Vautrin
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1 hour ago, ElCid said:
She was fairly good in The Falcon in Mexico.
I don't doubt that, but Falcon pictures weren't a star making proposition as far as I know. That
was her picture just before The Big Sleep. There were a few good roles after that, but she never
became a star, which is okay, just kind of sad.
-Nod if you're over 18.
-Months or years?
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4 hours ago, TomJH said:
No question that Martha Vickers looked pretty classy in The Burglar but the film barely made a ripple at the 1957 box office (with Mansfield getting the publicity) and it would turn out to be the actress's second last film appearance. The sad reality is that, aside from her appearance as thumb sucking Carmen in The Big Sleep, Vickers is remembered for very little else today because of a mismanaged film career. This truly beautiful actress was only 46 when she died of cancer in 1971. What a sense of waste you feel when you look at those cold stats on her short life.
I hadn't thought about it before, but aside from her role in The Big Sleep she doesn't seem to stick in my
mind very much, though she was good in The Burglar. Maybe her career was mismanaged or maybe it was
just bad luck. I don't know enough about her to say. Whatever the reason, it is sad she didn't have more of
an impact in movies. There'll always be Carmen. I'm surprised Bogie didn't take the thumb out of her
mouth to check for baby teeth.
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6 hours ago, TomJH said:
Better to have Martha Vickers seduce you for any reason than not seduce you at all. She might even suck on your thumb.
Absolutely, though afterwards it had to be a bring down to know why she did it. She certainly did mature in
the space of eleven years. Lost that jail bait look. Thumb? Nope not going there.
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Dan also should have replaced the painting that covered the safe, though time was getting tight,
though Sister Sarah didn't seem very alert to her surroundings, maybe because she was on an astral
plane after turning off the TV. And how disappointed he must have been when he learned, by eaves-
dropping, that Martha Vickers didn't seduce him because he was a hunk but because it was part
of the plan to get the necklace. Ouch, that must have hurt.
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This pic was a notch or so above the usual heist film, though the preparations for the heist
didn't take as long as it does in some of the other films with similar plots. And the criminals
in this caper were pretty stoopid. Take a sap and knock the old dame out so the burglery
won't be discovered right away. Ski masks, ever hear of them dumb dumb? And park farther
away from the scene of the crime, loser. And don't dis Capell's acting. He was the only guy
who kept his eye on the prize while the other two nitwits were busy playing with themselves.
Imagine Dan's surprise when Jayne told him she had had the hots for him for a long time.
Well, if she was so obsessed with him, why not stroll into his bedroom one night and let
her wares be on display. I'm sure he would have reacted favorably. But noooo. These clowns
got everything they deserved. Personally, I would have gone to Wildwood instead of Atlantic
City. It looked okay here, but by the early 1970s, what a dump. Last and least, don't be too
disappointed with Sister Sarah because she chugalugged from a beer bottle. Some of the
greatest seers of the 20th century did the same.
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I saw Mr. Soft Touch a few months ago on YT. It starts out okay but gets gooier as it goes along.
Sort of a second-rate version of The Lemon Drop Kid, though I guess The Lemon Drop Kid is
a better version of Mr. Soft Touch, since Mr. Soft Touch came first.
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I seem to remember reading that in certain circumstances the Sally Army would hire bell ringers.
Wonder if they were paid a straight salary or a percentage of the take.
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1 hour ago, ElCid said:
Christmas parades were created to bring families downtown so the kids could badger parents into purchasing something. Same with department store santas. As in A Christmas Story.
Every "town" around here had one this year, even the ones that barely qualify as a crossroads. They are all very lame. Remove the fire trucks, police cars, government "officials," high school band and dance studio kids advertising the studios and you don't have much left.
Oh, and I never liked the Beatles. A couple of songs, such as Yesterday, are not too bad, but as for the others I passed then and I pass now. I have purchased a lot of CD's over the past several years of music from the 50's-70's, but none with the Beatles.
While on this thread. I don't like It's a Wonderful Life at all - too sappy and silly. I will watch George C. Scott's A Christmas Carol, but pass on the others. My wife watches all of them.
I know the merchants of Hendersonville will use any excuse to gin up some downtown parade so folks
will purchase their overpriced junk, and I'm sure it's the same all over. As an adult, they never seemed
very Christmasy to me. I'm a big Beatles fan and have most of their American records on vinyl and most
of their British records on CDs. Guilty as charged, but to each their own. I've seen IAWL so many times that
I now watch it if I feel like it and skip it otherwise. Yes it is super sappy, but there are those few scenes
where Jimmy looks like he's about to go pyscho. I like most of the other Christmas movies, but once a year
is fine. Coincidence. I'm listening to Christmas carols and Lennon's song was just on followed by Eartha
Kitt's version of Santa Baby.
