JamesJazGuitar
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5 hours ago, kidtwist29 said:
George Montgomery was a bad actor.
Bad or not, I often have a certain affection for bad actors like him and others like James Craig, who come to think of it reminds me a lot of Montgomery.
Funny, but I was watching Wagon-Train and Montgomery was the guest star, and I was thinking the same thing: this guy isn't a very good actor,,,, but I find myself still pulling for him. I.e. I have that "certain affection"! Here he is with an actress that always brings something; Maria Windsor.
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21 minutes ago, midwestan said:
I see your point mw3...I probably should have taken out Cagney and replaced him with Dick Powell.
Please just take Cagney out, but don't replace him with Dick Powell. Otherwise you will be pounded for being unaware of the many fine noir films he was in!
I.e. much of Powell's work after 1944 (starting with Murder My Sweet), doesn't feature Powell singing.
Powell gave up singing after Joan Blondell left him (now this is a joke, but after seeing Joan in Bullets or Ballots, I was reminded of just how darn sexy Blondell was!).
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1 hour ago, Thompson said:
What a sleeper - They Live (not drive) by Night - Farley Granger and (wow!) Cathy O’Donnell. Boy she’s got some sprezzatura !
I have seen this film a few times and I really like it; Moving and sad, it gets to me every time. Nicholas Ray, in his directorial debut, does a fine job, as well as the many fine actors in the film. In addition how can one not love a film where the main thug is named Chickamaw! (Howard De Silva giving another fine performance before being blacklisted).
And yes; Cathy O'Donnell really makes an impact.
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3 hours ago, Det Jim McLeod said:
What do you think of the song 'Shangri-la?
I love this song and play it often; it has those two different sections and, of course, the lyrics are great (Ray at his best). The song influenced me as a man in his late 20s making good in our capitalists \ materialistic society.
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5 minutes ago, LsDoorMat said:
Well one thing I can say for CVS versus Disney - I don't think that CVS is in bed with the Chinese Communist Party. Disney gave shout-outs to the people who run the Uyghur concentration camps in China in the credits of Mulan. You did know that didn't you? I won't pay a thin dime for anything Disney controls because they snuggle up to these fascists. If Disney ends up owning TCM, it will be goodbye to TCM from me.
Ok, so that is your actual reason for not supporting a sale of the Turner library of films to Disney.
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26 minutes ago, misswonderly3 said:
I dunno, seems a lot more dramatic and noirish to me. Wonder why Orson didn't want to go with that one?
Most likely the answer is: because it wasn't his choice;
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11 minutes ago, LsDoorMat said:
Wall Street Journal is saying that AT&T may sell Warner Brothers to Disney. That would make them too big. And it would also insure that you never see The Jazz Singer or Gone With the Wind again in this century. Disney - The CVS of entertainment.
I'm not as cynical about the WB package of films and entertainment being sold to a company like Disney; it all depends on the selling price.
If that price is "reasonable" then Disney is large enough and makes enough money off of other forms of entertainment that they can subsidize a network like TCM; Disney can afford to purchase that liberty of "those old film" with the main goal being just-to-say-we-have-them, leverage that as a marketing tool for their other products, and not, per se, to make a profit from that division.
As for CVS: It is my understanding they provided vaccinations at a loss; This is what large profitable corporations can do, as a public service in order to increase their market place presence and therefore revenues from their core products and services.
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6 minutes ago, ElCid said:
Did you mean PBS or is PPS something?
If PBS, how would that work? PBS mostly shows British, Canadian and similar shows. I can't see them handling the volume of TCM shows
Yes, I meant PBS (since corrected): PBS has more than just one station (at least here in So Cal). E.g. the new Create chancel that features interesting programing about cooking, art, and other creative endeavors.
PBS could establish a TCM like station: showing mostly public domain films, films donated by the studios, and films leased from studios using contributions. Note this "films donated by the studios" could be key: films that a studio doesn't believe they can make much future money on, and will donate these films for a very limited showings in exchange for acknowledgement that they are a good public citizen.
