JamesJazGuitar
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4 minutes ago, Thompson said:
Tom Cruise.
FYI: the 3 dots in the upper right hand corner has an "edit" feature. As for "that Jack Reacher film"; I like the film because of Rosamund Pike.
But hey, I just noticed that she has Lara Turner legs!
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28 minutes ago, Allhallowsday said:
I am not a big fan, hence I forgot this one... with LAIRD CREGAR... that's an interesting film I like too. MERLE OBERON was certainly attractive and charming... I like her...for me, sometimes hammy.
The Lodger is a very good film. Laird Cregar is the main reason to watch but George Sanders and Merle Oberon are in good form. Oberon looks beautiful in period films.
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2 hours ago, Katie_G said:
I didn't realize this was a remake of High Sierra until I heard the name Roy 'Mad Dog' Earle. Still loved it, and the little dog Pard deserved an Oscar.
The novel High Sierra by W.R. Burnett was made into 3 films and all of them are good and stand-on-their-own.
The other being a western adaptation Colorado Territory (1949) with Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, and Dorothy Malone.
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4 hours ago, LuckyDan said:
I suspect he was less the intellectual than people think he was. Not that he was a charlatan. People just project that image onto him. He was erudite.
I like watching Tony Randle on Password (I believe these were from the 70s or early 80s). He was witty and the host Alan Ludden would sometimes ask him to explain one of his clue words because he would use words that were not part of everyday conversations. But, at least to me, he still came off as humble.
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I'm a big fan of Merle Oberon but the TCM line-up for her day was missing many of my favorite films and my favorite, The Scarlett Pimpernel was the first film so it was on way too early for me on the west coast. Films I wish TCM had shown are:
These Three
That Uncertain Feeling
The Lodger
A Song to Remember
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2 minutes ago, TopBilled said:
No idea. And I would certainly like to know what was involved with that loan out. Warners also used her that same year in ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT (1942). Maybe it was Bogart who requested her, because he wanted her to play his mother in that movie? And maybe Fox only agreed if it was a two-picture deal at a specific rate of pay? I'm just speculating.
Likely the loan out agreement between WB and Fox for Darwell was for two films. Regardless what is odd is Fox loaning out someone that just won an Oscar unless Fox got something from WB that made the deal a no-brainer from Fox's perspective. I'll have to see if any major WB under-contract stars were featured in any Fox film during that same time period.
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12 minutes ago, TopBilled said:
Darwell would have still been under contract to 20th Century Fox at this time. So she was loaned out to Warners for her role as the nutty grandma in THIEVES FALL OUT. But it was a part very much beneath her, beneath any Oscar-winning actress.
Do you know what 20th Century Fox got in return for loaning out Darwell to WB? I'm curious because I wonder about why either studio would make this deal. E.g. Did WB ask Fox for Darwell specially so she could be in this film? If so, that sounds like a bad call on WB's part since the role in such a film could have been played by another one of their contract players and the film wasn't designed to be a grade "A" type production. So I assume WB didn't have to give up much to get Darwell, but if that is the case why did Fox do the deal?
I searched and couldn't find any additional info on it.
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11 minutes ago, TopBilled said:
If I recall correctly, you have posted in previous threads that the word "classic" is a marketing tool. Yes?
Yes, I believe that is the main reason the term is used by TCM as well as radio stations. What looks and sounds better; TCM - Turner Classic Movies, or, TSEM - Turner Studio-Era Movies.
In addition, as you noted, TCM isn't limited to just Studio-Era movies so "classic" being vague (with regards to scope of films that will be shown) is useful in that regard as well.
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14 minutes ago, LuckyDan said:
On the PA at the diner
Since you have a lot of knowledge about musical instruments do you know why the Gibson name would be tapped over in the Everly Bros photo?
I have seen this done on T.V. shows: E.g. Andy Griffith had a few episodes with James Best as a local guitar man and the brand-name was taped over.
Maybe that photo was an album cover and, like a T.V. show there are rules about showing a product's brand name?
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21 minutes ago, King Rat said:
I did see Chocolat, and Depp was adequate. Not memorable, but not loathsome. I remembered Juliette Binoche fondly, but not him.
I recommend Sleepy Hollow; it has a fairly straight forward who-done-it storyline with Depp playing a Quincy type MD that is also a detective.
The film's photography is excellent, but what really makes the film for me, just like Chocolat, is the performance of Christina Ricci. Just the perfect film persona for the character and time setting of the film.
PS: Ricci is another actress that would have been perfect in a Dark Shadows film.
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1 minute ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
Oh, and I’ll engage in my own bit of heresy, I actually like Johnny Depp in the Willy Wonka remake.
He’s also not the worst thing about “dark shadows” (2012) by a mile (there’s at least 127 other problems with the movie before you even get to his performance.)
While I only counted 124, I agree with the overall point you're making.
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2 minutes ago, King Rat said:
I did see Chocolat, and Depp was adequate. Not memorable, but not loathsome. I remembered Juliette Binoche fondly, but not him.
Yes, the film is charming and most of that is because of the always charming Juliette Binoche.
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5 minutes ago, 37kitties said:
Drums ain't guitars.
You haven't heard me play.
