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On 9/27/2018 at 12:23 PM, Dargo said:
Okay, on the flip-side of BAD movie posters that do nothing in flattering the lead actress in a movie, I now bring you(somewhat tongue-in-cheek) one that does a GREAT job in making her look even BETTER!
Now, here (supposedly) is actress Claudia Barrett in...
...and HERE she is in shot from that flick...
(...she sure looks a lot better in the poster, now wouldn't ya agree?!)
Maybe you should admit, Dargo as a member of the Claudia Barrett Foot Fetish Fan Club that the real reason you don't care for this photo with the monster is due to her tootsies being encased in shoe apparel?
Admit it, you were hoping for a glance to see if her Babinski Reflex was operating in full regalia!-
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18 minutes ago, Dargo said:
Here ya go...
Seems the artist in this case knew what you meant about this.
Yay!
How cute. Can't say the artist is that great but at least Leroy looks young and Fields looks...well, a bit discombobulated. Looks like it's done in possibly opaque watercolor. -
On 9/27/2018 at 12:10 PM, Spritz Nipper said:
I assume this is the poster that you're referring to.
If McCarthy stands up, I hope he is wearing a really long tie...like Trump always does.
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4 minutes ago, Dargo said:
Okay, and maybe it IS that hair you're speaking of here CG, but somehow I'm kind's seein' more a Shirley Temple who's gone through one of those child beauty pageant makeup jobs kind'a things here than I am Myrna.
Seriously, Dargo, your lack of attention to detail is appalling. Everyone knows that Shirley had exactly 56 curls in her signature hairdo, and do not think Myrna's hair looks like that at all, with the barrel rolled type of style. It is more of a marcelled look, that went awry being that Myrna probably had more hair than most.
I will say that in the poster, Myrna's hair does look like Honey Boo Boo's from a low rent beauty pageant though, so I can dig it. That or a tame version of Carrot Top's look? -
2 minutes ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
Well, to be fair, I’m a person with strong opinions and the good Lord knows there’s plenty of films that everyone else on earth loves, but I don’t.
For example, I always root for Edward Arnold in MR SMITH and MEET JOHN DOE.
Yeah, ya gotta love him even when he is dastardly!
I was just teasing. Wouldn't take them off my speed dial.
I would refuse to let them pick what movie we are going to at the multi-plex though, Lorna.-
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On 9/27/2018 at 11:55 AM, Dargo said:
Oh now, I'll have to disagree with you about the choice of John's blush color, Dearie.
(...I think it's just FABULOUS!)
Double chins are hard to disguise in portraits and so are odd angles, like shots being taken from below the chin, but by far the hardest people to draw are...babies!
Now the Gerber baby is marvelous, and so are ones by Maude Humphrey, but some artists just don't get it, and the poor bald things start looking like Edmund Gwenn. I think some artists start putting in lines on the poor infant's face and it is best to be very simplistic in depicting a baby. Let's see some movie posters with Baby Leroy on them for comparison! I hope he and W.C. Fields don't look to be about the same age, as Fields had a rather baby face, with a really enlarged proboscis though... -
Just now, LornaHansonForbes said:
And thank you for also loving it, I’m kind of surprised but every time I mention LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN someone usually chimes in with the fact that it’s not one of their favorites, and while I respect the opinions of others, it’s hard for me to wrap their mind around anyone not liking it. It is a completely brilliant film.
Thank you also for reminding me that Louis Jourdan spelled his name with a “u”. My oopsie on that.
Didn't notice your lack of a necessary "u", Lorna due to the constant complaining of Dargo about too many superfluous "u"s at the TCM site, so let's blame him!
I am simply amazed that anyone would not appreciate LFAUW! Why I might just have to take them off my speed dial for such an infraction. It is simply a divine movie, and besides being gorgeous to view has deeply profound meanings as it weaves its tale.
Some folks just got no couth, ya know what I mean?-
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1 minute ago, Dargo said:
Yeah, but ya gotta admit the artist sure got Asta's better features down pretty well here anyway, CG!
AND, little Dickie Hall there probably never looked better than he does there either, for that matter. And especially after he went through those awkward adolescent years like all kid actor do.
(...well, except of course for Liz and Natalie)
Apologies for spelling Seyffertitz wrong in my initial post!
