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Boring on this site to me sounds like one or two people only are posting on a thread, people mention the same things without bothering to read other posts on the thread, you feel like you have said all you can say about a thread and would like to change topics but people don't let you.
That is why threads like Vicious Rumors and Spam Fairy are popular. Great venting threads.
Boring was trying to sit through all the idiotic updates on my PC before getting someone to set my Microsoft updates on "never" because I do not know how
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Any film noir director is a favourite director of mine.
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Wow, you surprise me with Linklater. Not because he's not good, he's very good. Just that I don't expect to see his name mentioned by the average TCM viewer.
I love Slacker and Dazed & Confused, and have watched both multiple times. I've also seen:
The Newton Boys
Before Sunrise
Suburbia
Waking Life
School of Rock
Before Sunset
Bad News Bears
Fast Food Nation
A Scanner Darkly (another favorite)
Bernie
I haven't seen Before Midnight or Boyhood yet, but I have them in my pile to watch.
I've come to know Linkletter through Rory Cochrane.
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We have 6 out of 10 in common! Nice list, GPF.
I haven't seen Roberta, Hands Across the Table or No More Ladies. I didn't have The Dark Angel on my list, bit I liked it.
My other 4 were The Informer, China Seas, A Night at the Opera, and A Tale of Two Cities.
I've seen 3 of the other 4 you mention. Hands Across the Table I only saw for the first time when Fred was the Star of the month. There are a lot of his movies with Lombard AND Colbert -two of his favourite leading ladies - which I have still yet to see.
I have not yet seen the 1935 version of A Tale of Two Cities.
A Night at the Opera is my only favourite Marx Brothers film. It is full of music, that's why.
I could have chosen many more films of only one actor or actress. As it is, March, Gable, Laughton etc. appear multiple times.
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Sets from all the old Frankenstein movies were reused in the Mel Brooks parody Young Frankenstein.
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In preparation of Sunday's Favourite Performance Thread, I have written down my recently-enough seen 1935 movies.
Here are my top ten in no particular order:
1. The Dark Angel
2. Top Hat
3. Mutiny on the Bounty
4. Captain Blood
5. The 39 Steps
6. Bride of Frankenstein
7. Roberta
8. Hands Across the Table
9. Les Miserables
10.No More Ladies
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Thanks for mentioning this.
Every day now. Every day.
He worked on many of my favourites.
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Here is the site index for CMR's Ultimate Movie Rankings website:
http://www.ultimatemovierankings.com/site-index-2-2/
He has a request hotline page. You will see it is huge.
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If you click on the page, you will see the statistical formula that CMR uses looking at critics/audience rating, awards won/nominated, and box office.
This is a 5 year long project that CMR has worked on.
He has hundreds of pages done and over 5 million views on this "hobby" of his.
He posts here because TCM has fans of classic movies. And he has gotten well over 5,000 views on this musical page.
Check the first post in this thread- and any thread CMR has started - and you will see the "according to whom"
He is always interested in how to improve the site.
I have known him for 5 years. I am mentioned in his Gregory Peck page.
His site is a fun way to look at movies that is more personal that imdb.
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3) Forbidden Planet stars Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, and Leslie Nielson with a large number of great character actors. It also stars Robbie the Robot.
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6) Frederic March made lots of pre-code movies before The Legion of Decency and the Hays Code started to censor movies.
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The only way I would be able to use the browse button is to upload photos I wanted from outside TCM.
Pictures from the sample pictures that are installed into your computer like the nature scenes or flowers would fit the Browse.
The pictures available on TCM database that interest me don't seem to be small enough to fit.
I got the Peck photos I wanted outside the site.
Wikipedia Commons has photos that are allowed.
How someone like Lawrence or Azure change theirs every week is beyond me. Too much hassle for frequent changes.
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Ringo actually sang quite a lot of leads of Beatles songs. My favourites of these are Yellow Submarine and With a Little Help From My Friends.
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there are many Precodes i'd recommend, but if there was one i'd single out from instant recollection, it would be MIDNIGHT MARY (1933) starring Loretta Young and Ricardo Cortez.
