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Happy Birthday Robert Osborne! It's about time you caught up with me. Mr. Osborne, you have led a magnificent life so far, and your accomplishments are something to be envied. I sincerely hope that you will enjoy wonderful health, be very happy, and continue to make the contributions that you do to this site for many years to come. We honestly love you here! It would make us so happy if you could still find the time to drop in and visit for a minute now and then, but we understand that you are a very busy guy, too. :)Mary Lou
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Path, you motivate me to add my two cents worth to this discussion. I have felt for many years that far too many "movie critics", whether associated with the media, or speaking from their armchairs at home, are considerably less "critics" than people of "words"...the kinds of words that mean absolutely nothing in an accurate assessment of the quality of a movie, or it's actors.
At this point, I find most of what I read from such "critics" to be very trite and totally devoid of truth or knowledge about the movie they say that they have "reviewed". The words, "overly sentimental" and "predictable" are nothing more than words...and only tell me that the writer has substituted them for more honest words that as yet have escaped him. Period. Anyone can sit with a Thesaurus and sound like a witty man! But, do they know anything? Do they even know what most of the public is looking for when they go to a movie? Are they at all capable of speaking for me? I think not far too much of the time these days.
And, I sure as hell didn't know what was going on all through the movie "The Sixth Sense", and was quite surprised and entertained by it. Same thing with "The Others". Even if to some these movies seemed "predictable", I totally agree with you, Path, that this does NOT mean that the film is "no good". If "predictable" was a word of any honesty and value in this context, it could have been used for every single movie ever made, in one way or another. ;)ML
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Funny how we picture people we "know" but have never seen, huh? And, Larry David? Love him, love him, love him! The funniest guy on TV today! ;)ML
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Well, kiddo...ya got me stumpped! This is another one I'm dying to hear the name of. For another clue: "The House of Seven Gables"?
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Rhonda, you will have a chance to see "The Kid" (1921) with Chaplin and Jackie Coogan on May 25 at 10:00 PM Eastern on TCM. Please make a note of this and don't miss it. It's one of Chaplin's best, and you will love Jackie Coogan. Chaplin adored him, and it shows throughout the movie. A word of caution...have a box of kleenex handy.
Another movie this month with a child actor mentioned on our boards many times, "The Window" (1949) with Bobby Driscoll will air on TCM on May 6 at 8:00 AM Eastern.
And, if you haven't seen it, I also recommend "The Bad Seed" (1956) with Patty McCormack, which will air on May 16 at 2:00 PM Eastern.
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I wouldn't exactly call myself a "fan" of Marilyn Monroe's, but putting all that we know about her life aside, I can think of a few movies that I really liked her in:
Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
Niagara (1953)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Bus Stop (1956)
Three of these movies were not the "norm" for her, and I think that she managed some very good acting in them. The other one, "The Seven Year Itch", is more along her lines, and of all the "airhead blond" roles she got, this one is my favorite, and is also one of my favorite movies.
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Rhonda, thanks for clarifying for us that you're still the same Rhonda we know and love. The less confusion the better for those of us who are over 30! ;)ML
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Happy Birthday to Roscoe Lee Browne (great in "The Cowboys", which TCM will show later this month) and Theodore Bikel. They don't come any finer than these fellows, and here again are great candidates for Interviews by TCM before it's too late!
Today would be the 100th. Birthday of Bing Crosby, and I think of him as one of the top three male vocalists of the 20th. Century. My mom probably had every record and album he recorded (those old 78 rpm's) along with every Al Jolson record, and all of Glenn Miller's, too. Boy...those were the days when music and lyrics were beautiful. I miss them! :)ML
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And, speaking of "ages"...I seem to remember that Antar mentioned many moons ago having an important April birthday, and I haven't seen anything more about that. So, Antar...whenever it was, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :)ML
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Welcome, Menchirations! Yes, TCM is the only one (I'm not sure about the Fox channel because I don't get it? ) that does not edit for any reason, and will not insert commercials into the body of the film as it's showing. Not only this, you will also see the very finest of Classic movies and documentaries or specials about the movie people of that era on TCM. I suggest that you visit TCM's Homepage and give it a careful looking over to get the most out of your TCM viewing...and sign up for their e-mailed Newsletter and Monthly Schedules, so that you don't miss anything. Every month TCM features something different, and I know that you're going to like it.
