ValentineXavier

You might call them antecedents of *Silver Streak*, ***** Tonk Freeway*, even *Smoke Signals*, and especially a favorite of mine, *Raising Arizona*.

Mr. Freeze, now he was cool, no matter who was playing him... James Coburn was supposed to be the epitome of cool as Derek Flint.

> {quote:title=misswonderly wrote:}{quote} > JOEL McCREA ! > JOEL McCREA ! > I've finally run out of rhymes > by now, eh? > > ( and that desperate effort above just proves it.) JOEL McCREA! JOEL McCREA! What more Can I say? Edited by: ValentineXavier on Feb 19, 2012 9:38 PM

I don't think Byrne invented the term "psychokiller," even if he did make good use of it.

Jamal! Jamal! Jamal!

*North by North Wurst* Businessman is mistaken for a spy carrying a radioactive sausage. While trying to catch up to the real spy, to get the bad guys off his back, he meets a beautiful blonde on a train. Just so happens she is working with the bad guys, and would like to know where he would hide his radioactive sausage. Their adventures lead them to Mt. Rushmore, believing that the radioactive sausage is stuffed up the nose of a President. But, which one?

If I were a PETA member, I'd accuse you of condoning the poisoning of sharks...

> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote} Did you answer my question regarding how the maple leaf became the Canadian national symbol?. Because they don't grow figs in Canada...

> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote} Did you answer my question regarding how the maple leaf became the Canadian national symbol?. Because they don't grow figs in Canada...

Since we're including dead people now, I'll mention a favorite cool guy, as yet unmentioned - Patrick McGoohan. Women, still living, Isabelle Adjani, and Catherine Deneuve.

> {quote:title=hlywdkjk wrote:}{quote}*" Is this the TCM premier of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil?"* - lanceroten > > Yes, it will be a premiere. > But it is not worth going out of your way to see - especially if you've read the book. All the charm and quirkiness of the book is missing. Eastwood's film is a bad "Lifetime" movie. > Perhaps if I had read the book, I would agree with you and Lanceroten. But, I haven't, and don't. I enjoyed the film a lot. Definitely one of my favorite Kevin Spacey films. But, I know it was on cable recently, MGMHD, perhaps. I'm looking forward to Joel Mc's films. There are several I haven't seen.

Middleton was a great villain. He reminds me of Victor Jory, who was a great villain in many roles, including his part in *The Fugitive Kind*. Middleton's Ming reninds me of Karloff's Fu Manchu, in *The Mask of Fu Manchu*, where Myrna Loy does a turn as his villainous, and sexually sadistic, daughter.

J. Caroll Naish Joseph Calleia Charlie Ruggles Eric Blore Eugene Pallette Roland Young Zasu Pitts

> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}Other Hitchcock films with gay characters---ROPE...What else? Was Mrs. Danvers in REBECCA supposed to be gay? > I think psychokiller Bob Rusk in *Frenzy* was gay, but couldn't admit it to himself, and that's why he was a psychokiller of women.

Thanks, Jack. Not quite a perfect heart, from a sort of side angle. But, you can see how it would be a perfect heart, from straight on.

Shepard didn't look like that, before he went over to the Dark Side. You can see what it's done to him.

Yep, I remember the Kerwood Derby too. R&B is probably where I got my love of puns, spoonerisms, and malapropisms.

The most common widescreen ratios are 1.66:1, 1.85:1, and 2.35:1. The aspect ratio of a HDTV screen is 16x9, which is 1.78:1. These are *OARs*, original aspect ratios. But, these are often altered when put on DVD, or shown on TV. 1.85:1 is usually changed to 1.78:1, and little is lost. If it is kept in its OAR, you should see very thin bars on the top and bottom. 1.66:1 is rarely shown in its OAR. These days, it is usually cropped on the top and bottom, to make it 1.78:1. This is what you usually see on TCM. Before HDTV, they were almost always cropped on the sides to make them 1.33:1, the SDTV aspect ratio. Those still show up too. On the rare occasions when it is shown in its OAR, you should see thin black bars on both sides. This is very rare . 2.35:1 is usually shown in its OAR (when letter-boxed,) but is sometimes cropped to 1.78:1. I've seen that done on a few films shown on TCM. With 2.35:1 in its OAR, you will see wide bars on the top and bottom. With the wider aspect ratios of 2.55 and 2.75:1, you will see slightly wider bars top and bottom. There is another important element of this discussion, affecting what you actually see on your TV. That is overscan. Most TVs have 2-8% overscan on the edges, meaning that much of the picture is cut off on the edges. I think TV manufacturers aim to have 3-5% overscan, so that you will not see edges and various artifacts around the picture. Some TVs will allow you to adjust this yourself, but most won't. Test signal discs will easily allow you to see how much overscan you have. But, to adjust it, you will usually need to call in a professional. The effect of overscan is that if you have much of it, you will not see the thin bars of black on the tops and bottoms of 1.85:1 films shown in their true OARs, and you won't be able to see the thin black bars on the sides of 1.66:1 films shown in their true OARs. And, when these films are cropped, top or bottom, to fit a 1.78:1 frame, you will miss even more of the picture.

> {quote:title=willbefree25 wrote:}{quote} > But seriously, *do* they extradite from Tijuana? I'm hardly an expert, but it is my understanding that we do have an extradition treaty with Mexico, but they will not extradite anyone facing capital punishment. If that was the case back then, I don't know. Thanks for all the support for Kathie Moffat as the baddest of the bad girls! I think there are two kinds of "bad girls" - the 'good-bad' girls, and the 'bad-bad' girls. Kathie was a very bad-bad girl.

How about The Lazy J Worm Ranch? Rue Britannia, supposedly tattooed on the bottom of Bullwinkle's foot? Maybe Dick, and Mayor Fiorello La Pompano, Mayor of Submurbia? The Ruby Yacht of Omar Khayyam? Metal munching moon mice, that eat everyone's TV antennas, so they actually have to talk to each other? I'm sure everyone remembers Mt. Flatten, and Upsydaisium.

Finance, you probably should have prefaced your remark > all his songs were written with Ira except those he wrote for "Porgy and Bess" with 'I thought.' That would have been the polite thing to do with any host, much less a distinguished one. It might have elicited an informative response, like the names some of the other collaborators. And saved you the dirty looks.

> {quote:title=tcmsnumberonefan wrote:}{quote}I'd rather see more black-and-white. Easily done. Just turn the color setting on your TV down all the way.

TCM showed *Hot Enough for June* recently, aka Agent 8 3/4. She was also in my favorite Fellini film, *Juliet of the Spirits*.

If I had one, I'd post a front view shot of Nell Fenwick's head, as it was a perfect heart shape. But, Happy Valentine's Day to all!

This is the Technical Issues Forum. You want the Aesthetic Issues Forum.