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I'm home enough now to start exploring the kind of TV I've never had time for before.
My newest "addiction" is American Pickers on the History Channel. It sounds like an AWFUL name for a show, I know, ha. but it is REALLY fun... Even the kidling enjoys it.
These two guys travel all over the country side in this van just going around looking in peoples' sheds for JUNK (but not just ANY junk.. really COOL stuff that is actually WORTH something, ha. GOOD grief why can I get a job like THAT???? ha.)
PS: RE: the puppets... some of the sweetest... yet CREEPIEST looking ones I can even THINK of were on Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. Just about the ONLY one that did not creep me out was that little striped cat (was it Daniel?) ha. But golly.. they were just so doggone NICE, it was hard NOT to watch them anyway. ha.
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Miss G says: Oh, dear, Peacemaker would LOATHE Ava's character in East Side, West Side.
The Grey Guy says: She would. But she'd loathe James Mason so much more
Rohanaka says: OH good golly... I DO loathe Ava.. ha. OH ME!! I just watched a 9 min 42 sec clip of this movie (that is all that I could find on youtube beside the trailer)
The jury's still out on James Mason though. I could not get a good enough read on him based on what I saw. Now I have to go the library again.. ha. (MAYBE I will have better luck finding this one than I did w/ Clash by Night... I will keep my fingers crossed, ha)
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Hellllllloooooo Mr. Grey...
You're just wanting to fight!
Ha.. you caught me. ha. I have MISSED our knock down drag outs.. ha.
I see you as embracing routine and constancy. You're "meat and potatoes."
OH so you ARE saying I am boring. ha.
Actually you are not too far off (dadgum when did you get so good at "pegging me"? But "routine" has a sort of "ugly" ring to it.. ha. Too mundane. But it is true that I like things to be "regular" or maybe reliable is a better word. Constancy is a good word for it. I do enjoy "exciting" sometimes.. I like to travel (but do not GET to very often.. but I am not a big "touristy" kind of traveler. I like historic sites and "natural" sites... like state parks, etc. But lately the most exciting place I have gotten to see was likely WALMART, ha. So I guess even my idea of "excitement" is likely too boring for most people. ha.
OH gee, wait.. we had a BIG hot air balloon pass over our neighborhood a few nights ago. (close enough to the ground that you could hear the fire thingie going off every time they opened it up) We actually had to put the dog inside because he was going nuts barking at it (when it went over our part of the neighborhood,) We stood out on the back deck for at least 20 minutes and watched it until it was out of sight. Now THAT is about as exciting as it gets around here sometimes.. ha.)
But you are right about me (as much as it pains me to say it). If that is the most excitement I get in a week's time, I can live w/ that. I HATE drama. ha.
I do like a good chat though. Exchanging ideas and blabbing w/ friends and family.. that is my "excitement." ha. (oh golly.. I really AM boring,ha)
That's me, too
THAT'S only because of your diet preferences, ha. All you ever want to do is eat sawdust. ha. You need to LIVE a little, kid. Try the chunky salsa now and then... it will change your WHOLE outlook on life. HA. And PS, I bet "my boring" makes YOUR boring look like a FIESTA! ha.
You're way too much of a mom!
Ha... now I have YOU pegged. ha. And don't swear or I will have to wash your mouth out w/ soap (you did say I was too much of a MOM, ha) :-)
It's too bad you can't watch it soon. I think you would be ALL ABOUT Jerry. I'm pretty darn sure he's your kind of guy.
I think (based only what I can recall from WAY back when I watched it and what I have read here) that I definitely was pulling for HIM in the whole great scheme of things. Now as to whether he would be my type of guy.. I dont' know. I think he was not strong enough to stand up to Mae when she REALLY needed to be stood up to, and perhaps held accountable for the stuff she was doing. And no, I am not talking about harping or yelling... I mean that he did not EXPECT her to behave better, and sort of looked past her flaws for a while. (I might be wrong about that because I am REALLY winging it too, ha. I wish I could remember more about the story. I really don't recall too much)
Anyway.. that is something I like to see in a person.. it is what makes the QT well suited to me for sure. (not that I would even dream of putting him through all the junk MAE did Jerry) But he DOES keep me accountable. He keeps me on my toes (and I feel the same about him) so we are holding each other to the same standard because we EXPECT the other to be the sort of person they have promised to be. It is a good thing to have that in a marriage. You know you can trust that person because you know they are (as you mentioned) "constant" and consistent (in terms of behaving a certain way in any given circumstance.) Talk about being PEGGED. I can tell you (almost without fail) how the QT will react to almost ANYTHING that comes our way.. and he can likely do the same for me.. because we know one another.. and what to expect from one another. (oh gee... maybe we are even more boring than I thought,ha. But I like that in him)
I'm working my way through a Ford film right now
And what one would THAT be?? You have probably seen more of them than I have. (I am not as up on some of his earlier ones)
And Vera Cruz is POOPY COOPY
Well NOW I have to go look THAT one up right away.
