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Stalin murdered 50 million (including Jews), Mao Tse Tung starved to death 70 million of his own people. You could dress up like either of these despots and stroll down Fairfax in LA with no problems. Try wearing a swastika anywhere. Dress like Mao or Uncle Joe Stalin and you might start a fashion craze. Truman vaporized 2 cities filled with nothing but civilians...how could that NOT be a war crime? Edited by: Ascotrudgeracer on Mar 2, 2011 11:26 PM

"Sheeple."

Defending his ridiculous throwing and batting in his baseball movie, Perkins sniffed "For Gary Cooper, they reversed the negative so he could throw righty and it would look left-handed...they even reversed the jersey number." Anyone else see that interview?

They seldom can pull it off; DeNiro was deadly good as a troubled middleweight champion, but consider: Tony Perkins (all-time worst) throwing a baseball like an 8-year-old girl in "Fear Strikes Out" (he said they made him throw lefty, though he was a righty). Kirk Douglas making all those funny faces while pretending to be blowing brass in "Young Man with a Horn." BUT Mickey Rooney could and DID play drums like a pro in several films; Sal Mineo was great as drummer Gene Krupa. And yours?

George Orwell wrote and stated: "I find it impossible to dislike Hitler."

Telly Savalas was a talent agent. Anyone remember who he represented? Couple if movie stars, i think.

Mrs. Danvers was HOT! ;-D

All a matter of preference, obviously, but you must admit, the film captured the grit and tumult of Weimar Germany as it flirted with democracy prior to the National Socialist uprising. But the question no one thinks to ask: how did Hitler -- basically an uneducated, dysfunctional oddball totally lacking in people skills -- manage to organize a bloodthirsty pack of wolves into a political force that captured a nation...legally?

Joan in "Rebecca." The most desireable woman I've ever seen...next to Cyd Charisse in the 1950's.

Grandma (who lived near Hollywood Blvd. & Normandie) always told anyone who would listen that Jim Garner installed the carpet in her house. I just laughed. Then one night I'm watching a talk show and the host asked Garner what he did before acting. "I was banging down carpet in LA," he said. Regarding Sinatra, I can hear my uncle always saying, "Frankie; he just HAD to be an actor."

I'll take this masterpiece over "Singing in the Rain" any day. Too bad Liza peaked here; how COULD she have topped it? Impossible.

...Ives never gave a bad performance. Much as I love Sydney Greenstreet, I wish Burl could have landed some of those "fat man" parts (but not "Casablanca."

Saw him this morning in "Cat..." and I must say, there is a case to be made for him to be considered one of the acting greats of cinema, but no one thinks of him in that regard. Newman played off Ives perfectly. There is so much more to Ives than "Jimmy Crack Corn (and I don't care)" but that is how many Americans remember him.

Ken Curtis ("Festus" but it doesn't seem like the "Gunsmoke" star) gets eaten by dogs dressed as giant rodents...wearing carpet samples as shrew fur.

Have ANYONE watch "The Killer Shrews" and see if they can identify the hero...a young Ken ("Festus") Curtis. They will look at the actor, but he doesn't look OR sound like the "Gunsmoke" stalwart. AND you get the joy of watching dogs dressed as giant rodents, with carpet samples as "shrew hair."

Two examples (add your own). Fred Astaire "On the Beach." June Allyson "The Shrike." song-and-dance man Fred delivers a bravura performance in a stunning dramatic film. "goody-good" June shows her bi*ch side as wife-from-hell.

Jose and June battle in the most different movie ever made. Had people rushing for the dictionary. Best thing Ferrer AND Allyson ever did. All that good backstage stuff. '50's marriage angst. Not scheduled.

Every waiter and cab driver in LA has a screenplay in their backpocket. Forget it...you will never sell it. Your movie will never be made. I've known so many people who have tried; have you ever met anyone who has sold one? It took Scorcese 30 years to get "Gangs of New York" to the screen...what chance do you have?

Sure, and the courts and police "look the other way" when it comes to murder? Crime guys -- the real ones -- thought this film was absurd, but WASPs in America loved it. No "mafia" EVER, for any reason, would balk at an opportunity to make as much money as he possibly could. To think that one would, is ridiculous.

There was a documented member of some crime family on "Tom Snyder" (remember him?) in the '70's after the film came out, and HE said how ridiculous it was that mob figures would EVER have religious reasons OR political-connection reasons to not make money off heroin. For gawdsakes, Lucky Luciano made million$ off heroin! AND, at the big sitdown in the movie, a mafia guy says "it's an 'infamnia(?)' to sell drugs in the white neighborhoods (the Catholic Church wouldn't like it) but presumably the Church has no problem with murder?!

Used all manner of communication alerting people to the film...including snail mail, faxes, phone calls. I'm the type who always tries to do things for others, and you would be shocked (maybe you wouldn't be) how many times I feel resentment or downright rancor. I don't get it, but as they say "No good deed goes unpunished." Why people today would watch reality TV when they could be viewing real cinematic art that costs millions of $$$ to produce and is the result of talented writers, actors, etc., is a mystery to me. Must be the dumbing-down of the world.

I don't think lobby is the correct verb, but I try to get EVERYONE to watch certain films I think are enjoyable or important, but I seldom -- maybe never -- get positive feedback. There may not be many classic film lovers; there may not be many of us. This suprises me, because I remember seeing long lines at the NuArt in Los Angeles (you would have to be from LA to know about that place). Anyway, I alerted in various ways more than 2,600 adults about "The Battle of Algiers" aired Feb. 9; 13 people replied with a thank you. To me, that's a "never." But I will continue to spread the word about Turner Classic Movies...the greatest enterprise in TV history!

Hey, prof: Jerry Lewis is listed in all the credits for "Li'l Abner" and anyone not blind can see him!

What a great idea for a thread! All I know: Columbia or RKO never made a bad b&w film in the 50's. I treasure all of them. I'll watch anything in black & white.

OK...what I really didn't like: when Sonny is pounding Carlo in the street: the part when he's beating him in the garbage can pen, Sonny throws a punch that misses by a mile, and Carlo's whole body flies backward. How did that get in? Watch for it. Seriously, and you can look this up: after Coppola screened the final print, HE said: "My GOD...I've made a movie that's all about bald men talking in dark rooms!"