fredbaetz
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I remember the Darren McG series vaguely . What I do remember was that he could not use a Colt.45, which was what Mike Hammer used in his books, he had to use a snub nose .38 and he could not slap around women like Hammer did in the books. The critics hated it but the audiences loved it..
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Sounds like George Stevens "Penny Serenade" with Cary Grant and Irene Dunne from 1941....
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Just two words for that piece...Beau- tiful
A wonderful tribute to the "Old Man"
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William Holden had a stronger personality then Granger on screen, even in "Sunset Blvd." he was trying to con Norma and use her to make a few bucks until she spun her web and he was stuck. He was a less timid type then Farley and I don't know if it would have been as convincing as Granger's character being made a puppet and let Bruno take control of the situation. But then again that's why they call it acting.
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It's almost like choosing a favorite child:
1- Humphrey Bogart
2- James Cagney
3-Robert Duvall
4- Gregory Peck
5-Marlon Brando
6- Denzel Washington
7-Paul Newman
8-Clark Gable
9-Gene Hackman
10-Robert DeNiro
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My mother was from Tenn. and a Southern Baptist, she married my father , who was a Catholic from New York and moved there in 1937. Me and my two sisters were raised Catholic by my mothers wishes, She sent us to Catholic school and made sure we were at Mass every Sunday. But she never said anything to her parents when we went to visit them during the Summer. To them Catholics were statue worshiping agents of the Devil, who took their orders from the Pope in Rome. We were in our teens when one of our aunts spilled the beans by accident . My mother told them that was her wish that we were raised in the Catholic Church. Period, End of discussion. They finally calmed down, but they didn't like it.Every Summer we went down for a long visit and the first Saturday evening we arrived there was always a revival meeting helt at their house. And my Uncle Johnny or Clifford was always there to take us over to their house for a 2 or 3 day visit. They weren't into the religion at all.
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Just remember the words of Franz Liebkind..."Hitler....There was a painter. He could paint an entire apartment in ONE afternoon, TWO coats"
The Producers 1968
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Ditto, Granger always left me indifferent toward him. I was never a big fan of his, But you're right about "Strangers", I could never see anyone else as Guy Haines. He was a good actor and IMHO did a few good films. "Rope" and "Purple Heart" being his best. Robert Walker was another story. He was or could have been one of the great ones in film, but the booze and lost love and prescribed drugs and mental problems and David O. Selznick helped do him in. Some said he could have been another Spencer Tracy, alas we'll never know. But if you have to depart this vale of tears early and you're an actor, then leaving your last performance as Bruno Anthony is one hell of an exit...
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Well done and often over looked Western with Cagney doing a good job as the tough as nails horse rancher. Robert Wise directed in fine style. Spencer Tracy had been scheduled to star but he had problems with the altitude and was giving Wise a hard time and he either quit or was let go and that was the end of his years at MGM although he returned in 1963 as narrator for "How the West was Won".
Robert Francis { The Caine Mutiny } was suppose to play Steve, but was killed in a plane crash and Don Dubbins was bough in. Jack Schafer { Shane and Monte Walsh } wrote the novel...
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"You know what I do to squealers? I let 'em have it in the belly, so they can roll around for a long time thinking it over. You're worse then him, telling me he's coming back. Ya laying old hag."
The great Tommy Udo { Great Richard Widmark } to Mildred Dunnock just before he pushes her down a flight of stairs while she's tied up in her wheel chair..
"Kiss of Death" 1947
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" I wouldn't give you the skin off a grape"
Tommy Udo "Kiss of Death"
Edited by: fredbaetz on Apr 16, 2010 12:01 PM
Edited by: fredbaetz on Apr 16, 2010 12:03 PM
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Interesting to see Rex Harrison as Adolphus Cusins in G.B.Shaw's "Major Barbara" with Stanley Holloway as the policeman who escorts Rex across the street when he first sees Barbara in 1941 and 23 years later we have Rex as Professor Henry Higgens in G.B.Shaw's "Pygmalion" {My Fair Lady} to Stanley Holloway's Alfred Doolittle.....
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If you don't mind Holly, here's some info on Victor Andrew deBier Everleigh McLaglen
First off sorry to tell you Victor isn't Irish. He was born in Kent, England and his father was a Anglican Bishop.Oldest of 8 brothers and 1 sister.Four of the brothers also went into acting, but didn't achieve the popularity of Victor..
In 1918 after World Wat 1 he became Heavy weight Champion of the British Army. Started acting in British silent films and made a move to America and became a member of the John Ford stock company. He was the first actor to win the Best Acting Academy Award { The Informer } and be nominated for Best Supporting Actor { The Quite Man } First actor to win Academy Award for a remake. "The Informer" had been made in 1929, but not with McLaglen as Gypo ..Appeared on TV in "Have Gun Will Travel" and "Rawhide" both directed by his son Andrew McLaglen. One month after appearing on "Rawhide" he passed away in 1959....
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Well, she's wearing rubber gloves, so she might be doing his windows or kitchen floors or......?
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AH, Mrs Peel. Just the kind of old fashion girl you would like to bring home to meet mom and dad. I know dad would want to meet her.......Be still my heart.....
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I love it up here in Wa. state and the life style, but at times like this with the great theaters and specials film screenings I really miss my apt. on LeBrea and Franklin.
