Sepiatone
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(Gasp!) I'm only *5 steps* away from my BATHROOM! :0
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I had some minor issues with this site. Technical issues. For one, whenever I wanted to post a thread or reply to one, I had to click on "plain text" to be able to get a blinking cursor that would enable me to do so. Whenever I hit "enter", it would "double-space". The emoticons wouldn't work, and I had to figure out how to type them in ( only mastering the much needed wink). Had to hit CTRLB to get bold. Couldn't italicize because hitting CTRLI only got my IM page. Stuff like that. I had learned to live with it, as getting around these things weren't much of a problem.
But today, I came on here and all of a sudden, they were GONE! I went to reply to a thread, and the cursor was blinking in th RICH TEXT page, which I'm using now. I click on "B" for bold and I get BOLD! Plus, I can now italicize. And the emoticons even work!
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(!) Have to double "enter" to double space.
No big deal to the rest of you, I'm sure. But *I* *don't know what happened!* Did little PC sprites, like "shoe elves" come in last night and do something? I couldn't say. I DO remember last night before signing off from something else to click on an UPDATE alert from MS.
But that wouldn't mean anything, would it? Or not?
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*The Robe* is a "Biblical-based" movie?
I thought it was based on Lloyd C. Douglas' *novel*!
Which book opf the Bible does this story come from?
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Edited by: Sepiatone on Mar 29, 2013 12:34 PM
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Did Hayward die of lung cancer? And yes, cigarette packs always had 20 to a pack. I think Wayne's usage has been eggagerated over the years. A smoke every three minutes? Since it takes FIVE for a cigarette to burn down, that would be a mean trick!
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Is that "accordian" crack some kind of Polish joke, darkblue? X-(
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Oh, well EXCUUUUUSE me! The ACADEMY nominated him for it.
And, as we ALL know, the ACADEMY always gets it right!
So, Jake, do you think Burton's performance in this flack-er-flick was actually good? Or do you think so because the ACADEMY said so?
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I'm gonna make a few enemies here and state that the score for *Out of Africa* is a bowl of schmaltz covered in thick syrup. Sweeping, slow sawed violins are way too much of a cliche` for me in what are supposed to be romantic movies.
Sometimes a score can be good accompaniment for particular scenes. Either augmenting the emotion or building anticipation. Other times it seems they're used in an attempt to cue the audience as to how they're supposed to react. I prefer the former.
And in *Superman*, The scene in which the "Man of steel" flies Lois over Metropolis and that sappy John Williams song starts to play is made ridiculous by having Kidder recite the lyrics. Anyway, I never liked that song very much.
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Edited by: Sepiatone on Mar 29, 2013 11:53 AM
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As far as *The Robe* goes, it was kind of an institution in our house when growing up. My Mom thought it kinda stunk, too, but she didn't care...VICTOR MATURE was in it!
I gotta agree with Mom. If NOT for Mature and Jay Robinson, it would be unbearable.
Back in the '90's, I found an old hardcover copy of the book at a book fair. I was reading it during a break at work when a co-worker asked me, "Is the book as BORING as the MOVIE?" I had to admit that the book was quite compelling. "You know, " I told him, "If they tried to remake the movie based more on this book, it would make for a FABULOUS mini-series."
The main problem with the old movie is RICHARD BURTON. The expression "phone it in" doesn't even work here. Burton seemed as if he sent HIS performance in by carrier pidgeon!
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Y'know, there are some good parts as well as laughable parts in *The Ten Commandments*. Yeah, I too, wait in vain for Eddie to lie on the ground asking, "Could this be happening to NIMROD?" And considering the times it was made during, we are forced to accept the now antiquated and cheezy looking special effects. I mean, C.B. could have hired a voice actor who didn't sound like a taped voice played on slow speed.
And to the one who's Mom didn't appreciate the movie being made fun of, well, don't we all get our hackles up a bit when our favorites get mocked?
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Quite often people will post these things about actors or actresses whom I don't recognize by name. If they don't post a pic as well, I'm still in the dark and unresponsive.
In this case, I didn't recognize the name, but since you posted a pic, the face is familiar. And now I can feel the sorrow of it all.
He was way too young. Sad news indeed.
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Interesting aside: When Parr left, he got his own show on another network and earlier time slot in '63. He actually was the first person on American TV to show THE BEATLES, albeit on film instead of live. It was in late '63, and I came out of my bedroom to watch the Parr show just five minutes after first HEARING the Beatles on the radio!
Carson did have no comparison. Steve Allen had a late night show on at the same time as Carson, and my brother and me would alternate which one we would watch. It mostly depended on who the guests were. And, as I've previously stated, in those days, the guests weren't always there to plug their new movie or TV show or book. Leno would do this to a much smaller degree, with his regular featuring the "fruitcake" lady, or the "cookie" lady.
Anyway, there were attempts to "bring down" Carson done by other networks. JOEY BISHOP had a late night show opposite Carson( Regis Philbin, sidekick!) that wasn't too bad, but quickly wilted under the ratings of Carson. That and I suppose some of the controversial guests he had on. I remember one show where he had PROFESSOR IRWIN COREY attempt to answer the age-old question, "Which came first, the chicken, or the egg", and Corey, much to Bishop's dismay, concluded that first, chickens come from eggs, so for ANY of it to happen, the ROOSTER had to "come" first!
