movieman1957

Your Highness: We are not worthy. I thank you. Sincerely: A lowly admirer.

This may help you. http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?messageID=7781292

Comparing this with the "Most Over Rated Movie" thread it seems that "Casablanca" and "Citizen Kane" still lead the league as most over rated.

But he' s very clean.

BacallFan: Q: How do you find America? A: Turn left at Greenland.

Is it already time for this discussion, again. Yes, it's possible. The programmer has commented before that there are no plans to include commercials are do anything that would head them in the AMC direction. But, he acknowledged that it is ultimately out of his/her hands. Some big shot at Time/Warner may indeed come in and say that's it. Until then we can enjoy it. Long may it live.

That's why my dad used to give my brother a stick for a toy. If he broke it he had two toys. Message was edited by: Me

A married couple in their nineties is seeking a divorce after seventy years or so of marriage. The judge asked "Why after all these years did you wait until now to get a divorce?" The husband replied, "We wanted to wait until the children died."

No need to be so hard on yourself. You were correct at the time. You did the important thing by defending her. You may be the source at some point to answer if someone is still with us, so don't let a coincidence of timing bother you.

My memorable theater experience was fairly recent. I don't do a lot of movies but a few years ago I took my, then, 13 yr old daughter to a theater to see "Roman Holiday." It's her favorite movie. It was nice to sit in a theater full of people who looked like they had seen the movie 50 years ago and some that had never seen it before. Everyone laughed at the right times and I could almost feel everyone enjoying themselves. It was also fun listening to the people going on about how much fun they had when they came out. My daughter and I have been looking for another old movie to go to but with little luck. It was a fine day.

Based on the lyrics, to me, it was probably a jingle written specifically for the segment. Dress it up with the scratches and it sounds like it was recorded in the 30's.

Did CineSage jr misspell a word? Must be a typo.

A few years after I started watching old movies I started to collect obituaries of movie stars. While it may seem weird I found out more info on their lives than just about any other way. Sometimes something I learned drove me to find a biography or autobiography. Sad way to learn about someone but it was interesting. If you are looking for basic info you might try and find the obits on some of these stars.

That's too bad. I have a review done by a Baltimore critic about 10 or 15 yrs ago where he sang its praises with every paragraph. He is not easily pleased. I wonder if they apply modern movie "standards" to 50 year old films. They don't make them the same way so do you look at them the same way? Does it have flaws, sure. Ken Curtis is annoying, maybe Hank Worden too. I think along with "Red River" this is Wayne's best performance. The scene where he tells Harry Carey, Jr that he found Lucy back in the canyon, for me, is Wayne at his best.

Thanks. I thought them more TV cartoons but I'm not sure. If we talk TV cartoons than the Hanna-Barberra (sp?) are pretty rare these days. Yogi Bear, Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, Augie Doggie and Doggy Daddy, etc. Rocky and Bullwinkle weren't all that funny until I grew up enough to understand them.

The cartoons I never warmed up to were the Disney cartoons. I just didn't find them that funny. I must be losing it as I don't even remember TerryToons (at least not by the name). What characters were there? What's weird about the WB is if you go back to the 30's and see how much the characters changed. Elmer Fudd and Bugs especially. They not only sounded different but in Fudd's case he was completely different. (Somehow that sounds too serious for cartoons.) Their evolution is interesting. How many would be considered politically incorrect today?

The TCM programmer said they always request the letterbox version of a movie. Sometimes they don't always get what they ask for or the incorrect version may have been sent. They always desire to show the letterbox but are at the mercy of the supplier.

Looney Tunes. About 15 years ago when my son was little I had the great idea of taping those cartoons from the TV. I don't think I anticipated their disappearance as much as I thought we'd be able to watch them anytime. Well, lo and behold, what you say has come true. Try finding Foghorn Leghorn or Yosemite Sam or Sylvester or any them that aren't in one of those Bugs Bunny "movies". I do like Tom And Jerry and have great memories of my father laughing so hard at them. I can get them on "OnDemand" on my cable system. All is not lost.

I watched "Back Street" with Susan Hayward once. I was amazed at all the cars. All those big finned Chryslers seemed to overtake the movie. At least they had some style to them. I also kept being distracted as they used the theme from a Brahms symphony prominently in the score and I had to spend about half the picture trying to remember it. Consequently, I don't remember much about the movie.

It's not that I dislike him but Ken Curtis' voice would drive me crazy. He could sing beautifully (see "Rio Grande") but that awful twang he used in "The Searchers" and consequently in "Gunsmoke" for me was troublesome. He seemed like and I'm sure was a really nice man. I think his appearance in "Conagher" was more likely to be his real voice. A bit softer with not nearly the accent he showed earlier. I do enjoy Ben Johnson, Harry Carey, Jr. and Ward Bond. But Maureen O'Hara is tops along with John Wayne.

ken My guess is you have the DVD. If not, I found it really interesting to have both the original release version and Ford's version together. I also found the commentary pretty interesting. I liked how the commentator pointed out the differences between the two versions and why they were different.

Allow me to add Richard Jaeckel to the list. His movie career consists almost all in the western or war movies but he had a lengthy television career as well. He seems especially good at playing nasty young gunfighters in his 1950's westerns. For example "3:10 to Yuma", "The Gunfighter", "The Violent Men" also in "Sands of Iwo Jima" and "The Dirty Dozen" among others.

Sounds like it's a picture called "Man Hunt" from 1941. It stars Walter Pidgeon and was directed by Fritz Lang. Doesn't look like its availbale in any format.

I think it was scheduled as much as a curiosity as anything. I think quite a few people didn't even know there was this version. I didn't and I'm a fan of Oliver Hardy. It's rare to see Ollie in anything without Stan, even before their pairing, it makes for an interesting movie. You'll find not everything is top drawer but that doesn't make it any less interesting. I'm with you on "The Wiz" but if fit only in that it worked in the theme.

A slight departure. Did the fines ease up relatively soon after GWTW? I watched "How Green Was My Valley" and the mother cut loose with a damn and a hell. Neither of which I never noticed before.