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Virginia Mayo was in Captain Horatio Hornblower with Gregory Peck
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Vince Vaughn
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My Pal Gus
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Rose Marie
(when I'm calling you..........)
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Carole Lombard was in My Man Godfrey with ex-husband William Powell
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Hello, Doreet.
I understand your frustration. I am glad my teenaged neighbour showed me how to record things by PVR so that I can watch things when I want to watch them and fast forward through ads.
I used to get lots of mag subscriptions and have cancelled them all.
I live in British Columbia and there were several channels that aired The Ten Commandments and other religious epics during Holy Week.
I have movies that I want to watch every particular holiday. For me, Christmas is Christmas without Sim's version of Christmas Carol
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I like VICTOR/VICTORIA a lot.
DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES is good movie, but one that I don't want see again. Its depiction of substance abuse is very realistic and reminds me of people I've known and cared about in real life.
THE PARTY was recommended to me previously by someone on these boards, and now I see that you also love it, TikiSoo.
I'm not really a Peter Seller fan, but maybe I will give it a chance.
I have the same reaction to The Days of Wine and Roses you have. I know that the song by Mancini is haunting and I have it on a cd of his compositions, but I have dealt with such people in my life.
I have the same type of reaction to The Lost Weekend. Great film. But difficult for me too watch as it is too near me.
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I love this movie. I've seen it at least twenty times. Jackie Gleason's character is what makes the film.
"When we get home, I'm gunna punch yo mama in the mouth!"
While I would never tell anyone on the board to not watch a film, I can tell you that I do not recommend the two sequels. They are horrible.
I love this movie too. But just this first one.
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In preparation of the switch in Bogie's thread to 1939, here is my own special category devoted to Hitchcock:
FAVOURITE HITCHCOCK PERFORMANCE, MALE OR FEMALE:
CHARLES LAUGHTON IN JAMAICA INN
MAUREEN O'HARA IN JAMAICA INN - debut year
LESLIE BANKS IN JAMAICA INN
WYLIE WATSON IN JAMAICA INN
ROBERT NAUGHTON IN JAMAICA INN
WINNER:
MAUREEN O'HARA IN JAMAICA INN
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I forgot to mention in this thread when we were on the year 1937 in the Favourite Performances thread the movie and novel Captains Courageous.
There has been quite a debate over whether Spencer Tracy who won the Oscar for Best Actor should have been a supporting Actor category participant and many people agree about this.
Regardless, the movie is a fun adventure film full of great performances and a popular child star, Freddie Bartholomew.
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So a long faced mother has to have a long faced child???
This reminds me of how Mary Tyler Moore lost out on playing the daughter of Danny Thomas. She lost the role because their noses were too dissimilar.
Remember too, DGF, that since there are two biological parent, the child could look like one over the other or even half way between.
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Ah, Raymond Burr.
My favourite Canadian-born actor of all time.
I am not sure I'll be able to focus on getting answers for this today because I'm tired today, but I had to comment on it because I love Burr so much and I am happy with the category.
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Deforest Kelley as Leonard "Bones" McCoy
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8) Virginia Mayo was a frequent -for him - leading lady of Gregory Peck who would have turned 100 this week.
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When it switches over we will be on 1939 until next Thursday, April 14 so don't worry about being away for a few days. Plenty of time to check in and post and read.
Thanks for the pm. The poll you mentioned I guess was the wrong word. I thought you meant like the poll Paulll started about the decades. I see that is not what you meant.
I have the weekends cleared up now as to years.
I found out Tuesday night that my solo is going to include some choreography. I have to process up the aisle when I am the caller for I Hear the Profit Calling. In the morning. Five days notice.
Sigh.
thanks for clearing that up.
Cheers
GPF
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Please don't charge people with being "upset" and/or "whining" because they have an opinion - even if they do repeat the opinion from time to time.
Doing so is a cheap shot designed to deliberately provoke a personal emotional reaction. Not cool.
People have quite different reactions to movies and genres on this site which I find refreshing. Even if someone hates a film I love, not everyone will agree.
I am slowly learning on this site to write for me alone. If other people enjoy it, great. Bonus. If not, I am having fun.
I do have NO sense of humour when I have not slept mind you. OR my humour is in such bad taste I cringe when I read it the next day. And ultimately, I hate my typing skills and sometimes just decide to forgo fixing mistakes.
