alix1929
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Thanks for the Warren William day. He deserves to be rediscovered.
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I enjoy very much watching to see what the cast & crew were able to "get away with." Knowing the Code's restrictions, I sometimes drop my jaw in amazement. I'm so glad that when these movies were re-released, the film studios kept their cut footage, so that people like me in 2005 can see the same film their grandparents saw.
BTW...sort of blows my mind to know Grandma & Grandpa probably liked and saw the same movies I do!
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I like the Rudy character a lot, but adore Pepe! What a funny guy he is, a real wisecracker.
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I enjoy silents with a musical score probably more that just a silent movie, but I'll tell you what makes me want to turn it off--organ scores! I finally had to shut off the sound from CAT & THE CANARY because my version had a weezy sounding organ. I know that many theatres in the 20's actually did have organs, so perhaps I'd enjoy it more if I was there in person.
Organ music lovers--accept my apologies.
I don't think I've ever heard an organ score on TCM.
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I certainly do! I'll have to mosey on over to Ebay & see what I can rustle up.
Did you read the Haines biography that came out a few years back? I enjoyed it, and thought it was well written. I thought the bio on tv (AMC, maybe?) was cheesy, and didn't do his talent justice.
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I'm watching my copy of THE HEIRESS as I type this. I was wondering whether people feel that Morris was a cad interested only in her money from the very beginning, or did he become interested in that later?
Montgomery Clift was very good, by the way, as Morris.
What do you think??
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Ohmygosh! I can't wait! I absolutely love beautiful Kay. She was so awesome in those outstanding costumes in her pre-Codes. I enjoy it when TCM programs a "Kay Francis" day, because I get to see so many of her movies all in one day.
Definitely, she is a star who deserves recognition.
Thanks for the heads up on the book. Is it available at Barnes & Noble, Amazon or Borders??
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Uh...I did tell my kids FRANKENSTEIN & DRACULA were classics. I guess they just ignored me (imagine that!)
The ending suggested where they drive to San Francisco and see the birds on the bridge is awesome! Too bad they opted for an "upbeat ending." Actually, the ending wasn't very upbeat at all! Who really knows what would happen to those poor people. It was a topic of conversation at my home for days.
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OOOps! I didn't mean to say THE PATSY with Marion Davies, but SHOW PEOPLE! Gosh, what was I thinking.
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Adding sound to silents is like colorizing black & white movies.
...and that isn't good!
Roy, what name did you use to post under? I also have been on the boards (forever) and remember when TCM shut it down. I used "Alix"
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Was Crawford in this one? Just kidding--I get so distracted with Novarro onscreen. But of course, count me biased, because I think Novarro was a real screen ****. (Actually, Crawford wasn't bad either!)
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I like DOWNSTAIRS. It's a hard, dark, nasty film, but I enjoyed it anyway. Gilbert was terrific, and had no discernable problems that I could see.
I've always thought "someone" had it in for him. Don't know why, except for the old standby--he was an expensive star who wasn't turning a profit.
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Of course I remember you! Ah, for the good old days, when the silent & pre-Code threads were active. I think that was before they were buried in the "Genre Forums" section.
Are Haines films available from a studio release, or from a private collector? I have TELL IT TO THE MARINES, SHOW PEOPLE, and a couple of his early 30's films, but have looked and looked for BROWN OF HARVARD. I understand his WAY OUT WEST is being shown this fall, sometime.
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Harold Lloyd's films are an excellent suggestion.
THE PATSY with Marion Davies is also cute.
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...and when it does return, PLEASE show us some new movies! Perhaps something with Norma Shearer, Doug Fairbanks, Sr., Marion Davies (THE RED MILL??), Joan Crawford (SALLY IRENE & MARY)...
I've heard it said here that TCM owns many, many silents, but they don't have scores. Okay, let's pay some college seniors some $$ and get them scored. Please, oh please, don't let them languish in the vaults. Heck even no music would be okay, if we could see something new.
Oh yeah, I adore silents!
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Herbert Marshall & James Stewart
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Edna May!
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Don't know if the Mae West rumor is true, but I heard/read it too. I think his first movie was one with Mae starring, THIS IS THE NIGHT, or something like that.
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I absolutely LOVE Norma's pre-Codes. I enjoy THE DIVORCEE, and think Norma was not only extremely attractive but acted well.
I also like the chemistry with she & Gable in A FREE SOUL. "Come on...put 'em around me." Wow, it just doesn't get sexier than that!
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Several years ago for Halloween I planned ahead and taped "The Birds," and "The Thing from Another Planet," off TCM. Then on Halloween we carved pumpkins, put them in the family room & lit the candles inside, popped popcorn and watched these movies. My kids, who of course had never seen these, LOVED them. In fact, my oldest still rates scary movies off of these two classics! They debated for a long time, what happened after "The Birds" ended--did the birds attack, did they leave, or what??
However the next year I taped the Lugosi version of "Dracula" and "Frankenstein" and they thought they were both boring and stupid.
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OOOPS! I also like the "But cha ARE in the chair, Blanche" too.
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My favorite is from GWTW, and I think Pork said it when Scarlett told him she was going to ask Ashley for the money to pay taxes on Tara:
"Askin' ain't gettin'"
Another favorite from Blazing Saddles:
"What in the wide, wide world of sports is a goin'on here?"
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Censorship is not cool, especially in movies this old. Editing classic movies to make them "acceptable" for 2005 audiences is not cool either.
I always feel, a viewer should know what's being shown, and avoid it like the plague if it offends you.
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I loved, loved, LOVED the original version! As a kid I found it cool and a little bit on the edge.
However, I did enjoy very much the Depp version. I thought the stuff w/his dad was not interesting or needed. Childishly, I enjoyed the new Oompa Loompas. What a scream!
Lowell Sherman
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Absolutely, I agree! I've also seen him in the 1928 silent film A LADY OF CHANCE w/Norma Shearer, THE GREEKS HAD A WORD FOR THEM, with Joan Blondell & Ina Claire, and the fabulous WHAT PRICE HOLLYWOOD with Constance Bennett. He never disappoints--and what a pity his career was cut short.
Incidentially, I love the scene in WHAT PRICE HOLLYWOOD where he stands at the mirror, all washed up & drunk, and strikes the match...and sees himself for what he really is. It is a scene that rivals the Barrymore scene in DINNER AT EIGHT.
I'm wondering for which studio he worked? If it's MGM, then it'd be wonderful to see more of his work. If it's Universal or Paramount, I'm afraid we may be disappointed.