ValentineXavier
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I'd like to see serials from the 30s and 40s, but not Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, or Tim Tyler's Luck, because I have those. So, some of the more obscure ones, but not the western serials, they're just too predictable and ordinary.
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I've long suspected that Vanguard, our unsuccessful attempt to put up the first satellite, was sabotaged by Hollywood commies....
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> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote}
> > {quote:title=ValentineXavier wrote:}{quote}
> We even had our Mystic Knights of the Sea groups, which were more commonly known as Shriners.
I don't suppose you have a photo of yourself, wearing a fez, and sitting on a tiny car?
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I've read this thread from the start, but just finally watched *The Prowler*. It definitely has a few flaws, but I liked it quite a bit.
IIRC, someone thought that cop Webb Garwood might have been the original prowler, inciting the first call he and his partner responded to. I think that virtually impossible, since he and his partner had been working together on their shift, which was over shortly after their response to the prowler call.
Also, someone wondered why Susan would have sent the baby away with the doctor. That made perfect sense to me. She wanted the baby out of danger. She would have gone whit them, but Webb would have stopped them.
One thing I really liked was the way Van Heflin's face looked. He actually looked like some kind of psychotic, all the time, but without seeming to have a distorted expression. His face looked SO different from the 'nice guy' image he usually projects.
My two problems, plot wise, are - in the beginning, we see the original prowler call, and Webb coming back a bit later, in uniform, trying to get something going, but with no obvious success. So, he drives away. In the very next scene, Webb is in civilian clothes, in Susan's living room, she is dressed up, and they are socializing. That seemed quite a jump.
My other problem, is why did Webb take Susan to a ghost town to have the baby? Why not some out of the way place in Mexico, instead? Where did they get the water and electricity in a ghost town in the desert? Was Webb perhaps allowing for the possibility that he might decide to kill both Susan and the baby? He could have killed her right away, if that was his plan. But, he might have wanted to keep the option open, if there were complications. He was quite a planner.
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> {quote:title=fxreyman wrote:}{quote}
> You are confusing the GOP and the Tea Party with the Moral Majority.
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Well, Michael Powell, Republican, and then chairman of the FCC was the one responsible for going after CBS for Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction." There are numerous right-wing groups that go after the media, and films, for things that don't suit them. The Family Research Council is rather active, and there are others.
So, although the PC stuff comes from the left, the anti-sex stuff does come from the right, most of whom are GOP. When they are in power in the US Gov., some of that does amount to real censorship. No doubt that some Dems do agree with them.
Meanwhile, back on off-topic, I saw Amos and Andy on TV when I was a little kid. I didn't know anything about racism. I thought blackface performers, and the Stepin Fetchit types, were stupid. But, I thought Amos and Andy was wonderful. I liked it much better than white sitcoms, like Ozzie and Harriet, because O&H seemed phoney, while A&A seemed like real people. So, I wish they would come out on DVD.
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I guess I'm just smitten by her splendor...
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Pillarboxing is black bars on the sides of the picture. They are used when a 4x3 image is shown on a 16x9 screen. For a network TV program, usually the SD channel is meant to be shown on a 4x3TV, so the image is 4x3, and has pillarboxing when shown on a 16x9 screen. The HD version of the channel should show a 16x9 image, with no black bars, anywhere. Usually the 16x9 image will include image on the sides that is cropped on the 4x3 image, but sometimes they may just zoom the 4x3 image to make the 16x9 image, which will then be missing some of the image on the top and bottom. I don't really watch much commercial TV, so I don't know which shows handle it which way. News programs, like on CNN, usually show a 16x9 shot in the studio, but sometimes use some colored bars in the sides when showing location shots that were shot in 4x3.
The vast majority of 1.85:1 movies are shown at 1.78:1, since it is so close. Sometimes, even 2.35:1 films are shown in 1.78:1, with no top and bottom bars. This is wrong! Fortunately, TCM, and most premium HD channels show 2.35:1 films uncropped, with black bars on the top and bottom. There are several threads around here, discussing this topic. You could find more on them.
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Okay, but to me, she's what it's all about, well I guess I would say focus, rather than catalyst...
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> {quote:title=FrankGrimes wrote:}{quote}
> It really is a switch for Lang. I think of Lang as being mostly a "masculine" director. The only other films I have seen of his where the woman is the primary lead is Clash by Night and The Blue Gardenia.
