casablancalover2
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*Kyle! Welcome!*
Great suggestions
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I am searching through My Little Brony sites for movie scenes re-enacted. this isn't it..
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Those two would be a good place to start.
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Ah, another myth exploded. I thought the Walker Bros were real bros.
When I was a girl, a friend in Junior High was convinced the Supremes were sisters.
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Gone for a few hours, and look at all that's happened.,.. Welcome, James and sewhite,
No, Sepiatone, wasn't referring to you, personally. lol You're my favorite ink color when I have my calligraphy stylus out.
I thought by this time there would be branching out to 1946.
I saw what Addison had written about the end of Rebecca. Selznick wasn't afraid of a little fire, (he burned down Atlanta, didn't he?) but I can't say the conflagration needed to be bigger or of longer duration. I would want more movie after that, to answer what happened next; the novel actually ends in the novel fashion, very slow exposition... ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
If you can't sleep later tonight, I will share it. Fallllllllllling action.
I couldn't watch Days of Wine and Roses. Too close to my actual childhood experience with my parents. But from what I've read, the writer sound like he/she got the dysfunction down perfectly.
Edited by: casablancalover2 on Mar 27, 2013 7:31 PM
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>*I don't like disturbances in my place....*
>*Either lay off* (ballot) *politics, or get out.*
Your opinions have value, but so do others. I have thick skin, but others do not. Please keep that in mind.
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(removed from direct comment to general)
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Dagmar
Good one. Let's see if the kids catch up to that one! I won't admit knowing anything about Dagmar.
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Walker Bros:
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Dargo2 took my first choice. Glad he mentioned TBYOOL
*Field of Dreams*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwH90p0ZLP4
*Vertigo:*
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Well, so there. I guess that told me...
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No worries, my friend.
I couldn't believe it at first when I saw it.
I think the earrings there are waaaaay over the line.
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Hi mw-
Concerning the topic of The Philadelphia Story.
Not wanting to read another's thoughts, but maybe Addison was thinking -like me- that Jimmy Stewart was so terrific the previous year with Mr Smith Goes to Washington, it seemed a shame not to approve him as soon as he came up for the award again.
h5. Funny, I only now realized how much the Academy voting can feel like running for Student Council..
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Kingrat-
I second your ballot..
except I would have voted for The Letter for Best Picture
I would have chosen Rebecca for b&w art direction.
Original Screenplay, I love The Great Dictator, but I would have voted for Foreign Correspondent
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mw- I thought '39 would be too expected, know what I mean?
Actually looking at the history, starting in 1936, the movies take a real turn toward really good visual storytelling and directing.
*Best Picture Nominees for 1936:*
Anthony Adverse -- Warner Bros.
Dodsworth -- Samuel Goldwyn Productions
The Great Ziegfeld -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer**
Libeled Lady -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town -- Columbia
Romeo and Juliet -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
San Francisco -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The Story of Louis Pasteur -- Cosmopolitan
A Tale of Two Cities -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Three Smart Girls -- Universal
Other Nominees in other catagories:
*DIRECTING*
Dodsworth -- William Wyler
The Great Ziegfeld -- Robert Z. Leonard
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town -- Frank Capra **
My Man Godfrey -- Gregory La Cava
San Francisco -- W. S. Van Dyke
*FILM EDITING*
Anthony Adverse -- Ralph Dawson **
Come and Get It -- Edward Curtiss
The Great Ziegfeld -- William S. Gray
Lloyds of London -- Barbara McLean
A Tale of Two Cities -- Conrad A. Nervig
Theodora Goes Wild -- Otto Meyer
*ACTRESS*
Irene Dunne -- Theodora Goes Wild {"Theodora Lynn"}
Gladys George -- Valiant Is the Word for Carrie {"Carrie Snyder"}
Carole Lombard -- My Man Godfrey {"Irene Bullock"}
Luise Rainer -- The Great Ziegfeld {"Anna Held"}**
Norma Shearer -- Romeo and Juliet {"Juliet"}
*ACTOR*
Gary Cooper -- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town {"Longfellow Deeds"}
Walter Huston -- Dodsworth {"Sam Dodsworth"}
Paul Muni -- The Story of Louis Pasteur {"Louis Pasteur"} **
William Powell -- My Man Godfrey {"Godfrey Parks"}
Spencer Tracy -- San Francisco {"Father Tim Mullen"}
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Zombies:
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I had to look it up.
