Dargo
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Didn't know that about Morris. I had this film on in the background when I heard this voice that was so familiar. There was Wayne! I always wondered what he did years after his movies with Priscilla Lane. I want to learn more about him. I like him.
Unfortunately yogi, Wayne would die at the much too much of the young age of 45 from a massive heat attack in 1959, and is buried at the Arlington National Cemetery.
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Now why in the world are you guys so surprised about these little mistakes?
I mean, just like that old saw about the term "Military Intelligence bein' an oxymoron", there's NOW a few folks around here who ALSO think the term "TCM Proofreader" is an oxymoron TOO!!!
In fact, ONE guy around here even made THAT one of his "famous" "NEWS items" very recently on these boards, and so whatsamatter here?! Don't you guys ever read "The NEWS"???!!!
LOL
(...btw Lorna...loved watching that Tales from the Crypt episode...you're right, it was very well done, but I kept thinking about the real life troubles Eric Douglas had...maybe that's why he was so good in it)
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I now see that there is two pictures. Maybe I'm losing it but I don't recall seeing two picture, especially one with him holding a guitar. So I'm assuming the original post was edited (since I used the 'quote' feature and my post only shows one picture).
So, in other words, you're sayin' my guess was wrong, huh?!
(...yeah, I wasn't all that sure about it myself!!!)
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Macready played some of the least appealing characters ever. It turns out that in real life he was a really good guy. Sort of like Dan Duryea.
In the same vein, this would be similar to how actor Wayne Morris, who so effectively plays the cowardly Lt. Roget in this film, in real life was awarded four Navy Distinguished Flying Crosses and two Air Medals during his military service in WWII.
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Why, hopefully? Because there is nothing to tell or because you feel one shouldn't say something bad about their parents even if it is true?
Ya know, you just might have a point here, James.
(...I mean, just look at what happened to Janet herself when she once met a guy at a seedy motel who had "Mother Issues" which he suppressed, RIGHT?!)
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I love Midnight Run, one of the great buddy comedies, that few ever seem to discuss.
It was this film, rather than Taxi Driver or Raging Bull, that made me a De Niro fan.
Exactly, Tom. That's exactly how I felt after I saw MIDNIGHT RUN when it first hit the cineplex. Before then, all I thought De Niro was capable of playing were those tightly-wound, intense and often violent characters, but I remember walking out of the theater thinking how well he played the role of the put-upon bounty hunter in that comedy.
(...Grodin was never better also, I thought)
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I can't tell what that design is showing but I can't see anything musical there.
I think I know, James. That's the very same look Yul gave the camera when he was doin' those PSAs just before he very unfortunately died of lung cancer...and thus that same stern look he'd show whenever he heard Spike Jones' "Smoke That Cigarette" playin' on the radio.
(...sorry, but that's the only guess I've got here...and as usual, I could be wrong)
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Don't you know why? It is to start yet another inane thread about a subject that has been brought up countless times before and yet the person who started this thread needs to have yet another thread where he can stir up debate. Useless debate if you ask me.
And after awhile he'll probably come on here and announce the fact that this thread has sooo many views and just how important that is. Oh, wait I better stop now I can sense that he is probably reading this and thinking that I am harassing him once again.
Yep Rey, ya see what you COULD have done was just "Liked" darkblue's earlier comment when he made mention of this same thought, and then, and as you apparently realized later here, you wouldn't have contributed to the post count in this thing.
(...and DANG IT...like I JUST did!!!) LOL
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Ahem, excuse me here Andy, but I THINK you forgot to include MIDNIGHT RUN on that there list o' yours.
(...and where Bobby showed some comedic chops within)
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I'd recommend some of his titles - but it's actually kinda difficult watching the hedgehog. Not an attractive sight, no sir.
Yeah, but wasn't he terrific in that one Western he did? "Hard On The Trail" ?!
(...aaah, ya see THIS is why you NEVER throw old material away...you never know when you can use it again!)
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Paths of Glory is okay if you like downbeat endings. None too cheery watchin' them three guys get railroaded by that crud George MacCready.
Yeah, you're certainly right here, ND.
In fact, the ONLY movie I can think of with an even MORE downbeat ending(and maybe you'll agree with me here...and somethin's tellin' me you will) is when Richard Carlson shoots that poor ol' water-breathin' creature in that there Black Lagoon and then it sinks to the bottom!
(...yep, now THERE'S ya a "downbeat ending", huh!)
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Soooo, I guess I WAS the only one who thinks Svengoolie looks like Ron Jeremy then, huh.
(...you people need to get around more)
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I think I'll suggest it!
Yes, do it, Hibi!
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Gladys Goodguts? Are you kidding me?
Are you talkin' about the newbie's nom DE plume, or the fact that she forgot Brandon DE Wilde's name?
(...btw...allow me to express an big DE welcome to you, "Gladys"!)
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I'll consider myself called.
Oh, okay. Thanks Hal.
(...NOW you've been called...by name anyway)
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That's exactly what I'm doing. Since we on these boards are assumed to be primarily old movie fans, you've got to go with Cagney. I also have to say that I prefer Marie Dressler to Reese Witherspoon.
