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"The Secret Life of Tyrone Power," by Hector Arce.
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Laird Cregar is wonderful, as always, making me regret that his career was so short. And what a great climax, when we learn why he was hounding Victor Mature.
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I didn't know that about Pacino, lavender. Thanks for the information.
I love Muni in the original Scarface, of course, but always resented the ending that was plastered on his version.
Watching Pacino at the end of the '83 Scarface gave me the same adrenalin rush that I always get while watching Cagney at the end of White Heat.
I'd like to own a copy of the De Palma film if only to have that ending to look at every now and then. Nice to see you feel the same way.
Scarface and White Heat have grandiose death scenes that stay with the viewer. Pacino and Cagney died on screen the way larger-than-life criminals like them should go, in defiance with guns a-blazing. Tony Montana and Cody Jarrett may have been cornered and trapped by their enemy, but they died with their testosterone popping off the screen. They went out their way, with more than a few members of the audience, I suspect, admiring their audacity and style at the end.
Not coincidentally, both roles also added considerably to the legends of their two stars.
My only reservation about WHITE HEAT is that the picture should have ended with that unforgettable scene. But somebody decided to tack on Edmond O'Brien's tongue-clucking comment.
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I like this movie too, well done and very clever. Also Moby Dick and 14 Hours is another interesting movie where he plays a nut job out on a balcony.
MOBY DICK is a good choice. Basehart does fine work, and IMO it's Gregory Peck's best performance.
Another great nut-job role for Basehart is in THE BLACK BOOK (a.k.a. REIGN OF TERROR), in which he plays Robespierre.
And about HE WALKED BY NIGHT: when he's trapped in the sewer, unable to lift the manhole cover, does that echo or foreshadow THE THIRD MAN? I don't know which film came first -- they were both released around the same time.
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A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN shows the difference between genuine feeling and phony, tear-jerking sentimentality.
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Rather interviews Stone? One fantasist interviews another.
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It would have to be one of the early ones with Ginger Rogers (it's hard to choose among them). Sometimes the best choices are obvious.
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Music from *Swan Lake.*
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Definitely. It's a non-look because Dietrich didn't allow herself to be filmed. The portrait is a devastating one.
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DEADLY HERO is rarely seen; it's the only film I know of in which Don played a villain. I hope they show it.
SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL is outstanding; IMHO it was Cagney's last great film.
THE BACHELOR PARTY is notable for the performances of Don Murray and Carolyn Jones.
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Michael Schenker Group: "On and On"
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And *The Informer.*
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What is less than outraged? Inraged?
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*The Razor's Edge* and *Mr. Deeds Goes to Town.*
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Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet.
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The latest movie I saw that I thought was terrific was *The Blue Max.*
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Thanks to everyone who contributed to this delightful thread.
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In *The Smallest Show on Earth,* the audience rushes out as the movie ends so they won't have to stand while "God Save the Queen" is played. They are called "anthem sprinters."
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The 1936 version is not available yet, but you can sign up with Amazon to be notified when it is. But it may not be the Warner Archives release, so check it out before buying it.
As for the film: Helen Morgan singing "Bill," and Paul Robeson singing "Old Man River" -- two great performances in the same movie. And there's plenty more to like.
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A good reason to watch it -- or any movie -- is Helen Mirren.
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And how about all those movies where people are shown to be sophisticated by having them smoke? (Tobacco, that is.)
Well, sometimes it worked. Who could forget *Now, Voyager,* in which Paul Henreid put two cigarettes in his mouth, lit both of them, then gave one to Bette Davis? But now it seems like an odd way to show that you care about someone.
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The scream of the butterfly.
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UPDATE:
Also,
*Girls! Girls! Girls!*
*Tora! Tora! Tora!*
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This isn't a line *from* a movie, but about the making of a movie.
Early in *Sunset Boulevard,* Norma Desmond is having a funeral for her pet monkey. When the cameraman asked Billy Wilder how to set up the shot, he said:
"Oh, the usual monkey funeral."
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DODSWORTH has a great last line: "Love has to stop some place short of suicide."