musicalnovelty
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Fred,
I too want to say "Great Job!" on those albums.
I still have my originals of the two sets plus an extra set a friend gave me when he moved about ten years ago and couldn't take them along. And by the way, all records in both sets are still in mint condition.
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> {quote:title=misswonderly wrote:}{quote}
> Ok, I know I'm being silly about being so insistent about this: but please can someone just acknowledge that *Oklahoma* at least exists and is a good musical?
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Hey, I like it! (and that's actually saying a lot, as my tastes in movie musicals tend to go toward much older styles). Two of my top favorites that come to mind right away are "Good News" (1930) and "Follow Thru" (1930) -- that kind of early talkie stuff.
I remember back in AMC's good old days they (at least once) ran both versions of "Oklahoma!" in one night (the CinemaScope and Todd-AO versions) and I didn't mind at all seeing it twice that way and comparing the differences.
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> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote}
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> Now...let me get down to brass tacks here: "A COLD WIND IN AUGUST."
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> WOW!!!!!!!!!!
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> What the hey...this movie had EVERYthing!! It was touching, it was hot, it was lurid, it was sexy...
> the movie was quite frank (I heard terms like "knocked up" and "pregnant." I was pleasantly in shock!) And it ended all too typically.
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> First off though, if Scott Marlowe was a seventeen year old boy, then I'm Albert Schweitzer. That was the only little "****" I gave the movie. Oh yeah...other than Scott Marlowe and the other "boys" didn't look like they EVER played stickball in their lives. (As a native Noo Yawker, I wasn't convinced). Everything else I bought - hook, line and sinker. Lola Lola Lola. She was sumthin' else. I never really paid a lot of attention to her in films, but I'll have to look out for her now. I thought she gave a wonderful performance. She feeds him ice cream, builds up his sexual confidence. That first close-up kiss of theirs was hot. She lusts after this manchild and then gets strung out over him. Was that Herschel Bernardi as her friend. He didn't compare well to Marlowe. Why would a woman want Herschel when she could have a fit young thing like Scott. I was convinced of Marlowe's first time in love; and at his shock at finding out she was a stripper. He sees her first-hand. The outfit she wore, with the cat-eye mask was wild. She reminded me of a demented CatWoman. His pain, and shame and anger were palpable. He got all dewey eyed. I think he threw up.
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> When the dynamics of their relationship changed, that's when I got annoyed. I liked Lola being in control...in charge. She wore spandex, gold lame. The playing field was very uneven between her and this kid. When she tried to make amends, she's dressed in an outfit Laura Petrie would wear. But that wasn't enough for Marlowe. No, our boy has become a man now...and...well, you know.
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> I guess the moral of the story is when a woman falls in love, she loses control.
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Hi CineMaven, and Happy Labor Day!
I'm sure your excellent comments on this movie are going to make all those who missed it want to see it.
It can be seen here:
http://www.imdb.com/video/hulu/vi3357280025/
I noticed in the credits that it was released without the usual "Approved by the Production Code - MPAA" seal and number. Interesting.
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> {quote:title=fredbaetz wrote:}{quote}
> Chic Olson and Ollie Johnson was a comedy team...
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Their names actually were Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson.
Here are their IMDb links, with real names, brief biographies, and filmographies:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0647764/bio
And:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424765/bio
And a lot more about them here:
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> {quote:title=Hibi wrote:}{quote}
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> Is anyone left from that movie? Is Ann Rutherford still alive?
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Ann Rutherford is still with us.
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This movie is being discussed here, too:
http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=154644&tstart=0
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> {quote:title=PrinceSaliano wrote:}{quote}
> UCLA may be the only archive with prints of NIGHT LIFE OF THE GODS (Universal, 1935) and TAKE THE STAND (Liberty, 1934), the latter starring the great Thelma Todd.
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Is that true that UCLA has a print of TAKE THE STAND? That movie has long been regarded as lost, except for one reel that a collector found a few years ago.
