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Is there a bad Ronald Colman movie? I don't think so. And I agree, MissG, it would be fun to see Life with Father and George go head to head.... Hiya Jack....I don't know if there is a bad Colman movie or not, as I can't say I have seen as many as some on here...but my guess would be that if there WERE a bad one...he was still GOOD in it! :-) PS...April ---I love Life With Father too. That would have been a fun combo. Regarding The Ten Commandments....true...very campy in the acting department...(my favorite line...when she tells Pharoah to bring back his sword stained in Moses' blood...he answers her..."I will....to mingle with your own." And then later on when he comes back...she says.."You couldn't even kill him." I love the tone in her voice... But the best part about the film (other than just the story in general) is the special effects. They are all very well done...but that parting of the Red Sea takes the cake...its way better than a lot of computer generated stuff you might see nowdays....very beautiful and terrible all at the same time.

Well hello there Molo and April....thanks for the kind invite to stop in and say hi. WOW--ZA, I say!!! I have been noticing for sometime that there is a lot more to Miss Grahame than I ever realized...but some of the photos and caps in this thread are quite "Wow-za" (I say again) I have to confess I know little to nothing about her as a human being...but I imagine if I get time to read through some of these many posts I may learn more about her...but I also can see that there is a lot of interesting info on many of her films as well...so that is good to have as well since....well...you know...my Wanna See list just can't seem to control itself anyway..might as well load it up some more. I also have to confess that until recently...whenever I thought of GG, I only picture her like this: ; (PS..Frank and Molo...which one of you is which in this picture???) In fact, I never even knew what her name was until I started seeing it around here this past summer. Until then I only knew her as "that lady who played Ado Annie and was also in I'ts a Wonderful Life"...It appears I have some catching up to do. Between the two characters...I have to go with Ado Annie as my favorite, but only because she is just so hilariously funny. Violet is a much more sympathetic role, to be sure....but Ado Annie just cracks me up. I grew up watching Oklahoma as a kid (I have only seen IAWL a handful of times, but I have seen Oklahoma....A LOT more)....and when I was in high school a friend of mine tried out for that role in our school play so I heard those songs day and night from her as we were practicing...( I was more of an "Aunt Eller" kinda gal) But alas...it was not to be for either of us because there were some "issues" with the whole production, and our teacher decided to drop Oklahoma altogether and we ended up doing Carousel instead) :-) I actually think I prefer the "All or nothin'" song over "I Cain't say no"...but they are both a riot, and your dear Ms. Grahame is spot on in her performance. ("Don't bother waitin' up for me!") :-) So... all you Grahame-a-****....where should a gal like me start if I want to better acquaint myself w/ your friend? I keep hearing about this "In a Lonely Place" film....I put it on my Wanna See List...what else do you think I should add???

Hello folks...just a brief ramble on The Late George Apley...what fun. I had never even heard of this film until tonight and I almost turned it....until I heard RO's introduction and I became curious. Very entertaining story and Colman was just perfect in his "perfection". And after the film, RO pegged this story perfectly....charming. And I dearly loved the part where Mr. Apley is put in his place a bit...by someone from (of all places) .....Kansas City!!!! Something along the lines of...."Twenty years from now, I don't think I could stand having a son-in-law as impressive as you!" :-) I really liked the ending a lot...and PS...April, Barb, and Wendy...I remember discussing this a while back....In this one, RC's hair is exactly the right mix of dark and gray and exactly the right cut in the back (the front was too "slicked back" still) to match the QT. Take a look at him in this film...thicken out the mustache and comb his hair a bit to the side....then put him in a Tshirt and jeans....and he could BE someone from Kansas City... (that is until he opened his mouth!) :-)

Hello there Molo!! I hope you will join us in the Gloria thread. I would love to hear your thoughts! Well...I would but if I did, all I could do was talk about her role in It's a Wonderful Life...and Oklahoma's Ado Annie. Those are the only two of her films I can really say I am familair w/. I would likely be your most G rated poster in the GG thread! :-) Actually I feel I'm falling further and further behind myself. Well at least YOU have had a reasonable reason...your mom comes first (as all mom's should!) :-) But since I hear she is doing so well lately ( WOOHOOO on that by the way) and now that I have been seeing your posting more regularly around here...HMMM.... I may have to go and purchase some more rope!! :-)

