movieman1957
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April:
"Easy Living" is a wonderful movie. Of course, that's just me. Jean Arthur at her lovely best. A surprising Ray Milland as her boyfriend. A Preston Sturges script. The hotel "Louie, Louie" for everyonre to stay in. What's not to love? My wife can never remember the name so it's "the mink coat movie." I have a VHS but I'm getting the DVD because if that tape broke....
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Your mentioning "All About Eve" and the number of showings may have something to do with their rental agreement. It could be that TCM can show it a certain number of times within a time frame. The other side is maybe they have the film for six months and they can show it whenever and will show it at different times of the day or night.
"North By Northwest" I think got caught up in a Hitchcock run and also for this months spotligh on "Riding The Rails."
They're making the most of their dollars.
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Just a reminder that Mr. Brownlow comes to visit the SSO this coming week. For some information see the first post in this thread.
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Re: The Tall T
That picture reminds me of my mother's high school senior picture. They took her photograph a gave a kind of painted treatment to it. It looked good. (But then so does my mother.)
Re: The Big Country.
If you colored one we'd like to see it.
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There was so little written about Chico because he was always chasing girls or gambling.
My favorite Chico story was that someone asked him how much money he lost gambling. His answer was to find out how much money Harpo had. There was also a story back in their early theater days where Chico and Harpo switched parts as a surprise for Chico's daughter. THey found out afterward that she had left to go somewhere else. They never did it again.
Groucho once said that he always expected Chico to die in bed.... but from gunshot wounds.
You mentioned Zeppo being very funny. He sometimes filled in for Groucho if he was sick. Apparently he did it well.
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Thanks for sharing about Dan. I'm not as affected as you. Not sure why. I knew he had been sick for some time and I knew it was serious so maybe I had in some way prepared myself.
I agree about Dan as poet and story teller. "Gazette: Tucson Arizona" is one of my favorite's too. Sad story told in an interesting way. (As a side note I have many of his songbooks and still love to play them on my piano. That is one of them.) "Windows and Walls" is equally sad but for a whole different reason. Even "Sweet Magnolia" and "Believe in Me" are sweet. He sang of love and of lost love. No emotion went untouched. Whether the nostalgia of an old girlfriend (Same Old Lang Syne) or the questioning of one's heart (Wysteria) he entered in and found a way to speak to those feelings. He spoke to the art of love ("Hearts and Crafts.") I love the line in it as the conversation went about whether love was an art "And I said it was more a craft." So true.
He was an equally gifted musician and music writer. Whether it was the drive of "Phoenix" or the gentleness of "The Sand and The Foam" each kind was masterfully crafted. Imaginitive chord structures were filled with interesting arrangements. And could he sing harmony!
I had a CD of different things. "To The Morning" and "Missing You" and "Lonely In Love" and "Since You've Asked" (even though it's Judy Collins' tune it is very much his) are mixed among a dozen other songs that go straight to what I know. They speak because at some point I've been there. I write songs and his are what I try to measure to. Coming well short is a feeling I am used to. I explained to my daughter one time that classical music was "Sitting down" music. It was music to be paid attention to. It was music to absorb. Dan, in his way, was the same. You are right it was not background. It begged to be paid attention to.
I first heard him on the radio with "Part Of The Plan." That album hooked me. I saw him in concert twice. Once after "Phoenix" came out and once after "No Resemblance Whatsoever." Both were wonderful times. He didn't take his music or us for granted.
Anyone who could write love songs, jazz, buegrass, pop and rock and all with equal strength and confidence is someone to be remembered. To the masses he was "Longer" but oh the things they will miss if that is all they ever know.
You and I love many of the same albums and songs. Frankly, I think he got better as his radio popularity waned. (And his best work never got on the radio.) But at different times in my life his songs speak differently to me. He was a few years older than me but he often spoke for me.
We will always have the music. And that we can share (as often as you care to.)
Chris
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The songs name for 2007 is "Promises" by Badly Drawn Boy. 2006 = "Press On" by Ronbinella.
TCM has the last two and some individual ones on this site in the "video" tab at the top. You can also see some other promos at raygun.com
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Lynn:
You did. My local library doesn't have it but as my wife likes Bruce she probablty won't mind if I have to buy a copy.
I did impress my brothers-in-law once (and maybe only once.) One plays guitar and one time we were playing through some music. He started a Bruce song and after 4 or 5 measures I joined him. He was surprised I played it so well for not having heard it. Frankly, it was a realtively simple song (pretty straight forward chords) so I didn't do a lot to dissuade them of their newly found respect for me. (Don't remember the song.)
