Sepiatone
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As I haven't read the book either film was supposedly based on, it wouldn't be suitable to comment on that level. I enjoy both *To Have or Have Not* AND *The Breaking Point* . But I see them as two different stories, not one being a rehash of the other.
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Yeah, yeah. I get it. Eye of the beholder and everyone entitle to an opinion. But this list is including women and men most people have either never heard of or have ever seen.
No matter. If someone thinks they're gorgeous, so be it.
But the OP was asking about the most gorgeous STAR. And several of the entries don't fit that category, although they ARE gorgeous!
That's why I refrained from mentioning again an actress, whose name I don't know( but I asked about a long while ago and Fred C. Dobbs provided the name of) that appeared in a musical number with DICK POWELL in *42nd Street* . She was blonde, and she was a KNOCKOUT! But she never made it to "star" status. Too bad.
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Ah, so he finally gets re-united with his wife. He WAS a pretty good actor. I always conjur his image when reading Elia Kazan's "The Arrangement".
His wife Diane was a splendid photographer. I have a book with several of her works. Fantastic eye that woman had!
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The kid's wide-eyed, shaking like a leaf, mouth silently opening and closing and gulping first appearance on stage makes me near wet myself every time, too.
And Rob Reiner has a small spot, too.
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Good examples. Another couple of examples would be:
*The Dark Knight* ; Young HEATH LEDGER'S untimely death didn't thwart the effort to release it, I imagine because enough primary footage was in the bag. And his performance was outstanding. I'm not one of those in the school of thought that thinks he only got the Oscar because he was dead. He EARNED it.
*A Guy Named Joe* ; Kudos to the cast members that insisted production be held up until VAN JOHNSON could get healthy enough to return to the set! Although I don't exactly recall why he was off the production.
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I've read only three of Hemmingway's books; *Faerwell To Arms, For Whom The Bell Tolls* and *The Old Man and The Sea .* "Bell" was the only one I didn't have to fight through. The movie adaptation wasn't TOO bad, I thought, but "Farewell" did better when wrapped up in that "Adventures of A Young Man" amalgam turned into a Richard Beymer flock.
As American Writers went, I preferred Twain, Steinbeck and Goldman.
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SCHMIDT was a different kind of role for him, wasn't it? At least from much of what he'd done in recent years up to that point.
After seeing his old "biker" movies, his sporadic appearances in *Ensign Pulver* and a quick glance in *Head* , his rise to his status seemed to take too long, yet also seemed to be over too soon!
Happy day, Jack!
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You're not being fair, Fred. It's no mean trick to alter a Hemmingway story to make it better. If HE thinks *The Breaking Point* is the best adaptation of HIS story, it only means it appealed to his WAY over-bloated EGO! (which STILL wasn't as bloated as his LIVER!)
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I missed all that.
Did they show that one where she's an orphan?
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Yes, Dargo, Gina was always gorgeous.
This thread has gone from asking for Cinema's most gorgeous star to people posting pics and names of just about every pretty face( and some NOT so pretty) to have ever stood in front of a movie camera!
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That's ALICE GHOSTLY
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Brando didn't really want to do "Teahouse", and was surprised at how well it did, box office wise.
Despite any of their misgivings or reluctnance, these people had a sense of professionalism that betrayed their lack of enthusiasm. In retrospect, I suppose they got over it, after seeing how well loved these movies became. It took Christopher Plummer a lot of years to get over his despising of *The Sound Of Music* , and it's been a while since he quit referring to it as "The Sound Of Mucous".
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And I'll thow MY thanks in here, too!
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LOL!! UP!
Reminded me of something my wife said when we first watched it.
"It's too bad SPENCER TRACY wasn't still alive to do the old man's voice. He looks just LIKE him!"
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There's a member here( I won't mention names, mostly because I FORGOT who!) that feels ANY movie made after 1960 isn't worth watching.
THIS thread must be driving him NUTS!
Anyway, I now have a hankering to see most of the movies mentioned here. A lot of good 'uns were brought up.
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I'm gonna throw a wrench in this and relate that my wife thinks you're all a bunch of racists .
SHE thinks one of filmdom's most gorgeous actors, when young, and even when aging, was SIDNEY POITIER!
And NO, my wife isn't black.
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Restored, rehydrated, reconstituted, it doesn't matter. It's STILL *Lawrence Of Arabia* .You might find this hard to believe, but there ARE many people who really can't tell the difference, and an equal number who don't really CARE.
A lot of viewers who turn on TCM do so in the hopes of seeing some long lost gem they haven't seen in umpteen years, or some great old "classic" they've never seen before. But, if like most people, they SLEEP between 11:00pm and 9:00am, they'll probably miss a few of THOSE, and tune in during PRIME TIME to watch, yet again, "Lawrence", "Eternity" , "Streecar" or *Guess Who's Coming To Dinner .*
Flyback has a legitamate gripe. TCM should reverse the trend, show the "frequent flyers" on the red-eye shift, and the long-lost fare during prime time.
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Been trying to catch as much "Combat" on METV whenever possible. At 3;00am, it's not always possible. First became a fan of sorts of Morrow from that, and co-star Chuck Ban....er...RICK JASON. ( Chuck Ban was an old high school buddy who EVERYONE agreed was Mr. Jason's "spitting image". Hey! Maybe THAT'S the "Jason" his daughter got the middle name from!)
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*Little Miss Marker*
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Thought slightly about this when watching *The Blackboard Jungle* the other day. Spurred further by someone on the "Perfect Ending" thread about how they thought *Psyco* should have ended.
Which scene in whatever movie would you have done differently if you were directing it? Not the whole movie, mind you, but a particular scene in a movie that somehow bothers you enough to think, "If I were directing this, I'd have changed this"?
I just mentioned *Blackboard Jungle* , and the scene that planted the seed of this thread was towards the end, when GLENN FORD was in that knife stand-off with VIC MORROW. When Morrow's Artie was disarmed, Ford then pushes him into the blackboard and tries to repeatedly slam him into it. But Morrow's sweater is so loose, he only manages to pull the material out and back, barely moving Morrow at all.
I imagined this took a few takes, because I don't see how it could be done in one, with what I also imagined the laughter from all involved at how COMICAL it all must have seemed. For ME, I at least thought so because I always catch myself chuckling at what's supposed to be a very dramatic point in the scene.
If I were directing it, I would have reshot the scene with Ford holding Morrow by the SHOULDERS so the slamming of Morrow against the blackboard would be more apparent.
There MUST be several examples of this sort of thing any one of you all can conjure, and I'd like to see some of them.
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I can't imagine who would SIT through it. Never heard of it myself, but that doesn't mean it didn't happen.
The longest movie I ever heard of was the Soviet production of *War and Peace* , which was over six hours long.
Then there's those movies that aren't really that long, but SEEM like it! :0
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That's another thread category, Lavender. Your Dad looked like Newman when he was younger( did you mean when your DAD was younger, or NEWMAN?), and my step-dad resembled VICTOR JORY!
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THE HOSPITAL
SUMMER OF '42
THE NEW CENTURIONS
BLUE COLLAR
THE DAY OF THE JACKAL
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Edited by: Sepiatone on Apr 21, 2013 12:35 PM
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For some reason, I started thinking about this movie. I thought that I would come here and try to find out what it was called, but couldn't clearly remember enough about it to put here that would make sense.
Then TODAY, here's someone else asking about the SAME MOVIE!
Cue the theremin music!
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Hollywood isn't remaking the Good Old Movies...
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If you recall, there was a time they remade some of the "good old movies". The results weren't all that spectacular. Maybe it's a good thing that they're not.
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