HoldenIsHere
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Sounds like a Sex Pistols/Hank Williams mash up.
Which, strange as it sounds, might actually be good.
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Another good one is Lucille Ball's autobiography Love, Lucy. An unfinished manuscript of Ball's autobiography was found among her possessions and was posthumously published a decade or so after Ball's death. This book tells Ball's life from birth to about 1964. It's a very interesting story telling about Ball's sometimes difficult childhood and her childhood dream of being an actress. She tells of leaving high school and moving to Manhattan to attend a dramatic arts school, but flunked out-- one of the star students was none other than Bette Davis. She later finds work in chorus lines on Broadway and as a model. She discusses her life after moving to Hollywood (originally being brought out to be a slave girl in Roman Scandals with Eddie Cantor) and later becoming "Queen of the B's" at RKO and meeting Desi Arnaz. She is very honest about her marriage with Arnaz and how it was very tempestuous at times. It's a great story. It's a shame that it doesn't cover the last 25 or so years of her life.
I think I remember reading somewhere that Lucille Ball did not want her autobiography published until after her death.
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Yes -- and he wrote a book called On Directing, which deals with that production (and others). Arthur also directed the original Broadway production of La Cage aux Folles; and, years earlier, the musical I Can Get It for You Wholesale, which basically introduced Barbra Streisand to the world, with this song (Arthur would work with her again years later, with The Way We Were):
I think Arthur Laurents said that the character that Barbra Streisand played in THE WAY WE WERE was based someone he knew in college.
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Still no schedule . . .
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Saw this on the internet a while back...
Clark Gable looked younger than Leslie Howard, whose character was supposed to be the younger one.
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Speaking of suffering characters...
What about poor Wile E. Coyote? How many times can the poor guy be crushed by all the various ACME products, blown up by dynamite, hit by a train, etc? Then each and every time, the Roadrunner, just to rub salt in the wound, runs up, stops, says "beep, beep" and then is on his merry way.
Is there really an ACME company?
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I love the movie Cabaret . Not just the music (which is terrific), but everything about it- the story ,the setting, the actors, the ambiance of decadent Berlin during the transition between the late Weimar Republic and the sinister beginnings of the Third Reich.
I know a lot of people have various criticisms of the film, but in my opinion, what's not to like?
The musical numbers alone are a great pleasure.
I agree, misswonderly.
When I saw CABARET when it aired this week on TCM the story and Bob Fosse's juxtaposition of beautiful and shocking imagery pulled me in as much as the great music. I wasn't planning on watching the entire movie-----I had things I needed to do---- but I couldn't stop watching.
And I found the "Tomorrow Belongs To Me" scene chilling not kitschy.
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I was definitely a Ginger man (boy) in the Ginger vs. Mary Ann debacle. Of course Dawn Wells was cute, with a sexy body. But Ginger's glamor (or something) did wonders for me growing up. Too bad Tina Louise wasn't able to parlay that gig into a bigger movie career afterwards. She might've got.caught in the shift from the 50s sexpots (GG wax nothing if not MM with red hair) to the more down to earth late 60s free love free spirits.l
And Ginger was definitely the best Honeybee.
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The nadir was that scene in an African beer garden where the Nazi youth starts singing "The Stag in the Meadow" as if he were singing a lullaby to a baby, only to see it quickly metamorphosize into a rousing rendition of "Tomorrow Belongs to Me", joined in by what seemed like the entire German colony of stormtroopers, farmers, and hausfrauen.
The beer garden was in Germnay not Africa.
Max was planning on taking Sally amd Brian with him om his trip to Africa but he left without them.
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Yes -- and he wrote a book called On Directing, which deals with that production (and others). Arthur also directed the original Broadway production of La Cage aux Folles; and, years earlier, the musical I Can Get It for You Wholesale, which basically introduced Barbra Streisand to the world, with this song (Arthur would work with her again years later, with The Way We Were):
Ah, yes, "Miss Marmelstein."
Even my first name would be preferable
Though it's "turrible."
It might be bettuh.
It's Yetta.
