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Pardon me if I step in here quickly folks... Miss G... I just want to thank you SO very (so, so very) much for the tip on Four Sons earlier this evening.
OH my goodness. (sigh) I don't even want to THINK about the implications this will have on any sort of "favorites" list I may have.. somebody somewhere is going to have to get "bumped" to make way for this film on my list now. Oh me... (and ps.. thanks for the tip on stocking up on the TISSUES too... did I mention, "oh me"?) I am still fighting back some of the emotions w/this film... when she is saying good bye to her youngest son on the train.. ugh.. where is the tissue.. I have tears all over again, just thinking about it..
I know I usually pay my secretaries in chocolate.. but OH golly.. it has been so warm here lately.. and these strawberries just looked so refreshing... So enjoy kiddo.. you CERTAINLY have earned it this time around to be sure.
Thanks again for the great tip... So I will stop for now.. sorry to interupt here.. please folks, go back to Angel Face...
(And enjoy your icecream little gal! )
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> {quote:title=misswonderly wrote:}{quote}
> Is everyone invited to participate in this chat or is it a private club meeting?
Gee Miss Wonderly, that almost sounds confrontational. I hope I am misreading you.
From looking through this thread, I thought you already were participating in the discussion of this film (not to mention several others). And I would like to also point out that in my most recent post on The 39 Steps I was responding to comments made by a specific person who had asked me a specific question.
But in answer to your question to me, I think anyone who posts on this message board is entitled to post on whatever the topic of conversation is at hand, in any particular thread (so long as they are respectful and operating within the code of conduct) . So no, in no way would I qualify this chat or any other that I am aware of in any other thread here as a "private club". We are all equally free to post on any topic here, as far as I know.
But I will also say that as far as I know, no one is ever obligated to answer anyone either. We are all equally free to respond, or not respond as we choose. No one is under any obligations (that I am aware of) to talk to anyone else.
My goodness.. there is even an "ignore" option here, so people don't have to even read or see every post made in any given thread if they choose not to. How can one even know if their post is even being seen and/or read by every participant in any conversation since no one really knows for sure if they have been placed on someone else's "ignore" button or not.
I guess a polite way to participate in any thread would be if you start chatting on the given topic and only some people respond back to you, but not others... feel free to keep chatting with those who are talking with you, and leave the ones who are not to talk with whomever they so choose.
So again, to answer your question, to the best of my knowledge, we are all free to particpate in any conversation as long as we are polite and are within the guidelines of the code of conduct and as far as I know, there are no private clubs. But also (again) keep in mind that whatever posts are made do not obligate anyone (and/or everyone) to respond. We are all free citizens here.
And to show you how sincere I am that no one is ever under any obligation to reply to anyone's posts here, I see no reason to carry this particular conversation any further... so you truly are not obligated in any way to reply to me. I think there are far more interesting and productive sorts of discussions to be a part of on this board (as I am sure you would agree).
PS: Miss Goddess: To bring this back around to The 39 Steps, did I mention: "Oh that Robert Donat... woowee?"
Edited by: rohanaka on May 31, 2010 3:58 AM
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Hi there Miss G!!! Yes.. I DID like The 39 Steps a lot! I am glad to hear you are up for a chat on it. I wasn't sure if it was a "previously gabbed" one on here or not, ha. I will be back maybe later tonight or tomorrow with more to say but for now will just say... oh that Robert Donat...ha, wowee!
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Oh wow.. thanks Kyle (and Patful too) for your extra efforts... GORGEOUS!
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Hi there Miss G...
Boy, I sure have been missing out on some really great chats on here lately. I am TRYING to get myself caught up with my reading so every so often I peruse a page or two from the more interesting threads here... and this one has been catching my eye for sure. You folks have really covered a lot of interesting territory.
I don't want to interrupt anything ongoing.... but just wanted to drop a note and say.. I FINALLY (finally.. FINALLY!) got to watch The 39 Steps (found it on youtube a while back and just have NOT had any time to sit down and watch it) It was a lot of fun.
I don't know if you all have chatted this one up yet or not... so I won't go any further (as I do not want to take you off on a tangent from anything else you have going on or drag you through a chat you've already had) so for now will just check in and let you know I have NOT been "shiftless" in my moviewatching promises to you..ha. It took me a while, but I am glad to finally have gotten the chance to sit down and watch this one tonight... ha. It's been a while since I had the time to do that... I am starting to feel like myself again.. ha.