Wow Clore...what fun I am having reading your posts. My Wanna See List is growing in leaps and bounds just in reading all the interesting info you've provided. I have heard of only a few of the titles you have mentioned (and have seen even less than that) so there is plenty for me to sort through in adding to my list. You certainly do know your westerns. PS...I enjoyed the stories about the occasional "tip of the hat" borrowing that some westerns give, perhaps in homage to others....that in fact is what started this thread....borrowing from Miss Goddess on her Movie Rambles idea. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. :-)

I've got a noose awaiting me in Laramie and now the hot seat in Los Angeles. Announcing the official FrankGrimes theme song for 2009 The jig is up...(pay special attention to the part about "Hangman is comin' down from the gallows and I don't have very long"...) :-)

Whew! What an undertaking THIS was! WoW!!!!! Miss Maven...when it comes to doling out the torture...oh...let us all stop for a moment of silent adoration... Ok...there...that was a moment. Again I say WOW. While I have never seen too many of the now soon to be infamous Miss Grahame's films (due to your post I am sure infamy may be putting it mildly) I must say I am now going to be inspired to find out what all the fuss is about. I will have to put "In a Lonely Place" on my ever expanding "Wanna See List" Frank Grimes, I came here to exonerate you but I submit that you should put on your list of New Year?s Resolution: ?I WILL NOT PROCRASTINATE ON THE TCM MESSAGE BOARD!? Trust me...I have it on good authority that he is SO horribly, terribly, and thoroughly far behind...even if we locked him in a "lonely place" and let him sleep only 2 hours a day until he responds to all those promised conversations....he still would not likely be caught up by this time next year...but even so...it's nice to have a goal!.

I don't have anything against the ephalents. It's those who are commanding them I've got a problem with. May I suggest...peanuts for the elephants and...oh...I don't know...cash or fine jewlerey...or even chocolate candy (or all three??) for the handlers?? Are you SURE you don't have more to say than just... "no"??? No! So...wait...is that a YES??????? Does this mean you ARE going to ramble for us???? Oh wait...I have one more thought about the elephants....Maybe you are just suffering from a repressed memory....when my brother was in grade school he came home frome a trip to the zoo and told about how one of the elephants had stolen this kid's jacket and swallowed it because he had a left over banana in his lunch sack stuffed into the pocket of the jacket. The handler at the zoo had to reach down into the elephant's mouth (EEWWW) and pull the jacket back out....that wasn' t YOUR jacket was it??? (Hey!! ...little elephant....YOU!! the little grey one in the back row....Settle down there) No...I'm not one of the handlers...just a concerned passer by...I did not want to start a stampede or anything!! They always get excited when I tell that mushy banana story... :-)

37 *The Stepford Wives Revisited: Nightmare in the Bahamas* ...On his first night of their "second honeymoon" vacation ...Joe has to make a quick dash to the payphone to place a long distance call overseas to the repairman when his "wife " suddenly breaks down.

watched The Tall T last night, and found it very enjoyable Wow....everybody nice discussion on the Scott stuff. I still have yet to watch the ones I taped last night, but now having read all this, I will have a lot to think on as I watch! Jack...very good rambling. For someone who started out only just a month or so ago saying "I don't really get into westerns" (or something like that) you are really getting into the spirit of things quite well!! (I think I said this before elsewhere on here...but it bears repeating..."Go west, Young Favell, go west!...Keep posting!) :-)

Hatari!? Hey Grey Guy...(what have you got against the elephants?? They are gray/grey afterall....) THIS is one of the Dukes' I never seen all the way through before!! I need to hear a ramble from you on this...Are you SURE you don't have more to say than just... "no"??? :-)

I'm sure you're sorry you asked now Nope....I still maintain my earlier comment....cool!. It can be rewarding though if I can help a student with their research. I bet that would be the best part. I imagine it is fun to watch them as they get closer to their goals. I've always liked the library, but I doubt I would have the patience to work there. I have dealt w/ the public in a lot of different jobs, so I could probably handle that aspect of it, but there is likely a lot of meticulous detail work involved w/ your job as well...and I would probably end up pulling my hair out trying to keep up w/ it all. ( I tend to be an "everything has it's place and it's place is everywhere" kinda organizer sometimes....not always...but I tend to get distracted and things end up not going where they should and then something else ends up there too....and before you know it...there is a "stack 'o stuff" waiting to be dealt with. I will usually hit a certain level of clutter and then whammo it's Katie Bar the Door....and things end up back where they should....eventually. My husband is more organized than I am....therefore he qualifies for sainthood just putting up with me, i am sure. have not seen The Librarian Well...the first one was the best. (Bob Newhart and Jane Curtain were terrific) and the story was really entertaining in a sort of "Nerdy Indiana Jones" sort of way...the second one not so good. I did watch the third one a few weeks ago...it was a bit "out there"even more than the others...but I sort of liked it. Anyway...I HOPE you don't have to go through as much in your job as he does....at least not on an average work day. :-) PS...hope all is going well with your mom...How did the "Christmas at home" turn out? I bet you all had a wonderful time. Got to call it a day....have a nice night.

