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You just described the remake of 3:10 to Yuma HA!!!! Believe it or not I MISSED that one (duh) when they aired it a few weeks ago I think it was on the USA network. (or maybe TNT) I wanted to try and catch it because I had FINALLY decided I would give it a try after all the mixed reviews I kept hearing. However... I DID get to see the infamous ENDING that the Grey Dude seemed to think I was too "weak stomached" to handle... what a bloodbath. Although it was not as bad as I THOUGHT it was going to be. But you are right.. ha. I DID just describe that movie... (at least based on what I saw of it) HA! Although I do have to confess I liked Russell Crowe's exit more than I liked Christian Bale's. (I think I'll stick w/ Glenn and Van, ha) PS Jackie: You are right. Ha. Sterling does look a bit like a fish out of water. ha. My fave of all that group is a tie between Spencer Tracy and Walter Huston. ha. (I am leaning toward Walter because he just looks like he is up to something, ha) PS: Mr Movieman: Haven't we met? HA! You DO seem familiar to me.. ha. MY NAME IS NOBODY. ha. I am not sure, but I think I have run into you before... Aren't you that MAN OF THE WEST I met once on the STAGECOACH? Or were you THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALENCE? Or perhaps we met at that OXBOW INCIDENT (ha) when I was standing over by THE HANGING TREE. I used to hang out (ha) with THE SONS OF KATIE ELDER, SHANE, MCLINTOCK, and all THE COWBOYS there. Those guys really were a RARE BREED, but at least they all had TRUE GRIT. I know I have heard your name. Do you know THE CATTLE QUEEN OF MONTANA? Or are you friends with BIG JAKE or THE MAN FROM LARAMIE? Or I know.. wasn't that you I sat next to during that long train ride on the UNION PACIFIC? Or perhaps we met when I was the WAGON MASTER and headed out for the BIG TRAIL. That was the trip when we took that wide turn at the BEND OF THE RIVER that led to SILVERADO. Or maybe we met at HIGH NOON just before that GUNFIGHT AT THE OK CORRAL. Or say, were you ever a HORSE SOLDIER? Or maybe you were assigned to the Cavalry at FT. APACHE???? (Ok, I'll stop now.. ha... Aren't you sorry you asked??) HA!!

Hey there, Miss G!! :-) it's a shame they really don't make them like they used to, and give these men more chances to act on the BIG screen. But people today like little boys instead of men. I agree... sad but true. (And you are right about the Little boys instead of men too... and there has to be at least 10 gallons of bloodshed for every character along w/ about fifty or sixty "F-bombs" per minute. BAH!) Doesn't William Farnum sort of look like Johnny Cash in that still below? HA!! He does.. (or maybe Johnny Cash sort of looked like HIM!) ha. never heard of it but it has quite a decent cast. The other is one that Jackie alerted me to when she posted a still from it: A Man Betrayed (1941, aka Wheel of Fortune). I missed Jackie's post on that film. I am still working my way backward (I have a lot of catching up to do). Well now that gives us two more to look forward to... SOMEDAY. :-) We'll have to keep our eyes peeled. (ick.. I never liked that expression.. ha) He seems to have visited Dana Andrews' barber Ha... that's IT. ha. I think you have it. Maybe all the barbers back then went to The Dana Andrews School of Hair, ha. PS: In my "catching up" I noticed your pic of Orson Welles.. I love it!! (ha.. but the title.. Man in the Shadows" ha.. that sounds almost too "Grimey" doesn't it???) PS.. OH WOW!!!! I just saw your link to the Duke stuff!!! OH BOY!!

Here's the cowboy I find most interesting. Hey there, my little OK Kid!' That was SOME interesting reading on Thomson. (and some really terrific pictures too) He's a new name for me that I had never even heard of before. What a sad story (and especially sad tale about his films as well) But it is good to see that despite how things MIGHT have happened, he is still abled to be remembered today.

wowsa.. what a nice mix of pics little darlin'. :-) (I even love that you have Tom Selleck in there.. I think he does pretty good in some of those cowboy roles... of the more modern day westerns, some of his are among my more "enjoyed".) PS: What can you tell me about War of the Wildcats? That is a new name for me.... PSS... is it just me, or does it look like Robert Young needs a HAIRCUT? ha. I never reaized he was so "wavy" HA!

