johnm001
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Anytime I can see lots of Gloria Graham, Glenn Ford and Dirk Bogarde, it's a good month. The first viewing of Bogarde's *The Blue Lamp*, too!
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> I disagree with this poster's taste. However, I would be happy to see "31 Days of Oscar" jettisoned.
You and me, both! Although, I've gotten used to having more free time during that period. I watch so little of TCM during *31 Days of Oscar*. Obviously, it's popular. They keep doing it.
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> Frank, please PM me the manual: "How To Be A Good TCM Message Board Poster, Without Really Trying." I seemed to have misplaced mine in Barranca. I hate when that happens. Just call me Butterfingers.
Oh please! It couldn't be easier. Just generate an average of 50 meaningless posts a day. That's it! Simple, no? Oh, and I almost forgot the MOST IMPORTANT thing. End most of your posts with annoying emoticons. Winky winky!
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I'm with you on *Goodbye Again*. It just may be her best performance, ever. My favorite Bergman film, however, is *Spellbound*. I love her performance, and find her the most beautiful, in that film. Naturally, no one agrees with me.
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> Third off, Cinemascope must have been on the payroll but I havent seen her post in years. Its easier to punish the many than the few or the culprit. Look at our health care debate.
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Did I say *Cinemascope* ? I meant *GildaHayworth*...er um *Sister_Luke*...no, I mean *Film Fatale*.. no no, it was *MarianStarrett*, *ElusivePimpernel*, *Fordy_Guns*, *Holly*..., oh never mind!
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The only rule that appears to be sacrosanct around here, is that the troll known as Cinemascope and countless other names, be protected, at all cost. The biggest cost, of course, being the ruination of these once great message boards. One of life's most annoying mysteries. It's kind of like our Congress. They really can't do anything meaningful, so they spend a lot of time focusing on steroid use in baseball. Rather than ban the troll for life, the Admins go around deleting posts and locking threads. Meaningless.
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> I can't imagine any true movie lover "hating" Leans amazing epic films- to see the restored "Lawrence of Arabian" on a big screen defines all that is glorious about cinema.
I didn't have to see the "restored" version. I saw it during its original road show release, which was the ultimate in motion-picture-going experience. It was as beautiful as the most beautiful work of art, and about as exciting. My issue with Lean's epics are how dull, overblown and unnecessarily long they are. Add to that, their repetitive scores, and I just hate them. Doesn't mean I'm not a "true movie lover". I would wager that I've seen more films in a cinema than pretty much anyone else posting here. He required a better editor, but he was considered sacred, and nobody touched his work. His smaller films are among my favorites, and are just as beautiful, without the tedium. I think *The Greatest Story Even Told,* is the most beautiful film ever made, but it's ponderous, beyond belief! It's beauty doesn't make it a great film, just a beautiful one. But what is "glorious" about cinema is extremely subjective. I would never imply that because you love *Lawrence of Arabia*, with its static shots and long, non-cinematic takes, that you have no real appreciation for what can be achieved with motion pictures. Lean's films, for me, are like one big, long, wide snapshot! That you love that, is just swell by me.
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> Yes....a remake of FOOTLOOSE is due out next year, directed by Kenny Ortega (High School Musical 1-3).
Is *Footloose* actually a remake, or is it the film version of the Broadway musical?
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I thought we had reached a new low, when I saw the original *Dirty Dancing*, in theaters. It seemed to me that someone had written an outline for a movie script, and they filmed that! There was just nothing there. The very idea of someone actually considering a remake of it, is almost impossible for me to fathom!
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Why did you feel the need to post the same thing, twice? Did you think we didn't believe you in 2008?
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> junie was America's sweetest girl next door!
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> her girl next door musicals that are my favorites are
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> Good News and Two Girls and a Sailor. those are way too cute!
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> i love her best with van johnson.
Funny, to me, that you should include that photo. My late mother couldn't stand June Allyson, and she would always say that Gloria De Haven should have been the big star, not June Allyson. I like them both.
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I wonder why *I Saw What You Did* is not included? I have it, so it was available at one time. I actually prefer the television remake. I'm happy for those new to DVD. It's been years since I've seen them.
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The words "best" and "popular" have no business being used to describe this tedious bomb!
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> I mean, was the Winona Rider Little Women a remake of the Kate Hepburn Little Women? I think not.
And the perfect example of why remakes are just fine. The third theatrical film version of *Little Women* is, by far, the best!
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Mine would be:
*The Tamarind Seed* 1974
*Home Sweet Homicide* 1946
*Bus Riley's Back in Town* 1965
*Three Little Girls in Blue* 1946
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My issue isn't that they want to keep making film versions of old television shows, it's that the actors aren't nearly as good in their roles, as their television counterparts. At least I can't think of a single example where they are.
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Hey Brendan!!! Where have you been?
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I know it probably is something along the lines of blasphemy, but when I read the title *Dark Victory*, I think of the remake with Elizabeth Montgomery and Michel Lee. Both of whom I like better than Bette Davis. Anthony Hopkins is in it, too. Having said that, I really like the film with Bette.
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I found Rose far more enjoyable and entertaining to listen to, than Alec. Frankly, I'm not any more impressed by what Baldwin knows, than what she knew. I don't see where he knows any more than I do. I actually find it more enjoyable to listen to why someone likes a film, than dry facts that can be found doing a simple internet search.
Message was edited by: johnm_001 to say that Rose was about a billion times better looking, too!
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I love Olivia de Havilland, and can think of no one I'd rather see interviewed, more. Joan Fontaine, not so much. I can't even recall a single Joan Fontaine movie that I actually like. I just never got her.
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*Play Misty for Me* will always be my favorite Eastwood film. The original (and better) *Fatal Attraction.*
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> Gloria Upson: Bunny Bixler and I were in the semi-finals - the very semi-finals, mind you - of the ping-pong tournament at the club and this ghastly thing happened. We were both playing way over our heads and the score was 29-28. And we had this really terrific volley and I stepped back to get this really terrific shot. And I stepped on the ping-pong ball! I just squashed it to bits. And then Bunny and I ran to the closet of the game room to get another ping-pong ball and the closet was locked! Imagine? We had to call the whole thing off. Well, it was ghastly. Well, it was just ghastly.
Probably my favorite line in any movie, ever. Joanna Barnes' delivery is sheer perfection!
The domestic and epic films of David Lean
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> According to Kevin Brownlow's biography, Lean directed the Herod scenes as a favor to Stevens, who was way behind schedule.
If you mean the King Herod scenes (as oppose to Herod Antipas), they are among the best in the film. Of course, having Claude Rains is a tremendous help! The film's finest moment is the end of Act One, with the raising of Lazarus. The emoting of both Van Heflin and Sal Mineo, and the incredible scoring of Alfred Newman, make it *the* highlight. However, it is almost ruined by Stevens' ridiculous insistence on using The Hallelujah Chorus to cap the scene. Newman's scoring is far superior, and as great as the moment is, it sort of falls apart just at the end, because of that stupid decision. That film on the big (wide) screen is jaw-droppingly beautiful to behold. If you can stay awake!