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I am reminded of this thread: http://forums.tcm.com/topic/50235-where-is-miss-wonderly/
The poignantly-missed DownGoesFrazier stated within it: "I don't think Miss W. should make too much of the 'honour' of getting her own thread, since it arose 100% from the whim of yours truly."
I feel that the neglect suffered by sewhite2000 does not reflect how much he was truly missed but that there are fewer posters who are meeting their daily recommended allowance of whimsy. I believe that also there is a mood on this forum that inquiring of personal details and explanations of absences may be seen as an intrusion. It seems to me that the forum is slightly more somber now than it was only a few years ago and that people are stiffer and more aware of social limits. It is as if we were then all saying whatever came to mind while drinking in the back room of a bar after closing time and we are now engaged in polite conversation at a respectable dinner party.
Except for Dargo. Dargo is Dargo and no power on Earth can change that.
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The Late Edwina Black (1951). It is known also as: The Obsessed (1951).
It is Geraldine Fitzgerald as companion to an ill, nasty and evil woman who is murdered. She and the woman's husband are in love and have been waiting for her to die.
Jean Cadell is a sort of low-rent version of Mrs. Danvers.
One might think that Roland Culver as the Scotland Yard Inspector is channeling Columbo if it were not for the date of production.
This is a nice little murder mystery. I found a few scenes were more melodramatic than they needed to be and there is a bit of flouncing but it is over-all very well-acted.
The ending was within the framework of what I suspected but certain details were not available until the denouement.
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The Prisoner (1967-1968)
I have loved this series very much for a very long time. It is enigmatic, philosophical and nearly surreal spy/drama/science fiction like no other.
I am very happy that it is now on tubi for free viewing through their site and on Roku.
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2 hours ago, LawrenceA said:
1997
I've also seen:
- Two Orphan Vampires, Jean Rollin, France
I am a great fan of Rollin. This may be because it is so very difficult to find camp French surrealistic vampires with such appeal in other movies.
I feel this may be his best movie. It is quite beautiful and there is more of a plot than usual.
I am very interested in hearing your views of this work.
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Seeing the art for: Red Cherry (1995) caused me to check the date of issue of: The Pillow Book (1996).
This is a very beautiful movie and it was nominated for and received several awards.
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This is one of my favorite movies of the 1990s: Kondom des Grauens (1996)
I can not post the title in English because Mr. Otto Censor will asterisk it to oblivion. It is the word: "Killer" and the common term for a prophylactic popularly sold in U.S.A. by Trojan. I bring this to your attention as I am sure no other person will post of it as it was nominated for no awards in any category in any country in any year.
This movie is such delightful trash! It is so very funny that I had to stop the DVD several times while I was watching it the first time because I was laughing so very hard I knew I would miss things if I did not pause to compose myself. It romps through virtually every gross joke concerning homosexuality and a certain part of male anatomy.
Buried within the slime is vibrant commentary on sexual standards and mores. It creates the question as to which is more truly disgusting: the movie or society. It is not an easy answer.
I watched also and liked: Irma Vep (1996).
The Little Cat (1996) is quite delightful little movie. I do not know if it would make sense to most people here but it is a precious little thing which I encourage all to watch if it is available.
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Season Two through Season Six are available on tubi: https://tubitv.com/series/2120/the_avengers
It is so many years since I have watched Season One that I remember virtually none of it. I have read that John Steed was more of a companion than the lead during that season and that Dr. David Keel was the focus. Some of IMDB.com's descriptions of the episodes seem to support this.
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2 hours ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
whichcever NANCY DREW movie it is where NED has to dress up like a female NURSE with a cloak and everything to help an old lady break out of the sanitarium.
Nancy Drew: Detective (1938) has Ted Nickerson in drag as a nurse.
Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939) has Police Sgt. Entwhistle in drag as an old woman.
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939) has Ted Nickerson in drag as a woman with a feathery hat.
I must remember to look with great care the next time I watch: Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter (1939) to see if I can spot the crossdresser. I believe it must be an extra as I remember no character who is one.
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45 minutes ago, midwestan said:
And this part here is a little off topic, but in silent films, did the actors and actresses recite actual dialog when we see their lips moving?
I remember reading once that a lip reader watching a silent movie stated than an actress spent much of the time complaining about her plumber and another was giving stage directions and stating when he was going to grab some person's hand. I do not know how common it was for them to do that.
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12 hours ago, Dargo said:
And so, you'll just have to be satisfied with my telling of that old joke about what June says to Ward at the morning breakfast table after the night before.
(...YOU remember: "You were a little hard on the Beaver last night, weren't you Ward?!")
I assume by this that you are a fan of: Bimisi Tayanita and his 2016 illustrated book: Brenda's Beaver Needs a Barber. I will not post a link to this charming little missive but I believe scans of all pages can be found on Imgur.
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4 hours ago, TomJH said:
Amazing how these horror flicks (the slasher ones, in particular) always have not so subtle moral judgments about sexual promiscuity regarding women. Men, that's another story.
