movieman1957
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There's also been a favorite westerns list going on the westerns forum for months. A little checking around goes a long way.
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Hi April:
Not sure what to make of it as the picture (and your copy of it) show up on my screen. Thanks for adding your publicity shot too.
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He could have been her greatest love interest.
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I think I printed out the SOTM list you mentioned. The trouble is it is at my office so if no one else comes up with it I'll check and see if I can locate the thread an copy it for you.
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Walmart might likely will have "The Searchers" along with the detergent. BTW, don't forget the M&Ms.
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>Has anyone else noticed "Mens Volleyball"???
I saw a photo on a news site. I also heard they were complaining about their sunglasses fog up so they took out the lenses but continued to wear the frames. It must have been great looking so stupid to keep the endorsement money.
Other than that I wouldn't have known either.
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BG48:
Computer problems and dreams like that may be a signal of bigger issues. Have a chocolate bar and a movie and see if that helps.
The rest of you have mentioned some British comedies I don't know. "Black Books" is unknown but I have heard but not seen "Father Ted." I guess I need to get busy.
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CineMaven:
"Doctor In The House" was really my first exposure to British comedies. I thought it was great fun. I learned a good deal of English slang from that show. I don't know what possessed my local channel to show it because no one in our area was showing anything like it and this was back in the early to mid 70s.
I haven't seen any of the "Carry On" movies but I have seen some discussion here so I'm keeping a lookout for them.
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You mention the end credits being crunched for announcements now they do a split screen on the end credits so they start the opening on another episode. (That is predominant on "Law and Order" episodes.) Forget trying to find out who that familiar face was at the end of the show like we used to.
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I remember when I was younger that Olympics coverage used to tell plenty of stories about athletes from other countries. Maybe they were the best in that sport so they deserved some coverage. Maybe they were the worst (Eddie the Eagle Canadian ski jumper comes to mind.)
Broadcasters were seemingly more even handed. If an American athlete messes up sometimes it seems as if it were a national tragedy.
There is more to all this than Phelps no matter how good he is. I don't care what he has for breakfast. He may live 25 miles away from me but that doesn't mean he's the end all. Somewhere there is an athlete from Estonia who probably has just as interesting a story.
No, I won't watch much of them and certainly none on the 23rd.
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What you say makes perfect sense. If were all about how we like a character a lot of great movies would not have been made. If the motivation is interesting it can make you understand them and make for a good movie.
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Generally I admire Robert's wardrobe as well but there is the occasional pin-striped suit with striped shirt and even a striped tie. Good heavens it is awful. The man does tie a good know in his neckties. Many people would be well served to have a good knot in their ties.
Ben is okay in a more casual way which is good for the weekends but I have an aversion to mixing plaids and stripes. Sometimes he too needs Garanimals.
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Kathy:
You are quite right in that Stewart's character is a bit arrogant or maybe a better word is bitter. At a minimum he is cranky. He is raising a family and working a farm in a sense alone. He has plenty of children but the one he loves is long dead. He goes to church gudgingly and only because he promised his wife.
He's struggled. He doesn't want to get involved in the war because he has no need to be involved. No one ever came around to help him as he points out. Obviously the sons want to be invovled maybe more for the excitement. When Stewart asks "Are they (the war) on our land?" When they all know they are not that is the end of the discussion.
Alas, he is not all that bad. The scenes where he gives McClure his premarriage counseling are wonderfully warm. He asks McClure "Do you like her?" McClure answers "Oh, I love her." Stewart replies "That's not what I asked you." That is important. He knows that love while the basis is not enough there must be friendship. Later after they find McClure Stewart prepares a kind of bridal suite for them.
Clearly the experience has affected Stewart. He's lost some family but gained his soul. He is transformed.
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Good old Onslow. I have watched that show for years. Who can't help but feel for Onslow and Richard. I like the way they are comrades in misery and thus respect and like each other as in their own way they suffer.
British comedies are full of weirdos. In addition to most of the cast on "Keeping Up Appearances" you have most of the cast of "Absolutuely Fabulous," "Are You Being Served" (which I am not the fond of) "The Vicar of Dibley and the king of suffering Basil Fawlty.
