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Not to worry--we Miss Marple Christie fanatics will simply boycott the whole project. Without the diehards--the thing has no base. When people do this sort of thing for a new audience, they always, stupidly, count on keeping the old base. They'll be in for a surprise--like the BBC when they hired Geraldine McEwan to be a "with-it", sloppily bargain basement dressed Miss Marple. And if that wasn't bad enough, they completely changed some of the plots. It flopped and they recanted with a more traditional portrayal by Julie McKenzie.
PS--Holmes did have some sort of mental abnormality--you can see that in Jeremy Brett's brilliant portrayals.
Edited by: cujas on Apr 11, 2011 3:06 PM
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dupicate
Edited by: cujas on Apr 11, 2011 2:52 PM
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"So this is the kingdom of heaven"---
Song, singer, & movie please.
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Yes--a gritty one indeed.
Mr. 6's turn--
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In reponse to whom it may concern and whomever originated this thread.
It's funny--I had someone mention this to me several years ago and I was too busy to get back with them.
First place--Streep's film career could never come close to Hepburn's in vesatility or longevity--or for that matter quality,
Then there's the matter of the stage career.--The plays and the musical.
Plus one had to consider all the great actors and actresses that Hepburn worked with and held her own--if not enhancing their careers--Bogart, Tracy, John Barrymore, Cary Grant, Peter O'Toole, Jason Robards, Sidney Politier, Montgomery Clift --as well as the legendary directors: Cukor, Hawks, Ford, Capra, Huston, Mankiewicz---
I could go on and on--
I think it's typical of people, who have a limited knowledge of film history and who tend to see things in a limited perspective--i.e. their limited life-time, that they automatically believe that a current figure is always superior to someone they know little about.
Streep may be an actress as good as, if not better than Hepburn--But Streep's time and place leave her with a career that is hardly equitable or in the same light year with Hepburn's.
Edited by: cujas on Apr 9, 2011 6:05 PM
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TO PLEASE A LADY
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Edited by: cujas on Apr 9, 2011 5:59 PM
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Laraine Day
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Lumet was so famous for the realistic and gritty, that it surprised me to say that I'll remember him best for the LAST all-star Hollywood Movie Classic, *Murder on the Orient Express*. It starred Ingrid Bergman, Richard Widmark, Anthony Perkins, Lauren Bacall, Sean Connery, John Gielgud, Vanessa Redgrave, Michael York and many other stars. A film in the league with *Grand Hotel* and *The Towering Inferno*--not to mention great Christy.
Adieu to a great director,
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"You used to be so amused
At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used"
The Francophile viewpoint on Dylan
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"Let's Face The Music & Dance"
That was the gown with the Heavily-beaded sleeves that knocked Fred out on the first pirouette--but he kept on dancing--from *Follow the Fleet*
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This is a noir film that is based on a true story--
What makes this film so unusual is that the the central casting in the movie are real people from a similiar town as the original story. Many have lines and act in their actual societal capacity--hospital clerks, police, small-town merchants etc.
To keep the reality, this movie starts with interviews with the real participants.
Please name the movie.
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It's only obvious to somebody who is a top movie trivia player like you.
Take it, Lana--
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*On Our Merry Way*
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Coming from a background in French Literature--I've appreciated and found uniquely superior how the French directors put great literary works on film.
Outstanding in French and over any other cinematic attempts were:
Chabrol's *Madame Bovary*--Flaubert
Yves Angelo's *Colonel Chabert*--Balzac &
Jean-Paul Rappeaneau's *Cyrano de Bergerac*--Edmund Rostand
How would you describe these directors--who take on such literary giants? Do they have some things in common?
Also,--Truffaut's "biograpy" of Victor Hugo's daughter --Adele H" -semi-historical--Was that unusual for a New Wave director?
Edited by: cujas on Apr 7, 2011 5:02 PM
Edited by: cujas on Apr 7, 2011 5:03 PM
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None other--
Flashback is up next-----
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This comedic actor was a vaudeville, Broadway and film veteran. With a career that spanned 5 decades he supported the big movie stars Katharine Hepburn, Gary Cooper and James Cagney, among others, on screen. On Broadway he co-starred with Fred Astaire. He even appeared in dramas and horror films for comic relief.
Hint: He often played a country-bumpkin sheriff or chief constable.
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George Sanders at his best
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Thank you Jonas for explaining to a Francophile why I love Truffaut, but hate the films of Godard.
Also can't stand Rohmer--he's just plain boring. Do you know where he fits in to the mix?
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No surprise really--
Every movie star from Clark Gable to Sammy Davis, Jr. is at Forest Lawn. Where else could the world's most famous Hollywood star be buried?
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Susan Hayward played women on the edge--
One such portrayal was *I'll Cry Tomorrow"-- for which she was nominated for the Oscar--
It was the life of:
Lillian Roth--your answer
Edited by: cujas on Apr 6, 2011 6:18 PM
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*Madam Satan* (1930)
next:
Alan Ladd
Anne Gwynne
Claire Dodd
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This movie star played the most notorious mother in American crime history on "The Untouchables", A Desilu Production.
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Barbara Hale was in *Jolson Sings Again* with Bill Goodwin.
Find the Movie Star in Classic TV
in Games and Trivia
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Shared Mr. Ed's telephone party-line.