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Hi
So am I back to even?
Fogelberg was hard for me too. I really admired his talent, his songwriting and he played everything but drums. He crafted a song so well and through so many genres. I always loved the line form "Beggar's Game" - "The candles glistened and the water gleamed. She drew a bath and the windows steamed. She looked like every woman ever dreamed in the heart of a lonely man."
So many great songs. (I'd like to see your avatar sometime. I know where there is a collection.)
Springsteen, I at least plan on investigating him on a lyric level. I'm sorry but I just don't enjoy his singing style. Too rough for me. He sounds like he's passing a kidney stone sometimes.
What are some of your favorite Fogelberg songs/albums? (I'll talk Dan all you want.)
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Favorite Genres:
Westerns. (almost anything.)
Comedy / Romantic Comedy. (From Jean Arthur to the Marx Brothers.)
Mystery / Suspense
Favorite Music:
Classic Rock - (Beatles, Moody Blues, Fogelberg)
Classical. (Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky)
Jazz - (Rippingtons, Ken Navarro, Fourplay)
Pop - (Andy Williams, etc.)
Contemporary Christian.
Some people are trying to convert me to Bruce Springsteen. So far no luck.
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The scene where Heston decides he can't offer anything to Hackett and figures she would be better off without him is quite touching .
Isn't Donald Pleasance creepy?
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I think it had two reasons. One he wasn't that established by the mid 50's. He did do "Arrowherad" and "Pony Express." But he still was relatively new. What he was having success in was TV and doing an occasional "outdoor" picture. The other, alluded to, lots of big stars doing lots of big westerns. Cooper, Wayne, Stewart, Peck, Widmark, Lancaster, Douglas and on and on. He may not have pursued them as much, maybe he didn't need to.
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>I'm only sorry he didn't die in a gun-crazed massacre. He was so fond of those, and I know he'd have appreciated being gunned down by some 9-year-old expressing his constitutional rights.
What a completely stupid thing to say. The man supports the position that he has a constitutional right to own a gun so that equals killing sprees? Please.
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MiisG:
I have listened to the commentary on "My Darling Clementine." I found it fascinating. Not only does he talk about the film he compares Ford's original with Zanuck's version. Eyman was apparently instrumental in the remastering(?) of Ford's version as he talks about having to adjust the frame in one scene to keep something that didn't belong out of the shot.
If you have the DVD that has both versions it would be worth your while to watch both of them.
On to "The Searchers." I'm not near as smart as most of you but one thing has always bothered me about the film (forgive me if you've covered it.) Why would Ethan spend five years slogging all over creation with a man, who is determined to find Debbie and bring her home, if all he wants to do is kill her? I thought, "why bother?" She's dead to him anyway. Part of me wants to be a romantic and think that he really intended to bring her home all along. She's part of him (no matter how little) and worth saving as much as Marty thinks so. He's conflicted, no doubt, otherwise why pull the gun on her but I just don't see him being so nasty as to kill his kin. Maybe he went along to keep Marty from getting himself killed.
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I saw it last year and I found it tough going. Early parts are silent. Some terribly obvious visual innuendos. It does have a history though and worth seeing for that reason.
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Tobitz & Fred:
Thanks to both of you.
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Harold LLoyd was on with a short the other night "A Sailor-Made Man."
Abbott and Costello's "In The Navy."
"The Caine Mutiny.", etc.
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Sorry. I must be off my game. I knew it and I had hoped to show some humor in kind. This is twice now I knew someone was kidding and my response missed the mark.
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>and how come they always show The Great Train Robbery when they could be showing Troubles of a Manager of a Burlesque Show (1904)?
It had to do with their evening theme which was (ta da) train robberies. Maybe they'll have a night of "Films Over One Hundred Years Old" and you'll get your wish.
Here's hoping.
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>Cookies don't hurt, people do.
Especially when they deny others chocolate chip cookes.
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I know. With the recent activity in Baltimore about banning transfats and school districts prohibiting the sale of candy it fit very well.
Sorry I wasn't more clear on my spoof.
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>Our nation is getting fat. Young people are over-eating. I shall consult with the Web Administrator posthaste. I feel this thread is contributing to juvenile obesity. We must protect the children!
Sincerely,
Felma Fodd
Are you on a city council?
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Great movie. Great portrayal. Hardly ever shown. I think I caught it on PBS the last time I saw it. Maybe one of his lesser known movies after he became a star.
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Here is the best penguin - Opus
And in keepign with the thread he played tuba in a heavy metal band. (Billy and The Boingers.)
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It's on tonight. It's part of the schedule for April 15 even though it is after midnight.