Yes, Asta looks simply darling, Dargo as you say and the kiddie too. I do have some sympathy for anyone doing a portrait, since I've had some strange requests in my day. One lady told me to make sure her hubby's eyes in the portrait were "sparkling". Another woman said she wanted to have only one chin, instead of the three she really had in reality in her painting. Some might be around 75 years young, but bring in a photo to follow along with the sitting, which was taken when they were graduating college. Balding men often ask for a non-receding hairline, and those with bad teeth want the smile of Jeanette MacDonald. Some folks who are built like Sydney Greenstreet want the physique of Tyrone Power and it goes on and on.
Frankly, the best portrait artists I feel can be true to nature and yet, somehow compliment their subject in non-false ways. It's a tough row to hoe though...-
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On 9/27/2018 at 11:42 AM, hamradio said:
Not all artist are Norman Rockwell.
You really wouldn't want Norman Rockwell to be painting any attractive ladies on movie posters, as he himself always said he could not draw glamour queens well, and was better at doing character types like Edna May Oliver or women with receding chinlines. Now if it is a film with Zasu Pitts and Patsy Kelly, Rockwell could do them up right.
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On 9/27/2018 at 11:04 AM, Spritz Nipper said:
After a few minutes of googling, I found one that is worse for Myrna than my original post. An alien with a wig.
I'd blame the bad airbrushing technique on this one. Nice hair waves though...
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On 9/27/2018 at 2:21 PM, speedracer5 said:
Agreed. It looks like they superimposed Lana’s torso on somebody else’s legs. In fact, Lana herself doesn’t even look like she belongs in the picture. It looks like she was added as an afterthought.
Personally I think it looks just like Lana's legs, but in an older version from her days in "The Postman Always Rings Twice" but who cares when what is really upsetting is that moving version of Errol Flynn which you have for your picture, which is driving me crazy since he is so utterly attractive!!!!!!
Please remove it. I can't take the constant torture of his pulchritude.-
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On 9/27/2018 at 10:46 AM, Spritz Nipper said:
I watched Shadow Of The Thin Man again this morning, and was once again disgusted by the way the illustrator portrayed the beautiful Myrna Loy on the film's main poster. Maybe it's just me, but she looks terrible on this poster.
What are some other examples of movie posters that do their stars no favors?
The offending poster:
This is a toughie! As a portrait artist, usually the most important thing is that people can recognize the object of the portrait. But often, a portrait is obviously picturing a certain person and is easily recognized, but it has a ham-fisted quality done by a less than competent artist and not someone like the Leyendeckers, and is not the least bit complimentary. Like when Lyndon Johnson, when confronted with a portrait for the White House of himself, said it was the ugliest thing he'd ever seen!
I do think we expect more idealized portraits of stars in movie posters, unless they are portraying Gustav von Seffertitz or Lucille LaVerne? -
1 hour ago, cigarjoe said:
Anybody ever hear of this film? I haven't
On IMDb it gets either a 1/10 or a 8,9,10/10. This isone of the of weaknesses of TCM. It's films like this that should get an uncut screening. And you know that with the amount of repeats they could squeeze these in somewhere.
A 1971 psychological thriller directed by Barry Shear. I've noticed that some of the reviews mention that they only saw cut versions.
Here is the cast:
Robert F. Lyons
Richard Thomas
Belinda Montgomery
Barbara Bel Geddes
James Broderick
Gloria Grahame
Holly Near
Ed Asner -
Fay Spain - Mrs. Mack
Michael Conrad - Detective ShawStoryline (from IMDb)
Based on the true story of '60s thrill-killer Charles Schmid ("The Pied Piper of Tucson"), Skipper Todd (Robert F. Lyons) is a charismatic 23-year old who charms his way into the lives of high school kids in a small California town. Girls find him attractive and are only too willing to accompany him to a nearby desert area to be his "girl for the night." Not all of them return, however. Featuring Richard Thomas as his loyal hanger-on and a colorful assortment of familiar actors in vivid character roles including Barbara Bel Geddes, Gloria Grahame, Edward Asner, Fay Spain, James Broderick and Michael Conrad.Someone with the link check if it was screened ever by TCM.
Boy, you tricked me there since I was thinking this was a movie about Thelma Todd and possibly solving her murder by indicting Pat DiCicco or someone else close to her.
