Bogie56
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My DVR just keeps getting fuller and fuller. Between my husband and I though, we have some 200+ recordings and are only at 32% full, so I've got many more recordings ahead of me.
This sounds like the new way of ensuring brand loyalty. The DVR is worth its weight in gold.
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Report (1965) Bruce Conner's 13 minute found footage documentary on the Kennedy assassination.
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Did you know Plan 9 From Outer Space was so bad that in its second or third year at the movies it went to the 1950's Cannes Film Festival and won the Chicken Award for worst movie ever.
The Chicken Award?
Who presented it? Colonel Sanders?
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Richard Attenborough's Entirely Up to You Darling is an easy fun read. As you would expect from the lovely man it is full of pleasant stories about people he has worked with. It's title is derived from Attenborough's habit of using that line in response to suggestions from his talent as to how to play a scene. Sometimes it might be interpreted as 'yes, go for it' and at other times it was a polite way of saying 'all right, but I wouldn't."
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1. TOR BE OR NOT.TOR BE
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3. TOREVER AMBER
4. IT HAPPENED TORMORROW
5. FROM HERE TOR ETERNITY
6. FROM HERE TOR.ETERNITY
7. A LETTOR TOR THREE WIVES
8. THE MASK OF TORRO
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10. THE TORRENT
You know if it were Tor doing the searching it might be something like this ...
Babette's Feast
La Grand Bouffe
Big Night
Delicatessen
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Eating Raoul
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BTW it is on Watch TCM/On Demand until 6-21
I don't think that is available in Canada. Look out, I'm applying for my green card.
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Bedazzled (1967)
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The Wrong Box (1966)
Two wonderful Peter Cook & Dudley Moore films. British humour (with a 'U') at its best.
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Stephan posted some terrific pics of Young Tor with Hair from Registered Nurse. I'll add this one.
Almost looks life Ben Johnson in that pix.
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For a Few Dollars More the Merrier. Jean Arthur shares the trail with two bounty hunters in this light romantic, love triangle comedy with liberal does of spaghetti violence.
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Well ya know, it MIGHT have worked if you would have said that to Michael in a cockney accent, lavender.
(...naaah, on second thought, still probably not, huh)
And try sounding like that cockney, Dick van Dyke!
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Don't worry. This thread is superior, if only because of my presence.
I'll bow to that.
Joanne Woodward is pretty good in a supporting role in this one too.
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Daniel Auteuil is a very good actor. I've seen bout a dozen of his films. For me the standouts are Manon of the Spring and Jean de Florette from 1986 and The Eighth Day (1996).
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Saw DON'T LOOK NOW when it was first released to theaters. That is one Scary movie.
And one heck of a sex scene I'd say.
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90% of TV movies are unremarkable and would be out of place on TCM.
However...
If you haven't seen this you haven't lived. The dance scene with Griffith and the hippie girl at the cantina is a masterpiece ("We're gettin' it ON!!!").
And how could you not list Marjoe? FWIW he gave an interview about the location shoot in Mexico. Shatner was predictably obnoxious, but to Marjoe's surprise, so was Andy Griffith. Robert Reed spent his spare time hitting on the male production assistants.
I'd love to read that interview. Years ago, when in some 'hold your breath' moments I would say to friends "Pray For the Wildcats" and they would wonder what the heck I was on about.
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By '68, he hadn't advanced beyond bit parts? If it was a bit part, he shouldn't have been mentioned by RO. Vaughan should have been mentioned.
It was a curiosity call, I'm sure.
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I wouldn't mind seeing The Challenge (1970) again. It starred Darren McGavin and Mako in a sort of Hell In the Pacific knockoff.
It is directed by Allan Smithee though which is not a particularly good sign,
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I'd offer Mickey Rooney as somewhat of an ever-ready bunny who reinvented himself several times over.
From very young child actor to a huge teenage star in comedies, musicals and light family dramas to serious dramatic roles later in life. The Bold and the Brave, Requiem For a Heavyweight and The Black Stallion are a few that come to mind.
