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If THIS turns out to be the case, then I can't WAIT to see how the hosts will explain Blazing Saddles to all those poor little overly-sensitive wokesters out there in the coming years! (...hell, THAT would be worth the price of my constantly rising cable bill right THERE!!!) LOL

A&C Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and almost all of A&C's movies, were indeed made at Universal Pictures, as they were under contract to that studio. The first two Sherlock Holmes films and which you mentioned and that starred Basil Rathbone were indeed 20th Century Fox films, but a few years later when Rathbone starred in that series of B-pictures as the great British detective, those were made at Universal as well. The 1931 Fredric March version of DJAMH was a Paramount Pictures production, but the 1941 version of it starring Spencer Tracy was made at MGM.

Actually Beth, I must admit for YEARS I thought the creature out on the wing of Bill's flight might have been Raymond Burr, and because it always reminded me of him. (...however NOW, I must admit that, no, said creature wasn't Ed Asner...I just made all this up and because, well because, you know ME, don't YA?!!!) LOL.

Yes Mr. G. In fact, Ed and Bill DID once work together on an old TV series, although Ed's part has always gone uncredited. Uh-huh, sure. You remember this Twilight Zone episode I'm sure, RIGHT?!...

But WAIT! Didn't the Supreme Court rule a while back that that's one and the SAME???? LOL

Just wanna say here slayton (and warning, it might not be exactly the point of your thread here) but your OP somehow reminded me of something that happened to me back when I was about 12 y/o. My father and mother and I were watching the first of John Ford's "cavalry trilogy" on that old Zenith TV set in our living room. I fell asleep on the couch near the end of it. After the movie ended, my mother then attempted to wake me and tell me that it was time to go to bed. Well, I must have been dreaming about being a character in that film, because as I awoke but still in a groggy state, I blurted out to her, "I can't go to bed. I've got to get water to the Apaches!" (...Mom kidded me about this for years)

I agree. And especially in the case of THIS film's exceptional overall quality in all aspects of its production, from Wyler's direction, Sherwood's script, Friedhoffer's score and to all the terrific acting done within it by a great cast. Yep, it would still be considered a classic and no matter what film stock it was shot in. Not sure what you've posited HERE is actually true, TB. I mean sure, there are many movie fans of an older generation who might feel this way (heck, we get those "One Post Wonder" types on here all the time, don't we), but overall I think you might have overstated your case in this regard.

No, and because first, Guys and Dolls was made a decade later than the immediate postwar era. And secondly, because most ALL big production musicals by the mid-'50s were being filmed in Technicolor--a process along with wide screen Cinemascope--as an inducement to get people from sitting home and instead watching what was on their television sets, and which as you know was quite a problem for the movie industry at the time. (...and which was something TBYOOL didn't have to contend with, and due to the fact that in 1946, televisions were a rare commodity in American households)

OH well, in THAT case, then why not just colorize it and MAYBE even add some kind'a CGI effects to where Homer Parrish can transform himself into a superhero with just a click of his hooks?! Now THAT would SURELY bring the kids around to seein' how great a film this truly is, wouldn't ya say, TB?!! (...yep, we must surely cater to the tastes of the modern generation of movie-goers, alright!) LOL

And yet despite all these accolades and all the other Oscar recognition given this great film (and which as I've said many a time around here, this being my personal favorite film of all time) I've always found it extremely strange that Toland's terrific cinematography wasn't even nominated for one of those little golden statuettes. (...and Toto...loved that you mentioned the beautifully shot and moving aircraft graveyard scene here)

Whaddaya talkin' 'bout here, Dan?! Love him or hate him, Bill Maher does THIS every Friday night on HBO, and especially during his "New Rules" segment. (...and YEP, he skewers the "woke" out there JUST as much as he does the Conservative element in this country of ours TOO!!!)

