georgiegirl

> {quote:title=hamradio wrote:}{quote} > The word *adult* is a bit vague. This terminology use to be used to describe X rated movies but I can see you meant any movies that are adult oriented. > > All of my earliest were TV shows. Some of my earliest were "Voyage To the Bottom of the Sea", "The FBI, (in Color)" and for horror, "Chiller" which was a series shown every Saturday night. This is NOT to be confused with the "Chiller" channel. > > That series had an episode which scared the ever lasting life out of me. I was 7 at the time and at the very beginning of the movie which I do not know the name, a hideous creature which look and walked upright like a gorilla with its arms but had HUGE eyes like a Tarsier. I remember it was a gloomy, foggy, night scene similiar to the old "Wolfman" classic. > > About "The FBI" tv series, its too bad the comedy "In Living Color" or "Saturday Night Live" wasn't around at the time, they could have done the perfect skit for it. Here is a story I came up with. Imagine the opening is like the old James Cagney B&W crime movies with a dead body and the doorbell ring and after opening it the most loudly, colorful pair of guys one has ever seen and they show their ID stating "We are The FBI, in Color". > > You would have to be old enough to understand the joke. Yes, I agree, 'adult movie' is a bit vague, but it got this thread some attention. lol I remember The FBI series, but I loved Lee Marvin in M Squad. My oldest sister had a crush on him, so, in turn, little sister did, too. lol And I got to meet him when I was a kid! We didn't get a color TV until 1966! lol

> {quote:title=calypsogal wrote:}{quote} > > {quote:title=Kid_Dabb wrote:}{quote} > > Back on track - the first 'adult' adult movie I was taken to was Last Tango in Paris. I was invited, not told. Having recently graduated high school, the invitation made me feel more adult-like. Imortant. I accepted. I attempted leaving the movie early but was grasped by a multi-armed monster and shamed into remaining seated. It was at least ten years before I could look at another stick of butter. Ouch! My eyes! > > I honestly don't know how I'd have reacted to "Last Tango in Paris" if I'd seen in shortly after turning 18 or so. But I did get to see it in college, and by then it seemed like no big deal (to me at least). At least Last Tango had something of a plot! lol

> {quote:title=Kid_Dabb wrote:}{quote} > As I remember, anything that wasn't animated or Disney was considered adult. My mom and her sister went on this movie-going spree which lasted from my 6th to my 19th year. At least two, sometimes three times a month, I would come home from school and hear, "We're going to the movies. Hurry up and eat and change your clothes." I was never asked. I was told (for which I am now grateful because I got to see Lawrence of Arabia, Sand Pebbles, and 2001:A Space Odyssey as we went along on this journey. I was taken to some of the most beautiful indoor theaters with painted ceilings, tiers, balconies, and very large velvet curtained screens. Lots of gold). > > I guess my first adult movie was Blue Hawaii. We saw every Elvis and James Bond movie as soon as it arrived at our local indoor theater. And don't forget John Wayne! They took me to all of his westerns at drive-ins only. I saw Nevada Smith with Steve McQueen at that drive-in. That seemed to have very mature subject matter at the time. > > Back on track - the first 'adult' adult movie I was taken to was Last Tango in Paris. I was invited, not told. Having recently graduated high school, the invitation made me feel more adult-like. Important. I accepted. I attempted leaving the movie early but was grasped by a multi-armed monster and shamed into remaining seated. It was at least ten years before I could look at another stick of butter. Ouch! My eyes! I think it's so cool your family took you to all those movie houses and drive-ins! I loved the drive-ins! As far as real 'adult' films, as an adult I saw the Last Tango when I was 20. I also saw Deep Throat and The Devil and Miss Jones that same year. I've seen a few more through the decades and they've gotten a lot more graphic, to say the least. lol

> {quote:title=ArsGratiaArtis wrote:}{quote} > I might have been a bit over 12. I barely even remember. I don't even think that movie would be considered inappropriate for teenagers by today's standards (unless there's something I don't remember, lol). No, I doubt very much that movie would be considered inappropriate today by any stretch of the imagination. lol Sheesh, some of the adult movies I saw as a kid are now played on the Christian stations. Movies with Doris Day and Rock especially. Hard to believe they were considered adult when I was young. lol

> {quote:title=zasupittsfan wrote:}{quote} > Such a wide array of brilliant silent performances, including the classic "Greed". Not to mention her hilarious starring comedic roles throughout the '30's and into the 1940's. She has well over 200 films to her credit, and I don't think that modern movie audiences are even remotely aware of her. There is something genuinely timeless about her. I hope that Turner Classic Movies will come to their senses and give her a proper Star of the Month treatment (a new DVD collection of some of her more substantial film performances wouldn't hurt either). All of those great shorts with Thelma Todd certainly need to see the light of day, at the very least. I agree! She was a sketch! lol

