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45 minutes ago, lavenderblue19 said:
#2. Allison Hayes - Attack of The 50 Foot Woman ??
Sorry, not Ms. Hayes. This actress didn't make too many films.
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54 minutes ago, shutoo said:
1. is Lock Martin, who got his job playing Gort in The Day the Earth Stood Still because he was so tall
That is correct, and provides a clue as to the identity of the other two.
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Except for a few minor variations, this sounds like The Woman in the Window.
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2 hours ago, Bethluvsfilms said:
A Beautiful Mind, based on the life of John Nash...
In reality, Nash thought he was in contact with extraterrestrials. But the movie couldn't go down that road or else the audience would have guessed right away he was really disturbed. So the writers came up with the "roommate," which had the effect of stunning the audience when the truth was revealed. I still like the film, however.
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Click on your TCM page where I have indicated and all the forums will magically return:
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The Neanderthal Man (1953)
Directed by E. A. Dupont
Robert Shayne plays an unhinged scientist who manages to turn a housecat into a saber-toothed tiger. Too much film is wasted as the authorities hunt down the creature. Mostly we get stock footage of a tiger, and a few close-ups of a stuffed animal with fangs.
As usual, Shayne’s peers don’t understand that he is on the verge of greatness. So he experiments on himself, and becomes the title character. He knocks off a few sundry characters before another cat knocks him off.
Richard Crane portrays one of the dumbest scientists in the history of dumb scientists on film. He is called into the case, promptly shoots and kills the tiger (with the help of the game warden), and then these two clowns go off to find a witness on the theory that if just two people saw the tiger, no one would believe them. But if three saw it – yes, that’s more credible. So they leave the carcass, come back with Shayne, and find the stuffed animal has vanished. I guess we’re supposed to believe that Shayne hauled off the carcass by himself, but let’s face it – he ain’t Superman, although he did play in the television series. Crane also inspects Shayne’s lab, finds a hypo, and decides to inject it into another cat, just to see what will happen. This is called the scientific method. The cat turns into another saber-toothed tiger and crashes out of the lab. Crane does not seem too concerned about this.
The story is supposed to take place in the High Sierras, but half of the cast talk like they are from the hills of Kentucky. Beverly Garland has a bit as a waitress. Tandra Quinn, best known for her seductive dance in Mesa of Lost Women, plays a deaf mute, which at least spared her the indignity of having to recite stupid lines or hear the nonsensical dialogue. Crane (and every other member of the cast) wears the same clothes from start to finish. In the finale, he delivers a dull soliloquy, which he could have just shortened to “don’t **** with nature.” Or better yet, “don’t **** with the audience.”
Frank Gerstle brags to his buddies.
“**** man, did you stick your finger in a wall socket?”
Judge Moore goes on a date.
“And now we come to the brain of a politician.”
Shayne’s reaction when he sees the finished film.
“Look ladies, I’m already in bad shape without you flicking your snot on me.”
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1 hour ago, LawrenceA said:
That just leaves #2 and #10. Here are different pics of each:
Irish McCalla
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#1 Melville Cooper
#5 Mickey Hargitay
#6 The Invisible Man
#9 Gia Scala
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Coming soon: The Neanderthal Man
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Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea in Ride The High Country. Two stars who were around for over 30 years before being paired together.
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Brian’s Swan Song
Emotional, tearjerking, made-for-TV movie (ironically, shown on ABC) about a reporter for that network whose career is cut short when he is diagnosed with “reportitnowandcheckthefactslater”disease. With his integrity shot, Brian is benched in favor of Geraldo Rivera, who quickly scores two touchdowns despite having his nose broken by Nazis. Features cameos by Fernando Lamas as Tom Llamas (who inexplicably keeps saying “that’s right, David”) and Tor Johnson as Soldier Field.
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1 hour ago, NipkowDisc said:
he points and she sees her answered prayer in the flesh...
and she realizes it's Charlie Rose.
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1 hour ago, Dargo said:
SOOOO, in essence then, IF some bad guy dies in an URBAN setting within a film noir, and where of course those kinds of flicks are usually set, THEN it's perfectly acceptable to say he "bit the bullet". However, and somewhat conversely, IF the bad guy dies in an oater, aka a "western", then and ONLY then is it legit to say he "bit the dust".
