richardny4me
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Larry, what a sad story, but somehow that is not surprising. Many, many years ago I watched some show about Hollywood mothers and their daughters and both Zsa Zsa and Francesca Hilton were featured. (LOL, it might have been The Mike Douglas Show.) Anyway I do not remember who else was on, but I vividly recall how bitchy Zsa Zsa's daughter was to her Mother on tv, making faces and snapping at her. I felt sorry for Zsa Zsa.
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Oh without a doubt the David O'Selznick version of A TALE OF TWO CITIES starring Ronald Colman. I read the book and I have seen several film and tv versions which were good but that version captures the essence of the novel. I love that movie.
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Larry, I did not know Ida Lupino did a television series! I hope TV Land or one of those networks airs at least an episode or two someday.
Gloria Grahame has already been mentioned, but she needs to be mentioned again because it is so true, she had the perfect face for these films.
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But another vote for BIGGER THAN LIFE, which was quite an amazing film, and it is awaiting re-discovery on DVD, I saw it many years ago, probably on the Million Dollar Movie on Channel 9 here in New York, but it was definitely not shown in Cinemascope back then! I hope they release it soon.
As I recall, he also had a son named Morgan, who worked in the Reagan White House and married Belinda Carlisle, the lead singer of the Go-Go's.
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Great topic Larry. Besides the ladies already mentioned I would have to add Ida Lupino. Two weeks ago I watched ROAD HOUSE for the first time and she was amazing. And she was fantastic in a still-underrated picture called THE HARD WAY.
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ROAD HOUSE - I just watched this for the first time on Sunday! It is a great movie, and long overdue for DVD release.
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I cannot wait for the Film Forum series as well. In fact a few weeks ago I purchased tickets for the New York Philharmonic's Summer Series at Lincoln Center and I checked the Film Forum calender first to insure I would not be missing any of the films I really want to see, because you are right they are NEVER shown.
One of the gems of the festival is the restored Technicolor musical FOLLOW THRU. When I saw it at their pre-code musicals festival, people literally applauded the close-up of Nancy Carroll, the color was amazing. The main film I want to see is ONE HOUR WITH YOU, on Bastille Day, I guess as a tribute to Maurice Chevalier. There are 2 Sylvia Sidney films playing I have never heard of but really want to see, PICK-UP and LADIES OF THE BIG HOUSE. And 2 early Cary Grant films on July 1. And then there is BOLERO with Carole Lombard and George Raft. I have always heard about this film, but I have never seen it play anywhere.
I saw THE STORY OF TEMPLE DRAKE during their "pre-code women" festival of a few years ago, believe me even censored it was something else.
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moirafinney20, yes, great question - I have wondered about him myself. He starred in so many pre-code films and then just seemed to disappear.
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I also saw this film when I was much younger and I have not seen it since, so I am going to get a copy. There are actually quite a few classic films coming out tomorrow, such as THE RAZOR'S EDGE, which I plan on getting a copy of as well.
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Hey edge, did you get to see the original version of BABY FACE? I saw it at the Film Forum and it was amazing, IMO it played much better than the released censored version. I hope that whenever they release that pre-code box set, they include both versions, like they did with THE BIG SLEEP and STRANGERS ON A TRAIN.
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The James Stewart westerns directed by Anthony Mann are all considered seminal films in the western genre. But my own personal favorite of his westerns is THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE, directed by John Ford.
Today I saw a great Fox Film Noir entitled ROAD HOUSE - wow, what a film. Ida Lupino acts - and sings brilliantly. Cornel Wilde, Richard Widmark and Celeste Holm all co-star. I bought the tape years ago and for some reason never got around to watch it.
This would be such a great film for DVD since 2 of the film's stars - Widmark and Holm though in their 80's have recently (at least as of a year or two ago), done interviews and are in good health. Especially Richard Widmark, who I saw interviewed at Lincoln Center. Anyway, see it if you can, it is a great example of post-war film noir.
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Myidolspencer, I really agree with your post. Beyond The Sea was rather unfairly lambasted by the critics, who I think had it in for Spacey, for whatever reason. The film was not perfect but it had quite a lot going for it, including some very good performances by the cast (well except for the actress playing his "sister", IMO), great photography, and an excellent recreation of the period. Plus that music! I hope that it reaches its audience on DVD better than it did in the theaters.
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Joe, MOMA is featuring another rarely screen Norma Shearer film, THE DEVIL'S CIRCUS, on June 1 at 6 PM. It is part of their "To Save And Project" film festival next month. Except for THE STUDENT PRINCE I have never seen any of her silent films, so I am hoping to get out of work early enough to get uptown to see this film.
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Hi Joe, I printed out the August calender via Schedule-Main Schedule Flash. I was really surprised myself, because I did not read anything about it anywhere else. I even did search to make sure she never did one before. I am really looking forward to it, especially since I missed both the Larry King episode and the book signing she did in Manhattan last month.