Frankly, any Pre-Code with Loretta is worth a looksie. She was SO MUCH FUN back when she was a tramp.
You know what really irritated me about Loretta Young?
That she would not admit to her daughter even in private after Gable died or even when she was dying that Gable was her daughter's biological father. Her daughter's whole identity is screwed up because Young refused to admit anything even in an era when Hollywood had a privacy rule agreement between what happened in real life and what the press reported was going on in marriages.
I can get past a lot of things when I am watching a movie, but treating your children badly always clouds my ability to view any artists' works with any non-bias before I even see a film for the first time.
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Excellent idea for a thread, Lawrence.
I started a thread about my favourite director Alfred Hitchcock.
This way we can all talk about our favourite directors and see if we agree.
Here are mine in no particular order with the exception of Alfred Hitchcock being first:
ALFRED HITCHCOCK
BILLY WILDER
JOHN FORD
WILLIAM WELLMEN
RICHARD LINKLETTER -FAVOURITE LIVING DIRECTOR OF MINE (INDEPENDENT)
FRANK CAPRA
JOHN CASSAVETES
VINCENT MINELLI
MARTIN SCORSESE
W. GRIFFITH
IDA LUPINO
JOHN STURGES
JOHN HUSTON
EDWARD DYMETRYK
WILLIAM WYLER
HOWARD HAWKES
CECIL B. DEMILLE
CLINT EASTWOOD
DAVID LEAN
ORSON WELLES
DAVID LEAN
FRED ZIMMERMAN
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There is a powerful windstorm here in Southern British Columbia and the power went out several times overnight. AS a result, I was unable to record Fog Over Frisco, although my PVR system tried several times.
I wonder when the next time will be that TCM airs it?
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One of my favourite W.C. Fields movies is The Bank Dick. I usually prefer him in ensemble casts myself.
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My PVR system tried several times to record The Sun Comes Up and Fog Over Frisco several times overnight, but there is a powerful windstorm in Southern BC. So ten minutes here, ten minutes there, I deleted.
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Not seeing Monte Carlo or The Smiling Lieutenant. Are concert movies ineligible? Also not seeing any Bollywood movies, The Boy Friend, Hallelujah, I'm a Bum or the Ingmar Bergman The Magic Flute. Most striking of all, I'm not seeing South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut.
Concert movies are considered an entirely separate genre, yes.
And except for Beauty and the Beast which won Best Picture rather than just Animated feature, no other animated musicals companies have their own separate page.
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Limey!
You've chosen an avatar!
Sorry to report this won't help you block spam.
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"Humoresque" (1946)--Joan Crawford at or near her Warner Bros. era peak in this soapy tale of an alcoholic woman who subsidizes the career of the love of her life (John Garfield)--a brilliant classical violinist. He loves his violin and his talent more than he loves her and her booze. It's all "classy" soap opera and melodrama, but is redeemed by Crawfords' restrained performance, and a Fantastic soundtrack. Garfield was dubbed by Isaac Stern, and Oscar Levant is on the piano for several numbers; his music and ad-libbed (?) smart remarks make this worth seeing at least once. I generally dislike "weepies", but music and performances make this an 8 stars out of 10 watch.
"Torch Song" (1953)--Crawford turned down "From Here to Eternity" (1953) for this; Baaad move. Worse script. This film is a huge disappointment for anyone expecting a "good" musical. Director Charles Walters is assured in the direction of song-and-dance numbers, even in the notorious(?) "Two-Faced Woman" number; his ease disappears when confronted with dramatic scenes. the scene immediately after TFW may be how audiences reacted to the film. TS is catnip to Camp lovers. 4/10 stars if taken seriously; 9/10 stars for lovers of the silly side of film.
I am thrilled that Crawford turned down From Here to Eternity. Thrilled. I cannot imagine anyone else in the cast being in the cast and it turning out just as brilliant.
I love Humeresque.
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Cool Hand Luke is correct.
Your thread, TikiSoo
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Here is ClassicMovieRankings's Ultimate Movie Rankings page on My Darling Greg which I helped him create:
http://www.ultimatemovierankings.com/gregory-peck-movies/