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I like "Ambersons" but it is a chore to sit though. I imagine most people didn't care HOW it ended, but were thankful that it finally HAD ended. Funny how that works..... A movie like LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, at 227 minutes can still seem much shorter than "The Magnificent Ambersons" at 88. It reminds me of two occurances.... Several rolls of unprocessed 35mm film taken by a noted candid photographer( I'm mad at myself for not remembering the name) were discovered. The initial idea was to have the film developed and printed for display at an exhibition. This was dismissed as those who knew the photographer and others familiar with his work knew that what made his photographs great were the choices he made of which exposures to print and display and his particuar way of developing the negative, which others could not exactly duplicate. Another was the discovery of an old spiral notebook, once belonging to BUDDY HOLLY was found in one of his old guitar cases. It contained pages of songs he wrote but hadn't had chance to record before his death. The idea was that some modern day singers would record them, but the idea was quickly dismissed because the notebook only contained the LYRICS of songs, with not melody or chord charts included. so.... If people in the two examples realized NObody can complete any individual's projects with that individual's unique style, then who can presume to complete Orson Welles' movie the way Orson intended? Sepiatone

OK. For Lemmon, a few might be GOOD NEIGHBOR SAM SAVE THE TIGER DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES THE APARTMENT The more recent DAD. L&M(heh!) Early.... THE FORTUNE COOKIE THE ODD COUPLE THE FRONT PAGE Later GRUMPY OLD MEN GRUMPIER OLD MEN OUT TO SEA And for Matthau CHARLIE VARRICK KOTCH A NEW LEAF THE SUNSHINE BOYS Sepiatone

Another old Lemmon fave of mine is GOOD NEIGHBOR SAM('64) My only disappointment(to me) was UNDER THE YUM YUM TREE('63) Sepiatone

Well, my favorite maxim about revenge is---- "Revenge is like a water vessel with a hole in it's bottom. It holds nothing but the promise of emptiness." Sepiatone

Oddly enough, she thought Speedy was "cute". Sepiatone So.... ANOTHER chubby pawnbroker? Sepiatone

I always saw that segment as Ilsa using Rick's love for her in the past as a way to get him to hand over the letters of transport to her. I never considered them as having anything physical happen that night. As you might recall, it seemed she figured if the past LOVE didn't work, then maybe the GUN would! Sepiatone

Sure. Matthau is usually an asset to any movie he shows up in. From "A Face In The Crowd"('57), and "Strangers When we Meet"( '60) to "Charade"('63) and even "Ensign Pulver"('64) Walt showed he was always much more than just a rubber faced comic relief character actor. Oh, and MAGOO===== I've always liked "Charlie Varrick" too. And the Lemmon/Matthau team also did a version of THE FRONT PAGE ('74) that was pretty good(I thought ) Funny story... In a Playboy interview with GEORGE BURNS, when Burns was enjoying his career rejuvenation had a lot of praise for Matthau in relation to their working together in THE SUNSHINE BOYS ('75) about how quickly and expertly Walt got into character. "He was supposed to play a guy 25-30 years older than he was, and he got perfectly into that character as soon as the make-up girl got done with his make-up job. I even had to help him into his chair!" Sepiatone

Not by PIXAR I hope! Then they'll have to change the title to "Finding Ambersons" Sepiatone

??? State Trooper? Or, what? Oh. You meant "TROUPER". Sepiatone

My wife HATED that movie! Said she's never seen so many otherwise good actors do such PIZZ-POOR imitations of Mexicans. Said even the "little jew" Eli Wallach did Latino character CIRCLES around the cast of "Tortila Flats". And you know, both Anthony Quinn( Mexican) and Cesar Romero (Cuban/Spanish) were active and recognizable actors when this movie was made, and likely a few other actual Latino actors, enough to NOT make the undoubtedly insult to Hispanics this stinkbomb (IMHO) is. But, what else is to be expected from a business run by "Whettoes" in 1940's Honkeywood? Sepiatone

My brother in law suffered a similar leg injury some years back. I know that poor woman must've been in some serious pain. Hoping the best for her. Sepiatone

Y'know, I always liked that big house they showed as being the Cartwright place on the Ponderosa. Yeah, I know it was likely a variety of "sets" when filmed were spliced to give the impression of one big house, but still.... Wouldn't mind having a real house based on that design. But hey, I'll settle for being able to AFFORD a house like that! Sepiatone

My issue with backlot members "co-hosting" a movie feature is that their impressions of the movies shown during their time on the show were so WAY off base with mine they impressed me as either being too rehearsed, or otherwise dimwitted. And I really wouldn't be a good fit for that type of theing because... 1. I'm just a film "buff", not an "expert". and..... 2. I don't even have the wherewithal to pretend to be. Sepiatone

