coolrob1955
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'Over-the-hill' in this context simply means the character was past his prime.
'Looking for a meal', strictly speaking, the character wasn't 'Looking' for a meal, but it's what he found, and was most upset about it.
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They may be bad movies, but the titles are wonderful. If nothing else, they are a great resource for Rockabilly bands.
Tonite at 8.00 - Ezzard Hogslop And The Killers From Space.
Twang that Gretsch.
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Here we go...
A New York cop looking for a meal, Defends exclusive college grad from the unwelcomed attention of the President of the United States, a spaced-out gardner, and a bartender with nothing to do. In the end an over-the-hill outlaw shows up to find out what the problem is.
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No need to apologise for your bad grammar, I understand. Get some black coffee inside you and run ten times around the block. You'll be alright in no time.
Be back shortly with a question.
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'Remember Last Night' - 1935
Robert Young 'Spitfire' 1934
Constance Cummings 'Blithe Spirit' 1945
Robert Armstrong 'King Kong' 1933
Gregory Ratoff 'O. Henry's Full House' 1952
Gustav von Seyffertitz 'Queen Christina' 1933
Arthur Treacher 'The Little Princess' 1939
James Whale - Director.
I'm not too sure about Gregory Ratoff and Arthur Treacher, but I'll go with it.
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Dodsworth 1936
Ruth Chatterton - 'The Dummy' or 'Sarah And Son'
Mary Astor - 'Meet Me In St. Louis'
David Niven - 'Vampira'
Maria Ouspenskaya - 'Tarzan And The Amazons'
Walter Huston - 'Treasure Of The Sierra Madre'
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There does'nt seem to be anyone home at this address.
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You got it.
Go ahead.
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Another easy one
After a mixed drink, the acursed Doctor is in two minds whether to see Johnny's little blond girl or Jackson's first. Further along is a guy in shorts with a dry martini.
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'Bonnie and Clyde' 1967
Dub Taylor - 'You Can't Take It With You'
Denver Pyle - One obscure episode of 'The Dick Van Dyke Show'
Faye Dunaway - 'Mommie Dearest'
Warren Beatty - 'Bugsy'
Michael J. Pollard - 'Dick Tracy'
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Yes, you got it. I told you it was easy.
You're on.
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I just had to comment here about Libby Blondell. I saw a photo of her, taken probably around 1900, and the image has always stayed in my mind (for obvious reasons). She was indeed a magnificently proportioned lady.
Do you know anything about her ? I can't find any references to her on the internet. Was she related to the Hollywood Blondell's ?
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If I've told you once , I've told you a hundred times, the movie industry is a business. And business is about making money, not movies. The kind of movies that get made are based on carefull market research and profiling, and the product is tailored to suit the requirements of a specific demographic, i.e. the 18 to 35 age group. On average this group is not particularly intelligent or sophisticated. They are like children in an amusement park.
The overriding criteria in any business is to maximize profits.
The movie industry's concept of a 'GOOD' movie is entirely different from your concept of a 'GOOD' movie. The fact that a movie may be a piece of mindless crap, and despised by film critics is completely irrelevent. If it turns a profit, then it's a 'GOOD' movie.
A director such as Clint Eastwood may be permitted to indulge in making quality product such as 'Million Dollar Baby', But he sure had to eat a lot of spaghetti and shoot a lot of punks before he could do so.
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Hint - CIA agent was very, very small. Microscopic in fact.
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An easy one.
'Interior decorator is stabbed in the back by a very small-time CIA agent upset about the tiles. He recovers with help from African missionary, and gets a job as driver for an inebriated judge. He then finds his sister living with an escaped convict from Mississippi'.
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The Pink Panther (1963)
Peter Sellers - Mr. Topaze
Claudia Cardinale - Circus World
David Niven - Casino Royale
Robert Wagner - 3 Austin Powers movies
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It's highly unlikely that this is a picture of Madge Ballamy the actress.
This photograph looks like it was taken sometime in the 1920's or 1930's. Even if it was taken as late as the 1940's it's still unlikely. Maddge Bellamy was born in 1899. The woman in this picture is at least 60 years old.
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I started tis thread as an 'appreciation' of hammy actors, not as a critisism. Hammy actors can be fun to watch and are sometimes the best thing in a movie.
One of the best was 'Robert Newton' who is always a treat to watch.
I don't include comedians like Red Skelton or Danny Kaye, as their styles were intentionally silly or hammy.
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'Green For Danger' with Trevor Howard and Alistair Simm.
'The Family Way' with John and Hayley Mills.
The first two 'St. Trinians' movies.
The first few 'Carry On' movies (before they got too dumb and turned into episodes of the Benny Hill Show). The tragic Kenneth Williams was one of Britains funniest commediens.
'Brighton Rock' with Richard Attenborough.
Anything, of course. by Powell and Pressburger.
'I'm All Right Jack' with Peter Sellers.
'A Taste of Honey' Rita Tushingham should have won an Oscar for this movie, but wasn't even nominated (Bastards ! ).
There are dozens of others 'Hobsons Choice', 'Billy Liar', 'Georgie Girl'. But these will do for now until I can think of some more.
Don't show any of these movies during June or July, besause the FIFA World Cup is on and I'll be watching that. Just looked at the groupings on the FIFA site. England should sweep through to the next round. USA 'might' squeak through behind Italy. Australia is grouped with Brazil and Japan - Ouch !
What the hell happened to Canada ?
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Dear MrWriteLA. Yes, it was Jack Hawkins.
CineSage Jr, I'll treat your comments as a trivia question
'Hawkins also has the distinction of being one of only six (by my reckoning) featured actors to ever appear in three Best Picture Oscar winners'
Jack Hawkins - 'The Bridge on the River Kwai', 'Ben-Hur' , 'Lawrence of Arabia'.
I'll be back with the rest unless somebody beats me to it.
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Which well known actor, after having his larynx removed due to throat cancer, continued to make movies, having his voice dubbed-in by other actors ?
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I would guess it was
'Doctor No'
That great Hollywood classic "Because it has and it has, it does not accumulate' comes on next week. A good movie, even in Japanese.
I swear that's how it translated ! ! !
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I always thought Orson Welles wasted his considerable talents. I don't dislike him, but he was arrogant and undisciplined.
I remember reading that the stuidio cut and re-edited "The Magnificent Ambersons' without his knowledge or permission. I thought this was just another example of a studio interfering with the work of a director.
I tend now to think that the studio may have had good reason, and were merely trying to rein in some of Welles' considerable excesses.
The 'Movie Business' is after all a 'Business', and subject to market forces. The fact that something 'Artistic' is occaisionally produced is just a coincidence.
I imagine that most 'Artistic' directors are considered a pain in the **** by financially oriented studio executives. I don't know what Welles' reputation was within the industry.
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I must admit that the main reason I watched 'The Ghost Breakers' the other night was to see Paulette Goddard in her underwear. Beautiful. She had smoother lines than the other ladies mentioned here, but she was beautiful never the less.
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Trivia Quiz for Beginners
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But what was James Bond's 'official' and favorite car ?
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