daddysprimadonna
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I always think that Norma Shearer in "The Divorcee" is smoking! That movie is too sexy-I find innuendo and euphemism MUCH sexier than blatant raw in-your-face scenes and dialogue. Mystery is sexy!
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Or maybe a gin highball-I read that she liked a lil nip of gin in her latter years;)
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Ummmm, Mary Pickford-chocolate covered pretzel? You know,sweet,but a little salty and earthy? OK, that wasn't a good one,LOL.
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> Let's not forget smoking. I demand smoking
> disclaimers.
Hehe. That's right-"Reefer Madness"-smoking-Heaven only knows where that could lead!
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JMarshall,I agree. People are so touchy these days.Everything offends someone.I wish that was the least it took to offend my "delicate sensibilities"-not! I recently saw "Song Of The South", a Disney classic,on DVD,and I didn't get it-why it's banned,I mean.Uncle Remus was the only person in the movie with any common sense,and was a very dignified character.His speech patterns are reminiscent of Southerners of days past,not blacks.I knew "country people" in my childhood who spoke in similiar ways. And this movie is no longer distributed or sold. It's ridiculous!
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Not to mention, many classic Hollywood films could be considered "sexist" today-would there be disclaimers for those also? Where would it end?
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Hedy Lamarr was undeniably, classically gorgeous,a great actress,and an intelligent woman. I haven't seen as many of her movies as I'd like,but I'm on the lookout for them. I love that she invented and patented an invention of military usefulness in WW2. Beauty and brains,and talent:)
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Hehe, Antar, I tried to tell ya that this person(a juvenile,I'm inclined to believe,from the antagonistic and belligerant posts)had an agenda,in another thread,I saw it WAYYYY back,and I've seen it before,and I knew where it was leading.These boards are disrupted with childish and irrelevant posts because this person is bitter that black actresses weren't accorded the chance to shine in Hollywood of times past,and to "even the score",she feels that she must tear down white actresses acknowledged as beutiful women. Of course everyone will have their own ideas and taste about that,but it doesn't mean people have to tear down a famous and widely accepted actress-as-beauty,simply because others are unknown.That commonly-used phrase,"white standards of beauty", is a dead giveaway. That's why she insists that Lena Horne or Dorothy Dandridge aren't REALLY beautiful,people just say they are because they "conform" to the "white standard of beauty". Hey, beautiful is beautiful,to one degree or another,and is even universally agreed-on,as studies have shown,even amongst different cultures-I mean,certain criteria are independently and universally reached all over the world,amongst people who are unaware of the larger "culture". After a certain point,it becomes subjective,but only after that point is passed. Know what I mean?
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I only ever liked Christian Bale in "Swing Kids". It was kind of a cheesy movie,but it still sucked me in.The music score was great,of course.
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I wouldn't,say the same thing I mean. Gone With The Wind,at least,was a "big" movie,but it relied more on its acting than on special effects. There weren't even any battle scenes,just that famous shot of all the wounded and dying soldiers in Atlanta,and the fire when Rhett and Scarlett leave Atlanta.
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Shoot, I meant to,and it slipped my mind(sorry, it was VERY late when I was posting that night-forgive:))-I need to find the thread to find the url again.
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I wish they'd bring back the big dance/production numbers.They sure beat the heck out of all the political posturing(from any persuasion)and the boring skits and jokes(?).Oscar just isn't glamorous and fun anymore.
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I always thought that "Mrs. Miniver" showed the quiet courage and grace underfire for which the British were known. And Greer Garson seemed to be such a classy and gracious actress. I read somewhere that she was one of the few actresses for whom Louis B Mayer had a modicum of respect.
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I agree,ClassicsFan,I'm so over blockbuster movies.They seem to be afraid to let a movie stand on its own merits,and hype it up until you're sick of it without even ever seeing it.
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Just to be nitpicky,she could have used a little more of a brighter or deeper lipstick at the Oscars.But other than that,she looked great:)Her acceptance speech was nice.
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Leo Bertucelli,yesssss,about Jim Carrey! And Robin Williams too.
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Norma Shearer,only I wouldn't want to go out like she did,not knowing anything or anyone and blind.
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Bggalaxy,I liked Crawford as a silent star,and in the early Thirties,but not much after that.
Myrna Loy,who was a pal of Joan's,said that Christina Crawford made up and exaggerated a lot of that stuff in that book as revenge for being cut out of Joan's will.
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I can't remember what classic film hooked me,I've loved them all since I was a child,and even then hated modern movies. I'd bet it was a musical though. Right now I'm in love with "Kiss Me Kate",it's been raining buckets here for a week,so one day I watched it three times in a row!It's so witty,and the dancing and singing,and acting-all entrancing. I go around humming "Wunderbar,wunderbar",without knowing it.And I replay Ann Miller's dance number "Too Darn Hot", and "Always True To You In My fashion" over and over.
Bob Fosse looks so young in this movie!
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When I wanted a fellow fan to enjoy and discuss classic movies with, I set my sights on my 17 year old niece. She's a "girly-girl" like me, so I knew just how to hook her.I had her watch "These Glamour Girls"-a black and white film,no less,to a teenager- with me,and she took the bait.Then it was "Zeigfeld Girl". Now she adores Lana Turner,and is going through the "Marilyn" stage. And she'll watch almost any classic with me-even silents,I got her with "Our Dancing Daughters". Strategy,strategy,hehe.
I still haven't gotten her into Westerns,but the day will come,if I can just get her to sit through "She Wore A Yellow Ribbon". It was an acquired taste for me,too,but that's the movie that did it:)
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John Wayne is the reason I acquired a taste for Westerns. I loved him in "She Wore a yellow Ribbon", and it went from there,"Stagecoach", "Rooster Cogburn", "True Grit", "The Shootist"-and I NEVER thought I'd like Westerns.
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I will look at it:)
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Heck I'd vote for Lewis Stone for President,his character as Judge Hardy is my hero!
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That's what I meant by "climate"-the social "climate"-blacks at that time weren't being given an equal opportunity.
Look, I don't know every Chinese or French actor from that time(or the present one,to be honest),that doesn't mean that I and millions of others are any less movie fans. The big names are the ones we know,because they are the big names. There are lesser known names that I'm interested in,because something about them got my attention,as the actresses you named did for you,but I wouldn't expect anyone to validate them for me by insisting that if they'd never heard of them,something was wrong with them,or that they weren't "true believers".Fact is, I'm just a fan.
Now,until I get around to seeing them for myself, I'll take your word for it that the actresses you named were cosmically gorgeous.But I won't discuss anything here at TCM as a social issue-race or other. If others want to,fine.Myself, I'm sick of race and politics by the time I come here.
But I'll discuss classic movies all you want,especially the silent ones:)
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> The power of Eros burns throughout "Possessed" (1931)
> with Clark Gable and Joan Crawford and beautifully
> directed by Clarence Brown. There are two
> exceptionally vivid scenes: one at the dressing table
> and one afterwards at the entrance of the two leads
> to a party at which they arrive late--desire,
> passion, intimacy, shared communion. It's all there.
> Oh, and don't forget that wordless last moment on the
> steps to the el train in the rain.
>
> This 72 year old picture is proof that there ain't
> nuthin' new under the sun when it comes to sexualit
That's a hot one too-"Possessed".