johnm001
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> {quote:title=PrinceSaliano wrote:}{quote}
> Hans J. Salter
Are you joking, or is *The Wolf Man* your favorite film score? Not that there's anything wrong with it.
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I have listened to it. I like it.
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And, of course, anything that Robert Evans had his hand in, had its foundation in drugs!
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I'm pretty sure they were all on coke, in all of those films!
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Thanks. No. She was just the mom of 5 kids. But, she was extremely talented. She was a wonderful singer and dancer, and kept her incredible figure, until the day she died. Both she and my dad were very musical, and all of us kids sang, as well. I was the only one who actually made a living from it. However, I was by no means the most talented.
When Arlene Dahl met her (I played her son in a production of The King and I), she said "Keep her away from Fernando!"
Message was edited by: johnm_001 to add the Arlene Dahl quote.
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Best. Thread. Ever.
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My favorite brunette, is my mother, who was as beautiful and talented as any of those in Hollywood!
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> {quote:title=hamradio wrote:}{quote}
> My top 6 are
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> 1. John Williams
> 2. Leonard Rosenman
> 3. Bernard Hermann
> 4. Henry Mancini
> 5. Jerry Goldsmith
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> and in Memoriam Lalo Schifrin (1932-2009)
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Why are they your favorites? Which of their scores do you like best?
Jerry Goldsmith is my favorite film composer. I find his work to be the most perfectly integrated into the films; and, for me, more than any other composer, his scores consistently elevate the films they accompany. Some of my favorite Goldsmith scores are: *A Patch of Blue, The Omen, The Trouble With Angels, Patton, The Mummy, Chinatown, Tora! Tora! Tora!, Poltergeist* and *The Sand Pebbles*. Of course, his wonderful television scores and themes, including *Room 222, Barnaby Jones, The Waltons*. I have never heard a Goldsmith score that I didn't like.
I also love Bernard Herrmann, Henry Mancini and Pino Donaggio. I like scores by Erich Korngold (listen to John William's main titles to *Superman* and *Star Wars* to hear how he was influenced by Korngold's *King's Row* main title), Max Steiner, Alfred Newman, Nino Rota, Miklos Rozsa, Jerome Moross (his score to *The Cardinal* is the most diverse score ever written), and many more!
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> Elmer Bernstein. I remember watching the Academy Awards the year after he passed away. During the yearly memorial video, it was Elmer Bernstein, to my very pleasant surprise, who got the loudest cheers. National Geographic put up a memorial to him on their website, for it was EB who wrote their famous brass fanfare. Even Sports Illustrated magazine had a memorial to EB; he apparently wrote a lot of music for sports films. Everyone loved EB.
His scores to *Hawaii* and *The World of Henry Orient*, are two of my favorites. *Hawaii* can easily be argued to be the finest film score ever written. I saw his one and only Broadway musical, *How Now Dow Jones,* which was a lot of fun.
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I'm glad that TCM is highlighting Bernard Herrmann, and would hope that they will continue highlight other film composers, as well. Film scores are my favorite music, and have been since 1959, when I saw the road show production of *Ben-Hur*. It's not that I hadn't noticed film music prior to that, but hearing its glorious score coming out of those stereophonic speakers, just blew me away. It was the first soundtrack album that I purchased with my own money. Over the years, I've fallen in love with and have purchased many film scores, Bernard Herrmann's scores, among them. What (who) are your favorites, and why?
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Of course, this film has already been remade, in a superior 1980s made-for-television film, which you can watch in its entirety, on my Youtube site.
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I experienced the road show era, as well. The very first one I saw was *Ben-Hur*. The last road show that I saw was *Man of La Mancha*. In between, there was a whole host of road show films, from the little-seen *Thrillarama Adventure*, to the most popular road show in history, *The Sound of Music*. I'm not aware of a single one that I missed. The screens were incredibly wide, the sound 6-track stereophonic, and the seats, reserved! It was a great movie-going era.
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Diane Baker got that gig with Hitchcock, after he basically defaulted on his deal with Suzanne Pleshette.
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Well, you skip the Elvis of the 60s, which is the one I prefer. For me, it's Bing, all the way. Regardless of the era.
