misswonderly3
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> I think the Andy Hardy day is going to be fun (Dec. 16). I'm looking forward to it, though I do wonder why they are airing them in reverse chronological order...seems a bit odd.
They got the entire Andy Hardy catalogue mixed up with *Benjamin Button.*
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I had to throw away my martini glass and switch to hard English cider for that one. I don't know who's better, Sandy Dennis or Richard Thompson. No need to compare, since one's singing and the other's guitar playing.
For some reason, it seems like a good time to listen to Pink Floyd's See Emily Play. Amusing early video the Floyd put together themselves - although I was tempted to go with the Teletubbies version. I saw no sign of a pink horse, however.
(C.B., were you behind that anti-royalty ruckus in England, people attacking Chas and Camille in their Rolls Royce? I shouldn't be surprised.)
Edited by: misswonderly on Dec 10, 2010 12:12 PM
Edited by: misswonderly on Dec 10, 2010 12:27 PM
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I always get "It's Too Darn hot" mixed up with " (We're Having a ) Heat Wave". Ann Miller's cute, as is her dancing, but I've always like "Heat Wave" as a song, better. I decided to skip the obvious - the Marilyn Monroe version, which never seems to really take off ( no pun intended), and went with some obscure other rendition , It' s quite campy, and there's lots of seat-waving going on.
(By the way, *Kiss Me Kate* was staged at Stratford (Ontario) this past summer, Unfortunately it was one I didn't get around to seeing.)
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Interesting...we're back to the Suspension of Disbelief matter again. MyFavouriteFilms, this is not a negative comment, it's a neutral observation about how everyoone's different: you and I have wildly different standards, ideas, expectations, whatever you want to call it, when it comes to our response to movies. I remember how you said you liked *The Great Man's Lady*, a film I thought was ridiculous; you overlook -as many people do - all the unrealistic and annoyingly unbelievable behaviour of characters in screwball comedies, a genre, which I know I've practically announced here, I usually dislike.
And yet you found *Quicksand* mediocre and laughably unrealistic. I like it so much, I enjoy the unravelling of the Rooney character's life and seeing just how and why it all happens, and I found it far more engaging and believable ( not that it's a study in kitchen sink realism) than many films you seem to admire.
These are not fighting words, I respect your opinion, certainly your right to express it, it's just interesting how differently we all view things.
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I will indeed give *The Hitchhiker* another shot. It must be an age thing, I find if it's after 11 pm, I will often -completely involuntarily and even unknowingly - fall asleep while watching anything. It's not a reflection on the movie, it's a reflection of my incapacity to stay awake at night anymore. Ah, the days when I could take in a double feature and still be fully alert.
I agree, the cast has everything going for it. Edmund O'Brien, oh yeah, fine actor.
The boxed set I have with The Hitchhiker on it is not the one of which you speak - yours' sounds a lot better. Mine was , as I said, one of those cheapo quickie jobs (sounds like a heist in a film noir.)
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Gee, Fred, what point size is that? 36? You must really dislike Mickey Rooney.
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Hope she's more likable than her portrayal in the film. They really made her an annoying, whiney character in that.
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FredCDobbs wrote (of *Quicksand* ):
"...I think this is a very interesting film, even though it?s a low-budget ?B?,..."
But Fred, I think low-budget B movies are almost always more interesting than so-called A pictures.
I would re-word it thusly: "...a very interesting film, because it's a low-budget "B". "
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kingrat, I call myself a hard core film fan, and yet the only movie I can think of offhand that I've seen by Joseph Losey is *The Servant* , (1963), starring Dirk Bogarde and James Fox. It's an extremely interesting exercise in -what? Role reversal, psychological manipulation, the craving for power.
I really like it, (depressing though it is); I don't consider it to be a noir ( I know you weren't saying that), although there are definitely some of the psychological elements of noir in it . And it's certainly dark enough to be a quasi, honourary noir. (Can we have such a thing? Maybe someone should write a book about such hard to pin down films, entitled, Quasi, Honourary Noirs. I bet we could all think of a few films to contribute.)
I've never seen T*he Criminal*.I looked it up, and it does sound as though it would be a good British film noir ( as opposed to a "Quasi, Honourary Noir"). Thre are actually quite a few good British films that you could call "Noir" (aside, of course, from the legendary *Night and the City*.) Has anyone seen *Clouded Yellow* ? Or *The League of Gentlemen* ? Pretty darned good.
finance, "Armoured Car Robbery" is actually spelt without the "u". But I just have to put the "u" in. ("It's not me, it's "u".)
mark, I have seen *The Hitchhiker*, it's on one of those ultra cheapo boxed sets I picked up for a song ( they gave it to me to make me stop singing ). But because it's so cheap, the flicks on it haven't been cleaned up, so both sound and image are fairly fuzzy. The lovely and talented Ida Lupino directed it, as I'm sure you know. I'll have to watch it again, I'm afraid I dozed through a lot of it the first time I watched it (not the fault of *The Hitchhiker*, I hasten to add. It's not Ida, it's me. )
My only complaint about my Noir Volume 5 set is, as I've mentioned before, the absence of commentary on any of the films. Sometimes these can be quite fun, or enlightening, or both. Wonder why they left them off this time?
