Sepiatone
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"Oh, BOO HOO HOO! Even though spousal abuse is STILL a fact of life, I can't abide watching any movie with any spousal abuse scenes in it, even if it IS fake! I don't CARE if the wife in the movie LIKES it!"
"My uncle died of LUNG CANCER, so I CAN'T watch any movies that show people SMOKING!"
"My DAD was killed by a drunk driver, so I WON'T watch *The Lost Weekend* or any of *The Thin Man* movies!"
"My brother died in Viet Nam, so I won't watch *Back To Bataan* because it GLORIFIES war!"
"My ancestors were slaves, so I won't watch any movie that takes place in the Antebellum South because it shows SLAVERY!"
Come ON now. They're ONLY MOVIES!
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I've often said the same thing about *Vertigo* , slayton. But I NEVER said TCM shouldn't show it again, AND again. AND again...
And there's a whole host of older, more "classic" movies TCM could schedule that I'd probably not care to see. As I ALSO said in another post, that it's "TURNER Classic Movies", NOT "SEPIATONE Classic Movies", so I just have to learn to live with it.
So do the rest of the viewing audience. Hey, it's only a couple of hours out of a day's scheduling. No big deal.
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I really don't think any of us needed the clarification of the accent on the "boom".
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When you consider that Rooney was more often thought of as a "supporting" or "lead" actor, and NOT a character actor, that's quite a tally!
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Your reply, Tiki, covers SOME of the "people" in my query, but I was referring to ALL people, black OR white, who make a big toodoo about this. You DO seem to have some ambivalence towards Disney, however.
But to address other comments, like one made about the stereotyped "voice-overs", one only has to watch one of the many fine, well made black movie productions from the late '30's and '40's to hear many of the same speech inflections. This whole idea of "it's OK for US to do it, but NOT you!" attitude doesn't fly with me. If someone doesn't want a stereotype perpetuated, then THEY shouldn't perpetuate it, either. If, for instance, I wanted to dispell the stereotype that POLACKS are dumb, then I should make sure only ONE of us are screwing in a lightbulb!
BUT, if at one time in the past, it DID require three of us, and it was shown in a movie that takes place DURING the period it did, I'd really have no valid complaint to make.
I realize there's NO comparison to the crassness of POLACK jokes and the facts of slavery and the pre and post civil war black experience, but it is just a for instance.
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He was well loved here in Detroit as well, Dargo! He should be honored somehow for preserving so many kitschty old novelty records.
I once saw some kind of filmed interview of him where he took the cameraman on a tour of his house, and he even had tons of those old 78's spilling out of his KITCHEN CUPBOARDS!
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"Hale" Caesar? OY!
I'll bet that guy just LOVED his parents!
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I LOVED *Are You Being Served* , and Thornton used to crack me UP!
I'd say at 93, he had a very good run.
RIP, sir!
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Wikipedia states the movie takes place in the South during the Reconstruction Period. Which is why Remus could leave at will.
I still don't understand all the hoopla about not releasing it on home video medium. Pretending that those attitudes and situations never happened doesn't actually change the FACTS. And all the Remus stories are in fact very good morality tales. That the character of Remus projects an air of self esteem and dignity is a good arguement in FAVOR of this film's home video release!
What the HELL is WRONG with people?
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When I was a kid in the late '50's, EVERY little girl went to ballet class it seemed. Probably true of many earlier generations.
Technically, you then could make the point that almost ALL of them might have had some "rudimentary" ballet training, but as to how many actually SERIOUSLY trained for the ballet?
I couldn't say...
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Lane has more than 250 roles to his credit. Probably moving up towards 300! But, he had been at it for about 70 or so years!
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That would certainly help prove a point about that tendency, but actually I've noticed that problem elsewhere on the television spectrum since the switch to digital broadcasting. But, aren't we lucky to not have to put up with "snow" or that other interferrence from PLANES flying overhead!
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It would be sad if someone refused to watch this movie because of the violence. I myself have a dislike of any violence that is simply gratuitous, but it isn't the case here. Violence is the core of the character's existence.
