misswonderly3

Thanks, Fedya. In my defence (not that you were attacking, just informing), my post about Maugham wasn't intended as a definitive list of all the works by this author that have been made into film.

There are quite a few good movies made from Maugham's literary works. Aside from several "anthology" films based on some of his wonderful short stories, there is, of course, The Razor's Edge, not to mention several versions of Of Human Bondage. W. Somerset Maugham was a great writer, a master of character and story-telling. It's too bad he's so out-of-fashion now.

Wow, Tom, you remember it in great detail considering you were only ten. And imagine a ten year old boy having the attention span to watch an old '30s movie like "China Seas" !

Why wouldn't she appear as "herself" ? She was a costume designer, not an actress.

1. I was thinking of Jack Lemmon. But, the character he was playing, not Mr. Lemmon himself, whom I like. I have only the vaguest memory of ever seeing the "Odd Couple" tv show - I think maybe once, at a tender age, before the memory part of my brain was fully developed (ok, that last part I made up.) But I'm not familiar enough with the television show to comment about Ungar's character in that (although I imagine it was pretty similar to the movie one.) "That said", the little I've seen of Tony Randall, I like him. Completely irrelevantly, I believe he was an ardent opera fan. Why do I always have to give a long answer when a short one would suffice? I'll try and do better with the next question. 2. The only reason I am now "misswonderly3" is due to a sign-in issue here, in which for some reason I couldn't get into this site with just "misswonderly". I think, in one of the failed attempts to create a new screen name and password, I went through a "misswonderly too" phase. In fact, I know I did. Yes, for a while I was "misswonderly too", I remember now. Anyway, the "misswonderly3" thing has something to do with getting back onto this website as a member. I remember one of the moderators here, Lynn, was very helpful with this. ps: Briefly, I was "EdithsHead". I quite enjoyed being Edith and her head, it was fun. But some long-term members here didn't seem to realize that it was misswonderly in a new incarnation. I didn't want to lose the rep I had here as misswonderly (grand as it was -no, kidding ! ), I mean, I didn't want to not be recognized as a long -term member here, so I just went back to "misswonderly", regardless of the number following that appellation. Wow, my second answer was just as wordy as my first. I must work on curtailing my verbosity and tendency to be prolix. Here's the pic of Edith Head I used. I liked the idea of a dour Edith, just her scowling head, flying around all over the place on the boards here. "I've always understood decapitation is a crime." edit: Ok, not just her head, more like a "bust" (although I don't believe she had much in that department.) I could not find the original photo I used, which was what you see here, but just from the neck up.

What a funny thread title, Tom ! I'm sure there are many, but off-hand, Julie Harris' character in Member of the Wedding (the ultimate self-absorbed adolescent angsty whiner), and Felix Ungar in The Odd Couple, especially when he's trying to clear his sinuses.

Oh my goodness ! Who'd have thought sweet Judy Garland could be so...catty ! I assume she and Ginger didn't get along, for her to do that. (and Ginger was still pretty as ever - the audience certainly never sees any "peach fuzz".)

They are hilarious, speedy ! I went straight to your link and read every one of them. And there must be a lot more, besides those. It was especially funny when the article had a nasty comment by one star about another, and then the other star commenting on the first one immediately afterwards. Oh, that makes no sense. Here, I'll demonstrate: William Holden on Humphrey Bogart: “I hated the bastard.” Humphrey Bogart on William Holden: “A dumb prick.” How disillusioning ! (but funny.)

I may have missed mention of the two I'm about to cite, but I've been reading this thread pretty carefully and I don't think either film has been discussed yet here. To wit: The Others (in Spanish, "Los Otros"), 2001, directed by Alejandro Amenabar, starring Nicole Kidman. A very weird and eerie ghost story, which keeps you guessing and wondering every moment; truly chilling and strange. The Sixth Sense: This is the one I'm really surprised has not been mentioned yet. I know a lot of people have decided they hate the director, M. Night Shyamalan, apparently because of subsequent films he's made. But whatever you think of his later work (and I think he's been unfairly denigrated), shirley you have to admire The Sixth Sense. It came out in 1999 and starred Bruce Willis in a bit of a role change for him. I don't want to say anything further about either of these movies, due to not wanting to give anything away, but I think they're both excellent contenders for the hall of fame of scary, supernatural, and unnerving movies. Both make you think and pay attention every step of the way, both give you chills, and both are genuine ghost stories.

Well then, I'm in good company. Marty and I are like that. (Sorry, Lorna, you posted all that interesting info about the film and I deleted it all out except for that one sentence. But I did read your entire post with great interest.)

Apparently Frank Sinatra's was too. Again, according to Ava Gardner.

