johnm001
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Yes, the interior. The memorable scene is the scene inside the museum, not outside. Philadelphia, doubled for New York in various scenes in Scorsese's *Age of Innocence*.
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The scene you describe was never in the film. Take it from someone who has seen this film, at least 50 times, going back to its days in a movie theater!
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The Brian De Palma films, *Greetings, Hi Mom, The Wedding Party, Sisters, Dressed to Kill* (although one of its most famous scenes, at the museum of art, is actually Philadelphia).
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Herrmann's wasn't the most versatile film composer, but his work elevates the film it is accompanying. Always!
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Way too many. Here are a few of my favorite themes:
In most cases, the accompanying video is not the actual opening credits to the show. I tried to find the best version of the theme song, itself. The first one is my favorite television theme, written by my favorite tv/film composer, Jerry Goldsmith!
Another great theme! Great boogie-woogie beat and brass section!
One of my favorites, but only Season 1. After that, they changed it, and I never liked it anywhere near as much.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9rapJrbNRA
Here's another by the great Jerry Goldsmith.
Another perfect theme song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oXxGDufb3A
And two different themes for the same show (different seasons). The best scored show ever on television, imo.
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I love his work. My favorite score by him is *North by Northwest*, followed by *Jason and the Argonauts, Obsession, Sisters* and *Taxi Driver*, which owes its mesmerizing tone, almost exclusively to his score!
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I find most MGM musicals to be smug, and without charm. Some of the b-unit films can be fun, and all of them have some impressive musical numbers, but as a whole, they are my least favorite studio for musicals. My favorite MGM musical is *The Unsinkable Molly Brown*, which was made well-after their holier-than-thou days.
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It's not so much that Hollywood completely lacks originality (that's really been Hollywood's hallmark since the beginning), it's that the actors they get to portray these characters aren't nearly as capable as their television counterparts.
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> {quote:title=OurGangFanatic wrote:}{quote}
> I'm currently watching a documentary"That's Entertainment", which is about MGM musicals. Would anyone agree with me when I say that MGM made great musicals?
I wouldn't agree.
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I found the film to be an almost unwatchable study in tedium, 40 years ago. I cannot imagine getting through it, at all, today.
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What's your scale of "boring"? Say, as boring as your post? That boring? Or something different?
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Well, I can't say I'm a fan of either one; but if pressed, I'd go with In the French Style. I find Seberg a lot more engaging and unique, than Christie. I've always found her performance rather ordinary. Which is strange, because Julie Christie is anything but ordinary. To me, any actress would have played the role, equally as well, and many better.
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Of course, Darling itself is silly and pretentious, and In the French Style predates it by 2 years, so no aping going on except, perhaps, on the part of Schlessinger.
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For me, Vera-Ellen is the greatest dancer, ever.
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I met her when I was a child, and she attended a performance of a show I was doing, in Boston. I was incredibly excited to meet her. She was an enormous star, to me. *The Gale Storm Show* was in current production, and *My Little Margie* was in reruns at the time, so she seemed to be all over the television. A memory I've cherished all these years. And, while she has not been in the public eye, for quite some time, her passing makes me sad.
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> {quote:title=Ascotrudgeracer wrote:}{quote}
> You will have to look hard and fast, but Valerie Harper (currently starring in bioplay of Tallulah Bankhead "Looped") is in this overlooked beauty.
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> Some say it looks like nothing more than a play with a camera aimed at it, but...
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> 20 minutes in, cast breaks out in "Jubilation T. Cornpone." Real, oldtime showstopper.
You really don't have too look that hard or fast. She appears many times. The film *is* nothing more than a play with a camera aimed at it, and Jublilation T. Cornpone *is* a real, oldtime showstopper, _EXACTLY_ as done on stage!
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patful, you are going about things entirely the wrong way. You need to open endless accounts and troll these boards. That's the only acceptable way. That's was is both encourage and supported, here. And you'd better hurry! You're about 40,000 posts behind!
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*Funny Girl* ?!?!? Seriously, Theresa, we need to get you some help! :-)
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Princess Di's death upstaged Mother Teresa's.
The thing I remember most about the day Elvis died, is that my wife, who was 7 months pregnant, passed-out on an elevated train platform, in Philadelphia, from the heat!
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No. That stuff you drink doesn't bother me, at all. But I do hate Lean's epically tedious epics!
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Lean goes from one of my favorite directors to one of my least favorites, with his transition from small to epic films. I hate his epics. Simply hate them.
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Dead at 50!!
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Frankly, I rarely think they've nominated the 5 best films of the year. Perhaps having 10, will allow for a couple of the best films to actually get nominated. Regardless, I'm afraid I'm about 20 years past giving a crap.
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> {quote:title=Edgecliff wrote:}{quote}
> Have to disagree. Don't think any of Minnelli's films at MGM "stink." I think YOLANDA does not quite work, however the Coffee Time number is quite terrific as is the dream sequence and I would say THE PIRATE was ahead of its time. Its a much more sophisticated musical than MGM had ever produced before. I think its much more appreciate today.
By whom? Most people have never heard of either film.
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