gingerrogers25
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I'm way too excited about the special edition thats coming out. I've asked for it for christmas. That along with the Mary Poppins special DVD - That movie defined who I am today, all thanks to Dick Van Dyke trying to do a fake british accent, Julie Andrews holding a mechanical bird on her finger, and other such things I can stand only because its my childhood.
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Whenever some well known actor gets way too old to play a romantic lead (Fred Astaire comes to mind). It's creepy to see them romancing some 20 year old when they're well into their fifties.
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I'd have to say the most beautiful women of hollywood, who could act with any man, pull off any scene and steal any film would have to be Grace Kelly and Joan Crawford.
I swear, in color or in silver, they were so gorgeous and so perfect in their own ways.
Grace kelly is especially beautiful in 'Rear Window' when she leans in to kiss Jimmy Stewart. Makes me rather disdainful of my brown curly hair and tanned skin.
Speaking of which - does anyone know of any actresses that had naturally curly hair? I've been trying to see if there were any, but they all either straighten it or they simply never made it to hollywood. I'm talk about classic actresses, naturally. Nowadays we've got Meg Ryan and such. (Shirley Temple didn't, get over it.)
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I don't get 100% of my film discussion gratification from these forums - I've got a couple of friends that are as head first in classic films as I am so I only come here for creative posting, not necessarily discussion. I hate to disappoint, dontchaknow. Maybe TCM should hit the refresh button every 3 months or so and clear the forum topics (saving the responses in your own profile deal, same as watches) and start afresh. I don't much go back 4 or 5 pages to see discussions of yore.
By the by, what is meant by "I am rather obnoxious, being that I am a female, and do have that effect on people." I do hope it was sarcasm or, as Miss Bingley once remarked "You are so severe upon your own sex."
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After checking up on IMDB, I find out she IS still alive.
I meant to say Janet Leigh and since I've only seen 2 of her many many films, I can't say that I despise her films.
Thanks for keeping me on my toes!
And dont feel bad about Casablanca. The only kick I got out of that movie was Paul Henreid and Claude Rains. Who I already loved prior to the film. So *shrug* whatchagonnado?
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One more before I go to bed:
You find a person named Bonnie/Clyde. You know the rest. :-)
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I'm sure you could find advice from movies there too.
Pull a "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"
Say that you're marrying a Prince from Monaco and decline to be in anymore hard labor.
Say you've got to meet someone on the empire state building. Then disappear!
Tell your boss you've accepted a job as a live-in governess of the King of Siam's children. When they tell you that Siam no longer exists you say "East or West, home is best."
Contrawise, you might also have to take care of a captain and seven children. What's so fearsome about that?
You're off on the road to Morocco/Yukon. Depends on the weather.
You've just found out that your kindly old aunts are all serial killers and need to take care of them....before your honeymoon, naturally.
You've been appointed to fill a vacancy in the US Senate, and golly gee whiz do you have some fantastic boy scout plans in mind!
You have to serve jury duty with 11 angry men. This might take a while.
Make friends with the invisible man (learn all you can.)
You have to go inspect some strange cargo.
You tell everyone you plan to jump in front of a truck on Waterloo bridge.
Tell your boss you are forced off your land and have to travel to California. You'll send a fruits basket when you get there.
You have to inform the government how the commies are infecting our bodily fluids.
You say you are tired of coloring maps, and want a job as an observer in Arabia! Who knows what sort of sadistic fun you might have there.
Your three sons - Richard, John and Jeffery - are all trying to steal your crown and you must devote your full attention.
Wife vs. Secretary. Must I say more?
Save an angel from drowning - then you'll never exist! When you're done with your TCM viewing, you simply need to shout "I want to live!" and there ya go.
You've married into the Magnificent Ambersons - you don't need to 'work' anymore.
You're getting in to the family business. Don't need this job anymore!
You (purposefully) get mistaken for a government agent by a gang of spies and get chased north by northwest.
You've inherited a chocolate factory from Gene Wilder.
You're going to go spend your life savings at the Grand Hotel and no one, save Joan Crawford, can stop you!
Despite being a Yank, you've enrolled at Oxford.
You know this has worked when you boss says "Well, Goodbye, Mr. Chips."
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What a terrible host I've been! I was on vacation and I come back and what do I see? So many posts I want to reply to. I'll try to do it in the following points:
I still, after watching it again (I admit, it does help a little), I still think that Bringing up Baby is an obnoxious comedy. I'm not a screwball fan, though, so Its totally my own deal. I love wit comedies - they were so droll in Philadelphia story, I guess I just miss the humor there.
Secondly, I adore Notorious! Well, the second half. Mostly because I think Cary Grant is one of the more handsome men on screen and because Claude Rains is absolutely one of my favorite actors. And Ingred Bergman is ever so aloof - although I rather disliked her performance in Casablanca (same aloofness didn't work in wartime).
