musicalnovelty
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> {quote:title=sbojangles wrote:}{quote}
> Were they in love off screen?
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Yes, but not with eachother, as the saying goes.
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> > Wanted to be sure to mention this again. The two week Victor Fleming retrospective at Film Forum I have been talking about is starting to wind down a bit. Tomorrow evening is a screening of a very rare silent with Gary Cooper and Lupe Valez *WOLF SONG*. This film is often referenced as being lost. Well Obviously it is not, but it is very seldom screened. 35 Millimeter print is courtesy of the LOC. Here is more information.
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> I'm still considering it. If they were running the sound version of WOLF SONG I'd definitely be there.
> Anyone else plan on going? Might I run into any other Message Board regulars there?
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No, actually a trip to NYC is not going to work out today.
But I know I can see it later.
If this was my ONLY chance and if it was the sound version I'd have found a way!
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> {quote:title=RayFaiola wrote:}{quote}
> I'll be running my print of TIGHT SHOES at CineFest in Syracuse this month.
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Yep, I knew that had to be yours!
See you there!
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Perhaps not my "favorite line" but one I thought memorable:
In the 1935 Universal movie ALIAS MARY DOW Sally Eilers is asked where she's been lately. She replies:
"I was lost in a gold mine and now I'm found and I'm flippin' flapjacks for Flapjack Jack!"
And she says the whole thing in just one second (or less!)
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Fun Fact about the movie TOP HAT (1935):
On a 1935 Guy Lombardo radio show the band played the song "Isn't This a Lovely Day" as a request from Myrna Loy, who said it was her favorite song.
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Fun Fact about the movie TOP HAT (1935):
On a 1935 Guy Lombardo radio show the band played the song "Isn't This a Lovely Day" as a request from Myrna Loy, who said it was her favorite song.
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> {quote:title=sbojangles wrote:}{quote}
> I found the name of the movie that I was asking you about. Can you please play this movie for me. thank you.
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Kathryn Grayson co-stars in it, so perhaps TCM will include it when they give KG a Summer Under the Stars day, as promised.
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> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote}
> Wanted to be sure to mention this again. The two week Victor Fleming retrospective at Film Forum I have been talking about is starting to wind down a bit. Tomorrow evening is a screening of a very rare silent with Gary Cooper and Lupe Valez *WOLF SONG*. This film is often referenced as being lost. Well Obviously it is not, but it is very seldom screened. 35 Millimeter print is courtesy of the LOC. Here is more information.
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> http://www.filmforum.org/films/fleming.html#37
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I'm still considering it. If they were running the sound version of WOLF SONG I'd definitely be there.
Anyone else plan on going? Might I run into any other Message Board regulars there?
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Extremely exciting news for Thelma Todd, Max Davidson, and Hal Roach shorts fans:
And as if that one wasn't a dream come true for many of us, here's another:
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> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}
I don't have a specific movie in mind, but whenever I hear somebody say, "I'm free, White, and 21", I cringe.
> This statement is made not just in KITTY FOYLE, but in other movies. It was a common catchphrase of the times.
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Yes, it was, and certainly the inspiration for this title:
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> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote}
> Helen Twelvetrees just doesn't get the credit she's due.
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Is she 12 times better than Dorothy Tree?
Dorothy Tree actually is fine in the just-shown CONFESSIONS OF A NAZI SPY and everything else I've seen her in. Another title that comes to mind immediately is HERE COMES THE NAVY (1934) in which she's a blonde.
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> {quote:title=Iris2 wrote:}{quote}
> if someone will tell me what a morlock (as in Movie Morlocks) is.
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The word comes from the 1960 movie THE TIME MACHINE. The Morlocks are the monsters found in the distant future.
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> {quote:title=JarrodMcDonald wrote:}{quote}
> He had a lengthy career. He was a leading actor in some silent films from 1920s. By the 1930s he had transitioned into character roles where he would make his greatest mark. One of his later performances is in Frank Capra's final film, POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES (1960). His sexuality doesn't seem as hidden at the end of his career.
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> I think he's great in a war-time romance starring Donna Reed and Tom Drake called FAITHFUL IN MY FASHION. It is scheduled on March 18. It will be repeated during May when Ms. Reed is SOTM. It's a cute film, and EEH and character actress Spring Byington almost steal the movie from the young couple.