Go ahead and pick a Duke film for me to watch
Hmm I will have to give it some thought. I WISH we could BOTH get a copy of Blood Alley (I think I remember you saying you do not have that one.. and I have not seen it in YEARS but I love that movie.. sigh) Miss G and the Movieman both convinced me I need to (finally) see The Shootist. And I TRIED to stay up late enough to watch that last night.. and fell asleep. (bah) Maybe we can get to that one sometime.
Tell me what one (of his) YOU want to see. Now watch..ha. It will be one I have not seen and can't find, too, ha. We are like two "movie watchers" that pass in the night. HA! :-)
PS: Miss G.. WHAT?? I would LOATHE James Mason??? Perish the thought.. Now I have to go look THAT one up RIGHT NOW!!
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I liked her looks when I carried her books in Kalamazoo zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo
Next person keep going.. or start a new one if you like... :-)
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OH wow, Ms Applegate.. thanks for the new blog. VERY entertaining and making me GREENER w/ envy by the minute, all at the same time. Ha.
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Oh good gravy. Now that you say who she is.. she looks just like her DADDY in that picture!! What a cutie pie!!
But all "dad's" aside, I bet her daughter's both grew up lovely w/ her as their mom
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You're the delicate imbalance gal. In this way, you are the opposite of Quiet Gal
So does this mean you are saying I am INdelicate and (what?) BORING??????
Before I break out any weaponry I just want to be sure I know what I am fighting about.
And I loved your animated cartoon with your "replace 'kick' with 'kiss'." That was wonderful.
Yes.. but she still has NOT gotten one for ME to post yet that has the little mouse using a BLOW TORCH on you.... now THAT would be wonderful.
I think it's best others have the discussion without me. I don't like dominating
Now this is a new "shiftless" tactic isn't it?? Shirk you duty by sounding like you are being considerate of others... ladies.. are we going to fall for it?????????????
I'm winging it with Clash by Night. The same with Gilda
Well I can't comment too much on how you have done w/ CBN since it has been so long for me since I watched it, I can't even "wing it" but GILDA was NO "wing" sir. Come back in there and chat some more if you have anything else to say. (oh gee.. that almost sounded nice, ha. I must be slipping)
The last films I have watched are
Great.. and I have not seen even ONE of them. How can I ever give you any grief if you keep talking about movies I have not seen??? (Where's the DUKE? Where's a FORD movie.. GOLLY... where's GARY when we need him.. BAH!)
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hate to think what they'd do to Rita now, starting with convincing her to lose 80 lbs and become
a stick insect.
That is the sad truth of it for sure. (and PS: I could lose 80lbs and STILL not be a stick insect.. ha.But let's not go THERE!!!!! Poor Rita would have disappeared! ha.)
I wish I had the "problem" of too much hair
Ha.. isn't it funny how we always want what someone else doesn't.. ha.
PS: that is a LOVELY pic of Rita.. is that her baby?? (I know virtually NOTHING about her so do not even know if she was a mom or not)
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The 101 Ranch story would make a good movie, if it weren't so sad
That was a VERY sad tale. For all the thrills and excitement of the wild west shows they must have produced.. it was a very sad end to it all. You are right, it would make a good movie. (sometimes the sad stories do)
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Howdy there little Goddess,
Can you imagine, Rita has SO much hair that the studio actually had some of her
forehead hair removed by electrolysis to balance her features (give her
a higher forehead)
Were they INSANE?????????? Oh forever more. Isn't it amazing how even someone as truly beautiful as even Rita Hayworth had to be subjected to such cold analytical review (when it came to her appearance) Now THAT is the sad UGLY truth behind all that Hollywood glamour stuff. I mean come on.. RITA HAYWORTH not lovely enough so they have to even out her forehead??? Oh for pity's sake.
