Dargo
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I'm sure she did, it's one thing when the person is a critic of their own appearance, & another how the other person percieves it.
And a thought of Bette's which was confirmed during one of those recently shown Johnny Carson interviews with her, and in which I recall her making a comment about how "beautiful" she thought she was as a young actress while watching herself on TV many years later.
(...though as I ALSO recall, she DID say she thought Kate Hepburn more beautiful than herself back then and wished she looked more like her)
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Yes, all that Edith, but you failed to touch upon Tarantino's reverence for classic movies, and which shows throughout almost all of his films, and which I would think would make even the most ardent fans of studio era film and those inclined to dislike "modern movies" appreciate Tarantino films AT LEAST a little bit.
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Dargo, I like your choices, I've been a big fan of Jean Peters for a long time now, and Audrey Dalton could have been a near twin to Jean. Are you aware that Audrey Dalton made an appearance on a Girl From U.N.C.L.E. episode with Miss Stefanie Powers?
Aah! No, I didn't know(or maybe remember) that, Mr.R. I was probably too transfixed upon Stefanie at the time!
Do you remember if Audrey played a "good" or a "bad" spy in it? With her looks of what I always felt could either be 'the girl next door" OR "the femme fatale", she could have played either.
(...btw, and speaking of "Daltons", I always had a thing for Abbey too...one of the sexiest overbites since Gene Tierney!)
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Yes sir, she was & still is quite the looker. There's plenty more where that came from. Any more requests that I haven't got around to yet, shoot 'em at me. Draw!!! lol In the meantime, here's some more Jean.
Miss Jean Simmons
Uh-huh! How's about another cutie little brunette(my favorite kind), and another Jean? Jean Peters.
(...and her lookalike, one Miss Audrey Dalton, would be nice too!)
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Hey Kid! Now do me a favor and find the old "Lookalikes" thread if ya would. I have a couple of new examples I'd like to post in it.
(...it was in the old "Hot Topics" forum of course, and/but I think many of those threads never made it over to the new boards)
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I've only seen WIA once, in part, at least three decades ago. It didn't even work for me on a camp level. Casting deadly serious, vaguely creepy and in any case overage Robert Drivas as the juvenile was a mistake that could not be overcome.
LOL Yeah, "vaguely creepy" is a great definition for Drivas in just about everything he was ever in, alright!
As for Janssen, he showed a light comedy touch on Richard Diamond, but here he was ill-served by Garson Kanin's direction.
Yeah, while I think Janssen was well-cast as the casino boss, I too think Kanin couldn't make up his mind about what kind of film he wanted to make here. It might have been much better if he would have gone for more of a farce, such as say, "The Loved One".
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Gotta say it's always fun and interesting for me to spot the Sedona filming locations in this movie.
(...and in many cases where private homes now sit)
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Then I'm gonna go out on a limb here RK, and guess you also probably like "Where It's At"(1969) starring our boy David Janssen as a Vegas casino boss during that era, and featuring a storyline with overtones of the conflict between the Rat Pack/"Mad Men" vs the Counterculture generations.
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Thanks, Bro!
(...man, what a cutie she was!)
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"Ali Baba Bunny".
I always felt it was made at the very peak of Termite Terrace's art form(1957..and just before WB would cut their budget and thus seem to lower the quality of production), and with Bugs and Daffy's characters and their relationship fully developed into how we now view it and them, and performed before those modern and stylized background drawings.
(...and who can forget..."HASSAN CHOP!!!" ???)
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Hey MultiEye! Gimme some Jean Simmons if ya would.
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...I actually love Pulp Fiction. In fact, it's one of my favouirte films of the 90s, or any time.
I think it is much misunderstood.
And maybe by THIS crowd(classic film lovers) especially, as I believe "the younger set" in general have embraced the film from the time it first hit the theaters.
(...and for the record, I like the movie, but wouldn't say I was "in love" with it)
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Burton...yeah, sort of.
Mature...yeah, definitely.
But that sure doesn't look like Simmons to ME, anyway.
(...which reminds me...I think I'll ask MultiEye to post some pics of that little cutie in his "Gorgeous Women of the Silver Screen" thread, and of whom I don't think he's gotten to as of yet)
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Oh Dargo baby, that's quite a stretch. This coming from someone who wrote shamelessly bad doggerel a couple of years ago, on that Joel McCrea ! thread. You know if that "liberty" you're taking with Mrs. Robinson is making me wince, it's got to be rough !
Guilty as charged, Edith.
(...but I got my point across, now didn't I?!)
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...and Simon's later solo albums, contained many astute and poignant observations on life in the US, and were great tunes. Some still take my breath away.
