Sepiatone
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And weren't all the ladies supposed to be hot-to-trot for Belmondo?
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I haven't checked in this morning yet. Are they done counting in Florida? What's WITH that state and elections? How about we take Puerto Rico and drop FLA? (no offense personally to any forum members there)
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Yes, it very well could be the Bacall movie. As the concept for the movie came from fashion designer Helen Rose, it could explain why the clothes were prominent in their display.
Haven't seen it in a long while, so I can't say for sure.
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I wonder if there's any info as to whether or not Stoker was fond of the novel "Dracula" or not. It's my understanding that Tchaikowsky really didn't like his "Nutcracker" all that much, despite the public's adoration of it to this day. And Chopin's "Minute Waltz" was inspired by watching his little dog chase it's tail, did it as a novelty and didn't consider it to be of any importance.
Anyway, Happy Birthday, Bram.
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It HAD to be better than that 1930 adaptation( used EXTREMELY liberally) of MOBY DICK starring John Barrymore as Ahab. I could only get through 15 minutes of it. NO Ishmael. NO Starbuck. NO Pequod! Just a barely holding it together Barrymore having the "hots" for Constance Bennet playing a character named FAITH, whom I don't believe existed in Mellville's novel.
I think the only thing they took from the book was the title and Ahab's name. And both IN VAIN!
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I've had a crush on Sally since she was "Gidget" on TV, so leave her alone!
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OK, No. 1: Never HEARD of that version, clore. I'll have to check it out. Thanks for the info.
No. 2: Not only the image, Slayton, of Esmeralda jerking and wiggling, but also the guy sitting on her SHOULDERS is a lasting image. ICK!
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I'm with YOU, Hibi. I "sat out" the Clinton/Bush and the Gore/Bush II elections for the same reason. But by "sat out" I mean I didn't cast a presidential vote. I always go for the reasons I stated earlier.
My biggest annoyance however was the coverage of the results. With remote in hand, I traveled from a local station to NBC, PBS, CBS, ABC, CNN, NSNBC, C-Span and Foxnews. Each one putting up different numbers. CBS was even projecting winners based on "exit polls"! I remember back in '73, here in Detroit, people went to bed election night thinking John Nichols was elected mayor, based on exit polls, only to wake up next morning to learn Coleman Young had become Dertoit's first black mayor!
So much for EXIT POLLS, CBS.
There's GOT to be a better way.
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Thanks, willbe, for YOUR kind words.
But so far, all who responded to your thread, Merry, are the "good guys". Still waiting for the one called Mark to tell you he'll be "digging to your groovy posts".
Warren William is your future husband? That's funny. No offense to Mr. William, but seeing as to how he's been DEAD for so long, he's probably not looking his best...
"Hello, I'm WARREN WILLIAM. Folks 'round here call me "Dusty"."
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Welcome, Merry. Just follow some simple little rules here and you'll do fine. It might be difficult at first, but you'll get the hang of it.
1. DON'T discuss politics, religion, post-1960 movies. Nor make fun of: Greta Garbo, Ava Gardner, Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent's butt or anything posted by one called "finance".
2. DO sing the praises of John Garfield. Lori3 is a good friend to have.
3. Never doubt the wisdom of Fred C. Dobbs.
4. Sepiatone is a smart-a**, and most of his postings are dubious at best!
Anyway, welcome again. Can't wait to have you join in on some of the topics here.
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I always urge people to vote. Even if you don't care for either of the candidates. In every major election, there are proposals, propositions and incentives on the ballot that have more of an immediate and direct impact on your lives than anything the man elected president might do has. Not to mention several senate candidates, judges, congressmen and state representatives, depending on the state in which you reside.
In a short while, I'll be on my way to the polls.
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I've done this before on this forum. I think the examples I cited were *The Natural* , where the character Hobbs was changed to a rather nice guy from a shady kind of creep, *Forrest Gump* , in which Gump is changed to a simple minded country boy from the more or less **** "good time" personage in the book. Then there was the overhaul (for the better) of a book called "Think of A Number" by Anders Bodelsen into the Canadian film *The Silent Partner* , with Eliot Gould and Christopher Plummer.
I'm STILL waiting for an adaptation of *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* in which Esmeralda gets hung at the end as she was in Hugo's epic novel.
I think I titled my thread, "Movies that are better than the book". Or maybe just "Better than the book".
