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Nijinsky with Tor Johnson

I am curious to see at least one, if not a few of Leopoldo Torre Nilsson's films. He was an Argentinian filmmaker who had some International acclaim in the 1960's. I have been unable to locate dvd copies of any of his films. These are perhaps his better known works : The House of the Angel (1957) The Fall (1959) The Hand In the Trap (1961) Summerskin (1961)

Oswald was a fake defector and not a communist. He was trained by Army Intelligence to speak Russian. Sorry, I'll shut up. A JFK conspiracist is sure to get this thread shut down.

John Frankenheimer. In May 1975 the Ontario Science Centre film programmer, Gerald Pratley invited John Frankenheimer to a screening on his own new film, The French Connection II and there was a Q&A afterward. Frankly the Q&A was a tad embarrassing as some of the questions from the audience were just patently absurd. You could see that Frankenheimer didn't suffer fools gladly. I got the chance to meet him after the screening and had brought along a Variety page with the poster from this film which he signed. I spoke to him ever-so-briefly about his other recent film, 99 and 44 100% Dead which I had really enjoyed but had flopped. I was working a summer job at the CBC at the time and as was my custom I checked out who was the guest on Elwood Glover's Luncheon Date and low and behold it was John Frankenheimer. So, as in other occasions when Elwood would have someone interesting on his talk show, I went across the street to watch the live show and eat my bagged lunch. Next thing you know, Frankenheimer is standing beside me in the wings waiting to go on. He remembered me from the night before and we had a good old chat. I told him that I worked there so he didn't think i was stalking him!

Great shot Fred. I'm going to have to learn how to attach pictures. I looked at the how to attach file that is pinned and as a Mac user I was a bit perplexed. Everything I do just turns out as thumbnails.

If you liked Where's Poppa? You might like to search out another book by the same author, Robert Klane called The Horse Is Dead. It is much too racy to ever be filmed I would think. Even for today.

Charles Laughton seemed particularly adept at playing megalomaniacs. He was the crazy Dr.Moreau in Island of Lost Souls (1932) His King Henry in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) for Alexander Korda earned him an Oscar. He was certainly full of himself. He followed that with Captain William Bligh in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and with his Inspector Emil Javert in Les Miserables the same year. One of my favourites. Even his Commander Charles Sturm has a megalomaniacal streak about him in Devil and the Deep (1932). I can't think of any other actor at the moment who has had such a string of crazy and varied roles in such a short period of time.

John Wilkes Booth in Richard III. And his master of improv cameo in Our American Cousin.

Judy Parfitt is his mother. David started out as a child actor and later became an Oscar winning producer with Shakespeare In Love.

Wow. Thank you Lorna for posting that video. I recommend that everyone take the time to watch it. Very funny. The hot dog at the bottom of the pool? Priceless.

Wow. Tor Johnson has made it into the Bucket List thread. Hallelujah! Maybe you should start at the beginning with Registered Night Nurse (1934). I could start there too. I had no idea his illustrious career stretched that far back. When I first read about Tor in that film in another thread I thought they were just joking. I don't think Tor has the title role in that film though. That would have been interesting casting.

I want to look devilishly handsome. Like, like, ... like that MovieMadness fellow.

both Ron Leibman and Rae Allen as Sidney and Gladys Hocheiser in Where's Poppa? (1970)

Mine is a work-in-progress. You must be referring to Tor's not so gradual weight gain?

That would cost much more than I can afford I'm afraid. Besides, it would only confuse my wife even more.

"If'a I said 'good morning,' that would not be acting" - Lando Buzzanca in After the Fox

I remember seeing Daughter of the Mind when it was first on in 1969. As you say, it features Ray Milland, Gene Tierney and Don Murray. I was sort of into those kind of films when I was that age. Not sure how it would stand up now. There is a pretty crummy copy on you tube that I haven't mustered the time to see as yet.

I hope that moderator joins in the regular conversations now and then. Sounds like an astute observation.

Be careful when you sit down on that toilet seat, my friend.

That's kind of you. I'm having some work done. Preparing for my new disfigurement movies thread. There is a whole sub-genre of these films. You don't look so bad yourself.

To peach, or is it peech (not sure) is an old English term meant to inform on someone.

In Lydecker's submission to the recent programming challenge he included a mini tribute to Slavko Vorkapich the Russian editing master who ended up in Hollywood. He was responsible for a great many of the linking montages we see in the old days. Usually they were montage segments in films that covered a lot of story and got you from A to B in a hurry. But occasionally they were the reverse and told you a lot of back story in a hurry. I believe the term was to 'Vorkapich-it' when you needed such transitions.

24 hours later and I bet it is full again

Perhaps the Society should visit this site for their studies.

I see Tor has a life mask for sale on ebay