LoveFilmNoir
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Jack Benny was in TO BE OR NOT TO BE with Carole Lombard
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Robert Ryan was in HOUSE OF BAMBOO with Robert Stack
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As do I, Holly, as do I!!!!!
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> {quote:title=primosprimos wrote:}{quote}
> His looks faded fast.
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> Whose didn't (with the exception of Cary Grant)?
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> Even if you are right, Tracy was never sexy.
Agreed! There is a thread around these parts about actors aging with grace...once again, it is a gushy-mushy thread with some delusions. Unfortunately, many of these actors and actresses didn't age well. With the smoking and drinking a part of their every day lifestyles (and plastic surgery not being as popular as it is now).
Spencer Tracy NEVER had sex appeal....he knew this....but he was a GREAT actor!
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If for nothing else, people should give Zero Hour a glance to see the cheesy crash landing special effects with the miniature toy plane!
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> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote}
> Wow, what a coincidence. They both want to see the films that TCM likes to show the most.
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> For once Id like to see one of these guest programmers say they want to see The Story of Temple Drake, A Message to Garcia, the Spanish-language version of the original Dracula, and Phantom Lady.
I kind of felt this way too. I'd love for someone to want to see "And then There Were None"...I believe it is in the public domain and there is a decent print out there.
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> {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote}
> I can't find out if it is a Hurrell or not, but it sure looks like it.... the most I can find on it is "studio portrait".
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> *I hope to understand what Robert Taylor had (aside from astoundingly good looks) that made him a star when the SOTM tribute plays.... so far, I have come away liking many stars much better after their stint as SOTM*.
Interesting! I too am curious about Mr. Taylor and I have a very open mind about his abilities!
However, I think that some SOTM stints can make me go the other way. For example, I have always been a huge Bogie fan and his centenarian SOTM tribute only cemented as one of my all time favorites. After Leslie Caron and Grace Kelly's months....I can't really say any further interest or curiosity grew for me.
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Woo hoo!!!
That means I get to see Party Girl and The Bribe again - two great noirs!
I look forward to watching his other films from other genres. As I am a huge fan of his first wife, Barbara Stanwyck, and now I get a chance to explore his work.
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Loretta Young was a victim of the fluffer-nutter that William Fox and 20th Century Pictures (combined in 1933) put out in the 30s and early 40s. We don't see many Fox films from 1933-1942 even on Fox's movie channel - and I doubt they will show up on TCM. The scripts were usually lousy, the acting hammy - but everyone was cute. I actually enjoyed Loretta in "Love is News", "Ladies in Love" and "Call of The Wild". I thought she had great chemistry with Tyrone Power. I think she did best with what scripts she had in her films of the 1930s
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I don't take those worst lists seriously. Why? Because I think that a movie reviewers review has a lot to do with some people's willingness to see a film. I was surprised when I realized how much some people rely on their local paper's movie reviewer. Box office receipts do not determine whether or not a film is good or bad in my opinion.
I saw The Blair Witch Project....didn't those guys make a fortune from that film because of it being on a small budget and all the hoopla that had theaters selling out of tickets? I did not enjoy the film at all.
Why isn't Vanilla Sky ever on some of these "awful" lists. What was Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz thinking? Not only was that film a stinky stinker, but I left the theater with way less brain cells than when I came in!
Eyes Wide Shut is the equivalent to giving a non-pregnant woman a c-section - it's unnecessary and painful! What was Kubrick thinking? By the time it got to the "fantasy" scenes, I became delusional, suicidal with a mild air of dementia. It took me 2 weeks to get over seeing this film - it took me a month and two therapy sessions to get over Vanilla Sky! Just purely AWFUL films!!!
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> {quote:title=primosprimos wrote:}{quote}
> Kudos to TCM for this.
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> I would have liked to have seen Sordid Lives, the movie, on the list. The television series on LOGO is hilarious.
Once again, you have great taste. That show is a friggin hoot.
I think under Transgender, the film *Second Serve* should be included.
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It was a TV film from 1986 starring Vanessa Redgrave. She plays a man, named Richard Radley who cross dresses and eventually has surgery to become Renee Richards. The story takes you through his success as a doctor, his relationships with his best buddy, the awkwardness he has while dating....he even gets married and has a child before the surgery - and dates a man after (who has no idea). I should also mention as a man, he was a great tennis player, and as a woman begins to play in tourneys and this contributes to Richards getting exposed when a reporter starts looking into her past and can't find her information as an eye doctor.
