film lover 293
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Jean Gabin?
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Mutiny on the Bounty
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Lucille Ball
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Number Seventeen
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Karloff, Boris
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I Am Cuba
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Fri., Nov. 13th/Sat., Nov. 14th--All times E.S.T.:
5:00 a.m. "The Mysterious House of Dr. Coppelius"--(1976)--Is based on Delibes' 19th century ballet "Coppelia", which had the title character creating a doll that stole the creators' affections from his fiancee; he and another man compete for the dolls' affections. Sounds like it will be wonderful or horrible. I have NOT seen it, but will be up & watching.
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I also have Comcast, live in East Tennessee--Comcast drops TCM, I drop their ****&**** television--hope you're wrong LawrenceA.
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BrianNH--Can answer one question for you, Davis Grubb, author of "The Night of the Hunter" was born in West Virginia. James Agee, who was screenwriter for TNOFH, was from Knoxville, Tennessee & graduated from Sewannee College (on Cumberland Plateau, between Nashville & Chattanooga TN).
Flannery O'Connor--I'm unfamiliar with her books, but she was born in Savannah, Georgia.
Comments (Opinions) Only on the book The Night of the Hunter--I searched it out and read it after seeing the film for the first time--I thought the book was unfilmable--was poetry & nightmare mixed together, along with Southern dialect--book was a real trial for me to finish--but Agee's adaptation & Laughton's visuals, & ALL the acting I found beyond criticism--& for me that is a, rare, rare, thing.
Again, the third paragraph are my OPINIONS only.
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Two things (actually more, but they've already been listed):
1. Just when I think I know the history of the documentary, Know for Certain the "Father of the documentary, TCM goes and Finds an Earlier Documentary like tonights "In The Land of The Head Hunters" (1914). I LOVE their actually improving on my knowledge of film history, and I applaud them for it.
2. I Love TCMs' searching out old Pre-Code musicals and Showing them (like "Flying High" (1931), "Sweet Kitty Bellairs" (1930), "New Moon" (1930) (where the song cues are roughly 3 minutes apart and the two leads sang at the Metropolitan Opera before their attempt at Hollywood stardom, so the leads can Sing and be Heard, no matter what the soundmans' troubles & others--Thank You, TCM.
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Walker, Robert
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Correct, Arsan404--Your thread
(TCM page says 1953--still, your thread )
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Down Argentine Way
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Ullman, Liv
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Alice Adams
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Name the actress who was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in Torch Song (1953).
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The Singing Fool
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Macao
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speedracer5--You're right--she's billed ninth.
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Thursday, Nov. 12th: All times E.S.T.:
8:30 a.m. "Mr. and Mrs. North"--(1941)--Gracie Allen minus George comedy I haven't seen.
12:15 p.m. "The Secret Fury"--(1950)--Claudette Colbert suspense film.
8:00 p.m. "In The Land of The Head Hunters"--(1914)--From what I could gather at efilmcritic.com (go to TCM's page on the film, & click "Other Reviews) this is a documentary pieced together from surviving prints and stills by UCLA Film and Television Archive & Rutgers University, about the Kwakwaka'wakw villages on Canada's West Coast in British Columbia (Wikipedia this--I thought its' review was an old April Fool's joke--will be watching just to see What this film is.
9:15 p.m. "I Am Cuba"-- (1964)--Am recommending for photographic excellence & techniques. Thank yous to JeanneCrain for starting a thread about the film & everyone who recommended the film.
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Kathleen Turner--Who went from two years playing a drunk schizophrenic on "The Doctors" (1978-?) to the starring roles in "Body Heat"(1982), "Romancing the Stone" (1984), & many others.
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"The Lodger" (1926). Alfred Hitchcock helms like he's just hit his stride as director of his third film( his first film was "The Pleasure Garden" (1925), & his second film "The Mountain Eagle" (1926) is Lost, as far as I know). The film is directed, co-directed, acted, & photographed brilliantly.The film starred Ivor Novello, who played the mysterious Lodger, who may or may not be Jack The Ripper, & is based on Marie Belloc-Lowndes' 1886(?) novel. The film starts quickly (the following happens in the first 5 minutes of film, so the following's not a Spoiler)--after the opening titles, a blonde woman is strangled by a neon Revue sign that flashes the title "Golden Curls" on and off. The Police arrive, (too Late) & the film takes off--not a boring moment in this 70-71 minute film.
TCM--an idea for 2016--Alma Reville (Hitchcocks' future wife) served as co-director (a Title on "The Lodger" 1926 credited her for it on the print I saw) on Alfred Hitchcocks' first three films (I double-checked Patrick McGilligan's biography of Alfred Hitchcock to be certain)--"The Mountain Eagle"(1926) is Lost--but why not show 1925's "The Pleasure Garden" & 1926's "The Lodger" as a doubleheader leading off the 2016 "Women in Film series (unless TCM finds something accomplished earlier)? Just a thought.
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RES--don't feel bad. If the movies' plot is as complex as the TCM summary of it on its' page, the characters must have been talking nonstop through the film (it's roughly an hour long). By my count, two or more characters had aliases.
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classicmovielover--a clarification, if possible. Caretaker of the House, or a/the Inhabitant(s)?
If the Inhabitants (children)--"The Innocents" (1961), with Deborah Kerr?
Possibly its'prequel, "The Nightcomers (1972), with Marlon Brando & Stephanie Beacham?
"The Haunting" (1963)?--Your post is so short, it could be the first five minutes of this film.
Hope this helps.
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