JackFavell
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Thanks, CK....
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I would love to see either Man, Woman and Sin or The Cossacks! I am quickly becoming a big John Gilbert cheerleader.
Hey, this might be old hat for you guys, but I finally got to watch *A Woman of Paris* today. It was a really nice quality print, and of course the score was perfect.
*SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER*
But I really was impressed with the movie on a number of levels. The acting was quite fine- Menjou was as charming as I've ever seen him. I loved his character! He and Edna Purviance had the most lovely relationship- rather tender and fun. This was so very unexpected. I was amazed by the nuanced performance Menjou gave. I expected Carl Miller (Jean) to give a really sappy performance, but he actually knocked me out- his main scene towards the end was so very realistic, I actually went back and watched it again. He played despondent better than many actors nowadays....
Edna Purviance was great as Marie St. Clair. At first it was a stretch for me to see her in this role. Her demeanor was nothing like her early Chaplin roles- and her ability to mask her true feelings while still letting us know what was in her heart was masterful. I went back and watched her, and she is really quite extraordinary. She had the benefit of some wonderful titles- Her reply to Menjou when he laughs at her for running after her pearls is "Idiot.". After Jean has told his mother that Marie is just a mistake, he begs Marie to listen to him. She replies, "Don't be comic." It is a totally devastating and sophisticated dismissal, but we still realize that it is said because she is deeply, deeply hurt. I loved the nonmoralistic and understated way this tale was told, and the way Chaplin took standard characters (the loving mother and father, the good girl, the bad man) and turned them into fully fleshed out characters who had both good and bad qualities.
Mostly I loved Chaplin's economy- no shot is overdone, each is there for a reason, and the movie moves quickly. There were a few shots that just blew me away- The last shot is a precursor to the ending of The Third Man. I just loved this movie- it is very adult, very modern. There was no trace of sentimentality, not a bit. It was as far removed from Chaplin's pathos as anything I can think of.
Jean and Marie. Young love is thwarted by insecure parents.....
Marie......left alone by Jean, the only one who had cared for her.....
The decision.... go to Paris alone.......
The Boulevardier - Pierre Revel
Pierre can easily laugh over lost pearls....he has enough money to buy more....
"Idiot."
Marie and Jean meet again in Paris, but her life has changed, and they cannot show the emotion they are feeling....
A tender moment between the boulevardier and the fallen woman....
But Jean and Marie have fallen in love again....
"You proposed to her." "It was only a moment of weakness, Mother" Unfortunately, Marie has heard these fateful words.
"Don't be comic." Jean's mother is caught watching in the background....
A mistake, no taking it back.....
The two men argue over a private note sent to Marie...
"Whatever happened to Marie St. Clair?"
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I also like Karen Morley's intelligence, she certainly never plays dumb. I realized too, that I have always wished that she had played Madge Evans role in Dinner at Eight instead of playing the wife of the doctor. I just wish she had had the showier part.....because I think she could have really knocked it out of the park....
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It is the Vidor picture, and it's interesting, but I think a bit on the goofy side. It's a beautiful film, but there is something kind of sappy about it - a little too heavy handed making its leftist point....I like it but don't love it.
I had not realized she was blacklisted... but of course it makes sense that she was.
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Both those pictures are stunning, G-G. but I have to say that is the most beautiful picture of Karen Morley I have ever seen in my life! I have always liked her, she has the rare quality of being natural. She is sadly underrated- I think she and John Qualen are the main reasons to watch "Our Daily Bread" - at least as far as the acting in that movie is concerned...and she is super as Charlotte in P&P....
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Not to mention cocaine addiction.....
Have you seen this fellow lurking around your mother's house lately? You'd better call Inspector Lestrade....
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Great idea! I will only read the In Memoriam thread.
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Oh, yeah! giggle .... don't know how I could've forgotten THAT ! What a riot....
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or the third reel? God, it would be amazing if someone in the Czech Republic or somewhere had the third reel and never knew what it was - then this came out and they figured it out.... I guess that might be too much to ask.....
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Is the director's cut of Blood Simple higher quality? The last time I saw Blood Simple was on VHS and it was so grainy it was hard to watch....