Hope you can tune into the Randy Scott westerns airing today. Well..I didn't get them watched, but I did tape the first 3....so hopefully will get a chance to see them soon. But I also have some more Jimmy Stewarts that I got for Christmas that I have yet to finish watching and I taped Ft Apache the other day, since I haven't seen it in a while and was wanting to get to that one too...I should spend more time watching and less time goofing around on here... But at least I did finally get to the '36 3 Godfathers that I taped last week...I only missed the first part...so I got most of it...It was pretty much as I remembered in terms of the ending and such, but I paid a lot more attention to the "Doc" character this time...very poignant. And also Walter Brennan....though I was disappointed in "when" he cashed out...he just gave out a little too soon it seemed to me...but maybe I am judging him too harshly. All in all I liked it, but not in the same way as the Duke/Ford version.

CAROLINA!!!! Wow April....no hash marks on all these posts...oh...except for maybe those harrassing ones from a certain "Grey Guy". Gee...I go spend one little evening watching tv and playing ("Connect Four" about a gazillion times--the kidling is officialy addicted..it was a Christmas gift from the grandfolks)....and then I come back in here to all of THIS!!! WOW See what happens when you blink aournd here. (Cool Greer Screencaps, by the way) Hello Little Miss Butterscotch....though I fear I may have missed you now....very nice to see you again, young lady. Hope all is well way down south. Did you have a fine and dandy Christmas? How is the New Year treating you? I am really interested in this latest Greer film you all are chatting up. I am going to be checking this one out, but I can already tell that it will likely end up on my Wanna See list. Barb...I'm with you... the old HGTV shows were the best....that dream home looked like a nightmare (in some rooms) a few of them they did not even go into so all you could see was the doorway. A kitchen with 2 or everything? REALLY? That just means it would take me twice as long to clean it up!! (blech) I did like the little breakfast area and the master bedroom and bath...but that's about it from what I saw. (PS...as for the excersizes for things going "downhill"....I would likely need to work on....EVERYTHING. :-) Hiya Molo! Wow...you've seen even more Greer movies than me....I may have to rethink my commitment to our illustrious teacher about not cheating off your homework if we ever get a "Greer" assignment in that class....Oh....HI Miss Maven...um...didn't see you standing there!! (whistles and walks away quickly) :-) PS...Molo--are you really a librarian?? cool. (Have you ever seen the TNT movie?) :-) I hope Quiet Gal brings a noose. Oh Grey Guy....I always carry one w/ me just in case...but not this time, buddy. YOU have far too much WORK left to have to string you up just yet.... (you'll use just about any excuse to get out of posting....I can hear you now..."I can't post on all those threads I've been promising...I have to go to a hanging"... HA!) :-) Message was edited by: rohanaka

I'm no better. I still long for the day when The Travel Channel used to air shows about.... TRAVEL. I thought that was the coolest channel...when it first started airing in our area...but I haven't had it programmed in our TV channel menu in YEARS. I frankly don't believe most of the houses shown on HGTV are attractively decorated at all. Either that or they just go so INSANE w/ the high dollar renovation or decoration stuff...they don't give us little folk much to do but drool... but basically....I think they are just too trendy...and I am too "not trendy" for the two of us to get along much. I am starting to feel the same way about the Food Network. A lot of their shows are just not up to the same standards as some of their earlier ones...at least for me anyway....(oh now +I+ am the one who is griping!! Yikes!) "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" with Robin Leach---the sort of progenitor of the tacky reality and lifestyle shows we have now HA! I still like doing my really BAD impersonation of his voice sometimes....I can't say I ever really LIKED his show much, but I did watch sometimes. I think it was more entertaining than most of the "reality" stuff now....maybe because it was the first, and the whole tv wasn't so saturated with it all (like today) OH!! again w/ the griping!! I better go fix lunch before I have a meltdown or something!! :-) PS....Chris...I second April....more posts would be a good thing from the likes of you. You are always very insightful in your comments and you have a lot to say about the quality of films that I have always found very helpful. So....get your finger off that "delete" button and Post on... :-)