Plus he was already a senior when he went back to the stage and performed on broadway.
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Last night I watched Mr. Roberts. I read some people on this board didn't like the film, but I thought it was really funny. The cast, James Cagney, Henry Fonda, William Powell and Jack Lemmon were excellent. At first I was surprised to see how old Powell looked, but quickly realized that he had the same old cool, calm demeanor that I always associate with Powell. He brought dry humor to the film which was nice as it off-set Lemmon's wackiness. Cagney's character was a horrible person, I'm surprised that Fonda, Lemmon, Powell and the 60+ men on the crew didn't throw him overboard. They could have. I've never watched many of Henry Fonda's films, not that I don't like him, I just never see his films--except for when he's starring with people I like and am more familiar with. I really like Fonda's "every man" persona--it was definitely an asset for his role in this film.
My favorite parts were the end when Lemmon threw Cagney's palm tree overboard and then comes busting up his office and says: "What is this crud about there being no movie tonight?" and the part when all the sailors are escorted back to the ship after being given liberty and they're all trashed and completely outrageous. The following scene when Cagney announces that they've been kicked out of the port was funny too.
Henry Fonda starred in Mr. Roberts on Broadway though I don't know if he originated the part. I wonder what Fonda would have been like on the stage?
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Good comment
my DirectTV (with it's 99% reliability)
fizzled out AGAIN due to rain!! Pretty disappointed 
I'll see if I can catch it on TCM On Demand (though I HATE movies watching on the small screen)
I was very surprised to see this on the Canadian schedule as well. Very often we don't get the premieres from the more modern age.
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This thread is off-topic and should be moved to the Tor Noir Forum ... or Film Tor Forum .... or Film Noir Torum. Speaking of which, why are there no Jacques TORneur films on the list?
So soon. We've only had the results of one single day's search for crying out loud. What about tomorrow's permutation and the day after that and the day after that and the day after that?
I mean Tor Be Or Not Tor Be could drop to search number four for pity's sake. Think of the discussion then!
This thread could be on page one for goodness knows how long.
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Now if only Tor were alive to see this!
I think the big lug would've appreciated it.
Good candidate for Star of the Month for OcTORber, I should think.
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I just wanted to thank everyone as this thread as almost hit 349 replies which is somewhat of a milestone. Right up there with seeing little Bogie take his first steps.
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Aren't you missing Tor! Tor! Tor! from 1970?
I think this is on any given day, Rey. So this may be yesterday's list.
So there may be a slightly different permutation of the top ten to look forward to each and every day.
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What about the meaning of words that has changed over time i.e. gay.
I just put a hold on Rouben Mamoulian's The Gay Desperado dvd at my library. It is listed online as being in the gay and lesbian section.
fizzled out AGAIN due to rain!! Pretty disappointed 
HITS & MISSES: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow on TCM
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Monday, June 15
It’s going to be a busy day for me. I have six titles to record.
6:30 a.m. Easy Living (1949) with my favourite, Victor Mature. And I know we have a few Lucille Ball fans here too.
8 a.m. The Last Hunt (1956). Sounds like an interesting Richard Brooks cinemascope film. Debra Paget is in it too. Wonder if she does a snake dance?
10 a.m. The Double Man (1967). A Franklin J. Schaffner Yul Brynner spy film that I haven’t seen yet.
noon. Of Human Bondage (1964). Naw. Sounds too kinky. I think I’ll skip this one.
4:15 p.m One Way Pendulum (1964). The combination of Peter Yates, Eric Sykes and George Cole has me intrigued.
11:45 p.m. That Night In Rio (1941). I can’t resist the 1940’s Hollywood forays into South America. Exotic studio hokum.
3:30 a.m. So Goes My Love (1946). The description sounds like a recipe for disaster but it is a Myrna Loy film that I have yet to see and I’m putting together a string of her films for a future mini-fest.