Thanks for lettng me pop in and say hi!! Chat on, folks! :-)
PS oh golly.. ha... I just read your opening post for this thread (after I had asked you about The Farmer's Wife earlier.. ha. DUH.. ha. That one is next on my youtube watch list.. I hope.
Edited by: rohanaka on May 30, 2010 1:31 AM
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Sue, you have an heritage to be proud of. (hang on to those letters, that is a piece of history for sure) God bless your family for their service.
I am privileged to come from a family of military service and value very much the great sacrifice our men and women in uniform have given for us. I am also privileged to live in an area of the country that has several really special and interesting memorials. One is the more famous Liberty Memorial (in downtown Kansas City) that has a very newly remodeled WW1 museum that is truly worth seeing.
Another lesser known memorial park is in nearby Olathe,KS and it has a fairly new monument to the Four Chaplains. Theirs is a story I only recently became aware of, but found quite inspiring. Here is a link to the story of their sacrifice (and if you click on each man's name it gives a biography for them individually too)
http://www.fourchaplains.org/story.html
I am sure this is only one among many countless tales that could be told of all the many things our service men and women have done for our country and for us, but I am glad that we do have a record of at least some.
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Didn't he do a Pizza Hut commerical with ex-wife Ivana?
Oh good golly, you may be right. I can't keep up w/ him. ha. I only remember him doing Domino's commercials. But he might have done a Pizza Hut one too.. he is in a lot of different tv ads... I guess he needs the money. HA! (picture me.. rolling my eyes... I had to.. they were still burning.. ha)
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that's a sight I never want to see.
Ick.. my eyes are burning just at the very thought of it...
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> {quote:title=JakeHolman wrote:}{quote}
> God Bless Them All...
And their families too. They are not forgotten.
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Wow....
I was just looking back over all the GORGEOUS screencaps from TSOTH... oh me. Breathtaking. Thanks everyone, for the fun read. It will give me plenty to think about.. someday.
PS: Miss G:
Howdy Peacemaker: You keep that frozen rope handy. We'll get Mr Grimes into the Devil's Doorway (also known as his address) and I'm sure you and he will find something to say!
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz (ha) Wake me up if he ever SHOWS up!! (ha) The rope is in the freezer!! (and my hatpin is on the fire)
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Thanks and you're both welcome. The two of you always seem to enjoy the Memorial Day selections (which will be much pared down after last year's flood of WWI propaganda and enlistment posters.)
Oh no, say it aint so! I was looking forward to your Memorial Day post. (so count me in on your list of fan's for that too... Mermorial Day is kind of special around the old Rohanaka home) Last year's posters were first rate. I was just remembering them the other day and how much I enjoyed them. They really were something. So I was hoping you'd have another round for us.
(PS... I am liking that Battle of Britain poster below) I will look forward to whatever else you have (and just live off the memories from last year for the rest, ha)
Thanks for taking the time to put up whatever you have. Post on, oh guru of the movie posters.
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Oh darn.. ha Does this mean you won't be rescuing ME?? ha.
Call in the Duke.. or maybe Gary Cooper TOO!! I am still pretty sure I need rescuing!! ha.Edited by: rohanaka on May 25, 2010 12:40 PM
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Oh wow, Mr. In Hollywood... those last few are breathtaking!
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(Rohanaka, if you're OUT THERE...I'll come to the rescue).
Great! But you'll have to give me a frame of reference!! (ha) I have been so out of it lately... I likely DO need to be rescued.. but am not sure from WHAT!)
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Hello Cinemafan:
RE: Thunderheart
I caught most of it the other night too. A very unexpected suprise. I missed the first twenty minutes or so, but caught the rest.And I have to say it was better than I expected (as I started to get into the story) I happened on it totally by accident and did not know what it was as I was flipping through the channels. (ha.. I stopped to watch it because I could not figure out what Val Kilmer was doing on TCM, ha. I mean... come on... first Top Secret and now this..ha. It's a dadgum film fest for him. HA!! Ok.. kidding, only kidding... all you Val Kilmer people can sit back down)
But wow, I was drawn into this film the more I watched. I am not usually one for the mystical aspects that much of the story dealt with, (and I could have totally done w/out all the F-words that were flying all over the place too) but I have to say that I found the gradual 'awakening" of Kilmer's character (especially as he dealt w/ the Grandfather and got more and more drawn to him) really intriguing to the point that I had to keep watching if only to see how that part of the story would eventually play out.