Did you know that Bing Crosby dubbed the singing for Bracken?
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Great suggestion, Dothery
Mine is *LADY BE GOOD*, not because it's a fabulous musical (it's not) but because I haven't seen it. It's in my Netflix queue, but I need to wait for a copy to be available.
I saw *Dance With Me*, at an art house in Minneapolis. It is a terrifically energized movie.
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It occurs to me, especially at Academy Awards time, there is second guessing over the who should have won.
Well, let me make it easier for you. Below, is your ballot from the
h3. Academy choices for 1940:
*ACTOR*
Charles Chaplin -- The Great Dictator {"Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania"}
Henry Fonda -- The Grapes of Wrath {"Tom Joad"}
Raymond Massey -- Abe Lincoln in Illinois {"Abraham Lincoln"}
Laurence Olivier -- Rebecca {"Maxim de Winter"}
James Stewart -- The Philadelphia Story {"Mike Connor"} **
*ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE*
Albert Basserman -- Foreign Correspondent {"Van Meer"}
Walter Brennan -- The Westerner {"Judge Roy Bean"} **
William Gargan -- They Knew What They Wanted {"Joe, the Foreman"}
Jack Oakie -- The Great Dictator {"Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria"}
James Stephenson -- The Letter {"Howard Joyce"}
*ACTRESS*
Bette Davis -- The Letter {"Leslie Crosbie"}
Joan Fontaine -- Rebecca {"Mrs. de Winter"}
Katharine Hepburn -- The Philadelphia Story {"Tracy Lord"}
Ginger Rogers -- Kitty Foyle {"Kitty Foyle"} **
Martha Scott -- Our Town {"Emily Webb"}
*ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE*
Judith Anderson -- Rebecca {"Mrs. Danvers"}
Jane Darwell -- The Grapes of Wrath {"Ma Joad"} **
Ruth Hussey -- The Philadelphia Story {"Liz Imbrie"}
Barbara O'Neil -- All This, and Heaven Too {"Duchesse de Praslin"}
Marjorie Rambeau -- Primrose Path {"Mamie Adams"}
*ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White)*
Arise, My Love -- Hans Dreier, Robert Usher
Arizona -- Lionel Banks, Robert Peterson
The Boys from Syracuse -- John Otterson
The Dark Command -- John Victor Mackay
Foreign Correspondent -- Alexander Golitzen
Lillian Russell -- Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright
My Favorite Wife -- Van Nest Polglase, Mark-Lee Kirk
My Son, My Son! -- John DuCasse Schulze
Our Town -- Lewis J. Rachmil
Pride and Prejudice -- Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse **
Rebecca -- Lyle Wheeler
The Sea Hawk -- Anton Grot
The Westerner -- James Basevi
*ART DIRECTION (Color)*
Bitter Sweet -- Cedric Gibbons, John S. Detlie
Down Argentine Way -- Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright
North West Mounted Police -- Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson
The Thief of Bagdad -- Vincent Korda **
*CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White)*
Abe Lincoln in Illinois -- James Wong Howe
All This, and Heaven Too -- Ernest Haller
Arise, My Love -- Charles B. Lang, Jr.
Boom Town -- Harold Rosson
Foreign Correspondent -- Rudolph Mat?
