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31 minutes ago, JamesStewartFan95 said:
They’d probably spread gossip that she was in a relationship with Ben Affleck or something.
Lol. Or that guy from SNL that everyone seems to be dating lately. Greta would be the queen of "vague booking" with her "I want to be alone."
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To get back to the OP's question:
I think that the golden era of Hollywood is romanticized because it's so unlike life today. While obviously the decades past had their own struggles, everything just seems so much nicer and better. People are better dressed. Homes are more opulent. People aren't saying mean and nasty things to each other constantly. Things just seem more civilized. This might also be in part due to the studio system's intense desire and effort to keep their stars removed from scandal. While of course there are true old Hollywood scandals, even the scandals seem more classy. Also, due to the studio system, an actor had to work harder to be a star. We don't have the latest flavor of the month appearing in a movie and being declared a "star" or "iconic" or what have you. Stars back then had to work to become a star. Make a bunch of crappy films in a row and never recover? Forgotten. The stars (for the most part) all have unique personalities--personalities that seem so unlike personas that exist today. The classic stars are not interchangeable like so many actors today.
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2 hours ago, JamesStewartFan95 said:
Eugene Pallette’s unfiltered tweets would be...interesting to say the least.
As for Greta, well.
”Mr. Corden! I can’t sing with you right now. I want to be alone!”
Poor Greta would have TMZ crawling all around her property trying to figure out what she's doing while in reclusion.
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I've seen:
Top Hat
Lady on a Train
Adam's Rib
Notting Hill
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5 minutes ago, Sepiatone said:
But from what some older African-Americans have told me, and my Grandmother also remembered....
In the '30's and beyond, "colored" was more acceptable to African-Americans than being called "black". And CERTAINLY better received than "n***er". And "boot black" was a common name for shoe shine guys of ANY "color".
And too, how many times have you heard, in more recent times, references to "Women(and people) of color" when advertising some cosmetic products?
Sepiatone
Re: "colored" versus "black" I guess I can see that. The word "black" has a certain crass, harsh quality about it. The word "colored" sounds nicer.
I always find it weird in the credits when they have to use "colored" as a modifier for the character. E.g. "colored waiter" when in fact, there was only one waiter featured!
Re: "boot black" thanks for that. I was thinking it had to do with shoe shining, but then I didn't know if a shoe shiner was big enough to warrant its own terminology.
I have heard the "women and people of color modifier" used for a variety of things. I suppose for cosmetics, at least the people of color part would make sense as an African-American person would need different colors of cosmetics than a white person. For hair-care products, this also makes sense as people from different nationalities can have different textured hair.
What kills me is when products have to have separate products for men and women, when it doesn't matter. Like BIC had a line of women's pens awhile back. The only difference I think was that the pens were pink.
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10 minutes ago, JamesStewartFan95 said:
Same word as used in His Girl Friday, speedracer.
I'll have to re-watch His Girl Friday, I cannot recall what word was used.
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12 minutes ago, Sepiatone said:
These just cause me to shake my head in a bit of sadness, but....
There's the PICKANINNY reference made in HIS GIRL FRIDAY, and...........
HOTTENTOT references made in both THE WIZARD OF OZ and LIFE WITH FATHER.
Sepiatone
Many times the portrayal of African-American characters, like the bartender in The Palm Beach Story, is horrible. Sam in Casablanca is one of the more positive portrayals that I can think of.
JamesStewartFan, is the word you're thinking of in The Philadelphia Story, "d a r k i e" ? I've heard that mentioned in films before and it's horrible. In the Errol Flynn movie, Four's a Crowd, Rosalind Russell refers to the shoe-shine man as a "colored boot black."
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Any movie where the husband spanks the wife as a form of "punishment" (read: not out of any sexual fetish that either or both may have). Such as John Wayne spanking Maureen O'Hara in McClintock! There are also a couple episodes of I Love Lucy where Ricky spanks Lucy.
I find the spanking so infantilizing and feel second-hand embarrassment for the female character involved.
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Mr. Gorman,
Thanks for the great list of NYC in the 70s. There are many here that I haven't seen. Another film that I watched a few years ago that would fit the NYC in the 70s was Looking For Mr. Goodbar with Diane Keaton. That movie was disturbing. I hadn't read about the real story until after I'd seen the film, which I think made the whole thing even worse for me. I had an idea that something awful was going to happen. But I wasn't expecting that ending. Ugh. I don't think I need to see that one again and this is coming from someone who loves to read about True Crime!
