Kid Dabb
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I like the color..
..and that crease in the middle.
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Passage to Marseille uses flashbacks within flashbacks. Yea, this does make it somewhat difficult to follow the plot.
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.
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Ok. I can see where this is going..
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Thanks, 6's.
A great director of a film from the 60s famous for its rich history used John Ford's "The Searchers" over and over again while getting inspiration in direction of his project. What film and what famous director?
I'll say: David Lean & Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
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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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The newly restored version on blue ray is to have an alternate music track.
Wall-to-wall solos by Gheorghe Zamfir.
Copies # 00001 and # 00002 are reserved under my name
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What are the origins of "Cheese it, the cops!"
Always loved that one.
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. -
What you said could be the case, but why didn't they cast Howard as Scarlett's first husband!
You're on your own there..
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MARLO THOMAS
Plastic surgery aside, I find it difficult to tell it's the same person.
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It is a shame if studio-era movie lovers are so influenced by ageless blockbusters that their main impression of Leslie Howard is GWTW. I still don't know why Selznick was so insistent in wanting Howard for the role of Ashley.
As for Howard, I also love the 3 movies he made with Bette Davis (each very different), Intermezzo with Ingrid Bergman (the film that introduced her to the USA and was Selznick's 'gift' to Howard for playing Ashley), as well as his early 30s films, some with the unique actress Ann Harding.
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).
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Yes, I think so. Later Heathcliff changed his name again and went to Arabia to organize Arab tribes in their war against the Turks.
Those old book novels were much too long to be covered by just one film.
..which turned out to be just one, loooooonnnggg infomercial for the Brough Superior motorcycle.
Way ahead of it's time. Way ahead..
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You mean the full and complete two-volume book version?
I don't think so.
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.
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Yes, too much PC these days. Pretty soon my reviews will be in symbols.
I could really dig some sign language, man..
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Oh, but I will....
To be completely honest, I've seen many (all?) of his shorts, including the one that (I think) won the Oscar and didn't find one single moment funny*. HOWEVER, he was a very good (and funny) actor and I enjoy him in CHINA SEAS, I MARRIED A WITCH!, THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR and others.
*- they're not bad, mind you, they're just not funny. ALTHOUGH I will take Robert Benchley over PETE SMITH'S WONDERFUL WORLD OF SMARM any day.
LOL! I don't find them to be funny, either. I do enjoy them, but sometimes they get a bit whiny and frustrating.
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Well, I didn't actually just watch, but I did begin watching Long Day's Journey Into Night. I've always wanted to see it and checked it out of the library. I have to return it today. It looks to be a monumental film experience, with an amazing cast (Hepburn, Richardson, Robards, Stockwell) and looks brilliant in black and white. Unlike many films, I think it should be watched straight through -- and it's 170 minutes. But I think you just have to be in the mood to watch it. Maybe later in the summer.
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.
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Has the novel ever been completed in film?
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Thanks for some opinions...I wanted to know whether this one was worth watching.
PS There is a BENCHLEY SQUARE in Worcester Mass, named for Robert Benchley who was from there.
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.
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Does anyone here who has seen High Plains Drifter have any thoughts about the film?
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.. -
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I believe this pie chart illustrates the number of people in those countries who are NOT "on the dole".
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That's why I liked the book Time And Again better. He stayed with her.
And nobody doesn't cry at the end of Somewhere In Time. Reeve was so beautful.
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.
Arcane phrases from the classic era
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Allright. Ya talked me into it. Gimme a sec..
..here