LornaHansonForbes

I'm surprised they even let you type it.

in re: the ending of NIGHT MONSTER being "utter nonsense." I saw the movie on a strong recommendation from an occasional poster whose style I like, they were a big fan. I did feel the need though to toss out the caveat that the ending to NIGHT MONSTER made me mad because it really is something of a cheat that negates the sixty-some minutes that lead up to it, on a par with MARK OF THE VAMPIRE, although NIGHT MONSTER does not have a "Scooby Doo" ending...and it made me that combination of underwhelmed and annoyed one gets after a disappointing horror movie, like your emotions immediately on leaving a Jaycee Club's Haunted House....is that all there is? SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER!!!!!!! the real shock in NIGHT MONSTER is that second-billed LIONEL ATWILL shows up in the first half, utters a couple of lines of dialogue and is the first to be killed. That comes out of nowhere

not that anything could top this trailer:

NIGHT MONSTER is a VERY peculiar movie, which recycles the score and some slightly redressed sets from THE WOLF MAN made- I think- the same year. LIONEL ATWILL'S role was the biggest surprise about the film to me- but I don't want to spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen it. If I recall, LUGOSI is fine, but under-used. and the ending is utter nonsense, but it has its fans.

....Oh what I would give to hear I'LL PLANT MY OWN TREE as interpreted by JACKIE ROGAAHS JUNE-YAH!!!!! It would likely be heavy on the bongos.

Also in reference to the Oscar clip, I don't think Hayward could possibly have been dressed better either. That is a wonderful outfit she has on, kind of a nod to her role (her character wears a similar nightgown in a famous scene) and it's very elegant, yet sexy. And the gloves are nice too.

You know what would have been great? ....if Deborah Kerr- ever the lady- had stepped out into the aisle to congratulate Susan, and Susan's instincts kicked in and she just shouldered her to right to the ground and kept on heading for the endzone as if there are only five seconds to go in the game.... ( provided Deborah remains uninjured in this scenario, it is funny)

oops.

I also toss in as possible non sequitor that I refer to the MGM Americana-based musicals of the fifties as "The Birthday Cake Musicals" because the colors and the sets seem to be heavily iced in pastels and roses and trimmed in butter creme designs. ..

I do find though that 20th Century Fox color films, especially the musicals, have a really "garish" quality to them- lots of pinks and reds mixed in with other colors they shouldn't be...just a slight tackiness. Sometimes it's fine, as in GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES, but then there's NO BUSINESS...and HOW TO MARRY and HELLO DOLLY!.... . Fox black and white films of the 40s and 50s though are- for the most- among the best examples of the medium.

this is awful but... There has been so much terrible news lately, I think we could really use some footage from Le State Funeral d'Jerry Lewis live from Notre Dame d'Paris, A State Holiday is declared, a week of mourning commences. Get Gerard Depardieu and that Sleazy guy who dated the Olsen twin to the give Le Eulogie, there's bound to be some hilarity involved.

I'm almost positive you can see that on youtube. I'd post a link, but the moderator seems to not like that.

No dude, THAT WAS THE CIA. (and I REALLY do think that.) PS- Why, oh why, couldn't Jerry Lewis have decided to investigate the JFK assasination freelance?

OMG, can you imagine how awesome it would be if, after Lewis asks for her to come back onstage, we heard Susan's husky voice bark back from offstage "NOT NOW, I'M IN THE CAN!!!"

Just saw the modernized October "now playing" promo, & I like it very very much. The song they used is a whole lot better than the one they used for September.

I was thinking the exact same thing as I brushed my teeth this morning.

Um, okay, just go ahead and act like PIPPIN never existed why don't you? Know your history before you spout off, man.

I'm really curious what the reaction is going to be when he dies. with each passing decade he seems to out-awful himself (first with the acting, then with the public behavior.)

Yes, it was indeed Jerry Lewis. At the end of the clip, he for some asinine reason demands that Hayward return to the stage and take a bow. I read in "Inside Oscar" that Dorothy Kilgallen chastised him for this the next day in her column saying something along the lines of: " as if Hayward needed that creep to add more to her moment of triumph." The 1957 show produced by Jerry Wald is considered by many to be one of the best Oscar shows ever. the 1958 show which took place in 1959 at which Hayward won was not. In fact I think it's the one that ended with 20 extra minutes of airtime where everyone just kind of stood a round on stage.

Discovered via PM with someone that b o o g e r is among the verboten.

Same thing with LES GARSONS DE LA PLAGE.