Ascotrudgeracer
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Dated a couple women at work and had the misfortune of overhearing their opinions.
"He's kinda creepy with all his references to old movies."
"He thinks knowing obscure factoids about screen credits and reciting dialog from 50's RKO movies is interesting."
"Talks about Cyd Charisse and Audrey Totter...who are they?"
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Are you saying Frank Gorshin doesn't turn you on?
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All we can do is HOPE!
Although I might say, TCM Programmer seems to be more responsive lately...this is a reference to *Hatful of Rain* but we must wait until Jan. 18.
Take Care!
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The name says it all, doesn't it?
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This movie had an atmosphere and feeling to it I have never experienced in any other.
Hypnotic, really.
They did *something* to that film, and I can't figure it out.
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I don't watch movies made after 1964, generally, but I noticed in *Pulp Fiction (1994)* Eric Stoltz, the drug dealer, looks a whole lot (even dressed exactly as) Ted Neely in *Jesus Christ Superstar.*
I think Quentin was playing a joke on us. Go back and look.
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*"He Lives!"*
Wherein Dennis Hopper is a neo-Nazi leader (Chicago, perhaps?) not getting very far with his movement, befriended by a sympathetic Jew (Ludwig Donath...who made a career playing in Third Reich reenactments).
Hopper murders Donath and orders the killing of a stormtrooper (to create a martyr) on orders from Adolf Hitler, who seems to never die...in Hollywood, anyway!
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CAN'T BELIEVE IT! FINALLY!
*Jan. 18, 2010 -- 8:00PM (EST).*
Bookmark this masterpiece NOW!
Tony Franciosa cheated out of an Oscar nod for this.
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*God's Little Acre*
YES!
How did you know?
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I'm disappointed!
I'm the first to mention the great Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch?
Starred in his own movie *Crazylegs* (1954).
And AT LEAST one other...helps to play in LA!
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*eight o'clock am this Thursday (eastern time) Oct. 1.*
Some love it, some can't understand why anyone likes it.
This is one movie I will always watch.
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There are people who will *swear* Monroe had 6 toes on one foot.
Something about a picture of her in a bathing suit...you can count six toes.
Ever hear this one?
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I believe you're thinking about *Midnight Lace* starring Doris Day, John Gavin and (Sexy) Rexy Harrison.
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I was a drama student at Ppperdine in 1972...stopped at "The Raft" (a watering hole on PCH) and Lee Marvin was in there roaring drunk with a lady I later recognized as Michele Triola.
He got in my face and I said I was tring to get work as an actor, went to all manner of cattle calls.
Said "You outta be a bricklayer."
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She seemed TOO vulnerable and inexperienced in *Rebecca.*
But in this classic, Joan seems like the kind of "ice ****" a man would love to melt.
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Has anyone ever seen the studio logo for the mythical *Shields* studio in "The Bad and the Beautiful" used for a *real* studio or production company?
Seems to me I have?
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It's scheduled for *afternoon of Sept. 24.*
There is something irritating about this effort; maybe it goes back to that old bromide "Hollywood (although it was set in Rome) can never make a good movie about itself."
The cast is amazing, good direction, production values, etc., but there remains something unsettling about watching it...know what I mean?
But Cyd Charisse has some screen time. I guess that makes it worth it for me.
I love her. She lives!
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Yes, and just imagine what it was like to be husband Tony Martin!
"Gee, all I am is a talented millionaire, movie idol, recording star...married to the most beautiful dancer/actress in world history."
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I thought Cyd looked rail-thin in this gem...never seen her look so skinny.
Poor Richard Basehart: he only gets to go from Audrey Totter to Cyd Charisse for "company."
To think some people get paid for that!
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Just have to say, yesterday's schedule was -- I absolutely believe -- why most of us are dedicated to this fantastic television enterprise.
The mostly *noir* lineup was spectacular.
Compare this to today's fare...*Lassie* all morning, then "Lassie as a sea creature."
I understand TCM must try to get children to watch, but they are in school now. There are so many gems in the library for adults that are seldom, if ever, aired.
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Anyone notice?
Music when Barry Sullivan takes Audrey Totter into the nightclub...same tune in this flick scene used when Sam Jaffe is watching the teenager dance in *Asphalt Jungle.*
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If you don't watch this masterpiece from 1950...what are you doing on this here board?
Cyd Charisse, Richard Basehart, Barry Sullivan, AUDREY TOTTER.
9:30 (EST), Wednesday.
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Not awarding a statue for *The Boston Strangler* remains the greatest crime in the history of the Academy Awards...what more could he have done?!
But they give an Oscar to that disgusting singer "Cher". Like there wasn't a better actress in the world that year.
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Not thinking about *Our Town* are you?
The Night Porter (1974)
in Films and Filmmakers
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I love this masterpiece.
Charlotte Rampling's best work...maybe one of Bogarde's finest efforts, in a tough role.
If *TCM* aired it, any doubt we all would watch?
This is the most unusual film, and a movie for adults (not to be confused with "adult movie."