Now I'm starting to see the subtler aspects of it and that there is even a real artistry and beauty to be found in it along with the hilarity. There is a lot more to the story than just the gags and "punches". I like the whole "family" thing with the kids....and how Wayne's motives were pure even if his way of carrying them out might not have been the best idea. And I really love the scenery and the way it is captured in this film too, and that is saying a lot because I am not a big "tropical" person. Have you ever seen him as an INTERN in Not as a Stranger? Now that is a film I have never even heard of...I will check it out. three incorrigible co-stars in Sinatra, Robert Mitchum and Lee Marvin Now that WOULD be a challenge that likely only Errol Flynn could prepare somebody for... (based soley on my limited knowledge of each of these individuals at any rate) :-)

But I still think the post-count thingy is embarrassing HA! What would be really embarssing (for at least me) is if they did a little "hash mark system of every post along with the count (as in: the number of posts that actually make sense) and then MY post count would be the most embarassing because I would have a post count number that was much higher than my "hash mark count" to be sure. :-) At least this way I don't have to be held quite as accountable for all my nonsensical ramblings. :-)

I had a TCM reminder put in for tonight...so it's on my " list of scheduled events" but at least now I have a way to tape again...you know...in case the QT comes in and asks to go out for chinese....or hey...maybe this time he will pick MY favorite (The Olive Garden)????

Just look at my embarrassing post-count and compare yours. I wish TCM would get rid of that, in fact, because I am embarrassed by it! Oh...Knock it off now!!! YOU have NO need to be embarrassed. Most of those posts are very insightful about films and topics you know a great deal about and I for one look forward to reading them...and the other less film related posts.....WELL....they are fun to read too!! I think there was just a lot of griping in general going on yesterday (and for who knows how much longer) and maybe folks will just "snap out of it" now. And if they don't...who knows....maybe if they keep on griping then THEIR post count will start to look embarassing for REAL....and then even more people will have something to REALLY gripe about... Post on little lady....and anyone else can just get over themselves. OH....I will stop as you clearly do not need my soapbox HERE. :-)

would have been better off watching DONOVAN'S REEF It was a lot of laughs. I don't know why I don't watch it more often. Everytime I do I get a big kick out of it, but it might be a year or better between viewings...I need "a lot of laughs" more often than THAT...and it is among my favorite Duke comedies to be sure...I will have to make this a more regularly viewed fave than just one every year or so... (but not EVERYDAY)....that Liberty Valance aspect of old LM would start to creep back in sooner or later. :-) Sorry about the dream house being a bust. I have noticed a downward trend in a lot of the HGTV programming...a lot of flash....but not much else. I miss a lot of the shows they used to do....and I miss a lot of the "older versions" of the shows that are still on.....ugh...I am such a stick in the mud sometimes... :-)

The Awful Truth and Donovan's Reef

While we are waiting for Mr. Grey (or anyone else interested) to chime back in on The Man From Laramie....I thought I would bring up Two Rode Together, since I have been talking around this one the whole time we have been chatting up TMFL....I will only start now with a brief confession....( I mentioned earlier tonight in another thread that I HATE a guilty conscience...)So now's my chance to come clean.... here we go.... About 5 minutes after I started watching this film I suddenly realized...."Hey...I've already SEEN this! I just did not know what it was called!! (or that it was a Ford) OH!! How embarassing!! Ok...there....it's out. I feel better. Now ....back to whatever... :-)

"Westward the Women" Hello CigarJoe... Westward the Women has always been a favorite of mine, but I don't know too many other Taylor Westerns by name. I am getting a better appreciation for him as I learn more about his films so I will check into The Law and Jake Wade. (in fact I believe it is already on my Wanna See List) as well as the one already mentioned (Saddle the Wind) I am always looking to expand my "western" horizons. :-)

are you getting ready for HGTV's Dream House for 2009 that's on in a half hour? OH...I missed it. But at least it was for a good reason....we watched Donovan's Reef tonight. Haven't seen that one in a while. A whole lot of fun and one of my favorite Lee Marvin's (this used to be the only one of his movies I could watch w/out getting mad at him!) I never really appreciated him much until the last couple of years....I think he was just so good at being rotten that sometimes I had a hard time seperating the man from his characters. What was the Dream House like?

we all are responsible for our own actions Ok...enough....I can't take the guilt....Miss Maven!! I apologize for the whole "let's copy Molo's homework" thing...I promise to refrain from all thoughts of cheating on my homework from now on...(April...I am sorry if anything I said may have led you astray) Ugh! I hate a guilty conscience!!! you don't even need the chocolates PS...Oh YES I do really need them!!! (but perhaps not in the way you mean here!) :-)