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1 hour ago, jamesjazzguitar said:
Wow, I wonder what the value is of that?
I use to have The Beatles Christmas album. This was a compilations of the annual Christmas release down by the band each year. It was very interesting to listen to; E.g. the first 2 years they were very humble, but after a few they were a little cocky; I.e. they knew that they were cultural icons.
This album was only provided to select members of The Beatles Fan Club. Very exclusive.
We got the album from a girl that was about our age (15). Her older sister was a member of the club and had moved to go to grad school. Our friend had no idea of its value so she sold it too us for a song. BUT when the sister came back, she was very upset. She contracted our parents and we were forced to return it to her (or they were going to sue our parents).
Dang, that album is worth thousand today (I believe we paid her 2 bucks!).
Yea, I was a very bad teenager.
I think in the annals of teenage misdemeanors what you did wasn't too bad, though if I was the older
sister I'd be angry too. I've never thought to check on the value of my 45. It really wasn't a hit in the
U.S. so it may be a bit more rare than other, more popular Lennon singles. I'll have to check it out.
The record itself is in good condition, though the black Apple sleeve is a bit worn. The song is
credited Ono-Lennon.
I have a Dali ashtray that was made for an Air India contest from the early 1970s. My father gave it away
to someone who admired it, though it's not conventionally "pretty." I threw a fit and got it back. I had
forgotten about it, but surfing through the net, today is the 40th anniversary of Lennon's assassination.
Wish I hadn't seen that.
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I still have my copy of Lennon's Christmas song, complete with green vinyl.
The proper title of the song is HAPPY XMAS (War Is Over).
I give half a thumbs down to Christmas parades. I know they're meant mostly for kids
and their parents, which is fine, but Santa riding in a fire truck with local "celebrities"
following in vintage cars to just lame, especially if it's not that cold out.
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Beer with pie? Get outta here, man. I noticed that we see Ruth or her twin sister earlier in the movie
when Steve hits town and sees her walking down the street and lets his peepers follow her. That's
when she is a brunette. I've seen this one two or three times before and always enjoy it, especially
the familiar two kids, though older kids, on the run theme. Usually the two kids start out in love,
but in this case they're like the bickersons at the beginning and then, in that good old Hollywood
tradition, discover that they really love one another, like a modern romcom. And like two hippies,
they leave the dirty old city to get back to the country. I didn't mind the happy ending. These two
deserved it.
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4 hours ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
I cannot speak for SHE-DEMONS, but your hunch in re: THE SHE CREATURE is 100% on the money. It was featured on one of my favorite SCI-FI CHANNEL ERA episodes of MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000, so I have seen it (in that possibly edited) version NUMEROUS times. CHESTER MORRIS and LANCE FULLER are both especially bad in it. Sadly, FRIEDA INESCORT- who was an excellent actress is in it too.
Well, judging from that short excerpt, The Sea Creature plays like Chekhov compared to She Demon, which would
be a perfect candidate for MST 3000. I forgot to mention that the visual quality of the upload on You Tube is awful,
but that seems to go with the all-around awfulness of the film itself.
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7 hours ago, NoShear said:
Here are a couple of brief reads about the MOVE that may or may not have escaped your rock literary eye, Vautrin - the first is from Nik Cohn which is something I read about the MOVE when I was a teenager:
And, on the subject of bandwagon hopping which was the MOVE, there is also the following caption from an unknown writer for that familiar photo of the MOVE that read something like this:
"The Move, seen during their Sgt. Pepper's period, keep watchful eyes out for the next bandwagon to come along."
I could only get those two brief paragraphs, but I'm sure the Wiki article has some good info and sources
for further reading. I seem to recall that PM Harold Wilson sued The Move for libel/slander for some
reason and he won the suit. I don't think they ever tried to hide the fact that they were partly influenced by
the Sgt. Pepper-era Beatles. I did buy the first ELO album with the later Move line-up of Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne,
and Bev Bevan as the only members. I know Bevan stayed with ELO for a fairly long time. The guy on the bottom
right looks like Neil Young, though it isn't of course. The Move produced some very fine and sometimes weird
pop songs for sure.
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7 hours ago, NoShear said:
Touche, Vautrin!
Or, dare I type it: 'SHAZAM'!
Yep. The Move was one of those English groups I read about when I was a teenager, but their music
wasn't heard very much in the U.S. It was only much later that I bought some Move CDs. This is a minor
point, but the album covers I have are pretty ugly, not that has anything to do with the music inside.
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9 hours ago, midwestan said:
Yes, Vautrin...they 'made it', as the saying goes. At that point of the film, neither one saw a positive or hopeful outcome for their romantic futures, so they took the plunge. Just when you thought Shirley and Lloyd were going to eventually hook up for good, they each got news about their estranged spouses that changed the tenor of the film. Still a good watch, though it can definitely be a bummer kind of movie for those who haven't seen it.