Yes, we definitely have room for you Hahahahahahahaha!!! Just don't call me "honey" HA!!! PS... I had no idea that there even was an "original" for Gaslight. I love the Ingrid version a lot... but after your excellent posts.. I am thinking I need to check out this one too. Thanks for the tip, little darlin'.

How' do, Miss G!! :-) how McCarey introduces us to the home of Mitchell and Fay Bainter: Somehow, it's all so impersonal and they're squeezed into one of those "blocks" like pastrami in a sandwich. But ooooh, they are so snooty about their position, ignoring the humiliating aspect of being just a "block" in an impersonal pile of blocks: You are on the money. He gives us the big picture before he narrows in on the one little "block". Great call on the name tag too. I had forgotten all about that part, but it really does show their mindset. "We are "somebody" among all the "somebodies". By the way, the mentality of the Coopers still runs rampant here in Manrattan. People who are months behind on their rent in those luxury skyscrapers turn their noses up at the rest of the "peons". Like the Coopers, who give the impression they really are living a bit beyond their means, or else why does Fay have to teach Bridge? They're climbers, or what we call now "wannabe's" alright. Ugh.. I wish I could say Manhatten had cornered the market on all that "stuffy" stuff... but alas.. even here in hokey cow-town Kansas City, it is running amuck. "If you can't afford it, finance it". That seems to be the name of the game around here. But then, all those little financial chickens come home to roost eventually... and there are all sorts of foreclosed upon higher dollar homes around here to show for it. "Situational ethics"---that's the first time I've come across that expression...excellent! It's perfect. Well, I can't take credit for that one, it is a phrase I have heard others use many times. But it really seems to fit a lot of people these days. (but I expect that mindset has always been around somewhere, at any given time in the world.) Still.... it does seem to be a prevailing attitude in many. Ugh.. ha. I am picturing that Grey Dude coming after both of us with one of those big "hooks" like they used to use in the old vaudeville acts and we are going to get dragged off this soapbox ANY minute now. (ha) He's been suspiciously quiet...is it because he's planning on yanking our soap boxes from under us? I see he has peeped out at you here sometime earlier today. Let's go get some super glue for the soles of our shoes, and then we'll DARE him to try and knock us off this box!! (HA!!) He has only been eating saurkraut and sawdust all this time, so I bet he hasn't got enough "gumption" to knock us off if we stand here long enough, ha. (But I will pack an extra hat pin and frozen rope, just in case.) More people NEED to see this movie From your lips (I mean keyboard) to the TCM programmer's ears (I mean eyes, ha) :-) Edited by: rohanaka on Apr 28, 2010 8:55 PM