Hey, this might be a crazy idea, but my overall point was that I can't see TCM being just-another-station on Discover, or by another media company unless TCM is profitable. I.e. a media company that wouldn't care if TCM was profitable or not, because they just wish to have this unique station as part of their brand.
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1 hour ago, DFC said:
I just hope that TCM finds a place in all this.
PBS may be TCM's only home.
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6 minutes ago, Moe Howard said:
But unless I'm mistaken she isn't the one suffering. She's accepted or is content with her station if life. It's him that is suffering self pity and in seclusion from family. If the power of love can outshine his disfigurement in her eyes, does she have to be homely? Cant a pretty girl see him for what he really is just as easily?
Good point. There really wasn't much of a reason to have the woman in this love story be homely (as viewed by society).
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54 minutes ago, Moe Howard said:
Of course, the story could work with all sorts of handicapped couples. Given the right handicap they might be able to save some money and rent The Happily Oblivious Cottage since Enchantment wouldn't be required.
Seriously, if you moved the setting to any major urban neighborhood I doubt anyone would look twice at the average girl-war vet couple as they went about their business.
I believe the The Enchanted Cottage story would have worked better if both of them were either born with some type of handicap \ disfigurement or both inflected with one due to some type of injury.
Related to the topic of this thread; to have only the woman having born-this-way body image self-esteem issues makes the film a good example for this thread.
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6 minutes ago, Hibi said:
When was Breakfast of Champions released? I barely remember that.
Book 1973. Movie 1999.
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11 hours ago, Moe Howard said:
The notion I take issue with is 'society and/or entertainment media's unrealistic definition of beauty' being a major contributing factor to the afflicted. We have lived in a world which has celebrated plus size , older women, LGTBQ, and plain old odd looking models for decades. If you are unhappy with your appearance, it's probably not because of Hollywood or a fashion magazine.
Too many blame their self esteem issues on everything but themselves: that is why its a self esteem issue and a hard nut to crack.
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1 hour ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
Oh yeah that’s what I meant, it was like Vonnegut done badly. Or maybe I should actually say John Cheever done badly: it was imitating that style of using grandiose, absurd, abstract tales as allegories for a deeper, more universal story. Plotlines, places and settings which seem ABSURD on the face, but are in fact a mirror of the absurdities of ACTUAL, real life people, places and scenarios.
It’s not an easy style to do, even by the originals.
JUNIE MOON Seems like it was trying for that, but it just did not have enough gas in the tank to get there.
also JUNIE MOON sounds like WANDA JUNE in my head...(Speaking of Vonnegut related motion picture atrocities)
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0067180/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
I just hope they let Kay Thompson keep that cute little aviatrix outfit and she wore it out on occasion before she died.
What films based on a Vonnegut book have been well done? I can't think of any. Something tells me Vonnegut's writing style doesn't translate well to film.
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1 hour ago, filmnoirguy said:
Thank God I'm not one of the "forum's many." Three pictures, two Oscar nods. Not bad!
Note I wasn't trying to make you change your mind, but when one makes a statement like "James Dean? Are you kidding me????", to me that comes off as saying that people with a different opinion are nuts. I didn't reply with "you believe, Dean was a good actor,,, are you kidding me!!!!".
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50 minutes ago, filmnoirguy said:
James Dean? Are you kidding me????
At this forum many have said they feel Dean overacted; E.g. that in certain scenes his acting screams; look I'm ACTING!
I tend to feel Dean doesn't come off as natural in highly emotional scenes.
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14 minutes ago, Judith laucka said:
Watch Dorothy song This is the Beginning of the End with her sultry voice. She is the essence of sultry. The way she looks at Johnny, she practically devours him with her eyes and she quite a morsel herself
Dorothy Lamour was one of the reasons I really got into American studio era movies. I was learning to play jazz guitar and was interested in how many jazz standards were first introduced in films to the public. I decided to watch The Fleet's In which featured Lamour, William Holden, and introducing Betty Hutton.
