classicsfan1119
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Actually, Slappy, there was a heck of a lot more going on with Jim Backus's character in "Reble W/O A Cause" than that silly apron would point to concerning his "emasculation", which by the way was a definite and deliberate aspect of his role, and why James Dean couldn't even begin to reach him on a "father/son relationship" level. ;)ML
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Hi Sandy! Good to see you again...where ya been?
The Glenn Ford/Bette Davis film you're thinking of is titled "A Stolen Life" (1946). :)ML
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Ok...if everyone is in agreement that the movie was "Red Dust" and not "Mongombo", then Feaito got it, and he needs a "Congrats", and then to start a new round. Yea!
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In other threads here and there around our boards, a great many of us have expressed a strong interest in having TCM handle Film Shorts differently in their scheduling than they currently do. We can only hope that someone at TCM has seen our pleas in these Forums, but the best bet is to e-mail TCM with a request that the Shorts be better organized, aired, and even treated with a great Introduction by our Robert Osborne. So...you're not alone! Keep after TCM about this issue! ML
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Dear Philly...if anyone here "holds it against you" because the Silents are not your cup of tea, shame on them! Everyone here is entitled to express what their interests and personal tastes are without being put down if not everyone else shares them. It took me years to develop enough of an interest in movie History to even consider that the Silents had anything to offer me...and it's only recently that I have even been able to start watching some of them here on TCM. Maybe you will also get "hooked" on some of them someday, or maybe not...and that's OK!
The list that you have given us is filled with wonderful movies and it's great to see that you love them and are always looking for more. Many are the Classics you will find right here on TCM....or perhaps on other TV channels that have the rights to air them. For sure, feel perfectly welcome here to talk about those movies/actors that you do love...and never think that you need to apologize for not particularly loving others. :)ML
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Thanks, HKG....I have yet to see all of "The General", but desperately want to, so I will check out your link. I saw somewhere else that you have asked TCM to please show this Keaton masterpiece (among others), and sincerely hope that it's in their library and that they will show it, at least on Silent Sunday's offerings. I don't get any other TV stations that do seem to air Keaton's works, so if TCM can't air them, I guess that I'm going to have to start saving my pennies to buy them. ML
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Mogombo? Why would I say that? I've never seen it!
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I'm so tempted to say that I'll have one eye on the Easter Bunny, whom I imagine to be about the same build and stature as "Harvey", and the other eye on my cat who won't have Ham to feast on, but bears watching anyway.
But, it's for sure that I will also watch again (first time since I saw it in the movie theatre) "The Ten Commandments". I'm betting that I've forgotten enough of it that it will feel like a first-time viewing all over again. Neat! ML
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Great to see this wonderful game moving again! For another clue: "Shane"?
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Loliteblue...good to see you back again! Nice choice on the little "Asta", too. I'm delighted by his antics! :)ML
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"Prof."...thank you for rephrasing your remarks about Gary Cooper to read, "With regards to Gary Gooper, no, I don't think he was much of an actor." I much prefer it when you can express your own personal tastes, rather than toss out a reckless statement like "Cooper couldn't act".
And, I'm quite aware of the "politics" evident in the Academy Awards, which I've always seen as a serious flaw since their inception in 1927. But, the Oscars are still a large part of the History of Hollywood, which I'm sure you are quite aware of as a lofty film historian, critic, and teacher. Before you diss them, please examine them less superficially and you might also expand your appreciation of the obvious "talent and ability" they still often strive to recognize from year to year, era to era, and generation to generation, "hyperbole" or not. ;)ML
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Ummm...is this possibly another post that was supposed to go to a different domain but somehow landed here? We had others a short time ago. Weird. ML
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Right on, Lissiedel! One of my very favorite movies is "The Quiet Man", but there is that little scene in which an elderly Irish lady offers John Wayne a branch with which he can "beat the little woman"....and I suppose that there are "liberated women" everywhere that find that very offensive. I just don't happen to be one of them, because that behavior was completely accurate for the time and the culture the movie was portraying, and I'm glad that Ford didn't shy away from filming it.
