rosebette
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So strange to see the award winners in what we consider "street clothes" when now all the attention is on what the people on the Red Carpet are wearing.
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So strange to see the award winners in what we consider "street clothes" when now all the attention is on what the people on the Red Carpet are wearing.
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If I had those stamps, I don't think I'd use them. They're beautiful!
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I love Irene Dunne in "The Awful Truth," and never tire of this movie. Despite the fact that Grant and Dunne seem to be independently wealthy without working, I think they behave convincingly as a married couple who are well aware of the other's faults. The two actors play off each other with a great naturalness. Of course, Dunne clearly gets the better of him -- the scene where she pretends to be his sister is priceless! I don't think she didn't get the Oscar because of her politics; Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, and others were also conservatives. I think she was simply underrated, and frankly, her performances hold up much better than more well-known stars because she is so unaffected. Her timing's also perfect, probably because she was also a great singer.
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My vote is Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes. While the British series with Jeremy Brett had more authentic Victorian flavor, I thought sometimes his performance was a bit mannered and over the top. Also, Basil looks the part. I just watched some of the Universal films in a DVD set I got for Christmas, and those shots of him with the dressing gown and the violin, even the shape of his head and profile are exactly like the illustrations in the original stories. Basil also has an undercurrent of sexiness when he plays scenes with women, even as Sherlock, which is rather appealing and surprising, since one thinks of him in the stories as rather asexual. On another note, I find Nigel Bruce's performances hammy and not true to the character of Watson at all. Maybe Bas as Sherlock and Jude Law as Watson -- there's an idea to contemplate!
Runner up -- Humphrey Bogart as either Sam Spade or Philip Marlowe. No one can handle great dialogue from those hard-boiled writers like Chandler and Hammett the way Bogie can.
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I thought The Artist was a delightful film, kind of a Singin' in the Rain, except the Gene Kelly goes downhill, rather than gets a fresh career from sound. The lead actor actually reminds me a bit of Kelly, but in the drunk scenes, he also reminds me of Frederic March -- in A Star is Born, of course. I, too, am really sick of CGI and movies that are just endless action with no script, or remakes, or sequels. However, after seeing Hugo, I'm convinced Hugo is the best picture and both says something about film, and yet also does many wonderful things visually, the only 3D film I've seen that really uses that technique in an artistic, rather than a gimmicky way. The entire cast of Hugo is also excellent, from Ben Kingsley to funny Sasha Cohen to the little boy who plays Hugo..
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Why do I think that it's not hair that everyone's looking at?
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> {quote:title=1968B2 wrote:}{quote}I know, I'm having fun w/it, too. At first, I didn't know what was going on w/the Brian Aherne; I was wondering if it was Lubitsch, but I knew it couldn't be. And then I researched. I love James Whale.
> I agree, can't wait for INVISIBLE MAN. It's been ages for me, too.
The reason you thought the director might be Lubitsch is that the same person who wrote the screen play also wrote the script for some of the Lubitsch films. It definitely had that feeling about it. Brian Aherne was terrific, really over the top. Olivia's naturalness really stood out against his performance as the actor's actor!
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Just finished watching "The Great Garrick." What a delightful film! I've never seen it before. The entire cast is funny and charming. Aherne is a beautiful ham, and I don't think I've ever seen Olivia so lovely. It's also fun to try to spot Lana Turner.
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I was watching Amy Poehler in Parks and Recreation the other night and noticed her resemblance to Carole Lombard in her more comic/less glamorous moments.
While Poehler's a little heftier (she's had a few babies), the two actresses share the same coloring, bone structure, and kookie comic timing.
I've made a couple of attempts to post pictures, but I guess I'm too technologically impaired to succeed at it!
Edited by: rosebette on Jan 21, 2012 2:02 PM
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I was watching Amy Poehler in Parks and Recreation the other night and noticed her resemblance to Carole Lombard in her more comic/less glamorous moments.
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While Poehler's a little heftier (she's had a few babies), the two actresses share the same coloring, bone structure, and kookie comic timing.
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> {quote:title=LonesomePolecat wrote:}{quote}I would have to agree that The Court Jester is Danny's best. I would never have guessed he was 43! Where did he get all that energy? I love him being snapped in and out of being suave, especially when he's sword fighting. Love the songs, too. "I'm not loo loo loo-ing, sire, I'm willow willow wailing."
What about Basil Rathbone, who was 63 when he fought that duel? Just think Rathbone's most famous dueling partners were 6 feet under by that age -- Errol Flynn (at 50) and Tyrone Power (at 45)!
Edited by: rosebette on Jan 21, 2012 1:34 PM
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Errol Flynn was born in 1909 and died at 50 in 1959. He would have been 43 or 44 when Master of Ballantrae was made, depending on how much later the release date was from the time it was filmed. I didn't catch the airing, or Osborne's talk before and after it, but if he said Flynn was 51, that would be a pretty major gaffe.
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How about Hugh Jackman, who can sing, dance, and do action/stunt work? I think he's completely wasted under all the hair and claws in Wolverine. 50 years ago, he would have been a top musical-comedy and swashbuckling star, kind of like Gene Kelly in the The Pirate.
"The Court Jester" is my favorite Danny Kaye movie. Another bonus besides Glynnis Johns and her delicious voice is the deliciously evil, but still skillfull swordsman Basil Rathbone.
> {quote:title=Sepiatone wrote:}{quote}I don't know if it's Kaye's best either, but it IS Kaye AT his best!
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> Which leaves me to wondering...IF you were to remake this movie, WHO could you possibly get to cast it? Considering you want to use all the same costumes, the same script, same music, sets and the like.
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> WHO in this day and age could HANDLE Kaye's part? Robin Williams could possibly handle the rapid-fire delivery as well as Kaye, but doesn't LOOK the part. And probably doesn't carry a tune as well.