Howdy there, Miss G, > {quote:title=MissGoddess wrote:}{quote} > Maurice definitely had Cora's number after the first door slam. I thought Cora's behavior > was so snobbish, and what had SHE to be snobbish about with her raggedy housekeeping > and unkempt appearance. She's one of those who sweep the dust under the carpets and > then carry on like a martyr for eternity over how imposed upon she is. Well it looks like Maurice is not the only one who has Cora's number. (ha) Sweeping the dirt under the rug is exactly what Cora was all about. That is a perfect way to describe her... literally and figuratively. > The more I contemplate the film from a distance, the more I realize that it's not really > that McCarey is even handed in his projection of the parents vs. the kids, it's that his > camera, his depiction, is unobtrusive. He allows, without pusing, the audience to come to the > conclusion that the kids are truly guilty of inexcusable selfishness. I think you have fine tuned your earlier remark just right. I agree that the camera more or less tells it all and everything is all laid out in an objective way so we get to see them w/out being told what to think of them. (But the message is loud and clear all the same) > They can DEFINITELY take them both in with the > most ease. Unbelievable what people consider "impossible". That is one of the reasons I think Thomas Mitchell's character appeared to have the most "guilt" on his conscience. I think he was more or less better off than his brother and sisters and he knew that even if it were true that the others could take them (and I agree with you that likely any of them COULD have made it work) but even if they COULDN'T.... I think it was OBVIOUS that he could. (but again, he let his wife and her "snobbery" make his choice for him. > Scary indeed. Especially since the economic crisis has sent a lot of adult "kids" BACK home > because they lost everything. One hopes they'll remember the favor when it comes time for > the parents to be cared for. It probably will depend on how they "feel" about whether it is right or wrong.... OH golly.. don't even get me started on the "situational ethics" culture. But that is the sad truth of the world we are living in now days.. (picture me, rolling my eyes in disgust) And no.. I am not so naive (or even judgmental) to say that EVERY kid owes that to their parents someday.... but the scenario you painted (where the empty nest comes home... depends on his parents again for support... then flies off again... only to dump mom and dad someday when they need help... well... it IS all about what's best for the "children" now days isn't it.. even when they stop being children... (ok.. push me off the soapbox any time now, ha) > > PS.. Grey Dude... I hope you will chime in because I KNOW you have got to have some thoughts on all this, what with your city/country grandmas. Don't make me have to tell those sweet gals how you've been slacking off around here. > Let's not hold our breath. HA!!!! Yes.. let's not do that.. blue has never been my color!!! ha.

Ro- I think everyone should have their own room OH little sweetie... I would glady take EITHER of those lovely rooms... if you are sure I won't be in the way. Someone asked me the other day if "If you could go anywhere you wanted to on vacation, where would it be?" and I said... ha. "TO SLEEP!!" ha. And PS: I wasn't kidding though.. ha. I'd happily sleep on the window seat just for a few "days of get-a-way". Edited by: rohanaka on Apr 27, 2010 11:16 AM Because evidently I am so sleepy (ha) I don't know how to POST anything anymore...

Anyway, I just can't watch it on youtube. I'm snooty that way! What, are you a youtube snob?????????????????? Here... watch this youtube... Come on... I triple dog dare ya..... HA! It's only a couple of minutes.... you will live through it... Oh and by the way I nearly started to babble on about The Best Years of Our Lives over in the "Information Please" forum, of all places. Then I remembered I still owed you a ramble on that one so I clammed up quick! GASP!! Are you keeping that rope cold? What do YOU think???? Start ramblin' before I have to start ropin'. It's been a while since our last necktie party. We can make you our guest of honor.

I'm innocent! That'll be the day. I only tell them they are sometimes a burden The very idea... talking to your beloved grandmas like that. You whippersnapper. For that you deserve what MY dear (long departed) old grandma called.... a swift kick in... the beautiful morning glory. (HA!) But maybe those sweet ladies will settle for me lending them one of my hatpins to use on you instead.

Oh... little darlin'.... PLEASE tell me you gals have room for one more. (ha..sounds like an episode of the ZONE, doesnt' it?? ha.) I haven't had a vacation since 1998 (NO kidding) and with all that I have had going on lately... I could really use (ever so very much) a little quiet get away time. ha. I don't even need a room.. ha. I won't take up too much space. (despite reports you may have heard to the contrary, ha) I promise.. Just let me sit in the corner during the day and I will stare out the window at the lovely gardens and just "veg" ha. And then at night you can let me sleep on one of the window seats... or on a blanket on the floor even... I will take anything... I am desperate! ha. (You are talking to a sad, pathetic woman, ha). I would even work to pay my keep as your maid or housekeeper (just so long as I don't have to do any dishes or scrub any toilets. (ha) Oh wait. ha. I guess that would sort of defy the whole "maid/housekeeper" job description.. ha.) Let's see.. I need to find SOME way to earn my keep... Do you need someone to hold down the furniture?? I could spend a week just lounging around on a cushy couch. (Did I mention I was sad and pathetic? ha)