Whomever they get to replace Leno might not last, as the people now qualified to catch and keep a late night TV audience is quickly diminishing. We might now be at a point when we see this type of late night entertaimnent come to an end!
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*Fantasia* was one of those movies that would hit the circulation scene every few years, like *Gone With The Wind* . And it was a frustrating movie to watch that in the local papers would advertise it with a picture of Mickey Mouse from "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" part. Many parents, with good intentions, would see those ads and drag their pre-school aged children to the theater to see it, thinking it was a typical Disney cartoon. Of course, these kids would start getting fidgity, whiney and disrupt the movie. The parents trying to SHUSH them would cause an even bigger disturbance, and my enjoyment became diminished. Thank goodness when video tape cassettes came along! It also initiated a years long search for any recorded version of the *Nutcracker Suite* that was conducted by Leopold Stakowski, as his interpretation of "Dance of The Sugar Plum Faries" was played at a slower tempo and made more beautiful as a result.
I'm not in agreement that Cary Grant should have been nominated for *Philadelphia Story* . He's done stronger performances elsewhere, as in *Penny Serenade* and *Room For One More* . But generally, when Grant did a movie, he did Cary Grant. In a movie. Not much difference in his delivery from movie to movie. In his case, it happens to be a good thing, but nonetheless...
One of the Oscar nods I've always disagreed with came years later when JOHN WAYNE won his for *True Grit* . Yeah, I liked the movie. And yeah, Wayne was good in it. But like Grant, Wayne too, did Wayne from movie to movie. In GRIT, he was typical Wayne. But there WERE a couple of times Wayne earned a nomination and was passed over, *Red River* being one of those times. I guess he got it for GRIT in an effort to make it up to him.
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Nope, sorry GRAMPS.
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You weren't referring to ME, were you?
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There's a piece of music in *The Black Stallion* that's played at the end of the movie, where scenes of when the kid was still on the island with the horse are recalled. It's played earlier in the movie as well. It's one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've heard in any movie. In fact, Coppola's entire SCORE for this film is outstanding.
I don't have the moxie for posting YouTube clips, so if any of you find what I'm talking about, post it and I'll let you know if you got the right one.
The music played in the scene in *The Natural* where Hobbs is running the bases while the stadium lights are exploding towards the end of the movie is also pretty rousing.
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So, I'm not the ONLY one who wonders about some otherwise insignificant object in some movie!
WELCOME, brother!
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I too, have noticed some marvelous gems placed on the midnight shift. As I'm retired, I'm able to catch some of them easier than when they're put on prime time. Being a peace loving man, I usually lose the fights over the remote.
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I disagree. I think "GRAPES" should have got the "best picture" nod. And Carradine for supporting actor!
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Me too. I tried, but was denied!
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I hate to say this, but sometimes these faces ain't so FABULOUS.
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Doesn't Snafu have a brother named ****?
I like noticing things like that. Haven't seen the one you mention, but I HAVE seen movies where some glitch got by and out on the released reels. Like lamps changing during what was supposed to be one scene, Or a cigarette that seems to be burning backwards( like when the camera angle changes during a two way conversation. In one shot, someone's cigarette is burned halfway down, the camera angle changes to whom they're talking to, and when it returns to the first person, the cigarette now looks freshly lit). Different pictures on a wall during one scene.
Sometimes it seems it must be done on purpose just to see if the audience pays attention. Or else somebody's getting overpaid!
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One movie I mentioned here before was *Daddy's Gone A-hunting" .* No, not the old silent, but a 1969 release with PAUL BURKE and CAROL WHITE.
She (White) has a relationship with a young man who gets her pregnant. Since they were engaged anyway, it's no problem. But she sees another side of his personality that disturbs her, so she breaks off the engagement and aborts the child. This sends him over the edge, and she winds up leaving town. Down the road she meets Burke, falls in love, marries and has a baby with him. Then the old boyfriend shows up. He then begins a "stalk and terrorize" campaign against her.
Saw this at a drive-in on a double bill with *Let's Scare Jessica To Death* , which should have been called "Let's BORE The AUDIENCE to DEATH!" "Daddy's" was a far more suspense filled, edge of your seat fare.
I'd like it if TCM would also show *Pressure Point* with SIDNEY POITIER and BOBBY DARIN more. I know they've shown it before, but don't they seem to repeat lesser fare more often?
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I wonder how many here will get the referrence when I state that I wouldn't watch that movie if Harry James is playing his trumpet WITHOUT his KLEENEX!
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Actually, "BEST FOOD FORWARD" sounds like a good title for some kind of show on FOOD NETWORK. Possibly with BOBBY FLAY.
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I see TCM will be showing The Robe again
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Both Dargo and I were poking fun of the movie, hlywdkjk, NOT religious beliefs.
You need to peddle that "criticize *the Robe* but not those that enjoy the movie" stuff to JAKE!
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