I'm looking forward to checking out some of TCM's NYC in the 70s offerings and some of the ones on your list that you've provided.
While the glitz and glamour of the 30s-50s Hollywood is fun to watch, there is also something about the gritty realism of the 70s films. It's also interesting when actors from the earlier days of Hollywood appear in these films--many times the audience sees a whole different side of the actor. E.g. William Holden in Network.
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4 hours ago, SunAndMoon said:
I never thought Humphrey was all that handsome, but always thought Lauren was a beautiful woman.
Up until about the 50s (when Bogart really started to look haggard), I've found Bogart handsome in a world weary sort of way. I would never think he was "hot" but I did think he was handsome--such as in Casablanca, he's really rocking that white dinner jacket. I also think he was pretty attractive in one of his very early films--Three on a Match.
I thought that Lauren Bacall was a very beautiful woman with an unique type of beauty. As she aged, and matured, I thought she fit the description of "handsome woman." She definitely has one of the more notable screen debuts in To Have and Have Not. However, I also do believe that if she hadn't had that chemistry with Bogart and became part of the fabled "Bogart and Bacall" coupling, I don't know if she would be remembered today.
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I just watched All Through the Night, the film that I believe inspired the original creation of this thread. I thought it was an amusing film. I liked seeing a lot of familiar faces like William Demerest, who was a klutz throughout the whole movie. I also recognized Jackie Gleason and Phil Silvers in small parts in the film. Frank McHugh was funny throughout the film when all he wants to do is go back to his bride and consummate his new marriage (that's the impression I got anyway). I liked when McHugh says to Demerest, something to the affect of: "I just get married and what am I doing? Spending my wedding night with you."
I thought this was a different role for Bogart, he doesn't often get to play the wealthy, suave type. I liked the relationship he had with his mother, Jane Darwell.
The Peter Lorre and Judith Anderson parts were interesting. I can't help but see "Mrs. Danvers" every time I see Anderson in a film, and she was very "Mrs. Danvers-esque" here. Lorre's part was interesting.
I also found the portrait of Hitler to be an interesting feature in the film. While I know that Hitler is often looming in the background of many WWII-era films (and by "looming" I don't mean that literally, but more like his regime and influence is alluded to in these films), it isn't often when an actual portrait of Hitler is seen. Seeing Bogart and Demerest giving the "Heil Hitler" Nazi Salute was something you don't often see in films either.
I also liked the idea that all the events in this film occurred merely because Bogart wanted to find out what happened to his cheesecake.
And finally, when they were showing the identification cards of the Nazis that were knocked out, one of them had the same birthday as me. I always like when my birthday is mentioned in a movie.
This was a good film and one that I'd watch again.
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This is all so sad--especially for the young children involved. Kobe and his daughter were traveling with another coach, his wife, and their daughter. Their other daughter was not on board. I feel so bad for this girl who has just had her entire family taken away from her in an instant.
I've been reading about the ongoing NTSB investigation and as far as I can tell, right now, it is thought that weather conditions may have been a contributing factor. It was apparently very foggy in LA yesterday morning, foggy enough that law enforcement had grounded their helicopters. But I've also read that prior to the crash,the helicopter was on fire. Hmm.
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#492 is Lady on a Train.
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This is so sad and unexpected. I’m also reading reports that one of his children was also onboard.
RIP Kobe.
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1 hour ago, sewhite2000 said:
I agree! To each his (or her own) with taste and all, but I disagree vehemently with Fedya's assessment of Lauren's looks. I thought she was beautiful.
I agree. Lauren was a unique beautiful, not a generic beautiful.
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I’m watching a Joan Blondell pre-code, Blondie Johnson.
ATTORNEY to BLONDELL: Your case is indeed pathetic.
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On 1/19/2020 at 10:43 AM, Vidor said:
Anyone know if there's a way to track what short films and one-reel wonders will be airing during the marathon? Those turn up on the Watch TCM app after they air, correct?