OH little darlin.. you are breaking me up all over again w/ those lovely screencaps. Oh me. You have hit all the most touching moments. When are we going to take out Cora? Let's do it. ha. She's going down. Maurice Moscovich was the kindly Jewish proprietor who saw so much more than he let on, and felt it all. I don't know much about him, but maybe he'd be an interesting candidate for JackFavell's wonderful character actor thread I thought he was terrific. And yes.. he'd be an excellent one to put on that list of character actors. He was just so "real" in that role. And you are right... he saw MUCH more than he let on. He was a true friend... and the way he stood up to Cora (but not so much as to be rude to her) I thought was terrific. Especially when the chicken soup got "dissed". Something tells me that if we want to take Cora out.. ha.. HE would be the one we'd both have to get in line behind. Let me call you sweetheart Im in love with you Let me hear you whisper that you love me too Keep the lovelight glowing in your eyes so true Let me call you sweetheart Im in love with you..." Oh now you've done it. Oh golly. That is THE song. I don't know what there was about that song exactly but I just recall my grandma used to sing that alot (and then dance with us) when we were little. And it made me think of her so much. And then it is such an emotional moment in the film too as they are standing there in that ballroom and the music changes JUST as they get to the dance floor (and of couse it is some "jazzy" number they can't dance to... and the bandleader changes the music JUST for them. But when it really hit me was when they start singing it in the taxi. It tipped the scales for me. The emotions were just too real when they were there going to the train station and he is singing just to her. I love when he gets to the part "Let me hear you whisper that you love me too" she looks up at him and whispers, "I love you too" OH gosh. Here... why should I be the only one crying... go to about 4 minutes and 22 second or so. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGaLk6fB6gU&feature=related You can find yourself dependent on the kindness of strangers at a time in your life when only the familiar can soothe your anxiety, and the familiar recedes more and more daily. You know "the kindness of strangers" has a ring of truth to it. It is not always the case... because very often people will walk by and NEVER notice those in need around them. But I was thinking that at least in this story... from about the time they go for their walk... and they run into the car salesman... and then they go to that hotel.... all the people they run into treat them better and with greater respect and affection than their own children. They are REAL people to these strangers and they are valued as human beings. No one is looking at them as burdens on society or as being "passed their expiration date". They are treated like they were important. How sad that their own family... the ones who SHOULD love them the most could not have seen the way strangers were treating their parents.. and then maybe they could have taken a lesson or two. like how honest Thomas Mitchell is about their behavior here, just prior to the train departure of their parents. I got a sense that of all of the kids.. he felt the most guilty for what was going on. But not guilty enough to stand up to his wife and do what needed to done. I also like that the parents took that evening to themselves, and blew off the kids and their faux cheerful "send off" dinner which would have been a horror. It's the one time they didn't "defer" to their kids and to hear them they'd moved heaven and earth to put on this "party" (in Cora's dreary flat) OH gosh.. talk about "a last supper" How in the world would ANYONE be able to choke down whatever she was serving with all the things that were going on, meanwhile NO one wanted to talk about it. How ugly a scene that would have been. (and PS: wouldn't you have LOVED to hear whatever it was the dad said to her in his little whisper over the phone?? ha. I bet it was something like.. "Watch out, girl... April and Kathy are coming for you" HA!! (ok.. maybe it wasn't that... but I doubt she would have looked more shocked than she did if he had said that. Ha. I only WISH I could have been a little bug on that phone line, ha.) Now see where they are walking from as they approach the train car...they are proceeding out of the "light That was a great catch... and the darkness that sort of surrounds them at the end too. It really paints a gloomy picture of their future, doesn't it. And you did a great job of capturing Beulah's expressions too as the train is pulling away. TOO heartbreaking. (wasn't she just something? I think this has to be one of my most favorite performances for her) Fay Bainter, wife of their son Thomas Mitchell, is super as the "long suffering" daughter-in-law who really cares more for appearances and maintaining her position than she does about her family. She's a great example of the kind of selfish behavior that most people will never be aware of in themselves, it has so many "justifications" She really did do a great job. She was just as two faced as Cora in a way.. but not as openly mean about it. Still... when she does show her true feelings and let loose on the grandma.. OH me. She did feel awfully "justified". And perhaps... MAYBE she had a small point (about how the grandma should have told them about the daughter... but then the grandma should NEVER have been "shipped off" with the daughter in the first place. Still... I think that Fay would have found any reason to unload on her mother in law.. she'd been only "half" holding it in anyway for so long.. and now she was happy to finally have an excuse to let her real feelings fly. It's amazing how easily this society can shuntle off the elderly into the dark because they can't care for them. The sad part is people made it so that they can't care for them by choosing to create a world where you have work like a dog to keep up with the Joneses and have no time or energy to...to be human toward your folk. Woops! My soap box, how did it get back in here? You are so right about how people have almost made it so that it impossible to keep "mom and dad" home to be cared for. People do it to themselves as well. Some day the clock will tick down to where it is OUR time to be looked after (or at the very least, assisted.) And then it will be the next generation making those choices for this one. I wonder what sort of lessons they will have learned THEN by observing the way society runs NOW. Kinda scary aint it? (Oh gee.. ha. Now I am on that soapbox with you.. ha.) I want to thank you again, Miss G for pointing this film out to me. It truly is an almost "lost" treasure. I hope more folks will seek it out and watch. It is so touching and very timely. PS I want to go back and look at both reviews that got posted (by you and Jackie) but I am going to have to wait until I am not so doggone tired and blurry eyed. ha. This old woman has just about "hit the wall" for my day, ha. PSS Jackie... I hope YOU have more to say about it all kiddo. (have you finally recovered from that Westward the Women crying fest? ha) In fact I imagine there are several (some you have mentioned already Miss G and maybe others) who could relate to this story. PS.. Grey Dude... I hope you will chime in because I KNOW you have got to have some thoughts on all this, what with your city/country grandmas. Don't make me have to tell those sweet gals how you've been slacking off around here.

