Det Jim McLeod
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Harper (1966) 8/10
Paul Newman plays the title role of a private eye searching for a rich woman's (Lauren Bacall) husband.
The story is not the big draw in this film, it is the incredible supporting cast. Bacall makes the most her small role as the wife who is not very upset about her husband's disappearance. Robert Wagner is a jet setter who seems giddy about helping out this private eye. Julie Harris is a junkie jazz singer. Shelley Winters is hilarious as a blowsy, drunken former starlet. Strother Martin shows up as weird guru, just one year before he roughs up Newman in "Cool Hand Luke". Janet Leigh is Newman's estranged wife.
The film also takes advantage of the new permissiveness in film in regard to language and violence. It came out the same year as "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?". Ironically Arthur Hill, who appears here as Newman's lawyer pal, played the part of George in the original Broadway play of "Virginia Woolf." Some of the violence is still pretty disturbing today.
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16 hours ago, Vautrin said:
Lugosi gets second billing,
but he has little to do as a gangster pal of Cannon's, except to provide a few unintentionally
humorous moments with his thick accent
Lugosi was originally supposed play the part of the doctor and Karloff was going to play the professor later played by Stanley Ridges. Karloff did not want to tackle the dual role so he was given the the doctor role, Lugosi was not suitable for the professor part so he was stuck with this minor role of a gangster. The publicity department thought up a scheme where Lugosi would be hypnotized for his death scene, supposedly making him feel like he is really suffocating. He screams and cries a bit in the scene but I'm pretty sure it was all a set up.
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Alfred Hitchcock telling Paul Newman how he wants him to play a scene in "Torn Curtain".
Newman telling Hitchcock how he will play the scene.
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George Brent was in The Spiral Staircase with Dorothy McGuire
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George Raft was in You And Me with Sylvia Sidney
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1 hour ago, TomJH said:
It almost sounded like a shtick for Oliver Hardy or Lou Costello.
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Marjorie Weaver was in Young Mr Lincoln with Henry Fonda
Henry Fonda was in Once Upon A Time In The West with Charles Bronson
Charles Bronson was in The Dirty Dozen with George Kennedy
George Kennedy was in Cool Hand Luke with Paul Newman
Next-Tura Satana
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On 5/8/2019 at 7:12 PM, Princess of Tap said:
Louis B Mayer or Irving G Thalberg?
Thalberg, so I could hear his Marx Brothers stories.
On that note-
Harpo or Chico Marx?
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Donald Meek was in Stagecoach with John Carradine
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10 hours ago, TopBilled said:
2. A HATFUL OF RAIN. I love-love-love Don Murray's performance in this one. And I think Lloyd Nolan is a great choice to play the father. The very different performance styles of these two actors is what makes it work-- Murray is a method actor and Nolan's from the old school seat-of-your-pants style acting. Theirs is a generation gap of epic proportions, and you throw in the drug addiction stuff, plus smart supporting performances from Franciosa and Saint, and voila-- it's really something to watch.
Totally agree on this, I wish this was shown more often. Another Method student Eva Marie Saint plays Murray's loyal and pregnant wife. Murray loved working with her, since she was always prepared and on time, in contrast to his "Bus Stop" co star Marilyn Monroe was constantly late and did not know her lines.
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On 5/18/2019 at 6:50 PM, Swithin said:
he great and venerable screenwriter Alvin Sargent has died, aged 92. He won Oscars for his screenplays for Ordinary People and Julia and was nominated for Paper Moon. His long career includes early television shows such as Ben Casey, Naked City, Route 66 and many other shows; as well as screenplays for The Sterile Cuckoo to Spider Man.
He also had an acting role in "From Here To Eternity", he played a soldier who speaks to Montgomery Clift about his time in the stockade. He also has a shocking death scene when the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
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Donald O'Connor was in There's No Business Like Show Business with Ethel Merman
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John Dall was in Rope with James Stewart
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The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
Next-Ship Of Fools (Oskar Werner double bill)
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King Of Hearts
Women In Love (Alan Bates double feature)
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Of Mice And Men
Next-Al Capp
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Jack Oakie was in The Great Dictator with Charlie Chaplin
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9) She appeared in the landmark 1972 TV movie "That Certain Summer"
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10 hours ago, jameselliot said:
It's not made clear if Tally survives the attack. The typical ending of the rescued girl clinging to the cop is absent. The ending of The Strangler is abrupt.
I have seen this many times and never noticed that about Tally (played by cute Davey Davidson). Oh well, it's very clear what happens to Leo Kroll.
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My favorite Doris Day song "Never Look Back",anyone else love this one?
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33 minutes ago, TopBilled said:
Anyway, it seems like TCM could be a bit more timely with these memorial tributes.
Thoughts..?
I agree. It may sound ghoulish, but when big stars get into their 90s maybe they should have one ready for when the time comes?
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My Top Five
Love Me Or Leave Me-Doris as Ruth Etting, torch singer who is controlled by gangster Marty Snyder (James Cagney). She matches Cagney scene for scene and takes a slap without flinching. This has many great songs for her. My favorite is the underrated "Never Look Back" one of the most poignant songs about a broken heart that I ever heard.
The Man Who Knew Too Much-She is a great Hitchcock blonde as an entertainer who son is kidnapped. Doris shows how great she is at performing with children, she saves her son with her singing voice. She said in her autobiography that Hitchcock never spoke to her during filming, she finally got a meeting with him to ask why. He merely said "You have not done anything that has displeased me". And that's high praise from him!
Pillow Talk- her first with her best leading man Rock Hudson. She shows her great comic timing matching wits with womanizer Hudson. Their phone conversations are sharp and funny. She has a fun musical moment singing the song "Roly Poly".
Lover Come Back-Just when I thought "Pillow Talk" was her best comedy, here comes one even better. She plays an advertising employee who once again is at odds with wolf in sheep's clothing Rock Hudson. He is an adman who pretends to someone else to steal her clients from her. The plot involves a candy made from pure alcohol and they both end up black out drunk. One of her funniest moments is waking up wearing a pajama top married to her hated rival!
Send Me No Flowers- the last and least of the Day-Hudson pairings. However this one has the best title song, written by Bacharach/David she sings it over the credits. Her funniest scene is waking Hudson up with a resounding, perfectly timed slap.
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Polly Moran was in Alice In Wonderland (1933) with Alison Skipworth
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Mark Stevens was in The Dark Corner with Lucille Ball
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Robert Cummings was in Dial M For Murder with Ray Milland