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16 minutes ago, Dargo said:
Ever wonder if alien kids hate algebraic word problems as much as earth kids do, Rich?
(...well, THIS earth kid sure as hell did anyway)
You had the wrong teacher.
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An example of alien mathematics from Killers From Space:
Loosely translated, this says "A spaceship leaves Astron Delta at noon traveling at warp 7. Two hours later, another spaceship ..."
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Now if you paint a moustache on Dr. Sanjay Gupta, could he be mistaken for Geraldo Rivera?
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On 1/14/2018 at 12:56 PM, LawrenceA said:
Assassin of Youth (1938?) aka Marihuana aka The Marijuana Menace -
This film earned a "C" (for "condemned") by the National League of Decency. After reading your description, there were probably a lot of other reasons to condemn it.
Monogram Pictures promoted the film at their Philadelphia office by putting up a marijuana display in their window. So they wouldn't get raided, they included a sign which read "Loaned by Pennsylvania Division, Narcotic Drug Control."
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1 hour ago, Wayne said:R.I.P. Jean Porter, perky 1940s MGM actress, age 95Excerpted from The Hollywood ReporterJean Porter, a petite and vivacious supporting player in such 1940s MGM movies as Bathing Beauty, Abbott and Costello in Hollywood, and Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble, has died. She was 95.
Sorry to hear this. We had a discussion about Jean Porter awhile back. If you click on the arrow above my avatar in the post below, I think you will be taken to the discussion:
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2 hours ago, kingrat said:
David J. Stewart is just as strong as the reptilian Lepke. According to imdb, Stewart died in 1966 at the age of 51 following complications from surgery; too bad he couldn't have another twenty or thirty years of character work in movies and television.
Stewart died of complications from heart surgery. There is a story that he and Marilyn Monroe worked on a project for The Actor's Studio, rehearsing their lines on the East River Walk in NYC. They came upon some kids who had trapped some pigeons with the goal of selling them to a restaurant (I would not want to eat in that restaurant). Anyway, Stewart and Monroe bought the pigeons from the kids, and then set the birds free.
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13 hours ago, ChristineHoard said:
I just watched Inferno on TCM. Taut thriller that is part western, part adventure story with noir elements even though it takes place in the desert sun and heat. Robert Ryan is excellent, as always, as the cuckold husband left to die in the desert by his wife and her boyfriend. Can he survive with a broken leg and hardly any food and water? I especially liked the ending. Rhonda Fleming looks good in her western/desert wardrobe as well as her glamorous gowns when she's in her mansion and the mandatory swimsuit scene at a pool. A girl has to look good when she's pretending to care about her missing husband, right?
The gold bathing suit that Ms. Fleming wore was a nice touch.
Ryan, as you state, was excellent. Lundigan was adequate, but I've never been impressed with his presence on screen. Interesting to see a young Carl Betz as one of the policemen. I had to laugh though when Ryan throws a lantern at Lundigan during the climax, and it comes right at the viewer; that was obviously staged to take advantage of 3D.
With the desert locale, it would have been a nice twist if all the characters were done in by giant ants.
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Friday, 10 pm ET:
Inferno (1953). Is this a premiere? Originally released in 3D. Always wanted to see it. Features my dream girl Rhonda Fleming. She looks great in 2D, and my mind boggles at what she would have looked like in 3D.
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3 hours ago, drednm said:
The marquee in back announces the 1962 re-release of PINOCCHIO along with the 1961 film PIRATES OF TORTUGA.
The marquee in from misspells the name of Debbie Reynolds. I have no idea what the .... FROM HELL movie is or how it's associated with Reynolds.
It is not generally known, but Debbie Reynolds, desperate for cash, agreed to play the part of the walking tree in From Hell It Came.
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In a very bizarre footnote to the Landis tragedy, a little-known actor and set designer named Robert Love (actual name Abraham Levine) committed suicide by jumping out of a five-story building a few days after Landis’ death. His roommate, another little-known actor named Daniel Harris, told police that Love had been brooding over Landis’ death and had a nervous condition. Love had reportedly told Harris that he admired Landis’ courage in committing suicide. Harris accompanied Love to a doctor’s office, when Love suddenly jumped up, fell over a piece of furniture and cut his finger, then left the office, according to one witness. Love then went up two more floors to another doctor’s office, where he brushed past a receptionist, and muttered “I’m brave, I’m brave, I can stand it.” He then ran into an adjacent office, allegedly yelled “Here I go,” and took the plunge.
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12 hours ago, DickLindsay said:
it does say Uncle PHil, and i believe the last name is Clarke; but i haven't turned up anything on him....... and I have three similar photographs of the same name, all autographed!@!
I believe you are correct. Here is a photo of Philip Clarke, from around 1953, when he played the title character in the radio series "Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons."