Hi there little gal... Just taking a moment between the dusting and vacumming.. (ha) to say that you are so right when you said: And that children should do this to their parents because they don't want the "inconvenience" is just sad. You have said it right. Sad, and almost criminal in a way. To take these two loving parents and treat them as if they were not just "burdens of inconvenience" but really less than "second class citizens" OH it really was heartbreaking to see it all play out. Not to sound in anyway like some sort of authority on the subject, I do have some experience in working (and being around) older folks. And I have spent a lot of time w/ seniors through my own family as well as church and work settings too. Some older folks have very supportive families who are an active and vital part of their lives. And then there are those who do not give them the time of day, let alone help provide for their needs (physical, emotional, or spiritual) And you can really tell the difference in th quality of life many of them lead. (and I am not just talking about "physical" quality although that certainly has a lot to do with it too). One example really stands out in my mind a lot. There were these two little widow ladies (who are both long since gone) that used to attend our church many years ago. And they are a perfect example of what I am saying. My husband and I spent a lot of time driving the church van picking these two treasures (and a few others) up for Sunday AM and evening (and also Wednesday night) services and we got to know these gals very well. One lady had three sons (all married) who always had at least ONE member of the family stopping by daily to check in on her, fix stuff around the house, help her w/ her shopping, take her to her doctor appointments, see to her daily needs (and they were many... she was quite elderly, very frail, and about 90% blind) She always talked about the latest things going on in her son's (and grandchildren's lives) and she was alert and vivacious right up to the very end of her life. The other lady.. had NO visits for years on end from either of her two sons. And only one of the two sons even bothered to call her perhaps as rarely as once ever three or four months. The other boy, she was lucky if she heard from him more than once or twice a year. She had one grandaughter who would call her maybe once every couple of months to say hi.And she would always come to church beaming after she got one of those rare phone calls.. or if one of them managed to remember to send her a birthday or mothers day card. I think one son came to visit her one time for three or four days out of all those years we knew here.. and I am talking at least 9 years. She had a lot of personal needs that she usually kept to herelf (until they became emergencies) and then folks from church tried to step in to help, but it was always a challenge as she did not like anyone to know she was struggling. And her health was another thing she kept secret.. again I think due to some embarrassment. And despite the fact that we all were checking in with her at least two or three times a week for church functions, etc... and trying to stay on top of what she needed, by the time we all realized she was sick.. she had some very serious health issues that eventually took her life. Spoiler alert: Anyway.. what I am getting to is that I firmly believe that it was the families of these two women (and the security (or lack of it) from knowing whether or not they were loved by the ones they loved) that made the difference in their final years. And I think that is true in almost everyone. And in my mind, as the father was getting on that train... all I could think of was "Well.. I wonder which one will die first.. because neither one of them is going to last much longer without the other." The scene where the mother interrupts the bridge games (with that room full of people) was so awkward to watch... and yet very telling. When she gets that phone call and is standing there trying to have a private conversation in the most PUBLIC place of all... did you see all the different expressions on all the various faces of those people. Some were embarrassed. They had NO clue how to deal with such open emotion on such a social level. Others were offended and you could clearly see how "low" they thought the whole situation was, likely judging their hostess as being less than "upper crust" for having such "homey" family members. Still others were "nostalgic" almost.. likely picturing their own mom and dad and how in love they were. And SOME... (thank goodness) were looking offended for a completely DIFFERENT reason.. you could see them going back and forth between expressions of compassion for the mother... and anger at the son and his wife. And you could tell they were judging their host and hostess for the POOR TREATMENT this dear gray haired lady was receiving. (or at least it looked that way to me) Interestingly, the director is not altogether condemnatory with the kids, He does not paint them as total monsters He's just putting out there for us to think about and form our own judgements I think you are right and it can be seen in the scene I mentioned above. All the different people at that party and their facial expressions (to me) were like all the various attitudes most of our society seems to have even today toward how to deal w/ "mom and dad" as the years go by and time catches up with them all. How one feels about it all (again, to me) is very telling of their character and of who they really are as a person. Now having said that... I MUST confess... sometimes.. you do reap what you sow. Some parents are so awful and upleasant (and even abusive) to the point that they should not be surprised to find themselves alone at the end of their lives.... but I do not think they are the "norm" of those who are left alone. I think most elderly folks who are neglected late in life are in that situation because their families have "moved on" and now mom and dad are "out of sight, out of mind" It is a tragedy to me to even think such a thing. (golly I am sounding kind of judgemental right now... who do I think I am???) Cora who I really wanted to slap to kingdom come Oh wow..you are SO right about Cora. but you know.. to me... although she put on a "public' face for others.... at least to her DAD she was pretty much the most honest of all those kids. NO false pretense of a show of kindness when it was just HIM. She really let him know what a burden she thought he was. OH MY GOLLY was she ever hateful. How DARE her parents.... the ones who gave her life and provided her every need, and loved her all of her days even think to impose themselves on her.. be it one at a time. WHO do they think they are interrupting her life that way. GOOD grief.... stand in line if you want to knock HER around, kid. I am way ahead of you. Edited by: rohanaka on Apr 23, 2010 12:30 PM

