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Oh wait.. I went back and looked again... The Duke and Sweet Maureen are at the top of MISS G's list... but not necessarily at the top of THE list.... Still.. if you COMBINED lists and added the points.... (are you up for it, Mr. Grey??)

50 points for #1, 49 points for #2, and so on. If I may blab my way into your conversation, here, folks.... Let me get this straight, Grey Dude... you have devised a point system based on the number of characters (played by the same person) that you and Miss G have on your lists... and have ranked the actors by how many times (and what number) characters they played were mentioned?? Can I be included in your count too?? ha. Because if you are willing to add in MORE votes..ha.. just seeing my two MOST favorite actors of all time ON TOP of your tally right now.. ha... Well... it would be enough to make me even TRY to come up w/ a list just to help KEEP them there.. ha. (I am so partisan when it comes to vote counts..ha. I like to support my candidates!! ha)

you probably told me that Ha.. If I did, I likely learned it from Miss G!!! (ha.. what little I have learned on my own, in the way of movie facts etc, you could fit in a thimble and still have plenty of room to spin it around. ha.) still think we should have a Quiet Man get together ourselves - all our families, then we can act goofy and say all the lines of the movie, but in Cong! But DON'T drag me through the sheep field.... HA!!!! Now wouldn't it be fun if we could add that stop on our whirlwind "Ford Country" tour. That would be a dream come true.. ha. And I am with you on the sheep field... ha. I am such a whiner.. ha. would have to wear some sort of hazmat suit before I'd let anyone drag me through that stuff!!! ha. That Mary Kate was one tough cookie!!! :-) PS: Patrick Wayne Ha... now you gals have got me all curious.. ha. I never noticed that before. I will have to go look at a picture of the two of them side by side... ha.

You can take back my candy if you want.... NO way, little darlin'. You can have all the candy you want. (plus.. if I took back you candy.. you might ask me for that cupcake..ha... and it is LONG gone..ha.) No harm done, little miss.. It is just such a crack up that we seem to post at the same time.. ha. We must be having those "pyschic" sister connections. HA!! :-) As I recall the whole TQM cast was like one big family reunion w/ all of those Duke kids.. and Maureen and her brothers.. John and Francis Ford.. and then you have Arthur Shields and Barry Fitzgerald... good golly... imagine all the Hollywood sibling rivaly.. ha. (Just kidding, ha... I bet they had a blast!) :-)

oop... Jackie.. you beat me to it.. ha. (I was pretty sure that was who Ms Cutter was referring to. I did not know the name of his cohort..ha.. but I knew one of them was FitzSimons... and also related to sweet Maureen.... I think one of her other brothers played Father Paul as well) PS: Ladies... re the pic I posted earlier... ha. I love it too.. It was in my photobucket, and am not sure where it came from exactly.. but I likely swiped it from one of you! ha.

WOO HOO!!!!! (yes folks... she CAN be taught!! ha) Ms Favell.. your lovely cupcake was an EXCELLENT motivator.. ha. I have not had lunch (OR breakfast) so it will hit the spot!! ha. (But as you can see.. the crowd has already started forming.. these guys look hungry too!!) Edited by: rohanaka on Mar 10, 2010 1:58 PM

YAY!!!!!! ha... that's the pic!! My most fave one of all from the film. (thanks little sis!!) And thanks Miss G and Ms Cutter too... I had NO idea..ha. I will see if I can figure it out if I ever want to try to post anything else in here... (OH great.. just when I finally figure out how to post the OLD way.. ha they have to go and add a new TWIST to things..don't they know I am inept and hard to train????????? ) ha.

Ok.. ha. I give up.. I can't seem to post any images to this thread.. it could be my technophobia is setting in.. ha. So instead I will just say.. The Quiet Man ROCKS!! ha. Edited by: rohanaka on Mar 10, 2010 12:59 PM

OH Ms Favell..... THANK YOU so much for that wonderful article on my most favortie movie of all time. What a nice tribute to The Quiet Man, and to John Ford, as a director as well. I love how the author shows how some of the very things that critcs find to "bash" about the film are the same things that others find so endearing. What some see as a weakness or a detraction to the story, others find to be an entertaining and appealing aspect of the film. To each his own, ha. I have loved The Quiet Man since the very first time I ever saw it. (Which was later in life than you might think.. ha. I was in my mid twenties!! But that was STILL a long, long time ago.) Way back in the very early 80's I went to the theaters to see ET, and I saw the clip of TQM that is played in that movie. (where Mary Kate is caught hiding in the cottage (because she had come there to clean it up) and Sean grabs her and kisses her... and then she slaps him a good one before kissing him back, ha) I had NO idea what film it was and it bugged me everytime I saw ET (ha.. which was at least 3 or 4 more times) because I have always enjoyed the Duke (AND Ms O'Hara too) And keep in mind that this was way back before I could just go home and google it on the internet ,etc) And I guess back then I was too lazy (or too busy.... whatever you want to call it, ha) to go to the LIBRARY and look it up the old FASHIONED way,ha. So it was maybe another five or six years later when I happened to catch TQM on either TBS or maybe AMC on St Pat's Day.... and when it got to that part of the movie.. and John Wayne lets out that yell before she screams.. ha. I sat up in my chair and yelled back, "FINALLY!!!" ha. And I was a true fan, ever since. Thanks again for your post. (OH.. and also for the GORGEOUS pics from HGWMV... that first one.. breathtaking) PS: Miss G posted this youtube a while back, and I have held onto it ever since... TOO funny... I STILL say I want to go to a a party JUST like this!!! ha. Edited by: rohanaka on Mar 10, 2010 12:53 PM

