Ascotrudgeracer
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I must contradict you...Lewis Stone delivers that line about "People come and go...nothing ever happens."
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Delores Moran...Carol Landis.
You know, the first time I saw "The Horn Blows at Midnight" I thought I WAS looking at Carol Landis when I saw Delores Moran.
Can you post it if I'm right?
THANKS!
Ascot
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Rather than just typing ad nauseum for infinity, why can't we as a community of experts get the powers that be to add the deleted gas chamber scene to the masterpiece?
Someone here knows how to start a campaign.
ACTION over chatter.
You know you want to see it, so c'mon!
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The great movie plays again!
OCT. 1, 8:00 AM (eastern).
Director Vincent Sherman is the genius behind this masterpiece.
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I thought this film was brilliant and isn't it fantastic when we find some "money people" willing to take a chance on "something completely different?"
This was the kind of thing I thought DeNiro would wait for...but it seems like he's up to doing anything as long as he gets paid.
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"I command you in the name of the authority!"
Nazi Meineke (Konstantin Shayne) to passport photographer (uncredited).
"The Stranger" (1946)
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"'Da cat's in 'da bag, and 'da bag's in 'da rivah."
Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) to J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster).
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Arkadin, HollywoodGo...my thanks for the art...simply beautiful. The coldness of Kent Smith's wife does something to me I cannot adequately describe. It seems like every single minute of this masterpiece...there's a delicious bite of a rich dessert.
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"Don't be ridic."
"Gloria" (Doris Dowling) at the bar.
"The Lost Weekend" (1945)
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"Yikes!"
(or is it)
"Yipes!"
Marilyn Monroe
"The Asphalt Jungle"
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One of my absolute favorites...if you haven't seen it, you must.
You can't stop watching it.
Never get sick of it, even though I know every word, every shot.
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There exists a fascinating book out now: "The Match King."
It's about a 20th century (early) Madoff-type from Sweden who cornered the match market (don't laugh...in the early 1900s it was just as big as steel or agriculture).
Anyway, he played a HUGE role in Garbo's career and life.
Read it...you won't be disappointed.
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"Ever seen a botched plastic job?"
Dr. Walter Coley (24-hour cosmetic surgeon...prefers operating at 2:00AM) portrayed perfectly by Houseley Stevenson to Vincent Parry (aka Alan Lynell) played by Bogart.
"Dark Passage"
1947
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9. Greek Theater.
10. Nate & Al's (deli) Beverly Hills.
11. Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills (home of the $400 T-shirt).
12. Downtown Venice...still looks like it did for "Touch of Evil."
13. Stay up until 3:00AM for breakfast at The Original Pantry, 9th & Figueroa, downtown LA. (only time when there isn't a line).
14. Hollywood sign...walking trails throughout.
15. Look north from Hollywood & Vine up Vine St. you can identify the Joe C. Gillis apartment from "Sunset Blvd."
16. There's a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece in Barnsdall Park, above a shopping strip, at Vermont & Hollywood Blvd (NOT the one in "Bladerunner).
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"If I didn't like a man, I could surely fix him up good...make him look like a bulldog...or a monkey!"
Dr. Walter Coley (Houseley Stevenson)...the only 24-hour plastic surgeon in San Francisco!
to: Vincent Parry -- aka Alan Lynell -- (Humphrey Bogart).
"Dark Passage" (1947)
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I would hazard to say the ONLY studio that could make great musicals is MGM, yes, especially the Arthur Freed unit. Have you ever suffered through a British musical? Horrid! Warner's tried the musical genre, even RKO, but they couldn't come close to MGM.
It's much like motorcycles; most experts agree the BSA Goldstar is the finest bike ever made. Honda is amazing, but they can't match the Master!
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1. Hollywood Forever Cemetery ...easy to find...last stop for many greats.
2. Griffith Observatory...stand in steps of famous James Dean knifefight (even look through that same coin-operated telescope). "Rebel Without a Cause" (obviously).
3. Beach at Malibu...just imagine it with no people there. Countless films.
4. Santa Monica Pier...you've seen arched sign in a hundred flicks.
5. Laguna Beach...you'll recognize the hills and rock islands in the water. Every pirate movie (except those filmed off Catalina Island), Bette Davis films, on and on.
6. Hollywood and Vine (except now a creepy ghetto).
7. BRADBURY BUILDING...downtown L.A. DON'T MISS IT. "D.O.A." (the original) filmed there, and more. Some people think it was used in "Double Indemnity" but no.
8. Beverly Hills residential...yes, buy a "Maps to the Stars Homes."
I could go on, but there are links to all these.
Have fun, be safe, use public transport, avoid "instant friends", look for streets that seem familiar (because you've seen them in the movies).
--Ascot
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Closest thing to love...Cyd Charisse, Debra Paget, Audrey Totter, Joan Fontaine, Autumn Russell (I betta stop...off-topic).
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At the film's end when the cast was revealed (with a real short silent clip from the movie) and captions gave their real names and the characters they played...those were the tops!
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You could count on 2 things:
1) At least once a month, Barbara Stanwyck and Linda Evans would be out in No Man's Land in the buggy, get attacked by badmen or Indians, and she would fight them with the BUGGY WHIP!
2) At least once every episode, Stanwyck would stand on her tippie-toes, slap a son across the chops and yell: "You're a BARKLEY!"
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"As long as the lady is paying for it...why not get the vicuna?"
Salesman (Michael Brandon) to Joe C. Gillis (William Holden).
"Sunset Boulevard"
And aren't we glad they changed the title of this masterpiece from "A Can of Beans"?
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Sure, because the closest thing to love is...hate.
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"Leave 'da gun...take 'da cannoli."
Clemenza (Richard Castellano)
"The Godfather"
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"Who knew honeysuckle could smell like murder?"
Walter Neff
"Double Indemnity"
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Might as well bookmark it, refrigerator magnet it, (I have a phobia about refrigerator magnets) right now:
Oct. 01, 2009.
8:00AM EST.