movieman1957
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Encore Westerns showed "Springfield Rifle" last night. Didn't catch it until it was already underway. I didn't see it for the next couple of days but you might look for it.
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Happy Birthday, Christine. May you have many more with your daughter. It sounds as though all is well. I hope so.
Regards
Chris
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Frank:
Interesting how you want to study "a broad" and the next thing you know you are getting instructions, from a woman, on how to get women with their bosoms hanging out. Funny how that works.
Is this a great country or what?
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I still have the "White Album" with all that stuff. It's not pristine but it is still there. The point you make about The Beatles touring is a good one. Their writing in a few years had progressed so far that it left much of what they did in concert well behind. They also were playing awful by their own admission. The crowds were so loud they couldn't hear themselves.
If you are at all interested in their recording methods the encyclopedia of it is Mark Lewison's "Recording Sessions." A detailed list of each recording session during the group's career.
Speaking of the "White Album" The Beatles did 100 takes of "Not Guilty" by George Harrison and then left it off the album. As you are probably aware he released it on a solo album.
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I agree that the leg gave some definition to the character and the how it happened was enlightening I thought they could have made more of it but too often he moved as if it never happened. Could have been a more interesting twist.
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Lafitte:
How funny you bring this up as I just pulled it off the wall and watched it again last night. I like it some better than I did the first time but it has been a while since I've seen the original so the comparisons were not so prominent in my mind.
Hard to imagine a more bloodthirsty group of outlaws. Ben Foster does creep anyone out, sometimes I think he even leaves Wade (Crowe) a little uneasy. Wade is interesting, as you mention, for his wide characterization. Maybe too soft in some places but ruthless in others. Bale is pretty good, especially having lost his accent. The bit about his leg was superfluous and at times can be a distraction as he runs pretty well.
Disappointed with the ending. A little hard to swallow. Authentic sets, costumes and overall feel to it.
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Speaking of Beatles' records I was equally surprised at the difference in sound in the American and British releases. I think even McCartney at some point asked EMI why their records couldn't be more like the Capitol releases. They, not surprisingly, had the bass more prominent in the mix. A little echo added a better sound, I thought, as well.
I am hard pressed to give up or throw away many of my albums. Some are gone because of the shape they were in. I like having the art and liner notes.
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Frank said:
"The worst feeling I ever had after a loss was when the Pirates lost Game 7 to the Braves in the '92 NLCS thanks to F'n Francisco Cabrera. I laid on the floor, in the dark, for a good hour. I was sad, not angry. I was in shock." end.
You should have been a Baltimore Colts fan when they lost to the Jets. 1969 wasn't good to us. The Orioles lost to the Mets. The Bullets lost to the Knicks. The Colts was the worst though. The town was despondent.
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36% from very little still won't amount to much but I have heard labels are increasing their production of albums. I'm not a collecetor but I have held on to what I have. Some are sentimental value. Some music isn't available anymore so I keep them.
Turntables have been available to varying degrees for a while. I have the coolest thing in a turntable that will convert my records and tapes to CDs. It is a great way to have permanent copies without worrying about further wear on them. When I'm done it will still play as a regular turntable.
There is certainly a different sound between records and CDs. I remember listening to The Beatles "Revolver" when it came to CD. This was an album I loved and knew well. I was still surprised at some of the small things I had missed because they were so buried in the mix on an album that I could now hear on the CD. With this new toy I can listen to both.
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Hi April:
It's from 1957. I doubt it is on DVD. I taped it from TCM.
Chris
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Young attractive member of prominent movie message board dreams of long dead handsome movie actor. A normal night's dream or a sign of deeper desires and heart filled wishes.
No one knows for sure nor can anyone know because we never know what is real and what is not real in....
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The mystery woman looks a little like Betty Hutton but I'm not sold on it.
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I wouldn't expect it before at least the middle of the month.
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Speaking of Barbara Stanwyck, I watched her and Joel McCrea in *Trooper Hook.* Barbara is a woman who was taken prisoner by Indians and has had a child with the chief. During a fight with the Cavalry she is rescued with her son and is to be sent back to her husband.
It is pretty much McCrea's picture as he plays the soldier who befriends her and shields her from the inevitable scrutiny put on her as a white woman with an Indian child. McCrea is forceful in dealing with both the whites and Indians to complete his orders on delivering her. Stanwyck is fine but there is not a lot for her to do then hold onto her son and an occasional rant at the way she is being treated.
Probably daring for its day in the way it deals with her treatment of her and her history by the white community the topic seems kind of tame now. Good action and nice support from Earl Holliman.