OH Miss G... Poignant is the right word. So.. ok... NOTHING I had intended to do around the house tonight (to catch up on my chores..ha) got FINISHED (or even really started.. I am so irresponsible sometimes, ha.) But OH me, oh my.. I had to come back and watch a little more.. and then I watched a little more.. and then by then I was up to part 8 out of 10 and I said... OH for pity's sake.. only 15 or 16 more minutes and I'll be done.. so I stuck with it... Wow. I THOUGHT I was doing ok handling the emotions too... because I actually made it almost all the way through w/ mostly dry eyes. It was heartbreaking in places.. but I guess I just was too tired to cry.. ha... because the only time I really got too teary was when the shop keeper friend called his wife into the room to just look at her.. to make sure she was still there. (sob) That sort of got to me. But I recovered... and kept watching.. and it was painful and emotional... and even humorous in places... but still I am thinking how MAD I was at those kids and their spouses.... so maybe that is what kept my eyes more or less from clouding up. And then they went for that doggone car ride to that hotel.. and that bandleader had to play THAT song (it has some very emotional ties for me... reminding me of elderly loved ones long since past.. so that alone got me teary eyed) BUT if that wasn't enough... then they had to sing it to each other in the car on the way to the train station.. OH for pity's sake... I am an emotional wreck now. (but I mean that in a good way) Thank you Miss G for pointing this film out to me. And I have to say I still have a sink full of dirty dishes and NO dusting or vacuming was done tonight... and as a result... it may be a day or two now before I have time to get to at least those two chores.... But oh me.... watta story. (pass me another tissue if you please) PS Jackie.. hope you get a chance to catch the whole thing sometime... but wait until you get over your "Westward the Women" tears.. :-) Edited by: rohanaka on Apr 21, 2010 11:49 PM