I will look forward to it, little lady!! :-) It may be a few days (maybe even next week) before I can get to it.. but now that I have FOUND it..ha. I really do want to see it soon. I 'll check back in when I am able to at least START watching it. (ha. PS.. Jackie.. I see we posted at the same time earlier..ha.. how many times has THAT happened??? ha) Thanks for the offer, though. If I had not found it, I'd have been in need of your secretarial services for sure. Ha.)

duh... Hitchcock's 39 Steps... found it.. on youtube (where else??) And after all this time of "wishing" . ha. It was just there for the watching right in front of my nose!! OH, when will I ever learn to look there first (before whining?? ha) Glad to have finally come across it (and this way it can be watched on MY schedule.. and I am no longer subject to the whims of tv programming schedules.. ha. Who do those folks think they are putting movies that I want to see on at times when I am too busy (OR more likey too dopey to remember) to watch??) HA!!

Hitchcock's The 39 Steps and North By Northwest Oh good gravy, Miss G... how could I have forgotten North by Northwest?? I LOVE that movie. Good golly... As for The 39 Steps... that film has been on my Wanna See list for so long.. it is starting to grow moss!! ha. (I keep MISSING it) I even tried to watch the PBS Masterpiece Theater version that aired recently... I know.. not "THE classic" but still wanted to see it... and I missed THAT one too.. I am a mess. ha. One day...

21,000?!!! Woohoo!! Way to go, little Missy! Time to celebrate!! (you know me.. I love any excuse for cake!!) This one calls for something extra special... how about some SPARKLERS!! Congrats to Miss G... and here's to 21,000 more!! :-)

Hiya Ms Cinemafan... Hope you get to see The Fugitive (film). If you like action/suspense... it is pretty good. (at least we always liked it here.) I never was a huge fan of the series... but it has been years and years.. We more or less watched what my dad did when I was a kid, and as I recall, it was not on his list. ha. So it could just be thatI might have overlooked it back in the day. Fury is an EXCELLENT film... and thinking of Spencer Tracy, it puts me in mind of another one, that was just on TCM not too long ago... also a "fugitive" story... The Seventh Cross... oh wow.

think we watched Knight Without Armour about the same time, Ro....sort of like we watched it together. What a great romantic "on the run" movie... when they are in the forest......mmmm, sigh You are right.. I believe that one was a Bronxie recommendation either last spring or summer... I remember our chat... OH the forest scene... Gosh the images in that film were just stunning. (that part where she is coming down the hill in her flowing white gown as the angry workers (are charging at her... and then they all just sort of stop and stare at one another.. before they overtake her... OH wow.) I hope to catch that film on tape sometime... very good movie

OH little gal, I was counting on it!! ha. (did I mention I am going to need all the help I can get??)

I know this is not really a "classic", but I thoroughly enjoy the Harrison Ford/Tommy Lee Jones version of The Fugitive. OH golly... talk about suspense... and that train wreck... wowsa. Not to mention all the HILARIOUS one liners by Jones's character. One favorite that we quote around here all the time (especially if we are out at the lake and see someone fishing) is the line where everyone (except Tommy Lee) thinks Ford's character has died by jumping off the edge of a drain pipe into some deep water... and one police guy tell's Tommy Lee Jones, that he is "fish food".... so Jones replies, "Go get a cane pole and catch the fish that ate him". HA!! I love that bit. OH.. and I just thought of one more that I enjoyed very much.. this past year I saw A Knight Without Armor for the first time... OH me. What a story... Edited by: rohanaka on Mar 7, 2010 3:30 PM

Item one on to-do list: make sure you have blank tapes! Ha...I am way ahead of schedule on that one, little missy. After I read this thread and looked into the May schedule.. ha... I went on a house wide search to locate my few remaining blank cassettes. (Alas.. with my supply running low.. I imagine the modern world of DVR's are only a matter of time for me.. but thank goodness I can still hold out a little longer. I am DREADING the day when I have to give up my old and worn out, yet still somehow comforting way of life... ha. Technophobia is such a debilitating thing sometimes. ha) OH.. and here's a little bonus check for you kiddo... just to say THANKS for helping me keep on task. I am going to need all the reminders I can get.. I am such a lame brain about that schedule. ha.