Guess you forgot about *Metropolis*...
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> {quote:title=clore wrote:}{quote}
> >>So, it was terrifying on yet another level...
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> I was half-expecting Watson to ask Holmes "What is that white blotch on your face?"
Just part of the 7%, that wasn't yet in solution.
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> {quote:title=MyFavoriteFilms wrote:}{quote}
> A note for fans:
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> This movie is 2 hours long.
> There are 24 hours in a day.
> Fox Movie Channel is showing ROCKY HORROR 12 times in a row on October 31.
> Happy boo-day!
Geeze, if they're going to show it 12 times, you'd think they could run it backwards at least once!
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> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote}
> And VIVA ZAPATA Sunday night.
"What is your name?"
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> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}
> To get the conversation away from Hilary, I saw THE PROWLER, and Evelyn Keyes looks like a poor man's Lana Turner.
Nah, Lana is a rich man's Evelyn Keyes... I haven't watched *The Prowler* yet, but from the buzz on other threads, I will, very soon.
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> {quote:title=bklynrose wrote:}{quote}
> I know its me but I can't seem to get into that film, I watch it once awhile back and haven't seen it since
> cat
It's no *Peeping Tom*.
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> {quote:title=clore wrote:}{quote}
> Too bad that the TERROR BY NIGHT print used was a public domain one with some appalling emulsion scratches going on during the last reel.
So, it was terrifying on yet another level...
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And Ray Collins became Lt. Tragg, on Perry Mason.
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Thank you, Fred!
And, for Max Von - the top ones are the additive colors of light, and the lower ones are the primary colors. If this was just an opinion, and not fact, well I guess your TV would look pretty strange.
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> {quote:title=MaxvonMayerling wrote:}{quote}
> So, therefore you admit your senses are fallible (ie: sight), and cannot be put forth as an empirical proposition. *Your text book theories* about color are therefore, irrelevant.
I haven't written any textbooks. But, as one who painted for many years, I can attest that the theories are most certainly NOT "irrelevant."
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> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}
> I actually looked it up, and many think it does NOT have a racial connotation. They believe "white" in the expression means pure, rather than Caucasian.
I'm definitely not knowledgeable about the phrase's derivation. I'm just going by the way I have heard the phrase used throughout my life. While the experts may well be correct, that the term originated without a racial connotation, I think most people think it has one. So, in effect, it does. I would also point out that to some people, especially back when *Paid* was made, "pure" and "Caucasian" were pretty much the same thing.
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You know what I am talking about - certain actors play sleazy, slimy characters, people we often love to hate, but still sometimes retain a soft spot for them. They are usually supporting actors, but sometimes have lead roles. Who are your favorites?
I'll name a few of mine - Walter Slezak, George McCready, Victor Jory, Zachary Scott, Elisha Cook Jr. Of course Elisha often seems as harmless as a puppydog, even when he's packin' iron. Some of my favorite, more modern, worms are Michael J. Pollard, Harry Dean Stanton, and Bill Macy.
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I just 'tiled' the L&H poster for my new desktop background! It looks great.
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Have you seen *Red Beard* ? He shows lots of compassion in that one too. Yeah, *High and Low* is a good film, and not the least bit dated. It still seems modern, even 47 years later.
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> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote}
> She wanted Ashley because he was a handsome rich wimp. She married the other guys because of: 1) wanting to make Ashley jealous with the Hamilton boy, 2) she wanted Mr. Kennedys money and store, 3) she wanted Rhetts money.
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> She gradually lost interest in Ashley, over a period of about 12 years, because she grew more strong as he grew more wimpy, and old. She was selfish but not stupid.
That's good evidence that she was selfish, fickle, and stuck-up. But, since she was so conniving, I guess I should withdraw the "stupid." That was mainly a personal response on my part, because I believe such people are stupid.
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> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}
> I must have Hilary on the brain. I also see a resemblance between Hilary and Sharon Stone.
I'd agree that there is some slight resemblance there. But, I don't believe I've ever seen Hillary sit the way Sharon does...
ROBERT TAYLOR WAS A "SNITCH!"
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Da Silva did a fine job of showing them to be the unamerican a-holes they were. Good for him!