Oh girlie.. you got me so hooked I ended up watching the first two parts.. I can already see where this is leading w/ the kids... OH me, it is getting my dander up... I want to give them all a swift kick to knock some sense into them.... but it is also breaking my heart watching it all play out.. Now I have to figure out how in the world I am going to find time to watch the rest of it. (snifff)

Westward the Women is absolutely the best movie I have seen all month, maybe longer. Hello there, my little OK Kid. :-) I moved most of my post from the Taylor thread down here (so I did not overun your Taylor thread w/ my babbling about this movie..ha. You know me... gab, gab, gab. ha. I am so glad you got to see this film and that you enjoyed it so much. I first saw this film when I was in grade school. (it was on a late late show and I recall sneaking into my parents room (after they had fallen asleep w/ the tv on) and watching this movie while sitting on their bedroom floor! ha. (I was such a little western junkie... ha... even at such an early age) I did not see it again for many years but the story really stuck with me and I never even knew the title of it for most of my growing up years. I try to watch it every chance I get (but sadly was not able to watch it, or even get it taped today) I agree with you about all the great performances too. It really is a terrific (and sometimes overlooked) film. It is one of the first films I think of for many of the actors you mentioned... including Taylor, but especially Emerson. mini spoiler alert: The scene that always tears me up the most is the one you mentioned where they are calling out the names of the women who were lost.... and their voices kind of echo. I also love when they FINALLY roll into town and the women start picking out which man is which. The look on Emerson's fella as they are dancing is a laugh riot, ha. The part where the one guy takes the baby.... as he is helping his future bride off of the wagon is another touching moment for me.. gasp.. sob... And the Italian lady when she sees the fruit tree (was it oranges or was it lemons.. I can't recall) ugh... pass the tissues, kid. If I talk about it too much more I will start bawling too. :-) Dadgum, Jackie... I wish I could have gotten this one taped today. (I am such a dope about checking that schedule) ha. I will try to make a point of catching it again the next time... there are some more "pecan turtles" in it for you, little Miss Secretary, if you help me to remember!! Ha. Edited by: rohanaka on Apr 21, 2010 9:01 PM

Hi there, Miss G. I went searching to find out more about the story.. because I love a good cry now and then. After reading your comments, I did a little "googling" and I am glad to say I was able to not only find out more about it, but I also managed to find the film too. (its' a youtube) So I will stock up on more Kleenex and will look forward to a good sob (ONE of these days, I hope.) I have had sucha rotten schedule lately, I have NO idea when I will get to watch it, but it is definitely on my list now (along w/ The 39 Steps and one other recent youtube find I have saved (but who's name escapes me at the moment.. ha.) SOMEDAY I hope to have my own private little youtube film festival. Someday... PS.. what little I saw from the youtube... I bet the screencaps were lovely... it has a really "rich" look to the black and white.