Just checked the IMDB and Google and saw that this case inspired the movie "Smooth Talk" with Treat Williams and Laura Dern which I have seen. TTK does sound interesting and I'd watch any movie with both Fay Spain and Gloria Grahame in it. I did notice a preponderance of cast members who are more from television series in this film, like Asner, Broderick, Conrad, Thomas and Montgomery but of course Bel Geddes is a veteran of both. Also noticed its director had a plethora of tv credits as director.
This is the type of film that would play well at the drive-in and look forward to seeing it sometime, maybe as a Halloween spooker on some cable channel this month? Thanks for bringing it to our attention, Cigar Joe. I thought I'd read every book on serial killers but this guy, Schmid's MO was new to me.
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6 minutes ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
oddly enough, LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN, which came out 5 years after THE CONSTANT NYMPH, has La Fontaine playing a teenaged character more believably. it was directed by MAX OPHULS and costars LOUIS JORDAN and it is an exquisite film that should have garnered Fontaine a Best Actress nomination, but sadly did not.
I looked for years for a copy of "Letter from an Unknown Woman" being a major Ophuls fan. When I finally located a copy, I was mesmerized. It's a movie that deserves more recognition and yes, Fontaine was quite believable in all the ages she played from youth to maturity. Jourdan was never better and Ophuls moving camera, worked tremendously in this film. Supposedly used to counter his perhaps dyslexic tendencies, the sweeping shots are admirably framed and give a thrilling scope to each set piece. Thanks for mentioning this film, Lorna!
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18 hours ago, NipkowDisc said:
they colorised it!...
I rest my case.
I have a photo of Lincoln I've colorized, Nip...please forgive me!
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20 hours ago, LawrenceA said:
I just saw this, and thought some around here would be interested, for a variety of reasons:
Trailer: Peter Jackson’s “They Shall Not Grow Old”
The trailer has been released for “They Shall Not Grow Old,” Peter Jackson’s World War I documentary which features some superbly restored century-old film footage shot during The Great War.
Jackson and his team took black and white footage from the BBC and Imperial War Museums’ archives, cleaned up the prints and digitally colorised it – the result showing details that have never been seen before.
The clip shows comparisons of the original and restored footage as well. Jackson uses the voices of the men involved in the film which shows the grim realities of war on the front line as well as the soldier’s attitudes towards the conflict.
“They Shall Not Grow Old” is set to premiere on October 16th in the U.K. with a special Q&A with Jackson and then opens to European theaters.
http://www.darkhorizons.com/trailer-peter-jacksons-they-shall-not-grow-old/
I think this is fabulous!
Normally I am not into colorized film, since I love black and white cinematography and think it is perfection. But that is because it was done as an artistic measure to begin with, whereas colorizing documentary type film footage, if it helps to distinguish details, I'm fine with and would applaud.
Thanks for the heads up on this project!-
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6 hours ago, ClassicMovies_fan_chick said:
Seeing on how Halloween is coming up and TCM will be showing some classic Horror films which I'm not too familiar with:
I'm excited to see the classic Christopher Lee Dracula and Abbott and Costello encounter with the Mummy.
Which films are you excited to see on Halloween month on TCM?
They are showing many classics and really great not so famous films, but I heartily recommend to anyone who has not seen it, Tod Browning's film "The Unknown" with Lon Chaney, as Alonzo and Joan Crawford as his potential paramour, Estrelita.
Such perversity, mutilation fantasies and morbid situations, have not been duplicated since its release.
Truly so full of horror it cannot be forgotten once seen.-
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On 9/25/2018 at 4:01 PM, TopBilled said:
Some confession time (I'm Catholic so of course confession's part of the regular routine)--
Sometimes, being very aware of how things and people become forgotten, I specifically go on to YouTube, find some poverty row film in the public domain. A film where I am sure to know NONE of the actors. And I watch it. It's worth giving an hour of my time to, because then I look up the leads and study their careers.
I may even write about them and about the movie on this site so they can be found later when someone's doing a search. In these small ways we can contribute to keeping part of motion picture history alive.
It doesn't all have to be about the Bette Davises, Marilyn Monroes and Clint Eastwoods. Time is the great leveler. All the so-called great stars we know now-- will in a hundred years be on some sort of equal ground with the poverty row stars I've discovered. They will all be obscure. And hopefully people will come along later and rediscover Bette, Marilyn and Clint.
