scsu1975
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TCM has shown the film on a number of occasions.
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I will leave the thead open.
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Sunday, Sept. 3
4pm The Sea Hawk (1940)
I have not yet seen the 1924 version, although it is available on youtube and the print looks pretty good. Apparently Turner Entertainment was involved in the restoration, so it has probably been shown on TCM. Might be interesting to compare the two, especially since the 1924 version is supposed to be more faithful to the novel.
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(the restoration of this thread continues)
How To Make a Monster (1958)
Directed by Herbert L. Strock
(originally posted here: http://forums.tcm.com/index.php?/topic/24752-how-to-make-a-monster-1958/)
Robert H. Harris' finest hour ... and 13 minutes.
Harris plays a makeup artist who specializes in monsters; the Teenage Werewolf and Teenage Frankenstein are his creations. Two suits barge into his office and give him the axe, claiming the horror cycle is over. Naturally, Harris is not thrilled. In short order, one of the executives is offed by a werewolf, and the second is done in by the Frankenstein monster. Harris also gets in on the act by disguising himself as a cavemen and whacking a nosy security guard.
This film is a must for buffs. Besides a load of familiar faces (Morris Ankrum, Tom Browne Henry, Robert Shayne), we see Gary Conway reprise his role as the Teenage Frankenstein. Gary Clarke replaces Michael Landon as the Teenage Werewolf. Harris works for American International Studios, which produced this film. And in the climax (the last ten minutes are in color), we see some of Harris' "children," which you will recognize from various American International productions.
The only low point is when John Ashley, playing himself, croons the ever-popular "You Gotta Have Ee-Ooo." This is a good time for a bathroom break.
Here, Harris shows Paul Brinegar some cooking tips for Brinegar's gig in "Wagon Train."
And you thought it was annoying when cell phones went off in the theater.
In the film's only h o m o -erotic scene, Gary Conway (right) and Paul Maxwell lock up,
collar and elbow.
John Ashley, showing the singing talent that made him a TV producer of such fare as
"The A-Team."
Walter Reed violating Paul Brinegar's civil liberties.
The man of the hour, surrounded by his "children,"
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Sounds like the beginning of Five Graves to Cairo, from 1943.
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Don't forget Erich Korngold, who was going to return to Austria, but instead stayed to compose the score of The Adventures of Robin Hood. He was claimed to have said, "Robin Hood saved my life."
Good addition to this thread, concerning one of the great composers of the 20th century.
Korngold was in Austria in January 1938 when he received an urgent cable from Warner Brothers asking if he could be in Hollywood in two weeks to score the film. In early February, he, his wife, and their youngest son George arrived in Hollywood. Upon seeing the first half of the unscored film, Korngold immediately turned down the job. In a letter to producer Hal Wallis, Korngold said, among other things, "I am not a musical illustrator for a 90% action picture." Leo Forbstein, head of the music department at Warner, personally appealed to Korngold, who reluctantly accepted. One month later, the Germans invaded Austria and the Gestapo occupied Korngold's house. Korngold's oldest son Ernst, who had stayed behind, was able to escape safely to Switzerland.
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I am in the process of restoring all the photos to this thread, starting with the oldest reviews.
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NOW we're talking. Some great-looking people from the sword and sandal flicks. Offhand, #2 is the lovely Sylva Koscina, who played Steve Reeves' wife in his two Hercules flicks. #3 is Mark Forrest, who became an opera singer. #5 is Reg Park. #6 is Daliah Lavi.
Edit: #8 just clicked: Elsa Martinelli
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OMG, where did the summer go?
Friday, September 1/2
It’s difficult to pick one from today’s line-up. The submarine films have been on a lot and you have to be in the mood for the beach movies.
4 a.m. Ride the Wild Surf (1954). For the cast: Fabian, Tab Hunter and Shelley Fabares.
It's actually a pretty good film. The famous title song is not played until the closing credits, but the opening theme by Stu Phillips is pretty cool as well. Here is one version of it, performed by the Astronauts:
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Thanks for the info and picture. I just wondered if by 2005 the producers decided to make a change for marketing reasons. Of course if they did that might have hurt the box-office take of the film. I.e. how many people wouldn't see the film because of what was on the roof verses how many wouldn't IF it was removed.
Guys would have gone to see Jessica Simpson even if the North Korean flag had been on the car's roof.
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The Lost Zeppelin (1929) youtube
Directed by Edward Sloman
Hoo boy, what a stinker. The filmmakers would have been better served filming my relatives fighting over The Last Zeppole on Christmas Eve.
Popular silent star and fading sound star Conway Tearle plays Commander Donald Hall and leads a group of explorers on an expedition to the South Pole, because, you know, it’s there, or something. Everybody should have stayed home instead and taken acting lessons. Virginia Valli, as his wife, is atrocious, and sounds too much like Billie Burke to be taken seriously. Valli has the hots for a young officer in the group, played by Ricardo Cortez. Unlike the poor acting of Teale and Valli, Cortez manages to approach sub-mediocrity with his character.
