Kid Dabb
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Argh! The Maltin review gave this movie 4 stars so I figured it was likely not good.
I see the movie is scheduled to play again in July.
I'll try to catch it then..
Normally, the ol' Maltin Review works exactly as you predicted.. This is one of those rare instances where it's right on the money.. I'd go so far as to give it 4-1/2 Stars. Moira Shearer's expressiveness captivates me with each viewing - her physical beauty; her facial expressions; her body language.. Perfection.
This scene in particular: To see her relish each word spoken to her.. so much is going on beneath..
Not to mention the rest of the cast..
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To me the article just selects a few examples of beefy men from the golden era (but Edmund O'Brien???), while conveniently ignoring actors that don't fit the part, and does the inverse of the same thing with regards to the current generations of actors.
As for general opinions about masculinity; I don't think there is a consensus opinion in this regard and the same holds true with regards to femininity.
e.g. the Ginger \ MaryAnn debate or are blondes hotter than others.
I could never understand the appeal of Edmund O'Brien as a leading man with romantic (film) interests. He always seemed to come off as overplaying his roles when in romantic situations. Otherwise, I think he does a great job.. and I like many of his characters - as opposed to Anthony Quinn.. could never connect with his characters (except one).
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This reminds me of an older gent by the name of Werner Strauss who I once worked with years ago and who talked as if he had just gotten off the boat from Hamburg Germany and even though he had lived in The States for decades. Another of those Teutonic types who couldn't pronounce the "th" sound. BUT, as you might know, the German will often pronounce this sound as an "s" sound.
Well, I think it was that day that I just couldn't resist kidding him after he started a sentence with "I think..." but of course it came out sounding like "I sink.." and then interrupted him mid-sentence to say, "I SINK"??? What were you during the war Werner, a U-boat commander or somethin'?"...well, as I was sayin' here, I THINK that was the day it cemented in my head why the German are often noted for their sense of humor...or lack thereof.
(...'cause Werner did NOT find any humor at all in what I asked!)
In my career in the automotive field, I had a close relationship with the Volkswagen Corp. Their dealer rep was straight from "the Old Country" (Germany). So.. I know of what you speak. There were times I believed I was in the same room with Dr. Strangelove. -
Cops, including Dennis, prefer doughnuts. Lots of them.
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Don't feel so bad here, DGF. There's a very understandable reason why all these years you apparently were under the misconception that Tor's name was somehow "Thor".
(...he was Swedish, and you know how those Teutonic types can never say words with that "th" sound, and so his parents just dropped the "h" in his name, THAT'S all...would've been the same if he was French-Canadian too, of course!!!)
They're all born without lower teeth, so pronouncing "th" is an impossibility.
When they try, they appear to be spitting tobacco from a Lucky Strike.
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The one I'm reminded of is: Four Daughters (1938)
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I believe that one is Reducing (1952) - HERE
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Blackboard, Asphalt, Concrete; All these "jungles" are gonna need their own continent.
Any "Jungle" movies I left out?
Sepiatone
Jungle Bells
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Blackboard Jungle is a great film.....I once read the window the student jumps through was candy made with sugar.....
Old windows used to be made from sugar - not the most transparent, but lets the light in.
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yup, can see it now
thanks
Thanks for the feedback! You're Aces..!
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OK. Let's start over.
All I remember is this guy kisses a girl on an oil rig...
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just NOT seeing anything.....
if I click, all I get is a revolving circle
is there some 'trick' to this???
Well. That explains your earlier post. I've been using a different image host site to generate the URLs for my pics - sometimes that will cause problems with someone's browser not being able to read it. This may be the case with you, as you've never had this difficulty with my pics.. until I switched.
I'll post the same image using my old hosting site - see if you're able to view this one..
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Hmm.. I had some this morning. And then there was last night. There was just before lunch. And during lunch. If you're expecting hors d'oeuvres, well.. you're just going to have to wait until dinner.
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Bacall to Bogey- in TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT - You know how to whistle don't you Steve, you just put your lips together and blow
YAYYYY!!! lavender !
Thank you, starliteyes and lavender
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I recall scenes very similar in a 50s.. early 60s spaceship movie.
It was a color film. I'll have to cogitate on this.
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As I watched NORTH BY NORTHWEST today I realized how crushingly monochromatic that film is. There is such a preponderance of grey--virtually the only color of the menswear--that it really seems that the only color is the red of the faces of the actors.
Why do so many movies fail to take advantage of the rich possibilities of color photography? NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN is not in color; its photography is all endless shades of brown, ochre, sepia, sienna, etc.!
There is one bright spot, at least. I really enjoy seeing Eva in her hotel room with Cary - she's wearing that red dress.. which stands out so well in her gray room, and yet virtually disappears as it blends into the red-browns of the hotel lobby.
I believe Hitch used these palettes in order to punctuate certain things; in this film as well as others.
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doan think I ever saw this until yesterday on tcm. it starts out kinda like a british version of beirne lay and mervyn leroy's 'torward the unknown' that came out the same year but all too quickly descends into lame science-fiction. sorry, but lois maxwell just wasn't all that hot. trooper kieron moore does what he can and donald wolfit is just properly stuffy in a british way. even the spaceship called stardust looked good...intil it launched. the silly looking special effects don't rate cinemascope and it's a shame that the filmmakers couldn't have gotten a loan from george pal of some of his special effects people. the smoke from the rocket exhaust is just laughable. save that kinda crap for toho. still, the film is an interesting curio from 1956.I'll bet wally veevers was real proud of this one.
Oh no! You're throwing away thirty years of my childhood!
On May 29th, will Earthquake (1974) become lame?
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Uh.. I believe that's "Llamas"