feaito
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Yeah Ken..that's it! Excellent! Your Turn.
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Bad Day at Black Rock
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Again close....but not that one...keep trying!
Clue 4: An alluring blonde woman
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Hi Debbie and Susan,
You are right Debbie, Brennan won his 2nd Oscar for "Kentucky". He won his first one for "Come and Get it" ('36) and his third for "The Westerner" ('40).
And Susan, I checked the credits of "Playboy of Paris" and the correct spelling is "Philibert".
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Not that one..never seen it, but you're "somehow" close;)
Clue 3: A Gambling Casino
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Stoney...as for my part I haven't. I'd love to.
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Not that one Ken...
Clue # 2: A miner
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OK, thanks.
Let's see...
Clue # 1: San Francisco
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Teresa Wright, a luminous, unaffected, 100% natural performer, who lighted-up many a film with her talent and presence. I am sure she rests in peace, because she seemed to be a very good human being too.
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Susan,
When I get home, I'll check the film's Opening Credits, ok? I'm pretty sure it's "Phillibert", but not 100%.
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I saw "The Comedy of Terrors" for the first time the other day...it's engaging! Loved Rathbone, Price, Karloff and Lorre in it, such seasoned pros! Joe E. Brown's cameo is funny.
I had bought the DVD edition long ago and hadn't seen it...in fact I hadn't high hopes about it and mainly had bought the double-feature DVD, because of "The Raven", in which a very young Jack Nicholson is featured.
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Happy Birthday sweet Lolite...have a nice time watching dear Marie Dressler
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Continue with the great job, Dan!! I'm amazed by the huge effort you put in this thread, thanks!
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For another clue...The Informer?
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I was greatly "indebted" here... At last I saw "Playboy of Paris" in its entirety.
A very good film indeed, starring the charming "chansonnier" Maurice Chevalier, whose star shines brightly in this picture. He plays a waiter who inherits a fortune of one million francs, but cannot quit his job, unless...I won't tell you more 'cos I'll spoil the surprise.
Dear Frances Dee in her first leading role, obviously gets to play nothing more than a proper and charming leading lady, but in my opinion she succeeds in more than that, 'cos she plays the role convincingly, with charm and "punch". She's the strong-willed daughter of Monsieur Phillibert, the proprietor of "Le Petit Caf?" in which Chevalier works. She's always arguing and discharging Chevalier, who she seemingly cannot stand...but you know, love and hate are "close feelings"...where does one begin and the other ends?
As Yvonne, Frances looks fresh, pretty and classy, and she has the french-type (incidentally). IMHO, she gives a noteworthy, charming performance, in this her first leading role, and has good rapport and chemistry with Chevalier.
Wonderful support from Eugene Pallette and Stuart Erwin, who play Chevalier's pals who work at the kitchen of "Le Petit Caf?". Dorothy Christie is alluring as a society butterfly Chevalier falls for and Cecil Cunningham is funny as a Chevalier's neglected-singer-girlfriend.
I'm so happy I got to see this largely unavailable feature.
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I have to disagree concerning "The Shanghai Gesture"; maybe Gene Tierney hadn't fully developed into the good actress she became later, but I liked her in that movie, as the spoiled rich girl who is "caught under the spell" of gambling, the casino, decadence, Orient, Victor Mature, etc...eventually causing her "perdition".
I loved Von Sternberg's decadent and baroque mis?-en-scene, and Walter Huston's and Ona Munson's strong performances in that film...sure it's a "fantasy" world, just like the "universes" he created to surround Dietrich in the pictures in which he directed her, but nonetheless enthralling.
Just my opinion.
I agree that Tierney's best performances were in "Leave Her to Heaven" (great film), "Razor's Edge", "Ghost and Mrs. Muir" and "Laura"...but I've liked her in almost everything I've seen her in, from "Plymouth Adventure" to "The Egyptian", and beyond...even as a south seas native in "Son of Fury"
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Yes Ken...way to go! Congratulations! Your turn.
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For creating Mickey Mouse?
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Sorry but I was not able to log-in last night...
Clue 1: Central Park
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The Jungle Princess?
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The Last Gangster with Rosa Stradner and Edward G.Robinson?
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Mesalia?
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Cheers for the ever-lovely Frances Dee McCrea! I'm sure she's having a wonderful time in heaven with husband Joel.
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At last, what really matters is that the memories and achievements (on film) of all of these cherished stars and actors from Hollywood's Golden Age (1920-1960), will be with us, ardent film buffs, forever...Joel Mcrea, Ann Sothern, Alexis Smith, Anna Lee, Frances Dee, Nancy Carroll, Hattie McDaniel, Fay Wray et al. And we can keep them alive forever, because there are always new memebers who are "entering our club"
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Hi Debbie,
I traded some movies with a musical films' collector from Venezuela; "Playboy of Paris" and "Monte Carlo", along with other early '30s Paramounts, were part of the exchange. I was lucky indeed, although in the case of "Playboy...", the copy I got runs 71 minutes and at www.us.imdb.com it's listed as running a total of 76 or 79 minutes, so most probably sth. is missing, but I did not notice it.
On second thoughts, I'm almost sure that one of the missing portions is when Chevalier sings "My Ideal", 'cos she only sings it, a little bit (in the copy I got) in the scene where he gets drunk in the wine cellar.
I've always thought as the classic "French-type", ladies with short black-raven hair, so that's why I stated that Frances Dee, incidentally's got it. Just my opinion
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I read in Chevalier's book, that some critics thought that the story of "Playboy of Paris" was infinitely better than those of "Innocent of Paris" and "The Big Pond".