No wonder there are so many tabloid stories flooding all the newsstands about how MESSED up so many of the Hollywood folk are all the time. Wouldn't it be hideous to have people critiquing all your "flaws" everyday... "OK Bob... bring in the hair removal tools, Rita's forehead is sprouting again" OH BROTHER.
(And PS: You have a lovely forehead and a lovely brain to match, little darlin!
Ha... MY forehead is hidden beneath my scruffy, straggly bangs.. ha... so it may be high.. but it is well covered... and yet.. also NOT in proportion to my tiny pea brain for sure. ha.) -
Wowsa, Ms Favell... that is really something. THANK you so much for sharing that here.
My favorite part:
Here were reproductions of the Old West being seriously presented to the public - in almost a burlesque manner - and they were successful. It made me tremble to' think of it. I was an actor and I knew the West...The opportunity that I had been waiting for years to come was knocking at my door
If I am reading all this right, and based on what you already have shared, he really was a standard setter. And I liked how he almost sounded like a guy who just struck gold and wanted to keep it a secret long enough to file his claim, ha. He did not seem conceited either, as he realized he could make the pictures better himself. He was just able to understand what it really would TAKE to make real westerns about the real west... and not just "imitations". And it wasn't arrogance at all for him to see that one of his greatest "natural" resources for him to do that best was himself.
Way cool.
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OH good golly, Miss G. Even on my best day, I could be the "fashion DON'T" in one of those "hair" magazines, HA. We'll just look at Rita's hair together.. and think of what MIGHT have been. :-)
PS: Miss Maven.. OH please, oh please, I do not want to have any more " true confessions". Ha. I just don't think I could take it. OH the bitter agony..ha. (did I mention how I hate learning these unhappy truths about myself, ha?)
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WOW, Miss Favell, what a little treasure trove you are. I love that photo of his ranch, that is just beautiful. It looks very "homey" too.. just the sort of place I could picture him living based on the other info you have given.
PS: Fredb, thanks for your post. That auction BBQ thing would be a LOT of fun, I bet. Hope you can go. (But now I am suddenly picturing you and Ms Cutter getting into a knockdown drag out over Hell's Hinges memorabilia, ha)
Mr. Movieman.. hope you get to chime in some more soon, sir!
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hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Oh sure.. rub it in. ha. The REAL reason that I always did not like that clip for all these many, MANY years, .ha. I just was JEALOUS of her hair..ha. (Oh, I hate discovering these less than happy truths about myself, HA)
Good gravy I NEVER had such lovely locks like that in my LIFE!! (Not even WAY WAY back when I was still less... OLD, ha... long BEFORE my "frumpy old housewife" years. ha)
I guess to be honest, if I looked like Rita, and had hair like that, I'd be tossing it around in people's faces all the time, ha. (Birds gotta fly.. fish gotta swim... HA!) Jealous or not, I gotta confess, she WAS lovely, wasn't she?
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Hello there Miss B! Welcome to the "noir side" of town.
I used to get tired of the "Put The Blame On Mame" number only because it was shown so often in clips without of course any context
I think that is a lot of the reason I had so much trouble w/ the hair. So often those "out of context clips" are a double edged sword. It is nice to see so many people giving a nod to a great classic movie (now that I know it is a great one..ha.) But it also works against the film sometimes because w/out the proper context for all that is going on w/ Rita and WHY she is acting so "bombshellish" it just does not really tell enough of the story to do the film justice. Ok... that likely does not make sense..ha. I guess what I am saying is that it is a shame that they do not show some of the exchanges between her and Ford along w/ these other more "famous"... iconic, if you will, images. Sigh... I am such a bossy doofus. ha. Now I am trying to tell people all over the world throughout film history from the 1940's on down what filmclips I think they should use. ha. WHO do I think I am. ha.
Gilda's been humiliated by Johnny's cruelty after their marriage ceremony. How much can one woman take? She's drunk when singing this iconic song, letting it (almost) all hang out. She's "telling" Johnny through the lyrics, that's right, blame me for everything because I'm beautiful and a real woman. I was always faithful, but your male ego and shaky self-esteem made you insecure and jealous, shattering what we had between us
That is a great way to describe that whole performance by her. Good insight, my little Mothra twinnie!
I could never see them as a "normal" couple, you know, joining the post-war move to the suburbs, raising 2.5 kids, going about their daily domestic chores as a cozy family, nope!
