Sepiatone
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I would hazard a guess at "RED" NICHOLS, whose past band members were Glenn Miller, Jimmy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Pee-Wee Russell, Jack Teagarden and Gene Krupa.
But I'm unaware of any singers.
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Good one, GIPPER. But I fear folks here are STILL waiting for the uneccessary "next"...
No "next" or "your thread..." needed here. Just post your idea.
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I imagine it would be the same as it was when I was a kid in the late '50's-early '60's. Since there was only one screen per movie house, sometimes a movie would be there up to three weeks or more, depending on attendance. As memory serves, two weeks was about average. Maybe even just a week.
You have to realize movies didn't open every week. Often new movies would be released once a MONTH. And they weren't as hyped as they now are. For instance, I never remember seeing a TV ad for *Star Wars* . There WERE TV ads for other earlier movies, but they were quick and showed little in the way of footage compared to the TV ads for movies now.
Plus previews for upcoming movies would be limited to just a couple or so, as the theater would only show two a night, and had no need to show previews for just about every movie being released within the next half year.
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And what was the name of that Bob Hope comedy/western where during the gunfight scene, all sorts of noted "western" stars have cameos in where THEY were the ones providing the dead-eye shooting? Even BING CROSBY shows up claiming, "This kid needs all the help he can GET!"
I have other examples in the back of my head, but can't come up with the details.
HATE when that happens.
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DAMN YOU, finance! Beat me to it! I'll add the funny *Trapped In Paradise* , which takes place at Christmas, but not a Christmas movie per se.
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Misswonderly, I bought MY copy, hardcover, of "From Here To Eternity" at a THRIFT SHOP for $1.21! A LOT of books I have come from such places. Take some time to find one and browse.
As I earlier stated, the Canadian film *The Silent Partner* was based on a book called "Think Of a Number" by Anders Bodelsen, and that the movie was WAY better than the book. What I sometimes try to do, if I notice some movie I like was "based on the novel by..." is to try and hunt down the book and evaluate the difference. I did this with "Partner", having seen it before reading the book it was based on. Took me 20 years, however, to FIND the damned book! Less time with both *The Natural* and *Forrest Gump* , both seen before read, and both books found incidentally, at the same thrift shop I bought "Eternity" some time earlier.
Right now, I'm casually on the hunt for the book, "Gone To Texas", on which the movie *The Outlaw Josie Wales* is based.
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Edited by: Sepiatone on Nov 13, 2012 5:30 PM
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Grey, TCM HAS shown the movies you mentioned several times. And no doubt, they'll be shown several more times to come. Just gotta keep an eye out for them.
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Ha Ha! Sprocket, I REMEMBER that skit! TOO funny.
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I can't confirm it. But I can't find it hard to believe, either.
Matthau had a gamling problem and wasn't above taking anything that might have helped pay off his debts. Witness his comic relief non-speaking role in *Earthquake* . That and all that plaster-of Paris his wife put on her face must have cost a FORTUNE!
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Apologies to those who sent me PMs that went unresponded. Still don't know how to work all that here. In another forum I belong to, the PMs come directly to my personal e-mail box.
I also apologize for not yet knowing how to send PMs in this site. Any info would be helpful.
An apology to RaquelVixen, even in spite of her snub in that she never DID inform me of which suburb she hails from. I thought it a perfectly innocent inquiry.
An apology to the administrator, even though he locked my thread before I had a chance to reply to all responders. Incidentally, the page I suggested DID work for a while in the aforementioned "other forum" I belong to. Up until guitar Player magazine picked up the forums and decided to drop said page. Fortunately, most of the forum members who regularily participated in that foul mouthed "free-for-all" page got dropped with it!
Apologies to anyone offended with my "ankle biters" comment. I honestly thought you'd all recognize the sarcasm. And I also thought most of you would agree with the assesment!
I'm gonna stop before I start sounding like Reuben Studdard...
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It's nice to see, Raquel, that you found SOMETHING to like about MMT besides the music. A real "wish we COULD forget"able film.
As I already have the other two Beatles films on two mediums, waiting for TCM isn't neccessary. *Hard Day's Night* is the best of the three. I never get tired of the bit about the "clean" old man.
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So, it's happened YET AGAIN!
A perfectly innocent sounding thread gets "locked" because of silly, stupid arguements. About NOTHING IMPORTANT.
I suggest that those in charge of these forums create a new page. On the list with "Hot Topics", "Games and Trivia", "General Discussions" and the like, you add a page titled "Snipe and Snide", where hopefully all the petty, small charactered, self centered little ankle-biters will gravitate and leave the REST of us have friendly, pleasant discussions filled with good humor and helpful insights.
What say, Administrators?
What say the REST of you?
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I think( Yes, it's been known to HAPPEN from time to time...) we all can agree that in most cases, the leads in "Biopics" are usually miscast.
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The scariest thing I find about this movie is(yep...I said SCARY!) that I might not get to the Bromo quick enough(from trying to digest the overbaked plot) before I go into diabetic COMA from hearing that SONG too much!
But for the 1950's, it was atypical of "romance" movies of the times. People just LOVED movies about unrequited love with thick, syrupy music poured over them. Never mind that all the "Eurasian" bigotry was held more in the upper social circles of British snooty aristocracy than the average American. Why, I'm willing to bet most Americans wondered what all the fuss was about!
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I think Miles is on to something. If perhaps, someone asks about the "most prolific songwriter", most here would come up with, in "movie" songwriting, those names the general public would instantly recognize. Like Rogers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Lowe, George and Ira Gershwin and the like, and not even think about Harry Warren, who wrote probably more songs for movies than the aforementioned together. In just music in general, they'd likely respond with Sammy Cahn or even Bob Dylan maybe, and never get around to John D. Loudermilk.
