LonesomePolecat

I have often said the 1820s because I love the fashions of the time---the one time people wore awesome clothes that pretty much looked good on everyone. But then I wouldn't have electricity and I'd probably be a poor beggar. Probably during the 40s. Yes I know the war was hard, but I love that music and those movies, and I wouldn't want to live through the 20s or 30s. This is only if my eyesight would be good, because honestly, in any other time period I'd be blind as a bat. So I guess I'm lucky I live now.

hey, tracey, that's a great idea. i'll have to post a pic. between all the experts someone's bound to recognize it.

I'm sorry, as a kid of the '90s who was obsessed with movie scores, it's a tie between 1993 and 1995. 1993 is a great year because of Schindler's List, Jurassic Park (both Williams), Much Ado About Nothing (Patrick Doyle), Rudy (Jerry Goldsmith), and Nightmare Before Christmas (Danny Elfman) alone. 1995 has lots of good ones that I love: Toy Story (Randy Newman), Disney's Pocahontas (alan menken), Bravehart (James Horner), Babe (Nigel Westlake--though it's not all original), and Apollo 13 (james Horner again), then has two of my all time favorite scores ever: Sense and Sensibility and A Little Princess (both are by Patrick Doyle). Then there are some all-time favorite ones from 1994, like Little Women (Thomas Newman), the Lion King (Hans Zimmer), and Legends of the Fall (James Horner). You just can't beat the bias of nostalgia.

(I love Blow up and blow out)

Quiet Man, The

I actually have a couple pieces from the MGM costume collection that I got from a costume shop when it was closing. One actually still has an MGM label with the name "Irene Dunne"! It only has a number so we have no idea what movie it's from, but we've been searching for it.

Knights of the Round Table

St Regis, Lily - Bernadette Peters in ANNIE

I have seen that "pan and scan" thing many times, and though it's gotten old, I'm more sick of seeing movies getting pan and scanned. ARG. Now that the TVs are rectangular, movies are being pan and scanned on the top and bottom instead. So now they need to update the "pan and scan" thing to be about not fitting movies into that horrendous rectangle that TVs are in the shape of, but that no movie is, Arg.

Walt Disney's GREAT MOUSE DETECTIVE

This reminds me of an MST3K quote. In this terrible movie full of plot holes, the main character starts putting on scuba gear. Suddenly he asks the ingenue, "Why didn't you tell me you had this scuba gear?" Mike and the 'Bots starts to laugh and Mike says, "Of ALL the plot holes in the movie, they decide to fill the SCUBA gear plot hole." Tom then says, "What OTHER common recreational equipment are you hiding from me?!" I think it's hilarious when a movie goes out of its way, as in this case, to fill random plot holes while others are wide open. I didn't have a specific plot hole in mind though, sorry.

I think I still do prefer the old 39 Steps too, like, as you said, an old sweater. I love that whole section about the life of a criminal that Robert Donat's character is making up. That is hilarious to me. The stage version has come around here, but at a time when I was broke, alas, so I didn't get to see it. I wanted to though. Sounds like so much fun.

Empire of the Sun

The Happiest Millionaire

Anyone else see that 39 Steps on Masterpiece Theater? I enjoyed it personally, mostly because it was so different than the Hitchcock classic, so it really was it's own thing.

Oscar the Grouch - Caroll Spinney in FOLLOW THAT BIRD

It's a Wonderful Life ... On the Beach

Irritating actors, eh? That's pretty easy: Classic: Lana Turner Hedy Lamarr Everyone in every film by Ed Wood Then there are a lot of other people I forgot Modern day: most of them

The Spanish main (1945) Walter Matthau Bill Cosby Jane Fonda

Three Little Words Sorry Wrong Number SIlk Stockings Under the Yum Yum Tree The Great Race From Russia With Love The Manchurian Candidate Robin Hood

I'll take a stab. At first I thought "The SIdewalks on New York" but 1943-- "Bicycle Built For Two"?

I completely agree and I think it is partly because of all the technology (there are so many ways to watch things that bad things aren't being forced out becuase of space and time) and because of the poor education in schools (people aren't learning what good writing/theater/TV/Cinema is anymore)

Jack Frost

--I adore Tolland, esp Citizen Kane of course --Freddie Young for all of his David Lean epics---gorgeous! --Joseph Walker's early Capra films are beautifully photographed as well --Daniel L Fapp for in West Side Story (though I should credit Jerry Robbins for the dance photography)

Fort Apache