Johnny: "Hi, honey, I'm home!" Gilda: "How was your day, dear?"
Some how Gilda as June Cleaver does not exactly ring true, ha. Couldn't you just see her tossing her hair right before she says, "Johnny, I'm worried about the Beav?" OH perish the thought. HA!!!
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Wow... has it really been THIS long since we gave this thread a spin???
Hmmm.....
A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H I got a gal in Kalamazoo
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I don't care if it IS almost the 4th of July... the employee handbook CLEARLY states.. *NO bottle rockets allowed.*
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I will be interested to hear what you think of it, little missy. And I do want to say (for sure) that I did enjoy Tumbleweeds. But I can maybe see why it is not rated quite so high as it could be. It was not a bad movie.. just a diferent "sort" of movie from Hell's Hinges. I guess I am saying that to me, Hell's Hinges was a bit more thought provoking.
I think Tumbleweeds is a good film to watch "just for fun" if you want to see a "fast riding, straight shooting, rough and tumble cowboy w/ a soft spot for a pretty gal" kinda story. It is probably one of those "mood" things... where depending on what sort of MOOD you are in.. you may like it more at some times than you will at others. Think maybe more along the lines of something like... an old fashioned Saturday matinee style Western.
When I watched it the other night.. I just wanted to kick back, relax, and enjoy a fun film... and watching it from THAT perspective, I was not disappointed in the least.
PS.. that is a LOVELY poster, little gal. I am really liking his face more and more. ha. Still not "purty" but very nice to look at, all the same.
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Since she didn't have any usable footage of the shark, she went with the idea of making the shark menacing as she could, for as long as she could, without being able to show it.
Now that was some creative thinking that REALLY paid off to the benefit of the movie for sure.
I was 11 (going on 12) years old when this movie came out, and it was one of the first "grown up" monster movies I ever went to the theater to see. (and if my parents had ANY idea what we were going to watch... ha. I do not imagine they'd have EVER let us go)
It is STILL one of the most frightening films I can ever recall seeing. And it was SO scary the way the tension just built and built.. mainly because the monster was so "unseen" for much of the film. You only get glimpses of him here and there as he goes about causing all that mayhem. You just never knew for certain WHEN he'd pop up, but you knew he was coming... and that made him all the more frightening. (and then of course there was the MUSIC... don't even get me started on THAT. Did I mention how scary this movie is?? ha)
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Well Ms Favell.. you inspired me. (ha) I did a little checking and I found TUMBLEWEEDS on youtube w/ our sweet William (ha.) It was a fun movie, and a pretty good example of an "early" western (even though not as early as some). But I have to confess NOT as good a film as Hell's Hinges. Still a good way to pass the time, though.
Very entertaining w/ just the right mix of GoodGuy VS Bad Guy, a little romance, some comedy... and some really fun "action" sequences w/ the Oklahoma land race thrown in for good measure. I am glad I got to see it. I will keep my eyes open for a few more of his films, too. I am happy to be seeing some of his work, thanks to you little lady
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Good golly, Miss Maven... I asked and you answered. And BRILLIANTLY, I might add!! :-)
I think this is just about one of my most favorite reads from you. (and that is saying a lot kid, because you do always bring a great read to the table)
Welll welll welllll...it was great to see you dust off this ol? thread and bring it back to life again, Rohanaka. It?s been so long.
Thank you ma'am. I have been itching to dust it off for some time now and have missed some opportunities due to other things taking up my time. But was really glad when lovely Gilda came along (at the same time a little free time for me did too) Imagine me trying to plug up my "blab-o-meter" with all this great conversation going on.. ha. I'd have burst for sure. HA.
And you revived it with one of my most uncomfortable favorite films...?GILDA.?
Now that WAS a surprise. It seemed to me that I recalled this being a film you really liked, but I did not realize there was an "uncomfortable" aspect to it for you. But after reading your post I totally get why you say that. You are relating to Gilda on a VERY personal level. You've taken her hurt and torture very personally and it makes you really see her in a way that others (who just maybe watched the movie and moved on) do not. I like it when a movie can grab me like that. I really enjoy seeing beyond the surface. Gilda is a good film for that, if one wants to look deeper.
there?s something unsettling to me when the heroine of the film is psychologically tortured. ?GASLIGHT? is another of my uncomfortable favorites. But I had to put aside my silly feelings for the sake of a good film. And so I?ve done with ?GILDA.?