None of these people are going to be known like Jesus two thousand years from now. But then again, maybe they will be if technology allows it and the information remains accessible.
Amen.
You are so right, TB. One can find treasures anywhere that are undiscovered. And even if not a bonafide treasure, still it is fun to see films one has never even heard of possibly.
Good show!
P.S. Do you go to Confession if you watch a Pre-Code film, with people like Anita Page in lingerie?-
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On 9/26/2018 at 12:28 AM, sewhite2000 said:
Ha ha ha, I'll never forget Shatner pointing at Jon Lovitz, wearing Spock ears, and asking him, "You. Have you ever kissed a girl?", and he hangs his head in shame.
I'd really love to see that sketch again. Can't find it on Youtube last time I looked.
Another sketch from SNL I will always remember but can't find anywhere, is when Tony Perkins hosted and he played the part of a hotel management school advisor, and it was set in the office from the "Psycho" movie. As I recall it might have even had some of the stuffed birds in the background, but I could be hallucinating in that memory. It was one of the best sketches of all time and Perkins was hilarious. Good actors can do comedy or drama and he proved it!
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On 9/26/2018 at 12:41 AM, spence said:
Cavegirl, thanks for logging in, had hoped more would though Do you have a personal WISH-0LIDST you could have of MOVIE-MEMORABELIA?
Think I included mine somewhere on this or another post MY A #! is whjat I call THE MALTESE TRACXY a sculpture that *His Kate-(as he later came to call her) sculpted once. I had photo enlarged & it's on his section of my own WALLS-Of-FAME
NATALIE WOOD'S White SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS HAT
Please try & think of your chosen few, same goes for others
Hmmm, I'd like the outfit worn by Ann-Margret in the movie "Bye Bye Birdie" for the song, "Got a Lot of Living to Do".
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27 minutes ago, TopBilled said:
You forgot TOPBILLED FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST. The one where I escape from a psych ward with help from fellow patients Roseanne Barr and Charlie Sheen.
And TOPBILLED HAS JURY DUTY, a comical reworking of 12 ANGRY MEN. I play alternate juror #1. I become very angry when they won't let me deliberate with the others. My character is determined to send a former TV sitcom star to jail for sexual assault. Bill Cosby plays the defendant.
Also, "TB Blues" with Van Morrison doing the soundtrack songs.
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22 hours ago, TopBilled said:
There's another thread about often-used titles. What about titles that have never been used before?
Using the IMDb search, this is what I'm coming up with:
1. THE TOPBILLED STORY. Sounds like a classic biopic. It's never been done.
2. TOPBILLED MEETS FRANKENSTEIN. A comedy-horror film that's waiting to happen.
3. TOPBILLED OUT WEST. We can just recycle one of those old Maisie scripts or Andy Hardy scripts.
4. TOPBILLED GOES TO WASHINGTON. Sort of a cross between Mr. Smith and Billy Jack.
5. TOPBILLED SINGS THE BLUES. A musical so I can have a hit soundtrack.
6. TOPBILLED DOWN ON THE FARM. I play one of the Kettles' long-lost relatives.
7. TOPBILLED GOES BANANAS. I team up with Herbie the love bug in this one.
8. TOPBILLED IN OUTER SPACE. Featuring a cameo by Robby the Robot.
9. TOPBILLED IN PARIS. So I can get a free trip to Europe.
10. TOPBILLED AND OMELET PRINCE OF DENMARK. A spoof of Shakespeare's great play. Hasn't been done yet. Look it up on the IMDb. You'll see.
You forgot "TopBilled of Divorcement" which would be a fine movie title, but too bad Barrymore is not around to star in it.
Also, "TopperBilled" with the ghostly Kirbys would be a fun movie.-
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4 hours ago, TomJH said:
Love it! No one ever went down and up in flames better, Tom.
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5 hours ago, TopBilled said:
I do hope you are planning a thread about births and rebirths, which can cover characters like Jason Vorhees and Freddy Krueger who come back from death with relative ease.
It's only fair we look at the opposite end of this, CG.
Yikes, you are opening up a whole can of worms, TB!
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Movie Poster Libel
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Dargo, obviously that artist was Frenchifying her name, so people would know Jean was a female. Otherwise people in France might have thought it was another French male actor like Jean Gabin.
So now, putting extra "n"s and "e"s is also gonna be a bugaboo of yours just like the superfluous "u" thingie?