedy here, a big shocker there, an offbeat mystery next...
While Burn After Reading is not on the scale of Fargo, it is still worth watching. I consider it a sort of Ealing comedy... in the same vein as The Lavender Hill Mob, or The Man in the White Suit.
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Charles Farrell- oh my! there's nothing like a guy in a crisp, white shirt open at the collar. Woo-hoo!
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I thought it was Garbo...
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You are so lucky to have apple trees in your yard! I wanted to plant some when we moved in (dwarf ones, we don't have a lot of land), but my husband didn't want any. His mother has a huge apple tree, and it is kind of a mess. I'd say it's about 20 feet tall at least, and the only way to get the apples is if they fall. It hangs over the driveway, and then the car rolls over the apples, then the yellow jackets come and are always hanging out by the smooshed apple guts. Not so great.....
Apple Pie....mmmmmmmmmmmmm. I make apple scones too. They are so good! Like a biscuit, only sweet. I sprinkle them with sugar before baking, so they come out nice and sparkly.
Yes, they are my flowers. Everything this year is overgrown and crazy in my yard. I didn't garden all summer long- no pruning or weeding or anything. I have always loved gardening, but I am tired of it this year. I need to go out with clippers and prune most of my shrubs this week. The neighbors are probably disgusted -our front yard looks like a hermit lives here!
Cinemaven- The pictures are from Southeastern Connecticut. Hey! It's never too early for warm up pictures! What have you got? What area of the country are you from?
When I first moved here, I used to love to walk through town. I walked to and from work - just looking at what a beautiful place we are in. Very different from Oklahoma! Lately, I have been too busy to take a look around. Thanks to everyone for helping me notice!
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Thanks, guys. I forget sometimes how pretty it is here. Usually in mid October it all comes back to me though.
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Oh wow metsie! That picture is so sweet looking! Thanks for posting...
And thanks for the Three Wise Girls posts as well, Mike!
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OK. You'll be sorry when you see how big these pictures are...
It hasn't quite started turning color yet here. I did see some red on a tree on Sunday, so it shouldn't be too long before we are in full fledged autumn...
Right now, it looks like this here ...
The corn maze...
Apple picking at the orchard....
The Seaport....
A more commercial view...
Inside the Seaport...
view across the river from the Seaport- we live about three blocks behind that big house, in a tiny house in the poor part of the neighborhood
The fancy part of the Seaport neighborhood in fall...
Down the river and around the bend, a brisk walk from here, there is an osprey nest. The ospreys hang out here while they feed their young. You can see it is up on a wood post a 3rd of the way from the right in the picture.... Sometimes, if you go walking in the rain, you can come across a heron standing in the marshes here.
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Ahhh. I didn't realize it was Dolby. I just assumed it was two differing versions of the movie.
The extras are quite nice on this disc as well, including some nice chatter about the background of A Woman of Paris. Also a very pretty silent film of Paris in the twenties, Liv Ullman and some others describing the movie from a directors standpoint, and other items I am not through yet....
I knew you were going to get mad at me for dissing Marion...
She IS beautiful....Let's see. I will look again at my disc player----yes, it's called VLC media player by VideoLan. I like it, but of course, I have only been doing caps for about a month, so what do I know?
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I noticed her the first time in Mata Hari, I think. I suddenly realized that for all the ridiculousness of that movie, she is really good.
I finally cleared out the DVD_R so maybe I will record iGOTWH too. It seemed very modern to me when I watched it last....
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I am excited for "Gabriel"- I really liked it when I saw it last time- I think that was back on AMC years ago....
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All right. If you insist....it may take a while to find them.
Oh, wait these aren't them.....
These are from the Trouble with Harry.....
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I'm sorry I goofed again.
*Gabriel Over the White House* will be aired tomorrow, Sept. 17th at 12:00 am (midnight) I think she has some decent scenes in this one. I saw it long ago and really enjoyed it.
and *Beloved Enemy* (1936) will be on November 13th at 9:00 pm! This one looks interesting - a story of Ireland/ English confrontation with Morley as the second lead after Merle Oberon. Brian Aherne stars.The supporting cast includes David Niven and Donald Crisp, Henry Stephenson, and Granville Bates. Hey? Where are the Irishmen?
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Oop! I was wrong! Pride and Prejudice is going to be on Sept. 20th and Oct 9th.
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I am not an expert on Morley at all, but I would probably recommend an overview- several movies. Definitely Our Daily Bread, but I wouldn't make that one first, simply because, for me, it is slow going, however she IS the main reason to watch it, acting wise. Gabriel Over the White House, Scarface, Mata Hari, and I think the one I saw on TCM that I liked her in so much was called Washington Masquerade, with Lionel Barrymore. Dinner at Eight and Pride and Prejudice as well. Oh, and of course, Flesh, on MissG's word! That would give someone an idea of her range, more than any single performance could.
Sometime I would like to see some of Morley's larger roles- Outcast looks very interesting, and almost all the ones between 1934 and 1937 have great descriptions. Arsene Lupin looks tremendously good. It's a shame we can't see many of these because they are not available on dvd. It seems that most of her leading lady roles are in movies that have slipped out of print for some reason. What a shame. The TCM website shows none of her movies are scheduled at this time.
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lovely shots, Mike! I am curious about 3 Wise Girls... have you seen it? or is it a lost movie?
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I am so glad TCM will be playing Anita Page in December... I hope they do all the Daughters/Maidens movies and some pre-codes as well. Those pics of Anita are beautiful- I love the one of her covered in fan mail!
Mike- I just pop my dvd into the computer disc holder and it shows up on the screen using something called VLC player(?) I think. It took a couple times trying to get the hang of it, but it's pretty easy. I click a button called snapshot. Getting the shot you want is much harder than figuring out the equipment, though!
Jeff- That one capture I tried and tried and just could not get one better! Very frustrating. I decided to include it anyway, because I needed it for story purposes.
I would be sooo excited to see *Kiki* - let us know what you think of the movie as well as the restoration... I am dying to hear about it...It's a movie I have wanted to see for years.
Isn't Marion Davies amazing looking? As I hae been watching these posts, I realize how stunning she was. I have never really liked her as an actress, but as a model, she is incredibly photogenic- someone you can't get out of your mind.
Radiotelefonia- On the disc that I have, there are 2 versions of A Woman of Paris. One called 5.0 and one called 5.1. It was part of a double set including A King in New York. I only have A Woman of Paris, though. Anyway, I totally agree that the cuts are appropriate- as much as I wanted to see the mother and daughter holding hands, I think it is better without it. I absolutely love that Chaplin went the unsentimental route and chose to cut here. Anyone who thinks Chaplin is all sentiment should really see this movie. I think it is one of the finest. His choices are superb.
I really wanted to show one more scene from the movie, but felt that it would be too much of a spoiler.... This violent scene was particularly realistic, making me wonder if Chaplin had actually witnessed something like it at some point.....
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