film lover 293
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Stuart Randall was in HOME FROM THE HILL (1960) with LUANA PATTEN
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GUNGA DIN UNDERWATER THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT IS EVERYBODY HAPPY
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HIROSHIMA, MON AMOUR
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REPUBLIC
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ROBERT REDFORD
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LOVIN' MOLLY
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Wednesday, Nov. 25th--2 musicals + 1 debut: All times E.S.T.:
9:15 a.m. "Two Weeks With Love"--(1950)--Minor MGM musical with Debbie Reynolds & Carleton Carpenter--is best remembered for Reynolds & Carpenter's duet "Abba Dabba Honeymoon".
6:15 p.m. "Neptune's Daughter--(1949)--MGM musical fluff with Oscar winning Best Song "Baby It's Cold Outside" as the highlight.
1:15 a.m. "No Country for Old Men--(2007)
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Arturo--I have some information on this--some I hope helpful, some will add to confusion.
First, the good. I looked up TCM "Reflections in a Golden Eye" & it's in a 4 dvd package that includes:
"A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951), black and white
"Julius Caesar" (1953), b&w
I've forgotten the 3rd
Reflections in a Golden Eye, Technicolor**
the color choices for the 4 dvds are b&w OR Technicolor--Sepia toned, or "Yellowvision" was NOT a listed choice. Please double check this yourself.
To add to the confusion--when I first saw this on videocassette, RIAGE was in black and white--I read in one of Elizabeth Taylors' biographies (I think Dick Shepard's 1974 one) that the sepia toned version was so badly received, it was destroyed.
I don't know if I've helped, or added to the confusion. I Hope I've helped.
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TikiSoo--In particular, I was turned off by "In Cold Blood" (1967) for two reasons:
1. I've never liked Robert Blake, even in "Baretta (?--?)
SPOILER SPOILER POSSIBLE STOMACH TURNER
2. The scene of the murders themselves--even though done bloodlessly--made me ill with the pleas of the victims, & basically ruined the film for me (the scene is in the last 20 minutes--not in the first 10-20 minutes, so I could have just turned off the tv or changed the channel, but after I got interested in how these monsters minds worked--film proceeded like murders weren't going to be shown, & was just going to be an intellectual exercise in finding out Why these******** did it--then, in the last twenty minutes, The Scene is shown, victims pleas & all, everything But--and after that, the Director has the gall to ask us to feel Sympathy for Blakes' character??!!? This movie goes from a police procedural to an anti capital punishment "statement". This movie sympathizes with the killers, not the victims--and it makes me Angry and Ill at the same time.
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The Manxman (1929)--Was Alfred Hitchcock's last silent movie--Is basically a ridiculous melodrama that could be solved if two sentences were ever said--but film is drawn out into full blown tragedy. Is worth seeing for Anny Ondras' performance (she starred in Hitchcock's first talkie, Blackmail (1929)). She shows acting ability in silent film that her sound debut didn't show off. Hitchcock also manages to get some touches in that make the viewer think this might become a crime drama (in particular a long close-up of the knife cutting a wedding cake). I saw it on another website--the video was excellent, but was NO soundtrack--no music or anything. A 5/10 watch--to see the director finding his style, even in muck like this, & for the talent of a nearly forgotten actress. TCM lists her as having made only three films; check Wikipedia--they list 39 films (including a 1935 German version of Dickens' "Little Dorrit").
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Seconding TomJH's recommendation of "Tis' Herself". Maureen O'Hara was much brighter than she was given credit for; she dissects the Hollywood scene accurately without ever being nasty or telling every secret anyone ever told her. She tells the truth as she knew it and saw it, & attempts to make inexplicable behavior (I refer to John Ford) understandable to the reader, and as TomJH said, herself. A fine book.
For me, the passages that were most poignant were the ones about how she fought Congress to get John Wayne honored before he died. Maureen O'Hara was a rebel and a gallant lady; her book is a testament to that fact. A wonderful read. JMO.
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Oh, they've hit during every Norma Shearer evening
So, Tuesday evening at 7:45; subject get GPA from Oral Roberts University/ Southern Methodist University.
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A reply to Emily Deans' post; I found TCM on my cable network in 2005 (I was 41 then), and had been a film buff since I saw the first two "That's Entertainment" films, in the theatre (1974 & 1976) & appreciated " the old and the good" when I was a teenager. I can think of at least three posters on this board who are under forty (and I'd guess there are more, LOL). My point is the over fifty crowd ( which I belong to) is not TCM's Only audience. Please don't discount the under fifty audience; they exist also. I was under 50 when I found TCM. I applaud TCM for keeping classic film alive by passing the love of film on to newer generations--whether myself or others think TCM's efforts perfect. JMO.
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slaytonf--Thank you for the alert;; I saw WAWTG over thirty years ago, & thought Gene Kelly came off best. Have to see if my memory is accurate.
DownGoesFrazier--WAWTG is dated in its' slang & MacLaine's wardrobe labels it a 60's film. They are minor problems, IMO.
