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I managed to see Mountain in Toronto and was a fan but the band was superseded by others in fairly short order. I was a fan of The James Gang as well. I had a group of friends and we used to each buy different groups which made it interesting. And one friend had a vp of a Record label for a neighbour and he used to get about 10 albums in exchange for just a car wash.

There is a moral here. If you choose to buy a gun for your wife just be careful not to **** her off.

Saturday, December 26 What no reverse shot p.o.v.? For all we know this could be Herman, the kind-hearted tinker who lived three doors down. 4 p.m. Ben-Hur (1959). A good day to watch a 4 hour biblical epic.

He made it much past partner, Felix Pappalardi who was shot and killed by his wife in 1983.

Friday, December 25 9:15 a.m. The Great Rupert (1950). I wasn’t expecting much from this B Jimmy Durante Christmas film but it surprised me. Sometimes a film is so earnestly silly that it is amusing.

Thursday, December 24 10 a.m. Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938). Mickey Rooney and girl trouble.

I thought Lies was okay but I guess I liked many others more. Have you seen many of the films I listed? They might be hard to see outside of Canada - but as in Silent Partner and Mon Oncle Antoine you now have better luck seeing them in America!

Wednesday, December 23 11:45 p.m. The Man Who Came to Dinner (1945). Grumpy Monty Woolley in the heartland for the holidays.

Tuesday, December 22/23 3 a.m. Bachelor Mother (1939). Garson Kanin picture with Ginger Rogers, David Niven and Charles Coburn.

My Top Canadian Films 1. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) 2. The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964) 3. The Decline of the American Empire (1986) 4. Spider (2002) 5. The Hounds of Notre Dame (1980) 6. Les Plouffe (1981) 7. Volcano: An Inquiry Into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry (1976) 8. Jesus of Montreal (1989) 9. Kabloonak (1994) 10. Threshold (1981) Goin’ Down the Road (1970) Ticket to Heaven (1981) The Silent Partner (1978) Dead Ringers (1986) Mon Oncle Antoine (1971) Quest For Fire (1981) Atlantic City (1980) The Fly (1986) The Grey Fox (1982) Heartaches (1981) Room (2015) Perfectly Normal (1990) A History of Violence (2005) Skip Tracer (1977) The Far Side of the Moon (2003) Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010) Outrageous (1977) The Rowdyman (1972) Murder by Decree (1979) Black Robe (1991) Joshua Then and Now (1986)

I'll work on my top ten. But Lies won't be on the list.

Sadly. My guess is that films like The Silent Partner and Mon Oncle Antoine have Canadian tv rights wrapped up by some network like the CBC which doesn't show movies any longer or some cable movie channel that has gone belly up. But on the subject of the Best Canadian movie have you seen The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)? It's a Mordecai Richler story that takes place in post WWII Montreal directed by Ted Kotcheff. Richard Dreyfuss stars in the title role. Jack Warden, Denholm Elliott (brilliant!), Micheline Lanctot and Randy Quaid co-star. This is my favourite Canadian film.

Monday, December 21/22 9:45 p.m. The Miracle of the Bells (1948). With Fred MacMurray, Alida Valli and Frank Sinatra. Replaced in Canada with Designing Woman (1957). 3:45 a.m. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983). Not a kids X-mas movie, for sure. With David Bowie.

Sunday, December 20/21 2:15 a.m. Mon Oncle Antoine (1971). Quebecois film by Claude Jutra. Replaced in Canada with Lili (1953).

Saturday, December 19 10 p.m. Lady on a Train (1945). with Deanna Durbin and Ralph Bellamy.

The Silent Partner was a Canadian production but it may have had some establishing shots that placed the story in the U.S.. I cannot recall right now. I have a dvd of it.

Friday, December 18/19 4 a.m. The Silent Partner (1978). Christopher Plummer makes a pretty good villain in this one. John Candy and the beautiful Celine Lomez co-star. Shot in part in Toronto’s newly built Eaton Centre. Replaced in Canada with the Jim Brown film, The Slams (1973).

Thursday, December 17/18 1:15 a.m. The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965). I thought Max von Sydow did a pretty good job as the Big Guy.

Wednesday, December 16 Bernard Herrmann 8 p.m. Vertigo (1958). Hermann at his best.

1966 5. A Man and a Woman (1966) Claude Lelouch, France This is so well known that I don’t think I need say much about it. I recently saw it again for the third time and moved it from number 8 of the year to number 5. According to my diary I actually didn’t like it much at all when I first saw it in college. This time I think I just enjoyed its relaxed approach much more. 1986 A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (1986) Claude Lelouch, France I was happy to watch another film with this screen couple but I wondered why it was taking so long to see them in a scene together. After quite a while it was revealed that they separated soon after the finale of the first film. Anouk Aimee goes on to become a film producer while Jean-Louis Trintignant is still involved in car racing. The film begins with a very exciting rally race. The couple get together 20 years later as Aimee wishes to produce a film about their love story as seen in the first film. During production she decides that today’s audiences need something more and she injects a murder plot into the story along the lines of Dial M For Murder. The irony for me is that this complication served to make the film a mess and actually removed what was the charm of the original: a simple love story. 2019 8. The Best Years of a Life (2019) Claude Lelouch, France Another sequel to A Man and a Woman (1966). I say another as it completely ignores everything in A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (1986). Jean-Louis Trintignant’s Jean-Louis Duroc is now living in assisted living and his memory is fading. His son, played by the same actor in all three films by the way, thinks it will help him if he is able to see his one true love again whom he seems to remember well. He tracks down Anne Gauthier, played by Anouk Aimee and she agrees. It seems that they parted (again) after the last one because he couldn’t stop chasing skirts. Lelouch keeps this one simple and that’s why it fares better than 20 Years Later. I found it an enjoyable watch.

Monday, December 14 Laurel & Hardy SOTM - Replaced in Canada with the Bowery Boys 6:12 p.m. The Music Box (1932). Oscar winning short. 10:45 p.m. Our Relations (1936). This is my favourite Laurel and Hardy feature where they play mis-matched twins. By Leo McCarey when he was at his best.

I didn't want to create a thread just for this. I noticed it in The New Yorker. But the copy that I found on YouTube wasn't very good quality. The Front Row A Lost Orson Welles TV Pilot as Groundbreaking as “Citizen Kane” “The Fountain of Youth,” now streaming on YouTube, is as artistically original for television as “Citizen Kane” was for the movies. By Richard Brody

I was renting a flat from a friend in London for 6 months when he was sailing around the world and I thought about getting one of those blue plaques made with my own name on it and putting it outside his door for when he came back. I believe Barba Windsor was announced to be in the film Carry on London but as I said I don't think it ever got off the ground.

When I was at Pinewood in 2004 there was a pre-production office for Carry on London. It was a planned modern reprise of the series but I don't think it ever got off the ground for some reason.