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> {quote:title=jamesjazzguitar wrote:}{quote} > As for Alexis Smith; I alway welcome this underused actress. She had a edge that I liked but I like her better when she is bad, like in the Two Miss Carrols. Predictably, I feel compelled to point out that Alexis Smith was Canadian. Well at least, she was born in Canada.

hamradio, are you making Jennifer Lopez the butt of your joke?

Hey, those Yanks don't realize that all Canadian women look like that.

Merci, tu es gentille. ( hey, from "vous" to "tu". )

cujas has a good point, finance; you can speak a language which is untranslatable in any tongue, although lawyers of all nationalities can probably speak it fluently. It's called "legalese".

Almost any character played by ROBERT MITCHUM . (except the evil false preacher in *Night of the Hunter* ). Let's say, "Jeff" from *Out of the Past*.

I agree, and I'm fairly sure the term noir was originally conceived to refer to films. Although short stories and novels which involved crime, alienation, dangerous women, private detectives, etc, had certainly existed throughout most of the previous century, and many of the movies we think of as film noir were based on some of these literary works, I've never heard of the word being applied to literature before it was applied to film. Labelling noirish literature as "noir" is definitely, I should think, taken from the term film noir. And yes, the visual elements of film noir contribute greatly to the name. Edited by: misswonderly on Jan 12, 2011 5:20 PM

Glad you like it, mark, I think it's a very unusual and under-rated noir. Hey, has anyone heard about this book that apparently came out last fall? It's called The Best American Noir of the Century, edited by Otto Penzler and James Ellroy (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt).It's not about film, though, it's an anthology of noir literature, including stories by James Ellroy (said editor), James Crumley, James Cain, Cornell Woolrich, and even Joyce Carol Oates, to name a few. I haven't seen it myself yet, but I read an article about it, and wondered if any of you film noir fans also enjoy reading the literature upon which many of the films are based. (redriver? for instance? ) I thought it sounded kind of interesting. I've gone crazy with posting links lately. Here's another, a review of the above: http://lynne-booknotes.blogspot.com/2010/10/review-best-american-noir-of-century.html Edited by: misswonderly on Jan 12, 2011 2:06 PM

Right you are, of course Jeff Lynne was the musician who played in both bands. I was aware he wasn't with The Move at the time of recording Blackberry Way, but I figured that would be splitting his considerably long hairs (or was that Roy Wood? One of them had formidably long locks, wizard -like.) finance, as the resident "funk/soul/disco" guy, I think it incumbent upon you to devise a dance routine that all three TCM hosts can manage. Down and dirty, but not too taxing on the knees or back. Edited by: misswonderly on Jan 12, 2011 2:01 PM

C.B., another coincidence...I 've had a Travelling Wilburys tune in my head lately, and was thinking of posting it here today. And lo, you post a song by The Move. I know that you know the connection, so just for fun, you tell us. We all feel fragile sometimes. These guys are reminding us to Handle with Care: (By the way, there's a good cover of this by Jenny Lewis, but I couldn't find a suitable copy on Youtube.)

We'll have to add that one to Bob and Alex's dance list. Hope they've got the stamina.

Sometimes you Americans can be a little weird, especially at the Canada/US border crossings. Read this link: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/womans-candy-egg-seized-border-20110110-145449-459.html And Whitman's chocolates aint got nothin on Kinder Surprise.... Edited by: misswonderly on Jan 11, 2011 5:16 PM

Is that why she put on a little weight? Got addicted to the cheap stuff, couldn't stop consuming it, next thing you know her hips are a little too generous for that train berth in SLIH. (On her it looks good, though.)

Mick Jones did that, Joe Strummer formed the Mescaleros . Well, he got involved in other musical projects too, but I'm talking about the Mescaleros here. Especially Get Down Moses. All the musicians in this are just dead on, particularly the drummer. The compelling guitar intro doesn't hurt, either.

Good thing, Val, that you're not given to providing visual accompaniment with your 20th Century Vole ideas. At least for your latest.