I adore Capracorn so I can't really say on an unbiased level that IAWL is corny. It is. But I adore it so. I cry at Auld Lange Sang Every time - just because everyone is so happy. God's in his heaven, etcetera, etcetera.
I HAVE seen Holiday and I did enjoy it very much. Maybe because it was my first Grant movie (Can you imagine turning on the TV and seeing this dashing fellow, having no idea who he is? Its a marvelous surprise). Perhaps because they ALSO sing Auld Lange Sang at the end. Or perhaps because it has a similar plot line to Philadelphia story (I used to get them mixed up before I was an official movie junkie).
On the subject of Cary Grant being overrated - its the same as saying Jimmy Stewart's overrated. Basically, they were repeatedly cast in the same roles over and over (Grant - suave and witty sophisticate, Jimmy - Bumbling average Joe with charm). Both did break out of those roles at points (Penny Serenade and Vertigo, sorta) and did great. But they should stick to what the public expects, I suppose. Imagine if the Wolf Man actually got away with killing himself? Or perhaps Laurel and Hardy start discussing philosophy? Nope - stick with the basics works best sometimes.
I think I covered all the bases. I'm glad my post got SOME results :-)
Positive note: I just got done watching Marnie. I rather liked it, no matter how much I despise Tippi Hedren's films. (Yes, I know she died recently and bear her no ill will)
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Unfortunately, no brushes with silver screen stalwarts. I have met the Prince of Sweden, Philip, once. So dashing, he actually leaped into his convertible. Le sigh.
My dad met Eisenhower when he was a little kid in Morocco. I only found that out tonight when I was watching History Channel on Eisenhower. All nonchalantly, he comes out with "You know, I met him when I was a kid."
Too cool. By the way, I'm totally envious of the people/people you know on this page. I'd love to meet most of these people, but, alas, most died before I was even born.
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Its funny, when we watch a classic, we can almost always assure a genuine good watch - unlike modern movies where you gamble with your money on a non-time-tested film.
However, sometimes a movie, despite its fame, can prove to be a major disappointment. I'm inspired to post this post because I just watched 'Bringing up Baby' with Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant. As a fan of Philadelphia story, I thought it'd be another, as Grant would say "smahsh". They were so unbelievably annoying in this film, it's unbearable. I shut it off when it got to the dog carrying away the fossil bone. People yelling, dogs barking, Kate with no grace, Cary with no charm - it was a shamble of a comedy.
I felt like this about Casablanca's ending too. *I* expected to cry - not a sniffle out of me. :-
SO, when have you been disappointed by a classic? Or, contrawise (got to chin up here) have you found a modern movie to delightfully surprise you?
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During this summers 'Summer under the stars' (my favorite time of year aside from Christmas), I recorded EVERY SINGLE DAY...until I ran out of tapes. Now, since my parents were financing this little endeavor (and, frankly, where a little disdainful of my 30+ tapes they had provided), I had to record over my lesser favorites. How painful it was. I agonized on deciding which was better - Edward G. Robinson or Bette Davis? Gregory Peck or Laurence Olivier? It must have aged me a month or two.
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Haha! I've actually memorized the first stanza (or paragraph, whichever) of Le Marseilles (and learned to spell it too) just to sing with the movie. I downloaded the song and played it on repeat for a while. Funny thing is with Casablanca is the following
1) I went to school in Casablanca so I know for SURE that this is a hollywood fabrication. It looks nothing like Casablanca, 40's or not.
2) I didn't fall in love with Bogart. I fell in love with Paul Henreid and Claude Rains. I didn't fall in love with Bergman. I feel in love with her hat.
3) I hated the ending. I had such high hopes for it (since people speak of nothing but the ending). I'm excessively sentimental as it is (I cry at Trailers) and I thought it was so bland. I prefer Bogart shooting people to romancing them. Except in 'A Lonely Place'. He was just psycho there.
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I've got a lot more, some less funny than others, that I create everytime I watch a movie now. I was watching My Fair Lady last night and immediatly popped into my head "You know you're a film junkie when you only wear black and white to a horse race." or "You know you're a film junkie when your living room has 5 grammophones in it."
Then I began watching West Side Story and said "You know you're a film junkie when you wait everynight at your window for a guy to sing "(Your name), I just met a girl named (Your name)" or "You know you're a film junkie when you're the only one that shouts MAMBO at school dances."
But I'll just add one of my own now as it is -
You know you're a old movie junkie when you spend most of your time finding things in movies that'd qualify you as a film junkie on TCM forums.
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P.S: Steve McQueen - Excellent choice. I'm more of a Peter Lawford screaming fan myself. When I'm feeling down, I just pop in Royal Wedding and all's well in my world.
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The mother load of all replies! I happened to have a "You know you love the beatles too much if...". With a slight alteration of answers, this is the result.
-When someone informs you of any fact (We have a test tomorrow, your shoe's untied, ect) you answer "What difference does that make, sir, to a gentleman?"
-You have the Wizard of Oz skip perfected and teach it to all.