Oh good golly, Miss G. I TOTALLY did not look at your post before I put mine over you... (I just wanted Jackie to have her turtles, ha) PLEASE excuse my clumsiness. Wow, that was SOME link. I am so ready for us to take that "long lost sister" family reunion trip now to "the valley". Ha.. Jackie.. Miss G... that song can be our "theme song". ha. We' can sing it as we are riding around in our wagon tour.. ha. :-) (I'll bring the extra Kleenex.... because you know as soon as we see the first familiar sight on that tour.. we will all bust out bawlin') :-)

Happy 8,000 little sweetie!!! (Here are some turtles JUST for you!! :-) Enjoy!)

Or would it be more torturous for me to say I have a ticket - and I am NOT going? Good gravy, Mr. KIH. I HOPE you are only joking. That would be some fun you'd be missing out on for sure. (and PS: now I am on the edge of my seat to find out if you are serious or not.. ha. You've gone beyond torturing just the GREY DUDE and are picking on poor slobs like me.. (ha) You know.. the sad and overlooked (ha) poor midwestern "nothing is up to date in Kansas City" type folk.) :-)

WooHoo!! Congrats on the 12,000, little sweetie!! Cupcakes for everybody!!! :-)

Ahhhhhhhhhh, home, sweet home HA!! I have always suspected as much. NOW we have the confession!! ha. It's hilarious! It's the best musical ever made! I am sure Rogers and Hammerstein will be happy to hear that. Bunny killers! He's had a stay of execution MUCH longer than he deserves.. ha. He is only ALMOST too cute to eat... something that chocolatey does not deserve to live.

I'm always sweet and innocent Perhaps in some sort of whacked out wild and crazy parallel universe, maybe. But HERE in THIS part of the world... Enjoy your Pop Secret... I mean Top Secret.. ha. I am gonna pass. ha. That movie sounds about as appalling... I mean appealing to me as a meal of saurkraut and sawdust. HA!! here I thought Miss Whosits didn't like blood! NO blood in Blood Alley (at least not enough worth mentioning) and NO blood in the chocolate bunny either.. ha. Just rich milk chocolately GOODNESS!! PS: April... maybe along w/ our popcorn and chocolate bunny we should also have a little something special... We will need something light and healthy after all that snack food. And we can send ALL the leftovers to the Grey Dude when we are done.. we know how much he enjoys his veggies.

the ballet scene is sweet and innocent, just like me! So basically what you are saying here is that it is rotten... and well... UNinnocent.. since it is just like you????? PS Miss G.... Blood Alley.. oh BOY!! I am SO there... ha. I will split that bunny with you right down the middle.

Do you think...perish the thought...that tcmprogrammr has seen our posts with MrGrimes and....possibly....felt sorry for FrankGrimes and programmed the evening out of sympathy??? GASP! PERISH the thought indeed!!!!!!!!!! Oh no.. I don't think it was a sympathy thing.... I smell a bribe. ha. But wait... I am sure our dear and beloved programmer would never be so influenced by such an evil ploy as that (insert subliminal request to programmer for Blood Alley here, ha) ;-) Maybe it was just a "fluke" ha. Which Dukie movie shall we watch first? Or can you handle Knight Without Armor again? I have yet to see it and I think tomorrow is the perfect time.... OH gee.... a tough call. But even though an evening w/ the Duke sounds GRAND.... I would LOVE to hear your thoughts on Knight Without Armor. I can't wait for you to see it. Hey... maybe we could do a double feature.. we could start w/ Marlene and Robert.... and then finish off w/ the Duke.. ha. (do YOU have Blood Alley?? ha) If you've got the movies... I've got the popcorn... I think I can even scare up a huge chocolate bunny left over from Easter. He would have been a goner by now, but he's just too cute to eat. However, I think for a gal's movie night.. we can make an exception. :-)