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It makes no sense to me to cut off mere minutes at the end of a movie. I'm not very familiar with the movies mentioned, but if TCM schedules a 99 minute movie for a 90 minute time slot, the one thing to do is to watch the movie with a stop watch. Maybe they DID sheer 9 minutes off the end, maybe it was a typo, I don't know.
It's not really sour grapes as much as it's a tempest in a teapot.
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I never saw it all the way through. Just couldn't get into it. That doesn't mean it was a lousy film. Just not to my taste.
I have to admit, though, it was a very good looking movie(cinematography, sets, costume), and understand it DID get some recognition for THAT.
I imagine it was dogged by the "Cimino" factor, et al: Long production with miles of needless film that suffers from inept editing, if any editing at all. It's the same thing that kills interest today for Cimino's *The Deer Hunter* . This landmark film by Michael could actually benefit by careful editing. There's probably a good 45 minutes that can be excised from it and you's STILL have a good story and excellent film. Several scenes go on way past the moment they made their points, and uneeded extended scenes that neither add to, or augment the story. I don't know if the same thing is true for GATE as, stated earlier, I just couldn't find interest in the story.
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I think with enough rehearsing, the off-camera dialoque "sync" can be done. There once was a TV "competition" show in the '80's that had contestants "lip sync" popular songs. Many did a rather convincing job of staying in "sync".
The actress "on stage" would have to be the one fitting the emphasis and phrasing done by the "off-stage" speaker.
Yeah, with enough rehearsal it could be VERY well done.
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Right you are, Arturo. Fame, especially fame in the world of motion pictures, is ephemeral at best, and soldiering on past the age of convincingly pulling off the kind of roles one was best known for is difficult, and some might have found moving on from "stardom" to "character" status too distasteful. Others might have been OK with it, realizing they were lucky enough to just be considered for ANY role offered. Others also might have thought it too depressing to live with.
After all, WHAT was George Sanders last movie role? And what happened AFTER that?
Like Grant and Garbo, Cagney might have read the writing on the wall, deciphered where the movie industry was heading at the time, didn't like what he saw and bowed out with his dignity intact.
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Somewhere, tucked inside a small box hidden away somewhere unknown since I moved, are many cassette tapes of old radio shows. Shows like "The Shadow", "The Jack Benny Show", "The Green Hornet", "Burns and Allen", "Fibber McGee and Molly", "Little Orphan Annie" and the like.
There are also some with Edgar Bergen, Ed Wynn, Abbott and Costello, and others.
They ARE a hoot to listen to. So is "War of the Worlds", when you think about it.
Maybe 80 years from now, some history buff will strike some kiddies with awe when mentioning that WAYYYY back in 2012, people watched television that was shown on a simple FLAT PANEL, and "NOT holographic, like today!"
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What I found to be useful for getting rid of unwanted appearances by unwanted persons is to ignore them. They eventually fade away.
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No, I can't say I AM a fan of Miss Weidler. Nor can I say I have anything against her.
But you HAVE to admit.....whenever anyone brings up the topic of iconic Hollywood personages, Virginia would wind up far down the list, if at all.
That this much attention is paid to someone who wasn't really a BIG star from the "golden age" is what I find surprising. I actually think it's kinda cool. Maybe not that interesting to ME, as one can tell that the "surprised" post was my first in this thread. Don't jump to conclusions.
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Y'all can KEEP your pixie sticks and Dum-Dums.
Just gimmie all your peanut butter kisses and Mary Janes!
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PS: "sugar rush". Another myth.
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"Unintentional comedy" classic. Funny.
There seems to be a LOT of those, doesn't there?
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Yeah, know what you mean. I know many here complain about the FREQUENCY of certain movies winding up on the schedule. I don't mind THAT so much as long as they WAIT a while between showings.
But *Judgement At Nuremburg* was shown TWICE within the span of a WEEK!
C'mon, now.
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Personally, I don't think Cagney could have pulled off Papa doolittle as well as Holloway did. I DO think he'd have been the better choice for the Demarest role in "MAD, MAD, ETC". And as iconic STROTHER MARTIN became for his turn as "CAP'N" in *Cool Hand Luke* , Cagney could have handled that role with equal, if not better, aplomb.
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The thing that surprises me in all this is:
This thread is STILL going!
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Well now, clore, that explains the controversy!
Personally, I found Hutton's character to be annoying. I still struggle with wondering whether or not it was intended to be played that way.
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