EugeniaH
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She wouldn't be for me either if I were a guy, but in a way her "progression" from the mill-town life on up is understood since she was prostituted by her father since the age of 14. The concept of sex for a material goal was already ingrained in her - but now she uses it for her own ends, not those of others (her father's success with his 'speakeasy').
(not condoning this behavior, of course!)
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On a slightly different note, I'm sure glad that those dowdy housedresses women over 40 had to wear are now out of style.
Signed, somewhat over 40 (I prefer the styles in the most recent decades)
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Liar, liar, pants on fire...
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Another memorable scene:
Vance Jeffords, in a jealous rage, throws a pair of scissors at the face of Flo Burnett, the rival for her father's love, in *The Furies*. A brutal, brutal shot. Mann did not soften things at all.
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Hey Dargo -
Your post wasn't addressed to me but I can't resist - it's soooooo sweet!
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To get some brontosaurus steaks?
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Ugaarte, I agree about the Shelley Winters scene! I saw *Night of the Hunter* for the first time in the theater - kept me awake long after it ended, too.
My coworker and I saw it and she had mentioned that scene before we even went (so it's a big one for her, too). The next couple of days we were singing, "Leaaaa-ning...." as a joke.
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"Far as quality, well there has always been success and failure..."
hamradio, you make a lot of great points in your post. While I have to say that I watch modern movies rarely and with great selectivity, I've been pleasantly surprised by what's out there. Recently on Netflix I saw a couple of movies by Kate Winslet, The Reader and Revolutionary Road, and I was pretty blown away by her acting particulary in the first movie (okay all, no jokes about all the erotic scenes, I don't mean that!
) When I see movies like The King's Speech and Helen Mirren in The Queen, it makes me happy that quality is still of concern to filmmakers.On the other hand, I work at a university and recently there was a film crew there at work on a picture that will be released at some point in the future. The entire plot revolves around the afterparty of a student's graduation. Sad, sad, sad... coming soon to a DVD dustbin near you!
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James, you and I like so many of the same actresses, it's really interesting. In addition to Stanwyck, of course, I also love Lombard, Arthur, DeHavilland, and Dunne (we talked about this before, more or less).
BetteDavis19, I respect Bette Davis as an actress (though she isn't my favorite), and I own DVDs of hers: All About Eve, and Deception. I also really liked her a lot in The Letter, Of Human Bondage and The Star.
As an actress, to me, Davis beats Crawford.
Oh sheesh, how can I forget Baby Jane??? I love this movie!!
Edited by: EugeniaH on Oct 2, 2011 1:59 PM
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Hi ugaarte,
My hair always had natural ringlets. I don't have dimples, but our smiles are a little similar. I used to get annoyed/embarassed at all the adults fussing over me and it made me hate Shirley.
I never saw any of her films in completion until "Now and Forever" sometime back because I'm a big Lombard fan. I was actually a little impressed by Shirley in this movie, she did have some acting talent. But I haven't seen any of her other movies so I reserve final judgment... -
Esther Williams was barefoot a lot.
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When I was a kid I was told constantly that I was the "spitting image" of Shirley Temple (as a kid).
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I'm not really a collector, but I have an autographed photo of Barbara Stanwyck (it was originally for someone named 'Buddy'), and I have Hillary Clinton's autograph from when she was campaigning for President (she, I actually met).
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For silent films, Borzage, Dreyer and Murnau
For "talkies", Hitchcock, early Capra
I like a lot of others already mentioned here but was trying to narrow it down to the bare minimum!
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Give it ten years - people will be asking that question for real.
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Hi wouldbestar,
I haven't seen *Colorado Territory* but your "teaser" opening line has my interest peaked.
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*PS: If anybody out there recalls the title of the stooge "pharmacy" film mentioned below, I would appreciate a heads up. It was one of their early shorts with Curly. There may have been a recylced "shemp" version of the story, but of that I'm not sure.*
Hi Thelma - I remember a short with Shemp set in a pharmacy, but not with Curly, and I'm not good at remembering the names of their shorts, unfortunately (only plots).
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*Ya know Eugenia, after reading this post of yours here, your last line had me thinkin' that if only I was even a little proficient at photoshoping pictures, it would be kinda funny to take some random still photo of the Three Stooges and replace Larry Fine's face in it with that of Larry Olivier's. That would pretty much encapsulate this whole thread, wouldn't it?!*
Those are way beyond my computer skills, too! But my imagination is doing a good job of it. I'm picturing Larry Fine holding a skull and saying, "Alas, poor Yorick..."
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Thelma, your fonts of knowledge just blow me away. Thank you for all your contributions here.
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I've been trying to catch up on the Gable/Crawford movies and last night I watched *Strange Cargo*. I don't know if it's regarded as a hit or a bomb but I liked it a lot, and it's actually one of the better Crawford movies I've seen (subjectively speaking, of course). Gable is at his rugged, macho best.
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Curly's inarguably the one most of us really watch, but actually Larry had a lot of funny lines too, even if he didn't have the broad mannerisms of Curly. When I saw a lot of these shorts most recently (I was on a Stooges kick some time back) I started listening to Larry more and found I laughed a lot at him.
After Curly left Shemp was fine, but then at some point the quality of the writing really went down and they seemed too old to be doing the same schtick.
Larry Olivier is okay too.
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*So many to chose from. I love the scene in That Touch of Mink when Cary flies Doris Day to Bermuda twice to "seal the deal".*
I love the line(s) in this movie where Day calls Grant from his place (he's with another woman, probably hoping for better luck) and says, "Guess where I am?" - and his sarcastic response is, "Disneyland?" :^0
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Ugh, I so agree with you there, Eddie! What a sadist! He wasn't one of my favorites - maybe the least favorite!
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*The stateroom scene in A NIGHT AT THE OPERA!*
How about the stateroom scene in *The Lady Eve*?
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A high point in Western art.
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> but now she uses it for her own ends, not those of others
*(Fred Dobbs) Is that the lesson you got out of the movie?*
Well, I think there is an element of usury on Baby Face's part, because she is sleeping with one man after the next not caring about their feelings or the consequences of the relationships, but only how she can move up the ladder and better her station in life. She is pretty ruthless through most of the movie - she sleeps with both father and son at one point.
She was hardened from life with her father and after her father dies in the fire, armed with her Nietzsche lessons, she was out of there.