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{font:Times New Roman}*Leave Her to Heaven* has been mentioned several times here and I’m watching it now. The color is exquisite and you’d swear they were in real houses, the Southwest or the Maine Woods rather than the Fox set. I’d love to live in the main house for real.{font}
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{font:Times New Roman}*Black Narcissus *had to be vivid because of the sensuous nature of the film’s story. We were kept guessing whether the nuns were being seduced from their mission by all this sensuality playing on theirs. It all worked together.{font}
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{font:Times New Roman}*Robin Hood* seems to be the most famous and discussed color film in history. I tend to rate it number 1 as well. Again, you can’t find anything false in the indoor or outdoor settings. The color is not vivid but not garish. {font}
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{font:Times New Roman}The cinematography for all three films is clear and crisp. You think you are there rather than watching a screen. {font}
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{font:Times New Roman}These are only three movies out of countless color film; I’m certain a case can be made for many of them. {font}
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Anybody who has any doubts about this festival being anything but a glorified promo for TCM need only look at this lineup to have them put away. These are serious, big-time members of the industry who have and are contributing to its success. And this is only a partial list. I could listen to A. C. Lyles share his knowledge all night and he's just one. You folks are definitely getting your money's worth, and then some, this year. If only I had enough to join you this year, have a great time for me as well as yourselves.
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{font:Times New Roman}That’s sad to hear even though they had long lives. I remember Jerome Courtland from his Disney series *Andy Burnett* as a young “mountain man”. I think he was also a director and teacher. {font}
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{font:Times New Roman}Joan Taylor we remember from *The Rifleman.* {font}
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This movie might be based on a novel but the concept is not fictional. In 1916, a priest naned Miguel Pro was shot by the government when he refused to stop functioning as one in one of the provinces. He is considered a saint and martyr.
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{font:}{color:black}[~kriegerg69]: Thank you for letting me know 4:3 LB means Letterbox. I take it 4:3 PS is Picture Standard or something similar.{font}
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{font:}{color:black}My System has the 2:4:3s, 16X9 and Default settings. I’ve chosen to leave it on the Default, which is 16X9 and regulate the picture size from my TV settings. It’s working so far with my WDOA tapes. Thank you all for the input. I’m much better off than I was yesterday. {font}
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{font:Times New Roman} {font}{font:Times New Roman}This is a pretty thin list. The song that should have won is My Kind of Town from *Robin & the 7 Hoods* which we got to hear last Saturday. Like New York, New York it still has legs today.{font}
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{font:Times New Roman}Thank you, RazorX. My DVD is part of my RCA Home Theater System and the only choices were 4:3 PS, 4:3 LB and 16.9 but did your advice did help me do other settings to improve the picture. I solved the problem by taking my set from wide screen back to standard. It’s perfect now; I can change it back as needed. {font}
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{font:Times New Roman}Now if I could only fix the posting problem as easily; you’d get a big smiley face. {font}
{font:Times New Roman} {font}{font:Times New Roman}Thank you, Valentine. You had it right. I can't believe we posted this at the same time.{font}
Edited by: wouldbestar on Mar 6, 2012 10:02 PM
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{font:Times New Roman}Since I’m not technically literate, I’ve not been able to understand what you all are discussing until today when I experienced some practical application.{font}
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{font:Times New Roman}I have a DVD of the first season of *Wanted Dead or Alive.* It is in 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio. It fills the entire screen of my 32-inch wide screen HDTV. I have no idea what 16.9 means. The picture obviously has cropping at the top and I’ll assume the bottom and is stretched. Steve McQueen was pretty slender back then and it’s not as noticeable on him but poor Gloria Talbot looked like thunder thighs in jeans. I would much prefer the original size screen with actors looking as they should. {font}
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{font:Times New Roman}I keep my set on 16X9 and wide screen for regular TV viewing. It’s a 720 but my cable box lets me get shows in 1080i. When it comes to movies, I take what I can get on screen. I have no problem with letterbox and if standard means bars on the side I deal with that rather than not seeing them at all. Zoom cuts out some of the picture and stretch distorts it so why bother? {font}
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{font:Times New Roman}My biggest problem is getting my posting screen working again so I don’t have to cut & paste from Windows to it and can use the tool bar. My cable guy says it’s TCM’s fault. {font}
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Thank you for the Virginia Christine photo. I always suspected she could hold her own in the beauty department with any glamour girl. I checked her bio and that beauty seemed to have came from the inside as well.
