sagebrush
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Yes, an Organ as accompaniment to the films would be very exciting. The Stanford Theatre in Palo Alto, CA, used to have a Wurlitzer for their silent films, and they would nearly always sell out (even on on Wed night showing!)
The classic comedies are probably a sure bet, as well as any dramas which are timeless favorites such as Phantom Of The Opera, Ben-Hur, King Of Kings, Thief Of Baghdad,Nosferatu, Broken Blossoms, Metropolis, Flesh And The Devil, The Big Parade, The Merry Widow, The Sheik, Greed, and Sunrise.
I hope it works out for you, bombaybob. If I lived there, you would see me at every showing!
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4 hours ago, hamradio said:
We should give thanks the emoji's don't do this...
The "Yay" emoji kinda makes me smile- he's cute!
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I actually don't mind dubbed or subtitles. I do agree, though, that suitable voices should be used for the dubbing. There were/are so many voice actors out there that there's no reason as to why Mastroianni's voice had to be that passive. Subtitles are Ok with me, too, but I feel like I miss a lot of the visual because I'm reading the dialogue. Also, I have a 26" screen, which is definitely large enough to watch the picture but not quite large enough to see the subtitles effectively.
It's funny, I was watching A Man To Remember this morning, and the Dutch subtitles, which are kind of large and of an unique font for subtitles, was very easy for me to read from across the room.
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A song that always puts me in a good mood; the title song from Georgy Girl. I love the contrast of upbeat tune and advising lyrics.
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Happy centennial birthday today to lovely Ann Rutherford, born Nov 2, 1917!
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When I think of cemetery scenes, I will always remember the one from Fiddler On The Roof first. Pearls!
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How about the cemetery scene at the beginning of Great Expectations?
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I agree about the cemetery scene from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly being the best in films.
For scary, how about the opening from Night Of The Living Dead?
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10 hours ago, dianedebuda said:
Fedya and jamesjazzguitar, if I'm understanding you, you're both in favor of the new default, oldest post first order. That's what I was wanting as an option in the orig post. What I'm trying to visualize is how the posters who prefer the latest post first order read a thread when there's been more than 1 message added since the last time they visited the thread. I look at the forum every morning and it always just seemed so awkward to me, particularly with long posts. Don't you have to scroll down to your last read, then up, down, up, down until you reach the top? Again, not a challange to the earliest first order preference, just curiousity. Maybe it's simply that you're on the forum a lot and you see posts shortly after entry so there's no "to be read" stack up. In that case, it's more like email & I "get it". Back to lurking
Also, if you look to the right of the forum topic, it shows the name of the last person to post on that topic. If you click the time it states under the name, it will take you to the most recent page and post.
Ie, I saw jamesjazzguitar's name to the right of this topic heading in the general discussions, so I clicked on the time of his post under his name and it took me to the newest post.
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I'm glad she told her story of harassment. I really love the studio era films, but the studio system seemed so brutal in so many ways. I've read similar type of stories from both Ann Miller and Betty Garrett.
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3 hours ago, Bogie56 said:
...As far as youtube goes I just see a black square with the message "An Error occurred. Try watching this video on youtube or enable JavaScript etc."
Javascript is enabled on my browser so it is not that.I find that sometimes it is the browser. I have no explanation for it, but if I'm using IE and I get a list of "black screens" for videos, I switch to Firefox or Chrome, and it works.
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14 hours ago, ChristineHoard said:
It's getting better. Now at the top instead of saying "sign on" all the time even though I may be signed on, it has my name and avatar. But, please, shrink the emojis and I'd still like the option of most recent posts listed first but I can go with the way it is if that's what the majority of people want.
I agree with you; most recent posts should be first. If the first post viewable is 2 years old, it may no longer be relevant. It makes more sense to be able to research back if needed.
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I was fortunate to be able to see him in Phantom Of The Opera in 1990. I knew he was a singer, but he really did have a powerful voice. He was a very good Phantom. I think he was at his finest in comedy. What a smile, too!
RIP
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Yes, very confusing update! Those amazon emojis are annoying, too.
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Happy centennial birthday to lovely Joan Fontaine, born Oct 22nd, 1917!
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In Sleeper from 1973, Diane Keaton asks Woody Allen what he believes in.
Woody responds: "Sex and death. Two things that come once in a lifetime. But, at least after death you're not nauseous."
Then they kiss.
So many funny lines in that film! A few of my favorites:
Keaton- "It's hard to believe that you haven't had sex for 200 years."
Allen- " 204, if you count my marriage."
Allen- "I'm what you would call a teleological, existential atheist. I believe that there's an intelligence to the universe, with the exception of certain parts of New Jersey."
Allen- "This stuff tastes awful. I could make a fortune selling it in my health food store."
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Friday, Oct. 20th/21st--Anthony Perkins night. All times E.S.T.:
2:30 a.m. "Remember My Name" (1978)--Great jazz score by Alberta Hunter and a fine performance by Geraldine Chaplin make this noirish film worth a watch.
I've watched this film twice now, and I still don't get the ending. Can anyone enlighten me?
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Eh, I must be the only person on the planet who dislikes Danny Elfman's soundtrack for NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
While I really liked his score for PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE, once you put lyrics to his music, it just becomes un-melodic forced talking not unlike Henry Higgins (to me at least)
I'm pretty critical of movie soundtracks, preferring compositions written especially for the movie that actually propel the story, like Hollywood's "golden age".
That said, I do really love the music used for PAPER MOON '73 all radio hits played on the radio in the movie. Unfortunately, this soundtrack hasn't been released on CD, only vinyl.
I did just buy the CD of DARJEELING LIMITED because it has several snippets of favorite classic Bollywood theme songs sprinkled throughout, with only 2 songs by the Kinks.
You're definitely not the first person I've heard of who doesn't care for Danny Elfman's score or his other music.
I was a fan of Oingo Boingo (they were actually one of the very few bands from the 1980's whom I liked) and I always liked Elfman's singing voice. I think he's a clever lyricist and his music takes unexpected turns when you think it is going in a particular direction.
My sister doesn't care for him, either. She covers her ears in pantomime pain!
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She was very beautiful and a lovely actress. RIP
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Have you had a chance to watch Return of Dracula 1958 with Francis Lederer? It played on TCM one Sunday and I missed the beginning, but saw it On Demand a few days later. Unfortunately, it was only on that one day, but it's a pretty good flick for that time period. And it's not a Hammer film.
I rather enjoyed it- but I'm not sure if it's just that I like Francis Lederer!
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The Gershwin tune, Funny Face, has been performed by so many great vocalists, but my favorite version is still Fred Astaire's (no surprise there
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Here is an interesting movie clip for fans of the film.
It is the Pan (John Ericson) dance scene. The rehearsal track for the scene is played, followed by the scene as shown in the film.
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Yea Jean Hagen has a way of playing seedy very convincingly. I watcher her recently in The Asphalt Jungle.
I was in the other room from the one in which the TV is when her scene came up. I thought at first I was hearing Judy Holiday. Then I walked back into the living room and realized it was Jean Hagen. She is definitely a scene stealer!
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), which played over the film credits:
TCM's treatment of Ronald Colman
in General Discussions
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I'm just enjoying the fact that we're discussing Ronald Colman again!