arslongavitabrev
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oh, man, i was tired last night. of course i meant Cocteau's La Belle et la Bete.
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we used to have IFC but lost it, i did catch a lot of foreign films there. all we have is sundance, and they do show some classic french films occasionally, although usually they are newer ones. even PBS will feature a subtitled film from time to time. and last week on an obscure channel i caught The Marriage of Maria Braun - much more powerful to me 20 years later, older & wiser.
i'd like to see TCM present Jean Cocteau's La Bete Humaine, or Orphee. or some of Jules Dassin's films.
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i'd forgotten Tony Curtis's other films; he was good in Houdini and Sweet Smell of Success as that agent, and Operation Petticoat was good fun. re:Spartacus, it was a hoot last year when they showed the "lost" sceme in the bath with the badly re-recorded dialogue.
i agree with Cliff Robertson; the fact that he was married to VAST wealth probably explains his career.
another actor i really think is way-overrated is Robert Redford.
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> Does anyone or you remember George Saunders in 'THE
> E SCOUNDRAL'? And he was in that film about kids with
> evil powers...its name escapes me
> Leo
was it Children of the Corn? the one where their eyes were all whited-out?
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that was one fine film that i'd never seen. Kay Francis was some piece of work as the wife. i enjoyed it totally, especially Carole Lombard in a serious role.
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i'm new here, so forgive me if this has been covered before. once in a blue moon TCM will show a remarkable classic foreign film -- a couple of months ago there was one in italian in the middle of the night, and they did that eye-opening Baliwood month. i, for one, dearly wish they would do this more often -- am i the only one? is there some reason they don't?
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lol, prof, frankly i'm more saddened and bewildered by my own inability to appreciate what the other 99% of today's movie fans seem to enjoy so much. frankly i can barely tolerate any of it.
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> Arslong you have to remember that many people most
> likely haven't seen as many of these actors movies.
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> Such as Chaplin. Before March I hadn't seen any
> CHaplin movies at all, and I've been loving this
> month having a chance to see so many of them.
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> I do agree that some lesser known actors would be
> great to spotlight though.
oh, heck, i'm sorry if you misunderstood me. obviously TCM is trying to draw in a younger audience; else, why Ben Mankewiez? i'm all in favor of broadening the viewership. i've been trying to get my 18 & 20-y-o kids to watch some of the films with me, and sometimes they do. heck, i didn't become deeply interested in what TCM and AMC had to offer until i was in my 40's; until then my main interest was foreign films.
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in more recent films, 9-1/2 Weeks with Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger.
older films, one i think is smoking is Jane Russell's first film, she plays Rio, a young half-breed; she and two guys are living together in that little adobe hut and you know she's getting it on with both of them, they may even all be having a menage a trois...
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and what about Eve Arden? in so many of her roles she was the queen of the sardonic riposte.
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> arslong just for your information the Claudette
> Colbert movie with Jennifer Jones and Shirley Temple
> is titled "Since You Went Away".
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> Mongo
silly me, of course, tx for correcting me. i suffer from CRS
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just thought of two more: Claudette Colbert and Barbara Stanwyck.
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> I think that These Three is playing this week.
> Tuesday morning. Great movie.
oh, goodie! i'm glad you flagged that for me. thanks all for answering -- and you reminded me that Miriam Hopkins returned to play the aunt in the second version.
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moira, i couldn't agree more. the Katherine Hepburn month had me tuning to other channels because there are only so many times each year i want to watch Woman of the Year or Desk Set. otoh, i absolutely LOVED Christopher Strong, which i had never seen.
this Judy Garland month is going to be a real ordeal for me; wednesdays i'll be elsewhere. she's okay, but i'm not a big fan of stuff like Easter Parade. and if the Chaplin/Claire Bloom bit had me grinding my teeth by March 10th, i can only imagine what i'll be dealing with next month.
Mary Astor is a wonderful suggestion, as are Marjorie Main and others you cited. at least, the John Garfield month was a winner in that respect.
