musicalnovelty
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> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote}
> Just a reminder, the initial Norma and Constance Talmadge collections are being released by Kino on DVD this week! Here are some reviews that I have seen so far. Including one from TCM, in Movie News.
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> http://www.tcm.com/movienews/index/?cid=300682
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> http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/41290/con....re-the/?___rd=1
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> http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/41289/norma-talmadge-double-feature-the/
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/movies/homevideo/14kehr.html
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Everyone should purchase these Talmadge sisters DVD's. Not only will it support Kino's release of movies like this, but you know what??? You'll also be getting some darn good movies in the bargain!
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> {quote:title=TODDFAN wrote:}{quote}
> They look great, but are these German sets with another region code and how would you go about ordering them?
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In the description for the Max Davidson set, at the bottom it says:
Region Code
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All Regions.
Does that mean that the discs can be played on all systems?
As for ordering them, I haven't looked closely at the details, but I'm sure there's info on the site, or one can contact them and ask for details. These sets are so special and exciting that I'm not even concerned too much about such details. If they're in some unplayable region I'll find a way to make them work!
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I wish this sale was on the early stuff, like all those recently released late silents and early talkies. I've never even heard of some of the stuff included in this sale.
Please keep us posted if you see them run a sale on the older titles.
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> {quote:title=Sprocket_Man wrote:}{quote}
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> An Army informational film about the rehabilitation of amputees featuring Harold Russell was brought to Wyler's attention. Russell, who'd lost his hands in a training exercise (he never managed to see combat), proved perfect, as his two Oscars (one honorary) attested, though it was never explained in the film how Homer came to be the only person in Midwestern Boone City to have a Boston accent (he was actually born in Nova Scotia, Canada, but his family moved to Massachusetts when he was five).
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Harold Russell lived in my hometown in Massachusetts for many years. We'd see him around town and he always had a friendly hello. He is now resting in the same cemetery as three members of my family, in our same old home town.
By the way, AMC once ran that training film "Diary of a Sergeant" that Harold made before "The Best Years of Our Lives". Or could it have been TCM that ran it during a war-theme series? Anyway, one of them ran it!
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Composer Paul Dunlap has passed away at age 90.
More info, and some pictures here:
http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/29826/t/Paul-Dunlap-composer-.html
IMDb listing:
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> {quote:title=JarrodMcDonald wrote:}{quote}
> Good question. It's a story about injustice.
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I hope those burgers aren't still sizzlin' away on that grille, forgotten in the excitement!
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Actress & singer Evelyn Dall (born 1918) passed away on March 10.
The sites below provide lots on info and pictures:
http://www.talking-shellac.com/subpages/evelyn.htm
http://www.pathefilm.freeserve.co.uk/musevelyn1.htm
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> {quote:title=JarrodMcDonald wrote:}{quote}
> On March 8, TCM will air the classic pre-code crime drama I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG. The film stars Paul Muni as a wrongfully convicted man. It is from a script written by Howard J. Green and Brown Holme, based on Robert Elliott Burns's autobiography.
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Great movie, we all agree. But I have always wondered: Why, at the trial, didn't the counter man (Lew Kelly) testify that the other guy (Preston Foster) made Muni do it? Sure Muni tried to get away, but he certainly should not have been found guilty of the robbery.
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> {quote:title=HollywoodGolightly wrote:}{quote}
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> Well, at long last I've watched the 1933 version. Overall I must have enjoyed it a little bit more than I thought I would, but I've to confess that for most people, it will be somewhat of a mixed bag.
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Does the DVD have any extras? I read recently that it does, but have seen no other mention of what they are. The original trailer, perhaps? Maybe the Betty Boop cartoon where she goes to "Blunderland"?
Please let us know!
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> {quote:title=JarrodMcDonald wrote:}{quote}
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> On March 12, TCM will air THEM!, an early science fiction film produced by Warner Brothers in 1954. Based on an original story by George Yates, it depicts a mans encounter with giant ants caused by radiation.
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> THEM! was one of the original nuclear monster tales. More specifically, it was the first big bug film. Since its initial release by Warners, it has become known as one of the very best examples of science fiction from the 1950s.
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> The film begins with New Mexico police investigating a series of mysterious disappearances and deaths near Alamogordo. They discover a little girl wandering the desert, mute and in a state of shock. More mysterious deaths and disappearances occur, and there seems to be no explainable cause. Then, halfway into the film, the giant ants appear.
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> The cast includes Edmund Gwenn, James Arness (of GUNSMOKE fame), and Fess Parker (from DAVY CROCKETT). THEM! was nominated for a Special Effects Oscar.
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That was a popular movie. You might say that everyone and their ant went to see it!
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> {quote:title=clore wrote:}{quote}
> I love cats, so I want equal time. Give me RHUBARB and THE THREE LIVES OF TOMASINA and throw in GAY PURR-EE. Oh - and SHADOW OF THE CAT also.
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I agree: equal time for cats!
