Sepiatone
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It's strange that in spite of these actresse's popularity that many girls weren't given the same names at birth. Only, it seems, in more recent times is it that folks give their kids the "popular" names. Witness how many "Heathers", "Britney's" "Ashley's", and such there are. Many of them rising to favor due to some famous singer or actress having the same name. Why, in my family alone there's been a host of "Taylor's"(Swift) and "Justin's"(Timberlake and Bieber) born of late.
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I too was a bit frustrated by the glossing over of the Sufferagette movement in *Wilson* . But as the issue didn't fully rise until the last days of his presidency, obviously time was running out for the film makers. Even at that point in history, the office of president dealt with a lot of issues on a daily basis, and when doing this sort of movie, some sacrifices have to be made. There have been other "bio pics" in the past which brushed briefly by, or failed entirely to mention aspects of the subjects life that held MY interest, but in the big picture were really not all that important. Not that I'm saying women's sufferagette wasn't important, but I think in this movie's case, the struggle over the League of Nations was more central to Wilson's legacy.
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I asked my wife the same question, about how Rathbone might have felt as an expert fencer, about losing all those movie duels. Her answer?
"He probably CRIED all the way to the bank."
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That's true to an extent, but speeches are a lot like jokes. In that I mean that two different people can tell the same joke, but one will be funnier than the other. This comes from them being able to convey the content more effectively. This is also why many comedy writers don't do stand-up. I read an interview long ago with CARL REINER, who claimed therein that he always preferred to do the writing, play the straight man, or just act a part. He could deliver funny lines in a movie comedy OK, but not in a stand-up situation. THAT calls for an entirely different ability. George Burns used to make a lot of fun of his dear friend Jack Benny, but even HE said he was envious of Benny's ability to do it alone. Burns only knew success as straight man to Gracie. When she died, Burns turned to Benny for advice on how to go it alone.
Wilson probably sustained the ability to lecture students well enough for them to successfully learn their classroom lessons and used it in giving speeches. That would account for his success at speech giving.
Unfortunately, good speechifying doesn't always translate into being a good public administrator. But skill at good public speaking goes a long way in getting your point across to John Q. Public. Ironically enough, handling yourself well in conversation and interviews carries the same caveat.
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My "thing" about Greer Garson is the NAME. She comes from that period in moviemaking where women stars had those odd names.
GREER Garson
MYRNA Loy
CYD Charisse
HEDY Lamar
WHO GIVES their kids names like these in THIS day and age? Or ANY?
The closest we can come in these times is MERYL Streep!
I think it's safe to say that probably MOST of the people who tune in to TCM aren't on these message boards, so our complaints about frequency of movie's on the schedule might NOT be shared by many. And, as stated, they might be NEW to many others. TCM could certainly do WORSE than show Greer Garson movies a lot. And one could do worse than wind up with amnesia and married to Greer Garson.
Won't hear ME complaining...
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Wouldn't doubt it, Dargo. After all these years, they're capable of anything.
One of my favorite "SOUTH PARK" episodes is the one where Butters tries to think of ways to destroy the planet, and every idea is met with "The Simpson's did it!"
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That HAS to be "Granny" IRENE RYAN.
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Yes, it WOULD be nice if they gave us fair warning---er---timely announcement of it's appearance on the schedule.
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Well, like I stated, I only could take two and a half minutes of the "Mockingbird" sequence, so I guess I missed the "point".
Maybe you can elaborate?
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Reagan WAS an actor, swithin, that's correct. But that doesn't always mean it will serve well in the political field, especially in speechmaking. KEVIN COSTNER, for example, is at his BORINGEST(if that's a word) when he narrates. Some of the stiffest overvoice work ever on film. Imagine him in office, giving a speech. He would sound, as usual, like a high school student reading an assignment off of a piece of paper.
Which makes Costner a WORSE actor than HE thinks, or REAGAN a better actor than OTHERS thought!
Wilson(HA! Back to the movie in a way) was somewhere in between. I've heard recordings of his speeches(a few of them) and he spoke well enough to keep it interesting, but not enough to whip up a crowd. Knox captured this quality nicely I thought.
