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11 hours ago, JakeHolman said:
observe the cinematography .... awesome .... great western ...
easily ranks among my own top ten westerns fonda was the finest earp, runner up kevin costner
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How could I leave out finale of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (l967)
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18 hours ago, johnpressman said:
Do you mean Bruce? I just like his early songs including the original acoustic version of "Thunder Road". Its' poetry.
thanx next to Elvis he's my ma's fav But things were not the same with the sudden passing of C. Clemmons
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And I have this bit saved Lady Ga Ga & others celebrating his 80th birthday
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Anyone ever see the big 2 FS specials on tv 1998;s The Rat Pack (**1.2) where they cast Ray Liotta as him? But both Joe Mategna & on Cheadle were great!
The other one a mini-series I missed though?
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1 minute ago, Sepiatone said:
They couldn't . He'd have probably caught fire! 
Sepiatone
COOL!
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22 hours ago, johnpressman said:
Nat King Cole's phrasing is impeccable, however, I can't listen to him for too long due to the idiosyncratic nature of his voice.
Tony Bennet believes that vocal phrasing just means singing very slow.
Judy Garland could really act out a song, however, she tends to slur her words, especially the last syllables.
No one, now or ever, holds a candle to Frank.
When he went in '98 Larry King had a panel on of course to talk about him & some older actress singer-(may have been Eartha Kitt) said he was 2nd best phrasing only after Edith Piaf
& though he just lost his idol & great friend Rickles still broke to joint up
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12 hours ago, Dargo said:
LOL
Yeah, or also maybe Dr. Richard Thorndyke (aka Mel Brooks) here in High Anxiety...
A good one (***) that gets lost in his resume, also even funnier Silent Movie (l976)
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My personal favorite sequence in it is when he gets the college professor to not only stand on his desk, but pulls his pants down & then just leaves the room
Sadly Stella Stevens is in a hospital now for Alzheimers & Joanne Woodward is also suffering from hat god awful deisease
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16 hours ago, EricJ said:
Nobody had a way with a song like Sinatra.
Except maybe for Buddy Love:
THANK YOU May insist his character was based on Dino, but I think both Dino & Frank
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& yet Ed (Lou Grant) Asner is now age 90
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I love that show (l970=77)
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10 hours ago, speedracer5 said:
That was brutal. Then MTM passed just a few weeks later. That was definitely a rough time for me. I am not normally emotionally affected by celebrity passings, but the loss of Debbie Reynolds, then MTM, later Luke Perry, and Doris Day were all tough for me. MTM especially hit me hard. Mary Richards was (and still is) one of my role models.
Carrie used to take virtually every drug & booze it up, but never heard of her mom doing same?
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11 hours ago, jakeem said:
NOTHING could be as bad as losing Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds during the final days of 2016!
That was stunning wasn't it I mean who coulda predicted that
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He even dance a wee bit on last yrs Mary Poppins Returns
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10 hours ago, jakeem said:
I feel the same way about Dick Van Dyke, who turned 94 on Friday the 13th! His classic 1960s sitcom with MTM is still my all-time favorite. Carl Reiner, who created and produced the show, is 97.
as is Betty White now 97
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as usual tcm did a better job with this then the oscars
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And in 1939 again
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2 hours ago, TikiSoo said:
This past week I settled in to see TCM recorded DRUMS ACROSS THE MOHAWK 1939. This famous story takes place in my area and I was looking forward to seeing it. A big groan seeing John Ford directed this, I'm not a Ford fan. This movie was no exception, as his heavy handedness was all over the place. I see Ford as the mean counterpart of goofy Frank Capra-both heavy handed directors but Capra movies look better visually (Lubitsch lite) and while both are eye rolling corny, I think Capra coaxes more relaxed performances while Ford's actors always seem ill at ease.
Anyway, funny to see pampered Claudette Colbert playing a "pioneer" woman and super handsome tall Henry Fonda as her husband, but the clothing helped create the illusion. The story starts out optimistic with the couple traveling west to settle a new farmstead. But soon Indians raid their farm, burning everything in sight. The couple gather with other settlers in the centrally located Fort, the "town" in essence. They go home with a rich widow farm owner wonderfully played by Edna Mae Oliver. They live peacefully after awhile and then- another wipe-out attack. Everyone gathers at the Fort again. The menfolk go out to raid the Indians, come back bloodied, dying. Back to the Fort for an excruciatingly violent awful scene. Oliver's character dies.
With only 20 minutes to go, I stopped the recording. I was too depressed to watch any more. It was just relentless, with no relief. Oh I forgot, the great Ward Bond played a big bachelor who flirted with the widow, drank a lot & played cards. (big stretch) His scenes were supposed to be the comic relief. Bond played it very broadly, way too strong and it came across as silly & forced, I know Bond could do so much better, subtler.
I'm glad I watched some of it, I did learn who the City of Herkimer was named for (and a message board member's cat) and I learned the function of our upstate NY forts- and can easily name 4-5 nearby Fort Museums in this region. Maybe I'd enjoy reading the book.
people always link Ford with Westerns but he did many non western pictures Would call Drums... a Western?
Plus all of his record Academy Awards were for non westerns
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On 12/14/2019 at 2:04 PM, johnpressman said:
Bruce Springsteen's breakout song "Thunder Road" took it's title from a movie poster.
The beginning of the song opens with the line "Screen door slams, Mary's dress waves" which is taken from the opening scene of Springsteen;'s favorite movie; "The Searchers".
thanks fir the info on BRUCE! Are you a big fan if his
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This list of course before SW, but below are the yrs top ticket sellers
1st Avengers: End Game (Buena Vista) (grossed domestically $856 million)
2nd Lion King (Walt Disney) ($533m.)
3rd Toy Story 4 (Disney/Pixar) ($434m.__
4th Capt Marvel (BV) ($427m.)
5th place to date Spider Man: Far from Home (Sony) ($390m.)
6. Aladdin (Disney) ($367,/)
7. Frozen II (Disney/Pixar) ($350m. td)
8. Joker (WB's) ($340m. to date)
9. It Chapter Twp ($211m.)
& 10th place so far is Us (Universal) ($180m. td)
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1 hour ago, JakeHolman said:
Finest version I ever heard though was Lionel Barrymore's annual one, '38 was his last, except for Mr, Potter of course
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THAT Ol LUKE SMILE
They couldn't . He'd have probably caught fire! 
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The a no 1 western and has influenced so many filmmakers ever since His youngest son he name Ethan & that's NATALIE'S sister as little Debbie & always taken or granted Ward Bond deserved an Oscar shot here