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>I think it?s unfortunate too that b/c of the nature of Gehrig?s death, that possibly overshadows his fabulous career. He was undoubtedly one of the most talented guys who ever played the game and he is still tops or very near the top in many categories
On the one hand Lou's illness makes you wonder how long he might have played on the other I think his illness is a reminder of how great a player he was. I rarely hear anyone mention Gehrig without talking about both his illness and his career. I think nonsports fans wouldn't know him from the man on the moon if he hadn't died of that illness.
Ripken may not enter the general public's thoughts because he has had a normal post playing life. In Baltimore he is well loved for being a family man and ambassador for Baltimore. A local guy who got to play for the local team and was good enough for the Hall of Fame. I'm not sure in 20 years they will talk about Ripken, regardless of his streak, the way we talk about Gehrig.
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Frank:
I wouldn't consider it torture as much as maybe a minor interruption. Besides it might give them a chance to get some tea.
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Frank:
Kind words. Thank you.
Chris
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Bringing up Gehrig made me think whether people will look back with fondness and admiration for Cal Ripken (who broke Gehrig's consecutive game streak by a wide margin. 2632 to 2130.) that we look at Gehrig. If not will it be because of the nature of Gehrig's death. Cal is beloved in Baltimore as Brooks Robinson or Johnny Unitas but does he transcend this location with his accomplishment.
He got more press because of when he did it but does that same press availiblity also remove some of the luster because it we have so many other images to have replaced it.
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Money has affected all the sports in some fashion. I'm not saying for the worse. What it has allowed the athletes to be is full time athletes. Back when I was young and interested in sports athletes had off season jobs. They worked like all the non-athletes. This cut into their ability to work out all year, as if they would, and keep in shape to play. Granted advances in training, diet and other things have led to players being bigger, faster and stronger. When I was a kid most offesive linemen in the NFL probably didn't weigh more than about 250 or so.
Basketball left me behind when it became, for me, moreof a play ground game. It was all about the dunk or fancy passing. I just don't like the attitudes but I haven't really watched it in several years.
Baseball is a complicated game for as simple as it is set up. You bring up an interesting thing about the nostalgia. I think part of it may be the almost anyone can play it. There is a broad appeal in that. However, I think it lost a lot of luster for people during the 1994 strike. People didn't have the stomach for athletes making that kind of money going out on strike no matter how justified it may have been to the athletes. Maybe it's that a lot of the fun is gone from sports. It's too much business. Maybe it's too much media. We didn't know a lot about players. We didn't get sound bites and endless highlights. Not every game was televised. Maybe we are so saturated it has lost some of its novelty.
Random thoughts from an old guy.
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The colors in these posters are amazing. The only problem is she doesn't look too much like Roz to me.
Thanks Kyle.
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Thought you had left us for good. I'm glad that is not the case.
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Maureen:
Every August TCM has a Summer Under The Stars festival where each day they highlight the movies of one star only. August 23 is the day they will show only L&H films. They will show a combination of feature films and short films.
Courtesy of a poster named "filmlover" here is a list of stars for August.
1. Michael Caine
2. Charlie Chaplin
3. Gregory Peck
4. Marie Dressler
5. Claude Rains
6. Anne Bancroft
7. Greta Garbo
8. James Garner
9. Fred MacMurray
10. Doris Day
11. Richard Widmark
12. Kim Novak
13. Peter Lorre
14. Greer Garson
15. Rita Hayworth
16. Fred Astaire
17. Gene Kelly
18. Jack Palance
19. Barbara Stanwyck
20. Edward G. Robinson
21. Ava Gardner
22. Trevor Howard
23. Laurel and Hardy
24. Henry Fonda
25. Ingrid Bergman
26. Janet Leigh
27. Tony Curtis
28. Charlton Heston
29. Marlon Brando
30. Katherine Hepburn
31. Spencer Tracy
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You may not post a lot but this is a few posts too many. They have an edit button that you might consider using.
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Thanks for the article. I find it hard to believe that an obscure movie got such a big treatment. I saw this movie in the middle of the night sometime back in the 70s. I thought it was a riot. That they could get that much out of a simple situation was great.
I never thought anything of Sellers character except the "fish out of water" type. He could have been anyone from anywhere but Sellers was the only I guess that could have done it.
It was fun rediscovering it on TCM.
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For what it's worth I think you handled yourself on the York thread quite well. Explaining rather than defending is often the order of things on that topic. You did that well.