Mr. Gorman
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The Broadway Melody (1929)
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CRAHAN DENTON and KATHRYN HARROLD.
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WEARY RIVER (1929)
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Was it CHARLES BOYER? I remember Boyer had a role in "Barefoot in the Park" and I think he played a neighbor.
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6. Ray Walston's character "Mr. Hand' in FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (1982) has some lines cut from the theatrical version that appear in the Tv print; most noticeably he says 'Aloha' at least twice in the Tv version -- maybe 3 times. But his 'Aloha' greeting is completely cut from the theatrical version. To wit, there's a shot of him at the Prom Scene near the end signing a yearbook and saying 'Aloha'.
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I figured this could be a thread for ALL movies released prior to 1930. Remember a movie released in 1915? Great! List it.
WEARY RIVER (1929)
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THE STUDENT TEACHERS (1973)
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Does George star in any boxing movies?
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In his later years KIRK DOUGLAS certainly was philanthropic and generous.
Next: A talented performer who nevertheless starred in a lot of movie flops!
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WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953)
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INMAN, James (murdered by William Windom in THE DETECTIVE (1968)).
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Shucks, I can write lyrics too!
There once was a girl named Lydia
Who had a bad case of chlamydia
She found the guy whodunnit
And said "Aw shucks, dadgummit!"
Then she blew his kok off with a shotgun.
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I can tell you, TB, that for years I didn't watch MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS. But then I did. And I watched it again. And again. It really grew on me in a +positive+ way. → Maybe you'll have to watch it more than once? Or maybe one viewing would be all you'd need to decide if you liked it or not? CLANG CLANG CLANG WENT THE TROLLEY! 😁
As a different kind of example I watched Scarlet Street twice and was very displeased with the ending scenes. I gave it another chance after my first viewing but never again.
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Speaking of ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE . . . I can't even make myself watch it due to George Lazenby being a "nothing" as Bond. Diana Rigg could've done a "one-off" as Jamie Bond and it would've been a better movie. Diana was tough enough to pull off a role as a seasoned female spy in place of Nothing George.
I remember reading the Leonard Maltin review of KID BLUE (1973) starring Dennis Hopper. It said "Hopper is too old for his role". I've since watched KID BLUE and concluded I had no notion of what the reviewer meant. Hopper's character is simply a shiftless young man who likes robbing things, esp. trains. No reason was given in the capsule review of why Hopper was supposedly too old for his role . . .
And so it goes.
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The Powers That Be at DARK SHADOWS should've explained the absence of Barnabas by saying "he went on a sabbatical due to 'tired blood'". 👍
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I can't think of anyone I loathe from the Golden Age; I can think of movies I was greatly annoyed and/or dissatisfied with . . . but I don't blame the actors. That awful 'Heinie Manush' movie was on the other day -- as soon as I saw that come up on TCM on 'Eve Arden Day' I knew it was time to /flip/ the dial! 😵
I had tried to forget the title of that particular film but since I had successfully forgotten the title it wasn't until the 'Heinie Manush' name came up that I knew what movie it was. But I blame the script -- not the actors. I wouldn't have cared who starred in the movie as it's a channel/flipper no matter what.
Same with Scarlet Street. The final scenes annoyed the stuffing out of me. No way should Eddie G. have felt that level of guilt after what Bennett and Duryea tried to do to him. I'm not saying he should've felt no guilt, we're all still human . . . but that obvious guilt 'set-up' scene on the train and later he tries to kill himself after hearing voices from Joan via The Hereafter I was thinking "Maybe the Production Code of the time demands Eddie pay in some way despite what Joan and Dan tried to inflict upon him?". → Ultimately, however, I don't care what the reason was: I won't be watching "Scarlet Street" again as long as I live. There's too many other 'Golden Age' movies out there that don't annoy me with lousy endings -- whether they forced on the filmmakers by the Code or not.
→ Regarding two particular actors . . . something that has stuck in my brain for years:
If you watch THE LONG HOT SUMMER (1958) and then immediately watch IT HAPPENED TO JANE (1959) you will see Ernie Kovacs in "Jane" doing his version of Orson Welles and his scenery-chewing performance from "Long Hot Summer". I have no doubt Ernie was channeling Orson in "It Happened to Jane"; makes the movie more amusing to me.
Doris Day, Jack Lemmon and
Orson WellesErnie Kovacs starring in IT HAPPENED TO JANE. Watch 'JANE' today! 🦞🦞 (Note the Ernie Kovacs' character is named 'Harry Foster Malone' in a wink-wink nod to Orson in CITIZEN KANE).-
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Just out of curiosity have any of y'all ever tried to find the 1st homevideo releases of the older James Bond films?
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BARBARIAN AND THE GEISHA, The (1958)
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THE ITALIAN JOB (1969)
next: A movie that promises soooooo much more than it delivers!
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SANTA FE (1951)
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CHILD BRIDE (1938) Rather notorious '30s Exploiter.
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CONVENTION GIRLS (1978) The director, Joseph Adler, died in April 2020 at age 79. This movie has never been issued on any homevideo format or I'd have bought it. Instead, I bought a poster.
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DEAD HEAT ON A MERRY-GO-ROUND (1966)
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80s comedy parodies:
WACKO (1981)
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PANDEMONIUM (1982)
Movies Released in the 1930's
in Games and Trivia
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HAUNTED GOLD (1932) John Wayne, Blue Washington, Sheila Terry