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A fun highlight in FAITHFUL IN MY FASHION is when Edward Everett Horton gets to sing a song (with three other guys).
He also sings in the 1935 Paramount movie HER MASTER'S VOICE, an old favorite of mine (he plays a radio crooner). Has anyone else ever seen that one?
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> A while back a saw a short that featured a woman that didn't know how to cook and she had to prepare dinner for her husband's boss. An older woman came in to help her prepare the meal and she was giving tips throughout on how to entertain. It looks like it is from the 40s? Any idea of the name of this short?
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> Thanks.
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That sounds like PENNY WISDOM (1937).
Info here:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029385/combined
There was a very similar short, called MENU (1933) but that one didn't have the older woman coming to help.
Here's info on that one anyway:
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> {quote:title=talkietime wrote:}{quote}
> Our local PBS station first aired The Brothers Warner on 9/26/2008 with a repeat showing on 10/1/2008.
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Yes actually it could have been that long ago that I saw it. The credits have a 2008 copyright date, so we know it's at least that old.
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> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote}
> musicalnovelty,
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Are you going to see Coop and Lupe Velez in *WOLF SONG* on Thursday night? That is about as rare as it gets.
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> http://www.filmforum.org/films/fleming.html#37
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I should go. I REALLY should. I love The Film Forum, and it's not a bad trip for me....well it could be about 4 hours if traffic cooperates. I've never seen "The Wolf Song". It's double-billed with "The Virginian" (1929) which has a nice, if small role for one of my favorites, Nena Quartaro. It'll be nice to see her up on he big screen.
If I decide to go, I'll let you know how it went.
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You didn't mention soccer.
Who can forget that W.C. Fields classic "Never Give a Soccer an Even Break"?
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That Clara Bow & Richard Arlen still is from DANGEROUS CURVES (Paramount - 1929).... in case anyone was wondering!
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> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote}
> How about Richard Arlen at Columbia? *"THE BLOOD SHIP"* (released, 1927) made before WINGS in 1926 and also with Jacqueline Logan and Hobart Bosworth was fully restored a few years ago. So let's see it one of these days.
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I'd sure like to see that one, too.
Always up for seeing more Jacqueline Logan.
Gagman, you have any pictures of her that you can post?
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> {quote:title=HollywoodGolightly wrote:}{quote}
>A good documentary, even if the broadcast version was slightly marred by some clips that looked odd - including some that looked like "squeezed" anamorphic material that nobody remembered to "unsqueeze". Hope the version used for the DVD was a bit more carefully transferred to video.
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Most of the film clips seemed to be from trailers. That's usually what documentary makers have to resort to in order to save money, as most trailers are Public Domain.
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> {quote:title=HollywoodGolightly wrote:}{quote}
>March 8th, TCM's primetime schedule starts with the world television premiere (AFAIK!) of the documentary *The Brothers Warner* (2008), a look at the four brothers which founded one of Hollywood's top movie studios:
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I saw this documentary on a PBS station a few months ago.
So this was not its world television premiere.
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> {quote:title=JarrodMcDonald wrote:}{quote}
> My question is, did Milton Berle ever appear in a truly good film?
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SUN VALLEY SERENADE (1941)
And his other early 1940's Fox films, especially TALL, DARK AND HANDSOME and RISE AND SHINE are pretty good, too.
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Thanks, Ray for explaining it better than I was about to attempt.
One of the best (or WORST!) examples of this cropping is in the opening titles of "Hollywood Revue of 1929" in which half of the cast names are cut off on one list.
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THE DEFIANT ONES (1958) certainly was one of the best.
Charles Coburn movies tonight! (March 11) Yoo-hoo!
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As crazy as I am about his comic performances, I have to say that my favorite Coburn job on film is in one of his most unusual roles. I think he is superb as the sadistic physician in KING'S ROW. He is so cast against type in that story, and he is so chillingly good.
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I was just going to also mention KING'S ROW. It's nice that he went right back into some great comedies such as THE MORE THE MERRIER right after doing KING'S ROW because we hate him so much in that one! He sure could be an evil villain!
Looking forward to some Coburn comedies tonight on TCM.