How wonderful that not everyone in Britain was doing "Jane Eyre."
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LSM:
Not only are the promos for shows adding sound they take up a larger potion of the screen than they used to. Watching "Law and Order" on USA or TNT (less so for this reason) is extraordinarily distracting. Do I need to be reminded a third time that "The Closer" is coming up next? I don't need to have a 3 inch Kyra Sedgewick swing in to the picture and show off how pouty expression. If I have to suffer through it all the title should be sufficient. This practice more often then not drives me to another channel.
"Reality" shows can take a long deserved hiatus. When you think of what Bravo and A&E used to be and what they pass off as programming now is just too sad.
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> Is this thread just to, well, torture FG?
Yea. It is mostly Frank vs. The Ladies. Once in a while some of the rest of us cut in to disrupt things. As you can tell this is a catch-all thread. Almost any topic is fiar game.
They don't bite...much.
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>Beds are made for resting in... solo. That's what classic film has taught me.
THe great Groucho Marx in his book "Beds" has a chapter (first) called "The Advantages of Sleeping Alone."
The chapter is blank. Spoken like a true ladies man.
Incidently, Groucho said he always thought Chico would die in bed but of gunshot wounds.
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It is TCM's policy not to edit movies and that includes bleeping words. Just last week I heard Lawrence Fishburne cut loose with one in his interview with Mitchell. I've seen quite a few others that have four letter words. It most likely is the way the print arrived from the distributor.
I've seen "Sheriff" before and don't remember that being a problem.
As an aside I saw a few minutes of "Blazing Saddles" on AMC and they were bleeping all over the place. Why bother to show it?
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I really like "Sheriff." I don't care all that much for "Gunfighter." It is not a sequel and therein lies part of the problem. You have what amounts to the same cast save for the leading lady playing totally different people. At first it is a little confusing if you are familiar with "Sheriff." Secondly, I don't think it is as funny.
Watch one or both you should have a pleasant evening.
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Walter Matthau and Sophia Loren in "Grumpier Old Men."
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Wasn't "Please Don't Eat The Daisies" another one?
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"Killer's Kiss" made a short turn on Encore last month for a few showings so maybe it will be back.
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Susan:
Such sad news but I hope you take heart in that medicine is doing some amazing things. I have several friends at my church who are dealing with different cancers and they are making progress in recovering. My prayer is that your treament will meet the need and you will soon be back with us.
I hope you will keep us up to date with your progress and we can be a nice diversion for you.
All the best
Chris
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>I realize that, as a man, I'm essentially clueless about most things, but it completely bewilders me to find that something I've done for ten years is suddenly despicable.
It is not "that thing" that is suddenly despicable it is more likely something else that set it all off and that came flooding out. I think that something that had been that big an annoyance to someone else would have been brought up long before "it" would have become the issue.
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I like Myrna Loy in "Mr. Blandings." Loving wife, partner, encourager and lovely too. She has a sense of humor and she's no push over.
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I saw Ford's "Seas Beneath." Early sound movies never looked so good but came out so weird. The story involves a US Navy schooner type ship that, while towing a submarine, hunts Germany's most famous sub.
It takes nearly an hour to get going and when it does it is a little hard to believe. An AWOL American sailor hides on a small German boat managing to inflict a little damage. He is shot to death by the German captain. Then they put a life jacket on the body and send him out to sea with a hearty salute from the crew he just tried to kill. Stretches of the imagination like that and in the meeting along the way of the American and German crews in the Canary Islands and the main female lead and her dual role make this one tough to take.
Good things going for it are that it is mostly filmed on the boats and real ones at that. No miniatures or models. Probably 75% of the film is shot out doors and on the decks. Scenes with Germans are shot in German. Sparse title cards for translation are bothersome as you can only guess what the Germans are saying.
Bad part is neither boat could hit the other if their life depended on it. That may be more a matter of not tearing anything up. Dialogue is a bit rough. Not many Ford touches. Interesting only as a curiosity.