Bogie56

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I guess you could choose from any number of Polish, Czechoslovakian and Russian films that were banned for years because they did not adhere to the communist doctrine. One example is Richard Bugajski's Interrogation a 1982 film that was banned under martial law and not released until 1989. As in the case of other Polish films, illegal copies circulated for some years before 1989.

Yes, it would have been great fun to see the Marx Bros. on stage. I'll Say She Is or The Cocoanuts.

Re, Greed. It looks like a running time of 2 hours and 15 minutes. I just checked the imdb and this looks like it might be 'version 6.' Did you see 'version 7' on TCM at one point with stills to recreate lost scenes? I can't remember which version I've seen. I didn't see it on TCM and it was many years ago. This is from the imdb ... Version 6, 10 reels (circa 3,000 meters), edited by Joseph Farnham acting on orders from Irving Thalberg, regardless of the "McTeague" novel or the script. This final version was released by MGM with a runtime of 2 h 15 m. Version 7, a 239 minute cut, is the restored version (Turner Entertainment, 1999) by Rick Schmidlin using the existing footage and still photographs of the deleted scenes (done a la recent restorations of A Star Is Born (1954) and Lost Horizon (1937)). This was produced according to an original and detailed continuity outline by director Erich von Stroheim to bring it as close to the Director's Cut as possible. This version also contains a stereo score by Robert Israel.

I have to say Ethel Merman is a scream in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. A friend of mine waited on her once and did a great impression of her.

You know I always loved the Lugosi version too. But when I saw it with the Phillip Glass score it became something else again. Lugosi's hypnotic quality is amplified by the Glass score and is truly great. I'm a fan of it. The original Dracula 1931 did not have music at all and I think that is why is seems all the more stiff to audiences, especially modern ones. If you haven't seen it with the Glass score, I would recommend everyone take a look.

I finally saw Dodes-Ka-Den on the big screen a few years ago and sad to say, was quite disappointed. But not as disappointed as when I saw Fellini's last film, The Voice of the Moon a week ago. That was pretty awful all round.

History Is Made at Night (1937) by Frank Borzage with Charles Boyer and Jean Arthur. I don't think this has shown on TCM Canada and I don't think it is on dvd.

Eskimo (1933) by W.S. Van Dyke and The Savage Innocents (1960) by Nicholas Ray. Mainly for Eskimo which is hard to find these days.

Yeah, great voice too. Lots of character. Had to check to see some of his other credits on the imdb and wasn't surprised that he did a lot of voice work too.

Hey, your Kevin Spacey has just received an honorary Knighthood. Well deserved too. I saw him at the Old Vic once. He really is great on stage.

I met Ridley Scott on one occasion. He put me at ease right away by asking if I would like a drink. I said sure if he was having one. Then off he went and made two big Bloody Mary's with all the trimmings. He knows how to make them too. Damn good.

Yes, I have been dividing time in England and Toronto for about 13 years now. The Twickenham studio was just saved by a campaign two years ago. It had been sold to someone who was going to demolish the studios and build a hotel and other features. A campaign was organized to stop that sale. Paul McCartney was someone who supported it. Anyway, the campaign won. The Studio survived, a white knight bought it and it is being refurbished as we speak. It has about a 100 year history, so it is a landmark. Sadly, a lot of the other London studios are gone now. Michael Powell's speaks about a lot of the smaller London studios in his first autobiography. The Scott brothers came to the rescue of Pinewood and Shepperton some years back.

"Tallyho" - James Garner as Flight Lieutenant Bob Hendley, DFC RAF, aka 'the Scrounger' in The Great Escape

I know, i know. And that's why I picked Victor. Lots of Fox films in plenty of different genres. One can live always live in hope.

How could I forget Then Came Bronson with Michael Parks. And Pray For the Wildcats with Andy Griffith, William Shatner and Angie Dickinson. Wildcats had a real trashy cheese appeal.

Victor Mature for me!

And Borgnine has mentioned how grateful he was for it. He is on record saying that it was her insane jealousy of his successful career that skippered their marriage as soon as the honeymoon.

Agreed that Man on the Moon is an under appreciated gem. As far as reinventing oneself, Jim Carrey has done it a couple of times. I first saw him in Yorkville, Toronto. I happened to walk into a club where he was doing his stand up impersonations act. I think he was about 16 at the time and had some sort of dispensation to appear in a club that served alcohol. I thought, holy cow who is this guy? He is sensational. His career low had to be the Grinch.

Saturday, June 13 A couple of king of cool Steve McQueen films on today. The Sand Pebbles at 2 p.m. and Bullitt at 8 p.m. And there’s Trog (1970) at 3:45 a.m. followed by thrilling Tupperware shorts. Which is more scary? But the real treat for me is The Mind of Mr. Soames (1970) with Terence Stamp. I was just about to hit ‘purchase’ on Amazon’s dvd site when I saw this on the TCM schedule.

I'd like to see any of these I must say. I recall liking the Burton Taylor Divorce His - Divorce Hers. I've seen The Girl Most Likely To... several times. I was never a fan of Joan Rivers but thought the idea and black humour for this movie was really good. It was probably the film that brought Stockard Channing to my attention. And Ed Asner is good in it too.

IMHO both Julie Andrews and Max von Sydow were very good in Hawaii (1966).

"We're back on the rope" - Steve McQueen as Capt. Virgil Hilts, USAAF, aka 'the Cooler King' in The Great Escape

And what about that ending? SPOILER ALERT. Deserting dear old Beulah Bondi for one night of pleasure with Joan. Ha! She knew how to push his buttons, didn't she?

I find it fascinating that Dick Powell became this hard boiled noir character in the 1940's after becoming too old for the sappy love struck singing male ingenue of the 1930's. It is so easy for people to be pigeon holed in show business so this is a tremendous accomplishment when someone manages this kind of transformation. TCM's current airing of Murder, My Sweet is a good example of Powell's reinvention. I've seen a couple of the films he directed. The Enemy Below is quite good. But I'm not that familiar with his producing credits on television. I'm sure there are plenty of other people in show business who have reinvented themselves too.