ValentineXavier
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I have wanted to see it for years, but have never seen it. But, I have read a couple of places that it was Durbin's best performance, while others agreed with you. So, I still want to see it!
How did you watch it? Was it the VHS tape? Do you know of a good DVD?
Edited by: ValentineXavier on Jan 15, 2011 11:55 PM
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*Florist Grump*
A grumpy young guy, who's a few buds short of a bouquet, starts a flower shop, franchises, makes millions, and chokes to death on a chocolate covered shrimp.
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> {quote:title=hamradio wrote:}{quote}
> Question: Are we progressing or regressing as a society?
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Answer: Probably not.
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*Splash* ? Shirley, you jest!
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> > I taped *The Great Waltz.* The film went black for about 15 minutes. TCM ? Comcast ?
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> I wasn't recording it but had it on and didn't notice any loss of picture. It must have been your cable not TCM that was at fault.
Maybe Motorola DVR firmware, from Comcast. AKA the "black screen bug." It's happened to me several times, but only once on TCM so far.
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> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}
> Warren William and John Barrymore?
Warren William and William Powell
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Wow! *Woman in the Dunes* on TCM - I can't wait!
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> I want to thank TCM for the outstanding inclusion of Hal Roach's comedies, particularly The Little Rascals and Laurel and Hardy shorts. One must think subjectively; humor is a product not only of what creativity has evolved throughout the ages, but also of the historical era in which it was created. Laurel and Hardy and the Rascals evolved during the late 20's and 30's, a time when America was immersed in economical and moral depression, not unlike today's threadbare economy. However, it was a much more simplistic age. There were no computers, cell phones, or HDTV, no TV at all. Whatever entertainment was to be gleaned was gleaned at the corner picture show. Kids were simplistic. Laurel and Hardy were the epitome of two simple yet genuine friends, (Nowadays there would be a suspicion that they would be homosexuals) who cared about each other and yet both had glaring eccentricities which created funny situations. They were proper, mannered and genteel, which created a sort of elegance, the springboard enabling them to make their situations believable. They are an acquired taste. To fully enjoy their humor and that of the Rascals, one must become simplistic and empty oneself so to speak, slow down the mind and the perception will follow. They never lose their respect not only for themselves, but for their audience as well. Oliver Hardy's silent looks into the camera during times of special trauma are priceless and take the audience into his confidence. Stan Laurel, who was the creative genius behind many of the shorts done at Roach, was truly ahead of his time, one need only watch some of the shorts to truly recognize and appreciate his genius. I applaud TCM for showing these and the Rascals in their entirety. The only glitch in the L and H was found yesterday, the 12th, when the short "Below Zero" was being shown: after only ten minutes, at 10:40AM EST the short abruptly ended and commercials filled the remaining time until the next feature "Brats" at 11AM EST. Did anyone else experience this as well?
gfcfl1, for your first (and only) post since registering in 2006, that was quite a good one!
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> {quote:title=nitratefiend wrote:}{quote}
> As a kid, I first saw most of these shorts on WKY-TV (as it was known at that time) channel 4 from Oklahoma City, OK. (Anybody else out there?) They broadcast them on Sunday mornings from 11 to 11:30. Most of their prints were cut by distributors so they could fit in two in a half-hour.
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I was born in OKC in 1948. We got a TV in '52. I used to watch L&H and Our Gang on TV there, until 1958, when we moved to Venezuela. I don't recall what channel, but I know that the Our Gang shorts were shown well past my bed time, but sometimes my dad would wake me up to see them.
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> Stan had a word of wisdom. "You can lead a horse to water but a pencil has to be lead."
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> Sorry you're having a lousy day. Mine is going quite well so far.
There were lots of great Stanisms...
In *Pardon Us*, he is asked to define "blizzard." He replies "the gizzard of a buzzard."
Perhaps it is in *The L&H Murder Case*, when asked where he was on a certain night, Stan counts on his fingers - "Septober, Octember, Nowonder!"
