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In that case here Lorna, I must note that Nina van Pallandt who played the cougar who Bridges has just bedded in the opening scene, I thought was also pretty darn fine... (...still with us at age 89, she seems to have led a very interesting life after I checked out her Wiki bio page)

Although I'm pretty sure the parade you see in this film went down the other main street in Santa Barbara...Mission Street.

Sorry slayton, but I agree with Moe here in regard to the Countach. The original Countach was a VERY "nice" (as in "nicely styled") car UNTIL they cluttered up its "niceness" and began adding all that aero-crap to its exterior and then needlessly giving this nice looking car that cartoonish "boy racer" look during its later run. (...and have thought this since the day I first saw one back in the early-'70s)

Now, why in the world does this thought sound like it could've been a Beach Boys song to me, I wonder?!

So then, lemme get this straight here. This OTHER sort of Pisces might, say, yell "FIRE!" inside a crowded theater when there is none, OR maybe even yell "RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! THE GIANT ANTS ARE HERE!" inside a crowded Costco, RIGHT?! (...well then, I guess I know which sort of Pisces I am, don't I!)

Okay, OKAY! Alright then. I WILL!... (...happy NOW???!!!)

Yep, those little mid-engine Renault pocket-rockets have become very desirable in the collector car market of late alright, Moe. I think they're at about $100K presently, if of course they're in excellent condition. (...and yes, every Suzuki Gamma I've ever run across here in The States have been spirited across the Canadian border somehow...there's a couple of guys who ride into the Hansen Dam British Meet in SoCal on 'em every year...crazy fast bikes, like ya said...don't know how they get 'em registered, though)

WAIT! Now, according to my birth certificate, I was born in early March and thus makin' me a Pisces and NOT a Sagittarius, RIGHT?! So Bronxie, are you SURE you're readin' that chart of yours correctly??? (...you wouldn't be accusing the County of Los Angeles' Hall of Records of slipshod work, now would you?!!!)

And in keeping with the earlier mentioned western genre... Considering this ongoing and lengthy major drought presently taking place across the American West, might I suggest you have the kid watch The Big Country, as this film is basically about water rights and how water in the western states is so often viewed as preciously as gold is and historically has been the cause of conflicts since the time the west was first being settled by those of European descent. (...Jerome Moross' stirring score for this film will probably help him get right into this one too...does ME every time, anyway)

Well, in THAT case, and in MY case, and seein' as how my attempt at humor in the above posting apparently didn't tickle your funny bone at all this time MissW, AND if ya wanna get all serious about this here... I personally have no problem or at least don't hold it against any noirs that show "innocent people" getting bumped off somewhere along the way, as this sort of thing unfortunately happens in real life all the time, and so might make the narrative in such a noir seem even more true to life and reflect and expose an even darker aspects of the human condition. Now, I DO agree with you and took note of it myself while watching The Bitter Stems the other night that the MOTIVATION for the Alfredo character to commit the murder that he did, did NOT seem all that well presented and seemed to be truncated in its presentation and questioned why he --and who btw I do NOT think was "evil" or "horrible" but just more an extremely frustrated and desperate man with and about his own life--would take such a drastic step and instead of just confronting Liudas with his suspicions. (...there...is THAT better?)

Tweren't ME, MissW. However, I CAN understand your confusion here though, and seein' as how that SEPIA guy STOLE my whole overuse of the uppercase in order to imply conversational inflection grammatical shtick around here YEARS ago! BUT of course, HE'LL never admit this!!! Nope, all I ever remember tellin' you about The Postman Always Rings Twice was that MY mailman NEVER rang twice! (...oh, and MAYBE that I never thought Lana Turner was all that hot UNTIL I watched this flick for the first time...yeah, maybe that too)

