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Thanks Joe...but nope that's definitely not the movie I'm thinking of....although that movie really did have some classic restaurant scenes in it. Maybe I'm not even correct in thinking that the one I'm thinking of is with Jack Nicholson??? I'm on heavy-duty painkillers today (two cracked ribs from all the coughing), and basically operating from the land of OZ. You understand the problem.
Still need help to identify this movie, friends!
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Oh now, George...don't get yourself all in a twist. I know that you weren't the one to say "savages"...I said that all on my own.
The interesting thing about the Indians at the Custer battle was that they were the ones who were expected by Custer to "run away", and it was also thought by Custer that they were so primitive as to be lacking in the same kinds of weapons that Custer's men had. Wrong on both counts, as Custer was to soon discover. There were several different tribes represented there that day, a lot more warriors than Custer believed his scouts about being there, and they were not about to run. But, the worst of it was that not even the American Government realized at the time just how well armed various Indian tribes in these parts were by 1876. At the Custer battle, the Indians were better armed than even the soldiers!
I only mentioned this battle because of it's interest to me, and the similarities to other "forces" who have entered and won huge battles, quite unexpectedly.
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Ok....someone is going to have to help me out, here. I remember Jack Nicholson having some kind of a problem with a waitress who won't make a substitution for what he wants to order, and it's a classic restaurant scene. I just can't remember if it was "Five Easy Pieces" or "Easy Rider"...but will guess it was "Five Easy Pieces".
My other favorite is the restaurant scene in Victor/Victoria where Julie Andrews drops a cockroach into her salad, and misses, and the cockroach ends up elsewhere. What I love about this scene is that the camera ends up filming it from outside and across the street, and you can see the pandemonium progress like a wave down the length of the restaurant. Cracks me up every time! :)ML
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Yes, Path....that's the one! ;)ML
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Path, I'm late getting back to your thread, and I want to thank you for following-up with your lists for me. Between your fine work, and Moira's input (along with others), this has turned into an outstanding thread! Thanks, all of you!
I wish that I could dream up something really "heady" to say concerning who I would actually choose. I'm still unable to. I've even asked myself "which could I do without?" in order to get to a good answer, but this makes it no less impossible for me. I simply could not do without either MGM or Warner Bros. in my diet of good movies! It still depends on what I happen to be in the mood for when I see a movie listed. It might be an MGM movie, or it might be a Warner's movie. Hell, it might even be a Fox or Paramount movie! It just depends on what I want to see...or see again. I can go for months and not be at all interested in seeing "Singin' In The Rain" again...then it's a must see it today, so I'll watch my own DVD of it!
What you've all made me realize is that these two major studios produced somewhat "different" kinds of films, but excelled in them, which has left us with a wealth of wonderful movies, that have been carefully preserved. It just doesn't get any better than that.
Now, if someone would tell me how RKO, Paramount, 20th. Century Fox, Universal, and UI (who did I miss?) all "differed" concerning their productions, I will really be a happy camper!
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Thanks for the update, George. It's nice to know you better than I did before, old friend! My Salish people also were early coastal people, which is probably from where I get my insatiable love of Lobster.
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Hey there, George! Your knowledge about Spartacus is amazing! How do either of these movies compare to what History has documented about Spartacus? I have seen a segment on either the History or the Discovery channel about Spartacus, and as might be expected, the story unfolded much differently than what Hollywood has ever portrayed. He really was a facinating character in history! Have you been studying him very long?
And, Path makes a very fine point about the "heart" of the underdog in battle. So, I can resist adding that a bunch of undisciplined savages sure didn't have any problems with a guy by the name of George Armstrong Custer in the year 1876. What was learned from that battle was that the "military" knowledge the Indian tribes carried into it was far superior than Custer's, and that the "heart" of a cultural group of people to survive extinction was very strong, indeed! ML
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Seeing "The Sunshine Boys" mentioned, I saw earlier this week (somewhere) that "Going in Style" has also been released on DVD. Now, there are two must have DVD's! ;)ML
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No, George...I'm a Flathead, of Salish origin...considered to be a Northwestern Tribe. We're know to be very generous and "lovers", not "fighters"....I know that you'll appreciate that! Are you on the rolls for your tribe? ;)ML
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Exactly, Nick...exactly! I really wish that TCM could start adding these shorts to their monthy schedules. Even a section at the bottom that gives the title and the date it can be seen would help! I haven't even seen this 1925 Studio tour yet...and it sounds like one that everyone should not only "see", but also tape! ML
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Wow, Spence...you really do have a nice collection of things. I'm still ticked off that TCM no longer sells coffee mugs! Oh well. Thanks for sharing your list with us. The only thing that I have of any worth are a few dozen photographs of Anton Walbrook, studio and private collection photos, and a few autographs of varioius people.
