ElCid
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I don't watch movies where dogs or cats are abused or killed or where animals are abused. Don't read books that have them for same reason. So I didn't watch the movie based on the description of what was going to happen.
I did enjoy the Robin Hood Trail even though I am not a Roy Rogers fan. Not a Noir, but was mentioned above.
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Long ago I proposed that the Academy wait 24-36 months before voting on Academy Awards. This would let the dust, politics, over blown advertising, etc. tamper down.
As for The Greatest Show on Earth, I purchased the DVD years ago as it was a good deal. Not a bad movie, but not a great one either. Although supposedly a train movie, it isn't much of one. Although there are some interesting train type scenes.
As for the other 1952 nominees, High Noon is the best by far. Although it is not one of my favorites and haven't watched it in years. I think it suffers next to TGSOE because it is very slow paced and tends to drag a lot. The other nominees are on my never watch again because did not like them the first time.
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58 minutes ago, Janet0312 said:
TLFT - not a bad flick, but I thought Dan Duryea was wimpy in this one. Not his usual cruel self. He practically let that woman walk all over him.
I didn't see it that way. Duryea was interested in getting his money back and he was being agreeable to anything that might make that happen. If he made Scott mad and she ran off with the money or something else, he would have nothing.
He seemed to apply appropriate pressure and "cruelity" where applicable.
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On 8/25/2018 at 2:37 PM, rosebette said:
I could get political and express my hope that she keeps the Supreme Court busy so that they don't render any catastrophic decisions on other issues!
That is the only merit to this case. Actually it is a waste of the court's time for such foolishness. If she loses (and she would), she needs to pay all court and other costs.
My wife and I watched the series and she follows this type showing more closely than I do. She barely remembers the parts with Olivia de Haviland character.
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This is not a Noir Alley topic as such, but watching Too Late for Tears reminded me of it.
During WW II, women's dress lengths were shortened to about the knee. Supposedly to save cloth to make uniforms and so forth. Quickly after the war the dress designers and textile industry decided that the length should be down to the ankles almost. This meant the prior fashions were out of date.
This is not a big thing as the designers, clothing manufacturers and textile industry have done this many, many time. But, what I found curious while watching TLFT was how really long Scott's dresses were. They also appeared to be made of heavy cloth and must have weighed a lot. The women's dresses probably weighed more than a man's wool suit.
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12 hours ago, GC419 said:
Just checking. Is there any reason why Eddie Muller didn't mention that "Too Late for Tears" is "Killer Bait" with a different title? And if he did mention it and I missed it, did he give the back story? If he gave the back story, will someone let me in on it? If he didn't give the back story, will he let me in on it?
As I recall, the title was changed when it was shown in foreign countries. Also when the producer sold the rights to another production company in US. I think that is when it became Killer Bait. Actually that may be the company that was releasing it in foreign countries.
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Too Late for Tears. Another good movie with a good cast and story. The new version is far better than the DVD I purchased years ago as part of a set. Thank you Film Noir Foundation and UCLA.
As usual the back stories from Muller were entertaining and informative.
My favorite Lizabeth Scott movie is Two of A Kind. Although Dead Reckoning and The Strange Love of Martha Ivers are close seconds. She had lots of good roles and played them well.
Dan Duryea always delivered good performances. He did a couple of Route 66 TV episodes which I frequently re-watch. He is the lead guest star in both and justifiably so delivering very good performances.
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17 hours ago, jamesjazzguitar said:
Most of the time I find [Cid's] TCM's 'genre' classifications to be lame. I could site many examples,
Please do.
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Sat Midnight: Too Late for Tears; Sunday 10 AM Too Late for Tears followed at Noon by Out of the Past.
Interesting that TCM schedule classifies TLFT as crime drama and OOTP as mystery - or vice versa.
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Christmas in Connecticut (8:15 Sunday) and It Happened on Fifth Ave. (8:00 PM Sunday) are coming up. Connecticut is far better, but Fifth Ave. is fairly entertaining even if a bit syrupy.
And for Noir fans, Too Late for Tears followed by Out of the Past. 10AM and 12 PM on Sunday. Tears also on Sat night at midnight.
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8 hours ago, Ampersand said:
Saturday, December 8th
9:30 a.m. Mandrake, the Magician: Terror Rides the Rails (1939)
Every Saturday morning minus Veteran's Day weekend for the past couple of months with episode 9 ending a few minutes ago in all it's cheesy, narmy glory. Where Mandrake is in dire peril at the end of the obligatory cliffhanger but the preview shows he's completely unscathed from the cliffhanger in question, still hunting for The Wasp, played by ???. Chase well with Popeye.
My wife and I watched the fires few of these. BORING! I remember serials and these are just plain no good. Surely TCM can find better ones. Incidentally, Mandrake does not appear to be in peril at the end of any episode I watched, not as in the other serials of the era.
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One of my interests is trains and I used to be heavily involved in model railroading. Still have a working layout. Just finished placing the large scale train around the Christmas tree and getting it running.
Silver Streak with Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, Richard Prior, etc. is the best train movie in my opinion. They used a Via Rail Canada train, The Canadian, as the Silver Streak. Amtrak has seldom permitted its trains to be used in movies. Although that may be changing.
Both Narrow Margins are good train movies and Narrow Margin (1990) used Via Rail Canada train.
