bhryun
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Favorite on-screen kiss - Gregory Peck and Jennifer Jones's last kiss in Duel in the Sun
Most romantic leading lady - Ingrid Bergman
Most romantic leading man - Clark Gable
Most romantic scene on film - In It Happened One Night, Clark Gable gives Claudette Colbert his jacket while they are preparing for sleep in the hay stacks. He leans in real close as if he's ready to kiss her, looking deeply into her eyes, but then becomes scared and moves away. The scene ends with a close-up of Colbert tearing and her iris.
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I'm with you. Give ne THE GOOD OLD DAYS when people were treated with RESPECT !!!!!!
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Loved LAURA. Anyone like DETOUR ?????
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That is great news! I will finally be able to get rid of my crummy old VHF copy:-)
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Don't know where my 'y's went on my two uses of every. I looked at that and realized that looks pretty stupid. I guess I get excited - I love this stuff!
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Another great list. Hey! You're not hijacking the thread with your neo-noir films. I agree on all but - surprisingly - Pulp Fiction. I know, I know. I get razzed about it all the time, but for me, it was just too much. The scene in the car and Samuel Jackson has brain tissue in his hair - that was just too much. I think what I liked about the old films is the 'take me to the edge, but don't push me over' filmmaking. I miss that. I know I'm in a minority with Pulp Fiction, but.....Oh.....Double Indemnity was a great film that, as you said, had that nice quick rapid dialogue. That's why I like The Big Sleep so much. It certainly wasn't the plot! It was the perfectly crafted dialogue in each and ever scene where ever scene was a work of art on its own.
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That is incredible! Are you going to tell me you got to go to that???? What a lineup of films. Only in New York!
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I've read a lot of the posts in this thread, but not all, so it may have already been mentioned. But, one of the great TV pioneers who started out on radio is Jack Webb. Webb, of course, brought us Dragnet first on radio - as well as Pete Kelly's Blues, Jeff Regan Private Investigator and even - The Jack Webb Show. Old Time Radio is a great way to pass the time on road trips. I love it!
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Somebody meantioned LAURA coming out on DVD. I have already pre-ordered my copy and I can't wait! If you aren't familiar with LAURA read some of the reviews and check it out at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00008LDNZ
Great film noir from '44 !!
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Good stuff! You mentioned Veronica Lake (thump, thump, thump).....she was so beautiful, so talented and such a sad, sad ending. I only wish her other two fims with Alan Ladd were on DVD. I haven't seen either of those in years. This Gun For Hire was a great film - love it!
Black Angel - one of my favorites as well.
Wouldn't you love to see back-to-back classic noir films over a weekend on TCM? Something I wish I could do more of is see these great films on the big screen. I saw Psycho on the biggie not long ago - that wasn't so old, but it was still great fun. I had only seen it on television. I have always said I would LOVE to see Veronica Lake at the theater!
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Can't argue with any of the ones you listed! Check out these:
Black Angel - Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre and Brodrick Crawford. One of the best.
This Gun for Hire - Alan Ladd and the incredible Veronica Lake.
The Killing - Sterling Hayden. One of Kubrick's early films and has a small cameo by one of my favorites Timothy Carey.
Touch of Evil - Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh and Orson Wells (director). What more do you want? And one of the best films of any genre ever made.
Many more, but those are some of my favorites.
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Thank you for your response,
unable to find any title of " In old Chicago" or tried Alice Faye and Tyrone Power does not either one being inthat title movie.
any other ideas on where to look this up.
thaks again
dan
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Anyone know of any plans to release this movie on DVD?
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I would love to read of your favorite film noirs from the forties and fifties. My ABSOLUTE favorite is The Big Sleep, Dark Passage, and Too Late For Tears (aka Killer Bait). BTW, I would LOVE for TCM to have an entire "Best of Film Noir Weekend"....awesome. Your favorites?
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Critic's Choice
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I also watched the tribute on Larry King and was happy to hear that she was in good spirits before this final illness. Usually TCM includes some comments on its home page when an important actor or actress passes away, but I've seen no mention of Miss Dee on the website. I really hope they will schedule some of her films as part of a memorial, in the near future.
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Are there any plans to schedule a film tribute to Sandra Dee? Usually TCM includes some comments on its home page when an important actor or actress passes away, but I've seen no mention of Miss Dee on the website. Please try to schedule some of her films as part of a memorial, in the near future.
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Hi,
I've been requesting that TCM play THE SILVER CORD for months, with no luck. I just requested it again today. Maybe if enough of us request it, TCM will finally add it to their broadcast schedule. Thanks for any help with this effort. CJP
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Thanks decotoddla for taking the time to write. Perhaps I need to brush up on my internet searching skills since I have looked without luck.
Please, does anyone wish to sell me a mug?
Thanks, Louise the mug breaker
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I made the mistake of looking at the fake blog page for Midnight Cowboy and my god! I must remember not to look at those things. TCM does such a great job of showing fine films that to cheapen it with a cheap joke based on what may be a passing fancy (blogging) is just criminal. Everytime I look at those pages I see some overpaid wannabe who's connived his/her into an undeserved position of power at TCM. Whoever came up with this idea is a menace to human intelligence and should be kicked and bitten and stabbed and punched repeatedly. This person deserves pain and lots of it for the pain this person has inflicted on me, lovers of cinema and anyone unfortunate enough to have had their film savaged in such a cheesy, mindless fashion. I really makes me mad. TCM owes us all and apology.
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This movie played around 5th through the 20th of Feb 05. Viewed the last 5 minutes and did not see name or credits.
Set in a large city on a river fronnt that was being burned down by a fire storm....black and white movie....horse drawn carriages and steamer horse drawn fire engines, also showed a horse drawn ladder truck that went screaming through the streets....silhouettes of firemen on the rooftops....
story had to do with love story between a woman and brother #1 but she really loved brother #2. Bro 2 goes inside a burning home and carries brother #1 over his shoulder and out to a horse drawn carriage, the driver takes the mother and brother #1 to the river where it is safe. brother #2 looks for the woman and they all end up at the river. Woman shows up and runs to hug Brother #2 to the surprise of Brother #1....
Please help me find the name of this movie and the actors.
Sincerely,
Dan Rigdon
Captain
Central County Fire Rescue
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Although I like MY FAIR LADY, I think there is no comparison to GIGI. It's MGM and Vincente Minnelli at their peak. I always thought MY FAIR LADY was basically a filmed stage (and at times stagey) musical whereas GIGI is a complete original. GIGI is a delightful, sophisticated musical with perfect casting. Oddly enough WB had negotiated with Minnelli to direct MY FAIR LADY but this fell through when studio and Minnelli couldn't come to terms with monies. With Minnelli at the helm of MY FAIR LADY it could have turned out much differently and for the better.
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Well I did some thinkin'-here's the result:
other than films already listed -
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
A Christmas Story
Harry Potter movies
Good Morning, Vietnam
Radio Days
Superman
Braveheart
Terminator 1&2
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
The Untouchables
Goodfellas
Back to the Future, Parts 1,2&3
It also seems that most have forgotten about horror/sci-fi. What about these? -
Poltergiest
The Omen
The Shining
The Stepford Wives
Soylent Green
Westworld
Independence Day
Can anyone think of some more?
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My vote goes to "My Fair Lady". Its one of those I can watch again & again. I love the music, the costumes, everything! Gigi I like also, just not as much. It was just on & I enjoyed it again.
great endings
in Your Favorites
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I absolutely loved the ending to The Philadelphia Story. Nothing extravagent happened, but it was great seeing Hepburn and Grant's characters walking down the aisle once more.