feaito
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I only wanted to say, that after reading what Moviejoe said about Norma Shearer, I agree with him...I've always felt like this about her (it's sort of uncanny..he said & wrote sort of the same thing a I've had going on my mind, long ago)...I've been a fan of hers since ever, but there's this dicotomy or ambivelence/mixed feelings towards her personae and her acting abilities...Anyway she was a GREat Star...she tried hard to be a good actress...she tried hard at looking the in the best way...she had strengh and perseverance...and she gave some very fine performances...but sometimes tended to overact a little bit...anyway, again, she has something, that special quality...that makes you fall under her spell..and She WAS CLASSY, SAVVY, smart, etc...she wasn't dumb at all..She'll be forever a favorite of mine.
I don't believe either, that Hedy Lamarr was dumb, maybe a not so good actress (but watch her in H.M. Pulham Squire or Experiment Perilous, she's very good on thos movies)... I've always thought of her as one of the most beautiful women ever....Where are you ANTAR??? Speak for her!!
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Sometimes it amazes me the childish remarks I've seen written around this board, thank god most of the people who participate here aren't like that...but there are few...
I've always said it's no use comparing books to movies...nor 1980's movies with 1920's movies, and so on....things must be regarded, focusing on the period/times/era to which they belong...
How can I compare objectively the 1945 The Postman always rings twice with the 1982 version... when there's a whole difference of attitude, censorship, environment, etc... or the 1955 version of the end of the affair, with Deborah Kerr and Van Johnson...with then recent version with Julianne Moore and Ralph Fiennes....One can has his own opinions, i.e: in spite of censorship I like better the 1945 version of "The Postman..", because it's a much better-made film, although I cannot compare both films on equivalent terms...
Another thing that bothers me very much is when critics compare movies based on books, with the books themselves!!! that's impossible, they've got different "Languages"...they cannot be compared!!! period...
So one must learn to enjoy his passion, the old & classic movies...without dismissing the actual and current excellent american, spanish, german, english...or whatever...films & actors... because there are..there always have been good & bad films...it's true, nowadays evrything is more "permissive" and has an much more "in your face" attitude, but there are excellent films like "Gattaca", "Dangerous Liaisons", "Goodfellas", "Far way from heaven", "Almost Famous"....that cannot be compared to classic films, because it'e like comparing peaches with apples...Thus, comparing Gwyneth Paltrow to Grace Kelly or J. Lo to Rita Hayworth, is useless, because their movie personas obbey to different needs, of different eras...and the star system of the classic golden era has a sociological meaning or explanation, that has todo do with its era, the preeminence of cinema over other media expressions, etc, etc...
So, maybe Rita, Lana and now Catherine Z-Jones, aren't very good actresses...but sometimes (with the right director, part, producer, etc..) they've hit the Jackpot, with Gilda, The Bad and the beautiful, Cover Girl or Chicago... and they've been good...although classic film female stars, have that "aura" of a long-gone era, that catches us under its spell...
Besides...if the censorship hadn't existed in 1946, maybe Rita's dance in Gilda, would have ended sort of "topless"...who knows???
I want to end this long post, by stating that in my opinion, Halle Berry is a beautiful lady, very beautiful indeed...I do believe that her beauty is natural, not thanks to plastic surgery...One has to look at her mother, she's got similar features... her mother is white and her father is black... so there's a beautiful mixture of races in her being..she's as beautiful as Tyra Banks, or Naomi Campbell, beautiful ladies with mixed-races...as beautiful as 100% black ladies like Whitney Houston, Toni Braxton or Sade also are...beauty is everywhere....Freidi Washington, Mildred Washington, Lena Horne, Dorothy Dandridge were also ravishing beauties... Let's not misjudge and treat bad a beautiful girl as Halle, she's proved to be more than just a beautiful face..she's an actress..and show me an actress who nowadays don't make nude or sex scenes!!, there aren't too many!!....It's just the sign of times
We must try to be constructive with our opinions...
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Spencer Tracy
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Knock on Wood?
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Both movie versions of Lillian Hellman's play are good....but I'd say, that in spite of censorship troubles the 1936 film had to undergo and in spite of the fact that the 1963 version, could be "more faithful" to the play (about the lesbianism issue)....the 1936 movie is superior, and has excellent performances...especially by Miriam Hopkins, Bonita Granville, Catherine Doucet and Alma Kruger....well, Merle Oberon was good too....and Joel McCrea, was all right as the guy "in between" both female friends
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No, no, no...perhaps in Charade he or Audrey hided themselves in a bathtub....but it was in Operation Petticoat, were he took a a shower fully clothed
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in Charade?
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The Toreador song is also featured in 1939's "Balalaika" with Ilona Massey and Nelson Eddy
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He was a clockmaker
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No!!! I'm wrong it is Telly Savalas...the unforgettable Kojak
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I'd say it's either James Garner or Lee Marvin...
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Good movie...watched on local TV...very, very entertaining...Heflin & Hayward have lots of chemistry and make an excellent couple!! sadly, seems to be unavailable
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I watched it on TV, long ago..Kirk Douglas goes to a town after many years...to meet her daughter (Lynley) who was raised by her mother (Malone-Douglas's old flame) and her husband (Joseph Cotten)...Hudson was in love with Lynley, or not?....It's an entertaining western...a good movie...
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I only know that the 1935 Metropolitan, the first film (a musical) released by 20th Century Fox, featured the Toreador sung by Lawrence Tibbett and an aria from faust sung by him and Virginia Bruce...I'm noy sure if this is the movie you're searching...I hope so..
As for Chopin, biography I only have seen the 1945 A song to remember with Cornel Wilde, Merle Oberon...but it's a technicolor movie, it's not b& W
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William Wellman's 1949 Yellow Sky with Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter and Richard Widmark
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I saw this movie (my brother purchased the dvd), and it's very funny... Mature is great as the faded star... and Sellers, as usual, is great!
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No, I'm wrong, that's the name of the dog he owned in 1985...
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Einstein?
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First choice: I'm sitting on Top of the world
Second choice: It all depends on you
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Or maybe...on second thoughts...William Frawley?
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George Jessel?
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Thanks for all the help Stlgal...I knew all about it 'cos I had searhed information everywhere...at google, yahoo, altavista, etc...
It seems this movie, must be a lost one....I've never heard of it again....but I'll keep trying..
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Beautiful dreamer?
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Thanks Catcarson....I've tried everything...this poster from the movie, I saw somewhere in time, had no names on it, no cast...nothing!...I've checked at all the databases of the world, etc...I've tried checking Monogram movies, one by one, etc...maybe this movie was made by another poverty row studio...I don't know.
Iknew about Love of three queens...I also konow that there's an italian film from 1947 (Geneveffa di Brabante) and a spanish movie from 1965 (Genoveva de Brabante)...maybe this american 1930's film, used other names for the character!!
I'll keep searching...
Trivia -- Week of October 13, 2003
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Jayne Mansfield?