But unless you count lions and tigers, there don't seem to be as many movies about cats as there are for dogs. It ain't fair!
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> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote}
> Benji,
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> Well, there is Baby Peggy I think? and Mickey Rooney. Those are two that come quickly to mind. Can't find the photos on a bet! Blast!
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Miriam Seegar is still with us
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> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote}
> That would be great, but don't bump the premier of *THE MAGICIAN.* That's been a long time coming, and will have a new Robert Israel score this Sunday. Thanks for the links. I'll check those again. Sorry you aren't getting to see *WOLF SONG*. Are you the friend who might atend that Angie was talking about it?
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No, not sure who Angie is, and hadn't made any arrangements to go with or meet anyone there.
Musta been someone else!
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> {quote:title=coopsgirl wrote:}{quote}
> Here's a bunch of pics. I'm just posting the links so I won't have to resize the photos.
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> This is one of my faves that I just got off ebay. It's from 1932.
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> http://i733.photobucket.com/albums/ww331/troilus09/pics%202/garybypool1932_001.jpg
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This one is from "The Devil and the Deep" (1932) in case by any chance you weren't sure.
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> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote}
> It sure would be nice if TCM could air *THE PAGAN* to honor her. This film hasn't been shown since 2006, and that was late at night. Soon no one will be left from the Silent Era.
Why can't I find more photos of her? I only have a very few.>
Have you looked at these sites, for pictures?
A lot are repeated, but there are some very nice ones:
http://www.fanpix.net/gallery/dorothy-janis-pictures.htm
http://www.acephotos.org/t12406/dorothy-janis-photos.html
http://www.allstarpics.net/pic-gallery/dorothy-janis-pics.htm
And I wouldn't mind at all if TCM would make a last-minute schedule change for THE PAGAN to honor her.
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> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote}
> I am unable to Shrink this Photo anymore than it already has been.
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Thanks very much for posting that one. I don't think I've seen it before.
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> {quote:title=HollywoodGolightly wrote:}{quote}
> I think it's a good sign that even the cats are getting into the spirit...
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Oh, St. Catrick's Day!
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> {quote:title=audreyforever wrote:}{quote}
> His German films are really neat to watch...it goes to show what a good actor he was.
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I've seen him in the 1930 German feature SUSANNE MACHT ORDNUNG. Have you seen that one? He is very funny, and sounds and acts just like he did later, in the 1940's movies, but it's so interesting to see him so young! He has one scene where he's trying to answer a telephone and gets all tangled up in the cord and gets all confused and befuddled. Funny guy, at any age!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0129410/combined
I'd like to see more of his German films, and learn where to find more rare 1920's & 1930's German films.
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> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}
> Is it my imagination, or did Horton have significant roles in more films than just about anybody? He certainly kept busy.
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He was so popular in the late 1920's that two different studios each gave him his own starring comedy shorts series: Paramount and Educational.
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> {quote:title=altfg wrote:}{quote}
> Dorothy Janis was 98 or 100, depending on the source.
> She was living in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
> Her most famous movie is THE PAGAN, in which she was featured opposite MGM star Ramon Novarro (BEN-HUR).
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> http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/dorothy-janis-dies-silent-movies-591/
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That's very sad news.
Some pictures to remember her by:
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> {quote:title=altfg wrote:}{quote}
> Dorothy Janis was 98 or 100, depending on the source.
> She was living in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
> Her most famous movie is THE PAGAN, in which she was featured opposite MGM star Ramon Novarro (BEN-HUR).
> She made on talkie, LUMMOX, directed by Herbert Brenon. It was not successful.
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> http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/dorothy-janis-dies-silent-movies-591/
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What sad news!
Loved her and Ramon in THE PAGAN.
Some pictures:
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> {quote:title=altfg wrote:}{quote}
> Dorothy Janis was 98 or 100, depending on the source.
> She was living in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
> Her most famous movie is THE PAGAN, in which she was featured opposite MGM star Ramon Novarro (BEN-HUR).
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> http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/dorothy-janis-dies-silent-movies-591/
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What sad news!
Loved her and Ramon in THE PAGAN.
Some pictures:
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> {quote:title=Terrence1 wrote:}{quote}
> This plot reminds me of "Sally and St. Anne" with Ann Blyth. Could this be the one?
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> Terrence.
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Plot summary here:
http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=88932&category=Full%20Synopsis
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> {quote:title=sbojangles wrote:}{quote}
> I would love it if you could help me remember the name of a movie that Frank Morgan was cast as a father and his wife in the movie was the silly blonde in You can't take it with you who thought she could be a writer. I believe he was a colonel and had a large family, a very old movie but I haven't seen it but one time. Thank you for your time.
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"The Vanishing Virginian" (1942) - MGM.
http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=151876&tstart=0
Why can't I find more photos of her? I only have a very few.
Seeking copy of Hollywood Revuew of 1929
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> musicalnovelty,
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> Does this movie survive? Do you know?
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These IMDb user reviews indicate that the silent version exists at The Library of Congress.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019589/usercomments