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I'll take 10 Internet Chocolates, thank you. They ARE calorie-free!
You get to start the next pool. I hope they avoid tonight--I want to see at Least two of tonights' films.
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Monday, Nov. 23rd; Boris Karloff's birthday; All times E.S.T.:
6:00 a.m. "The Mask of Fu Manchu"--(1932)
7:30 a.m. "The Walking Dead"--(1936)
12:00 p.m. "The Body Snatcher--(1945)
3:00 p.m. "Lured"--(1947)--Underrated melodrama--Up Maltin's rating to 3 stars or higher.
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A re-consideration--Yes, "Duel in the Sun" (1947) has a lovely score that should at least have been nominated for an Oscar; the photography is lovely; Lillian Gish & Jennifer Jones are excellent, & were nominated for Oscars; Herbert Marshall, of all people, has an very effective cameo in the start of the film; but script shows effects of too much meddling and rewriting; Lionel Barrymore wheels a wicker wheelchair and bellows his lines and throws me out of the film every time he opens his mouth (upon meeting Pearl (Jennifer Jones) for the first time, This is his "greeting": "Is that what they're wearing in wigwams these days?"). And Barrymore keeps making nasty/ier remarks; ONE would have made the films' point. Film is equal parts fine movie and absurdity. Finale puts it on the side of absurdity, for me. TomJH, sorry for the slow answer to your post.
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For 1952, a remarkably gritty look at the settling of New England. If one wants total historical accuracy, there are books to read. But MGM's researchers look to have done a good job, and the Special Effects won a deserved Oscar. Film is too talky for its own good.
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btw--Gene Tierney's characters' end is historically accurate. It's up to the viewer to decide her reasoning or if it was simple accident, although Tierneys' last close-up is haunting, IMHO.
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I saw six films last week. "Green Mansions" (1959) was flawed, but very worth watching. It combined an ecological statement with a love story. As another poster pointed out to me, it wasn't completely faithful to the book, nor were the bird sounds accurate (Lily Pons sang them more accurately in "Hitting A New High", 1937) but films' theme hooked me anyway (true love never dies--sappy, but when as convincingly shown as by pre-Psycho Anthony Perkins & Audrey Hepburn, an enjoyable tearjerker--a rarity for me).
"The Egyptian" (1954)--Enjoyable whether you see and hear poetry, or concentrate on the silly side of things (like myself). Two indisputable facts--film has Oscar nominated cinematography & a beautiful score/soundtrack by Alfred Newman & Bernard Herrman. After that--WWell--opinions diverge. For me, I will say Gene Tierney as Princess Bakematon is a revelation--she Gets the role, & spits out one liners like she was one of Groucho's ancestors. Victor Mature is also notable for his line delivery in this film.
"Reflections in a Golden Eye" (1967)--photographed in a yellowish color that gets more yellow as film gets psychologically darker, film is watchable--but you may want to turn color off in last half hour (it's more effective in black & white, IMHO). Trailer that was shown for it the day of its' showing was in regular Technicolor--& VHS that I saw in the 1990's & 2000's was in b&w. More interesting--the wildly revolving shots I remembered on the VHS I watched were reduced by half. Still a fascinating film. Elizabeth Taylor as a Southern dingbat Nails her role--and is films' only comic relief.
"in Cold Blood" (1967)--Ugly film about a gruesome subject. Wasn't for me. "Ship of Fools" (1965), I watched to see Vivien Leigh's last film performance. Overly emphatic script that hits one over the head with its theme acting as baseball bat, but Leigh and Simone Signoret save the film. "Blood Kin" (1970)--Outrageous plot and dialogue sink the actors, except Lynn Redgrave--bits and pieces of Tennessee Williams talent show through. I gave up on this one after 45 minutes.
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Emily Dean--seconding your recommendation of "Lured" (1947). Sanders, Ball, and Karloff make for a memorable film. Film was an early effort of director Douglas Sirk, who shows his skill with three outstanding leads.
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TheGayDivorcee--No SOTM or SUTS recognition for Mature--unless I overlooked it (I misread your post & looked up Richard Widmark first--no SOTM for him either, but he did have a day in 2008 SUTS).
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An expansion of darkblue's post of Nov. 20th 12:10 a.m.: I Love when the programmers search out the adaptation of a Broadway Flop (in this case, Broadway's "The Seven Descents of Myrtle", (1968) by Tennessee Williams, which ran a whopping 29 performances, not counting previews, closed, and was filmed under two names. I love having the chance to see something that only select Broadway-goers (viewers?) had a chance to see. Especially in this case, because buried under the plot nonsense, Tennessee Williams' genius for poetry still emerges occasionally even to one who doesn't usually appreciate poetry (and I Definitely am in that category). Credit as well to Williams & Lumet for showing the viewer the physical and mental environment of the characters in films first five minutes. Thanks TCM, for showing it, even if it was in a bad time slot (for me).
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NAME A YEAR, NAME A MOVIE, NAME THE ACTOR/TRESS
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