Vautrin
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I got a laugh out of the line where Bogie says to Bacall about liking swing music.
She likes swing music as long as it is legitimate. No fake swing for this music
snob. The guy who played Baker reminded me a bit of Elisa Cook Jr. and of the
small time crooks he often played. The difference was that Cook was too dumb
to come up with an extortion plot like Baker did. I always thought it was weird
how all these people in a big city like San Francisco seemed to know each other.
It's like they really lived in a small town in the Midwest. And I would have loved to
have seen Bogie beat the **** out of that nosy cop in the all night diner. Pow.
Zoom. Madge commit suicide? Never bought that. She was a self-centered pest
who would no more kill herself than she would wear shoes that didn't match her
outfit. The ending is rather interesting. Usually the hero is found to be innocent
of the crime he is charged with, but Bogie can never prove his innocence so he
has to leave the country and hightail it down to Peru to be joined by Bacall. A
happier ending than Alec Guinness had in The Lavender Hill Mob.
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I just turned down the sound and put on a Metallica CD. Sounds most excellent.
It would have been more entertaining if Lenny had brought along a few Black
Panthers, though that would be an historical anachronism for many of the concerts.
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I've always wondered how that scene with Sheridan got past the censors. It is so
completely obvious that she is not wearing a bra with that dress. If it was in 3-D
you'd probably duck. There is a woman who uploads YT videos called The Braless
Diaries where she explains how different dresses either accentuate or hide her
nipples.
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I saw the movie version ages ago and if it was on a bit earlier I would watch it
again as I've forgotten a lot of the plot details. I haven't been able to access
Watch TCM for a while, not sure why, but I'll try again. I think if you go along
with Dostoevsky's beliefs in the power of suffering to eventually lead to salvation,
with a strong dose of that good old religion and the futility of much human action,
you will likely have at least an emotional reaction to the book. If you don't buy much
of this, it's just an entertaining novel with a little food for thought. I've never been
depressed reading this book and as I have said before I always get a kick out of
Daddy Karamazov and his gibes and mockery.
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2 hours ago, CaveGirl said:
I like any thread which mentions Dickens. I think the fact that he often didn't plan how his serializations would end, is fascinating. He may have been as surprised by some developments as his readers. I remember reading that he cried as he wrote that Little Nell was dying, which made me go seeking the Old Curiosity Shop while in London, knowing full well it didn't exist, but there was some hodge podge type store using the name on one street.
I once got the tale "Little Dorrit" from a video store with two videocassettes, watched volume 1, and was excited to see Volume 2 [even though I'd read the book as a teenager] and some dolt at the video store had put two copies of the first volume together and obviously two copies of the second volume together as sets. I took it back and they said they had thought the other copy was defective and sent it back to the manufacturer, so I am still waiting to see part 2! Enjoyed your thoughts, Vautrin!It must have been a hell of a lot of pressure to write under such a strict deadline instead
of just writing a novel on one's own times and terms. Some of the Penguin editions have
little asterisks that indicate where the serialization breaks were. Well at least you knew
how Little Dorrit ended. I once ordered a VHS copy of Joe from ebay and all I got was
an empty box. I did receive a refund from the seller.
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1 hour ago, Princess of Tap said:
I saw "Hot Spell" for the first time last week.
It was truly great dramatic entertainment.
BTW-- The male star of the movie was Anthony Quinn and he was playing Cajun.
I haven't seen it in a number of years. It certainly is a prime piece of overripe southern
melodrama and very entertaining. Poor Shirley Booth certainly had trouble with men in
the movies.
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10 hours ago, CaveGirl said:
They don't show "The Ritz" either so that is one more prejudiced view against crackers, Vautrin.
If only there was a film titled Saltine.
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From what I recall, most of Dickens' door stops/paperweights were serialized in
what we today would call magazines over a period of five or six months or longer,
some of which Dickens had a financial interest in. Then of course the complete novel
would be published in two or three volumes. So if the people who bought the magazines
also bought the novel they were paying twice for the same product, though I guess not
many people could afford to do this.
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2 hours ago, speedracer5 said:
There are a lot of precode and 1930s films where it's obvious that the leading lady is not wearing a bra. Silk is not a forgiving fabric. It probably wasn't a big deal in the era of non-HD. I have a UHD TV, I see everything. Lol.
This one is so clear that even any old TV will make it obvious. Only lasts a minute
or two and then she later changes dresses. I'm sure people noticed it even when
the movie first came out.
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Yeah, it's pretty simple. Scarlett was the master, Prissy was the slave.
It's not a two way street relationship. You can't expect someone you
own to act like an angel. I don't really recall the exact plot points on
the whole baby thing. Have to pay attention to that next time it's on.
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1 hour ago, CaveGirl said:
Which one of the Cohans are you, hopefully not Michael?
Oops, he spells it as Cohen, right?
Never mind.I'm from the reserved, self-effacing branch of the clan. We always thought
George M.'s tiresome patriotism and simple ideas were rather a family
embarrassment.
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Could go either way. While it's French in origin, the 40s and 50s Hollywood product
was all-American, just like Patty. Put an umlaut over Muller and you have a story
about a Nazi war criminal who looks just like William Schallert.
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Message--I care. Second message--I am giving up my nukes right...............now.
One point to Kim for not going shirtless and showing his developing man boobs.
My father thanks you, my mother thanks you, my dog thanks you and I thank you.
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I remember Groucho's line as I never go to a film where the man's **** are
bigger than the woman's. He was talking about Samson and Delilah. Sorry, Hedy.
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Godfather(s) want to make you an offer you can't refuse.
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Too bad that Borge is dead. He and Eddie could have starred in a
remake of The Patty Duke Show.
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There is one scene in King Kong on the way to Skull island where it is
obvious that Fay is not wearing a bra.
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I like Night of the Hunter. Some really fine direction by Laughton, especially of the
spooky scenes along the river, sort of a very nightmarish version of Huck Finn, and
a fine evocation of time and place. And Mitchum is just perfect for the part, with
that well known scene of the struggle between old Love and Hate. I admit that boy
child is a bit of a wise guy, but no worse than some other movie brats. I always
laugh when he wraps that apple up in a doily as a Christmas present for Lilian Gish.
Quick thinking. And then there's leaning, leaning...
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I hope that some day TCM will end its prejudice against crackers and show Hot Spell.
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Imagine a slave not doing exactly what her master wanted.
These slaves were such ingrates.
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16 hours ago, Princess of Tap said:
"Sticks Nix Hick Pix"--
In my childhood, There were at least 12-- July 3rds and July 4ths of the Million Dollar Movie for me.
Good old MDM. If you missed it at one time you could watch it again later in the day.
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6 hours ago, jimmymac71 said:
Cagney/Cohan, right?
Yes, I had forgotten that particular scene until you mentioned it. The
actual Variety headline was a bit different, but hey it's only a movie.
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Hix Nix Stanwyck Nudie Pix.
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6 hours ago, misswonderly3 said:
Perhaps he was trying to figure out a way to make a new size-enhancing bra stuffed with coal.
I don't know. That would have been one messy undergarment.
Too bad no one was making a Popeye serial back in the day. I believe Ms. Dixon
would have made a great Olive Oyl.
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Noir Alley
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Perhaps she pulled the metal handle off the desk to use as an impromptu weapon against
Bogie, who is certainly menacing her in this scene. Not thinking too clearly, she stepped
into the window ledge to get away from Bogie and with being somewhat overweight
slipped and fell against the window which broke, maybe due to the shoddy construction
of some post war buildings, and sent her to the street below. And as I said before, she
never struck me as the suicidal type.