johnm001
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Besides finding *Grease* a horribly made film, of a mediocre show, the idea that the audience comes dressed as their favorite characters and sings along, is grotesque to me. I suppose that's why I've always hated *The Rocky Horror Picture Show*, even though I played the role of Brad in a 1974 tour of the show.
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While I can appreciate that Miss Horne possessed talent and beauty, I never found her vocals to be anything other than pedestrian. I prefer Ethel Waters "Stormy Weather", for example. Of course, I realize that is certainly a matter of taste. And while she experienced great success, I think she tended to hold herself back, in the television years, by bringing an unpleasant tone to all her performances. She always seemed angry, to me. I think it was difficult for a lot of people to warm to her.
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Would you like to give specifics of the "technical advances" which would improve upon existing musicals? The most recent musicals utilize the annoyingly excessive quick cuts, for their musical numbers. Films now look like MTV videos, where someone with zero ability to dance, can be made to look like they are doing something. Not such an advancement to my way of thinking. Not to say that I don't feel some musicals should be remade, but not for the reasons you state.
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With the exception of Vertigo, The Paradine Case, Under Capricorn and Jamaica Inn, I like every single Hitchcock film. Naturally, some more than others, but other than those three (which I don't like, at all), I am such a fan of his films. Next to Robert Wise, he is my favorite director. My top ten favorite films of his are:
The Birds
North by Northwest
Spellbound
Psycho
Dial M for Murder
Strangers on a Train
The Lady Vanishes
Saboteur
Stage Fright
The Trouble With Harry
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Both my parents were tremendous film fans, and introduced us kids to so many wonderful movies. My mother, even more than my father. I suppose her absolute favorite film was *Gone With the Wind*, but she was just as happy to introduce us to *Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman* . And it was she who called our local UHF station and begged them to show *The Creeping Terror*. They did, too!
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I'm pretty sure he didn't. I know Bobby Morse, so I could ask him, but it seems like I would know if he did it. When I eventually got back to seeing it again on Broadway, Tony Roberts was doing Chuck Baxter. The show was such a big hit, it's surprising a film was never made. But then, it was a hit at a time when Hollywood musicals were in decline, so I suppose it isn't such a surprise.
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I loved *Promises, Promises*, but as much as I loved it, Jerry Orbach was really wrong for that role. Even he thought it, saying, "The role should have gone to Bobby Morse", and I agree. Still, Orbach was so talented, and the show was so much fun.
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Wow. That's what's called a non-answer, there!
I can't tell you how long it's been since I last posted here, but I can certainly tell you why. Apparently, nothing's changed. Sad. Excellent post, Miss G!
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> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}
> A LOT of people (including Cyd Charisse) expressed dissatisfaction about BRIGADOON being shot on a soundstage.
I've often expressed dissatisfaction with Cyd Charisse in Brigadoon. Gene Kelly and the soundstage too, for that matter. I love the show, but MGM took a great singer's show and turned it into a mediocre dancer's film.
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Always been a big George Segal fan. *No Way to Treat a Lady*, *Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?* and *Rollercoaster* are all favorites of mine. He's good in everything.
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> {quote:title=fredbaetz wrote:}{quote}
> Welcome to the Boards. Well you started at the top with Actors, Here's a few of mine:
> John Wayne
> Errol Flynn
> Gary Cooper
> James Stewart
> Edward G. Robinson
> A few Actresses to round out the thread:
> Barbara Stanwyck
> Bette Davis
> Jean Arthur
> Ginger Rogers
> Ava Gardner
> Just a few of my favorites.......
Is that 4 in your neck of the woods?
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So many. It would almost be easier to list my least favorites.