That was a cute one of Dean Stockwell as well. He never lost that smile as he went from child to adult star; one of the few who did.
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{font:Times New Roman}Ron Howard’s actress daughter is Bryce Dallas who is also now a director.{font}
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{font:Times New Roman}Let’s not forget the Bridges family who with Jordan makes three generations in the business.{font}
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{font:Times New Roman}Tom Hanks’ son, Collin, is doing quite well for himself as well. Jane Fonda’s son, Troy Gerrity, is an award-nominated actor and Allison Eastwood has obviously been studying how Dad does it and learned well. Going into the family business still seems to be the way to go for some folks.{font}
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{font:}Michael Morrell: *One of the basic rules of chess is that the king rarely moves.*
Valerie Stanton: *That's why so few women play it.*{font}{font:}{font}
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{font:}How did this get past the censors? Or is this just my jaded mind?{font}
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{font:Times New Roman} Swithin: I’m laughing so hard I can barely type. I went to jaboo for *The Brainiac* synopsis and then *Change of habit* and *The Green Slime.* These are bad movies but you have no idea how really bad they are until you read these descriptions. How do these awful things get made?
*Brainiac* sounds even worse than the ones I saw. How *Green Slime* trapped good actors into such muck I’ll never know. Greenbacks, maybe? And *Change of Habit’s *cop-out ending-no ending at all- was the final insult to faithful nuns everywhere.
I can’t wait to read the others. Thanks for the sore ribs I’ll have in the morning from the laughter.
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{font:Times New Roman} {font}{font:Times New Roman}Thank you for the Sullivan clip. He must have got his genes from the same pool that Jackie Cooper did as neither of their faces changed that much as they aged and you recognized them at once. {font}
{font:Times New Roman} {font}{font:Times New Roman}I can’t believe this was the same show that the Beatles debuted on. Who knew? This is definitely stranger truth than fiction ever could be. {font}
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{font:Times New Roman}Going through the Jack Davis art thread in the *Your Favorites* forum I found his poster for *Waterhole #3* and realized how much I’d like to see this funny but very spicy movie again. See, I’m not always Miss Goody Two Shoes. {font}
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{font:Times New Roman}Norma Shearer in color? Wow! Her like will never come again. If only Marie Antoinette or The Barrett’s had not been b&w! {font}
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{font:Times New Roman}And to finally see what Pearl White looked like? You’ve made my day. Thank you for these photos and getting me out of the posting calaboose. {font}
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{font:Times New Roman}I fell for Leo Genn when I saw him in *Quo Vadis?* which, I think, got him an Oscar nomination along with Peter Ustinov. He sealed the deal with *The Snake Pit* and *The Longest Day.* {font}
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{font:Times New Roman}I also loved his gentle sarcasm and the final letter to Nero. The feminist side of me wonders how that slave girl could love a master, even a gentle one, but my womanly side would have run faster to pack than she did and die with him. I’ll watch anything he’s in at least once.{font}
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{font:Times New Roman}He started out to be a lawyer; with that face and voice he could have made Prime Minister. I’m so glad he didn’t. Thank you for the photo. {font}
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{font:Times New Roman}This trailer brought back some memories. I’m not surprised that this is a Spanish movie. During the late 60’s or early 70’s they made a batch of horror/occult films that played on our local stations. They all followed the same plot:{font}
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{font:Times New Roman}A medieval/ancient Egypt/etc. villain/villainess or combination is/are being executed or apprehended for some evil acts that include the supernatural. With their dying breath they vow to return and do some payback. The scene then switches to the present where, sure enough, we find their spirits in some character’s body causing all kinds of havoc until they are finally vanquished for good. That “seen one, you’ve seen them all” line definitely works here.{font}
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{font:Times New Roman}There is very graphic blood and guts galore but even though there are lovers somewhere in the plot you barely see a peck on the cheek. For some strange reason, their culture of the time allowed plenty of violence on screen but nothing in the least way sexual. I noticed this in some of the Westerns they made as well. I thought this was a bit ridiculous then even though I was appalled by some of the more explicit sexuality that was becoming standard in most other countries’ films. Strange what you remember sometimes. {font}