What I don't understand is why no one has raised the issue of the chocolates in contention here. Are Whitman's chocolates in fact any good? How do they compare to, say, Hershey's? Or Cadbury's? The quality of chocolate bon bons is a serious matter, and I do not blame Miss Monroe for wishing to discuss it. As to the name "Whitman's", there are also chocolate companies named after Herman Melville and John Steinbeck; everyone knows literature and chocolate make a delicious and cerebral combination.

Valentine, you've outdone yourself.

finance, you'll notice an arrow at the bottom of the pic; put your mouse on it and you can move the photo of the young Canadian flag clad lady back and forth until it's centred or at whatever angle one prefers. Edited by: misswonderly on Jan 10, 2011 3:49 PM (On a serious note,when speaking of our military, I meant no disrespect to Canadian soldiers who are currently on duty in Afghanistan. On the other hand, I do not want to get political in any way, which is why I didn't mention it before.)

With respect to the suggestion that the United States simply take over Canada -yes, you could probably do that easily. Canada, despite the line in our national anthem "O, Canada, we stand on guard for thee", is a comparatively non-military nation. I expect Luxembourg could take us over, should they take a notion to do so. Perhaps we could distract the invading army from the south with citizens clad thusly: Edited by: misswonderly on Jan 10, 2011 3:35 PM That's one huge pic -sorry, didn't know it was going to take up so much space.

You've got a point, Hibi. I was just being silly, as usual.

> {quote:title=bklynrose wrote:}{quote} > I haven't seen the new ad I guess I change channels fast too, but it reminds me of a Tide commercial that was running where the daughter asked the mother did she see her blouse and the mother says no. She had really worn it, well now they took out the response from Mom so I would guess they got replys from viewers that telling a lie is a lie. .. What? I thought that ad was funny. People really need to lighten up. Why is everyone so poe-faced? And does anyone seriously think the TCM fan who made that remark literally kneels and prays to TCM every night before going to bed? Clearly they're being hyperbolic to make a point. Nobody can say anything tongue-in-cheek anymore, it's all taken up by the anti-evil police who like to cast stones for lack of anything better to do. I say, stop taking every little thing so seriously. There are plenty of serious things to be taken seriously, leave the non-essential items alone. Edited by: misswonderly on Jan 10, 2011 2:13 PM

Well, those in the movie business who are very old or ill should just make an effort and hold on until a few weeks into the new year. What do they mean by dying at such an inconvenient time, anyway?

For me to assume any kind of knowledge or adeptness at translating French into English would be the height of pretension on my part, so I'll leave it at that. LaVern Baker, singing a happy song, Tweedledee Dee : And here is a sweet picture of LaVern,baby: Edited by: misswonderly on Jan 10, 2011 1:15 PM

Well, "get to it", Valentine, baby, I'm dying to know what others think of this problematic film. (Sorry, that sounds really bossy - I myself have literally dozens, possible hundreds -I've never really counted - of movies I've recorded but have yet to watch, not to mention all the ongoing tcm and other programming etc. So many movies, so little time ! )

With apologies to cujas, (because I only semi know what I'm talking about here) I think she's referring to a poem by Paul Verlaine, a poem he wrote about his friend/lover Arthur Rimbaud. I would translate it thusly: Il Pleure dans mon coeur, comme il pleut sur la ville--apres Rimbaud. "It rains in my heart, as it rains on the village" after Rimbaud But I'm much too literal when I try to translate French, and just plain ignorant of the nuances of the French language. I searched the poem, and came up with this: The Cry in My Heart The cry that's in my heart is like The rain that pours onto the town. What is this languor sad to strike And weigh my heavy heart low down? O rain whose sound that is so sweet Upon the roofs and on the grounds! It fills my heart with grief replete. O rain whose song that so resounds! For no known reason it cries so In my sad heart filled with distress. What, no real treason can I know? This mournful mood is meaningless. What can be worse than this deep pain That kills, and yet I know not why. No love nor hate, only this bane That wounds my heart and lets it cry. Translated by Thomas D. Le But I freely admit I don't really know what I'm talking about. Je ne suis qu'une ignoramous.