Det Jim McLeod
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8. He played Dr Kildare in a series of films in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Sunbeam Serenade sung by Patsy O'Connor in the Abbott and Costello film "It Ain't Hay"
Next-your favorite song from "Oliver!" (1968)
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The Omen
Next-transients
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Donald MacBride was in Room Service with Frank Albertson
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Spencer Tracy was in Broken Lance with Richard Widmark
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A Song To Remember
Next-The Big Combo (Cornel Wilde double feature)
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The House Of The Seven Gables
Next-Muriel Spark
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16 hours ago, LawrenceA said:
Tonight on Svengoolie:
One of my top ten horror films and favorite Vincent Price movie.
I saw parts of it last night and the print looked pristine from what I saw. The color was beautiful and the images clear as a bell.
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7 hours ago, Sgt_Markoff said:
Maybe people just suck in general. I won't even bother with fine distinctions.
Is the concept so alien in this strange snowflake era? But what is love except approval of just one person and ...to hell with everyone else? I'm down with that. Why do I have to care about a 300 million individual strangers? Who are they, to me?
Somebody's been hitting the bottle again.
Sticking to movies, what do you think of actresses in the classic years like wisecracking Glenda Farrell or Eve Arden?
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Wait Until Dark
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John Forsythe was in In Cold Blood with Robert Blake
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7 hours ago, Sepiatone said:
many TV "experts" claimed a similarity of THE HONEYMOONERS and (???) ALL IN THE FAMILY!!
Two working class New York loudmouths
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Champagne For Caesar
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A View To A Kill
Vamp (1986) Grace Jones double bill
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Purple Noon
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1 minute ago, NipkowDisc said:
no Hard Times?
Never saw it
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I would like to see "The Rack" again, it's been many years but it was memorable. One of Paul Newman's earliest and most underrated films. Lee Marvin has a great role as a soldier who had been horrifically tortured by the enemy.
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53 minutes ago, Sgt_Markoff said:
Carradine .
John, David, Keith or Robert?
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The Goose And The Gander
Next-Matt Dillon
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The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea
Next-Term Of Trial (2 with Sarah Miles)
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Bette Davis was in Jezebel with Henry Fonda
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6 minutes ago, TopBilled said:
THE MECHANIC (1971) is at the top of my list. Great movie with great performances from Charles Bronson and Jan-Michael Vincent.
Thanks, it's been awhile since I saw that one, but it has very memorable ending.
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He was a granite faced tough guy who could give great performances when given the chance. He rarely gave interviews and there has some things written about him being cold and distant at times. Billy Crystal said he was angry and foul mouthed when he was offered the Jack Palance role in "City Slickers" and flatly turned it down. I saw a Dick Cavett interview on youtube he did in 1972 and he seems calm and personable. Although he does mention getting angry with the director of "Someone Behind The Door" in which Bronson grabbed and throttled the man. Richard Attenborough was also on that Cavett show and the two "Great Escape" co stars greet each warmly, which was nice to see.
Anyway here are my 5 favorites, in chronological order, what are yours?
1. The Magnificent Seven (1960)He stands out in a great cast as an Irish/Mexican gunman protecting a village from bandits. He also becomes a hero to the children there, he was very touching in his scenes with them.
2. The Great Escape (1963) He plays a Polish POW in a Nazi camp, he is called The Tunnel King since he is adept at digging tunnels for the escape, unfortunately he also suffers from claustrophobia. One of the few times he used an accent and he is pretty good at that as well.
3. The Dirty Dozen (1967) Once again he is part of a macho group of tough guys and once again he does stand out. This film about US soldiers convicted of crimes on suicide mission against the Nazi is much different than the two films above. Those had a mostly likable group of heroic types. Here we get killers, rapists and thieves. The reason Bronson stands out is because he is one of the few sympathetic members, as he killed in self defense, much different from scheming wiseguy John Cassavettes and sadistic woman hater Telly Savalas.
4. Once Upon A Time In The West (1968) He is a mysterious stranger who comes into town looking for cold hearted hired killer Henry Fonda. Bronson has a great ghostly presence in this one, his first and last appearance in the film are haunting.
5. Death Wish (1974) He plays a liberal New York architect who becomes a gun toting vigilante when his family becomes a victim of violence. This is a tough gritty revenge film which later has some moments of dark humor. Bronson is excellent as he first is disgusted by his use of violence but later comes to like it. Most of his films after this one were junk, including all the sequels to this one, but I feel these five assure him a place as a Hollywood legend.
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3 minutes ago, Hibi said:
Were they at some event? I seem to remember seeing that picture before, but had forgotten about it.
According to the book Robert Wise And His Films by Sergio Leemann, it was a lunch honoring Bunuel at George Cukor's house.
Maybe people just suck in general. I won't even bother with fine distinctions.
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Jonathan Winters was in The Loved One with Rod Steiger