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{font:Times New Roman} {font}{font:Times New Roman}There was a line in *Forbidden Planet* about “the monster in all of us”. This is sadly true of the characters in *All the King’s Men.* Willie Stark goes from simple, honest man who wants to help his community to ruthless dictator who’ll do anything to keep his power. If this was just a novel it would be easy to dismiss but we have all heard that Stark is based on Huey Long whose career in politics ran a down a similar road. Plenty of other men and women have too; there are a batch in my state legislature right now.{font}
{font:Times New Roman} {font}{font:Times New Roman}Broderick Crawford is brilliant as Stark. You don’t see the tyrant hiding behind the “hick” in the beginning; perhaps Stark isn’t aware of it either. Early on he loses elections, finds he’s been duped and this seems to change him for the worse. Being proved right empowers him but negatively. By the time he gets to be Governor the damage has been done. Yes, he does much good for the people but a terrible price and for his benefit, not theirs.{font}
{font:Times New Roman} {font}{font:Times New Roman}Jack, Anne, Adam, Sadie and his son are caught up in his rise and pulled down to his gutter. Adultery, extortion, blackmail, bribery, and cover-up follow. This is the real tragedy. The only uncorrupted person in his life, Lucy, is left behind. {font}
{font:Times New Roman} {font}{font:Times New Roman}But Willie can’t beat good old-fashioned Southern family honor. What Adam does is not right but you understand why he does it. Adam must know he will be killed but if he takes Willie with him he thinks it worth it. It’s left to his shamed sister and Jack to come forward to tell the real Stark story. {font}
{font:Times New Roman} {font}{font:Times New Roman}This is a story that will never grow old as it has and will be repeated for as long as men keep trying to decide how to govern themselves. It’s not the system but the people who decide to use it for their own gain. It’s a warning for those of us who believe in our political system{font}
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{font:Times New Roman} {font}{font:Times New Roman}*Gunfight at the OK Corral *is my favorite Western. It has all the elements needed: a great story by Leon Uris, marvelous actors who blend well together, a director like John Sturges, beautiful color scenery and costumes, sweeping music by Dimitri Tiomkin, and that theme by Frankie Laine. It’s about people and how they relate to each other and situations that force them to make hard and strange choices.{font}
{font:Times New Roman} {font}{font:Times New Roman}We know that Wyatt Earp was not the clean-cut man portrayed her or on Hugh O’Brian’s TV series. Once you get past that you can enjoy watching him stand up to the criminal element in Dodge City and Tombstone, epically the corrupt Sheriff Wilson. Trying to Keep Billy Clanton out of an outlaw’s life is touching and you feel his grief at Jimmy’s murder. {font}
{font:Times New Roman} {font}{font:Times New Roman}Of course, the real fun is watching his friendship with the villainous Doc Holiday grow in spite of themselves. I can’t picture anybody else in these roles but Lancaster/Douglas. They play off each other so well. {font}
{font:Times New Roman} {font}{font:Times New Roman}The value of family is a Western staple and here we get it at its best and worse. The question of whether the Earps go after the Clantons more for revenge than justice is legitimate; they became wanted men for a time after this. They do have more right on their side though and we want them to win. The Clantons take what they want by any means they can, recognize no law, and have no qualms about murder. Nobody is safe while they operate.{font}
{font:Times New Roman} {font}{font:Times New Roman}The women involved have a pretty hard row to hoe. Laura and Mrs. Earp face what all people married to law enforcement officers must; someday they might not come home. The decent Mrs. Clanton must watch her last son go down the same trail that the other outlaw men of the family have. Billy’s explanation to Wyatt of why-they’re his brothers-breaks your heart because it doesn’t seem that hard to understand. {font}
{font:Times New Roman} {font}{font:Times New Roman}The physically and emotionally abusive relationship between Doc and Kate is unsettling today. They don’t seem good for each other yet Kate begs Wyatt to rescue him from lynching and stays with him after he nearly kills her for being with another man and not warning Wyatt in time to save Jimmy. He tries to tell her she’s better off without him but is jealous and angry when she finds someone else for a time. The movie is nearly 55 years old and relationships were looked at differently then so perhaps this was not the troubling situation it is now.{font}
{font:Times New Roman} {font}{font:Times New Roman}I don’t think any movie, even the two newer ones, have told this story honestly. The actual gunfight took only 30 seconds which is not nearly long enough for Hollywood heroics. The Earp/Doc combinations were good in them as well. But this one has that special place in my heart that *My Darling Clementine *has for others. This one’s a keeper.{font}
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Edited by: wouldbestar on Mar 3, 2012 8:04 PM
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{font:}{color:black}I don't understand who would ignore member Wouldbestar. She is an asset to this thread.