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"On Dangerous Ground" (1951)--Character study/noir/thriller/melodrama is underrated--Robert Ryan and Ida Lupino are Excellent in this taut film. Not a wasted gesture or look in the film. Beautiful score by Bernard Herrman, fine noirish cinematography by George Diskant. 8.5/10 stars.
This movie is excellent. It is one of my favourite all time Robert Ryan movies.
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*Announcement*
We will change over to 1939 earlier than planned. But wait for the starting gun!! 1939 was a very big year for films and I would like to fit in a two-day decade review before moving on to 1940 on Sunday, April 17. So, don't despair if you were not going to be ready with 1939 until Sunday. There will still be plenty of time to read your wonderful recommendations.
We will do the 1930's review starting Friday, April 15. I will change the header of this thread to announce that poll. Those that would like to participate please remember to list only one favourite/winner per category, per year. And clearly mark your preference for the best of the decade with *****. That way we will see if there is a consensus with any of the yearly performances. For example...
Best Actor
1930 Emil Jannings, The Blue Angel
1931 Peter Lorre, M****
thru 1939
Best Actress
1930 Greta Garbo, Anna Christie****
1931 Helen Hayes, The Sin of Madelon Claudet
thru 1939
Sup Actor / Sup Actress / Juvenile
1930 thru 1939
That will be fine by me. I already wrote out what films I've seen for 1939 so I could get that done long before this big weekend for me. But are you setting up the poll?
I was going to originally try (?) to take at least a 24 hour if not 48 hour break from online just to see if I could do it, and then check back here for 1939, but if we are starting earlier than Sunday, I won't.
Just an experiment to see if I really can do it or if it is really a function of not being interested in the hot topics of the day.
My guess is only in terms of out of sight out of mind. Period.
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Julie Harris as Eleanor Vance in "The Haunting" (1963) didn't even get a nomination for Best Actress: Claire Bloom deserved at least a nomination as Best Actress. Russ Tamblyn deserved a nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
Edit for jamesjazzguitar and others interested: For Julie Harris' Best Actress nomination, I would subtract Shirley MacLaine's nomination for "Irma La Douce" & add a sixth nomination for Claire Bloom.
For Russ Tamblyn's nomination, I would replace Bobby Darin in "Captain Newman, M.D."
I believe Bobby Darin was nominated for his role in Captain Newman, M.D. It was the height of his dream to be nominated. He knew with his rheumatic fever as a child he would die young.
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That is a fun and varied program, Lonsome Polecat.
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Incendiary Blonde - new to me musical I watched as it aired as part of TCM's night of Arturo's movies. Betty Hutton was the title character.
I have been unfamiliar with this singer's biography up until now. It was full of great music, dancing, supporting actors.
But:
SPOILER:
I wonder why she did not tell Arturo that she was not going to be able to wait for him and kept it secret? I mean, why not tell him she was going to die before he got out?
Bit of a downer ending. As I said, I did not know the biography of this woman. If I did before I saw it, I would have watched it during the daytime instead of at night. I could have recorded it.
Oh well.
Great music anyway!
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My computers anti virus systems got mixed up, so I was shut down for six days. Now everything is fine, and I watched TWELVE O`CLOCK HIGH on Amazon Prime. What a solid performance by Gregory Peck as Commander Frank Savage who takes over for Gary Merrill in World War II England. Gary was replaced because he became too close to his flyers, and Gregory comes in tough as nails. As the war rages on, and targets become more difficult, lives are lost. Gregory takes part in some of these missions, and he starts to lose his reserve. The final scenes were especially reviting, and the supporting cast was excellent.
Hugh Marlowe, Millard Mitchell, Robert Arthur, Paul Stewart, Gary Merrill, and Dean Jagger who won the best supporting Academy Award for his performance. Gregory earned his fourth Oscar nomination, and he won the New York Film Critics Award for 1949.
I cannot believe that anyone would think that Greg was stiff in his acting. He acted in many different genres, and I enjoyed them all. Too bad that the AFI does not show the broadcasts of the recipients of their annual award on YOU TUBE. Gregory won in 1989, and he gave a wonderful speech which is on YT.
Twelve O'clock High is one of my favourite ten movies of all time of Gregory Peck's career.
People who have been in combat in planes who have seen the film say that this movie is exactly what the relationship between commanding officer and men.
Glad you are back online.
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