After an incredibly dull first twenty minutes, during which Tearle discovers his wife’s indiscretion and the audience discovers they should be somewhere else, the film finally takes off, figuratively and literally. But it doesn’t get much better. Tearle’s dirigible crashes, the radio conks out, and everyone runs out of clean underwear. Tearle and Cortez are the only ones left when an airplane miraculously shows up; however, the pilot can only take one person with him. This leads to the best scene in the film:
Valli: “What I want to know is, what happened when you and Donald were alone, and that aviator found you?”
Cortez: “Please Miriam, not that!”
Brokeback Iceberg, anyone??
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Well, as long as we're headed down this road:
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As Steve Martin would say, "Excuuuuuuuuuuusez moi."
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TCM has just announced they are changing the name of their program guide to "Was Playing."
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Someone in another forum was asking if anyone knew what Sue Lyon was doing these days. She would probably fit this category.
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I think some people view an accusation of racism as being a complete condemnation of that person and their accomplishments, past present and future. If someone is a racist, then they must be a horrible person in every regard. But unfortunately that's not the case. Racism often appears in unlikely places, and that nice lady down the road who knits sweaters for the homeless shelter all year to donate during the winter may also be an anti-Semite, or the nice guy who does car repairs for his poor neighbors for nothing may also consider black people subhuman animals. I think for some people that's why they don't recognize their own racism, because in their mind a racist is a monster, and they're not a monster, so they couldn't possibly be racist. I've met quite a few people who claim not to be racist, would never admit to being racist, but say racist stuff all of the time.
Nicely stated. I would like to plug a book entitled "Fear and What Follows: The Violent Education of a Christian Racist," by Tim Parrish. Tim was a colleague of mine, and one of the nicest, friendliest guys you could meet. The book describes his life growing up in Louisiana and grappling with his own racism.
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Yeah, I suppose I can see how using "the straw man" might have helped pique the interests of the kids in your Math classes.
(...I'd guess he'd also be pretty good to use as a bad example in a Debate class too, huh)
The crazy thing about the Scarecrow's statement is that it is impossible to construct a triangle with the specifications he gives. That's a rarity, because even with false mathematical statements, you can usually find one or two exceptions where something works under very unusual circumstances.
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There may be some posters here who have the "Now Playing Guides" that go back that far. Try checking this thread for somebody who can help:
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Then it must bug ya to no end whenever you hear Bolger flub this thing near the end of the Oz flick, eh Rich?!
Not really, since it offered some great material for my students to analyze.
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In another film (one of four) made by Richard Cunha that same year, another bandaged character frequents a mad doctor's lab, but in this case, the bandaged character turns out to be nice (although her husband is evil).
I'm referring to one of the great sympathetic characters in all of horror filmdom, Mona (played by Leni Tana) in She Demons, who has one of the best exits in any movie, ever, after delivering one of the great lines: "Would you go, if you looked like THIS!! (She rejects "salvation," pulls her bandages off, and walks into the flames, to join her husband in the now-burning lab.)
Cunha must have gone to Costco and got a good price on bandages (and other lab gear) that year!
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Good points. She Demons is a camp classic, and I renovated that review as well, one page down I think. At least Mona is actually played by a woman.
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Well.. sadly it appears that my free photobucket account is being held prisoner (by photobucket.. ha!) and the access I had to post pics from there has been removed unless I want to upgrade. But what is worse is that I also see now that all the pics I had posted on here previously (when the account was free) also appear to be lost too.. at least for viewing purposes on this website. And the images I posted have now been replaced by an annoying announcement by photobucket to update my account with them (from a free account to a paying one) Now THAT is really disappointing (at least to me) because it has made a mess out of this thread in particular from some of the posts I have made to honor Kyle's efforts to showcase some really wonderful vintage images and artwork of our men and women in uniform and the armed services in general.
So I apologize for all the "dopey looking" little announcements you will see to please upgrade my photobucket account.. but alas.. it is not in my budget to pay for such things, so I won't be doing that. And rather than go through this entire message board one post at a time to edit and delete all the pictures that USED to be there... I will just say... please enjoy all the posts from Kyle.. who is the one who started this thread in the first place. His posts are the ones that I wanted you to see here anyway, as they REALLY are worth viewing.. and you can just scroll right on through any of mine that have the annoying photobucket messages.
Same thing happened to me. However, all pictures you uploaded to photobucket should still be there, and you can download them to your computer. So rather than delete all those "please update your account" images, you can use another photo service, like imgur.com, upload your photos there, and put them back in this thread. Admittedly, it will take some time, as I am doing this now with one of my threads. But if you just do a little now and then, it can get done. Now we just have to hope that Kyle's pictures don't disappear.
Edit: I see SueSue responded as well.
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Yet again I was drawn into PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY.
But I bet you didn't notice the Pythagorean Theorem on Gray's blackboard in the room where the painting was. Nerds like me notice that stuff.
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Guy Kibbee as Scattergood Baines needs airing - six films
in General Discussions
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There were actually some Scattergood Baines shorts filmed in the early 1920s, but it's probably safe to say we won't be seeing them anywhere.