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3 minutes ago, King Rat said:
Is Johnny Depp always this atrocious an actor? I realize that he is more or less doing what Tim Burton wants him to do. I've seen very few of his films. Pirates of the Caribbean, alas. Depp's shtick is bearable for about five minutes max. Not as exaggerated in Finding Neverland, but is there a film where Johnny Depp actually gives a good performance, not one based on silent screen/amateur drag show theatrics?
I like the films The Night Gate, Sleepy Hollow, and Chocolat. I enjoy the films and Depp was adequate.
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27 minutes ago, Hibi said:
Having Barnabas smoke would've been killer!
True and asking him about it would have been even more fun: Like telling Edmund O'Brien in DOA: don't smoke you could die way too young!
PS: Get Smart had an episode that was based on DOA and they had such a joke played on Max.
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8 hours ago, Judith laucka said:
There is something very enduring and endearing about unrealized physical attraction. Errol and Olivia had an on and off relationship over many years that transcended time. Olivia saw through the wild self destructive man to his thoughtful intelligent sensitive side that he often hid. Errol touched her romantic sweet nature and captured her heart. Let’s believe together that Robin and Maid Marian are together on the other side
Read up about the romance between John Huston and Olivia; wow, Huston was a jerk with multiple partners and he openly cheated on all of his wives and Olivia would step-in between wives. This was a side of Olivia I still don't fully comprehend.
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41 minutes ago, Roy Cronin said:
Oh! I just thought of this. Did any of the main cast ever smoke on camera. Many, of course, were heavy smokers.
And there was naturally smoking visible in The Blue Whale.
Funny but I was watching DS last night (couldn't sleep, and on Decades at 2:00 AM - 3:00 AM), and there was a scene at The Blue Whale.
I noticed there was a pack of cigarettes on the table and a lot of smoke in the air, but no one smoking (at least in this one scene).
This was Season #2 and the storyline was centered on Willie and what was happening to him, Maggie and her boyfriend (who was a nice guy in this time period, but a real jerk back in 1780's).
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1 hour ago, Hibi said:
Yes, that would be the ideal, but knowing how TCM operates, I'd settle.
I hear ya. Some Joan is better than no Joan! But I still say give me all of Joan!
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1 hour ago, AndyM108 said:
What's happening to Noir Alley? I see Cloudburst and Drive a Crooked Road on September 6th and 13th, but after that I don't see anything but non-noirs in the usual time slot.
Losing it to 31 Days of Oscar and SUTS is bad enough, but I sure hope this isn't the start of a trend. My apologies if someone's addressed this question before.
OTOH I'm thrilled to see The Human Condition trilogy is on the schedule for the first time as far as I can remember. Far and away the best war movies I've ever seen on the TCM schedule, with the possible exception of Come and See.
I believe you have your dates mixed up; I see 3 Noir Alley films, 4th - Cloudburst, 11th - Drive a Crooked Road, and 18th - Human Desire.
The Daily and Weekly TCM schedule doesn't go beyond that (well the one I'm looking at).
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1 hour ago, LuckyDan said:
Charlie was famously devoted to his wife.
Thanks for that info, but I'm still having a hard time processing it; I'm devoted to my wife of 24 years as well, but how much can it bug another person living in home when one has a separate music room that is either sound proof or far enough away from the main house, so no one else will be disturbed.
I admit I'm viewing this from a highly personal basis. I got married late in life (39), and had male musician friends that had been married for years. Some of these guys had to jam at my house (when I was single), because their wives were not accommodating (at best). Thus before I got married, I made it clear to my future wife, I wouldn't tolerate that. Music was very important to me and I wasn't going to be hounded like she was my parents. My wife understood this and is very welcoming, make food, and serves drinks. Of course I do the same for things that are important to her.
Anyhow, Charlie RIP; hopefully there is a drum kit where you are now!
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15 hours ago, nakano said:
To jamesjazzguitar; Charlie Watts had no drums at home,sorry you do not believe this because it would be possible for you,it is not a question of money,.If you want the ultimate proof st thomas, watch the video they did last year for the covid 19 the 4 Stones in their respective home,Charlie is 'air drumming' Shirley (his wife) never wanted drums in any of their 2 houses. And that's the truth would say Ernestine... here is the link
I never said I didn't believe their where no drums in his home, but that I didn't agree with the reason.
Anyhow if that reason was true, Watts needed to grow a backbone.
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4 hours ago, TikiSoo said:
You mean "if TCM schedules Joan Bennett as SOTM using non Fox movies" ?
What do you mean by "move forward"? What are you referring to?
Yes, If TCM was to have SOTM using non Fox films. Note the same applies to Brando, Ladd, and other stars TCM hasn't feature.
I.e. there is a common theme: most of their best work wasn't part of the Turner Library of films.
As far as "move forward"; That means that each time there is another SOTM someone doesn't continue to ask: why not this star?
Hibi knows I was just teasing her; Frankly I wouldn't "move forward" if I was a big fan of the star and their most important films in their legacy weren't included as part of SOTM because they weren't MGM, WB or RKO films.
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Just now, TopBilled said:
I would say that Ben was brought in to appeal to the younger demographics. So it made sense he was allowed to be more casual on air. And that his set was a bit trendier in appearance.
It wasn't that Ben was "allowed to" but instead that he was asked to, according to the L.A. Times interview he gave a few years back.
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MERLE OBERON
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Yes, the three in These-Three are Oberon, Hopkins and McCrea. The play was The Children's Hour.