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The soundtrack album, still holds the record for most weeks at Number 1. It held the number 1 spot for 54 weeks! THRILLER comes in a distant second, at 37 weeks.
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This thread is proof-positive that my tastes run counter to pretty much everyone else, here. I completely ADORE *High Society*, and prefer it, in every way, to *The Philadelphia Story*. It is my favorite Cole Porter score, and one of only about three or four MGM musicals that I truly love as a whole, rather than just liking a number or two. One of my favorite casts in motion pictures, ever!
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Well, Bing was far and away, the biggest movie star of all 3 of them. He was bigger than the other two, combined. I like all of them. But my preference, on film, would be Bing, Elvis and Sinatra, in that order.
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Speaking of rediscovery, I think it's high time people rediscovered Hayley Mills. Not *Pollyanna* and *The Parent Trap*, but *The Truth About Spring, Tiger Bay, The Chalk Garden, Whistle Down the Wind*, and others. An entire 24 hours could and should be dedicated to her. Lots of gems in her cinema crown!
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Of course TCM didn't schedule this made-for-television film, but it is no less a "classic", in my opinion; and, a hell of a lot of fun!
http://glennrivera.multiply.com/video/item/365/70s_TV_Camp_Women_in_Chains_1972_Part_1
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Am I the only person who actually saw *Hombre* in a theater, when it was released?! I liked it, but haven't seen it since, so I would support it being shown, that's for sure!
My choices for films to be discovered, rediscovered, or appreciated more, include:
*Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima* - based on the reported accounts of 3 children who claim to see the Blessed Mother, over several months, is both a fascinating story and a well-done film. Gilbert Roland is a highlight, but it's the three children who excel and keep the film afloat. In the miracle film genre, it has always played second fiddle to *Song of Bernadette*, but I think it's a better film.
*The Tamarind Seed* - Blake Edward's adaptation of Evelyn Anthony's story of love and espionage, makes all my lists, because it is so unknown, and deserves to be better known. I love its cast, its locales, its score and how it all unfolds at such an unhurried pace.
*The Captive City* - John Forsythe gives a beautifully natural performance in this Robert Wise noir, which obviously served as a template for Don Siegel's *Invasion of the Body Snatchers*.
Speaking of Don Siegel, my next choice would be his criminally under appreciated and unknown, *The Lineup*. Cast, especially Eli Wallach and locations are superb!
*The Keys of the Kingdom* may seem like a strange choice to movie-loves who probably know it well, but it seems to me that it is rarely seen and little known, today. Gregory Peck received his first Academy Award nomination (for his second film), and rightfully so. The entire film is a joy to behold. Everyone should see it!
I'm sure with little effort I could come up with 5 more!
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People on television are more well-known than people in films. Even Borgnine admits this. In fact, he tells the story of agreeing to do *McHale's Navy,* because a kid who came to his home, selling something, had no idea who he was, yet could name every male television star of the day. Oscar or no, he'll always be known as McHale.
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I find it odd, and actually funny, that I now mostly exist at this site, via the PM function. We've gone underground!
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> {quote:title=audreyforever wrote:}{quote}
> Has anyone noticed that practically every movie she is in she plays an evil person?
No.
Of course, she is evil in some roles, but she is more tough and no nonsense than evil, in most of her roles.
Which films are you thinking of, where you find her evil?
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I ADORE Barbara Stanwyck. She is my favorite of all the classic films stars, male or female. I've never seen a Barbara Stanwyck film that I didn't like; and, I've seen most of her films. She was a regular broad and a class act, right till the end.
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Tap dancing, in my opinion, is the hardest dancing to do (I once watched the great Mikhail Baryshnikov attempt to do it, with less than satisfactory results). It's also the absolute best work out. Donald Saddler (Tony Award-winning choreographer), who worked with many great choreographers and dancers, helped me perfect my technique, when I worked with him on *No No Nanette*. Even in my advanced age, I still do some tapping, every single day. Of course, Don's age is far more advanced and he's still dancing. Anyone who is looking to lose a few pounds, should take up tap dancing!