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Besides being the vision of almost every boy , at least the ones I knew,. what set the show and her apart. was the fact that unlike all other shows with women characters, Emma Peel did not always rely on Steed or anyone else to get her out of trouble. She could serve up a can of whip a** and not rely on Steed all the time. Where as April Dancer always needed Mark to rescue her almost on every show Emma could handle her self with almost no trouble and look sexy while doing it....I remember the show you're talking about. There were so many great ones in that series. I saw some of the earlier ones with Honor Blackman {" Kitty" Galore} from "Goldfinger". They were ok , but no where near the later ones with Rigg and the ones after she left I was not crazy about.....
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Two of their three Oscars were for songs for Frank. Besides "All the Way" they earned an Oscar for 'High Hopes" from Hole in the Head" another Sinatra film with Frank having another big hit. They also did "My Kind of Town" from "Robin and the 7 Hoods" and another mega Sinatra hit was "Come Fly with Me" Jimmy Van Heusen and Phil { Sgt Bilko } Silvers wrote the Sinatra classic "Nancy with the Laughing Face" for little Nancy Sinatra......We just don't have the likes of their talent around today...
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As far as it goes "A Nigh to Remember" is still the best version of the sinking. Walter Lord interviewed over 60 of the survivors while writing the book and according to the studio when they were filming more came forward.I remember this being a TV special before the film was made.
When I was around 5 years old we lived on Park Ave. in New York where my father was a Superintendent { Manager} of an apartment building. One of the tenants was an elderly woman named Miss Gracie' Her brother was Col. Archibald Gracie who was one of the passengers aboard the Titanic.. According to eyewitnesses he was one of the last to leave the ship. He survived and was writing a book on the sinking when he died eight months later as a result what happened aboard the ship. When he died his last words were quoted as "We must get everyone to the boats". His sister told my father that she was supposed to have sailed with him but she was delayed in getting there. The Mayor of New York to this day lives in Gracie Mansion which was built by their great grandfather....
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There was the spin-off of "Man from U.N.C.L.E." and she was Stefanie Powers as April Dancer in "The Girl from U.N.C.L.E." with Noel Harrison { Rex Harrison"s son } as her side kick Mark Slate.The original pilot starred Mary Ann Mobley and as her side kick Norman Fell, NORMAN FELL, yes you heard right. The spin off didn't last long just about 28 shows .I was more interested in "The Avengers" with Emma Peel. Nobody looked better in leather then Mrs Peel, while kicking some serious bad guys around. The ultra cool John Steed was what every British secret agent should have looked like, but most of my attention { as was almost every red blooded boy back then } was on Mrs Peel. She had me at "Steed, We're needed" The big question was were they having an affair { I said they were. If it wasn't me then I'm OK with it being Steed}. Years later they asked both of them if Steed and Peel were having sex and she said 'Of course not" and he replied "Every single day".. I liked his answer better.....
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One of the best openings ever was "The Tender Trap" when the film comes up and all you see is a blue cyc with clouds and a tiny figure of Sinatra in the distance and as he sings the title song he starts walking toward the camera which does not move and he walks to a medium shot singing "The Tender Trap" and the film goes to the opening credits as he finishes. A terrific opening with Ol' Blue Eyes at the top of his game.
You mentioned :All the Way" from "The Joker is Wild". That song became such a mega hit that when they released it a few years later they retitled the film "All the Way" , but later they went back to "Joker".
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Believe it or not this is a remake of Hemingway's "To Have and Have Not" with Murphy in the Bogart and later John Garfield role, It's been a long time since I've seen it, but as I remember it is a well made film updated to the Cuban revolution. Eddie Albert is real good as the bad guy and look for the great Jack Elam and Richard Jackel in supporting roles..Rounding out the cast is Patricia Owens in the Bacall role and Everett Sloan in the boozy Walter Brennen part...
Edited by: fredbaetz on Apr 13, 2010 2:20 AM
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It's been at least 25 years since I saw this film and I still remember what a stinkeroo it was, that was the main reason I haven't watched it since.
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I remember I had the same basic reaction to this film when I first saw it. As soon as Directed by Ted Post came up . the first thing I though about was " uh oh " a TV director. There is nothing wrong with TV directors and like movieman states there are many who cross over, but it does have that TV feel to it, This was Eastwoods first production under his Malpaso Company. Story was Post and producer Leonard Freeman clashed during production and Eastwood backed his director. Post directed almost as many feature films as he did made for TV movies, but I always associate him with "Gunsmoke" "Combat" "Payton Place" shows among others. He also directed Eastwood in "Magnum Force" and that also reminded me of a made for TV. Story was Sergio Leone was approached to direct but he was busy with "Once Upon a Time in the West" and was unable...
On another note Ted Post directed one of the very best films about our involvement in Vietnam called "Go Tell the Spartans" with Burt Lancaster in one of the best roles of his career, if you have never seen this well made and acted movie, run to the nearest video rental and do yourself a favor. A very small budget film, Lancaster called the script brilliant and when the budget ran over Lancaster put up $150,00 of his own money to make sure it was finished.......
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First time I remember seeing Jan Sterling was in "The High and the Mighty", she won a Golden Globe for supporting actress and an Academy Award nomination for the same film. she played the slightly older woman going to meet her mail order husband played by William Hopper { before Perry mason's "Paul Drake" }and William Wellman talked her into shaving her eyebrows for her big scene where she takes off all her make up. They never grew back after that. She was marries to Paul Douglas when he died of a heart attack. A under rated actress.