If you look at the February schedule by the week and use the genre filters at the top of the schedule, you can at least see which short films are airing. You’ll have to view it week by week. I think only some of the shorts end up on Watch TCM—not all. There are 2 on there right now. If you search for the short film in the TCM database, you may luck out and see it in their video archive (can’t guarantee it). You may also find the short on you tube.
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1 hour ago, CinemaInternational said:
Next on the remake wheel? Bambi! [I feel sick about that]
No amount of CGI will capture the beauty of the original film.
Bambi isn't my favorite Disney film (only because it's so sad), but what I do love about the film is the art work. It is a beautiful looking film. I also appreciate it because it's different than the usual Disney fare. I also like that humans are the enemy.
I love Disney, but I just can't get behind them remaking literally every single animated film. I'm waiting for them to animate their live-action films!
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36 minutes ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
If we’re talking about THE SWIMMER (1967), I’m with you 100%.
I liked The Swimmer because I thought it was interesting. Is it the best movie I've ever seen? No. But I liked the concept of it and find it an unusual film. I will watch it when it's on.
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5 minutes ago, TomJH said:
Well something worked out for them - twice. I guess that's a rug on Bogie in this shot.
I wish their little girl didn't make that face. She's kinda scaring me.
Lol! With that face she's making, she reminds me of a young Edward G. Robinson.
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10 minutes ago, TomJH said:
I think so. I first noticed Bogie starting to lose his hair about the time of Dark Passage, made just before Treasure.
I believe the hair loss was a side effect to some medication he was taking to help him and Lauren Bacall have children.
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6 hours ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
She *SHOUTS TOO MUCH* in AUNTIE MAME, Kind of reminds me how Candace Bergen always played Murphy Brown.
Roz, love, this is a *film* not *the theater*, You don’t have to PROJECT, we have equipment for that.
She is one of the only things I like in the movie PICNIC tho.
I loved her in Auntie Mame. Roz, Peggy Cass, and Joanna Barnes were my favorite part. Barnes' portrayal of Gloria "Top Drawer" Upson was hilarious. I love to imitate her pretentious faux upper crust speech. "Can you imagine? He stepped on the ping-pong ball!" My least favorite part of Auntie Mame is Patrick as a child. That kid seems so wimpy and lame. The Patrick character is much better as an adult.
I love Picnic. The movie poster makes me laugh because it looks like the cover of a torrid romance novel (which isn't a bad thing). Next to 50s/60s teen beach movies and ladies in prison movies, over-wrought melodrama is one of my favorite sub-genres. Betty Field cracks me up when she's basically telling daughter Kim Novak to put out at the picnic. "There won't be many more opportunities after the picnic tonight!" and then, I always laugh at the absurdity of this conversation:
FIELD: If she (Novak) loses her chance when she's young, she might as well throw all her prettiness away
NOVAK: I'm only 19
FIELD: And next summer you'll be 20, then 21, then 40!
NOVAK: You don't have to be morbidOoh and I always feel second-hand (third-hand?) embarrassment for both Kim Novak and Cliff Robertson's characters when Robertson offers this gem:
"I want to see if you look real in the moonlight."
I also love Susan Strasberg in this movie. She reminds me of myself (save for the smoking).
I also love the "Moonglow" dance at the picnic.
Roz is one of the highlights of Picnic:
"What'd people say if I walked down the street and showed 'em my pink panties? What do I care what people say?"
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1 hour ago, TomJH said:
That's okay. My response was kidding, too.
But this haircut. It's no good.
About that I'm not kidding.
This haircut is about as good as that moustache he donned in Virginia City. Was Treasure of the Sierra Madre made at the time when Bogart was losing his hair? I don't recall his forehead being so prominent before.
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10 minutes ago, Bogie56 said:
I have the book to. If he updated it he would no doubt have to change the title as the Academy won't let anyone near the trademarked names or statue any longer.
Interesting. How many films out there actually feature the Oscars or an Oscar? The only one I can think of right now is Susan Slept Here with Dick Powell's character's Oscar narrating the film!
And too, how many times have you heard, in more recent times, references to "Women(and people) of color" when advertising some cosmetic products?
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I love this movie! I am a big Ann-Margret fan and I also love movies that feature a lot of fashion. I also enjoyed the appearances of Edie Adams and John "Butterfly Collector from Gilligan's Island" McGiver. McGiver seems to be in every 60s movie that I've seen. Ann-Margret had a great crop of men to choose from as well.