OH gee... Gaslight just about does me in. I think it is one of those films that can REALLY run you through the wringer if you let it.Gilda's plight did not drag me through it with her quite the same way as Paula's. But she was very sympathetic. (once I really started to see beyond my "notions" )
it is her role AS Gilda that has made her eternal. She gives an iconic performance. She?s playing two notes simultaneously in this movie. And I think her hair toss was a Bon Bon to us in the audience, and a nod to the movie gods. Oh yeah, I've no doubt hearts stopped in mid-beat in many a darkened movie theatre in 1946.
Oh golly, girl. I bet you are right. I can just see those guys melting down into their seats from the heat of it, back then. Ha. (when did air conditioners start showing up in movie theaters? ha) But the lasting power of that image of her hair flying back over her head like that continues to get to folks all these years later. Even some one as "un-bomshellish" as me (ha) can see the truth in your calling it "iconic".And I will give credit where credit is due. It is one the more recognizable film images that has endured even to this day. EVERYONE has seen Rita toss her hair. (and most people who are less "judgmental" than I am likely end up having to put their eyes back in their sockets afterward) I just had to be all "stick in the mud" about it for so long. Ha. I did not want to look PAST the hair.. THEN. But I am looking now. She really was something.
Me? I like the bombshells. I like the bombshells (Ava, Rita), the soft hard-boiled dames (Jane Greer), the hard hard-boiled dames (Ida, Marie, Claire and Linda), my tried and true girls-next-door (O?Donnell, Day and Lane) and my hard-core gorgons (Bette, Joan and Stanwyck).
I know. And you (and others) have really helped open my eyes a bit more to some of them. I have likely misjudged all of these gals at one time or another... all because of that image. I'm getting better about it though. (she CAN be taught, ha)
Now here is an insidiously little sexy scene: Ballin?s voice is all whispery. Gilda laying on their (?) her bed. When he questions her about knowing Johnny before, didn?t you feel the oxygen go out of the room? I know I instinctively held my breath. (And the set had to be quiet as a tomb. She does not move. She?s still. (Check it out again)
OH that was a powerful moment in the story to be sure. (and you described it perfectly, gal)
George Macready would do all his suavy fellow villains proud. I can hear Rathbone, Henry Daniell and Georgie Sanders cheering and probably wishing they could put their own dulcet tones to these words
OH my gosh, my golly.. when he said all that "hate is the only thing that warms me" stuff. THAT told me everything... I mean EVERYTHING I would ever need to know about him. I already knew he was a bad guy.. but that took "bad guy" to a whole new level for me with him. Psychopathically chilling was putting it mildly.
Gilda says: Would it interest you to know how much I hate you Johnny? I hate you so much that I would destroy myself to take you down with me. Now I?ve warned you.?
Miss Maven says: She?s laid down the gauntlet. She?s going for a Pyrrhic Victory. She's taking no prisoners. Death and destruction in the game of love never looked so good or felt so hot.
And this brings me around to what I mentioned in my beginning posts on this film. I really thought Gilda was a goner. And I expected it almost the ENTIRE movie. (and perhaps that is why although I was HAPPY she lived, I still felt let down a little at the end)
SPOILER:
With all the fire of the love/hate thing burning and burning and BURNING... and with her comments like that (about letting herself be destroyed) coupled w/ how AWFUL Ballin was.. mixed in with knowing how much she REALLY loved Johnny... topped off by all that "foreshadowing" about her supersticions and how she thought she was going to die... in my mind.. Ballin was going to make a jab for Johnny w/ that cane.. and she was going to save him (thereby proving TOO late for Johnny that she really DID love him afterall) and then of course Johnny was going to send Ballin's sorry behind straight to H_ _ _. ) THAT was yet another "pre-conceived" notion that was working on me all the way through this story. It was just dark enough that I could NOT see any way that it was going to end "happy". Even Johnny being a narrator thoughout.. that to me just meant he was looking back on all that stuff and telling us the whole sad story... I felt the movie was a bit misleading because it set me up for a GREAT TRAGIC END... and I got "warm fuzzy" feelings instead. HA!! (OH don't tell the Grey Dude.. it is bad enough just admitting it.. talk about TORTURE. How will I ever live it down, ha)
I felt sorry for Gilda
I did too by about the middle of the movie. And I think THAT is why I was expecting it to all go so badly for her.. I thought for SURE she was going to be this beautiful, tragic, pathetic, sad memory... for Johnny and for me. But having said that.. "warm fuzzy" is good. too. If she DID get to live, by the end of the story, I am VERY happy that it ended the way that it did. I'd have crawled through that tv and SLAPPED somebody if the two of them had gone their seperate ways after all that. ha. (I sort of take my movies a bit personally too.. if you hadn't noticed. HA)
Thanks again for such a great read, little missy!!
