[Who are your biggest vintage crushes?]

Realized in my last post of crushes that I forgot to mention Bill Holden and Rod Taylor.

I've always loved Bill Holden. Besides being so handsome, always sense that underlying great sense of humor of his. That's why I think he was so perfectly cast in Sunset Blvd. He made that character work. Any other actor would not have lightened up what was really a very dark film. I love Sunset Blvd and so glad that Holden played that part.

 

I watched Love Is A Many Splendored Thing for the upteenth time. He is so appealing in that film, among so many of his really wonderful performances. Bill Holden, definitely a crush of mine.

 

When I was a teen, there was a tv show Hong Kong. Rod was so gorgeous, fell in love with him because of that tv show. So adding those 2 to my classic film crushes.

You must have fainted into somebody's arms when you saw Picnic for the first time.

[MISTER ROBERTS]

I have a different take than NipkowDisc..

 

Although I've never seen it (or later versions), I can imagine the original 1948 play had to have been much better than the subsequent film. The film has the feel of a staged play setting - mostly the onboard ship scenes.

 

I, too, enjoyed James Cagney's performance - he still had "it". Unfortunately, William Powell's performance let me down. A favorite actor in his final film just going with the flow. Henry Fonda performed as expected, with a nice send-off preceeded by the closed-door/"horn"-being-left-on-in-Cagney's-office scene.. the crew discovering Mr. Roberts' personal sacrifice for them <sniff!>

 

Jack Lemmon as comic relief - great closing sequence.

 

As much as I would like to like this even more, I would choose The Caine Mutiny if ever these two aired simultaneously.

 

Maybe if June Allyson.. NO! no.. Forget that one..

[The Post an Interesting Pic thread]

[The Boards Are Humming]

Would you say they have a torrent of free time?

If this keeps up, we'll have to name a computer virus after him.

[The Boards Are Humming]

I've noticed that. When you look down at the online list, you see the number of posters that are engaged. It's higher than usual. You can also see where people are. What amazes me, is how many of you are on Personal Messenger. I never use that, except in the (very) rare case that someone sends me a PM. What am I missing?

A really good soap

[Fill in the blank (6-??-15)]

The answer to this one will be three film titles in a form similar to the answer one might give in the game CLUE - e.g. , Colonel Mustard in the conservatory with the lead pipe. 

[Salton Sea (CA) disappearing]

About ten years ago, in the Tampa Bay regions, we had our own little drought going on. Many lakes were 4 or more feet below normal levels. Boats tied to docks were sitting on bottom while tethered to dock pillars 6 feet higher. Retention ponds were bone dry; full of weeds. It was several years before enough rainfall returned levels to a more useable volume.

 

We've still remained in an ongoing dry spell of sorts. Even surrounded by water on two sides, rainfall has been below desired levels. Heavy rains will saturate the ground, filling retention ponds to overflowing, but percolation occurs quickly lowering levels once again.

 

I recall some years back, around 1999 I believe, a friend living in southern Texas showed me some pics of a large lake which had receded nearly two miles from the developed shoreline. Nothing but a dried up mud field with stark visions of old, empty boat docks dotting the shorelines.

 

Even when hurricanes come through Florida one after the other, the benefits of massive rainfalls from these are short lived.

[The Third Man]

Maybe you should turn the volume down all the way and turn on closed captioning. Then provide some of your own music in the background. You might concentrate better.

 

I do this with sub-titled films. Think I'll give this one a shot next time around. Thanks!

[PSYCHO]

PSYCHO was the first mainstream movie to show a toilet.

It not only showed a toilet but (GASP!) also showed it being flushed. 

I used that as a bit of trivia in the Games Forum a couple years ago. Someone actually chided me, mentioning how crude I was to have done so (mentioning the first toilet flush in film). Obviously, they had never seen Psycho (..someone here who hasn't seen Psycho..? ) and didn't realize the toilet contained no waste, only torn paper.

[This might be a tough one...]

That does help narrow it down..

 

There's Caged (1950).. 

http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/27277/Caged/

 

and Women's Prison (1955).. 

http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/15881/Women-s-Prison/

[The Third Man]

Well.... personally.... I think the zither music in this film is the best movie music ever used in any film. I had the movie on last night while I was in bed, with my eyes closed, and I could follow the visuals of every scene when the music was playing. Perfectly recorded and edited and much of the film was edited to match the music, rather than the music being written to match the edited film.

 

I know this after years of editing film to pre-recorded music while making documentary films.

I'm behind ya 100% on this, Fred. Well.. maybe 98%..Bernard Herrmann's my favorite movie music guy.

[I need help identifying a movie]

Somebody kidnapped the OP!

[Who are your biggest vintage crushes?]

LOL

 

Well, actually as I recall, it was usually after 3 or so Rusty Nails.

 

(...and no, if ya now wonderin', I also never much cared for  "gettin' caught in the rain" either...especially while on my motorcycle)

Well at the time, (mumblemumble) years ago, I might have gone with the ol'  Clavo Ahumado (ahh yesss.. the old clAvoww ahmooNAdoww) subbing mezcal for Scotch.

[The Third Man]

HEY now, ND! I don't know about YOU, but I can NEVER get enough ZITHER music, dude!!!

 

 

(...man...dig those crazy strings!!!)

 

This may seem petty, but it's that.. that.. that ZITHER music which prevents me from sitting through this film from start to finish. I've tried dozens of times - I just can't take that instrument for more than 15-20 seconds. I like the movie underneath this stuff.. but I can't do it.. no sir.

[Does eclecticism rein at tcm?]

Isn't it about time we got to see THE FOURTH MAN?

            Nostradamus foresaw this many, many years ago - that's why he invented divisional math

                                                         <wha..?> .. Yes. I know..

 

Just divide the number of times you have seen The Third Man (or North By Nortwest) by 4. Then, divide that result by 4... and so on and so on.. until you get back down to a single digit number. Now you're ready to begin viewing these classics aaalll over again.

 

Ok.. Next problem..?

[Who are your biggest vintage crushes?]

Oh yeah! And I always loved her "I Will Survive" song TOO, Mr.R! That was one that ALWAYS got me boogiein' out there on the disco dance floor, alright!!!

 

 

(...sorry...couldn't resist)

That, and 6 or so Piña coladas

 

Was that you doin' Robert Hayes' stunt work in Airplane!

[Fill in the blank (6-??-15)]

Thank you, lavender! Ya got it!

And Thank You! to starliteyes and LonsomePolecat too!

[This might be a tough one...]

                     Was this one of those older 40s - 50s black & white,

                               or newer 60s (color) exploitation films? 

[Fill in the blank (6-??-15)]

Four  G s   Five  N s

[GUESS WHO?]

Could that be Lynn Bari ?

Itis. It IS The Woo Woo Girl - Lynn Bari

 

Thank you, Miles - and Rich

 

Miles' thread

[The Post an Interesting Pic thread]

[GUESS WHO?]

Thank Yaw

 

[Fill in the blank (6-??-15)]

Two  O s

[What Are You Watching Now?]

The Mad Magician & The Tingler

[GUESS WHO?]

I think this is Nancy Kovack. Here's a shot of her with Huey Lewis' grandfather: Tor Lewis