LOL I LIKE it, Mr.G! Say, maybe they could've also worked into it a magician and a parrot as two more of those survivors?! I assume you've heard the following old joke here before, haven't you?... There was once a magician on a cruise ship who performed mainly slight-of-hand tricks. He had a regular spot on the ship's evening entertainment. He was actually quite a good magician, but his routines were regularly ruined by the on-board parrot who would fly around squawking out and giving away his secrets like: "IT'S UP HIS SLEEVE, IT'S UP HIS SLEEVE!", or "IT'S IN HIS POCKET, IT'S IN HIS POCKET!", or "IT'S IN HIS MOUTH, IT'S IN HIS MOUTH!" The magician was getting pretty sick of this and threatened to kill the parrot if it ruined his act one more time. That evening right at the climax of his act, just as he was about to disappear in a puff of smoke, the ship hit an iceberg and sank in seconds. Amazingly, the magician and the parrot were the only two survivors. The magician was lying on a piece of driftwood in a daze. As he opened his eyes he could see the parrot staring at him out of its beady little eye. The parrot sat there for hours just staring at him and eventually said, "OK, I give up, what did you do with the ship?"

Well HECK! If we're gonna go all academic/documentary here, then allow me to suggest THIS miniseries: The Story of English episode 1 - An English Speaking World - Part 1 / 7 - YouTube Now, a few of its aspects and details might be a bit dated as it was first broadcast back in 1986, but I still remember quite well being highly fascinated with and by this Emmy Award winning series while watching it on PBS back then. (...of course I WAS "a little" older than the age of 14 at that time, 34 to be exact, but still I think any kid interested in bettering his understanding and knowledge of the world and some of the people living on it, might find it "fascinating" too!)

Can't think of any films Ann-Margret might've costarred with Sinatra, though. (...with his fellow Rat Packer Dino in Murderers' Row, but can't think of any she did with Ol' Blue Eyes)

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REALLY?! Then why weren't you able to find the FIRST thread done about this thing, lydecker??? (...Libras are USUALLY known to be VERY good at doing computer searches, ya know!)

Yeah! And in fact here Moe, I've heard that there's talk of a neo-noir movie being made about this very Los Angeles eatery here! Its working title at the moment: To Live and Die (from Arteriosclerosis) in L.A. (...no word yet if they're gonna be able to get Dean Stockwell to reprise his role in this one...he's gettin' up there in age now days, ya know)

So sagebrush! Evidently you haven't noticed that on the last week of this gig, that astrologer lady is gonna tell us about the chart she did for Ed Wood. And YEP, they're gonna show his Plane 9 AND Glen or Glenda flicks! (...and so ya better enjoy these GOOD movies while ya can, dude)

Yeah, but this is probably because lydecker is a Scorpio, and they're usually the last ones to the party ya know, Yancey.

WHAT?! No love for THIS one here???...

LOL Eeh! My bilge pumps are workin' JUST fine here, Ed!

Hey Moe! IF ya show the kid my favorite propaganda film of all time, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, you'll then be able to cover The Boer War, WWI AND WWII with him. (...although you DO run the risk of him becoming a big anglophile, but there ARE worse things in this world he could become, ya know...just be sure you don't allow him to start spelling certain words in this language with that oh so needless superfluous letter 'u' and he'll turn out okay, I'm sure)

Yeah, I'll do this at Costco too Sepia, and especially if I haven't eaten before I step into the place. But you know the old sayin', don't ya? "Never grocery shop on an empty stomach", or else you'll end up buying a lot more than you originally came for. (...and of course exactly what those people who give out those samples are hoping for)

Well Sepia, I WILL admit that there's a little more of a resemblance between Brian Donlevy and to our mystery man here than there was/is to Brian Aherne, anyway. (...still stickin' with my Brent Theory here though)

LOL Ya know Ed, I came THIS close to finishing up my OP up there with this very thought of yours here and instead of having my epilogue mentioning that Costco snack bar thing. (...so, it seems your wife might be a lot like MY wife then, eh?...being much less of an extrovert than their husbands)