Dargo2
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Yeah, you're probably right!
(...maybe my cynicism hasn't yet reached the "Glass Half Empty" level, huh!)
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To answer your initial question here Hibi, Bob's interview with Miss Blyth about her experience on the "Mildred Pierce" set and her interplay with Joan Crawford was pretty much a reiteration of what she says on the TCM Original Joan Crawford Tribute short in which Miss Blyth supplies the narrative.
Nope, I don't recall any new revelations made during the interview.
(...gotta say though that Bob was right about Ann's appearance...she looked GREAT for an 84 y/o)
Edited by: Dargo2 on Aug 19, 2013 9:24 AM
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Every once in a while I'll click on some Yahoo News item that seems as if it might be of interesting to me as I go online, Sepia. However, I no longer even bother to read the 'Comments' section below the article because I would eventually discover all it did by doing that was make me even more cynical about the present state of the public's ability to state an opinion in a reasonable and intelligent manner.
Yep, I started noticing that on average it seemed one or maybe two at most out of ten of the comments posted read as if it came from someone with at least an 8th grade education or better.
(...maybe you've noticed this too, eh?!)
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Yes James, in many regards society has progressed for the better since the 1950s, however I'm still of the mind that at least in regard to the news business, there was been a slow and steady slide downhill in the quality and proportion of "real news" being broadcast(especially) since the days of Edward R. Murrow signing off with his signature tagline, "Good night and good luck".
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Yeah, Flyback...think again, dude.
Next time suggest remaking a movie set in 1959 or earlier.
(...'cause as we all know, all movies made after that date are inferior to any that predated 'em!!!)
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Ya know Tom, while I watched this film last night, I started thinking about the relatively recently coined phrase, "50 is the new 40"(or "60 is the new 50", etc). And the reason I started thinking of this phrase is because maybe it IS true.
'Cause I gotta say, all those stars in this thing, and not ONLY JB, looked to me to be at least 10 to 15 years older than their years by today's standards.
(..well, all of 'em except maybe Billie Burke...now SHE at 49 y/o at the time, still looked fairly youthful)
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Well in THAT case, how about re-making ANOTHER "astronaut themed" flick from around that same era, "Capricorn One"...but THIS time they make it a little more true to life.
(...in the remake, O.J. somehow escapes with his life!!!)
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And the dialogue, for the most part, is first rate and delivered expertly by all those stars.
Watching it again last night also reminded me of how eerily close to real life JB was cast in it, with the phrase "The Great Profile" even being said by Lee Tracy's character to describe John Barrymore's has-been character.
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>I think this was the time period in films. Preachy about the evils going on in society at that time. Too bad that more attention in reality wasn't paid about those gossip tabloids and their destructiveness.
Darn right, Lavender, because this film depicted an era and actually presents scenes where and when those in the legitimate news business would scorn those such as the Cochran character who's business was tabloid journalism, and in contrast to today and how many if not most of the "legitimate" news sources often actually quote and reference many of the stories propagated by the tabloids, such as those from the Cochran character's modern day equivalent...the smarmy Harvey Levin and his "TMZ" brand of crap "journalism".
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I dunno heuriger, but it's kinda soundin' to ME a little more as if our friend browne here is sayin' we should all be developing..ahem..suspicious minds!
Uh-huh, 'cause apparently we're all caught in a trap, and we can't go on, 'cause he loves the directors' cuts too much, baby!
(...I knew you'd especially appreciate this one)
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So Joe, then Diane and Michael were the products of a later marriage, RIGHT?!
(...sorry, couldn't resist)
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Might you be talking about "Floyd R, Turbo", the clueless Right Winger character that Johnny played?
(...sorry, I didn't mean to make that question sound redundant with the inclusion of the word "clueless" there)
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Btw...I'm sorry(again), but as much as I also like Carson, I think showing his complete shows would have been even more of a stretch of TCM's stated objectives and usual format.
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De nada, Se?orita.
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Hey browne! And...now...I'm...going...to...make...the...following...question...for...
YOU...really...simple...and...easy...to...answer:
While you typed all that out, which song was goin' through your head at the time?
(a) "Rule Britannia"
or
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"God Save The Queen"????
(...questions with multiple choice answers ALWAYS being MUCH more simple to answer than those requiring essays, ya see!!!)