PS Ms Favell.. got any cartoons of those little mice using a BLOW TORCH?? ha.
Edited by: rohanaka on Jun 14, 2010 1:29 PM
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Marilyn is my favorite blonde. I always love seeing her.
Hiya Miss G. I gotta confess... the kidling is MY favorite blonde. (ha, but I have to say that since I am her mother.. HA!)
This is my least favorite blonde and it distresses me seeing her
OH golly... .QUICK! Call out the stick blood hounds, I'll go get the 'little pink chair!"
PS: Miss Maven... got anything to say about Rita and Glen and Gilda??????????????
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One last thing - my favorite part is when the fellow asks Rose to dance and she says, "what about my baby?" and he says "I'll take care of it". Blubber, blubber, blubber every time.
Oh good gravy... (sob) that gets me everytime.
Glad to see you around these parts, ma'am. :-)
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Tell me, what does she think of Pippi Longstocking, lol?
Well... ha.. before I could do that.. I'd have to let her WATCH your youtube. ha. (and now after just watching it myself... aaaggghhh. ha. I tried watching the "original" Pippi when I was a kid and she just never was my "cuppa tea" ha. The kidling is going to have to discover "Pippi" on her own someday. HA!
Your daughter is deep -- you've got a budding genius on your hands, mama. And when she's older, introduce her to the delights of THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG and maybe THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
Oh good gravy. Somebody would likely have to explain BOTH of those movies to me (ha.. since I have never even seen them myself, ha) I am sure they BOTH are way over my head, ha. (but perhaps for different reasons) Those will also have to be on her "find them yourself, kid" list. HA!!!
All kidding aside, I AM looking forward to introducing her to more movies as she gets older though. She really does enjoy a lot of the classics that I have let her watch. We are kind of picky what we let her see, but most of the "lighter" classics, she really enjoys. Give her time, she will get there. She sometimes is in the room w/ me as I am typing on here (her arts and craft stuff is in here so we sometimes "play" at the same time, ha) The other day she saw me mention something on here about some movie or other being on my "favorite movie list" and she later told me that Disney's Aladin and Up, and Cars were the top 3 on her list of all time "faves" ha. She is a crack up.
I was in the mood for Belgian waffles and ordered them. She got the sweet and sour shrimp with rice pilaf and it smelled so good I had to order them too. So I did. Not a bad combination, actually. I've had worse.
You know... they DO sound good. ha. (but I just don't know if I could handle them together. ha) The older I get.. the meaner my stomach can be, sometimes. ha.
What if the seed pods arrived in Boca Raton? Can you imagine all the blue-haired canasta-playing mummies suddenly in the family way?
YIKES. Perish the thought. OH gee, that sounds like it was ripped off the pages of the National Inquirer. HA.
Are there any discussions going on in Rambles about THE HASTY HEART?
I have not popped in there yet this evening. If there is not, I say you should start one. ha. I haven't seen it, but I am sure I would like to hear more about it.
ROBERT RYAN - The Real Quiet Man
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Oh Grey Dude.... what AM I going to do w/ you??? ha.
You're such a bombshell
THEM'S fightin' words!! ha.
I don't think ANYONE would ever accuse me of that.. even on a GOOD day. ha. You're funny.
You're very "guy" in your tastes. That's why I've always thought of you as a "daddy's girl."
I think you have said this to me before and I remember saying something like I am a mix of both my mom and my dad.. I am very much a soft hearted "Peacemaker" so I can slap you down, and then give you a hug. HA!
