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Always wanted to see that film but never have, clore.

I'm inclined(well actually I'm presently sitting upright) to say that that's Betsy Drake, but I know I'm probably wrong.

>If there's a joke in there somewhere, I'm sorry. I do not get it. Well, THAT'S 'cause Addison forgot to mention that in his dream where Sidney Poitier crashes into the side of the guy's house while he's at his breakfast table, the guy was ALSO eatin' a bowl of...ahem...Post Raisin(in the Sun) Bran! (...baada-CHING!)

That's alright, MissW. No hard feelin's here. Saaaay...maybe THIS'LL raise your spirits a bit...

I'll try to catch that one too, TB. (...I mean WHO doesn't like lookin' at Miss O'Hara, RIGHT?!)

Why, thank you, kind sir. And, seein' as how "Don Juan" is still pretty fresh in my mind from the last showing on TCM(and when you and I raved about it afterward on these very boards), I have to say I'm actually looking more toward to watching Mr. Power do his "Zorro" thing, as it's been quite a few years since I've watched that one.

Granted TB. While the use of the word "implying" in my previous post might have been a bit presumptuous on my part, I still feel your initial posting in Tom's thread seemed a little "out of nowhere". And, unlike whenever some of us would-be comedians around here often sidetrack threads with tangential little jokes, I have to say I still feel your initial posting seemed to me(and as apparently so too to the OP ) to have some "agenda" attached which we've felt ran counter to the more, let us say, celebratory nature of this thread about two well-made classic Swashbucklers.

Actually MissW, I've been a little busy over in Tom's "Zorro/Don Juan" thread the last 15 minutes or so, but I just now came back to this thead to say exactly what you've just said I should have said earlier. (...in other words, you took the words right out of my mouth...err...keyboard anyway)

>Dargo, I am proud to be a feminist and have been for twenty years. Well TB, I think I can probably top ya on the "Feminist Seniority List". Ya see, maybe it's because even in the 1950s and when I was but a lad, I was raised by a father and mother who both worked outside the home, and with my father pitching in on all the "household chores". And, there always seemed to be the idea that there was no "hierarchy" when it came to the decision-making between Mom and Pop, either. And thus, growing up in that sort of environment and witnessing an equitable balance of parental responsibilty shared by my parents at that time, and pretty much always thinking that that sort of relationship is as fair and proper as it gets, I suppose you could call me a "Feminist" for almost all of my 60 years on this planet. And in fact, truth be known, I've probably also always thought of "The Fairer Sex" as also being "The Better Sex" overall. But besides that, don't ya think it MIGHT have been just a LITTLE improper to imply to Tom that his thread was in any manner being "sexist"? Sorry, but to me, that seemed to be something that came right out of the blue here, my friend. And, after reading what appears to be your rationale for going this direction in this thread: > I did have 'issue' with TCM airing coming of age stories last night that were all about boys, except for the last one, with Amanda Blake. I think the evening's presentation of this theme could have been much more balanced. I have to wonder why you didn't instead think of possibly starting another and different thread with that very issue in mind, as I actually think you might have a valid point with that topic, and it would probably make for yet another of your always interesting thread topics at this website.

Yeah, Granny Goose was only a west coast(you know...where the sun shines bright and snow drifts are a rare occurrence) brand, out in my direction.

NOT according to the learned American lexicographer, one Mr.Noah Webster, anyway! (...no relation to this kid as far as I know, btw)

>OMG! I'm beginning to spell like a Canadian! LOL Yeah Fred, ya gotta watch it! Those superfluous British/Canadian "u"s will occasionally jump out o' nowhere on ya sometimes!!!

Well, then I can only suppose you were never a big fan of Granny Goose potato chips either, eh?!

>Dargo, I really can't recall those Rozsa scores. But, assuming that you're correct and they're impressive, they deserve mention because Rozsa was one of the best. WHOA now, Tom! You're tellin' me THIS baby doesn't ring a bell with ya?!!....

Yep, and Phil Carey starred in the short lived 1959-60 "Phillip Marlowe" TV series, also. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Suip3QXAMw

Btw clore, thanks. I didn't know about Joy Harmon's later career here. And who said "There are no second acts in American lives", huh?! (...oh, that's right...Zelda's husband said that, didn't he)

>"anything that innocent just has to be named Lucille." Great line from "Luke", alright. However, I'm not so sure that the thought holds true.. Ya see, Blues great B.B.King named his guitar after a woman named "Lucille" because of an incident in his youth in which the nightclub he was playing had burned down because of fire started during a fight between two men and over a woman named Lucille. (...and if two guys are fightin' over a woman, I'd say it's probably a sure bet that she wouldn't be "innocent")

I don't know if by 1944 Powell was all that "pretty" anymore, dpompper. It seemed to me that by the mid-'40s that baby-face of his was startin' to show a little character.

Ooooh! I LIKE it! Give us ideas here, clore!!!

Yeah, I suppose usin' either one of those two "Women Kick Azz" movie franchises would've worked, huh!

ROFL!!! I gotta say clore, that THIS might be the funniest and clever mixing of two threads I've ever read around here!!! (...though I think we should give TB a break...like I said in that other thread of Tom's, maybe he's just finished watching a "Laura Croft" marathon)

Well, I certainly hope you're entertaining the idea I brought up here about the "Taylor/Rozsa" connection, Tom. (...'cause I think that that just might run a close second to your whole Flynn "theory" here, my friend!)

Yep, Tom. In hindsight, and now knowing of Powell's soon to emerge into his new accepted roles in Noir, I too think he would have been an interesting choice for the Neff character. And while the following named actor would within a few years after the 1944 release of Double Indemnity would go on to make a veritable "cottage industry" out of playing the guy who is led astray by the classic Femme fatale, I was always of the mind that it was kind of a shame that Wilder didn't make this film a few years later and after Robert Mitchum had emerged into being a major star. (...oh, and another actor I've always thought might've made a pretty decent Neff was Robert Ryan)

Well, ya know Tom...maybe TB has just finished watching a "Laura Croft" movie marathon, and so maybe this whole "Feminist Agenda" thing was still fresh in his mind and he just wanted tio express some thoughts about it in your thread. (...ever think o' THAT?!) LOL

slayton, in reference to your take on the new F-type here: >it looks like every other super power plant with names that end in "i." ...and if you might be referring to some resemblance to the latest Maserati GranTurismo model(in particular) here: ...then I have say you have a very valid point.