Redgrave is VERY convincing as a dude in this pic...the awkwardness of her speech, mannerisms and voice is good acting. I think she was channeling her inner Hurd Hatfield! The film quality is nothing spectaular and since it was a TV film, don't expect any blu-ray releases but it is usually discussed in college courses on LGBT topics so it definitely has been around the inter-library loan block of your local university.
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Albert Dekker was in KISS ME DEADLY with Cloris Leachman
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Developers are amazing...they would put condos up by Stonehenge for a profit! It's sickening!!! That sign means nothing, it it can't stand on that peak by itself!
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Sandy Dennis was in THE OUT OF TOWNERS with Jack Lemmon
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> {quote:title=redriver wrote:}{quote}
> I was halfway through SEPARATE TABLES before I realized it was Niven. A truly splendid performance.
I recorded it earlier this week and watched last night. Lancaster is a hoot in the film, but I really enjoyed Niven's performance. One of my favorite Niven's performances is in *Death on the Nile*. I don't know why, since he plays merely a sidekick, but I guess I really appreciate the fact that he still had the debonair flair up until the end.
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Watched the entire clip on youtube, I WAS AMAZED!
From the special effects to the restoration....that print looks better than the 1950 *Cyrano de Bergerac* print that is available!
It is amazing to watch that story be told in under 10 minutes like that.
My only regret is that I shouldn't have read the youtube user comments...complete waste of 3 minutes of my life.
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Not including the sound track (I guess - ***eye roll***)
*Xanadu* - what were they thinking??!!! Was Gene Kelly senile at this point? And if so, was it fair to take advantage of him? I mean his acting style was already dated IMO, but to have him dancing around trying on pimp hats and such, I wanted to scream! The male lead, what's-his-face was AWFUL. I appreciated the dancing and the wacky clothing at times, but geesh, talk about a stinky stinker. I'm sure Gene Kelly was hoping to bring back the popularity of dance in films but boy oh boy, times changed from the 40s and 50s when he was dancing and making love to a beautiful female lead! The movie totally headlines "Stinkfest 1980" but he is forgiven for having directed one of my favorite westerns 10 years earlier, *The Cheyenne Social Club*.
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> {quote:title=JarrodMcDonald wrote:}{quote}
> There was a fairly offbeat film called THIS IS MY LIFE. Does anyone know of it?
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> According to wikipedia:
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> It was "a 1992 film that marked the directorial debut of screenwriter Nora Ephron. The film tells the story of Dottie Ingels (Julie Kavner), who works at a cosmetics counter but aspires to be a stand-up comedian."
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> Julie Kavner was the lead. She is a character actress. She was unable to carry the film. Despite the presence of Carrie Fisher and Dan Aykroyd, the film made under $3 million. It's amazing that Nora Ephron's career wasn't ruined. Thankfully she went on to do several high-profile comedy projects, usually with the more bankable Meg Ryan in the lead.
This film was getting a lot of play on FMC and Encore a few months back. You know Julie Kavner does the voice of Marge Simpson. I actually thought the film was cute. Seemed more like a TV movie, but I don't think it was bad....and Kavner can't carry a film. If Barbara Streisand or Bette Midler played Dottie, it would have been a hit!
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This was a fun and light comical thread...then someone just had to mention HITLER!!
Give me a break!!
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Fiendish, your honest unpopular opinion was very necessary and appreciated in this thread!
While I am very fond of Astaire, from what I've read, he was somewhat self conscious and in his contracts he had to be the guy to get the girl in the end....a good story is a good story, anyone with these kinds of stipulations in their contract must have been ego tripping just a little bit, wouldn't you say?
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I just posted this in another section and it belongs here. I don't know how unpopular of an opinion it is though:
JERRY LEWIS SUCKS! His comedy - sucks! His acting - sucks!
I don't really judge him from the ridiculous things he does in his personal life, I could care less, although it would make sense for such a ham to be a controversial human being as well.
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> I hope he brings a copy of "The Day the Clown Cried."
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> I'd also like him to reflect on working with Dino.
Ha! I hope he finally screens this thing as well. In other news, he sucks as a comedian and actor. I don't care who he's working with, he sucks!
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Doris Day was in DO NOT DISTURB with Hermione Baddeley (did I spell it right?)
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Unfortunately birthdays do tend to get overlooked during this time. I hope Ms Harlow gets a day during August (it's the best way to make up for being overlooked every year because of the Oscar movies).
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> I didn't read most of the gushy-mushy stuff. To me, the only actor that I can think of that REALLY aged gracefully was Robert Cummings (also Charles Grodin, who looks incredibly young for his age)....
I think many people's opinions of who aged with grace are VERY generous in that thread.
And I agree, Bob Cummings looked great in his later years. How did Randolph Scott look later on?