I saw "Burn" yesterday, and enjoyed myself very much. I would suggest it is a small movie, expertly made. There are no real set pieces like in some of the other Coen Bros. movies, but I think that is also part of the charm of the film- the story has the emphasis here. It is another satire on the ridiculousness of American society, but highly entertaining. Brad Pitt is a riot, and really steals the show. All the other players are excellent, as well, and perform with an earnestness that is great to see in real comedy. In some ways this is the most down to earth of the Coen Bros. movies. Except for the ridiculous situations, you could see people behaving this way in real life. Maybe that's what I love about the Bros. - the fact that all of their movies deal with just plain, normal (?) people confronted with the topsy turvy scary lovely world we live in.
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Nah. It really wasn't that great.
Boy, I would love to get some Chanel knock-offs. I used to have a tiered dress, like Chanel's 1915-16 style. It was beautiful- more of a work dress, no embellishment or anything, but three separate tiers, and ankle length- very WWI. It looked very much like the one on the left here, except not lace and three tiers instead of two:
I loved that dress so much. I miss it!
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For some reason, I couldn't get back on the boards last night....
Your mother grows more intriguing every time I hear about her.....
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UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN - Lifetime for Women Porn.
Definitely laughing loudly right now! That is exactly what the Chanel movie was, too!
I bet Frank has a copy of Under the Tuscan Sun.....it's right next to GWTW ....
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Your mother is Basil Rathbone?
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WOO - HOO! I thought I saw a post you made about Bardelys and I decided it was a mistake, because I knew it was lost! But now I know it was no mistake and I will get to see Bardelys soon- Fantastic news.... the movie always held such mystery. A mystery no more.....
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I don't have TiVo
If not watching TCM or old movies, I like to watch the channels where you can see the New Year come in all around the world- Australia, Asia, then Europe.... I like to see what other countries do.
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Shirley was fun, because she was just so snotty. It was refreshing.
Under the Tuscan Sun? I should mention Under the Tuscan Sun? Did I mention it was like Under the Tuscan Sun?
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Very true. Except the last few years, all we do is fall asleep on the couch before the ball even drops....oh, well. That can be pleasant too.
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That sounds so good, Goddess! I really love Wallace Beery. I hear he wasn't so nice, but I don't care.
I love the picture- Ford's doing his best Jimmy Cagney impersonation, trying to look tough, even though he is really a big tub of mush.....
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I watched Imogene Coca.... er.... I mean Coco MacLaine last night instead of The Misfits, and it was just as I had predicted it would be- pretty sappy stuff. But I had committed to watching so I slogged through. The costumes and sets were very good, and that helped me get through the movie. Shirley MacLaine was actually pretty good and enjoyable to watch. There were some really stupid Tango numbers thrown in, with bad 1970's sounding tango music- not period at all. The writing was stupid, and not too accurate, but it could have been a lot worse. And there was a cute guy who could act playing the part of Chanel's one true love. All in all, it was sort of like watching "Under the Tuscan Sun" or maybe "The Thorn Birds".....
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I really loved the little touches that Thelma brought to TMS. When she is in the diner wondering what she will do now that she has given her son all the money she has, I loved the way she worriedly brushed her hair out of her face. Or the way her voice cracks and sounds tired- well, you guys know, she does a million little natural mannerisms to show her character.....
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Chucky Cheese
The only time it is halfway quiet there is at nine on Sunday morning- but I am going to assume you already have weekly plans on that day!
RHODA
I swear that's what I thought that day....."Oh my gosh, my daughter is Patty McCormack!"
sadly there are a lot of folks out there who want to have babies....not too many who want to raise kids.
Boy is that true. I am lucky, though. I have a really great kid.... She really has been wonderful. And she does know limits....usually.
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You know, I realized this morning that I own the Criterion musicals- I could make my own Lubitsch Year's Eve..... but I do like the idea of watching TCM on New Year's Eve.....I don't know why, it's silly, really. I will have to see the December schedule before I make up my mind....
Ford at Fox... and RKO, and MGM, and WB, and Columbia...
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It's one of my favorite movies, but not my favorite Karen Morley movie.
Hmmmm. That's difficult. I like her so much, but I always feel she is wasted in the roles she got, so I am really not sure I have a "favorite". I'd love to see a run of 4 or 5 of her movies in a row. I have seen a few, but can't remember them well. Just that she is a striking presence....