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> {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote}
Lately, I have been making all sorts of blunders, mistaking one movie for another or this star for that one. It would be better for me not to say anything at all about movies for a while, till I get my brain clear.
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Don't stay away too long!
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Hey TCM Programmers:
See this?
We're still talking about Thelma Todd....you see how much we enjoyed her day on TCM. Thanks for Thelma Day!
More Thelma Todd, please!
Please do consider the suggestion I and others have proposed to schedule an hour (or more) each week for a regular Hal Roach Shorts series...Thelma & partners, Charley Chase, Boy Friends, etc.
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I checked copies I have from other sources and am convinced that there indeed was NOTHING cut from that short as shown on TCM (except unfortunately the original Hal Roach titles being replaced by the Film Classics reissue titles...but of course, TCM is not to blame for that).
The gag with the black lady was just as we saw it on TCM's print. That's all there ever was to the gag, and all there needed to be.
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> {quote:title=MissGoddess wrote:}{quote}
> THANK YOU, musicalnovelty.
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And thank YOU for the link to the "MovieGeeks" article.
I agree it's so cool to see the actual film frames and those other stills & images there.
And I think this is the first place where I've seen a listing of the other films found along with UPSTREAM.
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Here are reports from some who have seen it, including the musician who wrote and performed the score:
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> {quote:title=araner1973 wrote:}{quote}
> There was no omission of this lady's face.
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> I doubt there was a phantom cut of her reaction to the wrestler's reaction. The joke is he mistook her for ZaSu Pitts. End of story.
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> The original poster is remembering wrong, I think.
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I agree.
I am going to compare it with an old video I have from a different source, and get back later with my report.
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> {quote:title=MGMMayer wrote:}{quote}
> I can't help but wonder what the real-life set of "The Opposite Sex" was like, being that the film had both June Allyson and Joan Blondell in the cast.....and years earlier, June had stolen Dick Powell away from wife Joan!
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I think Robert Osborne mentioned that when the movie was shown a couple of months ago, or some earlier time. I think he did say there was some friction. No fights, but just no big friendly hugs either.
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> {quote:title=MyFavoriteFilms wrote:}{quote}
> Cool...and how nice it doesn't list her age. LOL
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> There's some sort of way to submit new information to update an artist's filmography on that website. I don't know the process, but it's done all the time. Then, her credit for those other jobs can be added and her record more complete.
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Yes, I really should get on that!
I do know her age and other info that they should have there.
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> {quote:title=molo14 wrote:}{quote}
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> 1. *The Gay Divorcee* - *1934* This is my favorite of the Astaire/Rogers films. It also brings up an immediate problem with a list like this. Why do I like the film? Is it for the music or something else? In this case, something else. The music is great but the film is just so darn funny. It has one of the greatest supporting casts you could ask for. Edward Everett Horton, Alice Brady, Erik Rhodes, Eric Blore and Betty Grable.
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I agree. I've always felt it's not just a great musical, but one of the funniest comedies, too.
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> {quote:title=MyFavoriteFilms wrote:}{quote}
> Very interesting! Well, COLONEL EFFINGHAM'S RAID was produced 65 years ago...so that is rather extraordinary.
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This is she:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0307001/
And, typically of IMDb they have her credits screwed up. She is NOT in entries #2 & 3 in this list, and they're missing about six films that she did appear in, including COLONEL EFFINGHAM'S RAID.
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> {quote:title=markbeckuaf wrote:}{quote}
> Musicalnovelty-I'm so sorry to hear of your cable issues! I hope it came back on before prime-time hit?
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Mark,
Thanks for the concern.
But actually the cable stayed out for almost SIX HOURS!! on Thelma Todd night.
Out of dutiful loyalty to TCM (and of course also to Thelma Todd) I kept the TV on all through the outage while doing other things., and noticed that occasionally the picture would flicker back on for a few seconds, then glitch away again into pixilation hell, then black screen.