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This fun thread, which was so active for so many months, is languishing,
Thought I'd try and liven it up a bit with a couple of comments. First, don't forget, folks, to watch or record *Quicksand*, tonight ( Thursday Dec. 9 ) at 6:30. Starring Mickey Rooney as a garage mechanic (or "grease monkey" as they were known then), it's an exciting ride down the noir vortex of greed, lust, and crime. Well, that makes it sound pretty heavy duty, and Mickey's greed, lust, and crime sins are pretty innocuous in comparison with many noirs. But that doesn't matter: it's a fun little film, with good scenes featuring car mechanic shops, diners, carnivals, and mean streets. Good stuff.
Also, I've watched a few more films from my " Noir Volume 5" boxed set. The best two so far both, coincidentally, feature the same actor, Steve Brodie. He's a classic noir victim of circumstances in *Desperate*, and a minor character, a petty crook, in *Armoured Car Robbery*. Both of these films are quite good. I love William Talman's extremely mean criminal mastermind character in *Armoured Car Robbery.*
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More homework ! Forget it !
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Well, tonight at 6:30 they're airing something we'll all probably like: *Quicksand*, with Mickey Rooney in a nifty little noir role. This lesser known film noir is very good, lots of fun, watch out for fur coats and Peter Lorre, his usual enjoyable creepy self, as a carnival operator.
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(SPOILER if you haven't seen *Little Miss Sunshine:*)
He was great in *Little Miss Sunshine* - in fact, he was so good, I had to double check just now to make sure he was still alive, because his character died in that film . Arkin is not only a good actor, he's a good comedian. He's hilarious in LMS.
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It's very snowy in southern Ontario -snowy and cold. I can't remember a worse December. Time to listen to Dean Martin. There are many versions of "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm", including a nice moody one by Billie Holiday. But Dino sounds so relaxed, so mellowed out, I had to go with his. There's no video, but you'll be busy sipping on your martini, so no matter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUvf53p_x2M
Edited by: misswonderly on Dec 9, 2010 9:28 AM
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And perhaps Handel was thinking of James Stewart in that bit in the Hallelujah Chorus where they sing "Wonderful ! Marvelous ! "....oh, no, I've sort of mashed it up with George Gershwin.
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although frankly, you'd rather have been.
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I don't know, but I got a lot of laughs from all the responses to your question. It shows how everyone's mind works differently.
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I never knew that. I've never heard that expression - wonder if it's limited to the U.S. of A. ? Sorry , finance, Shirley you didn't think I was implying such a thing of you. I honestly thought it was just the character in the song (whose main underhanded activity seems to be of a more romantic than legal nature.)
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I always thought that must have been kind of on purpose..."You loved him in *It's a Wonderful World*...see how wonderful Jimmy Stewart can be in "It's a Wonderful Life" ! You'll laugh, you''ll cry, you'll shout "It's Wonderful !!!" Maybe deceive people into thinking it was some kind of sequel - nah, it came out too many years later (later, after "Wonderful World" )
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There's nothing to be lost about. The song posted just previously by Mr. Bogle was called The Philadelphia Lawyer", who, apparently, comes to a bad end. All you have to do is click the link and listen to the song.
I thought you might identify with the poor gentleman's fate, since you are a) a lawyer and
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Also, in view of the tax-write-off attempt, with the wish for *Marty* to fail, perhaps we should also pay tribute to *The Producers*. (Wonder if Mel Brooks had heard that story...)
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finance, better watch out; take heed to what happens to the Philadelphia lawyer ( I believe you qualify as such an individual on both counts.)
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MacaulayConnor - hey, welcome ! I have seen *Come Live With Me*, and I agree, it's a great example of what I was trying to say about Stewart being "sexy". It's a nice little film, too. And Hedy Lamarr ! What a beauty !
wanderingchild, I think people got the idea that James Stewart had a goofy voice, or at least a goofy way of speaking, from his earlier performances, in which he kind of bumbles and stammers. He gradually lost that vocal style, and by the time you get to *Rope* and the Anthony Mann Westerns, he's worlds apart from the "shucks, you ought to know what I mean..." earnest young man that you see in his 30s work (which I like just as much as his later films - just saying, he changed.) But yeah, I love his voice and the way he speaks.
On another thread, someone mentions his drunk in the pool scene with Katharine Hepburn from The *Philadelphia Story*. He's so good in that scene ; he conveys all the myriad confusing emotions his character is experiencing, and at the same time, he's great fun to watch.
The other film I've seen recently that got me thinking about James Stewart ( besides the aforementioned *Mortal Storm*) is *It's a Wonderful World*, which I'd recorded when it was aired not too long ago, but which I hadn't gotten around to seeing until a few days ago. It's classic early(ish) James Stewart - decent, no-nonsense, game for whatever needs to get done - but with a hint of the harder, more cynical Stewart we'll see some years later.
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C.B., you are once again drawing attention to your Communist sympathies. Was not Mr. Guthrie a "fellow travellor" / (What exactly is such a thing, anyway? )
I could definitely use some more "Do Re Mi" myself, especially at this time of year.
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a Philadelphian. lol lol lol
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Uh...I'm sorry, I'm not making the connection between your first post on this thread, and the second one. What specifically does Michael Moore's weight -loss plan and his reported unfriendliness have to do with Obama and Clinton?
Edited by: misswonderly on Dec 10, 2010 6:17 PM
Edited by: misswonderly on Dec 10, 2010 6:18 PM
typed too fast