LornaHansonForbes
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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
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not that anything could top this trailer:
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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.
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....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.
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Barbara Graham wore an elegant outfit on her way to the gas chamber?
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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.
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You know what would have been great?When you watch the video, when Susan's name is read, you hear a shriek (Susan, I'm guessing), & she comes flying down the aisle, as fast as she can
....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)
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oops.
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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.
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Unfortunately, by the late 60s, most in the set decoration and prop depts. at Fox, MGM and WB, as well.as.from other studios, were being rejected, along with other employees, as the death knell of the studio system called for fewer and fewer psrsonnel under contract.
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.
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this is awful
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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.
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I assume that if she WERE SOTM, they'd show whatever footage they had of the aborted SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE.
I'm almost positive you can see that on youtube.
I'd post a link, but the moderator seems to not like that.
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Maybe Lewis had something to do with Kilgallen's demise.
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?
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OMG. I just got around to watching the clip. I cant believe he did that. Take another bow!!! HOW STUPID.
Good thing Susan wasnt in the can or something..........
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!!!"
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I'm sure France will go into mourning........
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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.
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Sometimes, when a movie ends, you go into the bathroom or kitchen. With the voice overs, you could hear what's coming up next. Now, no such luck.
I was thinking the exact same thing as I brushed my teeth this morning.
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Their only foray into movies, an adaptation of the Sherlock
Holmes' story The Five Orange Pips, was a total box office
failure.
Um, okay, just go ahead and act like PIPPIN never existed why don't you?
Know your history before you spout off, man.
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Egad. I cant imagine watching Jerry Lewis hosting anything. Glad I missed that one!
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.)
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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."With all these caustic hints, I assume the emcee was either Jerry Lewis or Drew Barrymore. Am I getting warm?
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.
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Discovered via PM with someone that b o o g e r is among the verboten.
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..and the O'Jays are not the originals. At least one of the original three has died. At least, if you go see an individual artist, you know it's that person. A group could be anybody.
Same thing with LES GARSONS DE LA PLAGE.
October Schedule UP * David Niven SOTM
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