lolmsted23
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Ok, here's a couple I thought of over the weekend:
Bert Lahr and Joe E Brown
Burt Lancaster and Dan Dailey
Doris Day and Vera Ellen
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Jeryson! I mean, Patypancake! You're giving me a heart attack over here! I can't believe they're discontinuing the sale of even the VHS copies of classics. I can't really understand why they wouldn't make DVD's of these movies, but it makes more sense than not producing them AT ALL! Another thing that I don't understand is that I picked up a copy of Snows of Kilamangaro (SP?) last year on DVD for $7. I thought they only produced copies of classics on DVD because they were in demand. Now, I can't imagine that this movie would be in more demand than say, Hitchcock or Chaplin movies--just to name a small few. What's the deal?
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I just found out that a remake of Roman Spring for Mrs. Stone will be made for TV. It will star Helen Mirren as Mrs. Stone and that **** Olivier Martinez (Diane Lane's man in Unfaithful). This is a remake that I think I would like. I think we need to see more movies of the May/December romance between older women and younger men. I'm getting a little tired of seeing these over-the-hill, mid-life crisis men with their young little chippies. And speaking of Diane Lane and May/December romances, her next movie, Under the Tuscan Sun, stars her next to my newest obsessione, Raoul Bova (Ok, so he's only 6 years younger, but it's progress) and he exudes all the exotic sex appeal of our classic favorites, Gable, Grant, and my other Italian fave, Rossano Brazzi!
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Oh, and another one I just thought of since Victor Mature is being mentioned--he always resembled Armand Assante and they even talked alike!
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Moviejoe, I always thought Ava Gardner and Liv Tyler looked more like "mother/daughter" but good observation!
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March is usually devoted to Oscar winning movies. Since the awards weren't established until 1927, not many silents were actually nominated or granted Academy Awards. That's why no silents.
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Well, as everyone knows by now, I'm a huge Garbo fan and would love to see ANY and ALL of her movies on DVD. What would be really great is to see scenes that were cut from Mata Hari, Susan Lennox, etc.
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Alix, I'm glad you agree...I thought I might be crazy!
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Well, the ever popular Warren William always reminded me of John Barrymore and I thought Steve McQueen and Richard Widmark would have made a better comparison than McQueen and Paul Newman.
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Mark, that entire scene is my favorite in the movie! Bette is so REAL there, I can imagine myself saying those things, although I probably don't have the clout like Bette to pull it off quite so well...As for the most quotable lines in a movie, I'd have to say GWTW would be my first choice. Well, fiddle dee dee!
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Are you the username formerly known as MarkG (otherwise known as the biggest Bette Davis fan?) Good to see you found your way back to the boards. There's a lot of us on here with different names now. For those who don't know yet, perhaps we should give our former names in the future (although mine's kind of easy to figure out).
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Alix, not to worry. As I posted earlier, next month the theme every Tuesday night will be Hollywood Deco! Enjoy!
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Does anyone know the music played in the background for the new Wuthering Heights commercial? Thanks to anyone who can help.
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Moira, how about Emma Thompson for the Ruth Chatterton role. She is an extremely gifted and diverse "mature" actress who can pretty much do anything. And I haven't seen her in anything since WIT. What do you all think?
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I just check the schedule on the site for next month and Tuesday nights are devoted to "Hollywood Deco". Some of the movies are from the mid-late 30's but we'll still get to see those stylish stars from the pre-code era!
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Ooh, Alix, I want that game. I have two movie games already, but like you said, not enough from my favorite era(20's-50's) Anyway, I wanted to let everyone know--in case you didn't yet--next Monday morning TCM is showing a bunch of Kay Francis movies from the mid-late 30's! Too bad no pre-codes though.
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Well, New Year's Day is always a a "sit around and watch movies" day for us so yesterday we watched several. Among them was Public Enemy and the original Man Who Knew Too Much. I was the only one who had already seen public enemy and got a kick out of everyone's reaction at the end when James Cagney "comes home". Anyway, I really wanted to comment on the horrible Man Who Knew...I actually wanted the remake with Jimmy Stewart and Doris Day (which I LOVE), but my husband picked up the wrong one. So, needless to say, I was quite disappointed. This version rushes so much toward finding out the "mystery". Then there is this incredibly long shoot out at the end where all you hear is gun shots in the background while really nothing is going on onscreen. I kept wondering, "Who is doing all that shooting and what are they shooting at?!" The acting and development of the story don't even compare to the remake. I guess you could chalk it up to just an early attempt by Hitchcock. At least he got it right the second time around
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Alix, I would have said one of the three of Joan, Kay or Connie Bennett. I don't know what game you were playing (I'd love to know so I could get it myself) but my guess would be that since Joan is more commonly known that Kay Francis, that's why they came up with that answer. And I guess it depends on your definition of "clothes horse". Joan definately collected clothes and Kay was known more for an individual style. I did read somewhere, though, that she actually didn't care that much about clothes.
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Hey kids! I decided to look in this forum and they have added a folder for December 2002--Finally! Maybe we can finally get back to posting messages about the stars, themes and tributes for the months to come
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The only line I can remember is "Friday, I got fired." Hope penelope can help whoever wants to know
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I know that Frank Sinatra sang it originally but I can't think of the title.
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Dan, I too saw Navy Blues and agree with you on Haines' mugging. He sort of reminded me of a modern day Jim Carey, doing ANYTHING for a laugh and screwing up his face into all sorts of expressions. It was almost as if he still thought he was in a silent movie and had to convey his emotions actions, but he overdid it.
Beautiful...but dumb.
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I don't know, I think I have to disagree with the assessment of Norma Shearer as a "not good/not bad" actress--after all, that's what these boards are for, right?
Anyway, I always considered Shearer to be realistically subtle and the best "crier" on screen. And although I LOVE Hepburn and Davis, I think many people would agree with me that they were often a little over-the-top (but that was the style in the 30's and 40's). However, the only movie I thought Shearer was over-the-top in was Idiot's Delight and that's because the character was supposed to be. I mean, watch her in Marie Antoinette and then in The Divorcee and A Free Soul--her diversity is amazing and you never see HER, you see the character. The same cannot be said about Davis or Hepburn (they themselves had such powerful presense that they overpowered any role they took--not that it's bad, it's just different) Recently at the Golden Globes someone who won the award said that he always found it odd that they gave awards for "the best" in the arts. I have to agree. Most of the time, there is no better, or best, just different and it's all subjective. However, I DO agree that there are a share of just plain BAD actors and actress, especially today. Oh, I don't know what I'm trying to say...never mind 