Woo Hoo.... I just took a look at a portion of May's schedule (will go back and look at the rest later) and have already set my "reminders" for two I have been looking for for what seems like forever... Cheyenne Autumn and Drums Along The Mohawk (double "woo hoo" on THAT one, ha) They may have been shown on here in the past, but I have never been able to catch them. And I will add The Rising of the Moon to my reminder list as well..OH golly... May is TWO months away.. ha. I will need all the help I can get to NOT forget to check that schedule. OH secretaries... (golly... I better stock up on candy!) :-)

whoops, Ms Cutter...not Jackie.. but Ro.. But thanks for adding some more for me to watch for... I am going to see if I can find it, for sure. :-)

OH wow, Miss G. You and the "Mud Man" have really got me all interested in TPOSI, to say the least. I had heard of the title before, but it is one of those Fordies that I had never heard anyone mention much and had more or less pushed it aside to think about until I had seen all the ones I still had on my "Wanna See" list... but now my Wanna See list has a new official listing. Golly... just the minute I think I can cross one off... you folks go and give me another one to add. ha. So many movies... so little time. :-)

OH golly, Ms Favell... I love Little Women. It has been one of my favorite stories of all times. (My aunt gave me the book when I was about 10, I think.. I cried so hard while reading that.. ha.. you can still see the tear stains on the pages..ha. because yes.. I still have it. ha) I've never seen the more modern version, but have seen both of the more classic ones several times. I don't know for sure which I prefer as I love them both... but DO agree about Astor.. and also.. have to say... my fave Beth is little Margaret... OH golly.. when she comes in all soaking wet with the Scarlet Fever.. and tells Jo to stay back... GOOD GRAVY I just about bust out bawling... and of course the scene w/the piano... where she has to go thank Mr. Laurence.. .oh good grief.. just hand me the whole box of Kleenex. (HA) I always thought that little Beth March was just too good for this world. OH sob, cry, weep, sniff.. HA. I know... I am so pathetic. ha. :-)

Oh gee..ha. Sounds like my "happy ending' was a better one than Sam's. ha. Oh yeah! The Stephen King one OH me oh my... WBS, I almost brought that one up myself... the one w/ the "Devil" Al... still gives me the creeps. aaaggghhh

What a good show.... Oh man. I am going to have to rent some and re-watch them. I loved how they tied episodes together - especially the Al episodes in Vietnam - and then the ones with Sam going home.... I really liked the "Al" character (Stockwell).. and how he would try to interact w/ the people Sam was talking to or dealing with.. and of course.. they could not see him. He was so funny sometimes.. and also he would get so involved.. trying to warn them of danger, etc. And the way he would always pop in at just the right (or wrong) time.. it was an interesting twist to the story. Probably one of the more "serious' episodes that really stood out for me was the JFK one where Sam changes history by SAVING Jackie. He felt all defeated because he couldn't save the president.. only to find out that is not why he was there afterall.. Wow... now that was an ending. OH.. ha.. and PS: after reading your post, ha... I have to confess.. (how embarrassing..ha) As much as I liked this show... I MISSED most of the final season.. including the LAST EPISODE ha. (As I recall.. that was the same year I married the QT...ha. I was a little busier that year than usual. HA!!) I have NO idea what became of Sam at the end.. gasp :-) Edited by: rohanaka on Mar 5, 2010 2:08 PM

Howdy Jackie: Glad to see another Quantum Leap fan over here.... you'd think we were the only two who watched the show OH wow.. ha. I never missed that show. ha. It was so different and more entertaining (at least to me) than most anything that came on at that time that it really drew me in. This was way back in my "shoe store manager" retail days..ha. And since I was the manager, I got to make out the scheudule.. and I am embarrassed to admit.. ha.. I always made sure that whatever night that show came on (was it Thursday??? I can't recall now) I NEVER worked nights. ha. I had to either make sure I was working days or just take that one as my one day off a week so I could be home that evening to watch. ha. ( I know.. kinda sad, wasn't it?? ha.) I still laugh every time I think of the episode w/ Buddy Holly where the REAL reason Sam was sent there was to tell the teenaged Buddy to change his lyrics to "Peggy Sue" instead of "Piggy Su--ey" ha. He'd been making up little songs throughout the whole story and ended up singing to a PIG at one point.. and Sam never knew who he WAS right up to the very end. ha. Golly... it's been a gazillion years since I saw that, but it still cracks me up. ha. Ok.. ha.. sorry for that trip down memory lane.. ha. Back to little Dean. :-) I'm afraid she was only fascinated with the bird..... Ha... oh well. Like I always tell the kidling..ha.. different people like different things!! :-)