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> People meet, fall in love, and marry within a few
> days***
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> I've often wondered about this too. Usually they fall
> in love within MINUTES not days.
you're right, of course. what i meant to say was, people meet, fall instantaneously in love, and get married within 24-48 hours
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i don't agree with most of the replies so far, especially Gene Kelly! but i'm in agreement on Audrey Hepburn. I'm thinking about Wait Until Dark and what a one-dimensional performance she gave in that. OTOH, i simply enjoy looking at her.
lol, i dunno why, but i'm thinking of Tony Curtis. someone remind me what he did worth a hoot aside from Some Like it Hot, although he was marvelous in that.
what irks me more is when i see actors whom i know to have talent just walking through a movie (or movie after movie) to collect a paycheck -- Elizabeth Taylor springs immediately to mind.
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i'm watching, and i'm REALLY WATCHING. unlike a lot of the films on TCM where i can be doing something else at the same time (like with Lady From Shanghai right now), when the silents are on they have my full and complete attention. what a revelation this month of Chaplin films has been! i had seen many of these silents years ago as a poor student at the Cinematheque in Paris, where we could watch films all day for one franc. since then, silents have been few and far between for me, and i am now totally and completely in thrall to them. i love them all. Mare Nostrum was terrific -- anyone else catch that one?
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my favorites would have to be Wm Powell and Jimmy Stewart. Most realistic portrayals go to Susan Hayward, both Lemmon and Remick, Paul Newman (also in The Verdict), Ray Milland, Lee Marvin. Also, Dean Martin in that oater with John Wayne where he's trying so hard not to drink.
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Garbo, all the way. when she is onscreen i can't take my eyes off her. i was watching that film the other morning with Melvyn Douglas and she was just breathtakingly beautiful. i respond more to her vulnerability than to Dietrich's imperiousness.
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this is a great topic! i agree with both prior posts. there aren't a whole lot to choose from, are there? in too many older films there is minimal parent-child interaction, or else it is totally unnatural, based on my own 21 years of parenting. i was watching Mrs. Miniver again last night and admired Greer Garson's easy relationship with her kids, especially Tobey, but also older Vin.
i know, another would be "While You Were Gone," with Claudette Colbert so ably mothering Jennifer Jones and Shirley Temple. or how about Ernest Borgnine's mother in Marty?
actually, my real favorite movie mother would have to be Mrs. Bennett in Pride and Prejudice
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i would have a fling with Cary Grant (what woman wouldn't?); he's so handsome and he'd be endlessly entertaining. but he sems vain and self-centered. for the long haul, i'd choose Stewart; you can tell he's the real deal. he can be light and silly one minute and totally serious the next. Coop is just too morose.
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when i first got cable in 94 i had a very solid relationship with AMC for about 5 years until 99 when TCM began to make inroads into my awareness. i spent time with both of them until that shocking day of betrayal when, with no warning, AMC's format changed. i fled immediately to TCM and have never looked back.
i'm grudgingly accepting the changes TCM is introducing, like surfer movies (sigh). as long as that is balanced out by Chaplin, i can't really complain.
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help me out, i'm new here. what is wrong about Pollack commenting on the social context of the film?
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interesting and saddening about George Sanders suicide; it almost sounds like something one of his characters would say. i have a real thing for him; i could listen to his voice all day long.
Underrated? the list is tooo long. Some not yet mentioned who spring to mind are:
Eve Arden
Helen Broderick
Edna Mae Oliver
Kay Francis
Betty Hutton
Miriam Hopkins
Susan Hayworth
Edward Everett Horton
Robert Montgomery
Spring Byington
S.Z. Sakal
i'll think of more later
past embarrassing crushes on stars
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i see i'm in good company--my crush was on Richard Chamberlain, from Dr. Kildare in grade school through Thornbirds and Shogun -- tho' by then the gaydar was raising serious questions. i saw him interviewed last year after he and his autobiography both came out; his story was quite affecting.
i think i was most demoralized to learn about Cary Grant.
(please, don't ruin my current thing for Robert Mitchum...)