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Talbot's been in just about every kind of movie from high-classed pre codes to the cheeziest Ed Wood crap. But, hey! He was WORKING.
Since film acting carries constantly the highest unemployment rate of any other profession, that's saying a lot. A real trouper and a true professional. I always liked that man.
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Well, I like Hitchcock, but I don't like *Vertigo* . Yes, I know what he was trying to do. Yes, I GET all the subtleties and psycological aspects. And yes, it IS well written, filmed, acted and a compelling story. I STILL don't like it.
But, as the station is called "TURNER Classic Movies" and NOT "Sepiatone Classic Movies", MY liking or disliking it is of no matter. I agree it SHOULD be shown, particularily in the "31 Days".
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That is sad news, but face it. We here in the TCM forum are pretty much used to watching movies where NOBODY in them are still living. Even the BABIES!
But I go through this now whenever I put on one of my Jimi Hendrix CDs. ALL THREE of The Experience are gone!
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One of the more successful "weed" films is also the more campiest( if that's a word).
1958's *The Cool and The Crazy* .
My favorite part is when the members of the local "gang" are sitting in the soda shop, gripping their sides in withdrawal agony wondering when the "pusher" is gonna get them more "M". Probably controversial when it was released, we old stoners think it's a hoot!
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There are TONS of contractions in "Toby Tyler". But, as noted by Capuchin, just in the dialouge. And I've noticed that in many other books. There ARE exceptions, of course, but it does seem to be the rule of thumb. Those exceptions usually show up when the narrative is supposedly done by a character in the book. And in the case of Kesey's "Sometimes A Great Notion", just about every character gets a turn at the narrative.
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But can any of us here really watch ANY Garfield movie without thinking of Lori3? To me, it wouldn't be the same.
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Except maybe in *Trog* .
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This all takes me back to when George Burns was pumping out the *Oh, God* franchise. Me and a group of friends were joking about it and I came up with the title of the NEXT one:
*Oh, God! Not Again?*
Sepiatone PS: Yeah, *Die Hard Day's Night* . Too funny
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Whoa! Jeez...
I enjoyed it, too but...
Good Godfrey!
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Dabb, I think it's time to start a "Part 2" of this thread. It's getting to be too many pages.
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Intersting question, Fred. I'm currently re-reading *Toby Tyler* , and never took notice if there are contractions in it or not. I'll have to get back to you on that. I have noticed in some movies, even those that take place in the 20th century, that contractions aren't used when those characters in the movie are assumed to be speaking to each other in a foreign tongue, but is spoken in an English translation for the American audience. It's been years since I've seen it, but I think this is done in *For Whom The Bell Tolls* . I know Hemingway did so in the book. I'll get into TYLER and let you know later.
But incidentally, I myself have a friend who speaks in that manner. He uses no contractions, doesn't "shorten" names( if your name is JOE, he'll likely call you "Joseph") or any well worn slang. I do not know why that is.
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I hate to correct you Addison. But you wrote,"The film seems to have it's FAN for whatever inscrutable reason".
WRONG!
I know at least ONE OTHER person who seems to like it. So that should be the PLURAL "FANS"!
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"Earth Girls Are Easy"
Any of those "Bring It On" teeny-bop cheerlearer movies( and new ones just keep popping up!) might qualify, but you asked for "favorites", and I don't LIKE any of those.
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Next time they could cop from *Little Big Man* and call it *It's A Good Day To Die Hard* .
But personally, *Curl Up And Die Hard* strikes my fancy.
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Back in "the day", we never celebrated "President's Day", instead acknowledging Washington's and Lincoln's birthdays seperately. I don't know WHEN the amalgamation of the two came about or why.
What I DO recall, is one year when I was a kid, my Mom snorting at an ad in the paper for a local department store announcing a "Lincoln's Birthday WHITE SALE"! She saw something humorous in it that I didn't get until years later.
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Schallert always seems to show up somewhere, doesn't he?
And ALWAYS looking the same age, no matter WHAT year the movie was made!
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WOW! Thanks. Somehow, I always thought his hair color was between the dark in your pic, and BILLY BUDD!
