JamesJazGuitar
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1 hour ago, Dargo said:
Actually Sepia, by far THE most "nonsense phrase" (okay, really a word in this case) that "Millennials" use now days, is when they begin EVERY freakin' reply to a question that's posed to 'em with the word "So"!
(...I might have mentioned this before, haven't I)
LOL
According to The Economist the nonsense word of the moment is "like"; it is often used in the same context as "so"; As in: like, lets go get a beer.
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11 minutes ago, Dargo said:
WAIT a sec here, AD! What red-blooded American male doesn't like lookin' at ANY woman who's got red pucker paint on her lips, or who doesn't think it makes her look more beautiful? Sure, some of the hairstyles that some of the actresses had back then might now be considered less than flattering, but hell, red lipstick is and in MY considered opinion has ALWAYS added to the attractiveness of a woman.
(...in other words, I have NO idea what you mean here???)
I agree; I don't know of any man that considers red lips "dated". Now the hairstyles that I get. I mentioned this again, about Nina Foch. In her 40s films she wore her pretty blonde hair long. But then that bun look became a thing in the 50s and Foch didn't look as sexy with a bun. What actress did? I blame in all on Jane Wyman!
As for Red-lips; Here are the Kinks - Ray must of loved red lips in the 60s.
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14 minutes ago, Dargo said:
Not to turn this into another "Lookalikes" thread here James, and so I'll just say I think all three of the actresses now mentioned here share a similar look. And, while you might disagree with me that none of them were ever "ravishing beauties", when made up with cosmetics, all three were very pleasant looking and attractive ladies.
(...I'll also add that I think all three were exceptional actresses...de Havilliand in particular, of course)
I've never considered that Keys and de Havilland looked alike but I can somewhat see it now; I read the Huston book where a lot is mentioned about these two women and it could be that Huston liked a certain "type". So I'll grant you similarities (ha ha).
Still nothing like Anne Shirley and Olivia; Even when I was reviewing images to post that picture of Anne I was again surprised about how they took almost like twins.
Anne looks more like Olivia than Joan does.
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12 hours ago, txfilmfan said:
Thanks for the input. I posted it primarily because Lucille Ball is somewhat of a focus right now on TCM, and there is some general interest in this biopic.
I'll try to live up to your expectations in the future.
Oh, I understand now why you posted this. What I didn't know at the time was that Being the Ricardos was a new production and the "trailer" was for that and not about the Ricardos film that features a trailer of a different kind (a film that is mentioned a lot when Ball is a topic).
As for my expectations in the future: I'm more concerned about mine (e.g. not making bogus assumptions), then yours.
As for this new production: Like Dan says, this could be interesting. As far as casting; well for these type of bio-films, no casting is "right". My take is that one either has to suspend reality and just accept the actors as the person they are playing or not watch it if that is too difficult (which it can be based on how much someone is really into those actual people).
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3 hours ago, TikiSoo said:
Oh brother, can't we all just get along?
Who isn't getting along? Are you making more bogus assumptions?
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9 hours ago, Dargo said:
The actress Olivia looks like in that still from The Proud Rebel, is an actress who would be married to John Huston for a while. Uh-huh and ironically, the very same guy who once during a little Hollywood soiree came to blows with Errol Flynn over Olivia.
I don't see it. Olivia and Anne Shirley look similar but I don't see it in Keys.
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I didn't go to this thread at first because I felt it was silly to create on just for this one film. I only went to it now because of who created it; I.e. this guy is solid and I just had to find out why he would focus on this one film! I see now that my assumption was all wet.
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5 hours ago, TopBilled said:
She's gorgeous in LIBEL a year later. Not at all like Jo Van Fleet...right, Nip?
Well the make-up department left alone her eyebrows; They are the same in the two photos.
But all joking aside, I don't think one can compare how Olivia looks in the two films for the very basic reasons I gave related to a western and the fact that in Libel she lives in London, a major city, with a well-off husband and such a women can afford to look their best and often do for social status reasons.
Also I wonder if how Olivia looks in The Proud Rebel relates to the plot line; that Ladd and her form a bond over his son. Note the town rumors when she hires the proud rebel as a worker. If Olivia was made to look stunning audiences might focus too much on their relationship, instead of all focused on the boy and that would distract from the main point line that resolves all around the son.
I can't recall the ending, but is it implied that the two will get married? If yes, that doesn't mean they love each over; i.e. it could still be all about the boy.
PS: I actually believe Olivia has the right look for the time period \ setting \ character in The Proud Rebel. If she looked like she did in Libel it wouldn't have worked especially in color. (we see this with some early T.V. color westerns where the women look like they just got out of a beauty solon in Beverly Hills, because, well, they did!).
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26 minutes ago, DougieB said:
I hope we see some comedy, because I think she was a very deft comedienne when the role called for it. I like Cactus Flower, but I adore Indiscreet with Cary Grant, in which she effortlessly handled the sophisticated wit and visual style. I'm also in the mood for Notorious again. I've mentioned it in a past thread but I think she did one of the best jobs of playing drunk of any actor I can remember. She didn't go for the usual slurring of words; it was as though her thinking and mental state were slurred and compromised. Brilliant.
Nice post and one I agree with; so no one has been able to get access to the SOTM schedule so we know which films will be shown?
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1 hour ago, Sepiatone said:
And I can agree with that "above poster" and his "eye of the beholder" claim.
I could agree with such a claim but that wasn't really the comment; instead it was "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that but the statement is simply not true.
Adding 'simply not true' is another way of saying that they, and they alone, know what "beauty" is and that it is in their eyes and not that of the beholder.
That is not the same as saying; we can agree to disagree, but instead is the polar opposite.
