JackFavell
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That Clara one is spectacular! I adore it. What a wistful expression.
Hey, is *Rose of the Golden West* available? I know nothing about it, but that still makes me want to see it!
Please don't tell me it is lost.
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Fantastic news, Jeff! It always shocks me when movies this popular and this late in the silent era are lost. Thank goodness it was found.
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How did they get my daughter to do a cartoon without me knowing about it?
That was very sweet.
I thought of a recipe today that I enjoy making, and it's so easy. After reading again last night about the sad fate of the Russian royal family, spurred on by the mention of the Grand Duchess Tatiana, I was trying to think of a Russian recipe that I knew.
Beef Stroganoff
good quality leftover lean steak, sliced into thin strips
butter
sour cream
salt and pepper
1/2 teaspoon basil
a grating of nutmeg/a pinch
fat egg noodles
optional:
onions
mushrooms
white wine
(in Russia, this was apparently served with potato straws, a traditional side dish)
If you are using them, saute onions in 1 tablespoon butter until soft and translucent. If using mushrooms, I prefer them sauteed till soft and brown, but I usually do not use them for this dish.
While sauteeing the onions, bring hot lightly salted water to boil. Cook the noodles and drain them. Hold them aside till serving time.
Turn down heat of the onion pan to low and add the strips of steak, and a little more butter. If not using onions, put steak in a small amount of butter _to warm only._ This is a quick dish, and overcooking the tender steak will ruin it. If you have raw steak strips, cook them quickly in the pan only to medium rare. Add salt and pepper as needed, and also the basil and nutmeg during this step. Move quickly, so as not to overcook the steak.
A little nutmeg goes a long way, so use sparingly. You don't need too much basil either. You want the flavors of the spices to blend so you can't tell one from the other. You can add a little white wine at this point if you like, to add depth to the sauce. Turn heat down very low or off and add sour cream at the end to make a rich sauce. DO NOT BOIL SOUR CREAM. It will curdle.
Serve immediately over the noodles.
Edited by: JackFavell on Dec 1, 2011 1:08 PM
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Somehow that song, or set of songs fits this first day of December.
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Oh baby! Come to mama.
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OMG, Bronxie, those are great choices for movie jobs! you are making me giggle....
I don't know, I'd put governess on the good jobs list if I could have an affair with Charles Boyer.... even if he was mad as a hatter.
And I think "movie landlady" is priceless! LOL, you even have the lingo down, " such a gentleman!"
I was thinking that Concentration Camp Commandant has got to be one of the worst jobs ever.....
and stool pidgeon is a dead end career.
Edited by: JackFavell on Nov 30, 2011 9:51 PM
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Rey, what a great list! I see a lot of my favorites on your list. Beautifully done. you make me want to watch them all again.
I am so happy to see *Miracle of Morgan's Creek* on there. Also that *Foreign Correspondent* made it into your favorites. It's one of mine too.
I really love the forties, even with the war films. There is a crispness, a rhythm and maybe a little bit of hope and urgency to the films of that period that I really like. With the influence of radio, the sound of a movie and the actor's voices are more important than at any other time I think. Plus they have those marvelous romances and then the later ghost stories. The dramas are more important with the background of war, and the comedies are zanier to get people's minds off of their troubles.
Thanks for going to all the trouble of writing up the list, and thinking about each movie individually. It's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it!
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I knew I shouldn't have said it. Now you will have a swelled head.
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You have better taste than I gave you credit for.
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Earrings of Madame de...
Great Expectations
Safe in Hell
Me and My Gal
The Scarlet Claw
Along Came Jones
A Day at the Races
Wife vs. Secretary
The Tattered Dress
Plymouth Adventure
I can't rank these:
The Pearl of Death
The Phenix City Story
The Last Sunset
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Ha ha! I'll have to look around and see if I have any other Betty photos. it may be tomorrow.
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I loved those two too, Jeff! I keep finding photos of stars I like, then squirreling them away on my computer, only to forget that I have them.
I'll double check the other threads, I think I saw the photos already. I scan for the stars I like, and then usually write about the ones that really pop out at me.
What a cute little set of jammies!
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I am very much enjoying your posts on the processes and thoughts involved in scoring silent films. That you take the time to think about the 'big picture" is to your credit.
Not to digress, but am I to understand that original cue sheets survive for *The Way of All Flesh* ? God, it's awful not to have found a copy of the movie, but to be tantalized by the score from it.... maybe someday soon it will turn up.
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I would go ahead and try to post the Mary Nolan. The worst that could happen is they'll remove it after we've all seen it.
Toby Wing had a most athletic figure.
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I adore Betty Bronson, such an unsung actress, so beautiful and gamine.
Here are some sweet photos I had floating around in my computer. I like the last two, taken in what looks like maybe 1929? Hard to say. Her eyes look kind of sad in these last two shots.
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Hee hee! The sexiest man alive.
Now I am going to go find that episode and watch it. :x
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Oh my, did they have to flee Russia during the revolution?
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I've GOT to start watching Wagon Train! That sounds great! I love those kinds of literary borrowings.
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I'm with Ugaarte - love the Pauline Stark, the Greta Nissen in the blue frock coat is to die for, and the Nita photo.
As for the guy with Renee, to me he looks strongly like Richard Arlen, but it's probably Nils Asther, looking more open eyed than usual. Goodness knows it's not Paul Hurst!
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Oooh, how did they do that? I love classics translated to other genres, like westerns, or teen movies like Clueless.
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I adore the Dorothy Sebastian photo, Jeff! Perfect! She was the most photogenic of actresses.
And that is by far the best photo of Leatrice Joy I can remember seeing.
My bets are on Lillian for the mirror shot.
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Hey, Chris! I heard this on a TV commercial and went looking for it because I liked it so much. For once, _I_ am posting classical music!
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Wherever there's mead, I'll be there.....I have had it before and it's delicious, so I'll need one kovsh of each color. I'll put it on my Christmas list.
Your mother was a lucky woman to have such a beautiful ring.
I had a tiny square cut amethyst ring which was given me at birth, but I lost it sometime in a move and never found it again. I'd gladly replace it with the one shown on that site.
Silent Film Gallery
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Oh then there is some hope that I might be able to see it someday! I hope. Yes I saw the other still..... yummy!