scsu1975
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Sylvia Miles has a good drunken scene in Farewell, My Lovely ... especially when she says "the ceiling's the limit."
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An interesting aspect of the Dirty Harry films is the "evolution" of Albert Popwell throughout those films. In the original, he's the bank robber but he survives. In Magnum Force, he is a pimp and gets wasted by one of the rogue cops. In The Enforcer, he's a black militant and survives. In Sudden Impact, he's Harry's buddy and gets killed. I wonder why he wasn't cast in The Dead Pool
Oh, I see Jake just posted the "do you feel lucky" scene with Popwell..
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Great post, great points....although, they did do a pretty good documentary about the implementation of the Hayes code and the rather liberal sensibilities of films that came before 1934. I think it was called FORBIDDEN (?)
I think I remember that. But I'd like to see some of the silent films that underwent censorship. Many of those films dealt with some pretty advanced issues, like racism, drug abuse, and suicide.
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Due to the First Amendment we don't have censorship in the movies--
The First Amendment restricts Congress from enacting laws prohibiting the exercise of free speech (which I suppose would cover "controversial" films, shall we call them), but often what could be censored and what could not would be left up to local communities. Historically, there have even been films which were passed by the National Censor Board, yet were banned in certain localities. The Birth of a Nation was one such film. Although it passed the National Censor Board, it was not shown in Kansas until 1924.
It was not at all unusual for localities to set up their own censor boards, and, in some cases, local officials would do their own "editing" on films to remove what they considered "offensive" material. Incidentally, censorship in those days did not mean outright banning. If a film was "censored," it simply meant it had been reviewed by some board of examiners.
Censorship was also a good way for states to raise funds. At one time, Kansas charged film companies $2 for each film to be reviewed. Film companies and theater managers were not thrilled with that.
The whole history of censorship is fascinating. I wonder if TCM will ever devote some programming to the subject.
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I love it when one guy is chasing another and the chaser says to the chasee "get back here!"
Works every time.
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Nazi Agent (1942)Synopsis: An Allied sympathizer discovers his twin brother is a Nazi spy.
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D: Jules Dassin. Conrad Veidt, Anne Ayars, Dorothy Tree, Frank Reicher, Sidney Blackmer, Martin Kosleck, Marc Lawrence, William Tannen. Veidt plays twin brothers: one a peaceful American; the other a Nazi official. When the latter blackmails the former into spying, the good Veidt kills the bad Veidt and impersonates him. Slow-moving, rather arid tale that could have been much better. Dassin's first feature; good photography by Harry Neanderthal Man, The (1953) 78m. *1/2 D: E. A. Dupont. Robert Shayne, Richard Crane, Doris Merrick, Joy Terry. Shayne turns a tiger into a sabertooth and himself into a murderous caveman in this below- par '50s entry. Colorless and cheap; director Dupont was a long way from his German classic VARIETY.
Nazis and Neanderthals ... can't miss!
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YOU remember, although maybe you don't, that time after reporting of yet another run-in with the French police and with the following picture of Depardieu being shown behind Miller as the Weekend Update anchor at the time...
Hey, are you sure that's not Robert DeNiro?
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I suspect a few of you know this bit of trivia, but for those who don't, Baruch Lumet, one of the stars of The Killer Shrews, is the father of Sidney Lumet.
Baruch Lumet on the right
Now if Baruch Lumet had been the one in the center, we'd have a real story.
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Not sure it means anything, but Swamp Thing is the only one set in the South (Louisiana). Since I have not seen it in a long, long time, I'll record it for later viewing. Adrienne Barbeau definitely the best feature of the movie.
best "features" is probably more like it.
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Tomorrow, Thursday May 25, features another night (the last?) in the Creature Features series:
Return of the Fly (1959) 9:30PM EST - The son of the scientist from the first film tries to recreate the experiment. Vincent Price looks on. Also with Brett Halsey. I recall this one as "meh".
Danielle De Metz is in it, which is a good enough reason to watch it.
John Sutton plays the police inspector this time around. Even though he did not appear in The Fly, there is some passing reference made by Vincent Price, thanking Sutton for his help in that case. Sutton says something like it was Inspector Charas (Herbert Marshall) who did most of the work.
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If any of you get AntennaTV, Roger Moore will be a guest on Johnny Carson tonight. Looks like the network changed from another Carson episode to honor Moore. They have done this before.
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Wednesday, May 24th. All times E.S.T.:
11:45 a.m. "Lone Star" (1952)--Gable/Gardner western is ok, but film is notable because Gardner does her own singing in this one--at least she sings in the film's trailer (I'm fairly certain that's Gardner's singing voice).
Also notable for being Lionel Barrymore's final film, and silent screen star William Farnum's second-to-last film.
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Well, in 1948, the cows in RED RIVER looked pretty fat and sleek, but in 1963, the cows in HUD were fairly gaunt.
Which is why Melvyn Douglas had them shot to pieces.