The Letter -- Gaetano (Tony) Gaudio
The Long Voyage Home -- Gregg Toland
Rebecca -- George Barnes **
Spring Parade -- Joseph Valentine
Waterloo Bridge -- Joseph Ruttenberg
*CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color)*
Bitter Sweet -- Oliver T. Marsh, Allen Davey
The Blue Bird -- Arthur Miller, Ray Rennahan
Down Argentine Way -- Leon Shamroy, Ray Rennahan
North West Mounted Police -- Victor Milner, W. Howard Greene
Northwest Passage -- Sidney Wagner, William V. Skall
The Thief of Bagdad -- Georges P?rinal **
*DIRECTING*
The Grapes of Wrath -- John Ford **
Kitty Foyle -- Sam Wood
The Letter -- William Wyler
The Philadelphia Story -- George Cukor
Rebecca -- Alfred Hitchcock
*FILM EDITING*
The Grapes of Wrath -- Robert Simpson
The Letter -- Warren Low
The Long Voyage Home -- Sherman Todd
North West Mounted Police -- Anne Bauchens **
Rebecca -- Hal C. Kern
*MUSIC (Original Score)*
Arizona -- Victor Young
The Dark Command -- Victor Young
The Fight for Life -- Louis Gruenberg
The Great Dictator -- Meredith Willson
The House of the Seven Gables -- Frank Skinner
The Howards of Virginia -- Richard Hageman
The Letter -- Max Steiner
The Long Voyage Home -- Richard Hageman
The Mark of Zorro -- Alfred Newman
My Favorite Wife -- Roy Webb
North West Mounted Police -- Victor Young
One Million B.C. -- Werner Heymann
Our Town -- Aaron Copland
Pinocchio -- Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith, Ned Washington **
Rebecca -- Franz Waxman
The Thief of Bagdad -- Miklos Rozsa
Waterloo Bridge -- Herbert Stothart
*MUSIC (Scoring)*
Arise, My Love -- Victor Young
Hit Parade of 1941 -- Cy Feuer
Irene -- Anthony Collins
Our Town -- Aaron Copland
The Sea Hawk -- Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Second Chorus -- Artie Shaw
Spring Parade -- Charles Previn
Strike Up the Band -- Roger Edens, Georgie Stoll
Tin Pan Alley -- Alfred Newman **
*MUSIC (Song)*
"Down Argentina Way" from Down Argentine Way -- Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Mack Gordon
"I'd Know You Anywhere" from You'll Find Out -- Music by Jimmy McHugh; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
"It's A Blue World" from Music in My Heart -- Music and Lyrics by Chet Forrest and Bob Wright
"Love Of My Life" from Second Chorus -- Music by Artie Shaw; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
"Only Forever" from Rhythm on the River -- Music by James Monaco; Lyrics by John Burke
"Our Love Affair" from Strike Up the Band -- Music and Lyrics by Roger Edens and Arthur Freed
"Waltzing In The Clouds" from Spring Parade -- Music by Robert Stolz; Lyrics by Gus Kahn
"When You Wish Upon A Star" from Pinocchio -- Music by Leigh Harline; Lyrics by Ned Washington **
"Who Am I?" from Hit Parade of 1941 -- Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Walter Bullock
*SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon)*
The Milky Way -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer **
Puss Gets the Boot -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
A Wild Hare -- Leon Schlesinger, Producer
*SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel)*
London Can Take It -- Warner Bros.
More about Nostradamus -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Quicker 'N a Wink -- Pete Smith, Producer **
Siege -- RKO Radio
*SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel)*
Eyes of the Navy -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Service with the Colors -- Warner Bros.
Teddy, the Rough Rider -- Warner Bros. **
*SOUND RECORDING*
Behind the News -- Republic Studio Sound Department, Charles L. Lootens, Sound Director
Captain Caution -- Hal Roach Studio Sound Department, Elmer A. Raguse, Sound Director
The Grapes of Wrath -- 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director
The Howards of Virginia -- General Service Sound Department, Jack Whitney, Sound Director
Kitty Foyle -- RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John Aalberg, Sound Director
North West Mounted Police -- Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director
Our Town -- Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
The Sea Hawk -- Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
Spring Parade -- Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director
Strike Up the Band -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director **
Too Many Husbands -- Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
*SPECIAL EFFECTS*
The Blue Bird -- Photographic Effects by Fred Sersen; Sound Effects by E. H. Hansen
Boom Town -- Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie; Sound Effects by Douglas Shearer
The Boys from Syracuse -- Photographic Effects by John P. Fulton; Sound Effects by Bernard B. Brown, Joseph Lapis
Dr. Cyclops -- Photographic Effects by Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouart
Foreign Correspondent -- Photographic Effects by Paul Eagler; Sound Effects by Thomas T. Moulton
The Invisible Man Returns -- Photographic Effects by John P. Fulton; Sound Effects by Bernard B. Brown, William Hedgecock
The Long Voyage Home -- Photographic Effects by R. T. Layton, R. O. Binger; Sound Effects by Thomas T. Moulton
One Million B.C. -- Photographic Effects by Roy Seawright; Sound Effects by Elmer Raguse
Rebecca -- Photographic Effects by Jack Cosgrove; Sound Effects by Arthur Johns
The Sea Hawk -- Photographic Effects by Byron Haskin; Sound Effects by Nathan Levinson
Swiss Family Robinson -- Photographic Effects by Vernon L. Walker; Sound Effects by John O. Aalberg
The Thief of Bagdad -- Photographic Effects by Lawrence Butler; Sound Effects by Jack Whitney **
Typhoon -- Photographic Effects by Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings; Sound Effects by Loren Ryder
Women in War -- Photographic Effects by Howard J. Lydecker, William Bradford, Ellis J. Thackery; Sound Effects by Herbert Norsch
*WRITING (Original Screenplay)*
Angels over Broadway -- Ben Hecht
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet -- John Huston, Heinz Herald, Norman Burnside
Foreign Correspondent -- Charles Bennett, Joan Harrison
The Great Dictator -- Charles Chaplin **
The Great McGinty -- Preston Sturges
*WRITING (Original Story)*
Arise, My Love -- Benjamin Glazer, John S. Toldy **
Comrade X -- Walter Reisch
Edison, the Man -- Dore Schary, Hugo Butler
My Favorite Wife -- Bella Spewack, Samuel Spewack, Leo McCarey
The Westerner -- Stuart N. Lake
*WRITING (Screenplay)*
The Grapes of Wrath -- Nunnally Johnson
Kitty Foyle -- Dalton Trumbo
The Long Voyage Home -- Dudley Nichols
The Philadelphia Story -- Donald Ogden Stewart **
Rebecca -- Robert E. Sherwood, Joan Harrison
*OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION* (BEST MOVIE)
All This, and Heaven Too -- Warner Bros.
