Bogie56
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Another great performance. Max von Sydow as Captain Schroeder in Voyage of the Damned (1976).
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It was a role that probably defined her career. Butterfly McQueen as Prissy in Gone With the Wind (1939). Simple-minded, selfish, frightened and not above stretching the truth Prissy was not an advertisement for equal rights. But the role is what it is and McQueen made the absolute most of it and is forever remembered for it.
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Wednesday, March 11
10:30 a.m. Desirable (1934). With Jean Muir and George Brent.
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Max as Lassefer in Pelle the Conqueror (1987). What a great performance.
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Wow. Dear old Max. He worked with so many great directors through the entire world in just about every genre. About a ten years ago through a friend who was a member I put Max forward for a lifetime achievement award with the Academy but they didn't move forward on it. I couldn't think of an actor more deserving of that award than Max von Sydow.
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Sky du Mont as Sandor Szavost in Eyes Wide Shut (1999). Sky puts Nicole and the viewer back on their heels with his debonaire predatory, looming, vulture-like performance. Is this what she wants?
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Tuesday, March 10
6:30 p.m. Monterey Pop (1969). In case you missed it in December this rock concert film offers a terrific line up.
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booga, booga, booga ...
Maria Ouspenskaya as Maleva in The Wolf Man (1941).
When I was a kid, long before vhs I knew Maria's prophecy from The Wolf Man (1941) by heart courtesy of a recording of it on the lp, Boris Karloff and His Friends ...
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Monday, March 9
2 a.m. A Night to Remember (1958). You can’t beat this Roy Ward Baker version of the Titanic story. And great sound by legendary editor, Harry
Miller.
spoiler ...
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John Barrymore as Mercurtio in Romeo and Juliet (1936). Sure, the cast in this one is older but they still have their chops.
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Sunday, March 8/9
2 a.m. Insiang (1979). Multi-award winning film from the Philippines looks worth a shot.
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On 3/4/2020 at 9:48 PM, NipkowDisc said:
ONE NAME stands out ahead of all the rest...
JOHN WAYNE
And buy her a pair of red shoes.
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Blanche Yurka as Madame Terese Defarge in A Tale of Two Cities (1935).
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Saturday, March 7
10 a.m. Popeye: Wimmin Hadn’t Oughta Drive (1940).
midnight. Ride the Pink Horse (1947). Robert Montgomery stars and directs. This was hard to come by for quite a few years then fairly recently released on dvd. I hope it is that print.
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Mrs. Patrick Campbell as the miserly 'pawnbroker' in Crime and Punishment (1935). Not only was this a good performance but it gives me the chance to mention the lady with the very intriguing if not pretentious name. She certainly was an interesting character in real life. Apparently Marie Dressler's modelled her Dinner at Eight (1933) character after her.
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Friday, March 6
6 a.m. Duck Soup (1933) has replaced Hollywood Party (1934), a Laurel and Hardy film that was on the schedule when it was announced.
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3 hours ago, kingrat said:
There are quite a few examples from The Nun's Story, but who can forget Colleen Dewhurst as The Archangel Gabriel?
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Brad Pitt as petty thief pretty boy, J.D. in Thelma & Louise (1991).
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Thursday, March 5
24 hour Kirk Douglas tribute.
5:45 p.m. Lust For Life (1956). Not my favourite Kirk Douglas film but the one I feel he deserved to win an Oscar for his performance. Of course, Yul Brynner was to win for The King and I (1956).
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The reason that there are so many producers on almost every film is that each one of them brings something to the table (ie, money from some territory, or money that comes along with some star) to get the film made. There isn't a real studio system anymore so lots of films are made with the participation of different countries, or different states and then there are the people who 'touched' the project at one time or another when it was being developed. I'm sure that there are even more reasons too.
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Dimitra Arliss as Loretta in The Sting (1973). This is a great example of interesting casting. Arliss is hardly the type of glamour girl that you would expect to wind up with Robert Redford. And her understated performance really throws you off guard for what is to come.
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Wednesday, March 4
Yikes, Joe E. Brown is SOTM. His films get a lot of play as it is.
9:15 p.m. The Tenderfoot (1932). Brown with Ginger Rogers.
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4 hours ago, Bogie56 said:
Tuesday, March 3/4
12:15 a.m. Say Amen, Somebody (1982). I’ve been looking for this rarity for quite some time.
I’ve been informed that the time I listed may be incorrect. They don’t show up on the schedule when in England. I took my times from the announced schedule so please check.
There is an entire evening of this sort of film.
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Tuesday, March 3/4
12:15 a.m. Say Amen, Somebody (1982). I’ve been looking for this rarity for quite some time.
Max von Sydow death
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I'm not sure what people were expecting when Hawaii came out in 1966 starring singing sensation Julie Andrews but with advertising like the piece above they could be forgiven if they were expecting another South Pacific. But Max is no Rozano Brazzi. His Reverend Abner Hale is harsh, unforgiving and complex. It is one of my favourite von Sydow performances and it came in a film that took me by surprise.