But you may be right when it comes to my personal tastes (as far as movies especially) I likely do have more in common w/ my dad than my mom. Maybe because when I was a kid... we watched what my dad watched. There WAS no other tv and no "videotape" to put in the vcr in some other room if we wanted to see something else, because they had not become the indespensable household items they would eventually became yet. (Oh.. and we were the "remote control" for my dad too. ha. As in: we had to get up and turn the channel when he wanted to change it, ha. OH those were the good old days, ha) I ended up a westerns and crime show junkie no doubt due to the influence of my dad. (but when it comes to the pro-sports stuff... meh, not for me ha. I used to get up and go read a book instead. ha.)
I am also more like my dad when it comes to things I like (w/ regard to gifts, decor and fashion stuff) Maybe not totally... but I do lean more toward the "practical" and I feel like that is more from him. (I was the girl who REALLY wanted a toaster for my birthday one year... and MEANT it, ha. remember?) My mom is more "foo-foo" and I am more "function" ha. But don't get me wrong... I like "function... with lace" ha. I am not a total "guy's gal" ha. Oh and FLOWERS and garden stuff are all from my mom. Love to look at them. Can't get enough of them.. ha. (but can't grow them worth anything, ha) And I LOVE a good romance.. that is all from my mom, for sure. So really I am a mix, ha. But maybe a "dad-leaning" mix of both my folks.
Just having spouses and kids makes your life more exciting.
The Movieman said it right though.. it DOES increase your excitement.. but it also adds to your worries. I am not complaining in the LEAST.. but oh me. I can remember when the kidling was born... and she had a few issues (she was an emergency c-section... God literaly spared her life) and so for weeks after that... I loved her so much... but OH ME... she scared me half to death... how could someone THAT tiny own so much of my heart??? It was terrifying. I still have those feelings.. just letting her go and do ANYTHING and having to step back and let those apron strings out... UGH, I hate it.
And the QT is no better... just seeing him ride off on his motorcycle to even just go to the grocery store. I can't help but pray God will send him back safely. It really is NOT excitement to have your heart owned by someone who could crush it so easily simply by their absence if something were to ever happen to them.. UGH (now I not only sound boring.. ha. I am co-dependent HA!!)
The only drama you really like is controlled arguing
If by controlled arguing you mean intelligent and respectful debate.. you got me. ha. I don't like pointless shouting matches (with no real purpose) and I despise when people just talk trash meant to put others down, but I do love a good verbal "knock down drag out" so long as everyone agrees that we are all entitled to our own opinions and no one is "better" than anyone else.
You are a very good one for debating because even though we are nearly complete opposites in how we view a lot of issues (Mr. Grey) ha.. you NEVER hold it against me or judge me unfairly for disagreeing with you.. and even though I would LOVE to get that ice cold rope around your Grey-ish neck and string you up, sometimes..ha... I never hold it against YOU for disagreeing with ME. We see things differently.. but we are the same in that regard. And you REALLY keep me on my toes and make me think. It is not enough to say I like something (when you are around.) I have to know WHY I like it (or don't) and that is fun. (Oh golly.. now I am sounding nice again.. What's wrong with me... I need a tune up. ha.Let's talk Rip and Vance some more.. or how about the Oxbow???? ha)
Jerry was very trusting of Mae. I think he's genuinely shocked to find out she's done him wrong. And then he lets her have it. When things are right, is Jerry strong enough to tell Mae he doesn't like something in a strong way? Probably not. So, yeah, Jerry is probably a little too "nice guy" for you. Still, the kind of guy he is one I see you really liking
I think you are describing him more or less how I am remembering. I wish I could remember more about their falling out (when he finally does "wake up" and realize things for what they are) Again, I am TOTALLY winging it here, but I think I remember him more or less making himself "willfully ignorant" of who she really was.. not really wanting to know anything about her outside of his own ideal of her for a large part of the movie. That is a sad way to live in a marriage. It IS good to have faith in the one you love.. but not "blind faith". You need to see the other person for who they really are.
In otherwords, predictable. That stems from routine. I'm sure Mae would tell you Jerry is nothing but predictable. And you'd love that about him. Mae finds such an existence to be a nightmare. Maybe she'll grow to accrept it and maybe even like it. But that's only half the battle. Will she ever come to really love Jerry the man, not just Jerry the Security Blanket
Ok.. first of all.. ha. "predictable" is another "ugly" word, ha. (at least for me) I like "reliable" better. You want to know that someone you love will react or behave a certain way not because they are "predictable" which to me sounds like they are stale and unimaginative.. but because they have a moral character which you have come to trust and you know you can rely on them. (that to me sounds more desirable) I know..ha.. picky, picky, picky. ha.