-You have no trouble getting a date, you have pickup lines from the best! So, why don't you come up and see me sometime? You need kissing, badly, that's what's wrong with you! (here you light two cigarettes)
- Contra-wise, you have no trouble breaking up with that certain parasite. After all, you will always have Paris. I think she resented when you tore her dress.
-You find your fattest/thinnest friend and slap a bowler hat on them at all times.
-After a ride on an amusement park ride you say "I never dreamed that any mere physical experience could be so stimulating!"
-Taking Jimmy Stewart's advice, you've decide to be oh so pleasant over oh so smart. And you may quote me.
- when someone asks where your going you say "To the river! To make a hole in it!"
- You sing Le Marseilles in taverns, hoping that people will join in and hush those damn germans.
- When someone says A SINGLE LINE from a song, you begin to sing. example: "Wonderful town, eh?" You: "The Bronx is up and the battery's down!"
-Your idea of a practical joke is dragging an ex-detective with an extreme case of Acrophobia all over San Francisco.
- You tell people to call you Harvey.
- You've named your cat...cat.
-Trains hold infinite appeal to you. Who knows what UN-murderer with a nice face you might meet.
- You never pay at restaurants. You just...leave.
-No one knows what you are when you go trick or treating. (Them: Oh, what a nice dress. Who are you? / You: It's red. Aren't you shocked? Can't you tell? I'm Julie Marsden! Sheesh.)
- Every time a new establishment opens near you, you immediately just call it 'the shop around the corner'.
- You sing singing in the rain in the shower - Cary Grant did, why can't you?
-You carry a copy of all your favorite movie stars pictures with you...just in case they're still alive.
- You sit at your window, WAITING for a tornado.
- You almost got fired because your boss came by while you were smoking at work. In fact, you smoke just about anywhere.
- You are looking for a date, but are only interested in guys who have strong chins and talk like a gangster.
- When asked about poor performance in school, you reply "I coulda been a contender - I coulda been someone, instead of a bum, which I am."
- Your friend who is ALSO a old movie fan says, "I think YOU're a little obsessed!".
- You pretend that your sick just so you can stay home from work to catch a movie on TCM
- You get into a fist fight, but before your enemy swings at you, you magically pull out a longshoreman's hook. Sidney Poitier and Marlon Brando would be proud.
-You'd bet your life savings on a horse named 'The Pi' or 'Black Stallion'. You'd be confused about picking between Paul Revere, Valentine, and Epitaph.
- Auld Lang Sang just keeps on playing....
- You go to prom wearing Scarletts dress. Why arn't the boys flocking?
- Even your parrot or parakeet knows at least one song by heart.
- You've stopped taking showers - only bubble baths now. Never know when some psycho (there, a hint) will come.
- You voluntarily go around calling yourself your made up gangster nickname. Ain't that right, Johnny Two face?
- All your swimsuits go above your navel.
- You'll get up at 3:30 to watch a TCM movie but you can't get up at 8 to go to work.
- You look up at the beach and you can't help but think of sunset montages, giant sharks and discarded bodies.
- Your want to see a psychiatrist, just to see if a cruise will result from it. (Now voyager)
- You constantly pester your boyfriend to wear a fedora.
- You never go outside without a hat.
-You only want a fiancee that says 'Fly away with me to the Riviera and it will be a beautiful thing. I will get you diamonds, pearls-everything!"
- You expect everyone to burst into chorus when you get to the refrain.
- When shopping for clothes, you bring along Harpers Bazaar...March 1939!
- It no longer bothers you that you are 40 years younger than the typical old movie watching audience.
-You are upset that when you went to paris, you COULDN'T see the Eiffel tower from every window.
- Also, while in Paris, you had no one to take you to all the steel factories and such to see a doomed culture. (silk stockings)
- You get a job as a janitor at MGM. Which is only the first step of your plan to infiltrate the place and steal all the props.
- You feel true love for the first time in your life. Problem is, he's been dead for almost 25 years!!
GENTLEMAN PREFER BLONDES REMAKE
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One word: Blagh.
How terrible. Can't hollywood try something new? By jove, there are so many books waiting to be adapted, so many stories to be written down and so many unused screenwriters waiting for a chance - why waste, what, $200 million on something that will be gone to by us movie fans to merely be shocked (as we expected).
I really can't think of a movie that can be remade. My brow is furrowed with possibilities but none that are even remotely acceptable. Kitty Foyle? That MIGHT just work. But I agree, Gentleman Prefer Blondes is best left untouched. I winced when Nicole Kidman sang it in Moulin Rouge, but the rest of the movie made up for it, I suppose. Now a generation of teenage girls (I should know, I'm apart of it) think that Nicole Kidman originally sang that song and only know that version.
Original: "A kiss may be grand but it wont pay the rental on your humble flat or help you at the automat"
Moulin Rouge: "A kiss may be grand but it wont pay the rental on your humble flat or help you feed your **** cat.