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I meant to write the Bacall Private Screenings is on Monday August 1, not Saturday August 1.
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I never thought they could release too much but I also just cannot buy everything - and watch everything, no matter how well-produced the box set. The Garbo sets, the Film Noir 2 box set and the Astaire-Rodgers will be mandatory buys for me, but as with the John Wayne box (I only purchased Tall In The Saddle), the Bette Davis and Joan Crawford box sets I may only buy 1 or 2 titles, the rest I have on either DVD, Laser Disc or VHS.
And don't even get me started on my lack of shelf space....
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I see TCM has their next installment of Private Screenings scheduled for Saturday August 1 - Lauren Bacall is a very good choice, I am looking forward to the show. Between Bogart, her own film career and her Warner Brothers studio experience, it should be really interesting!
OK, - so who is next? LOL.
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Hi Edge,
Once again, thanks for the great news - this set is even better than I had hoped it would be. Each set I will be purchase the day they come out. I understand that among the extras are :
- the German-language Anna Christie which has a different cast and different costumes, I saw this at the Film Forum years ago, it is a very good film on its own
- the Rudolph Valentino/Alli Nazimova silent version of Camille as a bonus on the Camille disc- now that is incredible.
- the remaining fragments of THE DIVINE WOMAN, a lost 1928 silent
- an alternate ending on THE TEMPTRESS
- Commentaries on the silents by her biographers (LOL,so none of the usual suspects (Haskell/Belmer/Schickel)
I have never seen THE TEMPTRESS or THE MYSTERIOUS LADY, and MATA HARI and CAMILLE are both among my favorite films.
I am curious, does anyone know if Garbo filmed any other early talkies in different languages?
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Hi Edge,
I just got the book last week but I have yet to read it. I agree this would make an excellent, essential TCM documentary.
However I am almost certain there will be an A and E biography about Louis B. Mayer - hopefully a 2 hour one. I actually have been waiting for it to be annouced since I read the following excerpt from a website devoted to Kathryn Grayson (though I see today the website has not been updated since last November):
"Miss Grayson has been interviewed for an upcoming A&E biography about MGM's Louis B. Mayer. Broadcast date to be announced."
Kathryn Grayson hardly ever participates in these kinds of things, so I am looking forward to it.
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Larry,
Thank you, it would be great to meet you and have lunch! I actually have never seen a Pola Negri film, although I was familiar with her and recall her Horst photos in Life Magazine and the book from the Return Engagement. So a documentary about her life sounds fascinating, and since you knew her, it is great that you are able to participate.
Speaking of MOMA, MovieJoe that Norma Shearer film is indeed rare, that it may be too rare for even MOMA. I was also looking forward to seeing it and I saw it listed originally on MOMA's web site as well, but now it seems to have been removed and a John Gilbert film entitled HIS HOUR has replaced it:
His Hour. 1924. USA. Directed by King Vidor. With John Gilbert, Aileen Pringle. This steamy Elinor Glyn romance set in Egypt and Russia was one of Mayer's last independent productions and helped establish Gilbert as the star he would bring with him to MGM. Czech intertitles, English synopsis provided. Silent, with piano accompaniment by Stuart Oderman. Approx. 70 min.
Monday, May 9, 5:45. T2
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I pre-ordered this book and I just had received its delivery. As soon as I finish the current book I am reading (Ian McEwan's Saturday) I will start reading it, I am really looking forward to it as it has already received some excellent reviews.
I did take a quick look at the acknowledgments, and it is a good sign that the author interviewed virtually all of MGM's remaining stars healthy and alive from 200 to 2005. In some cases their offspring (Sinatra, Selznick) were interviewed. I guess it is to be expected, but I was still surprised at how many of the interviewee's names were prefaced by "the late."
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Actually, I read only recently that Judy Garland was dating Artie Shaw, who then eloped with Lana Turner, making Garland, who was insecure about her own looks, a total nervous wreck.
(IMO Garland was very pretty, but I guess with a young Lana Turner as competion that would be enough to harm anyone's self esteem.)
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"Greta Garbo vs Marlene Dietrich"
Larry, was this a publicity stunt or was there some truth to it? By the way, did your path ever cross with any of these ladies?
MovieJoe, unfortunately an unexpected work issue prevented me from attending that Farley Granger night at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. I was so annoyed, but I heard somewhere he is writing his autobiography so hopefully they will have something like that again or at the Film Forum.
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MovieJoe, I was at both of those Carnegie Hall evenings and I was at their Judy Garland tribute as well. And on
one of those MGM nights we might have been standing next to each other, by the stage door. I really wanted to see Ann Miller but she did not come out of that exit while I was there, however I got a good picture of Cyd Charisse being escorted out the door by someone. I also seem to remember a lot of commotion when Van Johnson came out, he was rushed into a limo as I recall, with Betty Comden joining him into the backseat.
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Unfortunately I was disappointed since my schedule prevented me from attending the movie. Joe did you go?