dpompper

I must've seen this film at least 20 times and I never noticed that. Thanks for pointing it out!

So long as it's not "Honey Boo Boo."

I've heard of a couple of them and have seen ZERO of them. Does that mean we're quite a boring lot?

I watched "Catch me if you can" (2002) on TNT last night. It was a satisfying viewing experience for the first half because there were VERY few commercials. Then toward the end, the story was fit in between commercials. Frustrated, I started multitasking by doing other things around the house while within earshot of the TV. The experience made me EVEN MORE grateful for TCM.

Good provocative question, Eugenia. I'd wish for DVD availability of what I think was a made-for-TV program that I remember as a kid -- circa late '60s or early '70s. It featured an African-American inner city boy who befriended a stray kitten. He went to the local mom and pop grocer and acquired cans of tuna to feed the kitten -- and charged it to his mom/aunt's bill. When discovered, he then worked in the shop to pay off the bill. It was a very cute story.

Really, thestick? Do you think the Rev. Shannon was "bad?" I saw him as perpetually trying to do better whilst under the influence of a disease known as alcoholism. I'm not an organized religion kinda person, but I think that axiom "let he who is without sin cast the first stone" fits here.

There should be one of those drinking games every time Katherine Hepburn shouts "Christoffffffer Colummmmmbus!!" It drives me nuts and I cannot watch it. Once was quite enough.

Susan Hayward, Jane Greer, Bette Davis, Rosalind Russell, Paulette Goddard, Claudette Colbert . . .

<*La Reine Margot* (1994) is a great film about the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre. There are several clergymen in it, although I don't remember how they are depicted. There are plenty of films with bad nuns, but that's another story.> I was thinking about that one, too (which I love and have on DVD). Nope. It's all Mama de Medici who corners the market on BAD!

I don't dislike her (in fact, I like her in some of those films very much). Her roles are just SO SIMILAR. Probably based on some stereotype/template for what the "perfect wife" was supposed to be.

I fell asleep on "The Locket" -- not because I wasn't groovin' to it . . . but because I was comfy and sooooo tired after a crazy work week. Bummer. I think I had about 20 minutes to go.

Geographically and culturally, Russia is a BIG space that's long on history. They're allowed to have multiple ways of saying and doing things. Edited by: dpompper on Dec 1, 2012 7:45 PM

There's a rumble in Brighton tonight!! a la The Stray Cats.

I dunno, skim. I think the good Rev. Harry Powell in "Night of the Hunter" (1955) really did think he was a man of you-know-who. For my money, he's the baddest of the bad preachers . . . creepy, sinister, cold, calculating sociopath.

yup, what lz said

I'm still reeling over the fact that the same director who gave us "Alien" and "Bladerunner" . . . gave us "Prometheus."

"A Charlie Brown Christmas" (1965) . . . and of course, "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946) -- but I'm not prone to watch it EVERY year.

Brava, missw!

Agreed, folks. Ida Lupino RULES! There are so many of her films (both as actress and director) that I haven't seen and very much want to see them.

Hey, Dargo2 . . . I was born in 1960, so I suppose the answer to your question is "no." When I saw TM in like 1970 or so on local Philly channel, the 4:30 p.m. daily movie, I LOVED it! I suppose the closest experience to the one you described is when I watched and then read "1984." I've been a George Orwell fan for nearly all of my life. I wondered if we'd live in a police state by the time I graduated college (1982). In the end, that was a "no." (However, I won't go into politics, but it was a bad economic time for me when I graduated and had a very hard time paying back student loans).

thanks, jezebelle . . . I've been anxious for feedback. I liked Knightly and the director (whose name escapes me) in/of "Atonement" and "Pride & Prejudice" and wondered if they could lay anything new on me.

Holding hands are we?! What would MOTHER say?!

<dipthongization> Ouch! Sounds like it could be uncomfortable. I have noticed that of which you speak, but cannot think of examples right now. Certainly, I'm no expert . . . and wonder if this kind of thing is considered a "continuity" issue? Anyone?

This thread illustrates yet another way to think about "package," hibi.

I dunno, Dargo2, I kinda like "Diva Muffin." There are a whole lot worse things that one could be named/called.