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cagney69, My favorite song from a non-musical is "Zana Zaranda" from the movie--"Call Out The Marines" (1942). I even recorded a mp3 file and e-mailed the song to a couple of (former) friends. Unfortunately, "Zana Zaranda" without the accompanying video does not convey the perfect goofiness of the movie moment. Rusty

A man, a plan, a canal, Suez. Able was I ere I saw Waterloo.

moirafinnie6, Your classic cinema college is one of the best things I've read (this forum) for a long time. Good idea! I would like to fit Vincent Price at some position in your college...maybe, the Edgar Allen Poe Professor of Creative Writing, English Department. And, please...please...please...no mention of Robert Taylor as a Professor of Forestry...okay? Rusty

TOOMANYNOTES, I will be the first to reply, as follows: Regarding Mr. Beatty...Carly Simon agrees with you. Rusty

lzcutter, I received and watched the four 20th Century Fox Charlie Chan movies. I regret that I wrote a message regarding the quality of the DVDs, based on unreliable Amazon reviews of the box set. The DVD video is great. Three of the four movies are sourced from (seventy year old?) prints and one of the movies was thought "lost" until the 1980s! Some DVD reviewers appear to require perfect DVD video and audio and anything less is unacceptable. The one Amazon reviewer that mentioned unrestored film was used for the Charlie Chan box set had not watched the box set before contributing a review. Unfortunately, I mentioned the "unrestored film" comment in my last message (this thread). Why do I write the Amazon reviewer was reviewing unwatched material? The movie "Charlie Chan In London" includes an extra titled something like, "The Resoration Process". The extra feature is ten minutes of side by side comparison of restored and unrestored frames. The extra feature is impossible to miss...I mean, each movie has no more than three "extras". Well, another example of, "never trust an anonymous opinion and...the only reliable opinion is my opinion". Rusty

pktrekgirl, Okay...enough of this Flynn person, time to write something about #2 (your list). Rudolph Valentino--until a year ago the only thing I knew about Valentino was reading the story of his funeral. I was about ten years old and the book was one of those "incredible, but true!" books. You know, the story of the mass hysteria at the sight of dead Valentino by his fans (mostly women, I guess). The past year, I have watched several of Rudolph Valentino movies. Thanks to fabulous modern technology, I was able to clearly see Mr. Valentino's face. Two people from the silent movie days immediately come to mind as having "timeless" looks--Dorothy Janis ("The Pagan") and, ahem...Rudolph Valentino. Valentino's legendary status as a screen star was no hype. Good choice, pktrekgirl. BTW: Errol Flynn--the way he moved on screen (his athleticism) is another reason why he looks so damn good in his movies. Rusty

I watched a strange musical moment last night. Lizabeth Scott serenades Humphrey Bogart in "Dead Reckoning" (1947). Well, sort of "serenades"--Ms. Scott is about 1/8 second late lip-synching the voice...enough to be noticed. A few seconds into the song, my wife and I left the room in search of food. When I was sure the music thing was over, I remarked, "time to go back to the movie". Pretty good movie, other than the pretty bad musical interlude. Note that IMDB has Lizabeth Scott performs the song and dubbed by "unknown". My wife mentioned Lauren Bacall as a possible candidate for "unknown". Hmm...Lizabeth Scott dubbed by Lauren Bacall...gives me the "willies". BTW: Is it the first, or second, Dr. Phibes movie that ends with the song "Somewhere Over The Rainbow"? Rusty

BallofFire, This is a really good topic. One "beautiful friendship" movie featuring women (based on fact) explores the relationship between Lillian Hellman and her friend--Julia. "Julia" (1977) is the movie and "Julia", the movie, is a must see. BTW: I have a question. If any movie has the following scene: When two people have just had a heart-to-heart conversation, as person A starts to leave room, person B says (tentatively) "Bob?" A pauses, turns, and says "Yes?" B says, "Thanks." Does that exclude the movie from your "noble friendship" list? Rusty Thanks to Roger Ebert for the "heart-to-heart" movie clich?.

The ants are my friends, they're blowin' in the wind... The ants are a-blowin' in the wind....

A best fit closed caption, "To Strengthen Our Wings" religious program: "cheeses will be cut..." It's true. I saw it. It was funny. Rusty

"'Scuse me, while I kiss this guy..."

MattHelm, Anybody suggests you wear a torso sized playing card... Rusty

TOOMANYNOTES, And...too late for any "Queen of Diamonds" demonstration. Rusty

stoneyburke, Quote: "I'm on my third or fourth warning and have been banned twice." How do you get "un-banned" from the forum? Rusty

Matt...Raymond Shaw IS the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life. Rusty

Flipping through all seven of my not deleted channels last night, I paused for a second on the Sci-Fi channel. Why? It was professional wrestling night...that's why. I am still scratching my head over that bit of programming. Rusty