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2 hours ago, TopBilled said:
The shots of Olivia from THE PROUD REBEL that were posted above conveniently do not include the close up of her at the end of the movie. It's one of the most unflattering images of the actress to appear in any of her films. Special care should have been taken to make her look more glamorous. There is no reason why they couldn't have done something extra with the make up and lighting. As I said earlier in the thread, it's on a par with that dreadful close up of Kate in SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER.
My theory is that some of these male directors were misogynistic and in order to punish outspoken female actresses of a certain age, they got revenge by retaining an unflattering closeup of said actress to tell the rest of the world she was getting older and past her prime.
THE PROUD REBEL is a film with flaws. The director and lead actress were not collaborating well.
Interesting theory: I suspect it has more to do with the breaking down of the studio-system. I.e. films such as The Proud Rebel, produced by Sam Goldwyn, were independent productions; the actors, directors, crew were all hired for the film instead of using under contract by the studio staff.
Of course director Curtiz and DeHavilland made a lot of films while they both were under contract at Warner Bros. I would like to believe Curtiz didn't make Olivia more glamorous because he wished to focus on realism (a women living a fairly rough life in the west without access to beauty parlors, hair dressers, make-up etc...). AND when he made those other films with Olivia the studio protected her image as a glamorous movie star.
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After I see I Wake Up Screaming I have various instrumental versions of Over the Rainbow stuck in my head for days.
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4 hours ago, midwestan said:
As I recall, Jean Arthur didn't look all that fetching in "Shane". Maybe Ladd had it in his contract that when he played in Westerns/Frontier-type films that the female lead could not look more attractive than he?
Jean Arthur was 52 when she made Shane. That is too old to have a son especially in the west at during that time period. (de Wilde was 10 when the film was made).
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16 hours ago, Vautrin said:
He had enough anger in that one for the other eleven jurors, though that was part of the role he was playing.
I like Cobb, even though he does go off the deep end on occasion.
Cobb was casts in some odd character roles like this one in Left Hand of God:
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43 minutes ago, ElCid said:
Sorry, my error. Brain not fully in gear yet.
The film, The Dark Past, is a remake of Blind Alley (1939), and it is being shown on Noir Alley, so any confusion is understandable.
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27 minutes ago, ElCid said:
Back to Noir Alley.
The Dark Alley (1949) is tonight and tomorrow's presentation. Saturday's does not come on until 1:30 AM ET Sunday due to the Clint Eastwood double feature. Repeats again at 10:00 AM as usual. This one does not sound familiar to me, so I guess I have not seen it.
The film is The Dark Past with William Holden, Nina Foch and Lee J. Cobb.
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4 minutes ago, Herman Bricks said:
Haven't seen squabs on a menu at a restaurant in some years.
The last time I ordered squab was over 3 years ago in France. Don't see it here in So Cal.
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1 hour ago, laffite said:
Surely it has something to do with Vertigo. Though Kim didn't jump from a pier.
You're correct that my reference to Kim Novak was related to Vertigo, but I guess my recall of that scene, as well as what I read about Hitch making her do multiple takes of the jump into the water, were off.
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The 1941 The Maltese Falcon is known for how much smoking is going on. Jack Warner wanted it reshot to reduce the amount and Huston did redo a few scenes but was convinced by Huston and especially Peter Lorre that the smoking added to the atmosphere of the film. Lorre had some non PC comments related to why a guy like him would be smoking up a storm.
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4 hours ago, ElCid said:
Are these assumptions on known from the movie or the book? People learn to swim well after childhood and swimming lessons often are not needed.
Just saying this is a loose end that today would have been tied up with a search, even a brief one, or a body. Falling from a pier is not like falling from a ship in the middle of the ocean.
Kim Novak told me something different.
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10 minutes ago, _Broadway_ said:
Oh, that's great news! Thanks for letting me know!
Lured (1947) is a good film and being from United Artist I'm glad TCM is showing it even if it is a month after Lucy's SOTM month. The film was made in Hollywood but it gives off the vibe as being made in Britain. Casting Boris Karloff is kind of misleading; he is more humorous than scary. I like the chemistry between Sanders and Lucy.
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11 minutes ago, cigarjoe said:
But he didn't come up after going in
Wasn't there a sequel called Brighton Coral?
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20 minutes ago, speedracer5 said:
Yes. I didn't tear into Bondi like I should have. She was an awful woman in this film. A complete 180 from how she is in films like Make Way for Tomorrow. The family (save for Travers and sister Ellie) are so needlessly mean to Dennis Morgan when he shows up for the holiday dinner. How awkward for him. I always laugh when she freaks out about the glass baby bottles that Ellie is smuggling to Parker, and Bondi immediately assumes that it is Ellie who is pregnant! And Travers doesn't correct her at first.
And the way that Bondi slaps Parker when she comes home late is awful. She's a grown woman, who cares that she's home late. I always figured that Bondi's attitude (minus the slap which was awful) was due to women being expected to stay at home until they marry. These women are basically treated like large, old children until they find a man who can now care for them.
I was surprised to see Bondi play such a mother figure in The Very Thought of You. I recall how she was in Remember the Night towards Stawynck and she was a thief about to steal away her son. At first in The Very Thought of You I felt Bondi must be just play-acting; acting that way to try to influence a difficult situation. I keep waiting for the wink or smile to her husband telling me that was the case. But NO, she was just down right mean.
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I Just Watched...
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Well I didn't really watch this film except for a few minutes: The Ice Pirates (1984).
Now I'm a fan of Robert Urich and his two T.V. shows Vegas and Spencer for Hire, but I don't see how this film fits any type of TCM branding.
Is the reason TCM showed this film was because John Carradine is in it and it is October?
I'm not complaining, just curious.