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> . One question, though. What does the title 999 RIVER STREET have to do with anything in the film?
It's *99 River Street*. That is the address of the bar where jewel thief/murderer Victor Rawlins was to meet the guy supplying him with the forged passport. Ernie's cab co. pal provides him with that address, where another cab company took a fare, from near the pet store that was the front for the fence. It is near the freighter Rawlins meant to take.
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> Wow, its sure a bad night for Ernie Driscoll!
Well he sure surprised that thug, that a cabbie could easily beat the **** out of him. Remember, he told the fence that TWO guys beat him up1
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Sal was cooler.
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> > The reason I asked was something I noticed in other threads where you talk about this over and over...you say there were no films from the 1990s or 2000s when you signed up...but, as has been pointed out, *since that was 1994*: HOW COULD THERE BE ANY FILMS FROM THE 2000s?
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> Im glad you figured that out.
Okay... what you are really saying is that all your complaints about TCM showing more modern films has been just a put-on?
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Boston ****.
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> If an actor was expected to smoke in a movie, but was a non-smoker, was there an alternative to real cigarettes that he or she could use? (no reefer jokes, please)
I don't recall where, but I read that there was. And, there was (is?) a name for such non-tobacco cigarettes used in movies. Maybe they use catnip?
I lost a father to Camels, a mother to Chesterfields, and a step-mother to Pall Malls. So, I have NO favorite smoking scenes. When they died of it, there was less than half as much nicotine in cigarettes as there is now. Five days after I graduated from high school, even though I was still 17, I left home, and moved into a abandoned car parked by a dam, to escape the two-three pack a day smokers. Sometimes when I watch a film with lots of smoking, my throat actually begins to choke up!
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And Nancy Reagan (nee Davis) is ready to give it "the bum's rush."
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Fred, I think it has been on TCM in the last 5 years, or so. I know I saw it on cable. w/o commercials, within the last few years. I liked it too.
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Well speaking of unknown Christmas films, and "Christmas Noir," there is Robert Siodmak's *Christmas Holiday*, often described as one of the bleakest film noirs.
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She should sell the amputated limb on eBay. She could probably get tens of thousands for it... That would be "cashing in."
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> > Well obviously we shouldn't let our children into art museums either
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> > http://www.botticellibirthofvenus.com/images/botticelli-birth-of-venus-detail-small.jpg
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> You're seriously comparing an artists interpretation to an actual image of a real person on film?
Well, some of us believe that film is, or at least can be art, and I think that most of us realize that Rocco wasn't a real person.
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>. But watch out for the Mayan calendar thing, it's a coming. Ka-ching.
I expect to live to see the 14th b'ak'tun, and I'm certain that most people here will as well. That is, unless they decide they have the Maya date correlations all wrong, and there is some growing concern that they might. So, maybe we'll get to survive the Dec. 21 (or 23) 2012 apocalypse more than once!
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Agreed, but Coogan's eyes never looked that crazy!
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> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote}
> In my opinion, the movie is not about the politics of the coup or the reason for it or the people behind it. The story is about the young idealistic American man who goes down and sticks his nose in places where he doesnt belong, and he disappears. Na?ve young American should never get involved in any third-world countrys revolution.
Well, I agree with you just a little. The story is told from the POV of a non-political father, who wants his son back. He starts out not giving a damn about politics, but comes to realize that what he sees is evil. Still, he tries to stay apolitical, mostly because that is his best position to try and find out what happened to his son. Director Costa-Gavras is a very political guy, known for making films about hot political subjects.
I do agree that when US citizens go abroad, especially if they mingle in politics, they are subject to all kinds of things unimaginable in the US, and claiming they have rights as a US citizen in a foreign country is just ignorant.
Can you help me find a movie called "The Edifice"?
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It's not listed on IMDb, or allmovie. I haven't heard of it. If it is specifically an educational short doc, it may be hard to find. Sorry I couldn't help.