Absolutely agree, VX. Anybody who can write...
"Now I sit by my window
And I watch the cars
I fear I'll do some damage
One fine day
But I would not be convicted
By a jury of my peers
Still crazy
Still crazy
Still crazy after all these years"
...is a genius in my book.
I like The Graduate quite a bit, but I was living in those times. I realize that it hasn't aged well, as the times have changed.
Absolutely DISagree here VX, as I think the story of "disaffected youth" is a timeless theme, and I believe Nichols tells it very effectively AND entertainingly. And, the more I've watched this film over the years, the more I realize this aspect of it.
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Amazing. They bleeped out "q-u-e-u-e" and "s-t-o-n-e-d"
Little known fact here, Tiki:
The word filter here at TCM.com was programmed by the very same guy who worked on the Ed Sullivan Show when The Stones and The Doors appeared on it!
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...And you can't mock Joe Dimaggio and later try to pretend you didn't! (Grrrrrr)
Where have you been, Andy my old friend
I think your take on Paul's intent is off,
Off, off, off
Because I always thought it was about
A yearning for those grand old days of yore
Yore, yore, yore
And not a slight....on Joltin' Joe.
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(...now what's the chances of a guy who uses that particular avatar over there to the left postin' this clip here, huh?!)
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It's Lt. Gerard, Dargo. Philip Gerard.
OOPS!!! Now HOW did that 'L' get in his name instead of a 'r'???!!!
(...ya know it IS kinda tough typin' on this here keyboard with only one arm!)
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The Constitution does not guarantee the right to not be offended (contrary to what some in the PC crowd may claim)
Ain't it nice to see a man wrongly convicted for the murder of his wife not being cynical about our government, folks?!!!
(...and even THOUGH that freakin' government official Lt. Gerald never gives him a freakin' break!!!)
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Awww... thanks. I do worry, though, that my cerebral sense of humor gets too... cerebral at times.
Well, I doubt you really need to worry all that much about THAT, JL.
(...'cause if I CAN appreciate your sense of humor, then how "cerebral" can it BE???!!!)
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The original ending of An American In Paris had a brief scene where freeloading overage prodigy Oscar Levant ironically hooks up with man-keeping Nina Foch (whom he had criticized earlier for her treatment of Gene Kelly).
This was cut for a variety of reasons: It blunted the impact of the final ballet, and took attention away from the main love story of Kelly-Caron.
Does anyone know if this footage survives?
Yep, it does Dr. Kimble, and I've seen it. However, it's really not much of a scene, as all it consists of is Oscar turning to the camera and breaking the fourth wall and saying to the movie audience..."I knew Nina here before SHE was a virgin TOO!"
(...and so, much like this here joke of mine, you're not missing much by never having seen it)
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A few I actually like that many hate on this thread...
Midnight Cowboy, simply because it is so offbeat, the two leads are likable and the harmonica playing adds to its nice gloomy lonely feel
Dr. Zhivago, despite Julie Christie looking more Mod London than post-October Revolution in her hair style... and the fact it takes too many liberties with the book. I also like drippy, repetitive film scores... this and the '68 version of ROMEO AND JULIET are notorious for driving movie-goers screaming in the same state of rage as parents leaving the Disney theme park "It's A Small World" ride.
Bonnie & Clyde... for the same reason I like Dr. Zhivago. Faye Dunaway belongs to the sixties, not the thirties. Also the bluegrass music doesn't belong either. All of this adds to its charm. A sixties film nostalgic of the thirties.
Gone With The Wind... despite its length, I've never fallen asleep during the couple times I've sat through it. I also like movies with a lot of blubbering and death scenes drawn out.
Slumdog Millionaire... many who dislike this one generally dislike all of the Best Picture winners of the last decade or two anyway. Had it been made in the 1970s or earlier, it might have a more favorable following. Not that it is a masterpiece, mind you, but the music score and editing style is entertaining.
An American In Paris... then again, I'll sit through anything with Gene Kelly in it.
Jurassic Park... just ignore the silly dialogue and enjoy the beasties. Most watch THE TEN COMMANDMENTS for unintended laughs too.
Miracle On Morgan's Creek... since it proves folks in the 1940s were doing "it", even if Eddie was still scared about guns going off.
The Graduate & Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf... since it proves folks in the 1960s weren't doing "it" as much as they would like and were verbally attacking each other
The remaining David Lean films... including Bridge On the River Kwai. As long as they have a choo-choo. A Lean movie without a choo-choo is too Lean for me.
