Bogie56
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Today they would just 'paint' over these things with CGI.
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Monday, July 20
6 p.m. Brainstorm (1983). I recorded this on the TCM HD station when it aired a few weeks ago which was a disaster. After the head credits the picture looked the size of a postage stamp in the middle of my set. I think this was because of the special film format Douglas Trumball was using. It may look better in SD which I have the option of using with my cable provider.
2:30 a.m. That Hagen Girl (1947). Ronnie Raygun and Shirley Dimple. Haven’t seen this one.
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Does the 1971 version focus on the relationship between the lead burglar and the girl, who in the original is like his younger sister OR do Belmondo and Cannon have a sexual relationship? I only ask because what makes the 1957 version more than just a crime capper is the uniqueness of the bro-sis type relationship and the loyalty the leader had towards the girls farther as it relates to taking care of the gal.
(and with Mansfield playing the gal, 'sis' had a lot of sexual vibes Dan had to ignore!).
Sorry, James I saw The Burglars in August 1972 on a double bill with the Warren Beatty, Goldie Hawn movie, Dollars and have no recollection of it at all.
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Have you seen him as the lead as a world weary thief in The Burglar, Bogie? And in that film he's, wait for it, a guy of honour ready to perform an act of self sacrifice. Sound familiar? It's a little production that few have heard of, no Casablanca, of course. But Dan's damn good in it, in my opinion.
No I haven't seen The Burglar (1957). It wasn't even on my radar, so thanks.
But according to my little film diary I have seen the remake and in the theatre too. The Burglars (1971) by Henri Verneuil starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Dyan Cannon AND ... Omar Shariff!
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I'm not sure that Duryea had the voice of a standard leading man. It suited him for supporting and villainous roles for sure.
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I recently had a problem with my DVD burner. Took my a while to figure out what was going wrong. It turns out that TCM has recently added the High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) scheme to their signal. So now I have to pull out the HDMI cable from the DirectTV box to record with the TV turned off or with the TV tuned to another channel.
How long ago did this happen?
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Tor Johnson actually received bad reviews for hs work in YOUNG TÖRLESS?
Those reviewers were definitely just haters.
He was so utterly convincing as a teenager and completely transformed himself into that role.
He was credited in that movie as Mathieu Carrière, and if I didn't know better I would have sworn it was indeed a completely different actor rather than Tor Johnson ----- just as I would have swown that Pandora Spocks and Elizabeth Montgomery were two distinct individuals.
I couldn't agree with you more. What do the critics know? Bah!
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Toots and Tootsie
slang for a woman. though Tootsie did make a come back with the Dustin Hoffman film.
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Kim Jong Il on directing? Too much.
Reminds me of that Mother Teresa joke where she is standing a the Pearly Gates and is offered anything she wishes and she says, "well, actually I always wanted to direct."
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Set your alarm clocks ...
tonight Sunday, July 19/20
3:15 a.m. Young Torless (1966). The 63 year-old Tor Johnson received some of his worst reviews when he played the teenage, Torless in this Volker Schlondorff film. Maybe TCM has been listening to the Tor Johnson campaign.
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"That night I sipped champagne from your slipper. Two quarts. It would have been more but you were wearing in-soles."
- Groucho Marx as J. Cheever Loophole to Margaret Dumont in At the Circus (1939)
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"There must be some way of getting the money back without upsetting the Hayes office."
- Groucho Marx in At the Circus after Eve Arden has slipped the stolen wallet down her top.
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Sunday, July 19/20
12:45 a.m. Fritz Lang’s Spione (1928)!
3:15 a.m. Young Torless (1966). The film everyone has been waiting to see. The 63 year-old Tor Johnson received some of the worst reviews of his career when he played the teenage, Torless in this Volker Schlondorff film. Maybe TCM has been listening to the Tor Johnson campaign.
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"Paul Lazarro never forgets!"
- Ron Liebman in Slaughterhouse Five (1972)
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"I'm going to lose weight for you, Billy"
- Sharon Gans in Slaughterhouse Five (1972)
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Aubrey Morris (1926-2015) has died. He was probably best known for his role as Mr. Deltoid in Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (1971) though he was primarily a stage actor.
Here is his obituary in The Guardian.
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When exactly did "dame" go out of everyday usage?
January 15, 1982 at 10:19 a.m. EST.
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The wraparound details the credits for the work that was done on the film. I don't know all of the technical issues involved but it is considered a restoration. Like working with a car or piece of furniture, a restoration can be done in degrees. A more through flawless restoration takes more time and money, that is usually the deciding factor. The film print shown is a significant improvement over what we had before (rather shabby condition) , maybe not a perfect 10 but maybe a 9, 9.5.
Thanks.
Yes, I've forgotten the term for the celluloid restoration vs. the digital restoration - and that is simplifying the difference.
The US Academy is still restoring Satyajit Ray's films and they have chosen to go the 'celluloid' route which does leave some of the imperfections from the camera original in place when they strike new prints.
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It certainly was a pleasure seeing TOO LATE FOR TEARS in a much improved condition. I know that dark, shadowy images are a big part of a noir film but you still have to be able to see details with some clarity. The scenes in the car, in the boat on the lake, etc. Much, much better. The restoration did a great job. How about that crazy hat that our man Dan is wearing? Sometimes I wonder what leeway the actor has in creating his character for a particular film, like choosing some of his own outfit. A good actor like Dan Duryea gives us an interesting, complex character. In TLFT at first you expect him to be a tough guy but he gradually shows a wimpy side. He lets the woman take charge of the situation, he doesn't so much fall in love as just let her dominate him. At the end he's a total mess, he doesn't even want the money, he feels hopelessly trapped by her. It's easy pickings for femme fatale Liz.
Would you call that a restoration, or just a newer print made available? I'm not sure so that's why I'm asking. I missed the wrap around and any restoration credits that may have been on the film.
But what I did see still showed dirt marks and scratches that may have been removed if the film had been fully restored. Maybe someone knows?
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Dames
From the French word for Ladies.
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As a habitual horror film-goer in my youth, I saw both Equinox (which is fairly dull) and Alice, Sweet Alice, which was called Holy Terror when I saw it and which was quite enjoyable.
I wonder why Alice, Sweet, Alice was bumped? Has TCM ever had it on before?
So many questions!
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"Hum baby, you know, I love the way you smell. You do arouse the pagan in me."
- Shelley Winters as Charlotte Haze in Lolita (1962)
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Saturday, July 18
5:15 p.m. Lolita (1961), "Light of my life, fire of my ...". Featuring two Oscar worthy performances by James Mason and Shelley Winters.
2 a.m. Equinox (1970)? Wasn’t this originally supposed to be Alice, Sweet Alice (1976) which looked way more interesting? Wha’ ‘appened?
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Omar was pretty funny in Top Secret (1984). Probably the best thing about that film.
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Did you guys know that Tor was a real car nut?
In fact, here's a picture of one of the last cars he ever bought...
...a custom built and stretched 1966 Oldsmobile...
(...now, do I really need to finish this lame joke of mine and tell ya the model of Olds here?)
I trust that it has good suspension?
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Tuesday, July 21
6:30 a.m. Star of Midnight (1935). A William Powell that I have not seen yet.
1:45 p.m. Two O’clock Coverage (1945). An amnesia film by Anthony Mann with Tom Conway. Mustn’t forget to record this one.