I know, I know. It was just that I couldn't resist raggin' on how lousy mass-produced American beer is, that's all. (...ya see, about twenty years ago or so and after my first visit to a brew pub/restaurant which a friend of mine had opened up in SoCal and then being introduced to GOOD tasting brews, just the SMELL of a freakin' Budweiser/Miller's/Coors/You Name It Massed-Produced American beer makes me almost sick now days, and has brought me to the point of questioning how I EVER could've drank such swills)

Well, what did you expect comin' from a mass-produced American beer company, dude?!!! I mean, they certainly COULDN'T play on the idea that their product actually TASTES good, now could THEY???!!! (...and why almost EVERY freakin' mass-produced American beer company has ALWAYS played up the idea of what "fun" one can have while imbiding their swill, ya know!)

Uh-huh, and with this very sentence being said during that corporate brainstorming session. (...and I'll bet whoever said it, got high-fives all around)

Ya know, there's another thing about Asner that Wayne's "that New York actor" comment MIGHT have also been a veiled reference to, don't ya? Uh-huh, yep. Asner's religion. (...NOT sayin' this is a "fact" here pilgrim, but this DID cross my mind here)

Not only THAT here Rich, but all of our monikers around here are now in uppercase lettering TOO! (...NOT as you might have guessed, I personally would have ANYTHING against THIS, you understand) LOL

So Nip. Maybe this explains why Orson gained all that weight later on. Yeah, ya see, maybe because of those bad knees he had there, he wasn't able to exercise and keep himself in better shape when he got older, and so just started sittin' around on his fat butt, eatin' and drinkin' wine. (...hey, just a guess here, dude)

Well, considering Helen at that time was about as short as Linda is, I suppose I can understand your confusion here, ol' buddy. LOL

Right, but I'm sure you know why I referenced "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" up there, don't ya?! Because of your choice of an avatar. Yes, Art Deco is timeless, but I also think Mid-Century is too. And that's what TCM's new set appears to be in the style of. (...btw...welcome to the boards)

So, kind'a like when Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea switched from B&W to color after its first season, OldDood?

Now see, THIS is exactly what I've always liked about you since you've first shown up on these boards here, EPM! Your ability to equivocate with the best of 'em out there! LOL Or in other words, and sorry, but it seemed to me that you were, as they say, "talking out of both sides of your mouth" up there. (...BUT, very eloquently, I might add)

Sure, while it might have been "reality" that John Wayne called Ed Asner "that New York actor", the fact actually is that Asner was Kansas City born and bred, and wasn't on the New York stage for very long before he moved out to L.A. and started getting work in both films and on TV. (...pilgrim)

Yep, but pretty much the point I was attempting to make, James. Although, I'll now add the thought that perhaps because of this increased public awareness to all those poor "offended" people, this has created a "snowball effect" in these regards. Yep, I saw that eariler post of yours and where you questioned the OP's use of the "collective we" or sometimes also referred to as the "royal we". And yes, I thought it a very good point made on your part. Yep again, and thus yet another example of why there are often as many examples available to point to out there when it comes to the idea that people REGARDLESS where they might place themselves on the political spectrum can and often DO practice various forms of "political correctness", and of which it's always seemed those who position themselves on one particular side of said spectrum seem especially blind to this fact or lack the self-awareness to recognize this in themselves. Yep, exactly...again.

Don't ya just love the Internet, folks?! Remember, back before it was created the only options available to people who were offended by something they saw or heard on TV was to either place a telephone call to the local TV station or was to write a nasty letter to the TV station expressing why they were offended about something they saw and/or heard on it. But NOW DAYS using this thing called the Internet, we can express these complaints as to why we were offended in a website's public forum section or in some other social media site, and so EVERYONE can then see why we were so offended about something. Yep, what a wonderous thing this Internet is, isn't it. Question though: Do you think the Internet might have contributed to why it seems EVERY freakin' American seems to be offended about SOMETHING now days, and in some cases even about something as seemingly INSIGNIFICANT as being told or reminded that there are older cultural practices such as blackface which now days some might find offensive? (...just wonderin', that's all...and although I really think I ALREADY know the answer to this)

Funny, but in a similar fashion to this Sepia, there was a gal I knew in high school who looked a lot like and was almost as strikingly beautiful as Dina's mother, and who made MY life miserable at the time. (...but only because she never would even give me the time of day)