My 10 favorites, for a variety of reasons and in no particular order, other than the first -
Anne Bancroft
Rosalind Russell
Grace Kelly
Elizabeth Montgomery
Hayley Mills
Olivia de Havilland
Patty Duke
Julie Andrews
Barbara Stanwyck
Joan Crawford
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Say what you will about colorized movies, but it was Ted Turner's desire to make his film library more appealing to the masses, that had the biggest impact on film preservation and restoration, that we take for granted, today. He discovered that he had to, at least, clean-up the film before he could colorize it, thus restoring the original black and white print. As long as they don't take away the original presentation, I don't care what they do. I do question the mental capacity of people who cannot watch a film in black and white, though. Some of the most beautiful films ever made are in black and white!
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The problem with making films for yourself, is that it is quite a risk whether or not your tastes are shared by the masses. Not sure who they thought would get the appeal of *Yolanda and the Thief*. Not sure what the appeal is? I'm a casual fan of musical films, and I hate it. Always have. I did give it a bit of a go, again, but couldn't get very far into it. Just unwatchable, to me.
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> {quote:title=Baker wrote:}{quote}
> Well, some favorites of mine....
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> Unforgiven
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The one I know was 1992. Is there another?
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> I also feel bad for any who can't laugh at Abbott and Costello, particularly doing "Who's on First". It may not be as subtle as Moe hitting Curley in the head with a pick-ax, but it's certainly one of the funniest comedy routines ever.
No need to feel bad for me. It's okay if I don't find it the least bit funny. What makes it so unfunny to me, is that it makes no sense. It's not a routine based on what can even remotely be considered reality. Nobody has those names. So, for me, it's just stupid. Comedy based on reality is funny, to me.
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I never understand the use of the words "best" or "greatest". I assume you mean favorite. Off the top of my head, here's my top 10 favorites in no particular order.
Femme Fatale
Ratatouille
Best in Show
Jeepers Creepers
Zodiac
The Village
National Treasure
Up
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Spider-Man
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I completely agree with you about Chaplin and *The Kid*.
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I tend to not get certain films more than the actors, themselves. However, there are a few:
ROBIN WILLIAMS (in caps because, not only do I not get him, he makes my skin crawl)
Woody Allen
Jim Carrey
Katharine Hepburn
Norma Shearer
Gene Kelly
Barbara Streisand
Joan Fontaine
Robert Taylor
Carmen Miranda
Tom Cruise
Jean Arthur
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And check out the balcony seating, which started at the floor. And kids today think stadium seating in a movie theater is something new! By the way, that theater opened in 1890! I wish I could find interior photos from all those neighborhood theaters I went to as a kid. They were all different, yet beautiful.
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One of 6 homes away from home, when I was growing up. The Kent Theater, where I saw *House on Haunted Hill* (and many, many other films). We had 6 theaters we could walk to in our neighborhood. We took these palaces for granted. This was just a neighborhood house, not the first-run houses, which were even more palatial. So sad that they are pretty much all gone.
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I'm with your mom. I never saved a single one. If I have any, it's a fluke. I never saw the value in keeping "stuff". Now, of course, I wish I had kept some of it. Even shows I was in, I have almost nothing of them!
I don't know of a site, but I would thin that if you typed-in a particular show's title, you could find one.
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> When I graduated from the eighth grade, my aunt & uncle took me to see my very first Broadway play. It was "WAIT UNTIL DARK" starring Lee Remick. They took me to a fancy restaurant afterward. I felt entirely grown up at fourteen. I have been a big fan ever since. When I wrote and appeared in my film ("The Right Girl") I have two of my characters speak about being a big fan of hers and put in a clip from that film she did with Montgomery Clift ("Wild River" I believe is the name).
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I loved that production of *Wait Until Dark*. I loved her in it. I can still see that beautiful photo of her at the Ethel Barrymore Theater and on the Playbill for the show.
The World of Alfred Hitchcock
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It's such a fun picture. I was shocked the other day when I wasn't so quick on the Tivo trigger, and happened to catch some auto commercial using Bernard Herrmann's music from *The Trouble With Harry*! His music and the New England locations are certainly part of the film's appeal. Also, John Forsythe and the entire cast is a joy!