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GregoryPeckfan

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  1. I can see that, Lorna.

     

    I love Frederic March.

     

    If you are looking in terms of the entire movie, then yes I prefer the March movie.  But we were talking about actors in the duel roles, and I prefer the Tracy makeup.

     

    I'm guessing here and I am basing this on my knowledge of the actors here, but if I were able to get past the special effects of Barrymore's transformation which include a huge spider across the screen -

     

     

    I have mentioned my inability to get through any version of Dracula because of the insects -

     

     

     

    That I would prefer the interpretation of John Barrymore.

     

    Barrymore was excellent before he became ill with alcoholism.

     

     

    But I do own the DVD and it is waiting for me.

  2. did you like it?

    i cannot bring myself to call it a book. or even a novella...honestly, "short story" seems generous, it's like the outline for something good, but not a lot of "there" there.

     

     

    Yes, I call it a short story too.  But it was part of a list of books/novellas for us.

     

    I had grand illusions of being able to write a paper on Wuthering Heights, freaked out, and chose this short story instead.

     

    I enjoyed the story more than I enjoy most film adaptations.  In reading it, you can see why it has been adapted so many times.

     

    As far as adaptations are concerned, I have the John Barrymore DVD, but have not yet seen it.

     

     

    The makeup for me is too much for March, but I see why he won.

     

    Tracy is my favourite of the ones I've seen.

     

    I love the animated Film.

     

    I've never seen a foreign language version.

     

    And I was wondering if someone would mention Lewis today.

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  3. Wow, but you come up with difficult clues, Lav.

     

    By the way - is Azure correct in the Describe the Scene thread?

     

     

     

    MY ANSWER;

     

    My answer is likely incorrect here but I'll try:

     

     

     

    LEONARDO DICAPRIO AS HOWARD HUGHES IN THE AVIATOR?

     

    As far as the actress us concerned, I am not sure who was still alive?  Was Kate Hepburn still alive?

  4. By the way, the first part of my last post was directed to limey, and the second was to Dargo.

     

    And for people who have not seen that Twilight Zone episode or forgotten the original meaning of the term:

     

     

    A gremlin is not a horror film character in the original use.

     

     

     

    A gremlin was a term used by people who have been in combat who see people/monsters who are not actually there.

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  5. I'm not sure if the similarity was by deliberate intention, but for the longest time, I was convinced that the guy in the brief stop-motion driving segment of the TCM Shorts intro was Phil Silvers in some skit I'd not previously seen...

     

    hqdefault.jpgIts_a_Mad_Mad_Mad_Mad_World_Trailer16.jp

     

    It was only when I finally chanced across Stop, Look and Listen airing as a late night TCM filler, that I finally learned the truth.

     

     

     

    Yes, that is how a lot of people found out that it was NOT Phil Silvers.  Including myself.

     

     

    To me, regarding Raymond Burr, he does not remotely to me look like a Gremlin.

     

    But hey, if you were WATCHING BILL LATE AT NIGHT, WELL, MAYBE YOU STARTED TO SEE THINGS........

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  6. 10) Merle Oberon was not the actress Olivier wanted to play Cathy.  He wanted his girlfriend Leigh.  But Oberon was already signed.  To avoid clashes, Leigh was offered a different role and turned it down.  And so we have a great Wuthering Heights.

     

     

     

    Next:

     

     

     

    George Brent

  7. God i love that one.

     

    Have any of you read the original Robert Louis Stephenson story? I read it when I was about 12, having previously read and really really really disliked " Treasure Island" by the same author.

     

    So I did not expect much going into the Strange Case of dr. Jekyll and mr. Hyde...

     

    And "not much" pretty much sums up what I got out of it plus what I thought of it.

     

     

    Yes, Lorna;

     

    I read the original story by R.L.S. in grade nine and wrote a book report on it.  It was one of a long list of suggested books.  We had to pick one book per term.  This was one of mine.

     

    The other two were The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Catcher in the Rye.

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