I really couldn't recall if they did. I seem to remember there were hints of a little harmless semi-nakedness.
I did kind of hope they would get together, but alas it was not to be. It is on the depressing side, certainly
not one of those Hallmark goofests. And very well done. The winter weatherscape is charming on one side,
but all that cold is a bit depressing on the other.
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She Devil (1957) Mari Blanchard, Jack Kelly, Albert Dekker.
Low-budget, Grade XYZ 1950s sci-fi flick. Our good buddy Albert Dekker, the preeminent practitioner
of the leather and rubber school of acting, is back. He plays a doctor/mentor to young doc hot shot
Jack Kelly. Kelly has come up with a almost miraculous serum made from fruit flies (!). After experimenting
on a number of animals he's ready to try it out on a human animal. Mari Blanchard is a patient who is
dying of TB. Kelly shoots her up and she recovers from her TB almost instantaneously and can also recover
from wounds and later on is able to change her hair color. Feeling on top of the world, Mari takes her
hubris and bullet bra into the outside world. Her first act is to shoplift an expensive dress. Hmmmm. Could
the old fruit fly cocktail be giving her delusions of grandeur. But Kelly is too busy falling for Mari. Unfortunately
for Jack, she becomes interested in a rich sugar daddy and gets him to divorce his wife and marry her. Cut to
the country cabin a month later and Mari is already bored with money bags. And frankly he is a pencil-mustachioed
bore. To get rid of the guy Mari forces the car they are riding in down a hill, knowing that the fruit fly special
will protect her from serious injury. Not so for her hubby, who dies in the crash. All this time Al and Jack, who
still has the hots for this she devil, realize she has been up to no good. They decide to do a reverse fruit fly
serum operation, hoping Mari will return to being a fairly normal person. Sadly things don't work out and
Mari dies. Using fruit fly serum to create a she devil is one of those things that should be left to the Higher
Power and not to mortal man, though these two boffins never come out and say so. Pretty typical low grade
sci fi fare with only a few moments of unintended comedy to ease this gunk down your eyeballs. And it only
runs 77 minutes, which is about 27 minutes 2 long. Alert~Not to be confused with The She Creature or She
Demons, though those likely suck too. (How did I forget this--Blossom Rock, who is best known for playing
Grandmama on the old Addams Family TV show has a supporting role as Dekker's wise-cracking
housekeeper. I didn't recognize her so much by her looks as by her distinctive voice).
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5 hours ago, NoShear said:
"Cherry Blossom Clinic"?? Located on the following, I suppose:
And fortunately right next to the...
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2 hours ago, misswonderly3 said:
Actually, I have to confess: I really like those chocolate covered cherries, complete with the cherry cream filling. I liked them as a kid, and I still have a weakness for them. Maybe it depends on the quality of the chocolate maker...there are many different brands that make this confection.
I guess this is what one would call a guilty pleasure.
I loved this one:
I was listening to a CD earlier while on this site, so I didn't hear it right away. It's somewhat reminiscent
of those parody country songs the Rolling Stones used to do, but better. The lyrics are certainly apropos
for a less than merry Christmas with humor added in. I like maraschino cherries, but I don't know if that's the
kind they use with chocolate. Another complaint are those boxes of candy that don't have a "map," so you
have to look and try to guess which ones you don't want to eat.
Wow, dig those groovy threads, man.
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Also those overly decorated houses that look like an exhibit from some 19th century world's fair
celebrating electricity.
I saw Silent Night, Lonely Night on YT a few years back. Well done Christmas is a drag for some
people film. It also cries out ADULTERY, though I can't remember if Lloyd and Shirley got it on
at the end or stopped just short. At the end they did go their separate ways as I recall. This might
be a good movie for those folks who get depressed around the holiday season. Hey, you think you've
got it bad, just watch this.
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17 hours ago, speedracer5 said:
I hate those gross cherry medicine tasting chocolate covered cherries. Blech.
I haven't eaten chocolate covered cherries since I was a kid and didn't like them then. I
doubt I would like them now. But some cherry flavored medicines are pretty tasty, though
not all. I also don't like hard candy at any time of the year.
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I have no use for candy canes. Yuck.
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22 hours ago, NipkowDisc said:
yeah, even a plastic one.
You never can tell what people will do if they think no one's watching.
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12 hours ago, hamradio said:
Considering all that's been going on over the last few decades I'm surprised they'd let a
Catholic prelate get this close to a child.
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Noir Alley
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1) You shoulda sapped both guys in the jewelry store and then the alarm wouldn't have been
set off.
2) Ever hear of a bullet proof vest, anyone?
3) When Widmark is seen in profile, as in the early scene with Vic in the cell and in a
few other scenes, he reminds me of Redgrave's dummy in Dead of Night.