Not ignoring awesome tracks from equally awesome Quentin Tarantino films. Love both those movies, and their soundtracks. Here be a couple more: I looked up the musician for "Little Green Bag" ; it's by someone called George Baker. All this time I thought the singer was black, turns out George Baker is not only white, he's Dutch ! Who knew? (well, not me, anyway...) And one of the best songs from one of the best soundtracks of that decade: deliciously good song. One of the sexiest songs ever.

Have you consulted with our resident Cave Girl here about this? There may be rights issues involved.

THE BREAKFAST CLUB AT TIFFANY'S Young people will be young people, whether they're high school kids who haven't done their homework or wild young things having an ongoing party with the whole of New York City at their feet. The mayor of New York City and the high school principal join forces and decide to discipline them all and teach them a lesson. Enough crazy high jinks, playing with stray cats and smoking grass in the school hallways ! They arrange for all the wild young people to spend an entire day in the back room at Tiffany's. They are allowed one plain bagel and one cup of coffee each; then they must write an essay on why they will never be Truman Capote. The cat is allowed in to encourage them and to remind them that life is about more than parties and smoking dope. A splendid time is had by all. "I didn't know they had lockers at Tiffanys." "Dummy ! Where do you think they keep all the jewels at night? " "Cat, I think I'll re-name you Hughes. More milk?"

I just realized, I've made about 7 posts on this thread in a row (haven't counted, but it seems like a lot.) And now, to add insult to injury, I'm adding another, just to make the observance that I've posted a lot on this thread in a row. It's rather unseemly. My excuse is I've been away for a couple of days and am making up for lost time. Hey ! Maybe I'll start posting excessively every time I take a break from these boards. Feast or famine.

No. Sorry, I guess I didn't make myself clear...I was expressing surprise (and interest) that Brian Wilson was actually doing a "Pet Sounds" tour. I'd not heard about it at all. Wonder if he's coming to Toronto?

Me too; I love Paul Dano.

It was. And it was an interesting bit of film. For some reason I thought Bill Murray was involved too. Maybe not.

I've seen Clouded Yellow. Years ago, it was aired on Elwy Yost's "Saturday Night at the Movies". A really good, unusual little British noir (as you say.) I wish TCM could show more British noir movies. There are quite a few of them, actually. Interesting factette that gives away nothing about the film: "clouded yellow" refers to a type of butterfly.

Wow ! What "Pet Sounds" tour? I didn't know Brian Wilson was doing a "Do It Again" tour, so to speak, of "Pet Sounds". I'd love to see that.

I must be the only person here who likes John Cusack, and who liked him in the role of the older Brian Wilson. It makes me feel worse to hear other people say that they thought he loused it up. I will say, I have to agree with the praise for Paul Giamatti. But then I love this actor in every thing I see him in. Nobody's mentioned Elizabeth Banks' performance in Love and Mercy. I really liked her and thought she did a great job as Brian's new friend and eventual wife, as someone who gradually realized the extent to which Brian was controlled at that time.

Lorna, I'm still laughing. It's ridiculous ! What were they thinking? I especially like that swirly substance that looks like two-flavoured cheesecake batter - I can't even guess what that's supposed to be !

Well, I can't argue with that. Julie Harris IS annoying. And as you say, not just in The Haunting but in so many other movies she's in. Good actress though she is, bless her, but she always looks as though she's about to cry. So yeah, poor ghosts. They don't know what they're in for with Julie hanging out with them for all eternity. ps: By the way, even as you feel about The Haunting, I feel about Black Narcissus : "I just CAN'T. I just don't. I'm sorry. No. Do. Not. Like." And as far as I can tell, there's plenty of angst, kookiness, and irritating crap in that movie too. ps:2 : Back to The Haunting: You have to at least give credit to the screenwriter for openly depicting a lesbian character in 1963. I mean, back then, they pretended they didn't exist (oh, ok, except for The Children's Hour.)

Oh, Lorna, Lorna, Lorna. .....Nothing happens? Really? What about that child sighing and crying in the middle of the night, their sobs seeming to come from everywhere and nowhere? What about that horrible terrifying pounding, again and again, shaking the walls and Julie Harris' sanity? If nothing else, what about the Claire Bloom character, who clearly is attracted to Julie Harris' ? That was pretty unusual for a studio made film from 1963, wasn't it? huh?

Great example, Cave Girl. Neil Labute seems to specialize in stories about a particular kind of cruelty - emotional humiliation. Another film he made that examines a situation as hateful as the one of In the Company of Men is The Shape of Things, in which SPOILER ! ! a graduate psychology student bases her masters' thesis on deliberately, calculatedly making a fellow student fall in love with her so she can manipulate him and ultimately break his heart - oh, and humiliate him. I hope nobody who plans to see this film read that, since you don't find this out til the end of the film; kind of affects how you react to it, whether you're completely amazed or not.