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Funny you mentioned Laurel and Hardy, mrroberts. I remember in the early days of colorization, Stan Laurel's grand daughter complained to the folks who colorized one of their features that they got his HAIR COLOR all wrong. I don't recall which color it was supposed to be, or if the distributors called it back to make the correction or not.
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About *Ben Hur* , anybody here ever make it through the BOOK?
I tried, and got close to half way. I'll soon give it another go.
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I KNOW I'm probably wrong, but this guy resembles TERRENCE STAMP with dark hair.
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Thanks for the Travers info, James. I stand corrected.
Yeah, he DID have that mid-western thing down, didn't he? To the point I thought that WAS his point of origin. By far, a much better actor than many give him credit for.
I also never cared a whole lot for Pidgeon. But he was alright in "Miniver". Made the husband a very likeable person.
But all in all, after all is said, my favorite person in the movie was little TOBY. Don't know WHO the little actor was, but he was totally loveable!
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I thought Crawford was more attractive in those days than in subsequent years. You know, before the football shoulder pads and unibrow. The '40's styles didn't do her much justice. What was dissapointing is THAT was the look she stuck with for the remainder of her years. In "HOTEL", she displayed a sassy acting style that suited her nicely. When I first saw this movie many years ago, I started having new respect for Crawford's body of work.
Come to think of it, according to someone else's comments here, Garbo DID seem to put up a "silent" type style of acting in this movie. Further perusal made me think that if there were a few flashes of "normalcy" in her demeanor when no one was looking, it would have proved to the viewer that such behavior WAS a put on and therefore more acceptable in the scope of her character's personality. If that was the original intent, then it was poorly executed.
Lionel's Kringeline(sic) WAS a loveable old coot, wasn't he? Who couldn't HELP but take a liking to him? Just by showing up, Lionel always grabbed the attention of the audience no matter WHAT the role. As skillful a thespian John was, stealing a scene from brother Lionel had to be harder than stealing GOLD from FORT KNOX. No matter what movie I've seen Lionel in, whenever he's on camera, I never notice anything or anybody ELSE in the scene.
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I apologize. I'm really fond of this movie( GRAND HOTEL), but I needed a way to get your attention.
The thing I'm most thankful for in *Grand Hotel* are the scenes in which GRETA GARBO appears, otherwise I'd have no excuse to go to the bathroom.
I'm sorry. But I just can't understand the adoration of this hack. I could never make up my mind if Garbo's work in this film was OVERACTING, or just POOR acting. That head-thown-back, eyes-to-the-sky hand-wringing was just TOO sophmoric even for the novice film buff. That "CAMMILE" act of hers got stale after a few seconds. When CAROL LOMBARD copied it as her character in *My Man Godfrey* , her sister in the movie called it "Drama 101", and poorly done at that. Garbo does it, and dewy-eyed simps clutch hands to hearts, blubbering about how GREAT she was! Christ, even WALLACE BEERY was more lovable in this movie than SHE was!
I was also left wondering if my need to go to the bathroom was BECAUSE of watching Garbo's performance, or NOT.
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Actually, last night(or this morning)was the first time I've seen this gem all the way through. Over the years, I caught bits and pieces of it here and there.
I can see now why so many give it high praise everytime it comes up for discussion. The only problem I had with it was HENRY TRAVERS as a Brit. For all I KNOW about Travers(which isn't much), he actually COULD have been of British descent. But as I'm familiar with him, it seemed odd to me.
Thanks to all on these forums for giving this movie such accolades that I decided once and for all to see it all the way through. You've all led me to a good place.
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Errol Flynn vs. John Barrymore (not what you think)
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It's been years since I've read it, and I'm not sure if it survived the move, but I did read the book, "Goodnight, Sweet Prince" about John, and it's pretty depressing. You get the impression that Barrymore didn't care one way or the other as to how his excesses were affecting him. He did realize how they were affecting others, but that didn't matter either. Like Beethoven, there were those who loved him regardless, and he appreciated it somehow in his own fashion.
I often wondered about a little trick done in *Dinner at Eight* in which John, doing somewhat of a self parody, and while going about the business of commiting suicide, settles down in that chair to let the gas overtake him, only to sit up and readjust the lamp for the best lighting effect. Was that in the script? Or a Barrymore idea...
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