I say again... I found it all an unexpected surprise.
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Hello, my name is Rohanaka, and it has been 2 days since my last classic movie. (HA) I need a fix.
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Hi, Ro!
(No that is not Scooby speak)
Ha... "Heh-row!" ha. (that is!)
Call me crazy, but the movie (especially the lush visuals) somehow reminded me of The Wizard of Oz.
Now that IS intriguing! And thanks for the tip on the music too. I will have to really keep an eye (and an ear out too) ha.
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"Guilty" of what!? Oh, where is the PEACEMAKER and her FROZEN ROPE when we need her!
Oh it pains me to confess I am sitting on the sidelines with this one. ha. I only WISH I had seen the movie if to muddy those "grey" waters of situational ethics again with my black and white thoughts. ha. (But truly, I do not want to dive in when I really have NO clue how deep those grey waters are and what I would be diving into this time, ha) But wowsa, you folks have made this an interesting read.
So I guess regarding the following: As always, when it's your own beliefs, they are deemed "right beliefs." It's others who are wrong. And I'm not saying "your" in regards to you. I'm speaking in general terms. We all have them, so we're all guilty in some way.
My only quick "quip" for him on that is going to be.. "A belief as not the same as a truth. And some things do not depend on what we think about them to be right or wrong".
I don't even know if it fits with what you are talking about, ha. (I am a lousy "shoot from the hip" kinda gal, ha) It was just a quck "volley" to distract him while you go in for the kill, little lady, ha.
(and PS: it almost looks like he is saying the same thing I just did about right and wrong in his reply to you, so I may be giving him grief unfairly, ha. OH the very thought of it, ha, I'd never live it down, ha) I guess I will have to keep my rope on ice for now and bide my time until better informed.
Oh... where are Rip and Vance when I need them? ha. I NEED a good go around w/ the Shifless one.. it has been too long since we had a good old knock down drag out, ha.
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> {quote:title=movieman1957 wrote:}{quote}
> If only Claudette hadn't cried her way through so much of the movie. And I really like her.
I have always loved Claudette.... and she DID do a lot of "bawlin'" in this one, didn't she, ha. But you know she FINALLY got some backbone... eventually. I like how her character progressed. (and golly wasn't she just gorgeous???)
> Someday we are going to have to a Ford/Fonda - Ford/Wayne discussion on the differences and
> similarities, if any, on the films.
Oh wow, now that would be a chat for sure. Wayne and Fonda were both such different sorts of men and they played such completely different sorts of characters in the various Ford films they were in. I think Ford must have had a knack for bringing out the best in both of them.. but just in different ways.
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Jackie... with your permission, I just wanted to drop a quick note in here and thank my personal secretaries, Miss G and you too, for keeping me on task and reminding me to watch Drums Along the Mohawk, the other night. OH wowsa. It was so worth the wait. And I truly was glad to get the chance to see it (finally)
Oh my sweet Edna May..ha. She stole the show, didn't she?? ha. She was NOT going to get up out of that bed!! ha. I loved it.
Thanks again gals. (I will pay you off in chocolate at a later date, but for now.. back to the rock monster.. ha. Rock on!)
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Are you going to watch Devil's Doorway?
I know you were asking the GREY DUDE this question, but just wanted to chime in and say that I FINALLY got to see this one myself tonight. (for the first time) Somehow I always managed to miss it when its been before. (even the QT watched it with me.) I missed the intro to it, so did not realize it was Mann. I hope the Shadow guy did see it (that ending was right up his alley)
But I don't want to derail the "Hill" talk you've all got going on here (as if I have not done that enough already w/ all my "Duke" yammering, ha) So I'll only add that I will happily chat w/ you on it when you folks have rambled all over the hillside to your content. :-)
For now I will just say, wow. I can definitely see why you and others have spoken so highly of it in the past. A very thoughtful film.
PS thanks for the tip on the HGWMV book. Sounds like a good choice.
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I loved to hate her! She was great. What a conniving..... I can't say!
Ha.... me neither... but I CAN say it rhymes with... oh no... I better not give it away.(ha)
Did I mention she was almost TOO convincing??? Oh golly I bet she was as nice as pie in real life... but GEE she was such a.... what you said (or rather didn't say, ha) in this movie.
PS: Fred... up til now I could only recall her in TNM. I will check out the other title you listed for her
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What about Marie Windsor as "Anne", her mom? Ha, another winner.
