Det Jim McLeod
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Brideshead Revisited
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I am enjoying seeing TCM fans coming on and dedicating a film. I saw the former NYC cop with "King Kong" last night and enjoyed both the dedication and seeing the film again. I saw the fan dedication of "Bullitt" by a woman for her car loving father.
If I were going to pick one and a dedication, it would be...
Paths Of Glory (1957)
I would dedicate it to my late father. He and I did not always agree on movie taste since he liked mostly war movies and I did not see too many of them. However he got into this one, he never said a lot but did remark "Hey, good picture!" This film is my favorite of all war films, Kirk Douglas is great as a combat officer who is given an impossible mission by his superiors. Three soldiers are accused of cowardice and put on trial, they are played by Ralph Meeker, Joseph Turkel and Timothy Carey. Stanley Kubrick's direction is brilliant, the trench scenes are the most realistic battle sequences I have ever seen in a film. Adolph Menjou and George Macready are excellent as the cold hearted generals. Douglas and Menjou have a explosive scene near the end. The final scene is a touching moment as a captured German girl sings a plaintive song to a crowd of initially hostile group of soldiers who are driven to tears by her fear and innocence.
What would yours be?
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She was great on the MTM show. And part of what maybe the greatest ensemble cast ever on a sitcom. One of her best episodes was "Almost A Nun's Story". Georgette catches her obnoxious boyfriend Ted with another woman. She breaks up with him and decides to enter a convent. She has many very funny moments and a great scene where Ted comes crawling back.
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Hour Of The Gun
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3:10 To Yuma
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8 hours ago, NickAndNora34 said:
A PATCH OF BLUE (1965) *Score: 6/10*
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Elizabeth Hartman, Shelley Winters.
I've seen this film before, and I'm actually quite fond of it. Hartman always impresses me as the young & abused blind girl, Selina, who befriends an African American man (Poitier). I also really enjoy the score by Jerry Goldsmith. I've been getting more and more interested in film soundtracks/scores lately, so I've been noticing the music a lot more than I used to. I'm not going to say too much about this, other than the fact that I always enjoy re-watching this one.
One of my favorites. One of Poitier's best performances, Hartman was a revelation and Shelley Winters won a deserved Oscar as the worst mother in movie history. Goldsmith's gentle piano score was very touching.
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Sean Penn, when he got together with El Chapo. He's still a great actor though
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Katherine Alexander was in In Name Only with Helen Vinson
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Jack Haley was in Pigskin Parade with Stuart Erwin
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The Boys In The Band
Next-Fiddler On The Roof (Leonard Frey double bill)
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Sarah Jessica Parker, only because I was a fan of her first TV show "Square Pegs"
Next- Kirk Douglas or Burt Lancaster?
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22 hours ago, Sgt_Markoff said:
I'm a friendly 'Doctor Jekyll' Monday through Thursday, but Friday to Sunday 'Mister Hyde' comes out. I'm surprised I've lasted on the site this long. I'm surprised I get home on Friday and Saturday nights at all without winding up in Brooklyn tombs or Lenox Hill Hospital. Job stress...
We can see that, lay off the potions on Friday and Saturday nights
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37 minutes ago, Sgt_Markoff said:
Just sayin...
But can you answer this-
What Is The Meaning Of Life?
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The Premiere Of The Tomb Of Ligea (1964)
Carol Borland (recreating her role from "Mark Of The Vampire"), Vincent Price, Maila (Vampira) Nurmi out of costume, unknown and Elsa Lanchester
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Young Mr Lincoln
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The Magnificent Seven
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McHale's Navy (1964 movie version)
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Russ Tamblyn was in High School Confidential with Jackie Coogan
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Mary Howard was in Love Finds Andy Hardy with Ann Rutherford
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Pufnstuf (1970) 6/10
I was a big fan of the TV show and this was a good movie version. Jack Wild gets to sing some songs and Billie Hayes as Witchiepoo is even wackier than before, she even talks directly to the audience at the beginning and end of the film.
Martha Raye shows up as the Boss Witch of a witches convention. My favorite song was "Different" sung by Mama Cass Elliot as Witch Hazel. It was very catchy and has the same message as her 1969 hit "Make Your Own Kind Of Music".
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Charley Grapewin was in The Good Earth with Keye Luke
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The Killing
Abbott And Costello Meet The Mummy (2 more with Marie Windsor)
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Joseph Schildkraut was in The Life Of Emile Zola with Paul Muni
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14 hours ago, Defenestrator said:
And such a diverse career even beyond his more heralded film roles, including a small part in Jerry Lewis's original "Nutty Professor," as well as one of the original "Twilight Zone" episodes, two of "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea," plus as the above article mentions playing one of Colonel Gumm's henchmen opposite the Caped Crusaders and the Green Hornet and Kato in that two-parter where Van Williams and Bruce Lee guest-starred on "Batman."
He played Sam Catchem opposite Warren Beatty as "Dick Tracy" (1990)
Two years before, he was in the Dennis Hopper directed cop film "Colors". Surprisingly he had no more than a bit part in it, if you blink you might miss him.
Name a Celebrity - Name a Movie
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Fredric March was in The Best Years Of Their Lives with Teresa Wright