A question regarding "The Manchurian Candidate" and a comment regarding something odd. ***Possible Spoiler Ahead*** The Manchurian Candidate--pretty good movie until the point at which Sinatra's character is one of the men ordered to "get to the bottom of this army buddy mystery". Though other people are assigned the case, Bennett Marco (Frank Sinatra) appears to be the only character who follows orders. Okay. I understand--keep the story on track and don't clutter up the plot with non-essential characters. My question. Later in the movie, Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey) has confessed to murdering, uh...five people and Marco says, "...here is my phone number...if you get into trouble give me a call...". I know Marco later regrets not keeping close tabs on Shaw, but come on...Marco should call the police after hearing Shaw's confession of murder...right? A observation of something odd--not related to "The Manchurian Candidate", but another political assassination movie. "The Tall Target" is a movie about the plot to assassinate the president-elect, Abraham Lincoln. The main character, played by Dick Powell, is named John Kennedy. Strange. Something like the first actor hired to play John Lennon for a television movie about John Lennon was named "Mark Lindsay Chapman". Fired after it was discovered Mark Lindsay Chapman sounds too much like "Mark David Chapman"...the guy who killed John Lennon. Rusty Message was edited by: jarhfive

patful, Thank you for the reply. I did not know the members of Pink Floyd helped Syd Barrett and his mother financially. I do know the music Pink Floyd recorded (inspired by Syd Barrett's story) had a tragic, "what might have been", quality. Obviously, a lot of love between the remaining members of Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett. The Pink Floyd-Syd Barrett story is particularly sad for me, because I felt the same way about the two friends I "lost" to mental illness. patful...thank you for the additional information. Rusty Message was edited by: jarhfive

stoneyburke, Here I go--a few thread messages and off topic, but what the hell..it is only...uhm, what the hell... I have been wanting to ask you (I am really interested), "what did you write on the "Television Without Pity" forum that got you banned?". You don't have to reply if the memory is too painful. BTW: I was talking to my brother last Thursday and he told me he had been banned from a moderated forum. My brother's sad story occurred last year. He had made some "insensitive" comments and had stuck to his guns (did not back off) despite the horrified reaction of other forum contibutors...e.g. "how dare you think and write and contribute those ideas...to this forum...that we read?!". Rusty

tobitz, Syd Barrett's death is tragic news. His story (heavy drug use triggering mental illness) is the same sort of thing that happened to a couple of close friends of mine from my high school days. In fact, I think almost everyone who was a teenager in the United States, late 1960s and early 1970s, knows at least one person that "burned out" due to ingesting too much mind altering substances. Syd's music recorded after leaving Pink Floyd reflects, I think, a pretty tortured individual. The following may be controversial, but what the hell...only my opinion. The group Pink Floyd made piles of money off of Syd Barrett. The members of Pink Floyd have said that the album "Wish You Were Here" was inspired by Syd Barrett's story and the relationship between Pink Floyd members and Syd Barrett. I think that the lyrics "...the lunatic is in my mind." from the album "Dark Side of the Moon" was inspired by Syd Barrett. Was Syd Barrett "used" by the band Pink Floyd? Yes. Is that a bad thing? I don't know...did Pink Floyd give him any profits from "Dark Side Of The Moon", or "Wish You Were Here"? Good bye Syd Barrett. Rusty Message was edited by: jarhfive

lzcutter, I wrote my Chan comment before fact checking. Yesterday, I ordered the Fox box (sounds like a ca. 1980 discotheque). Reading reviews of Charlie Chan on DVD, a couple of notes. I read several complaints regarding the quality of source material for the Fox DVDs. I watched "Charlie Chan Theater" as a child. If I can clearly see Warner Oland's face on the Fox DVDs, the video will be 10 times better than the "Charlie Chan Theater" films. Reviewers of the competing DVD box set-"Chanthology" called the movies, "scraping the bottom of the Chan barrel". I'll wait on buying the Monogram "Chanthology". Order some Estes model rocket kits, buy some glue and paint, queue up a Charlie Chan DVD...sends me back to 1965. Except for the hemorrhoid donut. Rusty

Jack Burley and SamTherapy, Thank you for your replies to my "March Of The Penguins" question. I have another question. "Compulsion" (1959) was released on DVD during May of this year. I have an overwhelming desire to place "Compulsion" in my Netflix queue. Netflix has not seen fit to buy DVDs of "Compulsion". Why? Why...why...why? I don't expect an answer to my "Compulsion" question...I am (sort of) wondering aloud. Rusty

FredCDobbs, I watched my recording of the 1931 version of "Maltese Falcon" Sunday morning. It was raining all morning and about half way through the "Maltese Falcon", I said to my wife, "...you know, this is a perfect rainy day movie". If I had had a couple of old Charlie Chan movies to fill out a mystery trifecta...why it would have been the best Sunday morning of my life. Of course, no Charlie Chan on DVD... Rusty

Hello, Has anyone seen "March Of The Penguins"? I am adding a couple of newer movies to my Netflix queue and I was thinking of adding the penguin movie. Worth a rental? BTW: My 79 year old mother has asked me every time we talk on the phone (once, or twice, a week) if I have seen "March Of The Penguins". She saw the movie in a theater about 6 months ago...so that adds up to...between 24 and 48 different occasions my mother has asked me, "...have you seen 'March Of The Penguins'?". Rusty

daddysprimadonna, Quote: "My problem with "Vertigo" is the same as someone else posted here-why did the husband go through all those convolutions to get rid of his wife,when he could've just pushed her from the bell tower?" A very good question. Something that has to do with the character of villains...Hollywood style. Something else about movie bad guys--why does Goldfinger, or Dr. No (I forget who) leave his citadel of evil before the laser beam zaps James Bond's crotch? In real life, an evil genius would wait around specifically to watch James Bond get his genitals cooked. Right? Rusty