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What's really scary is that Moore acted with people such as Wanda Ventham -- Benedict Cumberbatch's mother -- in episodes of "The Saint."
Alright, I'll say it. Wanda certainly seems to vent 'em in that photo.
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Mike Henry as Gleason's moronic son was offbeat casting, so say the least. This guy had a great physique, played for the Los Angeles Rams and also played Tarzan on film.
Smokey and the Bandit has its moments. To this day, whenever I get stuck behind a funeral procession, I complain to my fiancee "If they'd a cremated the sum-****, we'd be outta here by now."
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But is George Lazenby still with us?
Yes. News reports indicate he was shaken by the news, but not stirred.
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Tuesday, May 23rd. All times E.S.T.:
12:30 p.m. "The Verdict" (1946)--Interesting sounding film has Peter Lorre and Sydney Greeenstreet in their eighth teaming.
I think this is the film where they try to solve a murder which takes place in a locked room. If so, it's a good flick with a twist ending.
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Tuesday, May 23
4:15 p.m. Othello (1952). A great Orson Welles film. It is coming out soon on Criterion and I wonder if its copy will be broadcast by TCM.
If you play very close attention to the final scene where Othello stabs himself, he mumbles "rosebud."
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At left is Frederick Tyrone Power, at right is the original Tyrone Power:
Frederick Tyrone Power died on December 30, 1931, and not on December 23, as IMDb claims – unless every newspaper in the country got it wrong.
At the service, Ian Keith gave a speech, part of which was “The curtain is rung down. The prompter has left his box. You have played your last great role on our mortal stage, Tyrone. But we know that the great dramatist has prepared a finer role for you than any you played here.”*
Pallbearers included H. B. Warner and Dudley Digges. Power was cremated and his ashes sent to his former home in Isle Aux Noir, Quebec.
The Cincinnati Enquirer, January 3, 1932
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Just once, I'd like to hear a guy in a movie say "I don't care what you do to her, just don't hurt me."
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Violated (1953) youtube
Low-budget flick, filmed in NYC, about a photographer who kills women and cuts off locks of their hair. Producer William Holland plays the photographer, and screenwriter William Mishkin (I know, these are real household names) has a bit. An exotic dancer named Lili Dawn plays one of the victims. She’s not bad looking if you can imagine Hedy Lamarr with about twenty more pounds on her. The musical score consists of a guitar played by Tony Mottola.
Except for the 1950s view of the city, this film doesn’t have much to offer. The acting is pretty bad, and the dialogue is worse. As the film’s shrink explains, “the human mind is a vast domain. When its door is unhinged it’s open to an endless variety of q u e e r happenings.” Like this movie.
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There' very little information about Jeanne Gail on IMDB but he says she was later an unbilled chorus girl in Singin' in the Rain. I wonder if she's in the background of this shot.
Jeanne Gail (whose name was sometimes spelled “Gale”) was born in Fresno on October 23, 1936, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Gerdes. She was taken to Hollywood when she was 5, to train for a musical career. She was signed by Bing Crosby’s agency, and appeared in two biblical movies for Cathedral Films when she was 6. She played the piano, and performed on radio station KFAC in Hollywood. In 1945, she auditioned for a part in an Errol Flynn film.* (Apparently, she didn’t get it.)
Since her birthday is screwed up on IMDb, my guess is someone confused her with Jeanne Gale, who was an acrobat in the late 1930s.
*The Fresno Bee July 13, 1945
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The Woman Who Came Back (1945).
Let me take a wild guess. You never heard of this film. I know I hadn't.
Me neither. That's why I love this thread. Thanks for the review, Tom. I will be looking for this one.
I discovered the original title was to be The Web.
Also, IMDb, which lists Jeanne Gail as "Peggy," appears to be in error regarding her birthdate. Gail was born Jeanne Gerdes on October 23, 1936, in Fresno, some ten years after the date given in IMDb. Did she look about 8 or 9 in this movie, or did she look to be in her early 20s? Here is her photo:
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Contemporary newspaper accounts stated that the coroner concluded Healy died from kidney disease, brought on by alcohol use. The "beating" consisted of superficial injuries. Interestingly, Albert Broccoli (future producer of the James Bond films) admitted he got into a fight with Healy before a second fight occurred. Broccoli claimed that Healy had been the aggressor, and that he (Broccoli) never struck Healy. He also claimed Healy apologized afterwards.
Healy's wife was satisfied with the coroner's findings, but Healy's first wife wanted the investigation to remain open, since she was the one who believed Healy had died from injuries sustained in the fight. The District Attorney thought otherwise, and closed the case.
About a month after Healy's death, his wife was sued for non-payment of medical bills. She owed money to the doctor who had delivered her son, and also to the hospital where her husband had been treated for his kidney problems.
Clint Eastwood: Political correctness would stop Dirty Harry being made today
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Too bad, he livened up the series. I really loved him as "Big Ed" Mustapha in The Enforcer. His exchanges with Eastwood were hilarious.