Yeah, when I was a kid(let's say, "pre-tween") there were no special matinee showings at the Park theater in Lincoln Park, MI. And admission for kids under 12 was 25 cents. Usually two cartoons and trailers for two movies, usually what was coming up that coming Monday. No ads, trivia games or other nonsense like that. Other theaters in the area did have those "kiddie matinees" that showed a bit older children's fare and animated features, but not the Park. But over a little bit of time my Saturday movie viewing expanded to theaters in neighboring cities like Allen Park, MI and Wyandotte, MI when my Dad would agree to give me a lift. The Wyandotte theater was the first "multi-plex" theater I knew of. But it was two screens, divided in the huge building the theater occupied with the "Main" theater on one side, and the "Annex" on the other. And each with separate concession stands. And it wasn't until the early '80's('82 to be exact) and finally had access to cable in my community that I finally started seeing those "shorts" I've always heard about on Oscar night and earlier touted in various old movies and some TV shows as "Selected shorts". Was always wondering what the hell was meant by that. Sepiatone

Another on my short list of "Movies as good as the book." Which I read long before ever seeing the movie. And I can't complain about the casting at all. Sepiatone

UH-oh............... A movie from the '90's ? SOMEbody's gonna be upset! Sepiatone

Y'know, the watching of "old" (or classic) movies sparked another interest in me. For instance.... I'd keep seeing the same men or women in various older movies and in several differing genres. And my curiosity was piqued. "Who IS that guy?" I'd ask myself.. "I see him in so many different movies and I've even seen him in a lot of TV shows when I was growing up!" And thus began my interest in all those wonderfully talented(oft times more so than the "star" of the movie) CHARACTER ACTORS. I'll sometimes sit through some studio era flick or some '50's and '60's TV show on the lookout for who might show up! Who will it be? FRANK McHUGH? AL JENKINS? CHARLES LANE? Or the occasional PERCY HELTON? Well, mostly on TV I'll spot DABS GREER in a variety of roles and in a variety of genres. And I've seen these guys(and more) in more movies that many of the "stars" I've seen plenty of over the years. I've grown up with THEM more than Gable, bogey or Jimmy (either one) . Oh, and BURT MUSTIN too! Sepiatone

If you're referring to the image of Travers on the old poster, well, "Artistic license". I'll have to tune into the flick to see if they're in full bloom. Sepiatone

Well, on my cable service(WOW) WGN is still presented, and NewsNation is one of many programs on it's roster. Sepiatone

One of the few(IMO) movies that stayed pretty close to the book. And to be sure, both Poitier and Morrow were two of the older "kids" in the class. Poitier two years older than Morrow, and Farr(Farah) just over 21 when this movie was made.('55, not '54) And personally, Farr didn't look that big to me. Poitier was much larger in physical stature. But no matter. Of course those "hooligans" went to school every day. Otherwise, there'd be no movie! And several other familiar faces wound up at Manual Trades. You already mentioned Jameel Farah(Jamie Farr), Morrow and Poitier, but also Future director Paul Mazursky, and Horace McMahon( Naked City). And the tragic Rafael Campos, who I've long thought deserved a better career. But, judge this movie as you should most others. By how it presents the story and the quality of the acting by the cast, and not the niggling little details that nobody really cares about anyway. Sepiaton

Why James...... I had no idea your last name was LITELLA Sepiatone

Casablanca..... AGAIN?? Jeez.... Hitch must be spinning in his grave that this movie's frequency numbers are quickly catching up to the NORTH BY NORTHWEST bar! Sepiatone

Heh. I often watch something on MOVIES! too, and they often show films made in the mid to late '40's( the station having their own "Noir" presentations) to early-mid '50's. And I also brought up movies made in the '80's approaching 40 years of age. Seems to fit the TCM criteria to me. So, what's the real complaint here? Age denial? Hates the thought that movies that were "current" when they were kids now thought of as "classic" in the "old movie" sense? Well, welcome to the CLUB, POPS! Sepiatone

But then, maybe they WERE 20-25 years older than the character they portrayed that was supposedly your age. Y'know, I used to think I was older than child actor STANLEY LIVINGSTON, who was CHIP Douglas on the MY THREE SONS show, because the character was given as and looked a few years younger than the "kid" who is actually a year older than me. And too( and I've mentioned this before) I'm now pushing 70(this July) and STILL look half as old as SPENCER TRACY did when he made GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER at age 67. And in his case, you probably could blame it on the smoking and booze . But in the matter of TV kids, both JOHNNY CRAWFORD (The Rifleman) and JERRY MATHERS( the "Beave") played characters younger than they really were, and maybe due to them being "small for their age". I long thought I was older than them too, but it turns out they beat me by a few years. Sepiatone

It's been many years(maybe too many) since I've read Mr. Baum's time honored book. And that was after years of watching the Garland movie yearly on TV. But I know really nothing about this supposed remake. As we do know, the '39 "classic" bears little resemblance(save for pertinent characters) to the source material(book). So, is the proposed "remake" to be an attempt to be a truer adaptation of the book, or a remake of the "classic" MGM musical? And some ask "What's the point?" Well.... In alignment with the "Hamlet" example mentioned earlier, I suppose the same could have been said about a stage musical and subsequent film of basically a Shakespeare play that's also been done before(West Side Story) . How many "Romeo and Juliets" do we need as well? No matter WHICH form they take? Sepiatone