> {quote:title=ArsGratiaArtis wrote:}{quote} > I think mine might have been "Le Magnifique" with Jean-Paul Belmondo. And yes, it was with "parental guidance" - my mom was crazy about Belmondo. I shot over to YouTube and watched the trailer for that movie. How old were you? It was subtitled? If so, whoa, pretty heavy for a kid. lol I just realized, my mom and I went to see Walk on the Wild Side. I was only nine, so my first memory of an adult movie is wrong. Wow, I can't believe my mom took me to see that movie at nine. lol

My best friend and I were, uh, let me see, 11 or twelve when we asked an older woman to get us into a movie titled Strange Bedfellows. The year was 1965ish and the stars were Gina Gina Lollobrigida and Rock Hudson. lol

> {quote:title=Im4movies2 wrote:}{quote} > I'd like to see a weekly series that recreates the Saturday Afternoon kiddie matinees.experience. An ideal host would be Ben Mankiewicz dressed in a police uniform like old officer Joe Bolton used to do when hosting old shorts. on 50s tv. The films would be Stooges and Rascals shorts with a vintage cartoon and serial. It would introduce kids to classic films as it did me way back when and nostalgia for us older kids. Didn't Ben host Cartoon Alley? What became of it? Cartoon Alley! That show was great! Yeah, what happened to it? I'm sure someone here knows.

Seeing as this is turned to TV, my earliest memory is of Romper Room, The Million Dollar Movie and The Late Shows. :-) I said this before, but to you young kids here, thanks for taking the torch of love of movies and carrying it forward in the future.

> {quote:title=patful wrote:}{quote} > *These sites are usually hosted in countries which don't have laws against bootlegging...* > > The free-DVD-for-a-small-charge-to-cover-my-costs site that I know is very much American. > > And *Lynn* , you'll be proud to know that I have resisted the temptation to purchase my most-wanted movie there, and will probably go to my grave never having seen it. > > Honest folk:1, Bootleggers:0 :-) May I ask what movie it is, you've never seen?

I am so looking forward to this!

Way cool! :-)

> {quote:title=hamradio wrote:}{quote} > *Talk about poor taste in fashion!* LOL! Its a miracle that John Wilkes Booth didn't shoot him first. Ha!

> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote} > This is awful! This is terrible! > > Please PM me the secret link so I can see what those rascals are doing!! Shame on them!! > . > . > . > . > . > I don't know if you're kidding or not. lol

> {quote:title=lzcutter wrote:}{quote} > Yes, you should feel guilty but at least you didn't buy any of the discs. > > The big problem with bootleg DVDs of classic movies is two-fold. People that tape them off of TCM and sell them on Ebay and other places are partly responsible for the TCM bug now being on during the movies.. The studios would like that bug up there throughout the film but so far TCM has been able to compromise with the bug coming on only a few times during the film. > > The second problem is the majority of people who buy bootleg DVDs are less likely to buy the studio released versions when they comes out. This, of course, lowers sales and low sales is one of the major reasons that studios are reluctant to open up the vaults and put more of their classic films on DVD These sites don't have DVDs for sale, they show old and newly released movies for free. The last one I went to watch appeared to be filmed right off the screen in the theater, someone in the seat in front, head was in the way of the camera. That's when it hit me! I was like, what? When I got the email all it said was I'd love this site, it had movies for free, old and new. But I had no idea this was something illegal. The two old movies I watched right off the bat where perfect quality and I assumed were public domain, It wasn't until I clicked on The Changeling and that someone's head was in the way that made me go hmmm? Anyway, I learned my lesson quick. :-)

> {quote:title=karlofffan wrote:}{quote} > > {quote:title=georgiegirl wrote:}{quote} > > My other question is, how do these bootleg sites stay online? Why can't the studios or artist do something about them? > > These sites are usually hosted in countries which don't have laws against bootlegging; have lax enforcement; have juries which won't hand down convictions in bootlegging cases; or judges who throw out many or most convictions. I won't name the sites and the countries because I don't want to publicize them. Hi, Karloff Fan-I like that man, too. I had no idea these sites are hosted in foreign countries. Now I understand why they are allowed to exist. When I first got the email, I thought somehow this isn't right, but it must legal if they're there and people are using them. But even at that, I got such a funny feeling in my stomache, like this just can't be right, and usually if it seems to good to be true, it is. lol These sites have hundreds of thousands of viewers. It really is amazing. I just hope as time goes on, and I live long enough, every movie ever made will be available by the studios online for a nominal fee. I think that would be so cool, and something I'd put to real good use daily. lol

My other question is, how do these bootleg sites stay online? Why can't the studios or artist do something about them?

> {quote:title=CelluloidKid wrote:}{quote} > *STEALING IS STEALING!!* > > > *Bootleg or bootlegging usually refers to making, transporting and/or selling illegal alcoholic liquor or copyrighted material; the term originates from concealing flasks of alcohol in the legging of boots.* Yes, I am quite famililar with the term bootlegging, that's why I used it. lol I come from a long line of bootleggers of the Roaring Twenties. :-) I agree, stealing is stealing and that's why I never went back to the site. People tell me I'm stupid for not taking advantage, but what can I say? That's me. If it doesn't feel right inside, well... I'm doing just as I've always have; waiting for them to come to DVD or TV.