This was the last film directed by Victor Schertzinger, who also wrote two songs for the film which a now jazz standards; Tangerine and I Remember You. I still play those songs.
Johnny Apollo is a fine film and one I enjoy since the role for Power is gritty and somewhat unique for him. Of course years later he would play a dark character in Nightmare Alley.
As for Lamour; Have you seen Manhandled (1949)? This is a film noir and Lamour is good in it; The film also features Dan Duryea and Sterling Haydan.
TCM doesn't show the film much but when it does, I recommend it for viewing;
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37 minutes ago, lavenderblue19 said:
James, too bad if you don't like it. The poster was already corrected. He/she spelled Osborne incorrectly, there is no U in Osborne. They spelled it again with a U a 2nd time. What's to be confused about? Once was bad enough, but again in just a few hours, Not good.
I don't see where they posted the misspelling twice (clearly not at this thread). In addition they are a newbie (total 38 post), and someone already corrected them.
But hey, if doing what you do gives you kicks go for it!
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3 minutes ago, Herman Bricks said:
I became an Anna Lee fan after reading director Samuel Fuller's story about her in his autobio...
Fuller was a US Army Infantryman in WWII, his unit, after months spent fighting to survive in Libya and Sicily finally got to see a USO show... one of the stars was Anna Lee (the prettiest person or thing they'd seen in months). Ms Lee took the stage awkwardly... "I don't sing or dance...What do you want me to do?"
Fuller and the troops: "JUST STAND THERE!!!!" as they showered her with cheers.
Fuller directed Ms. Lee some years in THE CRIMSON KIMONO (1959). For anyone who hasn't seen it, if you like the style of Fuller's PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET, or if you like your film noir with a socially relevant and realistic edge... this is a good one to watch.
Big fan of The Crimson Kimono which has been discussed on the Noir Alley thread since it was shown as part of the series. One reason I like the film is the setting; My mom is Japanese and my American father and her settled in the L.A. area in the late 50s. Mom and I used to go to Little Tokyo during the late 60s and I recognized some of the locations in the film. E.g. we went to the Buddhist temple featured in the film a few times a year.
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41 minutes ago, TopBilled said:
Are you asking people of a certain generation...or all ages?
All ages. I just meet very few people that watch American Studio-era films and thus are aware of the actors from that era.
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Miss Hollyway in The Uninvited (1944), and Mrs. Danvers in Rebecca.
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Janis Carter in Night Editor:
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11 minutes ago, reneex said:
Sadly forgotten today, the beautiful and talented Debra Paget became Elvis Presley's first leading lady in the Western classic, Love Me Tender. Her most signature role was in the star studded 1956, block buster feature, The Ten Commandments.
Sadly 99% of the actors of the American Studio Era are forgotten by 99% of the general public. Also those actors that are iconic are typically so unrelated to their films.
E.g. when someone comes to my home and see the pictures of the actors from this era, and I ask them who they know; only a few know Audrey Hepburn, but when I ask them if they have seen their films, most have not. They know Hepburn since she is a fashion icon. Most ask "where is Marilyn Monroe"; They are surprised I don't have a picture of her (I'm not much of a fan), since that is the one actress they know, but when I ask them what films they like,,,, I just get a blank stare.
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Moose Malloy
in Film Noir--Gangster
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Ward Bond as Moose Malloy, the character from the novel Farwell, My Lovely: I only know two movie versions, Murder My Sweet, with Mizurki as Malloy, and Farwell, My Lovely (1975), with Mitchum as Marlowe and Jack O'Halloran as Malloy.
PS: I edited this since I did find the film: The Falcon Takes Over (1942), which is very loosely based on the novel. Bond did play Malloy as you said.