ElCid
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2 minutes ago, cigarjoe said:
I also noticed the stock footage of the approaching train that was used by Fleischer again in The Narrow Margin opening credits.
I was going to point that out when I saw it, but forgot to. Maybe amnesia is contagious from good "B" movies? Also another scene which clearly shows and Pennsylvania Railroad engine on California train.
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Can't recall the name of the movie and looked in Wiki, but doesn't jump out at me. She played the younger sister in a mystery movie who became involved with a "bad" guy. Her brother tried to break them up.
I wonder if her height and perennial youthful looks kept her from getting more serious, more mature roles.
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3 hours ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
I need to refill my coffee,but if I go to the kitchen, I know I'll miss something.
That's why I record the Midnight showing. Also, enables rewinding to check something out.
This is what I call a good, tight movie. No wasted motions. Somewhat akin to old 30 minute TV shows.
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I've watched A Lady Without Passport several times primarily for Hedy Lamarr. As you note, the Havana settings and the story itself make for a very interesting movie.
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2 hours ago, CaveGirl said:
You called that one, Lorna!
Nowadays they would have Rosie O'Donnell play her in the films.God, I hope not. Jean Rasey did George very well in the TV series (77-79).
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2 hours ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
I HAD FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT GEORGE!
(the Peppermint Patty before there was a Peppermint Patty)
While George was not in the movies, she had a prominent role in the Nancy Drew TV series with Pamela Sue Martin, 77-79. This was a series with Nancy Drew one Week and the Hardy Boys the other. Eventually the Hardy Boys (mostly lame-O Shaun Cassidy) became the series with Nancy dropping in occasionally.
Interestingly, the DVD set of Season One includes Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys, but the actual DVD's are separated into ND and HB although the shows alternated each week.
Granville was about 16 at the time the movies were made and this was Nancy Drew's approximate age in the books. Pamela Sue Martin was older and played it as an older Nancy.
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2 hours ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
ME EITHER.
And most of the War Movies I like have nothing to do with American Wars, and thus don't qualify for Memorial Day.
I'm really racking my brain for any
WWI/WWII/Korean/Vietnam/Gulf War 1 & 2 films that I like a lot...and not coming up with anything immediate.Probably because TCM does not show them. I think there are about 100, 50 at least, movies about Vietnam War or period leading up to it. 9 million people served in military during the Vietnam War and 2.7 million served in Vietnam (9.7% of the generation). That does not add in the relatives and others back home.
Try and find Go Tell the Spartans with Burt Lancaster. My favorite Vietnam War movie. It is about the early period when we were rapidly increasing the numbers or "advisers."
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8 minutes ago, Moorman said:
That may be the simple answer. Either its that simple or I'm overthinking this. My feeling is that Doc, knowing he got caught up in the moment, was asking the cops from the frame of reference of " how long was I caught up in my trance?" Its as if he didn't really care about getting caught as much as he wanted to know how long he had gotten caught up in that trance. I could be totally wrong and you could be totally right. Its just the way I took that scene.
I may not be right, but I think sometimes people tend to read things into movies, TV shows and books that the writers, directors and so forth never intended. This may be especially true of Film Noir movies.
Not saying you are doing this, just that your post brought it to my mind.
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45 minutes ago, Moorman said:
I asked this question on another forum and I'm gonna ask it here also. Why did Doc ask the cops " How long have yall been standing there?" when they apparently had been looking at him thru the diner window before arresting him? I have my opinion but wanted others.
He was wondering if he had left when he should have, would they have caught him. Answer: No. However, he chose to stay and oogling the dancing girl and paying for the music. Giving the cops time to get there.
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On 5/18/2018 at 1:12 PM, spence said:
I may have written abut this superlative topic before, but it's been over 22yrs I think
Next to *Sinatra, my overall favs within the MUSIC are motion picture scores!
AGAIN, I TRULY HOPE W/OWN CANDIDATES THIUS TIME (Part #1)
In 2006 AFI-(American Film Institute) (est 1967-) had a very lowkey "100 Years Special," at"The Hollywood Bowl" & conducted by *J. Williams AFI only voted on the top 25 though here Titled "100yrs of Movie Music"
It's winner was "SW" (l977) (*John Williams)
2. *GWTW" (l939-Selsznick/MGM) (Max Steiner-(my pick as all-time greatest composer!)
3. *"Lawrence of Arabia" (l962) (*Maurice Jarre)
4. "Psycho" (l960-Paramount) (Bernhard Herrman)
5th place by AFI *"GFI" (l972) (Carmine Coppola & Nino Rota)
6. "Laura" (l944-Paramount) (David Raksin)
7. "Jaws" (l975) (*J. Williams)
8. "The Magnificent Seven" (1960) (Elmer Bernstein)
9. "Chinatown" (l974) (JerryGoldsmith)
& 10th place in voting "High Noon" (l952-UA) (*Dimitri Tiomkin)
(TRIVIA: had both *Spielberg & *J. Williams on before & *Spielberg voted "Vertigo" & *Williams chooses "*Waterfroint"
VS. my own top ten:
(tie) "Once Upon a Time in the West" (l969) (*Ennio Morricone) & 1984's "0nce Upon a Time in America" (*Morricone again)
2. "East of Eden" (955) (Leonard Rosenman)
3. "Modern Times" (l936-UA) (due to Chaplin composing the number "Smile")
4. "Jaws"
5th favourite of mine "Giant" (l956) (*Tiomkin)
6. *"GFI"& GFII" (l972 & 1984)
7. *"0n the Waterfront"
8. *"0ut of Africa" (l985) (*JohnBarry)
9. "Somewhere In Time" (l980) (*J. Barry)
& 10th fav "The Quiet Man" (l952-Republic)
THANKS & FEEL FREE TO COMMENT OF COURSE
Please do not use abbreviations for first time mention of a movie title. While I believe that GWTW is Gone With the Wind, have no idea what SW, GF I and GF II are.