Well sure. Little Jimmy WAS probably one of the top movie actors of all time, however when you used that phrase "not approaching" I just had to call you on that, that's all.
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I really don't think De Niro, as good as he is, has had a career approaching Cagney's.
Really?! Well, considering he's won two Oscars and has starred in some the greatest films ever made since the 1970s(now now...don't pull a "FredCDobbs" on me here ol' buddy, LOL) I'd say he's AT LEAST "approached" little Jimmy in the pantheon of the great movie actors of all time, anyway.
(...though sure, he certainly can't do that whole stiff lookin' tap dancin' thing Jimmy could muster, I'll grant ya THAT!!!)
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Some members of Gary Gilmore's firing squad asked that same question.
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And what a distinctive voice Charles Ruggles possessed. The instant you hear it you know who it belongs to, and which there was no doubt it was his voice-over work on Jay Ward's "Rocky and Bullwinkle Show" in those "Aesop and Son" segments.
I wondered what kind of an accent that was he sported and so I just checked his Wiki bio, and it appears Charlie was a rare bird, as he was born in Los Angeles in 1886 when L.A. was pretty much just a one horse town, and his first theatrical work was done on an L.A. stage in the early 1900s.
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LOL. I agree with you there. Would be nice if they scheduled a weekly slot for documentaries, something like The Essentials...
I think that that's a great idea Hibi, and one of the better programming suggestions I've read around here lately.
And yeah, I caught only the last half of Milk documentary last night, though I had seen it years ago, and what I saw of it reminded me of how well done it was.
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What about James Cagney as Eddie Bartlett in The Roaring Twenties. Is he the biggest star to play a cabbie?
Ya know bd, you might be right. Well, along with maybe Don Ameche(a pretty big star in his day) in the very funny and entertaining 1939 film MIDNIGHT, and where he plays a Paris taxi driver.
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It is not fair to many viewers at all to show Creature From The Black Lagoon so many times in one year but not show either of it's two sequels. Is it tcm's belief that every time they aired the 1st creature film it got a different host of viewers each time? Or rather do they believe it so popular that many viewers like myself have watched it each time it was scheduled? If the latter then common sense dictates that tcm shoulda broke the two sequels outta mothballs a long time ago...now Svengoolie has stolen their thunder.
Well, seein' as how I voiced my opinion WAY back pages and pages ago about TopBilled's premise...just a reminder here...I thought he MIGHT have a point about the "TCM demographic" occasionally checking out what's on the MeTV and Movie! channels as some sort of an alternate viewing possibility, BUT then added that I thought the manner in which he presented his premise as factual "News" was an obvious effort to get people to respond in a negative manner and so he could THEN create some controversy in hopes of this thread becoming more responded to than what it might actually deserve(witness TopBilled's propensity to cite certain "statistics" lately such as the number of persons "viewing" and "posting" in any certain threads(and btw, THIS IS NOT A PERSONAL SLIGHT MR. TB...THIS IS A KNOWN FACT) ...well, as I was sayin' here, SEEIN' as how I've already voiced my opinion about THIS, I just wanna say...or I guess ask...
Are we sure this Svengoolie dude isn't really adult film star Ron Jeremy???
(...'cause I'm tellin' ya here folks, he sure LOOKS like that ugly guy with the rather large you-know-what anyway!!!) LOL
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I agree, Dargo, a big part of what the film's all about is this comment on "the contrasting cultures...".
What's discouraging, however, is that you can see that this British snobbery, despite characters like Egbert Floud, is seeping into American society too.
Look at how insufferably snooty and class-conscious Mrs. Floude is. And her brother, or whoever that nasty guy is who "fires" Ruggles.
And, I hate to say it, but I've seen many American films which depict Americans practising class snobbery that's just as intense and pig-headed and undemocratic as their British cousins.
And so have I, MissW. Good point.
I've always felt(and I know I'm not alone here) that what Americans are often most uneasy talking about OR admitting is that there IS somewhat of a "Class System" in their own backyard. However, because of the idea that "everyone is free to be a success in this country", (an idea which downplays the effects of "happenstance of birth" and which very often IS a strong decider of who IS "successful" and who isn't) this societal phenomenon is seldom examined as much as it maybe should be, and with the issue of "Race" in America most often being more focused upon than is "Class".
(...hey...wait a second...I'm gettin' MUCH too serious here...okay...now where can I go make a joke in another thread...now THAT'S more like me, HUH!) LOL
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Paris Blues is a movie I like mostly for the music. I have a few records that have those French jazz musicians on them (typically backing an American jazz cat). Since a lot of jazz greats like Dexter Gordon had to move to Europe to avoid racism the movie gives a nice view into what was going on with many of those guys at the time.
From this thought of yours here James, I wonder if you've ever had occasion to catch the British film ALL NIGHT LONG (1961)? It also features some notable Jazz musicians of this same era (Dave Brubeck and Charlie Mingus among them) as PARIS BLUES, and wrapped around a loose re-telling of OTHELLO.
(...interesting film, I thought)
Doesn't anyone want to talk about World War I?
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Well, I WAS going to reply to your very well written and observed first post here slayton, but then I realized you pretty much said what I would have in it.
(...and so you didn't leave me much room here!)