And as for whether Mae will ever grow to accept Jerry and love him... that is harder for me to say not having watched the movie in so long. But I think it COULD be possible. Repentance is a funny thing.. if it is REAL, heart changing repentance... Mae could do a complete 180 and GLADLY cling to what she used to reject (because she now values it far above what she used to value) but if it is only a "guilty conscience" sort of repentance, and she is only going back to him because she feels guilty and just wishes she to not be "bad" any more... that sort of repenting does not always "stick" well... and may lead her to falter again. It is not as "sure" a change of heart.
But again, I am totally shooting from the hip here, though. I just don't remember it all as well as I should to make a guess. So I guess what I am saying is maybe Mae can make a go of it.. if her heart really is in the change.
Four Sons. I've seen 31 Ford films
OH wowsa.. FOUR SONS is a NEW favorite for me. I hope you will go into RamblesJR. and dust off our chat about it and add your own thoughts when you are finished. (it is not too buried, it is a fairly recent chat) I would really like to hear what you have to say on that one.
And you crack me up w/ your statistics, ha. 31 Ford Films. I have NO idea how many of them I have seen. (I should sit down and count them, but I still be you have seen more than me, ha) You are the most organized film watcher I have ever seen. I love how you are able to pull out your lists and say _____ is my #___ favorite movie for any given actor or director.. or even genre. I can do pretty good w/ my top 3 or 4 in just about any of those categories.. but boy.. you know what you like. You are the numbers man. I am NOWHERE near that organized in my thinking. ha.
For pity's sake.. ha. When Miss G had asked me if I had seen Clash By Night.. I told her NO three of four days I think before I even looked in here and read what you folks were chatting on.. and then I realized (DUH) I HAD seen it, afterall.ha. I am a scatterbrain doofus sometimes, ha.
It's fun. But you have to like Burt Lancaster when he's full of energy. He's all the way "on" in this one.
Eww.. I am not a huge Burt person.. ha. I can really take him or leave him. I do like him in some films.. but usually NOT the ones where he is "way on" as you described. (I think I mentioned this in the Noir thread) But maybe Coop will make up for it, ha.
I'm a little wary of watching The Shootist. I'm afraid I'll be depressed
I am with Jackie... we BOTH need to "man up" and watch this sometime, ha. I had already made up my mind to watch it (and just was too much of a wimp to stay awake, ha) Let's try again the next time it is on... I dare ya.. ha. I think I have really made up my mind to go ahead and see it. I just have to remember to keep my eye out for it. (maybe my secretaries will help, ha)
You're right, I don't have Blood Alley. Any other suggestions?
Bah.. I love that movie. (I don't know if you will or not..but it is a GREAT mix of action, suspense and comedy even.. oh and Lauren Bacall is good w/the Duke too) I wish it was one they showed more often I have not seen it in probably over 10 years. (did I menton... bah?) ha.
As for any other suggestions... Its not a Duke, but I think you should go into westerns and click on Jackie's link for Hell's Hinges. It is not a long film and I think you might like it. (but I might not be as good at pegging you as you are at pegging me, ha) I think the Movieman is about ready to get to it... I'd be interested in hearing both of your opinions.
Of the Duke films you listed.... THE BIG TRAIL is a FABULOUS film. I heartily recommend it. It is a GREAT early Duke and you really get a good feel for the actor he will become someday. I have never been that big on El Dorado.. I think I did see it a LONG time ago, but for some reason can't remember that much about it.. and I have just sort of avoided it. (but not really sure why) Hatari is fun.. but you might not be that impressed. We LOVE it around here (even the kidling) You might like it (for the "Hawks" things in it). But for me, the story wasn't as good as a "usual" Hawks film.
I am not sure, but I MAY have seen Wake of the Red Witch (but it was SO SO SO long ago I have little memory of it.. I just recall John Wayne under the water in one of those old fashioned diving suits) and I have not seen any of the other ones on you list. (I am likely most interested in In Harm's Way, only because it is the one I have heard more about than the others.)
So pick one and watch it.. and then let me know what you pick, and if I can catch it too... I will. And if not.. I will just "whine" about it, HA. Because you do know... ha. I am a whiner.. ha. I don't know WHERE I got that from.. ha. NEITHER my mom or my dad.. ha.. I must have gotten some sort of "mutant" whining gene in the family line from way back somewhere. ha.