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{font:}{color:black}What!{font}
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{font:}{color:black}When did this happen? I had no idea. I've never used this little device and plan never to. I accidently put a few folks on my list when I first started posting but took care of it as soon as I discovered it.{font}
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{font:}{color:black}I've ruffled a few feathers and had mine shaken up too but I've learned a lot these nearly three years and acknowledged my misconceptions with gratitude for corrections. I'd appreciate it if whoever is angry with me would e-mail me why if they don't want to post it. I'd like the opportunity to respond and heal the breach if possible. I might not like what I find but might need to know it.{font}
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{font:}{color:black}Thank you, Mongo, for coming to my defense. Nice to know The Negotiator is hiding behind that JD persona. {font}
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{font:Times New Roman} {font}{font:}{color:black}Hibi asked:
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{font:Times New Roman} {font}{font:}{color:black}I was at the Jacksonville, FL concert which was the start of, or very early into, the tour. Hendrix opened the show dressed in neon orange, lime green and purple Caribbean style clothing and playing that "feedback" guitar. I thought he was interesting if strange but, hey, it was rock and roll. At least you heard him which you can bet you didn't for all the squealing when the Monkees got on stage. He didn't remain with the tour long so I guess he didn't go over that well. The Monkees were pretty clean-cut and non-suggestive for the times in contrast to Hendrix's sexuality and race probably played a part in it as well. At least I can say I was there.{font}
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{font:Times New Roman} {font}{font:Calibri}I like those picks and they are great movies and I'd love hear your thoughts on 'em.
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{font:Times New Roman} {font}{font:Calibri}That’s going to take a while as I want to get it right but I’m working on it.. {font}
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Congradulations to you, Mongo, and your wife on 50 years of marriage. I always knew you were a nice guy and this proves it.
Your face looks familiar. Were you ever an actor?
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{font:Times New Roman} {font}{font:Calibri}bagladymimi wrote: Have any of you ever been to the TCM Festival? I may not be around next year at this time, and was thinking that maybe I should do just one last thing that I would really be fun before I go{font}
{font:Calibri}*GO!* If this is your last chance don’t let it go by. You might not be able to get premium passes by now but even the day ones are a bargain with what you get. You will see the inside of Grumman’s Chinese Theater, the footprints, the upper theaters with real costumes under glass, The Egyptian Theater, the Walk of Fame, and the Hollywood sign. You’ll see movies on big screens and get to hear, and sometimes meet, the stars talking about their experiences. If you’re as lucky as I was, you might even get to participate in panel discussion or tour a studio.<span s{font}</p>
{font:Times New Roman} {font}{font:Calibri}I went on Priceline and booked my hotel and plane from home. Your best bet would be to use Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, only ten miles away from downtown Hollywood. You can use a shuttle, cab, or Bus Route 22 outside the Airport to get you into town. If you use an on-line travel setup they can help you choose a hotel nearby; they rate them and you can check the reviews. You’ll save money this way. The prices for food and souvenirs are very reasonable and I found a good selection. Lastly, you will meet some very great people, many of whom you’ve traded posts with.{font}
{font:Times New Roman} {font}{font:Calibri}I was able to go last year and I knew the chance would not come again. If you can put aside $1500-2000 you will consider it well spent when you get back. I would not have missed it for the world. GO! GO! GO! {font}
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Somebody on another thread reported that Peter Breck died last week. Does anybody have any information? I really loved his work.
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{font:Times New Roman}I bought the first season of *Wanted Dead or Alive* and am halfway through the 38 episodes. I’ve only found two that I remembered enough of to know the ending so it’s like seeing them for the first time. {font}
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{font:Times New Roman}Besides Steve McQueen, there are so many well-known faces popping up in the show you can’t remember them all. In the first one, the outlaws are Nick Adams and Michael Landon; it just keeps going on from there. The stories hold your interest and don’t always end as you think they will; Josh Randall doesn’t always come out on top. It’s what you expect from a 4 Star program; first class all the way. I’m definitely getting the other seasons. {font}
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