And Whiteman's popularity started to wane in the early 30's, which means he STILL could have held that title at that time.
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You TELL 'im, willbe!
My having the "hots" for women in movies from Harlow to Mayo and Monroe is merely my appreciation for their beauty. So in one way, it makes me a "groupie". But I DO also appreciated the TALENT many of them actually had, so I guess I'm also a "fan". YOUR drooling after some guy in old movies amounts to the same thing, so I see nothing wrong in that. So, go ahead, and don't listen to those sourpuss detractors.
I consider myself to be a true classic film fan for many reasons. Interst in historical popular culture, historical cinematography, seeing at least SOME aspect of what life might have been like back then, fashion, furnishings, housing, the cars and motorcycles, etc. Last night, I watched a movie called *The Moon Is Blue* with Bill Holden, David Niven and a young(then) actress named Maggie MacNamara. Maggie's character was one of those aggravating, talkative "oddball" types I've seen in many movies over the years. But my interest was held by the fact that it was supposed to(for the times)have been so controversial. AND another one that employs the Empire State building as a pivotal "character". I also took in the furnishings of Holden's apartment. Some of it I wouldn't mind having in my house today. The movie turned out to be somewhat amusing, but largely so-so.
So, based on much of that, I think of myself as a "true" classic film fan.
But I STILL wouldn't mind playing "five minutes in the closet" with Paulette Goddard...
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Edited by: Sepiatone on Nov 11, 2012 5:23 PM
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Grant couldn't have pulled off the Alda role in *Same Time, next Year* . He would have had to start off as a WAY much younger man.
But as far as *Rosemary's Baby* is concerned, Grant doing the RALPH BELLAMY part would have been more interesting. And by that time, Bellamy would have been used to being replaced by Grant yet AGAIN!
And wasn't Grant still working when Lom did HIS "Phantom"?
As for LASSIE? Given the life expectancy of dogs, several male dogs have been Lassie over the years. Lassie wouldn't have retired, just more or less expired.
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If I wore T-shirts, I wouldn't mind that "tough guy" logo at the top, or that Flying Monkey. I'd settle for either on a poster.
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2 in 1 movie titles doesn't appear to be the exact same thing. In THAT one, it seems to be another of those that one poster gives a certain word, and the next poster has to come up with something. HE then has to state another word and lets someone else have a try.
This one doesn't really limit how many titles can be joined, or when someone can post. But as the other has been going on for so long, most movie titles that CAN be used here have already been used THERE as well.
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Wild stab here...
BEN POLLACK?
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Edited by: Sepiatone on Nov 10, 2012 8:56 PM
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Probably misspelled that, but anyway...
Don't know if this has been done here before, but what I'm suggesting is a game of what "Wheel of Fortune" might call Before and After.
String together two or more movies where the last word in one title is the first word in the next. For example:
*The Man From Snowy River of No Return*
*Something Wicked This Way Comes A Horseman*
As stated, it could be any number of titles for a hook-up:
*They Only Come Out At Night Of The Living Dead Man Walking Tall*
Got it? then get TO it!
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Edited by: Sepiatone on Nov 10, 2012 8:48 PM
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Trite sophmoric level dialogue, cheezy looking effects, more plot holes than a block of Swiss cheese, and I JUST LOVE IT!!
Yeah, Mark, it's OK to get redundant in describing Fay Wray's gorgeousness. And doesn't anyone else see the resemblance between Ms. Wray and Christina Applegate?
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But when you think about it, Merry, what RO said was true. It IS nice that people have differing opinions about the same movie. You find a lot of it here.
And I agree with the other guy on that night. *Mommy Dearest* IS a bad movie, but I TOO still enjoy watching it. There's a lot of movies in that category for me. But *Notting Hill* (or as I call it, "NODDING HILL")isn't one of them.
Different people have different reasons for liking or disliking movies that others are in opposing opinions. My favorite movie might be one YOU think is downright stinkeroo. I have one daughter for which *The Breakfast Club* would be considered HER *Citizen Kane* . For my Grandmother, who grew up in Pennsilvania coal country, it's *How Green Was My Valley* . It's easy to see how each would come to their conclusions. And although I like BOTH, neither are in the top five of MY list. As far as my Mother goes, well, since she's had the hots for VICTOR MATURE since she was 15, ANY of his movies are considered the best. For my Dad, it's ELIZABETH TAYLOR.
For me, I like to PRETEND that I'm more "story driven" and that story requires some ambiguous level of intellectualism. But in reality it doesn't neccessarily matter. On one hand, I can get thoroughly engrossed in a movie like *Z* , yet turn around and totally enjoy watching Jerry Lewis' *The Bellboy* . I usually try to shrug it off and tell people my tastes are "eclectic". Which more or less is true. It does make life more interesting.
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Hey, Mark!
You forgot to insert JEAN HARLOW in the cast of *Dinner at 8* .
But it looks like a great line-up. i'll likely be tuning in at some point. I never tire of "DINNER".
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Why is Lolita a classic ???
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Lest we forget, the Mason/Sellars *Lolita* couldn't be done too close to the novel at the time it was made. the newer JEREMY IRONS version was closer.
But when you try to make a film adaptation of a novel that is packed with enough story to require it be done as a "mini series", as was Nabokov's novel, the film adaptation is BOUND to fall short. It was the main reason that Ken Kesey's monumental " SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION" was reduced to rubbish when Paul Newman made that God-awful movie version.
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