> {quote:title=johnbabe wrote:}{quote} > i would be Garbo in Mata Hari Good choice! If I had the proper clothes in my mom's old trunk, I'd invite you to come to my house with Lulu to play dress-up. lol Message was edited by: georgiegirl

A friend sent me a link to a site that shows old and newly released movies. As guilty as I felt, I checked it out and watched two or three new films. After having done this, I felt really guilty. Someone is getting cheated out of money and royalties. As tempted as I am to do it again, and seeing as I hate paying the high price of a theater ticket for a new movie I know I probably won't like, I can't bring myself to go back and watch more. Am I being stupid not taking advantage of this? lol

> {quote:title=Hibi wrote:}{quote} > I'm a week late, I 'm afraid. Jennifer turned 90 on Mar. 2nd. Surprised there was no thread about it (that I've seen) on here. Does anyone know if she still is out and about? I hope she's doing well.. Since that was during TCM's Oscar event, there couldnt have been a tribute to her. Dang. I saw her 5 or 6 years ago on the Oscar winner's reunion and she looked great then......... I found this website message board about Miss Jones. http://poliver.proboards34.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=250 There's a post about recent news of her but the link isn't working to the article right now and says try later. http://gaycitynews.com/site/index.cfm?ne....id=568864&rfi=8

> {quote:title=lulu2u wrote:}{quote} > Georgiegirl, I want to come over to your house and play "dress-up" with all of those clothes you mentioned. I love old fashions. That's one of the reasons I love to watch classic films. What the sets look like and what the actors are wearing set the tone of the film. As far as the BBQ dress, when I saw it several years ago it looked as if it had been made that day. Fresh and modern. It did not look "30's" or Civil War circa. The kind of dress a young girl would want to wear at the Prom, but like Mammy, your own mother would say, "You are showing too much shoulder!" It is a shame that in the movie, Gone With the Wind, there could not have been a scene showing Scarlett dancing in that dress. All that beautiful material (I'm guessing chiffon) swaying and swirling around with the Tarleton Twins and Wade Hamilton wiping the drool off their chins and Rhett running his index finger under his mustache with "that look" in his eye. But since that didn't happen we will all have to be content to run that little scene in our heads with our own self playing the part of Scarlett, of course. Lulu, too funny. Come to my house and play, "dress-up." lol I did that all the time as a kid with my mom's old clothes, and now I have them and the trunk I use to dig through and put on a fashion show for Mom. lol My little nieces are into the 'dressing-up" big time! But what little girls aren't? So cute! lol You're absolutely right about the BBQ dress never getting a chance out on a dance floor to swirl around as it should. You could have asked the museum curator if you could take it for one quick spin around the floor. Ha! :-)

> {quote:title=Poinciana wrote:}{quote} > All the outfits that Doris Day wore in The Glass Bottom Boat... > > That formal with the daisies attached all the checked and polka dotted clothes, just love them. I have a couple of Sportsac purses, one's plaid (black and pink and lavendar) and the other polka dotted (pink with white dots). I always call them my Dodo Day purses. I didn't think of Doris Day, but now that you mention her, she did wear some pretty nice duds in her movies. I liked The Glass Bottom Boat and, yes, her clothes in that were pretty hep! Mod, no? lol :-)

> {quote:title=RainingViolets101 wrote:}{quote} > The very last dresses worn by Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen > in White Christmas, they took my breath away, the lovely red silk > with the ermine trim - I had one of them copied but I have nowhere to > wear it. LOL Shoot! I'd find some place to wear it, even if I had to throw my own dinner party at home for the holdidays. lol What fun!

> {quote:title=lulu2u wrote:}{quote} > First of all let me state I would not necessarily look good in all of these fashions, but the clothes themselves would be my choices. I, too, like the fashions of 20's, 30's, and 40's, and also Victorian. I would love the have one of those high neck with mutton sleeves dresses in the Victorian style. Something made of georgette with lots of lace. Then, I want something in teal silk with a peacock embroidered on the back from the 20's. The 30's look would have to be a gold lame' evening dress. The 40's dress would be a very tailored suit, with a big gaudy diamond and emerald broach pinned on the shoulder. I am not asking for much! The dress I would love to have from a movie is the gown Scarlett O'Hara wore at the Wilkes BBQ. I saw that dress in a museum display and fell in love with it. I like that style Victorian dress and the others you described. I have a collection of broaches, hats and gloves and shoes from the various decades. I also have jackets and coats. My fave is a Victorian coat with a velvet collar, but I also have a 40s mutton swing coat, in gorgeous shape, but boy is it heavy! My mom had a gold lame' and wore it as late as the 80s to a New Year's Eve dance. lol How lucky are you to have seen the BBQ dress in person? I'd say so very lucky! :-)