Kid Dabb

I like the color.. ..and that crease in the middle.

Now that one brings to mind The Locket (1946). Doesn't this one also have at least one flashback within another? I seem to remember this one because a lot of people here got in on a thread discussing the complications it may have created for us viewers.

Ok. I can see where this is going..

I'll say: David Lean & Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

I was just watching Lydia (1941) and got to wondering what other films are presented in flashback - either the whole film; large portions (Lydia); or just one or two shorties to help the plot along.

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What I've found: 1. Lexicographer Eric Partridge (1894-1976) speculated that it may be a corruption of "cease". 2. In his Vocabulary of the Flash Language, author and former convict James Hardy Vaux (1782-?) defined "cheese it" as synonymous with stash it and stow it, all meaning to desist or leave off.

You're on your own there..

Plastic surgery aside, I find it difficult to tell it's the same person.

Two A s

I think I recall reading somewhere the studio wanted Leslie Howard because of his current popularity in film. Leslie was peaking with the public, so his presence in any film would produce more box office draw. He could have been offed in the first ten minutes.. as long as his name was on the marquee (or poster).

..which turned out to be just one, loooooonnnggg infomercial for the Brough Superior motorcycle. Way ahead of it's time. Way ahead..

I reckon they (The Studio..udio...dio.....dio..io..) - - they.. figured this version was such a nice, tidy package that it didn't need a sequel.

I could really dig some sign language, man..

LOL! I don't find them to be funny, either. I do enjoy them, but sometimes they get a bit whiny and frustrating.

This quote made me chuckle a bit: Joseph E. Levine bought the film for distribution but said he lost money on it. "You cannot stay in business by making O'Neill pictures," he said.

Has the novel ever been completed in film?

He translated well from literary humor to film. I always enjoy seeing his shorts (don't go there!) as well as his dramatic appearances in film.

Two N s

I have read nothing factual about who The Drifter is supposed to be, as far as a character in the film. I have read many speculations here and elsewhere. The only clue seems to be at the very end when The Drifter rides out of town, as Mordecai is carving on a headstone: The next day, the Stranger departs, slowly riding through the ruined town in the same manner he arrived. At the cemetery, he passes Mordecai carving a fresh grave marker. Mordecai comments to the departing Stranger that he never did know his name, to which the Stranger answers cryptically, "Yes, you do." A look of astonishment crosses the little man's face, and he enigmatically replies "yes, sir, captain" and salutes. The camera pulls back to reveal that the wooden marker carved by Mordecai reads, "MARSHAL JIM DUNCAN. REST IN PEACE." The Stranger rides out, vanishing into the haze. I've always assumed we're to believe The Drifter is the spirit of the murdered sheriff returned to extract payment from the townspeople and town as a whole. Is there a name in literature for such an entity? Although I love to suspend belief while watching movies, I have never been comfortable with this ending; but that's the movies... I can accept it as offered. I like this film. This is one of my favorite Clint Eastwood films which I happen to feel is very similar in many respects to Pale Rider. I can't watch one without thinking of the other. Thanks for dragging that out of me..

Seven E s

I believe this pie chart illustrates the number of people in those countries who are NOT "on the dole".

The first few times I watched Somewhere in Time, I kept visualizing Clark Kent - got over it though. I really like that movie, and the ending caught me by surprise - a nice touch.

Scavenged info : That's British slang from the WWI period - from the 'doling out' (handing out) of charitable gifts of food or money. In a phrase: "You won't draw your out-of-work dole of 29s. this week."