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Ann Vickers
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One Hour with You
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The Four Feathers
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The Footloose Heiress
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Thanks, Princess. Funny, I mentioned that I'd never seen a Truffaut film and what comes on today? A Truffaut film! Day for Night came on earlier today. I wasn't able to watch it when it aired, but I will watch it later. (Thank goodness for TCM On Demand!)
I love a good suspense film and Hitchcock was the master of suspense. I love how his movies start out calmly and slowly build up to the climax. It's fascinating to see the shots that he used to tell the story. For example, in the beginning of Strangers on a Train, you see alternating shots of two different men walking into a train station. You don't see their faces....only their legs. You also see a shot of criss-crossing railroad tracks, which seem to foreshadow the criss-crossing of the two men's lives. A cigarette lighter becomes an important part of the plot and it's interesting to see how Hitchcock uses the lighter so effectively in certain scenes. I don't want to give the story away too much, so you'll have to watch the film to see what I mean.
Of course, I always love to see Hitchcock's cameo appearances in his films.
I could go on and on, but it's late and I'm pretty tired. Princess, if you'd like to see Strangers on a Train, it will be shown on TCM on May 22 at 10 am (ET). You can also see clips of several scenes from the movie on YouTube.
I'm going to leave this thread open.
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Thanks, Princess. I enjoy watching Angela Lansbury as well. Most actors can only dream about having the kind of career that she's had.
Open thread.
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Marsha: Great list! I absolutely love every single film on that list (except for the 2 films that I haven't seen yet -- Repeat Performance and Torch Song).
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Great list. THE VELVET TOUCH shows how well Rosalind Russell could do with a more dramatic role. And Sidney Greenstreet is perfect as the detective who's on to her. BEDTIME STORY is one I can watch over and over. Not only are Young & March nicely matched, but we also get to see Helen Westley and Eve Arden shine in supporting roles.
I love Bedtime Story, too! It's definitely one of my favorites. It seems to be rather underrated....which is a shame.
I also enjoyed The Velvet Touch. Rosalind Russell rocks!
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- Show People (1928) with Marion Davies
- What Price Hollywood? with Constance Bennett
- The Shopworn Angel with Margaret Sullavan
- The Man with Two Faces with Mary Astor
- Morning Glory with Katharine Hepburn
- Dramatic School with Luise Rainer
- The Actress with Jean Simmons
- Imitation of Life (1959) with Lana Turner
- Jeanne Eagels with Kim Novak
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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House?
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It Happens Every Thursday
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Three-Cornered Moon
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Sadie McKee
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
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4.) In 1970, Woody Allen cast Diane Keaton in his Broadway play, Play It Again, Sam. A couple of years later, Keaton reprised her role in the film adaptation of Allen's play. Play It Again, Sam was the first film that Keaton and Allen made together.
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1.) Laura was produced and directed by Otto Preminger.
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You're welcome. I am a huge Warner's cartoon fan. Have you seen Robot Rabbit? Elmer assembles a robot to get Bugs out of his carrot patch. Natch Bugs dresses up as a girl robot in one scene, which is too hilarious. "Stop it! You're moving too fast. We only just met! Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo" in that girlish voice. Oh, man!
I just watched "Robot Rabbit". I hadn't seen this one in a long time and I could barely remember the storyline. The part where Bugs dresses up like a girl robot was classic. Bugs was always so funny when he was pretending to be a female. I also liked the part when the robot offers Bugs a box of assorted nuts (steel ones, of course).
There were a couple of musical moments in this cartoon that I enjoyed. Bugs and Elmer sing a duet in the beginning, which is funny because it means that Mel Blanc was singing a duet with himself. I also liked Bugs' version of "It's Magic".
Oh, carrots are divine
You get a dozen for a dime
It's magic...
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I believe that the foreign director who wrote the letter and book was François Truffaut. The film that he came to America to promote was The 400 Blows. I must confess that I've never seen any of Truffaut's films, so I can't comment on which ones are my favorites.
The director that Truffaut paid tribute to was Alfred Hitchcock. I think that he was filming The Birds when he received Truffaut's letter. The Lady Vanishes, Rebecca, Notorious, Shadow of a Doubt, Foreign Correspondent, and Strangers on a Train are a few of my favorite Hitchcock films.
Unfortunately, Princess, I can't answer the last part of your question. Since, I've never seen any of Truffaut's films, I can't really compare the two directors. Perhaps someone else can chime in with their own opinions about these two directors' films.
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Azure-- You're right on the case as usual. Do you remember the three movies were talking about here in the question?
Sorry, Princess. I don't know how I missed the last part of your question. Anyway, here they are:
- Angela Lansbury was mean to Judy Garland in The Harvey Girls.
- She tried to kill Keith Andes in Life at Stake.
- She made Raymond Burr's life miserable in Please Murder Me.
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The Blue Dahlia?
Yes, that's correct. Your turn, Star.
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Thanks, Lavender.
Next: While three discharged Navy officers are having drinks in a bar, a soldier starts to play some music on a jukebox. The music is very disturbing to one of the 3 men, so he asks the soldier to turn the jukebox off.
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Love Come Back
Next: an engaged person who falls in love with someone else
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Humphrey Bogart in The Two Mrs. Carrolls
Yes, that's correct. The thread's all yours, Lavender.
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Boomerang isn't included in my cable package, but Cartoon Network is. They haven't shown any of the Warners cartoons in quite some time and when they did, it was always the same ones. You can see them on You Tube. Chow Hound is a one I haven't seen on TV in years. That's the one where the bully dog uses a cat and mouse to get him food at various homes. Every time they succeed in bringing him something to eat, he says, "What! No gravy?!!" At the end when the dog is stuffed like a Thanksgiving turkey and can't move, the cat and mouse poor a barrel of gravy down his gullet. Pure evil.
I just watched "Chow Hound" for the first time and I enjoyed it. Before I saw your post, I had never even heard of this cartoon. Thanks for mentioning it, Janet.
I love this thread. It gives me an excuse to watch cartoons.
(As if I really needed an excuse....)
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The Big Mouth (1967)
A Ticklish Affair (1963)
Scavenger Hunt (1979)
True to the Navy (1930)