Oh wow, what a piece of work. Very well cast (almost TOO convincing, I wanted to literaly hit HER upside the head w/ that big stick I mentioned earlier, ha) I thought the flashback scene (where the Duke is remembering how he sent her packing) was really well done. OH, and the step dad too. OH my golly, was I glad the Duke at least decked him. (Because I am telling you SOMEBODY deserved to be hit in that movie, ha) But then of course I knew what the next line of the movie would be... and it turns out I was right. (I almost said it at the same time as Marie... UGH)
He doesn't need to talk like that, and it sounded just unchivalrous to me. John Wayne is best when he's teasing and a little bossy, but underneath it all, a softie with women. He's too big and rather threatening a persona to lay it on that thick, it comes off sounding unpleasant.
That's it exactly. A good contrast is how well his "bossiness" comes off in TQM with my sweet Maureen. With Donna Reed's character he was almost mean... it was hurtful and not funny at all. With Mary Kate you got the sense she sort of had it coming. (ha) Donna was more "down to business" and cold (or at least trying to be) but she just more or less "sputtered" at him when he started dishing it out. and she was not nearly so "fiesty" or "fiery" as Mary Kate. Her character was clearly was not as able to stand up to him on that level. And that, I think is why it seemed so much more one sided and harsh from him. Maybe...
Ok.. enough of the Duke detour, ha. Sorry to lead you astray.. ha. Back to the hills... (PS: Just for the record, I think you are right, ha... Mr. Layne needs to examine those scissors, up close and personal! ha. Toss away, little darlin!)
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I'm closer to "Florence Johnston" in The Jeffersons
You can call me Florence... just PLEASE don't call me FLO!! (My dear!! ha.) Especially if you have any SCISSORS in your hands!! ha.
You know there's another Dukie on tonight, right?
Yes, thanks to my faithful secretary (I appreciated that heads up last week!!)
Here is your "paycheck", young'un! Enjoy! 
And what a sweet little film it was. Not WAY high on my list of Duke faves, but overall it was entertaining. It makes you wonder what would have happened if he had done more films of this nature and fewer western/action films. I can't say that it would have gone nearly as well for him if he had.. but still, for this movie, it was not a bad performance.
But for me, the stand out was that little Sherry Jackson. WHAT a cute kid!! Though I WISH they had resolved her part of the story a bit more clearly at the end. (although we are supposed to ASSUME that it all turns out ok, I guess)
One other thing, if I have any real criticism for the movie.. ha.. (and I am by no means any sort of feminist, so nobody get all bent out of shape at me and start any wars, ha) but if I had been Donna Reed, I might have hit him over the head w/ a great big stick for all that "male chauvinist" junk he kept spouting at her. At times it was all almost too heavy handed. (like they were trying too hard to build up the "conflict" in the story) "Get a husband" "You need a man" OH brother. (HA... Jackie now I am sounding like I am a "basher" ha)
But other than THAT (ha) the basic story line was entertaining enough, if a bit "sugary". I am glad I got to see it. Thanks!!
But Gary Cooper is the one that still makes my heart go pitter pat. I sure do wish they'd made a movie together
Now wouldn't THAT have been something??? Just the thought of it, wowsa.
PS... if the strawberries run out, let me know. The ones in my garden are JUST about ripe, if we ever get any more SUNSHINE around here again)
(PS... he'd better hurry.. I am an old woman and my memory for some parts of this movie is already getting foggy, ha)
The World of Alfred Hitchcock
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> {quote:title=misswonderly wrote:}{quote}
> All I was trying to say was, sometimes it does feel like one group is happy with the people they
> already chat with, and arent' necessarily happy about outsiders coming in. I'm quite possibly
> wrong about that.
I am sure that you are.
And gee.. I know you are not trying to sound "confrontational" or as you put it, "snippy", but now you are almost sounding rather accusatory. Again, I hope I am misreading you.
Far be it from me to attempt to know the true motives of anyone here except myself, but as far as I can tell, there are no posters here who resent any genuine person posting about anything anywhere on the board (again, so long as they are polite and respectful) If one is truly wanting to honestly participate here, I am sure that person can find numerous threads to enjoy on this board, (as you seem to have already been doing, by the way).
And again.. I see no reason to carry this particular conversation any further.. so no need to respond.
Let's move on, shall we? As you say, this is a fun thread, Hitchcock is waiting.
> No hard feelings?
Well, of course not.