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7 minutes ago, Bogie56 said:
Friday, May 25
8 p.m. The Guns of Navarone (1961). Solid WWII action film with an all star cast. From the Alastair MacLean novel.
A good movie, but like a lot of others, once you have seen it, it is way too long to watch again.
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Came across the below list of best cult movies about Vietnam. I heartily recommend Go Tell the Spartans with Burt Lancaster.
As usual, TCM is not showing any Vietnam War movies on the three day Memorial Day event. Even though movies about the war and foundations go back to the early 50's.
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What does it mean?Been getting this for last few days and unable to access the Most Recent Posts tab. Have no idea what AdminCP is. [[Template core/front/global/tcmTabBar is throwing an error. This theme may be out of date. Run the support tool in the AdminCP to restore the default theme.]]
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Tuesday, May 22: Four Nancy Drew movies beginning at 8:00 PM. Two shorts intermixed. These are really good, entertaining movies. Too bad Bonita Granville did not make more. My favorite is Troubleshooter.
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2 hours ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
the FILTH D'JOUR coming up this Sat/Sun is CRIME WAVE (1954) with STERLING HAYDEN and TIMOTHY CAREY at his TIMOTHY CAREY-EST.
I remember seeing this and really liking it an awful lot a looong time ago (maybe even as a pick of Osborne's?), but i don't remember much else about it.
(yes, i'm officially Old now.)
Also stars Phyllis Kirk who played Nora Charles in The Thin Man TV series with Peter Lawford. Probably one of few actresses buried in Arlington National Cemetery with her husband, Warren Bush.
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35 minutes ago, cmovieviewer said:
I see now that one advantage of an imperfect memory is that you can enjoy movies almost as a first-time viewing more than once. ?
Works for books too.
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Been wondering the same thing. What gets me is that every time I go to login, if I do not place the pointer precisely in the box, I get the little "billboard" Remembering Kyle Kersten. No offense, but shouldn't this automatic notification be removed? It isn't done for anybody else, not even Robert Osborne.
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Surprised A League of Their Own isn't showing up. Another of my favorite movies. I am opposed to boxing and any movies/TV shows about boxing. It is not a sport.
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2 hours ago, jimmymac71 said:
I was not in the military, and my eyesight was the biggest reason. I respect our men and women in uniform. Like anyone else, I hate to see innocent lives lost, but that is war. Kind of like Classical Music, I can handle war movies in small doses. I come from the old days in radio when a disc jockey could actually decide what to play. While I don't suggest TCM does that, I don't like this constant theme stuff. In radio, we had the best songs for our format. All the songs were winners. Same goes for TCM. We like some stuff and not others, but the films are pretty much all good, if not great. My opinion, and perhaps I'm alone here, segue a couple of movies that go well together, but don't spend all day doing that. "That's My Story And I'm Stickin' To It."
Actually I dislike marathons, be they movies or TV series. Some channels now show 10-15 shows from one TV series in a row. Boring after 2 or 3. Same for movies. Tomorrow on TCM it's Andy Hardy on and on and on. Particularly bad since I don't like Andy Hardy at all.
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1 hour ago, TopBilled said:
My favorite sports movies:
5. MAN'S FAVORITE SPORT? (1964)One of my favorite movies, but I never thought of it as a sports movie. Of course, fishing is a sport.
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11 minutes ago, Dargo said:
Your thoughts here Cid bring to mind how it presently seems(YEP, I'm gonna just come right out and say it here) that every person who is in active military service is now called "a hero" by many and in the media.
(...and is something that my WWII veteran father, who btw served in Patton's Third Armored Division in the North African, Sicily, Italy campaigns and The Battle of the Bulge, would have scoffed at being called)
Over 26 years in the Army and I met a lot of people who were anything but heroes. Also a lot who were or came close, but would have refused the designation. I am not a hero. While all did make sacrifices to some extent or another, that doesn't make them a "hero."
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I like Bull Durham, but then it is set in area near where I live. Still a good movie regardless of where it is set.
I think Kevin Costner's best movies are the ones where round balls figure into it.
Tried to find this list, but apparently there are hundreds of different Best or Top XXX sports movies. Regardless, impossible to determine a best as so many are different categories to begin with. Dramas, comedies, biographical, inspirational, etc.
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3 minutes ago, Dargo said:
True, quite often.
However, in the case of High Noon, one of its attributes and a reason it is so highly regarded is because it steers clear of being didactic.
(...hence my use of the word "subtly" in an earlier post of mine to you)
Until I joined this site, I never realized that High Noon had a moralistic or political message. Just thought it was a really good movie. Probably true about a lot of movies I enjoy.
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Just now, FilmSnob said:
I have to say that I may be on the younger side around here, my adult experience doesn't even extend back to the Gulf War. I'm only familiar with the political climate since then, which has been extraordinarily pro military. But as you said, sometimes people just go through the motions.
I can certainly appreciate the other side though, and think it was a shame what happened to Vietnam Vets during and after that war.
For reference, I served in Vietnam and the Gulf during those wars and retired from the Army. So, I have seen the full range of support vs. non-support vs. outright opposition.
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Noir Alley
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It does resurface on TV periodically. One of the Hallmark channels used to show it before they made about a million rom/com/mysteries. They are available on DVD. The PM movies are very good, but not quite as good as the original 60 minute B&W TV shows. But then, I'm not as good as I used to be either.
Ironically, the PM movies were set in Denver for some reason. Probably more state money available.