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Well, you guessed right, but not right away.

"If you want anything done in this country, you've got to complain about it until you are blue in the face!" John Cleese The Dead Parrot Sketch The only thing that happens more frequently on these Message Boards than threads going off topic is people complaning about it---which, if you think about it, is no mean feat.

Whew! At least this one won't be guessed right away.

I love Alec Guinness' accent, the way he rounds off his "r"s. And the deep focus. It's a great pleasure to watch a well-crafted film. To see a plot well constructed, a script well written, the performances professional and polished, with no clumsy over playing or belaboring, just enough emphasis to make the characters stand out and give the movie life.

There are, no doubt, lots of things in the movie to like, and the ending is a real cliffhanger. But overall the movie lacks a certain, what?, cohesiveness, verve. Even the chase sequence, which is so heralded, doesn't have the energy and intensity you would want to see. As I said, it is always entertaining to see Michael Caine work, and Noel Coward plays his part with his customary effortless aplomb.

>per Dobbs: >I figured the guy to be in a French type film, in the 1930s That's what prompted me to use the pic. I imagined people getting tangled up guessing all sorts of French actors. You can imagine how demoralizing it was to have someone toss off the name as easy as the date.

No asissts. It's a harsh world. If you don't like it, complain the the authorities. However, you do provide me with and opening for: ]

Don't Hold your breath. Are you holding your breath? MIchael Caine does his usual best, but even he is unable to lift this film above its level. Nice theme song, though. Lilting, romantic.

TCM often gets caught off guard. They almost missed Elizabeth Taylor. Fortunately, they must have had something already made up for her that could be tacked on to the end of her Remembers segment. It's inconsiderate of people to die at inconvenient times. I agree they should do it in January, but TCM must be doing it in December to match the year-end feeling of nostalgia going on, and that seems to be more important than completeness. That's when all the other reviews and sum-ups are done, anyway. January is the time for beginning, after all, and TCM may not feel it appropriate to be looking back.

Hey, you're not so bad! You guessed her! It's Susannah York. So you see, I don't repeat that soon.

I don't repeat people that soon.

You mean one of thos quirts of the message boards.

Nnnope.

Aaaaah! I'm going to sulk for a while. Oh, yeah. That's her.

You got her, Fred. Now get her: ]

Wha-? How? Well, you got him. I know this will take longer: ]

Those readers and posters who have an interest can find the origin of the sub-discussion about cars by taking the small effort of paging back and reading through the posts. It arose from another sub-discussion about the movie How to Steal a Million. It is my belief that sub-discussions arise, in this thread at least, because people have lost interest in it.

Zorro was great! Thanks, TCM!

Oh, stop talking and start guessing: ]

It was on Monday, July 4, 2011 Tuesday, January 12, 2012 Thursday, November 9, 2012 At least. And in all those airings, I managed not to record it even once.

Left! Left! No, no right! Straitght! Straight! Watcht out!

If that's her, who's this?: ]

From Dictionary.com: noun 1. a riding whip consisting of a short, stout stock and a lash of braided leather. Origin: 1835?45, Americanism; perhaps < Spanish cuerda cord Glad to know you also like this little charmer of a movie.

Von Stroheim.

Perhaps you're mixing things up. What was the story of your Paget/Chandler Pagan Love Song? Was it different from the Paget/Chandler Bird of Paradise?