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Hey there, Mongo...just a quick note to let you know that Constance Towers is another Montana native. I had a great pleasure of seeing her with Yul Brenner on Broadway in New York City in "The King and I" (in the late 70's)...and was too shy to make my way backstage to say "hello". And, I bet that she would have warmly welcomed me, and even taken around me to meet Yul Brenner, too! Oh well...another of my lost opportunities! ;)ML
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You know, Brakenhe, I was watching the MGM Documentary again last night, and I found myself thinking the same thing about Irving Thalberg. Interstingly, I was able to see the younger face of Jack Lemmon in the face of Thalberg, say from the time that he did "Mr. Roberts". Of course, not all of Lemmon's persona would fit Thalberg, but he might have come the closest when he was nearer Thalberg's age. I honestly can't think of anyone today who could "be" Thalberg, but it's sure a good question to ponder!
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Oh, I wasn't pointing a finger at you HKG...I was merely considering that there might be a "better" word to describe men like DeMille and Chaplin, or any others like them who refused to settle for shoddiness, second-best effort, or mediocrity within the frame-work of their work ethics. "Professional" was the one word that seemed to best describe them. I don't believe that I used the word "perfectionist" in my previous post...I'll go back and look, though.
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'Twas the Hero of my youth, Roy Rogers. As a kid, it delighted me to know that his birthday was only three days after mine, which is something I've never forgotten.
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Oh, what would we do without the "prof." who tells us that Gary Cooper couldn't act? The awards he received were varied and many, but just for the Academy Award he was:
Nominated (1936) for "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town"
Won (1941) for "Sergeant York"
Nominated (1942) for "Pride of the Yankee's"
Nominated (1943) for "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
Won (1952) for "High Noon".
Not too shabby for a man who "couldn't act" to be so well recognized and honored through the years by his peers. ;)ML
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Perhaps the words "Sadistic" and "Charming" aren't as important to equate with Cecil B. DeMille as the word "Professional". Here was yet one more man who refused to settle for anything less than the best (like Chaplin), and he expected the same of people working with and all around him on set. Thank God for men like this...we have the greatness of their life's achievements forever on film, and isn't that what matters the most when we remember them or mention them still today? ;)ML
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If I may take this thread back on topic for just a moment...
Yes Spencer, I most certainly did watch (for the first, but not the last time) and tape all of the MGM: When The Lion Roars Documentary, which is a must have Documentary for anyone who professes a love of film and film history. Seeing all the stars and Hollywood figures that are gone now is one thing (delightful fun)...but getting familiar with the History of a Studio like MGM is so important beyond all that entertaining stuff. At least I think that it is.
As I've already mentioned to you and Mongo today, L.B. Mayer was rightfully considered by many to be a real monster...but, he also helped to organize a major studio that gave the world some of the greatest movies ever produced. I may not like the man personally if all that is said about him is true (and I don't doubt that it is), but what would things at MGM have been like without him? Can any of us know that?
The young Thalberg was the real genius at MGM...and one can also only wonder at what MGM might have been like had he lived much longer than he did.
Thank you so much, Spencer...for alerting me to get this one recorded.
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I've been reading in these Forums for a year and I have yet to see anyone post who did not love Hattie in GWTW, and recognize her accomplishments in not only this movie but many others, as well.
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I was waiting until after Easter to finish the ending. ;p
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Oh, and I forgot a little dog by the name of "Scraps" that Charlie Chaplin once worked with. They were both great!
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Rebel Without A Cause(1955, James Dean)
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I'm not a fan of James Dean, either, Brackenhe...so I must also say that I didn't even like him in "Giant"...maybe especially in "Giant" because of his mechanical method acting style and how distracting and fake it caused him to appeared to me throughout the entire movie. I always thought that he should have tried to "age" in this movie more like Hudson and Taylor did, which might have helped him to appear less comical. I thought that he did a much better job in "Rebel.." and "East of Eden", which is my personal favorite of his movies. ML