Or perhaps my second name.
That's Tessye.
Spelled T-E-S-S-Y-E.
But, no, no, it's always Miss Marmelstein.
You think at least "Miss M" they could try . . .
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The entire pre-code era has a huge amount of films that I had not seen before TCM began broadcasting them.
Simply because all of those films were not sold to television stations for broadcast when I was growing up.
Only a few pre-code movies made it to the revue houses. The Marx Bros. Universal horror pictures, etc.
Yes, I love the precode movies.
Some of the favorites that TCM introduced me to are WATERLOO BRIDGE, EMPLOYEES' ENTRANCE, RAIN, SEARCH FOR BEAUTY and WILD BOYS OF THE ROAD.
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I think the term "bucket list" refers to a list of things you want to do before you "kick the bucket."
On a somewhat related note, i don't see too many people taking the ice bucket challenge anymore.
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You might enjoy reading Arthur Laurents' autobiography Original Story By. I knew Arthur -- he was very outspoken, and a lot of his outspoken-ness comes out in his book. He had an amazing career -- screenplays for Rope, The Way We Were, The Snake Pit, Bonjour Tristesse, etc., as well as his best known work: books (i.e. librettos) for Gypsy, West Side Story, as well as the play The Time of the Cuckoo, which later became both the movie Summertime and the musical Do I Hear a Waltz?
Thanks for the recommendation, Swithin.
Arthur Laurents finally got to direct a production of GYPSY or should I say PATTI LUPONE GYPSY.
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Philip Seymour Hoffman was definitely a huge talent.
I'll admit that I didn't seek out his movies that much because he reminds me of someone from my personal life that I dislike.
Having said that, his versatility and range as an actor is undeniable.
Acting is about behavior and Philip Seymour Hoffman knew what behavior to bring to his roles.
His early role in SCENT OF WOMAN was one that most actors would have played as a "personality" part, but Hoffman used a combination of technical and emotional acting skills to create a fasicinating human being.
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Has anyone mentioned Sylvester puddy tat? In their own way, his cartoon episodes were just as funny as Bugs' and Daffy's.
Here's one that makes me laugh my head off everytime. Poor Sylvester !
There was also a dog in some of the Sylvester and Tweety cartoons.
I'm not sure if the dog had a name.
Were all those animals Granny's pets?
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And of course, Ida Lupino.
Yes, Dargo, Ida Lupino wasa definitely a pioneer.
Did she ever direct a movie where she was also an actor?
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I do love Alexander Korda's production of THE THIEF OF BAGHDAD.
Disney's ALADDIN owes a lot to this movie.
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I think a lot of film historians would say that THE THIEF OF BAGHDAD is the War-era British film that says to the world "we are still here " and I think the same can be said of THAT HAMILTON WOMAN! Olivier's HENRY V is probably the first film most historians would also site as the British film that says "we're back" after the war.
I do love Alexander Korda's production of THE THIEF OF BAGHDAD.
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Isn't there a brief second or two in that closeup of Perkins in which we see a skull superimposed over his features? Kinda adds to the chilling effect, as well.
Yes, indeed!
I read somewhere that not all prints of PSYCHO had the skull superimposed on the Anthony Perkins close-up.
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I see no female directors on the original list.
I'll add one:
Barbra Streisand
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How interesting that TCM will air "The Late Show" at the same time that CBS presents the last regular edition of "The Late Show with David Letterman." Dave signs off for good 24 hours later with a special farewell presentation.
Coincidence or . . . ?
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I think it was her role as Jane Tennison on the PRIME SUSPECT series in the 1990s (which were aired in the US on PBS) that first made Helen Mirren recognizable "name" in the US.
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HoldenIsHere: Just type out ALAN LOADSHOOTER from now on and we'll know who you're talking about: The middle-aged thin guy from "The Good Wife".
I guess there's no second guessing the auto-bleeper, Mr. Gorman.
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I know what you mean by creaky: some of the close-ups seem odd and thinks like that.
The filmmakers were just learning the mechanics of synchronized sound.
But the stories told in the precodes are fascinating.