ValentineXavier
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I call all versions A Star Is Bored.
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> {quote:title=LonesomePolecat wrote:}{quote}
> I too had never heard of Oscar Micheaux. Now I want to keep my eye out for his films.
There is a collection of his films on DVD that came out a few years ago. Probably still available, maybe Netflix has it.
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This is a long thread, and I don't recall if this has been mentioned, but I think Melvyn Douglas and Leon Ames look a lot alike. Occasionally I mistake one for the other.
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> The old man was right, only the farmers won. We lost. We'll always lose.
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> The Magnificent Seven
Taken from *Seven Samurai*, on which *The Magnificent Seven* was based.
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> Burning semi-spoiler
> Just think if Howie had
> given in to his impulses (and if she had let him) he wouldn't have ended up inside a giant
> flaming man.
Yes, that is the moral of that film. If Britt Ekland ever tries to seduce you, give in. It could save your life. I can guarantee *I* wouldn't have wound up in the straw flames.
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The old saying 'I'd bet you a dime to a donut' certainly has changed. When it was coined, you could probably get 10 donuts for a dime. Now, it takes ten dimes for one donut.
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*Earth vs the Sighing Flossers* Giant UFOs flit and hover over Washington DC. Eventually, they land on Capitol Hill, looking for lunch. The tall space aliens emerge, and begin munching on Congress. Alas, they find that elected officials are not to their taste. So, they sigh, floss their teeth, and depart from the Earth. Thus was Earth saved by Congress' tastelessness.
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Well, you did raise an interesting question. But, if you think you're still standing, I guess we'll just have to call it a TKO.
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I can't let *The Lady Eve* go unmentioned, with Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, and Eugene Pallette. Very funny, great cast.
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Well, Chinaberry named the film I was thinking of. There is a fortune in the fireplace in that one, IIRC. But, there is no fortune in the fireplace in *Night Must Fall*, is there? I certainly don't remember that there was. It was basically about who was killing girls, and was it Robert Montgomery.
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Well, I agree they could use a good airing. Hopefully, down wind from me...
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> I find it interesting that with the except of #16, PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE, all the films are in color and newer than the early1960s. I guess the people who made up this list are of the generation who don't watch black & white films.
Well, gee, many of the newer are worse! Maybe the people who made the list like B&W films! But, sadly, you're probably right...
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> {quote:title=C.Bogle wrote:}{quote}
> The Wicker Man was just on about a week ago, can't remember which channel.
> It was the unedited version with Britt doing the splendid dance of the search for
> the wall studs. There's a clip on YT of what I guess might be edited version. Instead
> of showing the lovely Ms. Ekland intercut with Woodward suffering, there's a close up
> of two gross bugs wrestling around doing who knows what. Yeech. Talk about a stark
> dichotomy.
I don't believe I've seen the "gross bug" version. I don't have any premium channels any more. Perhaps HBO or Cinemax has shown either the 99m 2001 restoration (available on Anchor Bay DVD,) or the 102m original director's cut. All I've seen on cable is the 88 minute version, which does indeed have Brit's splendid dance, and Sgt. Howie's uh... struggle. That 88 minute version is the original US release.
"Search for the wall studs..." I like that!
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They should have refunded your money, since you didn't get to see the whole film. I think they were probably legally obligated to do that. Then, for good customer relations, given out free passes. I probably would have raised hell with the manager, and definitely never gone there again, if they didn't make it right.
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Kyle, don't let ignorance, stupidity, and ill-considered actions drive you away
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Here's a link to my favorite brewer, and hopefully, their porter.
http://www.bellsbeer.com/brands/
Actually, you will have to click on "Year Round," then click on the top right label, to get a description of Bell's Porter.
Edited by: ValentineXavier on Nov 23, 2010 12:40 AM
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> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}
> Brando has never been in a real noir. Nor has Clift, Newman, or any other Method-trained actor.( If I am wrong, feel free to pile on).
As I said, I think *The Fugitive Kind* is a noir. It is a bit more complicated and subtle than most noirs. Also, it has serious points to make, about racism. This isn't common in noirs. But, it would be hard to be more noir than that film.
Montgomery Clift's *I Confess* is generally recognized as a noir, rightfully so IMO.
Both men were in several very noirish films. I'd call *One Eyed Jacks* a noir, and *Red River* is very close.
*The Big Knife* is generally recognized as a noir, and I agree that it clearly is.
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I can recall it, but can't quite think of the name, or the name of one of the actors. IIRC, it was a British film, set at a cottage in the country. I'm sure someone will come up with the title.
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Yep, that's a good one, directed by Preston Sturges. TCM has shown it several times. My favorite Preston Sturges film is *The Great McGinty*, but he made several great screwball comedies.
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Porter is a dark beer, a lager, since it is aged, sometimes in barrels. It isn't as heavy as stout, but it is similar. It is mellower than stout, and not bitter. It is robust, so it is good with strongly flavored foods, like Barbeque, steaks, even burgers, or by itself. Note that I would never drink stout with food.
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> > Zounds....How could we overlook "Silent Movie". To quote Marcel Marceau ..." ---- "
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> > Actually he spoke the only word in the film....."Non"
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> Actually, he said "No!" :-)
It wasn't really him who said it, it was an equine ventriloquist.
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I haven't watched it all yet, but I did check it in several places. That film has more jumps due to missing frames than any film I ever saw! It's sad that this is the best that survives.
Also, I noticed that the card just before it said "letterboxed." I don't know how it got marked as LB, but obviously it wasn't, and obviously, this designation caused it to be cropped top and bottom on TCMHD.
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More foreign films
Bring back cartoon alley
Give Ben M. more films to intro
Serials
more film noir (too much film noir is an oxymoron)
Show *The Green Slime* in OAR, which is 2.35:1
Show *The Blob* on TCMHD zoomed to fill the screen from side to side, not picture boxed, as has been done.
And, most of all:
show the full length version of *The Wicker Man*, not the edited US version
show the rare noir *Christmas Holiday*
show the rare Brit noir *Johnny Nobody*
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I believe that TCM has shown a few Oscar Micheaux films lately, maybe has another one or two coming up, I believe 1920's *Within Our Gates* was shown. I think I have it on the DVR.
Noir fans don't miss THE BRIBE on TCM this morning @ 9:15am EST!!
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*The Bribe* is quite a good film. I hadn't seen it in a few years, and enjoyed it very much. Ava looked great. John Hodiak was also good as her husband. He and Robert Taylor often play similar types, so I find it unusual for them to be in the same film, but in such different roles.