casablancalover2
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I must admit, that I did not associate Larry with Dallas at all. Never watched the show, just never cared for soap operas unless I could take it as satire. I thought Dallas took itself seriously as drama.. I digress.
I will always associate Larry Hagman with I Dream of Jeanie. I did really like how he took a character who we associated with cool detachment (an Astronaut) and played him with befuddlement with the attentions of a very accommodating Jeanie!
I was glad to read that he was a very warm-hearted person.. I hoped he was that in his everyday life.
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Larry Hagman, the North Texas native who played the conniving and mischievous J.R. Ewing on the TV show Dallas, died Friday at a Dallas hospital. He was 81.
Mr. Hagman died at 4:20 p.m. Friday at Medical City Dallas Hospital from complications of his recent battle with cancer, members of his family said.
?Larry was back in his beloved Dallas, re-enacting the iconic role he loved most,? the family said in a statement. ?Larry?s family and close friends had joined him in Dallas for the Thanksgiving holiday. When he passed, he was surrounded by loved ones. It was a peaceful passing, just as he had wished for. The family requests privacy at this time.?
The iconic role of J.R. Ewing metamorphosed Mr. Hagman?s life. He rocketed from being a merely well-known TV actor on I Dream of Jeannie and the son of Broadway legend Mary Martin, to the kind of transnational fame known only by the likes of the Beatles and Muhammad Ali.
Mr. Hagman made his home in California with his wife of nearly 60 years, the former Maj Axelsson. Despite obvious physical frailty, he gamely returned to Dallas to film season one of TNT?s Dallas reboot and part of season two.
Linda Gray's agent, Jeffrey Lane, said the actress was at Mr. Hagman's bedside when he died, according to The Sun in London. He said another co-star, Patrick Duffy, was also present. ?They had been friends for 35 years and they had worked together for many years, so obviously it is devastating," Mr. Lane told The Sun.
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I have *Mon Oncle*, and *Playtime* on DVD. I would love *Jour de Fete.*.
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Johnny Mathis:
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May all of you have a happy day and I am thankful for you all..
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Oh, I thought it was about the Book into Movie theme. Oh, well...
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That sounds wonderful, SansFin. I may try that for Christmas.
I will be roasting/baking first a turkey tenderloin, then later a Tofurkey roll (one son's semi-vegetarian and the other more traditional like me.
We will also have the usual carrots, potatoes and gravy, maybe stuffing, candied sweet potatoes, buttered broccoli and dinner rolls.
Of course, pumpkin pie for dessert here.
*A happy Thanksgiving to all!*
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I cannot watch Dr Z for I find the winter cold.. well, I choose not to endure now.
Totally unrelated, another movie with a Christmas side story,
*Boogie Nights.*
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*Babe.* The little guy singing fa-la-la-la,,, is so cute!
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*Lady and the Tramp*
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Okay! Redemptive endings, through some very terrible pain. Here's some of my favorites:
*Enchantment*
*Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (a Thanksgiving story)*
*Jane Eyre*
*Magnificent Obsession*
*Apartment for Peggy*
and though it's recent:
*Cinema Paradiso*
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I guess this time, method acting isn't quite what we imagine it. Maybe method means only how he feels playing baseball, not the actual ability..
I don't think I am much of film geek, though I do recognize some character actors and sometimes I can place a costume or a prop that is used in more than one production. I think that's trivial knowledge, but not geekiness,,?
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Creedence Clearwater Revival:
And I cannot hear this and NOT think of my Junior High Friday night dances:
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*The Miracle of the Bells* is a good one.
then there is *Susan Slept Here* (1954)
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Headslap!
*MEET JOHN DOE*
very good, BingFan..
and *HOLIDAY INN* is another one.
more to come, I hope.
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I second all previous mentions ( Casablanca being the standout) and let me add this favorite:
h4. The More the Merrier.
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!
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I take what you mean, a cheery, the protagonists win-antagonists lose type of ending and not necessarily redemptive ending, then I would suggest:
Adventures of Robin Hood
Sabrina
Alice Adams
Quality Street
The More the Merrier
A Letter to Three Wives
Going My Way
Stagecoach
Miracle on 34th Street
The Farmer's Daughter
Snow White
Cinderella
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h3. Here's a tribute to one of my favorite snack cakes..
Creedence Clearwater Revival:
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Oh, thank you!
I have been eating Oreo Cakesters in anticipation of this sad time. I have culinarily moved on.
I will always love chocolate! Long live my love of Chocolate!
Have you tried Brownie Brittle yet? Absolutely wonderful..
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>*He repeated his visits, but it seemed to him that each time he grew more insignificant.*
narration from
h4. BABETTE'S FEAST
(1987)
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The Proclaimers:
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*Since You Went Away* is another favorite, and we get to see a Christmas party gathering during the duration..
*Moonstruck* is a good one! though the story sticks to early December. By that standard, *Casablanca* (Dec 2, 1941) and *From Here to Eternity* (ending around Christmas time) would qualify.
It has been a awhile; doesn't *Empire of the Sun* open at the Christmas party of the British Foreign Service?
Did Hitchcock have a Christmas setting in a movie?
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sfpcc1, you're right; I don't think of the holiday watching that one!
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These are all good and in the spirit of what I was thinking. All these are great, *Stalag 17* was under the radar, I had forgotten that part of the story. The Deanna Durbin, Gene Kelly drama, *Christmas Holiday*, is nor a Christmas story, so I wondered how the audience felt about that once they saw it?
Then there is *Bachelor Mother.*
And *Sleepless in Seattle*, which features a lonely Christmas.
Edited by: casablancalover2 on Nov 14, 2012 7:34 AM
Off Topic: Favorite Music?
in Your Favorites
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Today I am thinking of my early childhood, and my secret desire to grow up to be just like Dale Evans, riding a Palomino stallion that could somehow jump fences like a Arabian (it's possible, since Palomino is a color and not a breed) and enjoying the freedom of the never-ending range.
This was before I fell in love with Todd from *Route 66*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-uINfk9Lzc
Kool! Bonus: A Command Performance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0EWsdnAetk