ValentineXavier

Ah, well, he was working from a script.

Fred, reading your post gave me such a bad case of Vertigo that I stumbled, and fell through the Rear Window. I grabbed a Torn Curtain to break my fall, but my injuries are so bad, I'm afraid I'm headed for The Family Plot.

Sorry, but that definition of opinion literally would not hold up in court. Opinions certainly can be based on "positive knowledge." From Merriam-Webster: >Definition of OPINION >1 >a : a view, judgment, or appraisal formed in the mind about a particular matter >b : approval, esteem >2 >a : belief stronger than impression and less strong than positive knowledge >b : a generally held view >3 >a : a formal expression of judgment or advice by an expert >b : the formal expression (as by a judge, court, or referee) of the legal reasons and principles upon which a legal decision is based Edited by: ValentineXavier on Nov 19, 2011 11:57 PM

Fred, you seem to have overlooked the single Spanish word, used in English, that is of the greatest import to Fred C. Dobbs. That word is Gila, as in Gila Monster. Note that we use the Spanish pronunciation, he-lah, not gee-luh, as it would be in English. I'll admit that I've often wondered why we pronounce some Spanish names more or less correctly, and totally anglicize others. Here in SE Michigan, where I live, we have a number of towns and places that we don't pronounce at all like their namesakes. Lake Orion - we say orey-on Delhi - we say del-high Milan - we say my-lun Macon - we say may-con Saline - we say suh-leen My favorite pronunciation pet peeve is that Floridians are trying to brainwash everyone about how conch is pronounced. They say "conk." The word conch comes from the Spanish word for shell, concha, pronounced cone-chaw, so the second c is soft, not hard. I have a theory why they mispronounce it in Florida. At one time, a lot of them, especially in the Keys, made their livings by luring ships onto rocks, "conking" the survivors on the head as they came ashore, and robbing them. So, they could talk about "conking," and expect people to think they meant fishing for conch.

*Shadow in the Sky* and *Glory Alley* are also not to be missed on Ralph's day. *Kiss Me Deadly* is one of my favorites. I must have seen the edited version, in the past, but the ending I remember is the restored version. Odd that the edited version is even darker than the original version. Usually, it's the other way around.

My mom always said that Pinky looked like he was about to wet his pants. I guess that was his method. Pee Wee looked like he'd already wet his.

I don't think Id ever seen *TLWSH* before! Ida, Rita, and a surrealist costume party! Outta sight!

It's an amazing site. There is so much to explore. I'd bet that most any TCM fan would find lots to like. There is lots of film stuff, and lots of stuff from from the eras we love. Hope you like it.

I think it"s *36 Hours*, with James Garner. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057809/

I'm a *Candy* fan too. One of my favorite bits is that poet/professor Richard Burton's hair is always 'blowing in the wind,' even when he is giving a lecture indoors. Unfortunately, the DVD is out-of-print, and rather expensive. So, I dubbed a friend's copy...

My grandma bought me a full Davy Crockett outfit, complete with "Old Betsy" rifle, and a faux coonskin cap. I had the Davy Crockett song on a 45, too. Walt may have been the first, but lots of movies were made by recutting TV shows. There were some good The Man From U.N.C.L.E. movies shown on TCM years back, made by putting together two-parters.

*Margie* is no more than a misdemeanor.

Frank Zappa's *200 Motels*, made on video tape, had the best reds I've ever seen.

I agree. *Kwaidan* looks very good.

I'll agree with those who said that *The Adventures of Robin Hood* jumps to mind right away. With a little thought - Fellini's first color film (Technicolor,) the 1965 *Juliet of the Spirits* makes wonderful use of color, bright and sensual. Kurosawa's first color film *Dodes'ka-den* is warm and subtle, rich but not gaudy - beautiful use of Eastmancolor.

> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}That was unusual back then, wasn't it? TV series , then movie? I know many '50s TV series served as the basis for much later movies (Maverick, Sgt Bilko, etc.) I can think of two other 50s TV series that spawned movies, while they were still in production - Dragnet, and The Lone Ranger.

I found a website with lots and lots of pics that should appeal to TCM fans. It has everything from store fronts of the 40s, to a casting call for black cats in 1961, to Photoplay magazine in the 20s, to Soviet textiles in the 20s. You can select a decade, and peruse. There is so much there, it would take a very long time to explore it. http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/

I think that Warren William looks something like William Powell.

> {quote:title=RayFaiola wrote:}{quote}And if you're name is Harpo, it's Wackypedia. And if you're a witch, it's wiccapedia.

Unfortunately, TCM showed it in pan and scan, not its 1.85:1 original aspect ratio. Having much to watch, I deleted it. I'm hoping they show it again, but in wide screen.

I'll make no pretense of knowing good sword fighting when I see it, but of the classic Hollywood stuff, Flynn and Rathbone in *Captain Blood* is my favorite. Besides the ones you mention, I would add Flynn and Robert Douglass in *Adventures of Don Juan*. We had another thread on exactly the same topic, just a couple of weeks ago. In that one, I pointed out that I think the best sword fights I have seen are in Japanese samurai films, like The Samurai Trilogy, the series of Zatoichi films, and of course many Kurosawa/Mifune films, with the very brief fight at the end of *Sanjuro* being a favorite.

*The Horse's Mouth* and *F for Fake* come to mind right away, but there are many.

Table of Long Count units Days........Long Count period......Long Count period.......Approx solar yrs 1............. = 1 K'in 20........... = 20 K'in....................= 1 Winal......................0.0548 360..........= 18 Winal................= 1 Tun..........................0.985 7,200.......= 20 Tun...................= 1 K'atun.....................19.7 144,000....= 20 K'atun...............= 1 B'ak'tun.................394.3 Edited by: ValentineXavier on Nov 9, 2011 12:01 AM Edited by: ValentineXavier on Nov 9, 2011 12:05 AM

Beatcha, Fred...

Well, anyone who knows the Maya knows that 12/21/2112 is just the last day of the 13th B'ak'tun, and 12/22/2112 will just be the first day of the 14th B'ak'tun, not the end of the world.