scsu1975
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Sing As We Go is the correct title.
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Did anyone see this? It was the last movie in the Tuesday night "shrinkfest" lineup. Paul Henreid stars as a progressive psychiatrist at a girls' "correction institution." Naturally, the place is run by a scumball superintendent and matron, played by Cecil Clovelly and Grace Coppin respectively (yeah, I never heard of them either, and with good reason - each only made a few films, and it's easy to see why). Clovelly looks like Darryl F. Zanuck, while Coppin looks like Jackie Coogan in drag.
This film "introduces" Anne Francis, Anne Jackson, and Rita Moreno (billed as Rosita Moreno) as delinquents. Francis had already appeared in a bit in Portrait of Jennie, so technically this was not her first film appearance. Moreno is the least recognizable of all; she looks like a young Rachel Ticotin. However, she does have the meatiest part, playing the film's most tragic figure.
The most bizarre look-alike award has to go to Catherine McLeod, as Henreid's love interest. In the early scenes, playing a somewhat repressed woman, she looks remarkably like Preston Foster. She does get better looking as the film progresses.
There are a few jarring scenes in this movie, which are quite effective. However, the dubbing and editing are not first-rate, for sure. Still, it is worth a look if TCM shows it again, if only to see the three young actresses beginning their film careers.
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When I have more time, I think I may.
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Maybe we should start a photo thread for beginners.
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Whoops, didn't know.
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never mind
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So we have John Loder (thanks Violet) and Gracie Fields (thanks norbell), and the film is ...?
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Paper Lion
Robocop
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I think I almost understood that
Your move, you lucky person you.
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Dang, you are good! Explain to everyone how you did it.
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And she is!
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That makes 3 goats, including me.
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Answer to the first is The Deer Hunter.
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Forget IGNORE, what we need is ELIMINATE.
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Did Morris beat his kids?
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Fred, wasn't Errol Flynn a Nazi spy? heh heh
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It's stretching a point about one light year to call this a classic.
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No, but that sounds like an interesting film
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No thanks, I still have the Photo Trivia and Classic Film 21 Questions on my shoulders right now. Please, somebody jump in here.
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Oh, how could I forget Adele Jergens? I'm surprised she wasn't the "moll." She always seem to play the hard-boiled types, especially in the 50s (as a blonde).
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The Whistler series is like that too.
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I have the VCR fired up from 8 p.m. to 2:15 a.m. I haven't seen any of these films playing in that slot. I've seen the color version of The Man Who Knew Too Much and also the 1940s version of Most Dangerous Game, entitled A Game of Death.
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Yes, I watched the tape of it today. I had seen it before but it's been awhile. Very entertaining film ... kind of a macabre comedy. Irving Bacon as the jury foreman was hysterical. Eddie G. had a flair for comedy.
I also watched Crime Doctor. Neat little picture. I hope TCM shows some of the others in the series.
Did anyone like "The Tunnel"?
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There is a thread beginning in the *Science Fiction* forum about it.
I thought it was interesting, but the acting left much to be desired. Richard Dix seems to play the same character every time I see him. Leslie Banks has weird hair. Why did it take so long for that other woman to figure out that Madge Evans was blind?
The effects were pretty good, especially at the end when Dix and Banks were in that machine traveling through the fiery tunnel. The "viewscreens" were pretty good too.