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Using my software on this photo, it appears the inscription begins "Love to Dot"
Underneath looks like "Allfred" and then I suspect another name. I believe the signer is addressing at least three people in all.
The signature at the bottom looks like "Uncle Phil."
Also, this guy looks like he is wearing makeup to appear older.
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On Gene Simmon’s role, from a review by Robert S. Cauthorn in the The Arizona Daily Star:
“OK, the first thing you just can’t believe about “Never Too Young to Die” is Gene Simmon’s tongue. It’s about 12 feet long and prehensile. The guy can type with it, I swear. It’s disgusting. He wiggles it around and licks women on the face.”
“Gene plays Velvet von Ragner, a premenstrual hermaphrodite crime mastermind who … moonlights as a cabaret singer in a biker-gay-art-bar.”
“In all, Gene seems like a cross between Fu Manchu and Bette Midler suffering from a caffeine overdose and a serious hormone imbalance.”
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8 hours ago, Bogie56 said:
2:30 a.m. Never Too Young to Die (1986). Spy movie with George Lazenby.
Director George Bettman Jr. ran out of money several times while making the film. He almost gave up, then took it to Robert Zemeckis, who loved it. Bettman managed to get enough financial backing to finish it. In describing the film, Bettman said "The action is as good as Rambo - I mean plenty of people get blown up - but it has this crazy, wacko villain and I think that's what really saves it."
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Some additional info:
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I haven't seen The Naked Prey yet, but I should give it a look. The paintings shown during the opening credits are by an African artist named Andrew Motjuoadi, a 29-year old whom Wilde commissioned to create 44 oil paintings for the film. Wilde had seen some of his work in an exhibit in Pretoria, and was impressed. Motjuoadi became the first native African artist to have his work used in the titles for a feature film.
Ken Gampu, who plays an old tribesman, was a former schoolteacher and policeman. He was known as the "Gregory Peck of Africa," although I'm not sure why.
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12 minutes ago, TomJH said:
I'm not the biggest fan of (the usually dull) Cornel Wilde but, with this film, I'll make an exception. Not only did he direct himself and the rest of the cast (giving a highly credible performance in the process), but he got himself into great shape, too. Yeah, he was an athletic guy but he was also 52 when he made this film. 52!!!
Not a lot of Mars bars and chocolate shakes in this man's diet in the months prior to shooting this one. You just know this film must have been a challenge to make when it was shot on location in Southern Rhodesia. Wiki says Wilde got ill during the filming but he pressed on.
A very impressive effort in Cornel Wilder's film resume.
Wilde did have a rough go over there. He was bitten by a lizard, and needed 18 stitches. Then he was bitten by ticks and ended up with a 104 degree fever. Then, while riding on the tailgate of a jeep, the driver backed into a thorn bush. "Those thorns were five inches long," Wilde said. "I yelled at the white hunter who was driving the jeep and when he saw my predicament he almost died laughing."
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Nip isn't really arguing - he's putting on an act for us. Or maybe not. People can decide for themselves. Heh heh.
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2 hours ago, sewhite2000 said:
What is the point of this for your first-ever post? This is not a real movie. Your YouTube clip is just a mashup of Fletch and Deal of the Century and maybe some other movies. His hairstyle isn't even the same from scene to scene. Will you ever post again and explain your motives?
I think the member's screen name pretty much explains things.
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Just now, Dargo said:
Yep, good point Rich. The look on O'Brien's face is priceless as he looks up as if to thank the heavens that his request to Rocky was answered...
One of the few scenes in motion picture history that always makes my eyes moist.
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1 hour ago, Dargo said:
(...and 'cause even at the tender age of 8, I knew that whole "Duck and Cover" cartoon starring that turtle was full of crap and wouldn't do diddly in saving my sorry butt if this scenario did indeed turn out to be true)
The whole point of "duck and cover" was so that you would be in the perfect position to kiss your *** goodbye.
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38 minutes ago, Bethluvsfilms said:
A curse and hex on McCarthy and the members of the HUAC for ruining his career and depriving audiences of many more fine performances he no doubt would have turned in for many years to come had he not been blacklisted.
Just to clarify, McCarthy was in the Senate, and was not involved in the HUAC. But if you mean the "climate" created by him and the House ruined many a career, then I certainly agree.
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Technically, Jerry didn't lie to the kids. Regarding the newspaper account of Rocky's execution, he tells the boys that Rocky "died like they said." And he did, whether it was an act or not. In any event, one of the most powerful scenes in the film (or any other film) is when Jerry hears Rocky starting to break down.
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3 minutes ago, EricJ said:
Wolfgang Petersen?
Wolfgang Reitherman?
Wolfgang Blitzer?
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Strange things in 50s and 60s sci-fi movies
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No, I would have flunked you.