JackFavell

So if they hacked off the "happy" ending, the last two minutes of the film, would you like it? or If they went down in a hail of bullets?

I do see your point about the ending, it's left open ended but is at least a little hopeful. I thought you were the one who liked the redemption of love, the Angel and the Badman, two wounded people coming together from different worlds and finding a little peace.

His decision is either her or run. She's not running. So he chooses her. "Yes, dear." Whoa... what happened to Mr. Romance? I think you were actually watching You Only Live Once. Now he really does choose her in that one. So what's the diff? And what makes it so bad that he does choose her? Let's see.... life with a future, or a running death in a hole somewhere .... oh yeah... I see which one is better. Edited by: JackFavell on Oct 5, 2011 1:49 PM

Formatting wise - Half the time I end up going back five or six times to try and fix it and I just make it all worse. I really loved KTBOMH, it was very well done, romantic, yet also quite creepy - the Robert Newton character was something else and really scared me. I love Robert Newton, but he was an awful character in this film.... the kind to prey on people who are already victims and can't really do anything to stop him or defend themselves from him. They are already cut off from the means to protect themselves so it's easy pickings for him. They could have called the movie Touch of Evil, since poor Burt had been harmed by the evil of war, man's natural evil coming to the fore, then he comes back to a society that not only doesn't care, but forces him into that very mold that he escaped from... Everything he touches, including Joan, is tainted, through no real fault of his own.

Great points about KTBOMH MissG!

More Yes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvU6dttJb-k&feature=related

Now see, this is why I like Oskar - He's lovely in *Ball of Fire.* My favorite scene is when all the cherubs are sitting around the big table talking and they start to sing... gosh. I love it. That's what ensemble acting is all about. Edited by: JackFavell on Oct 5, 2011 8:09 AM

LOL! I will try to wrest the control so I can watch this one, Mava! You know, I don't think we've ever had a good *Peyton Place* discussion, but I really like that one a lot. It's the "classy" potboiler. *Portrait in Black* looks STEAMY. Anthony Quinn...... pant pant....

I was wondering if it was a movie version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's *Bernice Bobs Her Hair....*.

I really would love a copy of LHerbier's *Le Bonheur* with Charles Boyer, if you ever find it, please let me know where! Marie Prevost is one of my favorite actresses. She just had something, a real spark, could go from comedy to drama easily and back again, even in the same movie. I like Mary Nolan as well. It never occurred to me that they could be mistaken for one another, but they both have a kind of pouty quality. Edited by: JackFavell on Oct 4, 2011 4:42 PM

>She does play a similar character to the one in The Miracle of Morgan's Creek. But I thought she was tougher in this one. She had more of a sweetness to her in Sturges' film. Sweet like an axe murderer..... though I guess she was pretty protective of her sister. Little sis would have hog tied Norval into marriage without the least thought.... "He was MADE for it. Like the ox was made to eat and the grape was made to drink." I have NEVER seen a good copy of *Nothing Sacred* ! Wa-hoo! Now if they would just clean up *A Star is Born* (37). Edited by: JackFavell on Oct 4, 2011 4:10 PM

I think they are discussing economics in that scene in the taxi!

Yes, that's the beginning of the end for me, sympathy wise, when he sends out Stevie, with hardly a thought, because he is afraid.... afraid to be what he is, a simple shopkeeper, afraid of his bosses, afraid not to do it, afraid to stand up and be a man. I never realized what you wrote - that he says he doesn't want anything to call attention, but everything he does calls attention.... is this his psyche wanting to be caught, or simply an accident of fate?

Hey rey! I think I like 1961 and 1962's choices the best.

1. Mississippi Mermaid 2. Woman of the Year 3. Love in the Afternoon 4. Big Jake 5. The Major and the Minor 6. The Tall Men 7. Kiss the Blood Off My Hands 8. Follow the Fleet

Oh good lord! I think you hated them all!

Luis Alberni completely stole the movie for me - I have only seen it once and can only remember him. Oh, and Jean and Ray going through that fabulous apartment, ending up sitting in the tub. Oh, and Goddess - I missed The Journey yesterday! I got home at 4:30 and completely forgot it was on till 5:30. It's a real bummer. I'm going to check and see if I can find it online somewhere. Edited by: JackFavell on Oct 1, 2011 5:03 PM

I can't wait to read your impressions!

ICK! David Caruso isn't on this show, or I wouldn't be watching it. This one has Marg Helgenberger all stretched taut, and now Ted Danson has taken the place of Lawrence Fishburne who took the place of William Perterson.

I really like that one, MN! Isn't it funny how Graham Nash hasn't changed that much?

Wasn't la Plante one of the most popular stars in the late twenties, early thirties? And now no mention of her anywhere.

*Die Puppe* is one of my favorite silents, and one of my favorite Lubitsch films. I'm so glad you got to see it. It's so much fun. I like every bit of it, and there is something really modern to me about the presentation of the story. I really need to get into the french filmmakers, I have heard they were far and away the most advanced. l'Herbier is hard to find here and very expensive.

Yikes! that image is so awful! And I LIKE Oskar! I have to go find a copy of Hannah Arendt now. I'd really like to know if and how much the rising tide of Nazism had to do with this movie, or if it was just somehow in Hitch's subconcious somewhere. It seemed so clear an indictment of fascism, but in an actually rather sympathetic way. Verloc needed a quiet little hausfrau who didn't think of anything but him, but instead he chose to "overcome" Sylvia (could she be a symbol of weaker countries invaded by Hitler? - no wait, it's too early for that) at her weak point, when she had no defenses. Maybe from feelings of inadequacy, he then wanted to be more and more of a man.... but he chose the exact wrong way to do it. Had he bought Stevie the birds, with no strings, it would have meant far more than his attempts to get power over his life and world. He sealed his own sad fate when he decided hubristically to try to climb higher than his reach could facilitate. Edited by: JackFavell on Oct 1, 2011 9:58 AM

That's a great thought, Jeff, that perhaps the film is sitting somewhere under the title of Backwash. We can hope anyway. I didn't get to see much of ALL QUIET - I somehow didn't realize it was the silent version, till I woke to see them talking about it right before. I didn't get it recorded - too tired to get fully awake. Plus my daughter was sick that night, so I was completely wiped out. I had planned to stay up to record the one right before too, but missed it. Ugaarte - I just saw Jewel Robbery a year or two ago for the first time, what a fun movie! Now it's a favorite.

She certainly has a way with a line.... I liked what MissG said, that she was like Diana Lynn. But she also has acting chops...when she gets to the serious stuff she's just as good.