HoldenIsHere
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There's got to be something very special for us. Making us wait already for 3 weeks into this month.
Perhaps they found THE MONKEY'S PAW or CONVENTION CITY. How about CHRISTOPHER BEAN or BEGGARS OF LIFE from the Eastman House ? It's nice to dream.
Yes, there's nothing wrong with being hopeful.
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And I would like to know if anyone has read Shelly Winters' second autobiography, Shelly II
I have read her first one, Shelley also Known as Shirley and thought it was really quite good. Those of us who saw her on the talk show circuits know that she could spin a tale.
She certainly held Charles Laughton and George Stevens in very high regard.
I liked the first three quarters of her first book but then it sort of got bogged down in too much detail about her marriage to Vittorio Gassman which I take it may have been events that had only just occurred.
But I'm curious as to anyone's thoughts about her sequel.
Bogie, someone on these boards (TikiSoo maybe) was raving about Shelley II.
There were others who agreed and said it was better than Shelley Winters's first book.
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Has anyone seen Sounder Part Two? Made in 1976, directed by William A. Graham.
I don't have it handy, but I think Leonard Maltin highly recommended it and I liked the original. But where is this film? It doesn't even have any imdb reviews. The imdb lists ABC Broadcasting as the distributor.
Usually the Maltin reviews work in reverse although apparently the Maltin review was accurate about THE RED SHOES.
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You're right. I've never felt warmth for Streep. The only movie I've ever seen where I almost felt something for her was 'The Bridges of Madison County'.
I can appreciate the acting talent of Streep and Day-Lewis. But I can't make myself feel something for them that I just don't feel. Whatever emotional connectors they're putting out just don't reach me - those connectors don't feel genuine, they feel like acting.
Maybe someday I'll see them in something that alters my receptors.
Not everyone likes everyone, though. Who knows why that is? But it is.
Very good points.
I too can appreciate Daniel Day-Lewis's acting abilities but I don't really enjoy his work.
I can see that he is a very good and talented actor and maybe if I knew less about acting then I would be more involved on a personal.
Other the other hand, I do enjoy the performances of Meryl Streep and Holly Hunter.
Many level the same criticisms at the two of them that are leveled at Daniel Day-Lewis.
All three of them are conservatory trained actors, but for me the work Streep and Hunter reaches me on a personal, emotional level while the work of Day-Lewis does not.
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Gay Divorcee said: Maybe I was a perverse child, but his carrying her up the staircase was the thrilling part of the scene. (snipped) Sounds like you have a different take on it?
Oh there are some on this board who continually focus on this scene and make a strong point to call it the "rape scene" as if they are titillated by it rather than repelled by it. Yawn.
Your take on it is the same as mine...maybe because we are women. Since it was her husband, whom she was familiar with, it wasn't scary, per se, just a rude violation of rights. Remember, women back then HAD no rights, they didn't make decisions on sex, children, etc. They were mere sex toys for their husbands & often treated as broodmares.
Rhett: "Why not marry for FUN this time?"
Scarlett: "Fiddle de dee, fun for MEN you mean"
We all know what she means by that statement.
Scarlett, was unusual in that she felt she had a say in her life, an independent woman in an age of repression, not unlike the slaves.
She was most angered by the fact the "act" wasn't her idea, but Rhett was so "good" she ended up enjoying it, an idea most men like.
In the "morning after" scene we see Scarlett smiling in delight as she sits up in the bed and is eager to see Rhett until he makes a rude comment and they begin arguing again.
We see Rhett carrying her upstairs, but we don't see what transpires in the bedroom.
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The easy answer for me is Tom Hanks.
But I think a great many people just seem to like even though he's a very weak actor.
He does seem like a nice guy.
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In my fantasy, I never subscribed to the Ginger OR Mary Ann debate.
Good point.
I guess for a lot of people Ginger AND Mary Ann makes for a better fantasy than Ginger OR Mary Ann.
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Just curious: Has anyone on these boards read Shirley Jones's autobiography?
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If they made THAT good a team, Sanders would have made a later guest appearance on "I Love Lucy".
I think he played Mr. Mooney's brother on an episode of THE LUCY SHOW.
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Speaking of kicking the bucket, I remember seeing It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World for the first time in the cinema and howling with laughter when Jimmy Durante tells the secret of the Big W and then literally kicks a bucket and dies. Very cute joke.
I wonder how the expresssion "kick the bucket" came into being?
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I liked THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER (1938), which I saw in the late 1940s, and I remembered the "lost in the cave" sequence for decades. Also in the late '40s I visited Tom's real home in Hannibal MO (Mark Twain's childhood home).
This movie is scheduled to air on TCM on July 7.
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Basil as Romeo in a 1913 stage production. He would have been about 21 at this time. This would have been a couple of years before his life was so severely impacted by the deaths of his mother and brother.
This is a shot of a wavy haired Basil as Romeo in the 1934 stage production, with Katherine Cornell as his Juliet. He looks pretty good there, I must say.
Thanks for sharing these photos, TomJH.
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The Johnny Carson-narrated documentary on James Stewart that aired on TCM today included a clip from ROPE.
It was the scene where James Stewart opens the chest.
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Would Crowdfunding be an option to bring this to the world via TCM?
It's certainly worth exploring.
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"I'm ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille."
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Stephen Frears' Prick Up Your Ears where he plays Joe Orton is a pretty good film too. Alfred Molina steals it though as his crazy lover Kenneth Halliwell.
Vanessa Redgrave also has a nice role as Joe Orton's agent in PRICK UP YOUR EARS.
The movie is based on the book by John Lahr, the son of Bert Lahr (who played the Cowardly Lion in THE WIZARD OF OZ).
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"The Wizard of Oz" starring Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Tom Felton
KarmaGirl, in what role do you see Tom "Malvoy" Felton?
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At first I thought this thread was about Hayden Christensen.
Kidding, kidding . . . or am I?
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Matthau is right about early Elvis. Sadly he became a punk. He started out with a lot of potential but went downhill from there.
i think his manager "Colonel" Parker saw Evis as a "money machine" and kept putting him into not so great movies.
I think in one of the TCM post-movie comments it was noted that Parker made more money off Elvis than Elvis kimself.
Supposedly Elvis wanted to fire Parker, but he hated confrontation.
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These are mugshots of some of the bikers arrested after the Waco shoot-out.
I see.
Thanks for the explanation.
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And wasn't it a relatively tiny part? Impressive beginnings.
Yes, Phillip Seymour Hoffman's part in SCENT OF WOMAN was not a large role, but he had a lot of screen time in the first part of the movie. He was essentrially the villain of the story in the sense that his actions put Chris O'Donnell's character in the difficult position that leads the school inquiry at the end of the movie
Hoffnan didn't have any scenes with Al Pacino. No dialogue exchange, I mean.
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What are these photos?
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Wow. I have a hard time keeping up with the 1400 sq ft house I live in.
Did Norma Desmond have a maid?
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Yes, Maggie Smith was really good in TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT.
When she made the movie she was younger than the age of the character (except in the flashback scenes).