Foreign Correspondent -- Walter Wanger (production company)
The Grapes of Wrath -- 20th Century-Fox
The Great Dictator -- Charles Chaplin Productions
Kitty Foyle -- RKO Radio
The Letter -- Warner Bros.
The Long Voyage Home -- Argosy-Wanger
Our Town -- Sol Lesser (production company)
The Philadelphia Story -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Rebecca -- Selznick International Pictures **
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Oh no, Nora; not you. I wasn't suggesting you saw that, but it is another craft site.
It is _not_ a craft site you would go to, considering the stocking stuffers you picked up. But I did find this craft site linked to an innocuous one for homemade crafts, so be on guard.
The internet is a fascinating thing. Such interesting people.
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Nora, this probably isn't your craft site.. I went through it. and the Viagra cuff links are not as bad as the Valentine earrings, which are unspeakable
tamponcrafts
No movie themes, obviously they are of a higher standard.
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Oh, so much to comment on, but I have little time.
Tiki-
You just have to post some pictures of your home now.. It is sounding too cool..
I love the idea of one or two empty sprocket reels mounted on a wall, but wasn't sure about the table. Everyone has a poster, but how many have a diorama of a favorite scene. Maybe a copy -or the real thing- of a notable prop (Maltese Falcon on the bookshelf).
Do you have mannequins? Are they clothed?
Edited by: casablancalover2 on Mar 25, 2013 2:32 PM
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>DougieB added: . And the romance between races (not passion, not rape....romance) would have been unthinkable. The scene that really stood out in my mind was the scene on the street outside a theater when just the fact that black skin touched (without threat) white skin was enough to have everyone on the street literally stop in their tracks. The fact that a man would YELL at them from across the street really drove the feeling of oppression home, as did the way the bystanders were photographed from a lower angle, so that they seemed to LOOM.
The romance was so deftly handled that even Cathy Whitaker doesn't see the relationship and how it affects her; she fully denies it and believes it.
Julianne Moore plays her so lonely really, life so empty of true intimacy, she doesn't even recognize it when it happens. Poor Lana would chew up the scenery.
The scene in front of the theater was pivotal in driving home the point that a black man is at times, invisible, with the comment at the party that there's no Negros in CT. and then the shocking reaction in the street. Great reveal.
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>DougieB wrote: Just wanted to add that, re: the idea that Sirk maybe tried and couldn't, let's not forget that today's acting styles are different, as well as directing styles, so that would also account for the fact that the more modern film seems somehow "truer" and maybe more grounded. Not all of the difference would be attributable to Sirk himself.
Thanks, Dougie, that was the point I was making.
Storytelling was much more dialog-expository in Sirk's day. That is what makes it a novel viewing experience for me. *Far From Heaven* does the "show the story" style we use today.
It's the use of color and settings that makes me wonder if this movie's style was trifled with when they created Mad Men five years after *Far From Heaven*. The Mad Men production doesn't have the budget to do the lavish of color, but the Sirk imagery can be found.
Edited by: casablancalover2 on Mar 24, 2013 3:28 PM
Off Topic: Favorite Music?
in Your Favorites
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I barely remember Automatic, but I should have, it's a great song. Ah, 1984, when broadcasting was respected...
I found something for the youngsters here.
Ames Bros - McGuire Sisiers