Accommodations came up and a berth is what you see on old trains. Two bunks with curtains in a car full of them. A bedroom in a sleeping car is the more modern version. This is what you saw (sort of) in North by Northwest, Silver Streak, etc. However, those were actually filmed in stage settings where they could make them larger than in real life. There are some other styles of sleeping accommodations out there and I think Via Rail still has the upper and lower berths with curtains.
Murder on the Orient Express was filmed in actual bedrooms, dining cars, lounges, etc. or on sets with the same dimensions. The director wanted to get that closed in or crowded feeling you would get with more than one or two people in a compartment.
If you are into Christmas romance movies, The Christmas Train on Hallmark channel is fairly good as a train movie. Not nearly as good as the book by David Baldaccia, but after all it is a Hallmark movie.
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Always wondered. Obviously you put some time and effort into this, but if anyone is interested in schedules, why not just go to top of screen and click on Schedules?
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Wed, Dec. 5th has lots of mystery and crime with a few shorts thrown in. Maybe not all Noir, but close.
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Wed, Dec. 5th is mostly mystery and crime movies with a few shorts thrown in.
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22 hours ago, kingrat said:
In honor of Philo Vance day. Ogden Nash was not a fan of the Philo Vance mystery novels and wrote the following poem:
"Philo Vance/needs a kick in the pance."
As much as I think I like these type movies, I just can't get into them. Love the Thin Man series, but somehow even The Kennel Case isn't quite that appealing.
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5 minutes ago, Dargo said:
Cid, are you primarily saying this because of the plot twist in this movie, or the thought that Ray Collins seldom played villains in films?
If it might be the latter, then I have to say I seem to recall him playing that sort of character in films more than a few times, although perhaps not quite as often as his old Perry Mason television series co-star Raymond Burr did in the movies and before that series started.
Actually it is both. His character didn't seem to be all that involved until it was revealed he was doing it. Also, I remember him from Perry Mason TV series, but also from other movies where he played nice guys. Don't recall him as the villain.
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20 hours ago, misswonderly3 said:
SPOILERS
All I can say is - anyone agree with me at least on this? -- that Herbert Marshall seems like a candidate to be the film's bad guy throughout much of the film; it's a surprise when you find out he's not (the bad guy), he's a detective. I dunno, I think I wanted him to be the villain.
ps: I do remember this: that the real "bad guy" just did it all because he loved the paintings and coveted the originals, something like that. He wasn't doing it for the money. (or am I wrong about that too? hope not....)
Agree about Herbert Marshall as I also thought he was going to be the villain.
Also, interesting that Ray Collins was the real villain.
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9 hours ago, Dargo said:
Yeeeeah CJ, I suppose there's an outside chance that the paunchy and middle-aged Pat O'Brien MIGHT have been able to actually shimmy all the way down that ship's docking rope and onto that pier without falling into the water.
(...maybe?!)
Much easier to shimmy down than climb up.
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5 hours ago, Bogie56 said:
Tuesday, December 4
8 p.m. Norma Rae (1979). A reminder of the values of a union. Trickle down didn't work for these people.
I grew up in a South Carolina town that had a unionized paper mill. Now live in a small S.C. town that only had textile mills. Huge difference. Of course, the textile mills are all gone now leaving derelict buildings or brown fields, mill hill housing and so forth. Trickle down has never worked.
Regardless, this is a good movie and was filmed in N.C. in a mill town if I remember correctly.
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11 hours ago, cigarjoe said:
The only false note if I remember it right, regarding Crack Up was, in regards to NYC was the trains going into Grand Central Terminal should not have sounded like steam locomotives.
Your later post is correct re: electric locos in NYC.
Muller did mention at the end that the trains were actually stock footage. I recognized the one in the opening sequence as being from Narrow Margin.
There was an interesting little short at the end of the movie on Noir. Robert Mitchum was referred to as the king of Noir (or something like that).
As for Crack Up, I have seen it before and it is OK, but not all that great. I can see why some may have fallen asleep while watching it.
My favorite O'Brien movie is Having a Wonderful Crime with Carole Landis and George Murphy. A light and entertaining mystery-comedy.
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13 hours ago, cigarjoe said:
Check this out......
Wow!
I'll be buying this....
Poor quality film has long been one of the problems with Detour, even on TCM. Never have decided whether I like it enough to buy it or not, but this will be in favor of doing so.
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On 11/29/2018 at 11:27 AM, LawrenceA said:
Just a heads-up that showing that same night at 2:00 AM ET, before I Was a Teenage Serial Killer, is a later film from the same writer-director Sarah Jacobson entitled Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore (1996). It's listed as a drama, so it likely won't be as outrageous, but it may be worth a look. Personally, I had never heard of, let alone seen, either of these, so kudos to TCM for airing some real obscurities.
I watched Serial Killer and about half way through Mary Jane. I'll finish MJ sometime, but so far not impressed at all. SK was especially bad.
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And let's not forget a true classic: The Wonderful World of Tupperware at 4:30 AM early Sat. morning, Dec. 01.
Since TCM seems to be showing a lot of Westerns on Saturday morning, it would be nice if they would show some Gene Autrys. Since StarzEncore Western channel stopped showing them, I really miss them. Not quite enough to buy the DVD's though. Some are pretty good, but some are not so the DVD sets can be a mixed bag.
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Thanks. I read the description on Spectrum Cable's on screen ones. Regardless, I just prefer not to watch even with the idea of what was happening off screen to the dog.