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Odd.... I've heard several people who also disliked THE GOTHFATHER give a variety of reasons why, but never knew anybody who felt it(and the sequel) was"mean spirited". Yeah, I thought it was OK, but not "great". Some day I might be in a mood to watch it a second time. Not high on my list either. I too don't understand the "cult" status. Sepiatone

Save for PAUL SAND and JOHN ASTIN, ( and a few others)most of the principal cast of EVERY LITTLE CROOK AND NANNY('72) are gone. Like... LYNN REDGRAVE VICTOR MATURE PAT MORITA DOM DeLUISE MAGGIE BLYE PAT MORITA PHIL FOSTER PAT HARRINGTON Sepiatone

Sure. Not the prettiest, by far, but obviously pretty enough to get in the movies. As if being a damn fine actress wasn't enough? Sepiatone

Hmmmmm..... Prefer "sugar coating" violence, eh? Dislike that honest approach to it, eh? Perhaps THIS is one gangster flick that won't upset your poor, widdle sensibilities? Sepiatone

Well, I apologize for my oversight ARI. Was likely expecting a specified thread, not having her "tied in" with another. Sepiatone

Or even "Detest" and "Abhor". Sepiatone

Yep. That 70's memory strikes again! Sepiatone

One comes to mind where maybe not ALL the cast is dead, but most of the principles..... THE HOSPITAL.('71) George C. SCOTT DIANA RIGG BARNARD HUGHES STEPHEN ELLIOTT and NANCY MARCHAND Are no longer with us. Sepiatone

I'm surprised it's ME, and not ARITOSTHENES that's posting the mention of "Madam" Angie Dickinson's 90th birthday today! And that I did so without referring to her in one of her movie character's names. But have a happy, Angie. And many more to you. Sepiatone

I just recently saw him on another channel that was showing CATALINA CAPER ('67). Was amused at his character ogling all the bikini clad "babes" considering his being gay. But actors are paid to act, and he did pull it off.(no pun intent). Rest In Peace. Sepiatone

Heh. I bought a DVD copy of it at BIG LOTS for $3. Sepiatone

As an avid photographer, I thought I'd like BLOW UP more than I did. But the movie didn't confuse me as much as it did frustrate me. No sooner do you get the impression it's going somewhere, it sits down. So I can get where you're coming from Tom. Sepiatone

Yep, my brother's birthday too. And HE was "full figured" as well. But(and he'd agree) Anita was by far the prettier of the two. Sepiatone

Huh? "Joker"? I thought that was DARGO's tag. Sepiatone

Well, Misswonderly knows that I meant no serious or nasty harm. Just havin' a bit o' fun. Sepiatone

"Blandings" holds up for me I guess because not only did I read the book as well( and it's one of the few movies "as good as the book". but my daughter also went through the ordeal of having a house built and went through her own pitfalls of construction problems. Not as many as Blandings, but certainly more expensive. But the newest version of the "fixer-upper" type movie, Tom Hanks' THE MONEY PIT ('86) was, despite being entertaining, so over the top and far fetched it hasn't had any subsequent re-viewings by me. GEORGE WASHINGTON SLEPT HERE is a childhood favorite, so still gets a look by me when it gets shown, and THE EGG AND I is another of the "good" type of these kind of flicks. Sepiatone

Gosh! I forgot all about it! Otherwise I'd have sent out Happy Silent Movie Day cards!! Sepiatone

I can generally take or leave most silents. Silent comedies are more to my liking. All depends on what it is and about. Like Georges Milies early camera trickery is hard for me to resist. I'll keep an eye out for what's being offered over the day. Sepiatone

Do you WONDER as you "wander"? Sepiatone

It isn't a matter of the country's origin a near millenia ago, but of what it's NOW considered. By your reckoning, then Puerto Rico shouldn't be considered a "Hispanic" country as originally, the indigenous peoples of the island weren't Spanish. But as my insert points out, Romania was once home to a significant Slavic-speaking population. Which is likely why it gets considered by many to be a Slavic enclave. Eastern European, y'know... "guilty" by association. The Slavs who migrated to the U.S. wasn't a large enough migration to be a "significant" Slavic-speaking population as in Romania. Plus, even the largest Slavic immigration didn't hit these shores until well after this nation was established, which wasn't the case over in Romania. And over history, many borders of many countries were unstable and often moved West t0 East and back again several times. For example... Both of my Grandfathers came from small Polish villages so far East in Poland that when one was born the village was considered to be in Poland, and when he immigrated to the U.S. that village was considered to be a RUSSIAN village, so the staff at Ellis Island designated him as Russian. The other grandfather, before coming here, married a Russian girl from a neighboring village that was over the Russian border when she was born(a Grandmother I only met once) but was back in Poland by the time they married and came over here (1905). And if the Russian/Polish border was so fluid in the 19th and 18th centuries (and likely earlier as well), it's not hard to imagine other Eastern European nations experiencing a similar situation. Sepiatone

Good novel too. I was glad to see it was very closely adapted for the screen. Sepiatone

Yeah, we covered all this several times before. All the manifold definitions of the word, "classic". Which doesn't always mean "old". Sepiatone

Yeah, TX. "Race" was obviously misused there. Funny to think.... These days likely African-Americans DON'T think of the Irish and the English as different "races". Those two, plus the Scottish, French, Italians, Germans, Polish, etc. all all part of the WHITE "race". Sepiatone

That, and probably because it's in COLOR too! Sepiatone

Seeing as the entire name is CZECHOSLOVAKIA, I'd beg to differ. And be Nazi allies? The Munich agreement merely made a large part of the nation a part of Germany in a land grab. This, from WIKI: Place names that are of Slavic origin abound in Romania, indicating that a significant Slavic-speaking population used to live in the territory.[64] The first Slavic groups settled in Moldavia and Wallachia in the 6th century,[65] in Transylvania around 600.[66] After the Avar Khaganate collapsed in the 790s, Bulgaria became the dominant power of the region, occupying lands as far as the river Tisa.[56] The Council of Preslav declared Old Church Slavonic the language of liturgy in the First Bulgarian Tsardom in 893.[67] The Romanians also adopted Old Church Slavonic as their liturgical language. Sepiatone