Sepiatone
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Didn't think either one was all that "great".
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16 hours ago, Mr. Gorman said:
FRANK CAPRA lived to be 94, btw. Died in 1991.
Yep, but the last movie he directed("Pocket full Of Miracles") was in 1961. THIRTY YEARS before he died. Which would have made him 64.
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15 hours ago, Movie Collector OH said:
Hell, for about the same price just get a pack of self-heating MREs, bring them in under your Winter coats and cook it on the floor in the theater. Bring some aluminum foil to contain it while cooking, and to wrap it up and dispose of when finished.
https://www.thereadystore.com/mre-self-heating-emergency-meal-case-of-12Hey. Remember that bit comedian STEVEN WRIGHT did about movie theater food?
Said, "I got thrown out of a movie theater once for bringing in my own food. My argument was that the concession stand prices were outrageous. And besides, it's been years since I had a good BARBECUE!"
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The PEPE Le PEW 'toon wasn't too bad either. Liked the play on words(and sort of French parody) like the ship with the name, "OISEAU BLEU"
Really, never saw any of those before. Liked 'em all. It was a good morning.
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Was gonna mention that, But really, Eastwood is 91. Starring in and directing his newest, CRY MACHO.
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There have been some positive improvements over the years.......
Cup holders in the seat arms, "stadium" seating( eliminating someone with Marge Simpson hair blocking your view) And although the concession prices are still outrageous, they eventually made it so you can butter your own popcorn. For years, insufficient butter was a typical gripe.
And handicapped seating. Was nice when I had foot surgery in '93 and spent three months in a cast.
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Shocking to me since she was on my "Thought they were long dead" list of Hollywood greats.
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Child or adult, Roddy was always a plus for any movie he was in. Except(IMHO) the awful LORD LOVE A DUCK
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Y'know, though not really a "classic" movie(in any sense) I really liked that '58 Chevy Nicholas Cage's character drove in PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED.('86)
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After seeing that question among the hosts, I gave it some thought...... Either;
The GEORGE BAILEY post-birth town of BEDFORD FALLS in IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, or...
The New York City of THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS.
And if neither is available, I'll settle for BOONE CITY of THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES fame.
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Oh, BUCK UP 2000!
What bugged me once was one time, just for "kicks" when my wife and I were up at the cashier of an eatery we often patronized, I asked for the "senior discount" which on a sign on the door stated(in small print) the senior discount was for those 55 and older.
But I was 48 when I asked, and was given the discount, no questions asked!
Kind of disheartening. But, depending on your level of conceit, maybe you should have been flattered?
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Now, DARG....
You KNOW I meant he was a giant in the footwear industry!
And(in expectation) DON'T ask me if he was really that TALL!
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20 hours ago, rickdd said:
I'm not sure Rita Hayworth really qualifies as Hispanic. I know Spaniards today do not consider themselves Hispanic, even some So. Americans don't. She was half Irish with red hair and pale white skin, and just speaking Spanish, if she did, isn't a qualifier. There seems to be some appropriation of Rita Hayworth as Hispanic for no reason.
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I'm from a Polish-Rusian Father and a Polish-French Canadian Mother. What do you make of that?
But I figure since there's more Polish combined than Russian and French, and since my surname is Polish, I more consider myself more of Polish descent. Same with Rita, whose real name was Margarita Carmen Cansino, Would have stronger Spanish roots than her Mother's heritage, therefore can be considered Spanish(or "Hispanic")
And I'm only PART French, which means I don't fight with my feet!
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13 hours ago, txfilmfan said:
Doris Packer's most famous role is probably Mrs. Rayburn, the principal of Grant Ave. Grammar School on Leave it to Beaver. She was also Chatsworth's mother, on Dobie Gillis and had a short run on The Beverly Hillbillies as a trend-seeking society matron.
She also had a recurring role as Mrs. Somers, wife of a giant shoe magnate on the old GEORGE BURNS and GRACIE ALLEN SHOW. in the mid '50's
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14 hours ago, Aritosthenes said:
Would Be A Incredible Whopping One Hundred and Nine. 🎨
And why not? She WAS an incredibly whopping character actress. One of my "Fab Four" favorites, that include;
DORIS PACKER
KATHLEEN FREEMAN
THELMA RITTER
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Actually, I'm guilty of hurriedness(if that's even a word). Just Read the title and skimmed to the OPs list of movies. And it's mostly coincidence that my favorite film of most of them were "horror" flicks.
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23 hours ago, Movie Collector OH said:
It is about ticket prices and new movies being crap, for me.
Theaters have traditionally been more of a Winter activity for us. Too many other things to do when the weather is warm.
The only really memorable issue I've had with other theater patrons is someone sitting directly behind me, slouching down, and resting their knees up against the back of my seat, pushing my seat back and forth. Had to either kill him or move, so I moved.
Oh yeah, and some pot head essentially doing a hit and run in the theater parking lot, swinging open his door and smashing into the door of my parked vehicle, thereby denting it, then fleeing the scene. Saw the white paint marks up high with the dent, but no white truck. My buddies and I walked the entire parking lot. Little wuss... All in the timespan of the 10 minutes that it took for our friends to arrive, while we waited at the door of the theater. Went back to get something, that's when I discovered it. 10 minutes, max.