Sure, I'd seen all the films before, but still, this is not what we pay our expensive cable bills for.
Naturally, this couldn't have happened during Peter O'Toole Day or Clint Eastwood Day, both during which I had the TV off all day and night. Or, I guess if it had, I wouldn't have known anyway!
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> > >Marie Prevost...wow another tragic figure who I loved in everything I've seen her in!
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> > Marie Prevost fans (and I sure am one!) watch for her in PAID (1930) on TCM Friday morning.
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> Oh yes, that's right! I definitely have it on my DVR list, one of my favorite pre-codes, and of course looking forward to Marie!!!
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> Back to GENTLEMAN'S FATE for a sec, I thought her character was awesome in this film! She was perfect in every scene, and when she was on camera, I couldn't take my eyes off her, not only for her looks--which are gorgeous--but her performance which was so spot on!
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I totally agree! We keep reading clueless people saying that she was no good in talkies, that she gained weight and wasn't attractive, etc.
I was recently watching her again in THE GOOD BAD GIRL (1931) and THREE WISE GIRLS (1931) (Thanks TCM for running those last year!) and was once again reminded how wonderful she is when given good roles in talkies.
Like with Thelma Todd, I wish alleged fans would stop dwelling on how they died and appreciate and celebrate their work and lives.
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> {quote:title=MyFavoriteFilms wrote:}{quote}
>I am assuming it fell into the public domain if Alpha Video is mass-producing discs of it. The quality of the Alpha prints are disastrous at best, and I think this one deserves attention by Fox.
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Yes, COLONEL EFFINGHAM'S RAID was somehow allowed to slip into public domain.
By the way, I know someone who was in that movie. She was a young girl then...a little older now!
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> > If memory serves, Thelma made 17 shorts with ZaSu Pitts and 21 with Patsy Kelly.
> Thelma and Zasu first appeared together in Billie Dove's HER PRIVATE LIFE (FN, 1929). I don't know if they shared any scenes or even if this early talkie still survives.
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No, unfortunately that one is pretty much confirmed lost.
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> {quote:title=PrinceSaliano wrote:}{quote}
> MARY STEVENS, M.D. is a terrific pre-Code, especially regarding marital infidelity, unplanned pregnancies and the possibility of abortion. The film was denied Code approval in 1936. Did it ever play on television prior to TNT in 1988?
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Yes, it's been part of the pre-1948 package of Warner Bros. features ever since they were first syndicated by United Artists Television in March 1956. Whether a local station that purchased the package chose to run or withhold that or any other potentially controversial title would of course be up to them.
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> {quote:title=missphoto87 wrote:}{quote}
> It was the ending that really touched me. I think this little girl was put up for adoption and her mother finds her and towards the end of the movie then shows up at the little girls birthday party and I think the girl snubs her, not knowing who she is. Then there was a painter at her party and she asks him to paint her mother. He paints her and the little girl runs to her crying realizing who she is. That's all I can remember. Hope someone knows what it is. I seen it a long time ago and still want to find it. Thank you in advance.
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NEVER SAY GOODBYE is a remake of a 1945 Universal Picture called THIS LOVE OF OURS (if you'd be curious to see a different version of the story).
Info here:
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> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}
> Bill Haley and the Comets (from the Philadelphia area) made two movies in quick succession, ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK and DON"T KNOCK THE ROCK. Neither was Oscar-nominated.
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But they sure were a lot of fun!
And great music, too.
'Cougar town' tonight on TCM
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> > I thought Lola Albright was GREAT in "Cold Wind in August." When I was a kid I loved her on the Peter Gunn show, but this may be her greatest role as the world-weary stripper. A very underrated actress...
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> I agree completely. How come I never met a dame like that when +I+ was seventeen?
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Anyone who may have missed it or just wants to see it again, here it is:
http://www.imdb.com/video/hulu/vi3357280025/