SansFin
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> {quote:title=hamradio wrote:}{quote}
> Once finalizing has been done, you cannot record or make changes to the disc.
I do not like the way all of our DVD recorders will not delete an unused portion. When you record a one-hour-and-forty-minute movie under the two-hour recording time you must record in the remaining twenty-minute portion and then delete it or it will show there are two items on that disk even although one of them is blank space which can not be viewed.
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The 1970s are a serious drop-off for us. In our collection of DVDs the decades are represented as:
Pre-1920 - 26
1920s - 18
1930s - 356
1940s - 343
1950s - 266
1960s - 193
1970s - 55
1980s - 57
1990s - 14
2000s - 46
There are also two large boxes of DVDs which have not been entered into a database but I am confident the range in years will be similar.
My favorite movies of the decade are:
*Dodes 'Ka-Den* (1970), *The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes* (1970), *The Anderson Tapes* (1971), *Avanti!* (1972), *Sleuth* (1972), *Blazing Saddles* (1974), *My Name Is Nobody* (1974), *The Man Who Would Be King* (1975), *The Stepford Wives* (1975), *Hausu* (1977), *Telefon* (1977), *The Cheap Detective* (1978) and *La cage aux folles* (1978).
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I wonder if the asking price for Whipstaff Manor in *Casper* (1995) would include the ghosts.
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Pentangle:
The Smithereens:
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> {quote:title=ValentineXavier wrote:}{quote}
> If I had to guess, I'd say that the OP no longer has the manual.
It is fortunate that many companies are now making the manuals for their equipment available on-line. It is possible that if the original poster will supply the brand name and model of their recorder that I might be able to locate the manual as a pdf file or in a ftp index.
I was amused that the manual for a DVD player was provided on a DVD and not as a printed volume. I believe the sections were wasted of how to set up the unit and how to troubleshoot it if it did not work.
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He and Robert Wise are the only directors which come to mind when I think of high quality and enjoyable movies in a wide variety of genres.
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> {quote:title=JakeHolman wrote:}{quote}
> Cats are mystic and intelligent and go back to Ancient Egypt.
It has been suggested that cats are responsible for civilization.
Early man did not gather grain or seeds in great quantities because it would attract mice, rats and other vermin who then also fed on other excess food.
It was when cats adopted men and mitigated rodent damage that it became practical for man to gather much more grain or seeds than met their immediate needs. It is believed that such practices were the major impetus to begin cultivation which moved man from hunter-gatherer to farmer. The ability to store grain and seeds also stabilized the food supply and this improved general health and allowed diversification of duties within a tribe.
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I believe the most universally-known cat is Tom of Tom and Jerry. Animated shorts with little or no dialogue are shown internationally and Tom and Jerry are quite popular in many countries.
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I have been introduced to this song/spoken/folk:
I understand all of the cultural referents which I recognize as such but I wonder how many I am missing.
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His movies which are liked so much that we have them in our collection are:
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
British Agent (1934)
Captain Blood (1935)
The Case of the Curious Bride (1935)
Doctor X (1932)
Female (1933)
Four's A Crowd (1938)
The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
The Key (1934)
The Lady Takes A Sailor (1949)
The Man In The Net (1959)
The Mystery Of The Wax Museum (1933)
Trouble Along the Way (1953)
The Unsuspected (1947)
The Walking Dead (1936)
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I have heard it said that if you remember the 60s you were not doing it right.
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I would like to live in Cathy's house as shown in *Admiral Ushakov* (1953). I do not know if they filmed in the true house or if they recreated it on a soundstage. I like very much the idea of doors so tall that their handles are nearly as high as your shoulder.
It is sad to say the true house has been converted for public use and it would not be possible to but it or to live there.
Edited by: SansFin on Oct 5, 2012 9:48 PM
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I have been told that some men feel the most horrifying modern woman in film is Anita Liberty.
The short movie can be seen on YouTube:
I must note there is coarse language.
It is psychological horror which delves into a man's primal fear of what a woman might do.
She states in the opening that her boyfriend has left her and: "to get even, I have devoted my entire career to humiliating him in public."
It is nearly as frightful to men as the thought of what it might be like if a Lorena Bobbit-type could not find a knife and had to use a potato peeler.
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I must wonder if the William J. Oliver and Grey Owl collaboration of *Strange Doings in Beaverland* (1930) was a remake of *Beaver People* (1930) or if it was the other way.
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> {quote:title=movieman1957 wrote:}{quote}
> It was a Mel Brooks' series. I guess TV wasn't ready for him.
Is any person ever truly ready for Mel Brooks?
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> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote}
> Maybe this will help.
> http://www.myvideostore.com/content/movies/year.html?client=&year=1930
The site shows 20% more movies for 1931 and 40% more for 1932. That indicates that movies worthy of note were thin on the ground in 1930.
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You will think me shallow that my choice is modern. It is Nobuko Otowa's performance as Yone in *The Black Cat* (1968).
I believe it is because she has many sides which she shows well. She is a loving mother. She is proper and reserved during traditional ceremonies. She is a dutiful mother-in-law. She is a sublime man-killing ghost.
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The opening credits are at:
It was created by Mel Brooks. All of the names of the actors are strange to me.
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There was a definite downturn at that time. Our personal collection has nineteen movies from 1929, nine movies from 1930, twenty-seven movies from 1931 and forty-two movies from 1932.
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Having a simple name does not insure freedom from mistakes. A man with the last name of Paper complained that many people insisted on putting an "i" in it and it was worse that some made it Papier and others made it Paiper.
I know of a Michael who often sees people spell his name as Micheal.
Why would any family with the name: Case name their son: Justin?
I met a couple with the last name of: Virgin. They named their daughter: Vestal. They said they wished it to be hard to Google her name because one would have to sift through many pages of historical content to find her unless she became so famous that she became a popular search term.
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There are characterized dolls in formal attire seated at a dining table in *The Last of Mrs. Cheyney* (1937). Robert Montgomery as Lord Dilling pays approx. twenty Pounds for the doll of Joan Crawford as Fay Cheyney.
My first thought when I saw *Thunder Birds* (1942) starring Gene Tierney in the schedule was that she would be a marionette in a tiny rocket ship ala' *Thunderbirds Are Go* (1966).
I believe I could not enjoy watching the movie while I have that image in my mind.
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> {quote:title=SueSueApplegate wrote:}{quote}
> Her rolodex would definitely have the contact information for specialty caterers and the best dry cleaners within a 10-mile radius of the hacienda.
"What my mother believed about cooking is that if you worked hard and prospered, someone else would do it for you". Nora Ephron
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I would like to live in Cathy's house as shown in *Admiral Ushakov* (1953). I do not know if they filmed in the true house or if they recreated it on a soundstage. I like very much the idea of doors so tall that their handles are nearly as high as your shoulder.
It is sad to say the true house has been converted for public use and no one lives there now.
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> {quote:title=SonOfUniversalHorror wrote:}{quote}
> Some pieces of equipment, probably more likely recorders and such...have the manuals and Help built INTO the machine as part of the programming, and come with no other manual of sorts.
Such are completely useless when there is a problem with initial set-up or display problems or any other problem wherein you can not see a clear picture.
It is useless also to have a manual on a DVD when the problem you must solve is why the unit will not properly load a disc.