ElCid
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2 hours ago, cigarjoe said:
It's that sub genre of Noir reffered by the French as a Film Soleil, one of the sunbaked, desert/tropical noirs. In a typical noir it's what you can't see in the shadows can kill you, in a Film Soleil, everything you see can kill you.
Bad Day at Black Rock has alienated and obsessed individuals, and a femme fatale, and Tracy is a sort of detective, no?
Other desert/tropical based Film Soleil are Inferno, The Wages of Fear, Ace In The Hole, a lot of Detour,
Border Incident, The Bribe, Hell's Half Acre, Highway Dragnet, The Hitch-Hiker, Jeopardy, Johnny Stool Pigeon, Key Largo, A Kiss Before Dying, Touch Of Evil, and probably a few more.
.I don't see Anne Francis as a femme fatale in Black Rock.
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11 minutes ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
Thank you, honestly I've been posting as a way to try and keep watching the film. I've been tempted to turn it off several times. The lack of acting is really starting to **** me off.
i'm starting to wonder if you extinguished a lit cigarette on Robert Taylor's hand, whether or not he would've reacted or even noticed.
Never understood how people can watch a movie and post to websites at the same time. I sure can't do it.
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4 hours ago, Sepiatone said:
I'd still say GOLDFINGER's "greatness" comes from it's being so novel a movie( in those times) and the fact that the novelty resulted in enough box office revenue to keep movie moguls interested enough to keep the character and the franchise going in spite of long having run out of original Fleming Bond material.
Oh, sure..... I still like it, and will always hold it in fond remembrance, but "best" is STILL a matter of subjective opinion
Sepiatone
What then do you consider to be the "best" Bond movie?
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48 minutes ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK is also a great example (my favorite?) of color noir.
Never considered Bad Day at Black Rock as being Noir, but what do I know.
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2 hours ago, Looney said:
I shall bare my soul to you now.
I have an invitation to a huge 4th of July party tonight. I am seriously considering, despite the fact that I can watch it tomorrow morning, skipping the party so I don't miss Noir Alley tonight. I don't even know that I will like the movie, but Noir Alley has become a Saturday night tradition for me these last several weeks and I don't want to miss it. That sounds soooo pathetic, but it is true. (Truth be told last year's party wasn't that great, but the hosts are interesting people and I haven't seen them since last year.)
So what would YOU do?
1. Party = A few hundred people, fireworks, food, and "Fun"?
2. Noir Alley = Snacks, Solitude, and a movie I've never seen?
A 4th of July party on July 7th? Actually it will be an Independence Day party.
Regardless, Noir Alley repeats at 10:00 AM ET on Sundays.
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22 hours ago, misswonderly3 said:
So only cmovieviewer and Lawrence interested in The City That Never Sleeps ? (thanks, you two.) Sometimes I wonder why I bother.
I vaguely remember having seen the movie, but was not impressed at the time. Interestingly I now know who Mala Powers is due to her five appearances on the Perry Mason TV series. Have the DVD's and watch them fairly often.
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Dr. No was the first Bopnd movie I saw
1 hour ago, Sepiatone said:There may be many in agreement with that claim about GOLDFINGER because sentimentally, it's remembered as the first Bond film many of us ever actually saw. I know it was the first one I ever saw, but after over the years finally seeing most of the Bond films, I'd have to say.....
Dr. No was the first Bond movie I saw. I also read all the Bond books after that viewing. Still have a couple in hardback.
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4 minutes ago, Det Jim McLeod said:
Ursula Andress will always be most stunning of the Bond girls.
Or Ursala Undress as Phyllis Diller called her.
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While I enjoy the Moore ones, they are far more humorous than others. Never liked Pierce Brosnan and have seen his Bond movies, but don't like them.
Daniel Craig does well, but the "new" Bond movies are different from the earlier ones. Of course, everything is and movie making has changed.
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2 hours ago, slaytonf said:
Whatever the uncertain worth of Le Douxième Souffle (1966), there's no doubt about the 1966 Dodge Dart in it:
My father's favorite car was his 1965 Dodge Dart sedan. It was a demonstrator and closest he ever came to owning a new car. The Slant Six engine was bulletproof. He began with a used 32 Chevy.
The Dart replaced the Dodge Lancer which was a Plymouth Valiant clone.There were Dodge Darts from 60 to 62, but they were almost full-size cars. The 63 and later versions were "compact" cars.
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My favorite (and only Bond DVD I own) is From Russia With Love. I think I read somewhere that this was Sean Connery's favorite of the ones he made. Would have to say though that Goldfinger is probably the best one made. I remember serving at Ft. Knox, KY and it is interesting comparing my knowledge of it to the movie. Don't know about now, but used to be able to just drive on the post and down the road in front of the depository.
No doubt, Connery was the best Bond, but then he defined the role.
Ironic that so many of the cable channels show Bond movie marathons, especially the Connery through Roger Moore ones.
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Arpirose: Why are you confused by my post?
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Try watching FX Movies. They are the closest to TCM concept in the 3:00 AM to 3:00 PM time frame. Usually older movies shown uncut and without interruption. However, they show them over and over and over. They have a very limited number compared to TCM.
