classicsfan1119
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Hey, Stella...the reason I asked Coffeedan not to call me "Stella" if I win again is because the last two times I have won, he congratulated YOU! I was just giving him a bad time, sweetie, so don't get your feathers up (smile). ML
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It always seemed to me that Leslie Nielson didn't find his true calling until he started doing Comedy...and I'm sure glad that he did! He has given me lots of laughs through the more recent years. ML
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Stella, what does "*V* tweet tweet" mean??? You competely lost me on that one. ML
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And, I meant to add in my last post that her ride in the "Flight Trainer" was one of the funniest scenes I've ever seen. I don't think that Dressler even had a double or stunt person fill in for her. Does anyone else agree?
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I saw "Emma" for the first time the other night, and loved it. Marie Dressler had the ability to make you laugh your head off, and then cry your eyes out all in the same movie, and in "Emma" she did both to her usual perfection. I really hope that TCM will pick up this thread and give us more Marie Dressler films to see. She's fantastic! ML
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Was it "Go West Young Man"? And, if I'm right, I'm NOT Stella (smile). ML
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All I can think of is Fanny Brice, but it can't be her because I don't think she was ever nominated for an Oscar.
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I apologize for taking a "defensive" position concerning my feelings about Katharine Hepburn's acting abilities. It wasn't my intention to "demean" any other person who posts here, but only to offer my opinion even though it didn't "take sides" with yours, and I'm sorry that what I said was taken so personally by you. ML
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Happy Birthday to Kathryn Grayson! I'm fairly certain that she is still in mourning for her dear friend, Ann Miller, but I do hope that she will enjoy today knowing that she is loved by many of us. ML
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For the Trivia Question....was it Shirley Temple?
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Coffeedan, it was not I who had the losses...it was Stella. I'm sorry that your mom has required hip replacemen surgery, but I hear that recovery from it is much easier these days. We will miss you next week...take care. ML
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I don't know, but I'll say that it was Katharine Hepburn because of making "On Golden Pond" with her. ML
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I'd pop in either "Arsenic and Old Lace", or "Ball of Fire", or "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek", or "The Egg and I", when I need a good laugh. ML
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This is a good question, Mrschips. I doubt that there exists just one book that covers this issue. Many actors who left Europe went to the United Kingdom and continued their careers there, and then never did return to Europe. If you can identify any specific actors, and then locate good biographies for them, you might be able to learn how they adjusted (or not) to a differing country/society. I can't even say who left Europe just as Nazism was gaining momemtum, and came here because of it. Can anyone help identify some of them for us? ML
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Gosh, I sure hope that scene wasn't planned because I'm facinated with how professionally Fonda handled it, and it ended up joining so many other hilarous scenes in the movie. ML
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"Min and Bill" is one of my favorite movies, and I didn't think that TCM had it in their library because I haven't seen it being shown in the 7+ months I've had TCM. I'm glad to know that they do have it, I'll ask them to show it. I have noticed, however, that TCM almost always seems to show the very, very oldest films during the middle of the night, and I really wish that they would show them at a more reasonable time. If they can't do that, then I wish that they would reserve one day per month to show ONLY these oldest films and silents we love. ML
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I simply don't know how anyone who has seen "Bringing Up Baby", and then "The Lion in Winter", and then "The African Queen, and then "On Golden Pond (need I go on?) can say that Katharine Hepburn is only "playing herself" in these movies. Of course, I'm assuming that the person stating this belief has actually seen all of these movies, and many more she starred in!
Those of us who have posted in defense of this great actress are not simply "biased" about Kate...we are truly knowledgable about her acting ability, and BTW so was the Academy through the years if you'll tally up the number of nominations and awards she received from many people who were in a better position that us to "judge" her acting.
ML
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Hi again, Spencer. Thanks to you, I'm sure learning things about the Academy Awards, and other awards, that I didn't pay any attention to before. In particular, I'm learning that there's a lot more involved in the voting then meets the novice's (that would be me)eye! I've always loved watching the Oscar Show, largely because it was fun to "guess" who would get the Oscar, or to pick who I wanted to get the Oscar. And it's always fun to see the stars that night. But then there were those academy votes for the winners that seemed to make no sense to me, and I've always wondered why. I may never know, but I'm sure having fun trying (smile). ML
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Hey Mongo! Thanks for replying to my post in the Birthday thread about Eddie Bracken and starting this thread for us. I totally agree that we tend to only talk about drama and it's actors, and kind of forget about comedy and it's actors in our discussions, even though there was a lot of comedy in lots of movies made by some pretty serious actors (Kate Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire come quickly to mind).
Loliteblue already talked about Marie Dressler and Ma & Pa Kettle, so I'll just add a few personal comments to her excellent post.
I crack up just about every time I see Dressler do or say something funny...her timing is perfect! Did anyone see her in "Tilly's Punctured Romance" with Chaplin? She was fantastic and created a laugh riot throughout the film. And, because I have a special love for Marjorie Main (she hated 'Main' by the way but couldn't think of anything better to change it to, so it lasted a lifetime) so I watch every movie she appears in, and there are a huge amount of them. In many of them, she is the one (with her comic presense) who holds the movie together when it starts to lag, or even if it's not.
Of the comedy teams, I like Abbott and Costello the best.
Eddie Bracken has always been a favorite. Even in the second "Home Alone" movie, I loved seeing him. Eddie Cantor never fails to crack me up. Same thing with Jimmy Durante. Oscar Lavant was not identified as a comedian, but he could tossed out one-liner's that kept me grinning for days. Burns and Allen, Bob Hope, Red Skelton, and Jack Benny are in a class of their own. There are so many more that I'm leaving out!
And, of course, I can't leave this discussion without mentioning Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Stan Laural & Oliver Hardy, W.C. Fields, and The Little Rascals.
ML
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Her e-mail address was/is posted here...have you tried contacting her via e-mail recently? It is curious that she would completely drop out of sight.
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I have the soundtrack for "Four Weddings & a Funeral", and, as Moira says, the poem is spoken by that actor, with the musical background as heard in the movie. I highly recommend buying that soundtrack for that reason. ML
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Jeffrey Hunter died of a cerebral hemmorrhage that occurred on stairs in his home that resulted in his collapse, and then a fall in which he received even further head trauma. He didn't regain consciousness and died the next day following surgery to repair the scull fracture. He was 42 years of age.
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Coffeedan, and Spencer....thank you both so much for your posts! I simply could not find the right words (I think I was too dumbfounded!) to enter into this discussion yesterday, and you have both have said exactly what I would have said had I been able to! To read your posts is exactly why you two gentlemen are an absolute treasure at this site. Thank you!
And, Spencer...Yup, as Spencer Tracey himself said, "There isn't much meat on them (sic) bones, but what's there is cherce." And, that he deeply admired her acting ability goes without saying!
Mary Lou
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I just want to pop in and say how much I loved and miss Eddie Bracken. Lots of good memories of movies he was in every time I read his name. ML
I love Marie Dressler how about you.
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About that Flight Trainer sceen: I was thinking after I posted my question that perhaps it was done with Marie actually in the cockpit, but at with the Trainer operating at a very slow speed which was then greatly speeded up on the film later. I guess I just want to think that this marvelous lady did her own stunt, as many men and women from the eariler Silents did. It would be nice to know. I absolutely fell in love with Marie at the conclusion of her "ride" when she was obviously in distress and about to lose it. You don't see many stars carry a scene that far (smile). ML