casablancalover2
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>Hibi wrote: I wonder how he kept that ponytail on? Glue? They skipped over Moses' wandering for 40 years in about 30 seconds of narration. (I guess nothing important happened during that time)....
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I Think Yul Brenner's hair appliance was held with spirit glue, like they use for beards and sideburns. It would have been the adhesive (skin safe) available at the time. Do you notice how still he keeps his head in the movie?
I know the 40 years do seem to slip by pretty quickly, but I guess DeMille thought one day day just looks like another in the desert and how long has the audience been sitting?
h4. Another Fact about the production: The **** in the Wilderness scenes took 3 weeks to shoot..
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Agreed. or *Cinema Paradiso*, right, Dargo?
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Tennessee Ernie Ford:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxGp1p2zVeQ
o-oo , I found another one.
Again, one of our servicemen of WW2; isn't that wonderful.
Col. Ford:
Edited by: casablancalover2 on Apr 1, 2013 7:36 PM
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I am afraid the photos I took of the backdrop wall (I think it was the back of a soundstage) in Blue Sky and the parking lot are with the ex... dang. The lot had sides and an incline to hold water- in itself not that large; you need to keep in mind the movie magic employed. but it was very cool to imagine how they pull it off.
Here's an bird's eye view
h3. Behold, the Red Sea
Edited by: casablancalover2 on Apr 1, 2013 6:38 PM
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>Dargo wrote: Yeah, maybe Hibi, but I have to say that I disagree with some of the opinions that have been expressed in this thread about the special effects being "dated". I think they still actually hold up pretty darn well, overall.
I took a tour of Paramount lot and the tour guide took us to a parking lot where they shot parting of the Red Sea. That's how I got to the Red Sea.
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Oh Dargo! Not merlot!
From *Sideways:* No, if anyone orders Merlot, I'm leaving. I am NOT drinking any f--ing Merlot!
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I went into Netflix last night to run *The Lady Eve* again. I love that scene with the chafing dishes too. I also like watching his genuine warmth always toward Eve Sidwitch (Stanwyck) while barely tolerating his son (Fonda).. Palette shows as a great family dynamic being born Continues after the wedding too..
I always think it's a nice tie-in to his Friar Tuck character in *The Adventures of Robin Hood* when first we see Palette coming down the stairs in *The Lady Eve* singing his drinking song.. I keep thinking, "Yeah, the merry men would be singing this when celebrating"
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Nothing puts me into the mood for watching *A Room With a View* than to hear this:
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When you see Charleton in those last years, there was two who who took advantage of his stature and his advancing health issues -- Moore and the NRA.
Mr. Heston of the *The Ten Commandments* and *Ben Hur* period were his liberal years.
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It is available on Netflix, and you can schedule your own breaks without the irritating commercials.
h4. It has just occurred to me that I stood in the Red Sea!
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>*I've often speculated why you don't return to America. Did you abscond with the church funds? Run off with a senator's wife? I like to think you killed a man. It's the Romantic in me.*
Claude Rains
Casablanca (1942)
h4. Hollywood's Masterpiece
h5. Thanks for the remembrance of Bio47, Gus. That was very nice.
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Back at ya', Scottman:
Happy Easter, Passover, Spring with the longer days..
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It certainly is one of the most beloved of religious epics ever made. Charleton Heston plays a character so different from Moses in T10C. yet, Heston plays it so differently too. I still marvel at the chariot race.
The spectacle is amazing! The tipping of the Dolphins in counting the laps, the battle of the pure white Arabians versus the pure black, Masala's chariot wheel hubs, designed to kill. The incredible close-ups, mixed with wide angle and POVs of the drivers and reaction of the crowd make this one of the best pieces of film making, ever, Kudos to William Wyler, Yakima Cunutt (who planned and did the actual direction of the Chariot Race scene) and cinematographer Robert Surtees. Editing must have been daunting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxcMwRdNuTk
h5. Did you know... One of the very few (and very expensive) 65mm cameras in the world was wrecked during the filming of the chariot race.
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h3. "TV Schedules aren't what they used to be.."
That was the takeaway from the Easter breakfast. I totally agree, and I no longer have TiVo, so I have to stay diligent.
>yogiboo wrote: Anyway, I always loved this film, though now I find it quite campy (I always picture Billy Crystal's Eddie G imitation..."Nnnyah, Moses. Where's your Messiah now?" and his Yul Brynner's "Moses,Moses,Moses."), and the special effects quite antiquated (which they are). But really, it doesn't bother me. I love the event and remember when they first started airing it (or at least when I first saw it) how much in awe I was of the Sea parting.
I guess that is what I just love about this movie too. It has a spacial place and time in it's film making, just like Doulas Sirk does in that other thread.
Of course, it's dated; and like the study of things, people and events past (history) it stands as fine example of the film making art of it's time. It really captures DeMille's artistry of his later period. I suppose one can be critical and we are all valid in our tastes, but I find some of the inconsistencies of character just delightful and not detracting.
Think now on the other great film (also shown in the past at Passover and Easter) Ben Hur. Released just three years later, we see a totally different character for Charleton Heston brought out by Wyler. Characters and actors were undergoing change, and we see this in the movies that were released in the fifties.
*The Ten Commandments* is the coda on DeMille's period of the religious film.
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I heard from many at Church today who are upset that they missed it. It had been traditionally on Easter Sunday night for years on ABC. You weren't the only one, Twinkeee
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Not if you learned how they prepared scallops
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In *All That Heaven Allows:*
Apparently Bette Davis' French pronunciation is not very good, for even though she's the French teacher in opening, her French is covered as background. we don't hear clearly.
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From the old crocodile:
Finance wrote:
>*...and, finally, someone spelled Paar's name correctly.*
from _*omigod really? Boiling puppies for ointment!!!*_
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Wow, finance. One away from 36,000.
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Perfect, SansFin, perfect.
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>Dargo2 wrote: Ya see, in OUR case, when this pack of coyotes we have livin' around here starts their yelpin' and howlin' at about 1am almost every night lately, which ISN'T so bad, but THEN when our dog Moose starts yelpin' and howlin' from inside our bedroom in unison with 'em...well, try sleepin' through THAT if ya can!!!
h5. and to continue the truth with superstitious overtones...
I guess too late to recommend a THUNDERSHIRT?
>(...and I kid you NOT here)
How nice... even a Jack Paar reference.
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Thanks for the update. Hum. what to post?
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h4. A writer created "eye of newt" for we could tolerate the abuse of reptiles
Superstitious remedies exist in the world of belief, and not science. We still see this mistake with cause and affect today; look at all the deception on the internet. Hey, there's a $7 trick to make wrinkles to disappear! ;-)
The poor puppy, who by coincidence, happened about the first miraculous cure.
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Shifting gears to Sinatra. I don't why I like Sinatra on Saturdays.. just always have
h5. It's notable that a showman who's The Freakin' Chairman of the Board can afford to be philosophical! LOL
Ten Commandments
in General Discussions
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>>Earlier post: Another Fact about the production: The **** in the Wilderness scenes took 3 weeks to shoot..
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>Dargo2 wrote: WAIT!
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>It took so long 'cause they kept runnin' OUT of "Ramses" on the set???
Oh, Dargo, you ruined it with three question marks. Haha. But otherwise, perfect.
h5. Planning and prevention is always worth mentioning.