As for the 501c(3), I have been in a couple of non-profits. Very complicated and probably not where you want to go with an "old movie" channel. There would never be enough financial support. I think they are already doing many of the things you recommended or supporting the groups that do.
Buy some wine and support TCM!
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Maybe it is time to move this discussion to the section on Film Noir and Gangsters and return to discussing Noir Alley here?
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19 hours ago, arpirose said:
THE CID
Charles McGraw and Marie Windsor are very good actors. As good as Richard Basehart for sure. I have always found both He Walked By Night and Richard Basehart kind of boring. Although he did OK in Tension.
YOU ARE SO WRONG ABOUT BASEHART.
As I said, I find him boring. How can I be wrong about my own findings?
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15 hours ago, misswonderly3 said:
(facepalm) It's not a damn noir !
Do not recall having seen 10 Rillington Place, but did read the description on Wikipedia. Agree, it is not a Noir.
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2 minutes ago, hamradio said:
The site has a compromise, by default one don't see Kyle Kerstsen's billboard unless you move your mouse over it. There does seem to be an annoying bug with his name popping through the Notification list.
Just signed out and in. I can type in my screen name, but when I drop pointer down to enter password, the Kyle Kersten billboard pops up and prevents me from typing it in unless I move the pointer several spaces over to the left. As you said it also pops through the notification list.
Which begs the question, where is it supposed to be since it is hidden most of the time? Also, why is it hidden at all? Almost as if creator intentionally designed it to be annoying. Not much of a tribute to someone.
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I have repeatedly requested that the administrators remove Kyle Kerstsen's billboard from the site. I am sure he made a lot of good contributions, but why select one person out of all those who have contributed to this forum and TCM?
It is also very annoying to have it pop up and block you from typing in password or accessing other information.
While I am complaining and (POing a lot of people), maybe it is time to remove Robert Osborne's thread as a pinned one at the beginning of General Discussions? He made major contributions to TCM and old movies in general, but time to move on or let the thread move as others do.
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Charles McGraw and Marie Windsor are very good actors. As good as Richard Basehart for sure. I have always found both He Walked By Night and Richard Basehart kind of boring. Although he did OK in Tension.
As for the final scene, it is very appropriate for this type movie. Well directed, well acted, well written, well photographed. What more can you say.
And no movie, book or TV show related to this genre is true to the facts. All of them are written based on the writer's viewpoints.
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1 hour ago, TopBilled said:
Do you think it's really an obsession, or just that they are going with titles in the Turner library?
I think it is an obsession. I am sure they have a lot of titles from other wars-there have been so many. If you are talking about Independence Day, there must be at least enough in the library that relate more closely to the Revolution and/or declaring independence.
Look back at Memorial Day and note the number of WW II movies v. movies from all other conflicts. The last M. Day was a 3 day event on TCM and still it was probably close to 90% WW II movies.
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2 hours ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
Thanks for the info, and good God I hope Barbara Hale wasn't also there.
But was Raymond Burr?
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From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Talman_(actor)
Talman was fired from Perry Mason for a short period in 1960. Sheriff's deputies, suspicious of marijuana use, raided a party on March 13, 1960, in a private home in Beverly Hills at which Talman was a guest.[8] The deputies reported finding Talman and seven other defendants either nude or seminude. All were arrested for possession of marijuana (which was later dropped) and lewd vagrancy, but municipal judge Adolph Alexander dismissed the lewd vagrancy charges against Talman and the others on June 17 for lack of proof. "I don’t approve of their conduct," the judge ruled, "but it is not for you and me to approve but to enforce the statutes."[9] Despite this Talman was fired by CBS which refused to give a reason.[10][note 1][11] Talman was later rehired after Perry Mason producer Gail Patrick Jackson made a request to CBS following a massive letter-writing campaign by viewers.[12]
I remember the episodes where Talman was absent, but always thought it was some type of medical treatment.
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July 4th is primarily movies about early American history, but with two (three?) WW II movies thrown in. No movies from any other wars after 1781. When will TCM get over its obsession with WW II?
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23 minutes ago, Vautrin said:
Armored Car Robbery sounds like one of those movies I might have already seen,
but can't be sure until I see the first few minutes of it. At least it gives some
indication of what the movie is about, unlike such one word noir titles as Framed,
Pitfall, Impact, Jigsaw, Manhandled, etc., etc. And being only 68 minutes long,
you don't really care if it isn't great.
I looked it up on Wiki and I know I've seen it, but don't remember it very well. Will have to watch it.
Oh, sure..... I still like it, and will always hold it in fond remembrance, but "best" is STILL a matter of subjective opinion
I have an invitation to a huge 4th of July party tonight. I am seriously considering, despite the fact that I can watch it tomorrow morning, skipping the party so I don't miss Noir Alley tonight. I don't even know that I will like the movie, but Noir Alley has become a Saturday night tradition for me these last several weeks and I don't want to miss it. That sounds soooo pathetic, but it is true. (Truth be told last year's party wasn't that great, but the hosts are interesting people and I haven't seen them since last year.)
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Maybe, but I just don't see her as luring him as much as fooling him. A guy could have done the same thing. Guess part of it is I just don't see Francis as a strong type in the role.
Francis was manipulated and I see femme fatales as being the manipulators or at least being much more active in the manipulating.