DownGoesFrazier
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"p***ing"?
Please fill in the blanking asterisks, Down.
For anyone who has been living in a cave, Tracy was filming VIVA VILLA in Mexico, when he, while drunk, went out on his hotel balcony and urinated over the railing into the street. Unfortunately, the Mexican Army was parading by. It caused international embarrassment.
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Yep, and THEN young sir, once your old man stoops to drinking and PARTICULARLY such questionable potent potables, there's NO tellin' how low he might go!
And so once again, just look at Mr. Mason as an example and see what kind of unfortunate repercussions YOU could set in motion IF you'd continue to disappoint the poor ol' guy...
I'm confused . Did Mason use his Hollywood clout to elbow David Seville out of the way? And didn't Alvin, Simon and Theodore have any loyalty at all?
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Good film, but whydids they have to name the Fonda character "Bill Russell"? The basketballer was at the height of his fame when this movie was made, and the name was a distraction whenever it was said. They should have just gone ahead and named the Robertson character "Wilt Chamberlain".
Incidentally, the Shelley Berman character was the best one in the film. And Lee Tracy had his first major film role after being blackballed for 30 years because of the p***ing incident.
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I'll be curious for the answer, because I have no clue what you're looking for. I also don't know anything about Whittier, California.
Someone named "Richard Nixon" was from Whittier, CA. "Richard Meyers", better known as Richard Hell, headed up the Voidoids. The film was BLANK GENERATION. Hell scored, sang in , and starred in the film. Open thread.
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Good film, but why did they have to name the Fonda character "Bill Russell"? The basketballer was at the height of his fame when this movie was made, and the name was a distraction whenever it was said. They should have just gone ahead and named the Robertson character "Wilt Chamberlain".
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That's interesting, TS.
My boyfriend also starts to "bow" when he sees me and later will also "perform" to get treats.
I don't keep him in a stall though, and he is impervious to being taught most "tricks" or "whistling" sounds.
I guess horses and men do have a lot in common when one thinks about it.
There was some argument whether Secretariat should be included in the list of best athletes of the 20th century.
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Just finished watching it. I haven't seen it since it came out in 77. Pretty much agree with all you say.
A film can be "tough to watch", but you can still "like" it, if you define "like" broadly. It doesn't mean that it has to make you feel warm and fuzzy.
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Hint: The genre is punk rock.
Last chance---This was a film about punk rock.
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You and Cyndi Lauper.
I used to have fun, but my daddy took my t-bird away.
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I'd say I come to this site first out of habit, but originally because I'm a long time viewer of TCM and have no other people I know of who like to sometimes discuss old or "classic movies", if you will, or share the same level of interest in them.
And my like of "old movies" has several facets or factors. You know, sentimental reasons, as I grew up watching older movies on TV as a kid(due to "newer" movies back then rarely being shown) and TCM often showing several of those "old favorites" of mine, and I also get to discover other movies I've never seen from those times, and this forum is the one place I know that they get discussed.
Plus I'm somewhat of a history "buff", although no real historian. But in contrast to several other members of this board, I feel one doesn't have to be a well versed film historian to enjoy the fare of TCM, and can discuss these movies in another level.
The forum on this site also has several member who provide interesting info, and can deliver their thoughts with a candor and humor that's lacking in other forums I'm a member of. But of course, as in those other forums there are some in here who seem to come in just to "show off" their alleged knowledge, and seem to feel others here should bow down and defer to their "prodigiousness" (if indeed that is a word). And then some who try to come off as some sort of film expert by constantly dropping obscure names of largely unknown foreign film makers as if we're all to be impressed.
But, the bulk of the membership here are interesting and likeable people, so they more than make up for all the rest.
Sepiatone
Out of all sites which discuss films, classic or otherwise, this one has got to be the most fun.
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A lot of 1930s leading men would fall into this category, John Boles for instance. It's easy to see why Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, and Cary Grant became such big stars. They didn't have a lot of competition.
Some of the leading men of the era--George Brent, Pat O'Brien--are not even very good-looking compared to average guys. John Boles is quite good-looking, but not especially sexy.
James Craig is another actor who's good-looking but not too sexy.
His name isn't too sexy either.
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There is something very enduring about talking animals. How can one not love them. Of course like most folks my first exposure to talking animals was in cartoons with The Jungle Book being my all time favorite, but when a film is done well with live animals, what's not to love.
The best starting place for any group run I ever did was at Parrot Jungle in Miami. The only REAL talking "animals".
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Hint: The artist's first name was the same as tne first name of a gentleman from Whittier, CA.
Hint: The genre is punk rock.
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Yeah, maybe.
(...especially I suppose if you'd have Bogie and Bergman reminiscing about a cheesesteak they once shared, huh)
The response would be "You can keep Philly".
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YEAH?! Well, I dunno, ol' buddy.
(...seems to me a line like, "We'll always have Philadelphia", doesn't quite have the same ring to it somehow!)
"We'll always have Philly" has better rhythm.
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Yep, it is. Bogart says it to Rains after the latter asks him how he ended up there.
(...although with all the OTHER succinctly put and pithy lines in that one, for the life o' me, I can't understand why it's NOT one of your favorites, DGF???...as it would seem to be right up your alley)
I could have done better.
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Freddie Bartholomew
ANNA KARENINA
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I came for the waters.
(...but was misinformed, and decided to stick around anyway)
I know it's obvious to everyone else, but is this from CASABLANCA? (not one of my favorite films)
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As a guy, I don't think I can speak much to this. I can only recall some of the off-hand things my wife might have muttered now and then while watching movies.
I DO recall once, while watching GONE WITH THE WIND, she commented on her puzzlement about Scarlett's "longing" for Ashley Wilkes. I took it as although she felt LESLIE HOWARD was "good looking", he really didn't inspire any amorous desires. At least not for her.
And, as CG alludes to, good looks don't always translate into sexual magnetism. But it can also work the other way. For example----
It HAS been said that in his time, DON KNOTTS was quite the "ladies man"!
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I can only imagine what the "ladies" looked like.
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At that time, singles relied more on bars for meeting mates than they do now. I did.
Now, singles meet each other at Trader Joe's. Assuming the security guard doesn't interfere.
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Thanks. I had heard some time ago that Howard Keel's real name was Harold Leek and he just reversed the spelling of his last name when he went into show business, but that story is not true. His original name was Harold Keel.
Now, in the TV series "Tombstone Territory", the series is narrated by the local newspaper editor. Who played the editor, and what was the name of the newspaper? I believe that the newspaper still exists today.
Hint?
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Does every topic have to come back to you and your jock itch, you ol' jokester?
I must have missed a post. Is someone suggesting that RO is off the air because of jock itch?
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This film, which chronicled a particular genre of rock, had its score written, and performed, by an artist, along with his group, whose real last name was Meyers. Film? Group?
Hint: The artist's first name was the same as tne first name of a gentleman from Whittier, CA.
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Its based on a true story , it wasn't very humorous for the real woman either. True stories don't always have Hollywood clichés.
I think sometimes Hollywood has brainwashed people (because of that code and other things) to the level that they can't watch a film unless it follows set guidelines. Or else they "can't" like it.
I thought it was quite representative of the 70's. A woman going away from her family's strict code of morals and living her life as she wished to. And of course, the more freedom one achieves, the less security one has. And unfortunately, she found that out the hard way.
At that time, singles relied more on bars for meeting mates than they do now. I did.
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What Brings You to This Site?
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I'm surprised somebody hasn't posted an album cover titled "James Mason reads the Manhattan Telephone Directory".