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Mongo...it's nearly "weird" that Lennox Pawle's name should appear today. Yesterday, I kind of needed to kick back, so I watched "Little Lord Fauntleroy" and "David Copperfield", and Lennox Pawle's round little face brought such a smile to mine! I was going to remember to check IMDb to see what other movies he might have been in, and you've just reminded me to. Thank you for remembering this darling little man today. ML
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I'll chime in with a "Semper Fi" any time I'm given the opportunity....in memory of my brother, and also my son, who both served with the Marines. R. Lee Ermy is awesome, and my son tells me that "Full Metal Jacket" (the part about boot camp) is quite accurate, and well played by Ermy. Lots of Marine's look upon Ermy as a "Marine's Marine" with a great deal of pride. Semper Fi! ML
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Shyla, it's good to know that you've stopped smoking. Congratulations! And please, never start up again! I wish I had stopped when I as as young as you are. I don't smoke...haven't since last October, but between smoking and several other instances when my lungs were compromised by heat and heavy, toxic smoke, my lungs are weak now, so any little thing that comes along is a big deal to my lungs. Thanks for your well-wishes. :)ML
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George....only if you say it with a smile. How have you been lately, old nemesis? ;)ML
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Happy Birthday, Roldfilm....sorry to be a day late! I hope that you had a wonderful day and celebration for your 70th. Enjoy good health, and have many, many more.
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Interesting topic, and a difficult one to respond to. I don't want to cop out by saying, "apples and oranges", but so much of what came out of these major studios did rely on public taste, including mine, during those years.
Path, if it wouldn't be a major project, would it be possible for you to compile a "fairly good" listing of what you (I trust you to know) would say are the best-known films produced by each studio (MGM and Warner's) so that we can get a feel for what each was "predominantly" putting out during the 30's, 40', and early 50's? Without the coffee table books to refer to, maybe this would help. Or, because you do have the books to guide you, perhaps you could tell us exactly why you would choose Warner's. Thanks a bunch!
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Hi Moviejoe....thanks. I did mean through e-mail, when I mentioned my "mailbox". Maybe I didn't do something exactly right on the day I first registered to post in this community, so there's no way that I'll be able to get TCM to e-mail me a Newsletter now. Whatever! It's just very frustrating! ML
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Great clues, Mongo...but I'm not getting any closer to the brass ring. Someone else will have to solve this one
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Sounds a lot like Hannibal Lector is on the loose again! Yikes! "Silence of the Lambs"?
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Gosh...you guys are all something else! Talk about a warm and caring bunch of people we have in our "community"! Thank you...all of you...for helping me get through this. You're truly wonderful people, and I care for each of you very much, too!
Considering that it was exactly a week ago that I was too sick to get out of bed, I'm doing much better now. I'm even starting to feel a little "scrappy" again, which is always a good sign that I'm closer to being my "old self" again.
Still hauling the oxygen tank everywhere, but maybe I won't have to do that for much longer. We'll see.Take care of your lungs, kids!
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Happy Birthday to Barbra Streisand and Shirley MacLaine, two great ones!
Mongo, since you've explained that you "might" keep this thread going after September 2004, I'm going to have to let you know that I'll be sticking beans up my nose, and stamping my feet if you don't! Someone else has also mentioned that we have "new" people all the time who enjoy this thread daily, so a one-year cycle really doesn't affect the worth of this thread to all of us.
You give us so much more than just a listing of births and deaths...and that's what makes this thread such a wonderful success. Please don't take this away! ML
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For another clue...."The Green Mile"?
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Very interesting observations, Dan...thanks for sharing them with us. For those of us who are "getting into" the how and why of things having to do with film and film-makers, it's posts like yours that fill in many blanks. I have a much deeper appreciation of Harold Lloyd now, thanks in part to you. :)ML
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I'm sure that we've talked about this previously here, but I will add that I dearly love steamer clams, along with the Lobster, then Salmon, then Halibut, then Tuna. Beyond this, I'm not much of a seafood lover, either, George. Oh. I do like Shrimp. But, no way can I eat Crab, or Oysters. Now, these were the kinds of seafoods my Salish people lived on for a few centuries at least, and it wasn't until they moved inland to Montana that a taste for wild game became predominant. At this point I don't know whether my bi-annual pilgrimages to the Oregon Coast were for the visit to the sea, or the chance to have some "real" seafood that I can't get here. Ok...enough of this "off topic" stuff.
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