Next time I go to that theater I will be parking and walking from the nearby Home Depot. I've gone to many different Home Depots, Lowes, and Menards, and never any damage to my vehicle. Not once. Something to do with pride of ownership of their clientele, versus the stupid punks that can show up at the multiplex theaters.
Similar thing happened at a buffet several towns over that is now closed down. My friend witnessed a fat unkept middle aged woman pull up next to my vehicle, get out, steal one of my plastic hubcaps, then leave.
So movie theaters and buffets. Beware. Show up in your crappy old beater, if you have one. And don't sit in front of any slouchers that stick their knees into your back.
Best mannered/most respectful crowd I have ever been with in a movie theater? That would be Rambo 4 (2008). Bunch of middle aged to older guys who looked like they all had served. That was a communal experience.
Bear in mind I don't go to theaters all that often. A nice large vintage theater that shows really old films, mostly comedies, that would be a different story.
My question out of all that is...
What made you so sure it was both a pot head and a white truck? I've seen that sort of thing waiting in a Kroger parking lot for a buddy to come back out with his purchases. It was a woman trying to park her ragged pick-up while gabbing on her cell phone.
Her left headlight put a nice gouge in the other car's passenger door. She quickly stopped and looked in every direction for what happened except the right one! Then pulled out and parked at the other end of the lot. 
I'm still wondering what the market for plastic hubcaps is like.
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22 hours ago, JamesJazGuitar said:
This is from the top post: Name your favorite film of each one. It doesn't necessarily have to be a horror film since they didn't all do strictly horror movies.
Also nowhere in the title does it imply the films should be horror films; the title just says "favorite-film-of-these-classic-horror-stars", and not favorite-horror-films,,,,,.
This is why many (like myself) have listed films like Casablanca, Laura, High Noon etc...
But thinking about this I should have posted both my favorite horror film and favorite film, period: E.g. With Vincent Price it would have been House of Wax and Laura.
So, you wouldn't take literally a thread titled "You favorite films of these classic Western stars?"
Or "....classic silent comedy stars?"
And knowing you, this reply is probably going to be taken out of context.
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13 hours ago, David Proulx said:
I have noticed a little quick repetition lately. The Hustler, though? No problem there. That is one movie I could almost watch on a loop. An all time fave.
Thanks for the return to track Dave. This place was beginning to be literally for the birds.
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Well, as I suspected, most everyone responded with "he was the greatest...." which of course, he wasn't.
But he was pretty talented and was especially great at portraying certain types of characters. Like the woebegone not so sterling charactered younger brother "Rusty" of Mike Heck on the TV sitcom THE MIDDLE. He was brilliant in that type of role. And for a short time he was the replacement for Gabe Kaplan on some poker program my wife and I would watch until our cable service dropped The Game Show Network.
I never saw him on SNL as I found any cast after the mid 80's hard to stomach.
But keeping his fight with cancer private must have been difficult and a good sign of a class act.
Rest In Peace, Norm.
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Don't take your handle too seriously there, 37.....
No need to get "catty"
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I really don't much like these subjective at best threads. Especially involving classic stars with top-notch filmographies. But here goes....
Quinn's REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT is IMHO one of his best performances. And for what it's worth, I never thought BARABBAS was all that bad.
As for Rita....
I too loved her in GILDA, but in MY GAL SAL and all the way up to THE STORY ON PAGE ONE. and THE STRAWBERRY BLONDE.
Too many great ones from both to narrow down sufficiently.
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I'll go along with that.
It seems I'm the only one here that isn't all that fond of BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN.
And I'll have to backtrack here a little....
Someone mentioned OF MICE AND MEN as their favorite LON CHANEY JR. flick. I posted THE WOLFMAN as mine. But, taking the thread title literally, I thought the question was which of the "horror" flicks these classic "horror" stars made was.
However, I did veer off with the mention of Karloff's role in DEVIL'S ISLAND. Why Chaney Jr.'s Lenny in "Of Mice And Men" slipped my mind is inexcusable.
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20 hours ago, Eucalpytus P. Millstone said:
- Ma 'n Pa Kettle 'n their squallin', squawkin', squabblin' younguns
- Hearing-impaired codgers narrating the movie to one another ("What did he say, Herbert?" "He said, 'Yippie Ki Yay, Mother******!'")
- Skunky B.O. Plenty and his similarly fragrant, flatulent bud Le Pétomane Louie
- Wisecracking MS3K fans sharing their "wit" by talking back to the movie screen ("Hey, Black Widow! Show me your hourglass!")
- Willy Wonka drowning out the soundtrack while obliviously digging into his big bag of cellophane-wrapped sweets
. . . and don't get me started on incurable cell phone addicts!
Luckily, I've dealt with very little of the complaints brought up here. And must admit, as a kid I too, along with many others, used to like blowing into those empty cardboard boxes of whatever candy( forget now which one, possibly "Boston Baked Beans") and making that horn like sound. But then, that was during what was known as a "kiddie matinee" where most of the patrons were unruly and didn't mind others joining in on the fun.
But as an adult, I too would be annoyed with some of the type of patrons you brought up here. And as mentioned, I was lucky enough to not having had to deal with them often enough to put me off going to movies. TICKET PRICES are more of a factor than people's behavior.
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Jackie Gleason
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Actually Darg.
Although I like most of the Gleason flicks mentioned so far, SOLDIER IN THE RAIN is my favorite movie of BOTH McQueen and Gleason.
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