"If a woman sleeps with ten men, it means she is a s1ut. If a man does it, it means he is gay."
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11 hours ago, Bogie56 said:
I have a copy of this but haven't seen it as yet. Dreams is the English title. Is this your favourite foreign language film of 1993?
It is difficult for me to parse which movies I like are from 1993 as we lost our database of movies in the transition to Windows10 and have not yet built a new one.
I suppose my favorite of the year is: Island of the Dead (1993) as it is a wonderful tribute to: Vera Kholodnaya who was the greatest actress of all time.
I like very much also: Killing Zoe (1993) because it is one of the most honest movies which I have ever watched. It neither glorifies nor demonizes criminals or criminal acts. It shows that criminals are like all other people with personal baggage which they bring to their activities. The criminal activity merely increases the amount of adrenaline and therefore the intensity.
I looked at a list of 1993 movies on IMDB.com and I recognized these titles as one which I have watched and liked:
Stolen Spring (1993)
The Vampire Wedding (1993)
Living with an Idiot (1993)
Window to Paris (1993)
The Heart of the Mother (1993)
Predskazaniye (1993)
Head Above Water (1993)
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A movie which won no awards and is rarely on any lists of recommended movies to watch is: Sny (1993). I like it very much because of the depictions of how different people cope with the concept of time travel in dreams. The overarching message of enormity of the fall from the elegance of the past to the crudity of the present is heavy-handed but it does fit the time of the movie when it was often necessary to actually hit people over the head in order to make them aware of important concepts.
This was Amaliya Mordvinova's first movie and so her style has not yet gelled but she is quite fun to watch in maintaining one character in two different roles in life.
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9 minutes ago, Fedya said:
I think my first post was a request for information about the RKO B movie Hideaway, but that was quite a few years before you showed up.
You requested a Moroni Olsen. Whatever that is . . .
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14 hours ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
i toy around with the notion of writing a spec script that concerns a LAST ACTION HERO type scenario where a peculiar, misanthropic, middle-aged intellectual who avoids modern culture entirely finds himself "magically transported" into some sort of HARRY POTTER/STAR WARS/ AVENGERS type scenario and the whole world must watch with bated breath as he apathetically has to navigate through the baroque scenarios and plots that he knows squat about in order to preserve a world that he doesn't give two squats about BUT THAT MEANS SO MUCH TO EVERYONE ELSE.
(might be interesting, maybe call it THE CHOSEN ONE)
This reminds me strongly of this: https://imgur.com/gallery/J5sbp It is a story page concerning a Japanese girl who is born with pink hair. Pink hair in anime signifies being a main character and/or the hero of the story. She rebels against this and does not want to be a hero. I know few of the tropes of anime but it was very clearly a wild parody.
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In: How to Steal a Million (1966):
I love this car very much! It would be wonderful for scooting around in traffic.
It is listed as: Autobianchi Eden Roc (1965)
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That is the cropped image which appears in a meme with the tag: "Apparently there is a new choice next to a burial or cremation."
I have tried to trace the image to its source but have sadly been unsuccessful. I am still hoping that it was in a movie.
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2 hours ago, LawrenceA said:
But I also can't tell if you already knew this and were just being cheeky.
I believe that it is at all times a fairly good bet that I am being cheeky to some extent.
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I am truly of two minds concerning it. I first thought and accepted it as a simple photograph. Later thought has led to questions because the image quality is what one might expect of a screen-capture of a good freeze-frame of a movie playing on a computer. It is also that the hearse is slightly atypical in being so tall. I have seen similar used only for prominent people where the procession is a part of the public viewing. It seems incongruous to have such an aloof vehicle towing a chipper through the countryside. It seems to me odd that a hearse would even be fitted with a towing hitch. It might fit well into the plot of a movie.
I truly would be more comfortable if this was an image from a movie rather than a real thing.
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2 hours ago, Michael Rennie said:
Fargo?
I have searched images of that movie and can find no similar scenes. It is also that the wood chipper seems to be of a different design and the model of hearse is not represented. It is quite possible that my Google-Fu is letting me down miserably. I can think of no other movie which it might be.
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Even the Wind Is Afraid (1968) It is more dormitory/institution than 'house' in strict sense. I found the movie to be more interesting and engaging than the imdb.com summary makes it seem.
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As long as I have all of you together: can any person here tell me if this is a screenshot from a movie?
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I have now completed the first three volumes of Brooke McEldowney's collected works: Out Whom Shall We Gross?, Sonata for Piano and Armpit and The Day My Puberty Detonated. I had hoped to start his: The Bösendorfer Heard Round the World which is a stand-alone story but our copy seems to be misplaced. I do hope I do not have to replace it. The people at the publishing house are quite wonderful but I do hate to bother them with small orders.
Gosh! And here I was havin' SO much fun with that "Ben Must Go" thread!
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