And, please join in our discussions here....lots of people are your age, and a few of us are "a bit" older, but all of us will be happy to give you any information you'd like to have. Again, Welcome! :)ML
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The movies were differently titled, but the role was the same for both of these ladies....they played Dolly Levi...Booth in "The Matchmaker" and Streisand in "Hello, Dolly", after which Walter Matthau said he would never work with her again! ML
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Wow! This is going to be a toughie, too! For another clue to start off our Sunday here: "Shane Goes Off the Deep End". ;)ML
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Yes, everytime I see "Giant" Mercede's psychotically possessive sister role makes my skin crawl. It takes one hell of an actress to pull off roles like these. ML
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I had no idea that Bette Davis was so insecure that a movie soundtrack threatened her that much! The Loony Toons song "The Merry-go-round Broke Down" could be playing in the background, and Bette would still be in command of the staircase, and also the scene, and most of her directors, too. ;)ML
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I believe it was Katharine Hepburn in "Suddenly Last Summer"...and oh, what a nasty woman Violet was! I always thought that only Bette Davis could own a role like that. ;)ML
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Mongo, I'm sure you know this, but perhaps others don't and might find it interesting. Christopher Walken wanted to be a dancer and not an actor, and was on stage as a dancer before getting into acting. His trade-mark is that in all of his movies he will try to insert a little dance of some kind or other, a little "jig" or something. He also likes to sing. As an actor, he has been one of my favorites for a long time. Recently, I wish someone would give him a decent haircut, but he's still pretty sexy for a middle-aged hoofer. ;)ML
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Thanks, Cinemetal. I have noticed that you have been missing recently...glad to see you back! ;)ML
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Loliteblue...just want to jump in and congratulate you on getting that last round of Mongo's. Good job! I never would have come up with it. And, I need more clues in this one that you've started. :)ML
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And, boys...I'm with Moira. I'm a great John Wayne fan, too...but only in the "usual" roles that he was properly cast for. And, those lovely little Roman Centurian skirts just didn't cut it, regardless of whether they could be seen on film. It's also for sure that very much like Cary Grant, it was John Wayne's own invention of himself that helped make him a star and huge box office attraction. Anyone who expects him to also be a great actor is missing the boat, me thinks. Ya just take John Wayne as he is, pilgrim. ;)ML
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It wasn't how he delivered his lines that got me giggling....it was that his legs were bare all the way up "to there". Who ever knew that John Wayne even had legs before that?
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Four words: "The Yellow Rolls Royce".
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This is a toughie, Mongo! "Guys & Dolls"...for another clue. ML
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Oh, thanks guys! It's comforting today to know that I've not lost all of my marbles. Yes. That was the scene, and you even described everything that I had forgotten about it, Path! Thanks.
And, thanks again Slappy, for the well-wishes. Feeling
"loopy" as hell, but feeling little or no pain. Life is beautiful!
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You got it, George....plus this same government wasn't about to admit that their own Agents had been trading guns and whiskey for many years to any Indian tribe that wanted them. Thus was the reason that the Indians had superior fire-power...to a man...that day. Fortunately, Majors Reno and Benteen both verified in later hearings that the military was no match that day for the unknown weapons the Indians had, or much of anything else. And, to try to bring this one back "on topic" a little (I'm the guilty party, not you, George), you wouldn't believe all the errors based on pure myth about Custer that just about every movie ever made about him and that battle through the years. For example...Custer did not carry sabres into battle. He instructed that they be left behind because of the noise they made, and it being his intention to take the Indians "by surprise" so as to reduce their chances of escaping into the nearby mountains. Although there were Glatling (sp?) guns available, he didn't want them on that particular expedition either, because they would slow them down too much, and sadly, in his haste to get there he also exhausted many of the men and their horses moving too swiftly around the clock in the last two days...to the point that they were not really fit for battle. So, that classic imagine of the sabre waving Custer throws me into gales of laughter everytime I see it in a movie. And, in spite of all, my heart really goes out to those who rode with Custer. They never stood a chance riding with him. ML
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Well, if this is the movie, I haven't seen it, and I definitely want to now upon hearing that John Hodiak is in it! What a movie! Good job, Loliteblue! You got just about all of us. ML