Okay then, I think I've got this now.
Question though: How about if the bad guy dies in a musical? What the hell do we we say he "bit" THEN???
(...what..."the choreographer", maybe?!!)
We all have way too much time on our hands. By the way, I believe Farrell also croaks in Racket Girls. Yet, he still manages to return for Dance Hall Racket. What a guy!
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1 hour ago, Dargo said:
Are you talkin' like Cagney did after he retired from the biz, or how Cagney did in so many of his gangster movies?
(...just to be clear here, of course)
I'm talkin' belly up, bit the bullet, hard as a carp, kicked the bucket, dead as a doornail, ...
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18 hours ago, jamesjazzguitar said:
So he gets away with his crimes in The Devil's Sleep and does other films. Good for him! Does he meet his end in the last film, Dance Hall Racket, or did the series just end due to lack of interest?
I think he buys the farm.
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2 hours ago, TomJH said:
One of the truly great moments of screen acting, in my opinion.
James Stewart as George Bailey at the end of his rope, sitting on a bar stool, pleading with God, starting to quietly weep. His desperation is palpable. I don't know if Stewart's wartime experiences (about which he was always very stoic in public) played a role in the emotional anguish that he brought to this scene, but the impact of his performance here I have always found to be devastating.
He's a man staring into the abyss and he doesn't see any way out.
When Stewart is running to the bridge at the climax, the music cue is the Latin hymn (or Gregorian chant, as some say) Dies Irae. Composer Dimitri Tiomkin used it very effectively to convey desperation and hopelessness. Most other film composers have used it to convey horror ( as in The Shining, The Mephisto Waltz, and The Return of Dracula).
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The Devil’s Sleep (1949)
Directed by W. Merle Connell
Hilarious exploitation, centering around adolescents getting bennies, goofies, and raisinets.
Timothy Farrell plays Umberto Scalli, which, in Italian, means “scuzzball.” He runs a racket with a juvenile, supplying the stuff to the local kids. Judge Rosalind Ballantine (Lita Grey) is determined to wipe him out, but she has too much trouble reading her lines. Also, her daughter goes to a pool party with her boyfriend Bob and is photographed au naturel, so Farrell has a bargaining chip. Meanwhile, Sergeant Dave Kerrigan (William Thomason, who looks a little like Ronald Reagan) is dating Bob’s sister (Laura Travers, who looks a little like Gloria Grahame). Mildred Davis, who looks a lot like a condominium, provides comic relief as the tubby Tessie T. Tesse, measurements 51-47-64. George Eiferman, who was Mr. America in 1948, has a few scenes, including one where he rips a lock off a locker. He is pretty much useless for the rest of the film.
There are several scenes that take place at a reducing center, so we get to see women in various states of undress. Travers looks decent half naked. Eiferman demonstrates that he has the largest breasts in the cast. The acting is generally abysmal, and the finale is straight out of a Bowery Boys film.
John Mitchum, younger brother of Robert Mitchum, has a bit as a doctor. In a 1949 interview, Mitchum said he had been doing some narration in a studio when a director rushed in from the next stage. “He said an actor didn’t show up and would I take his bit part in some movie. I didn’t even see the rest of the script. I had no idea what the movie was about, or even the title. I got $55 for an hour and a half’s work. I thought the movie was just a ‘B’ quickie. I don’t remember groping that woman” (okay, I made up that last sentence). In the film, Mitchum’s character tells us that education is the best way to handle these drug problems. Unfortunately, watching films like this will make you want to overdose.
When the producers can’t even afford a hat rack, you know this is a cheapo production.
“Okay fellas, routine 6!”
“Does this dress make me look fat?”
How would you like to be downwind of these babes?
Oddly enough, the politician is the one on the right.
When you’re Mr. America, 1948, you can get away with crap like this.
And this is how you become Mr. America, 1948.
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Coming soon: The Devil's Sleep
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#5 is Wynne Gibson
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#1 is Louise Dresser
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#10 is Kent Taylor
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1 hour ago, LawrenceA said:
Noah Beery Jr.?
Yes, I figured that last clue would help. Your thread, Lawrence.
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This actor is from an acting family.
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Here is another picture of #2 which should help: