slaytonf
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Is that Nancy Carroll?
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Sound may have added to Tati's movies, but the essential element in his work was visual.
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Jane Powell's no slouch. Though not the elegant type Miss Dunne was, she could sing, act, and dance with the best.
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(How do they do it?) Yes, it's him.
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Because people look to their own benefit and convenience. And if they have the power to enforce wrong and injury on others they will do it, and they will not care about the justness of it.
I know those statements are absolute. There are, and always were good people who knew what was right and were not influenced by contemporary prejudices. And not a few, either. There was, after all, a strong abolitionist movement for many years before the Civil War. And there were many people who worked against slavery, and to benefit and help slaves escape. During the Civil Rights movement (which I hope continues today) many people of all races exposed themselves to danger and suffered, and were even murdered. And these good people were not restricted to one region of the country (unfortunately, the converse is true, as well).
And there are rare, very rare instances in film from the pre-civil rights era that there were people aware of the offensiveness of racism, and gave it the lie. One of my favorite examples is in a James Cagney film, Something to Sing About. His Japanese footman (Philip Ahn) breaks out of his fake pidgin and talks to Cagney in refined english, making the comment in conversation that he was expected to talk in poor English, and would be rejected if he talked otherwise.
I don't justify racism and prejudice in older films (or contemporary ones, either) with the facile excuse that they were just a product of their time. Just as many people knew slavery was wrong, many people knew racism and prejudice were wrong. The examples of that in films are true flaws, and detract from their value. That doesn't mean I don't watch them, or think they shouldn't be shown, or don't enjoy the good parts of them. But I don't minimize the offence, or dismiss it, to enable myself to enjoy watching them.
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Could you ever imagine this man being a king? Any kind of a king?:
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People knew what they were doing was wrong back then, but they went ahead and did it anyway.
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On other types of topics, there is.
Not here or anywhere.
>AndyM108:
>There isn't?
I don't see no tongues (another stereotype of black speak--the double negative).
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Tati--the fourth great silent film comedian. TCM shows all his films periodically, except for his last: Trafic. I eagerly await its airing.
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Unfortunately, there is no effective way to convey a tongue in the cheek on this message board.
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What the poster was saying was that no black in the movies uses "an," which is the standard contemporary stereotype of blacks. They don't shuffle and shuck-and-jive anymore, they say "aks" and don't say "an."
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They sure do look enthused (nnnnzzzz. . . .)
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She was, is a great actress. I was grateful for the films TCM showed of hers when they spotlighted her. I especially liked her performance in The Toy Wife. Painful, yet wonderful to watch her growing realization of her superfluity.
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But will covialent bonds be there?
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Aaaaa! Another of my source sites gone!
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No, her popularity did not derive from her singing or dancing.
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You will not get nearly the same cussing at any plain ole cowboy bar that you would get from sailors. The cussing in The Last Detail was tame as a little Sunday grandmother's quiltmaking chit chat compared to true navy blue. I thought I knew cussing until I hear a pair of sailor buddies going at it. Now I know what they mean by foul-mouthed profanity.
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Please sir, do you have a Victor Moore?
This lady. Wonderful talent. Acting. Singing. Dancing. Underappriciated. Underused. She still made it big:
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Damn! Somebody's found a source of my photos! I was thinking of using that one.
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Your story has become tiresome. Now is the time on Sprockets when we dance.
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Well, the movie is about sailors. And there is nothing legendary about their cussing. TCM has shown movies with the seven little words for many years.
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From the movie Forward to thr Past. Is the last picture you posted Frank Morgan?
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Point for musicalnovelty!
Is this too much like the guy?:
/post.gif]Yeah, I think so, but it looked very unlike him to me.
Oh, that face, that fabulous face. Whose is it?
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Don't think it's Dunne. She didn't make a movie w/Lubitsch.