[What color is that?]

Myrna was usually very well dressed but this dress is down right ugly. I think she wore this in Penthouse, before she was Nora Charles.

 

...

 

ETA: oops I see now where you said she wore it in The Thin Man. She wore a similar dress in Penthouse but it had a big bow across the bust area.

Yeah. Looks a little frumpy in this pic - not the clearest photo.

 

I think we see it mostly from the waist up, so it's not too bad. Some time back, here on these boards, someone mentioned this dress was green striped - I always imagined it red.. don't know why. It wasn't to match her hair because I had not found out she was a redhead until many years after seeing this film for the first time. I think that poster mentioned the color was revealed in a biography - not sure if it was Myrna's or another actor's.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Some years ago, I had thought of something I hadn't realized before:

 

We, the audience, see these films in b&w and have to imagine the colors, while (nearly) everyone involved in the making of them sees them in their true colors. Except for their personal prints, going to a screening, DVDs, or watching them on tv/cable, they may not see these films in b&w at all - ever.

 

My whole perception of many b&w films is based in great part on the fact they are b&w, as it adds to the feeling and atmosphere. When I see still color shots of b&w films, I just can't imagine that film having been made in Technicolor (for example).

 

The biggest shock I received was seeing a color still of Greer Garson for the first time. I had never imagined her hair to be red - I'm still not used to it. I want my Greer in b&w.

[What color is that?]

Haven't you wondered this as you're watching a favorite b&w film?

 

Every time I see Myrna Loy's candy-striped evening gown in The Thin Man (1934), I ask myself that question. As I am watching Stella Dallas at this moment, I also wonder what kind of wild color schemes Stella has incorporated into her clothing - they look splashy in b&w.

[Who's this?]

[Who's this?]

[Board games in film]

In the film Lair of the White Worm, there is a rather amusing scene in which Amanda Donohoe plays Snakes and Ladders with a young man, after which she bites him and kills him. A wonderful, sadly forgotten Ken Russell movie also starring Hugh Grant and Pete Capaldi.

 

Here's the scene after she bites the guy:

 

 

I haven't seen this one in about 15 years. I found a shot of the game..

[Who's this?]

[Who's this?]

Judy Garland

[Who's this?]

[Thunderbird 6 (1968)]

Tomorrow morning 8:15 AM EST

 

I love this stuff! More! More!

[Who's this?]

[Who's this?]

Ingrid Bergman

[Who's this?]

..annnd-uH.. cam-er-a ONE!

[Who's this?]

[Movie Clip Help]

Any of these look familiar..?

 

[Who's this?]

Joan Blondell

 

[The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918)]

This short is quite good.  Read a great book on the Lusitania recently called "DEAD WAKE: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania" by Erik Larson.  A very sobering book that leaves a lot of unanswered questions about British political and Admiralty "intentions" and "culpability" in the disaster.  In other words, Britain was ready to do about anything to possibly get the U.S. involved in the war.  British documents are still closed and unavailable on the sinking and political ramifications and why there was not more British naval protection for the ship..

The pre-War U.S. position has always fascinated me and yet, I have not read much about it. Occasionally, I will see a program on cable but that's about it. I did read Douglas Brinkley's WHEELS for the WORLD - this touched lightly on Ford's (the man) pre-War position. One of a handful of books I read straight through. A good read.

[Problems with schedule]

Hot dang!

Thank you.

[PHOTO CAPTIONING FUN]

473

 

"Did she learn this from you?"

 

"Nooo. I thought you.."

 

"It wasn't me!"

 

"Now wait just a minute..  My side of the family doesn't even know what a tv is."

 

"Oh.Ohhh! We're back on that again..!"

[Who's this?]

..annnd...

[The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918)]

This article is about the 1918 animated film.

 

The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918) is a silent animated short film by American cartoonist Winsor McCay. A work of propaganda, it is a re-creation of the never-photographed 1915 sinking of the RMS Lusitania. At twelve minutes it has been called the longest work of animation at the time of its release. The film is the earliest surviving animated documentary and serious, dramatic work of animation.

 

In 1915, a German submarine torpedoed and sank the RMS Lusitania; 128 Americans were among the 1,198 dead. The event outraged McCay, but the newspapers of his employer William Randolph Hearst downplayed the tragedy..

 

Full wiki-page HERE

[What happened to the "How Many 'Today's Topics' Threads Are There?" Thread?]

No, I think it's more a case of "bored with the boards," which is probably afflicting quite a few posters these days.

It's a cabin fever of sorts. Makes it's rounds several times each year. I've found if I spend 6 months out of the year in Guatemala (that's southeast of Tabasco.. well, everything is southeast of Tabasco.. after you've had Tabasco), it greatly reduces the effects.

[Who's this?]

[Who's this?]

Louise Rainer

 

[What Is The Name Of This Movie?]

Happiness Ahead (1934).  A bored heiress (Josephine Hutchinson) leaves high society and falls in love with a window washer (Dick Powell).

LOL! That's #220 in the IMDb list of 601 titles. Just a little digging...

[Board games in film]

Hey Kid, since I posted about THE KILLING a few days ago, scenes of The

Chess and Checkers Club and Chess being played in the film,  you can watch the film tonight at 8pm on TCM. Really good noir

Thanks!

I have to go out from 8:30-9:00, but I'll watch what I can.