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Det Jim McLeod

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  1. Mister Scoutmaster (1953) Woman's World (1956) 2 more with Clifton Webb
  2. I own the novel and the film follows it pretty closely, the Preacher is hauled off by the police and Rachel spends Christmas with all the children. We get to hear more of the thoughts of the character of Ruby, the teen girl character who is attracted to Preacher. I found the novel to be a difficult read, Grubb for some reason does not use quotation marks when characters speak, which is confusing to me at times.
  3. When A Stranger Calls (1979) Showtime channel 7/10 A child killing maniac terrorizes a babysitter with phone calls, he later escapes from a mental institution. I just re-watched this after many years, it is still effective. The first part with Carol Kane (she had received an Oscar nomination 4 years before with Hester Street) as the babysitter has become a classic in horror films. The middle part has often been criticized but I think it is still quite good as we get to know the killer a bit more and see the pursuit of him. And then the finale is a real nail biter. Film buffs will also like the cast- Charles Durning is an ex cop turned private eye who is hired to track down the killer. Rachel Roberts has a small part as a psychiatrist. Colleen Dewhurst is a middle aged barfly. Ron (Superfly) O'Neal plays Durning's former partner on the police force. A special mention for Tony Beckley as the maniac, he is both terrifying and somehow pathetic. Sadly, this was his last role, he was terminally ill with cancer at the time and died a few months after the release.
  4. Roger Maris-I had great empathy for him with all the guff he took for breaking Babe Ruth's home run record Next-favorite professional athlete who became an actor
  5. I was thinking of her, she has the lightest eyes I have ever seen in my life. Almost like an android's.
  6. That one is not a good example. It's true that the 1962 version was able to use lesbianism whereas the original was not allowed to. But that does not mean it was better. The pivotal role of Mary Tilford, the evil school girl was excellently played by Bonita Granville in the original. The role in the remake was played by the untalented Karen Balkin, who sunk the film.
  7. 7) The original shooting script had Dr Frankenstein dying in the end, James Whale opted instead to film a happy ending where the doctor survives.
  8. Coca Cola next- favorite breakfast
  9. I own the DVD as well, 7/10. I have to put on the subtitles since Harry Earles is very hard to understand with his high pitched German accent. The documentary is even more fascinating, the arm less girl Frances O'Connor was pretty enough to be a Hollywood starlet if she had arms.
  10. Barbra Streisand, most people notice her nose first, but I thought she had beautiful eyes
  11. Best- The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre Worst- The Two Mrs Carrolls Next- Ryan O'Neal
  12. 8. She played the head of an adoption agency opposite Cary Grant and Irene Dunne in the drama Penny Serenade.
  13. 5) Boris Karloff objected to the Monster learning to talk, thinking the character had more impact if he was inarticulate.
  14. I agree. I will always prefer hearing "Swan Lake" at the beginning, I am not a ballet fan so I always think of Dracula if I ever hear it.
  15. Best- Darling (1965) Worst- I'm With Lucy (2002) Next-Abbott And Costello
  16. I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) Next-Breach (2007) 2 more with Ryan Phillippe
  17. Stagecoach (1939) Next-favorite Mike Nichols movie
  18. 3) 17 minutes of cuts were made from the release print.
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