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Hey, I complimented one, but slammed two, so don't start thinking it's all YOUR fault.
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In response to MissW and finance, I would MUCH rather swim in VERONICA LAKE than ARTHUR LAKE.
Is that enough of an interest, MissW.?
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Yeah, I do fine with pre-packaged rices like MAHATMA'S yellow saffron rice, or Vigo's yellow rice, but rice from scratch gives me a hard time. Mostly the sticking of it to the bottom of the pot. No matter how low the flame. The parts in *Seven Samuri* I hate are when people are shown eating rice that looks far fluffier and tastier than I can mamage on a modern cooking range and new pots.
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In spite of any misgivings I have about Ronald Reagan as president, I have to admit he was, so far, the LAST republican president to ever give an eloquent speech. He did possess a well tempered delivery and had a keen sense of humor and sharp wit( Note: the remark about Mondale in reply to the question, "Do you think age is a factor in this election?").
Woefully, the two Bush successors were not speechmakers.
Papa Bush, whenever about to give a speech, had people setting their alarm clocks and fluffing their pillows. The younger Bush only proved that EBONICS weren't so bad after all.
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As a Polack, I'd like to thank you, heuriger, for differenciating between the two....paczek and paczki. (my keyboard either can't do that little tail, or I can't figure it out).
I have to keep reminding my wife...ONE dumpling is a "pierog". TWO or more are "pierogi". NOT "perogies"(arrgh!).
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Shari Lewis, Willie Tyler, and today's Jeff Dunham. Then there's that guy that was on TV's "SOAP". Other than that, not a whole lot of names on the "Made it big" ventriloquist list.
Ventriloquist List. Good name for a rock band(apologies to Dave Barry).
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Personally, I couldn't take more than two and a half minutes of it. Thought we'd seen the last of this kind of swill when MAX HEADROOM thankfully fell out of favor.
I had__I had___I-I-I-I-I-had-ad-ad-ad-ad-ad-ad-ad-ad-ad Ihad___Ihad___had-d-d-d-d-d-to-to-to-to-to-to-to-to-turn it____turn it____turn-turn-turn-turn-turn-turn_______________Had-ad-ad-ad-ad-ad-ad-ad-ad-ad-to-to-to-to-to-to-to-turn it OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Why would the good people of Tennesee want to keep those parks named after men who commited treason?
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Re: *Captain Blood*
The only complaint I ever had of this movie was that it's over too soon. NOT that the ending comes too abruptly or leaves too many loose ends. Just it's that GOOD one doesn't WANT it to end!
I'm always left wondering...Since Rathbone was an expert fencer, how much technical input to the duels did he ever give? And how did he actually FEEL about losing so many of them?
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I agree with heuriger.
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Val, ALL my pots are aluminum, but with non-stick coating. Are you saying the coating doesn't help?
And how did you know I wasn't KIDDING about my rice being bitter(I wasn't, y'know).
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LOL! But you gotta be CAREFUL. Some Tennessee judge will declare THESE valid religions and press school boards to ban any referrences to them in SCHOOLS! ( re; In the late 1980's, a Tennessee judge named either HAND, or LAND declared "Humanism" a valid religion in an attempt to keep "humanist" evolution theory from being taught in public schools. My understanding was that a higher court struck his ruling down. Too bad...I was all set to start a string of CHURCHES!)
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Edited by: Sepiatone on Feb 9, 2013 5:08 PM
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Yeah, speed'll DO that sometimes!
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Yogi, since you posted that info(Silvana being Giada DeLaurentis's Grandmother), I went on a search for Silvana images.
Not only was Ms. Mangano a KNOCKOUT, but I DID notice some of the same features in both Grandma and grand daughter. SOME of the photos I saw made me think of "Giada in costume".
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"BITTER RICE" .......
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I've always considered "neo-realism" as attached to a movie to be a kind of warning: "This movie might never get to the point, if indeed there IS a point to get to."
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