faceinthecrowd
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Re "The Thief":
As always, Ray Milland gave a fine performance in this film, which also starred Rita Gam.
It was an interesting experiment, but many found it gimmicky.
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Billy Wilder is still funny. You're not.
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In case there is anyone who hasn't seen ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW, try to catch it. In addition to our Gloria, there's Robert Ryan, at the top of his form. Great work by all concerned.
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I'll make a habit of looking to see if there are any messages. It's easy to miss that if you're not familiar with all of the options.
For actors' last movies to be good ones is probably more the exception than the rule.
Happily, Jean Arthur's last one was SHANE, and Walter Huston's was THE FURIES.
Checking Scott on Wikipedia I see that there's a plot spoiler for MILDRED PIERCE -- they give away the identity of the person who killed Monty Beragon (which, BTW, didn't happen in Cain's novel -- no one was killed).
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One of the first movies in which the theremin was used was THE LOST WEEKEND. It's the only musical instrument I know of that the musician plays without touching it.
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Correct! And a terrific movie it is. I was preparing clues about Hope Emerson and Berry Kroeger, but you got it first.
Your turn . . .
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Negative on CITY ACROSS THE RIVER. Next clue:
The fugitive is helped by a woman. She's played by an actress who, later in her career, went on to win two Oscars.
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I'd be interested in your pm -- it sounds intriguing. But I haven't learned all of the options available on this site. Do I have to adjust my settings to allow a pm to be sent?
Even though this has turned into a three-person Zachary Scott fan club, I see that there have been more than 130 views, so a lot of people must have some interest in him.
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Not WE OWN THE NIGHT. It's from the late 1940s.
The crook is sent to a city jail. He escapes with the aid of a trustee.
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Research update on "multiple musicians" question:
Did two violinists flank John Garfield in HUMORESQUE?
Oscar Levant -- who was there -- says they did.
No one who was there says otherwise.
Did two cellists flank Paul Henreid in DECEPTION?
Bette Davis -- who was there -- says they did.
No one who was there says otherwise.
As far as I'm concerned, that settles it.
The statements of eyewitnesses must take precedence over mere speculation.
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It was only your last clue that jogged my memory -- Vancouver, and the actor who went on to become the (co-) star of a TV series. I saw it on TV years and years ago.
My first clue for a classic movie:
Two Italian-Americans grow up to be a crook and a cop.
I know, that could describe a hundred movies (at least), but it's a start.
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Dogpound Shuffle?
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coffeedan:
My birthday is in January, but I wasn't born yesterday.
Yes, I realize that not everything on the Internet -- or in The New York Times -- is true, but after seeing so many eyewitness accounts -- including Oscar Levant's -- saying that it happened that way, I'd like to see just one saying that it didn't.
One thing we seem to agree on, though -- the music was great. And anything that introduces classical music to a wider audience is fine with me, no matter how they did it.
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Welcome to the message boards, AliciaHuberman. Seeing what you chose as your user name, I'm not surprised that NOTORIOUS is your favorite Grant film.
I agree -- I think he gave his best dramatic performance in that one. For comedy, I'd pick HIS GIRL FRIDAY.
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Oscar Levant wrote music for CHARLIE CHAN AT THE OPERA, which I don't think I've seen.
About that four person performance in HUMORESQUE, that was also done in DECEPTION, in which Paul Henreid was a cellist playing a concerto written by an egotistical composer named Hollenius (reportedly based on Jean Sibelius), who was played to the hilt by Claude Rains.
The concerto was written by Erich Korngold and performed by Eleanor Aller Slatkin. As in HUMORESQUE, two performers crouched behind Henreid, each one extending an arm around him.
DECEPTION -- which one critic described as being "like grand opera, only the people are thinner" -- was released the same year as HUMORESQUE, and it reunited the three stars of NOW, VOYAGER.
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Your comparison of Rourke to Brando is right on the money. Marlon is another "love him or hate him" actor. Very few are neutral about either of these guys.
And the line from BARFLY reminds me of a saying I heard:
"You have three choices: conform, go crazy, or become an artist."
Rourke never did the first, that's for sure. The second and third both seem to work for him.
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Very interesting pick, but for what reason? And in any particular movie, or time of Demarest's career?
The first movie of his that pops into my mind is THE LADY EVE, one of the all time great comedies. He was perfect as the third wheel between Stanwyck and Fonda. And he had the movie's last line:
"Definitely the same dame!"
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I would like to have been Orson Welles on any day during which he was acting in (and directing, and co-writing) CITIZEN KANE.
He famously said that having the resources of a studio at his disposal was like owning "the greatest toy train set any kid could have."
And at this time he was still the boy wonder, at what would turn out to be the apex of his career.
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"She's the most shameless rake who ever wore petticoats. If she weren't on the throne, she'd be on the street."
--Douglas Fairbanks Jr., speaking of his aunt, the Empress (Flora Robson)
CATHERINE THE GREAT
(a.k.a. THE RISE OF CATHERINE THE GREAT)
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I have a feeling that a lot of people who thought they didn't like classical music discovered that it could be very enjoyable.
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Anyone who has seen "Pandora's Box" or "Diary of a Lost Girl" knows that the still photos of Louise Brooks don't do her justice.
Clara Bow -- "It" is paired on a DVD with a documentary,
"Discovering the It Girl."
Janet Margolin.
Carolyn Jones.
Joan Bennett, a natural blonde, went brunette in "Trade Winds" (1938), and was so stunning with her blue eyes that she stayed that way. In "The Woman in the Window" she's the ultimate Sophisticated Woman.
Hedy Lamarr -- of course.
Gail Russell.
Marta Toren -- those eyes!
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