It would also be sad if someone refused to watch this because it wasn't made before 1960. There WILL be those who might complain that it's scenes of violence are "too graphic".
It's singular that the same who would spend years claiming a desire for movies to become more "realistic" would thurn around and complain when that realism honestly shows that people bleed a lot when they're shot or stabbed.
Thanks for the heads up. I'll try to catch it when it's on as it's been years since I've seen it, and BRIDGET FONDA'S remake falls tragically short.
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One of my favorites from *Hombre* is when Newman, replying to the woman who claimed no matter how hungry she got, she'd never eat a DOG (Sorry, can't remember verbatim):
"Lady, have you ever really been hungry? I don't mean the dinner bell's ringing and supper's ready hungry, but so hungry your stomache's stuck to your backbone? You'd eat it. You'd fight over the BONES!"
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I can agree with that sentiment only up to where we come to that shaky, "five-year-old holding the camera" technique used in too many television police dramas.
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I knew a guy in high school who was Apache. I asked him once if Apaches were actually getting a "bad rap" in all them old western movies, and he claimed not to really know. He said what he really actually liked about being Native American was the loose, easy lay hippie girls it would attract.
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Around here, it's been a looong time since I've seen any kid on a skateboard. I think it's too much like WORK! If there's not a skateboard app on their phones, or if Wii doesn't have a skateboard game, I'm afraid they're all up to something else.
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Finance, I HOPE that pun was intended!
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I agree. I know TCM has to push some of the stuff THEY sell from time to time, but filling that time with some cartoons or even old Movietone newsreels from the era from which the featured movies are from would make things interesting.
Not only would we get to SEE movies from the '30's and '40's, but somewhat get the FEEL of being in a movie house from those periods, too.
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I stopped for a few seconds on *The Quiet Man* while moving up towards something else. I noticed it really wasn't a very clean copy TCM was showing. It looked as if they video taped it off of a cheap motel TV set.
Lucky for me, I have a much better looking copy of this delightful movie. I never tire of Fitzgerald's reaction when spotting the broken bed in the newlywed's home the morning after the wedding. And that fight between Wayne and McLaglen is legendary in Hollywood history.
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And maybe four or five TIMES!
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"SMARTY"?
Isn't that about a New York butcher with a PhD?
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I'm not sure this really counts, but speaking of "VALANCE"...
In the scene about the steak on the floor...Strother Martin saying, "I'll git it, Liberty" just before Wayne kicks him in the face.
From the same movie, When Woody Strode apologizes for forgetting the line "All men are created equal", Stewart replies, "That's OK, a LOT of people forget that one."
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Man!
Another thread that calls for me to remember things from a too long list and makes my brain stall.
But a couple come to mind from earlier mention of some names:
From one of the THIN MAN movies: Nick and Nora walking up the stairs of some club as the bouncers throw someone DOWN said stairs. Nick exclaims, "My, but they throw big confetti here!"
PETER O'TOOLE from *My Favorite Year* : "I'm NOT an ACTOR. I'm a MOVIE STAR!"
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NBC planning to replace Jay Leno with Jimmy Fallon
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Well, first off, the Kevin Eubanks' music was discarded because Eubanks isn't THERE anymore. Jay now has STEVE MINOR and his outstanding band.
Personally, I only tune in for the opening monologue. Mondays for "Headlines". I'll stay longer if he has a guest I'm interested in. Other than that, the show is no different than most other talk shows.
What I miss is the OLD vibe of "TONIGHT", which was even abandoned during Johnny Carson's tenure. Used to be, they'd have guests on REGARDLESS of whether or not they were plugging their new movie, record or book. Just to schmooze with them a bit. "Haven't seen you for a while. What have you been UP to, lately?" "Oh, nothing much..."
The only late night talk show I've seen that strays a bit from formula is "The Late, Late Show" with Craig Ferguson. Oh, the guests ARE brought on to plug a movie or TV show, and if they're lucky, Ferguson MIGHT get around to talking about it. Many times, he goes off on tangents and forgets.
Naw, I think NBC will replace Leno when he retires. But they'll have to come up with someone other than Fallon. Jay's comedy is more "mainstream". Fallon's comedy has more of a limited appeal.
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