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> Kaye was among those in the industry that marked an era that today has sadly long passed. there aren't many alive today that remain. Mickey Rooney, perhaps. But who these days are the "triple threats" that movie makers had back in the '30's, '40's and '50's? Garland's gone. Miller's gone. Astair is gone. Kelly's gone. Powell is gone. Keeler is gone. I have NO idea if either Ryan Gosling and Scarlette Johannson can sing and dance. PLUS act! That aspect of movie making died with those who made it great. Many genre's have been revived, like noir-type plotlines, and westerns keep popping up from time to time. Too sadly, movies made from today's crop of Broadway so-called "musicals" are too "cookie cutter" in their musical scores. "Rent" was a pretentious, vapid waste of time( and name ONE SONG besides that ridiculous "however many minutes" tune you can walk out humming from it?), and don't even GET me started on Andrew Viod Blather! Oh, but for another Harry Warren!
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> I-I've said too much. Any dissenters?
> Sepiatone
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As opposed to Cary Grant in any other year, when he wasn't beautiful? My memories of the movie were that his close ups were the best thing in it.
> {quote:title=willbefree25 wrote:}{quote}Why was it dropped? I've never seen it either.
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> Cary Grant, in 1937, when he was beautiful?
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> And your decision, TCM, was made because?...............................................
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I saw this movie years ago, and as a Grant vehicle, it's disappointing. It mainly showcases Grace Moore, while Grant gets great lines like, "Gee, you're swell."
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Speaking of Comcast....we have Comcast, which is now Comcast/Xfinity, and we switched to one of those plans that includes phone and Internet about 3 months ago. Since late September, we've been getting a lot of digital breakup and blackouts on TCM, particularly during primetime -- from 8:00 PM onward, although occasionally during the day, too. TCM is the only station that does this. We had a service person come by and he tightened a lot of connections, etc., but he said that it is because of the copper wiring and cabling in our house (which is about 30 years old), and that eventually all our stations and reception will deteriorate, and TCM's signal is on a certain "band" and is showing sign of deterioration first. Of course, changing all the wiring in our house is an expensive project, and I don't completely buy his explanation, either, since TCM is the only station that's giving us a problem. I think there's a problem with the satellite transmission.
Any opinions on this one?
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How about "Good Sam" which was on last night? Leonard Maltin gave it 2 stars, and my husband and I thought it was charming and delightful. Also, Ann Sheridan as an underrated actress -- she had great comic timing and also knew how to pull the heartstrings with her tough/tender characterization as Gary Cooper's wife.
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Watch Flynn in Gentleman Jim, especially the scene with Ward Bond as John L. Sullivan as he hands him his boxing award, or the farewell scene with Olivia deHavilland in They Died with Their Boots on. Also, he's excellent in Dawn Patrol. All three are very fine performances.
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My top 5 favorites are:
Cary Grant
Errol Flynn
Gary Cooper
Ronald Colman
James Cagney
I have many other favorites, too, but I can't resist a film with any of these 5 guys.
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It's the best film of the year -- a magical experience for movie-lovers and kids at heart. I'm not a 3-D fan, but I felt it was used beautifully. Fine performances, too, by a good cast.
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> {quote:title=Sprocket_Man wrote:}{quote}Lewis's story should have been made public, the Academy should have taken away Young's Oscar, and Gable should've paid more visits to Judy (that one time she met him, what was Gable thinking? Her account of their meeting paints a picture of a man who was certainly capable of great tenderness, but for him -- and Young -- to hold out the promise of further contacts between father and daughter, and then not to follow through was terribly cruel. it would probably have been better had Lewis never met Gable at all).
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> In its offhanded way, all this just cements my conviction that Loretta Young was as humorless an actress who ever lived.
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I didn't realized the Academy Award was based on "moral" merit. In that case, should we take it away from Ingrid Bergman, Susan Sarandon (who has been in an out of wedlock relationship for years and played a nun?), Jane Fonda (for "unpatriotic" political opinions)? There are many people who make mistakes in their lives. Should they all be publicly put on trial? Perhaps Loretta Young, Ingrid Bergman, and all other women who have had out of wedlock children or relationships should be put in stocks and made to wear a scarlet A.
By the same token, will we similarly punish all male actors who have been involved in similar relationships?
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I think Flynn had marvelous comic sense in his film work, but the Flynn in the Abbot and Costello sketch is clearly Flynn in decline. I can scarcely bear to watch some of the TV clips of his work for that reason.
Also, film and live TV or stage work are completely different. Rathbone was an experienced stage actor and probably ready for anything, even gaffes, fun, and mistakes. As an actor from the old British stage tradition, he probably had some experience watching the music halls; he did a great job masquerading as a music hall entertainer in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. I think he didn't do comedy on screen because he was bound by the screen persona of Holmes or the villain. But who knows, maybe he could have branched out into Monty Python if given the chance?
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I think the moral objection to Dr. Zhivago's character is that he is portrayed romantically as an idealist. Even the book treats him that way, as if somehow his poet's sensibility places him above moral codes. I see his death as a tragic irony and also as an image of the impersonal and cold place Russia has become, not as "punishment" for his sins (which would be more of a Hays office interpretation!) In any case, I have great difficulty with the story now, although when I saw it as a young girl, I thought it very romantic. When I saw the British TV version as a young mother, I nearly pitched a fit as Zhivago takes off and leaves the pregnant Tanya on the farm, chopping wood!
post-Oscars sartorial review (aka FASHION GESTAPO!)
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Angelina needs to eat something. Her arms looked like matchsticks. Meanwhile, my hubby is drooling hoping for JLo to have a wardrobe malfunction.
Best dresses -- Penelope Cruz and Jessica Chastain