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Yes, you're correct about English being the international standard for air travel communication, but regarding the spelling of copyrighted intellectual properties, I would guess that that would all depend upon which English-speaking country said product had had its original copyrights established.
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Probably not the reason John spelled the title of the British group Pink Floyd's song that way, Twink, and in the same vein as why Fleetwood Mac's hit album "Rumours" is also spelled in the British manner.
(...and despite the fact that "Rumours" was recorded in California and Florida...I guess maybe in THIS case, when it came to decide the spelling of that album's title, the British Fleetwood/McVie/McVie contingent probably just out-voted the Yankee Nicks/Buckingham contingent, 3 to 2)
***I see John has answered your question while I was typing mine out***
Edited by: Dargo2 on Aug 17, 2013 4:09 PM
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That might be a fair assessment of Johnson's overall impact in most of his films. It does seem his best work was done in film dramas where he's more a supporting player and a member of an ensemble cast of other exceptional actors, such as say in "Battleground", "Command Decision" or "The Caine Mutiny", doesn't it.
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> To me it is folly to assume the more power granted to a director the better the outcome. Sometimes this was true and sometimes it wasn?t.
Hmmmm...betcha anything the name "Michael Cimino" was goin' through your mind as you typed this, eh James?!
(...'cause OOH WEE, I've watched the 'director's cut' of "Heaven's Gate", I gotta say if there EVER was a movie that contained scenes which went on WAY too long and that added absolutely NOTHIN' to the essence or story of a film, THAT was sure IT alright!!!) LOL
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"It's really pretty easy, Senorita! Jus' take your cursor and click just to the right of where page-"1" is showin', 'cause even though ya can't see it, the number "2" is right there!"
(...sorry Dothery...I just couldn't resist this!!!)
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Well first, FlyBack...
>What I mean is TCM continues to put stuff on that no one wants to see and as such I lump Wallace Beery in with art house and silents.
Seein' as how Beery was one of the biggest stars of early talkies, and was primarily popular with the "Working Class" audiences of his day, I don't see how his movies could ever be described as "Art House" fare.
And secondly...
>...nobody wants any of it!
You suuuuuure like to talk usin' a whole lot o' definitive statements, doncha?!
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Wow dark! Your reply to browne was pretty darn impressive itself, and pretty much are my thoughts on this matter, also.
You mentioned the PBS connect as to it often broadcasting "more complete" versions of classic films, and thus that would lead me to believe because of PBS's strong connection to British television and its film libraries and the fact that very often in the past many classic films were shortened for the American market and re-titled, that this connection would be the reason for this. In other words that PBS presents classic films from British-owned libraries and not American-owned libraries.
As far as you know, would I be correct in my assumption here?
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Btw finance, I gotta say whether the correct legal term was being used or not for this flick's title, didn't ya just love it when Van Johnson backhanded Steve Cochran upside the chops?
I've probably said this before around here, but the more of Van Johnson's work I see, the more I think he was a much better dramatic actor then I ever gave him credit for being in years past.
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>In the mid-50's, Olivia de Havilland and Dirk Bogarde starred in Libel which is set in England and a drama.
Ahem...excuse me here, wouldbe, but are you sure the correct spelling of that Brit-made movie's title wasn't "Libeul"????
(...sorry)
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Now whaddaya talkin' about here, Sepia???
Why, I'll have you know I've ALWAYS believed that William Bendix's portrayal of the life of The Bambino to be precise RIGHT down to the letter, NOT to mention how utterly factual Oliver Stone's expos? of what REALLY happened in Dallas that one fateful November day in '63!!!
(...so what's your point here, HUH?!)
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"God Save The Queen"
SLANDER (1956)
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You definitely have a couple of funny takes on the film here, John. However, maybe you're too young to remember how successful the "Kukla, Fran and Ollie", "Howdy Doody", and the pre-cartoon version of "Beanie and Cecil" programs were with the young Boomer audiences of the 1950s, eh?! And even though the latter of those would soon become popular viewing for the parents of these Boomers, primarily because of the great comic wit of Bob Clampett, Stan Freberg and Daws Butler.
And thus of course, those were the programs of that era which Van's character was supposed to have been patterned after.
Edited by: Dargo2 on Aug 19, 2013 12:40 PM