Esther Williams and Elvis Presley movies... you have to be in the proper frame of mind. OK, OK, OK... I will admit FIESTA, CHANGE OF HABIT and CLAMBAKE are difficult outings.
A few I agree are over-rated all the way to the Pearly Gates... although I still kinda-sorta like them...
Citizen Kane, a nice art piece with lots of pretty images, but so much more a masterpiece than ONE FROGGY EVENING? Don't make me laugh. If nothing else, Orson's Ego Trip is amusing to watch. No wonder Hollywood went against him.
Vertigo, the least entertaining Hitchcock, which is EXACTLY why the critics love it. Yet Barbara Bel Geddes is amusing. Her "Stupid! stupid! stupid!" line can easily apply to SIGHT & SOUND.
Easy Rider... you had to be there when it angered Vice President Spiro Agnew. That was the whole "point" of why everybody went to see it. Today, it is just a museum piece like BIRTH OF A NATION.
On The Waterfront... yeah, the acting is good... For Its Time. The fifties were sure a preachy decade, whether it was religious epics by DeMille or Wyler or "social conscious" pictures. Half the movies then gave us a lecture.
Marty... does the guy have no backbone? Or was Borgnine compensating for being such a bully in FROM HERE TO ETERNITY?
The Godfather trilogy... some fanatics need another franchise to become fanatical about, like Star Wars or Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter or... yeah, the fanatics needs something ELSE to be fanatical about.
Forrest Gump... had it not beaten PULP FICTION at the Oscars, maybe the know-it-all critics wouldn't be over-praising the other. Surprisingly many critics view this one much like TITANIC and THE SOUND OF MUSIC... just another crowd pleaser not to be taken seriously. All three are set in an earlier time period and all three screw up trying to get it "right".
Sunrise... yes, the photography sure is perty, Murnau had talent and the post-German Expressionism lighting might have been innovative for its time. Not much story though. Also WINGS has more of a sense of humor and Clara Bow in varying states of undress.
The Lion King... BAMBI was better
These are probably my least favorite "darlings" of the movie buffs and the TV broadcasters:
Pulp Fiction... yeah, the editing style is unique, but why do critics so love all of that bloodshed? Oh I forgot. They were furious that Gump won.
The Deer Hunter
... I am OK with COMING HOME and a few others, since they get to the point faster.
Born On The 4th Of July
... it was bad enough that we must hear the full "American Pie" while Tommy is in hospital agony, but it was also anachronistically heard three years before it was recorded. So many '80s films screwed up the '60s in their presentation.
Dirty Dancing...
... ditto. Yet I guess the frizzy 80s hairstyles posing for 1963 may not be any worse than Julie Christie in Zhivago
Do The Right Thing
Crash
A Beautiful Mind
... I so wanted to like these for their noble intentions...
Saving Private Ryan... except for a couple minutes in the invasion scene
Shakespeare In Love... except for the humorous sex scene. Was 1998 that lackluster a year?
Brian's Song
Maybe had I actually sat through a full Super Bowl game?
LA Confidential
Blue Velvet
... I guess there is a reason so many high brows love these. Some day I will understand why, but give me more time.
The Notebook
Ghost
... I am always scratching my head over these chick flick's undying appeal. Surprisingly, I do... oddly... like NOTTING HILL and that is one that fewer chick flick fans like.
Braveheart
... and any medieval epic in which the star has Colgate teeth and Soloflex abs
Top Gun
The Terminator
Rambo First Blood 2
The Fight Club
Gladiator
... this is why we have so many Cialis ads on TV today
Sorry folks, but I found Jlewis' take here on these films so cleverly written that I just HAD to use the quote button and "play it again, Sam"!
(..."A Lean movie without a choo-choo is too Lean for me.", and, "this is why we have so many Cialis ads on TV today"...PRICELESS!!!!)
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Would this be the thread to ask how those who caught Gene and Dana in last night's TCM premiere showing of "The Iron Curtain" felt about that film?
Personally, other than Wellman's decision to use Reed Hadley's narration in semi-documentary style(man, was that guy ever busy behind the microphone during that era or what?!), I quite enjoyed the film. I felt the pacing, the atmospheric cinematography, the dialogue, and all the acting in it was first rate.
And, while one COULD possibly consign this film to the genre of "Propaganda", I got the impression that even the "bad guys", i.e. the Soviet agents, were on the whole fairly well fleshed out and presented not as the standard 2-D characters common in such films.
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Why, you're quite welcome, Edith!
And sooooo....
And here's to me, Mr. Dargo Man
A Canadian turns her thankful eyes to you
Whoo, whoo ,whoo
(...naaah...still not quite up-to-snuff here, huh!)
LOL