movieman1957

"The Cruel Sea" is already in my Netflix list. (Keeping it all on topic.) I'm glad to know someone already likes it.

>I'm impressed by Movieman's watching Diary of a Lost Girl. If that is all it takes.... (I think someone at the other site mentioned it. I'm great for mining lists for movies.) If you want to talk about it and if somewhere else is the best place just let me know.

Dan Fogelberg: "To The Morning."

*"Chris---have you seen The Deadly Companions or did I ask you this before? Peacemaker needs to get it because it's Maureen. I think she'd also respond to the child."* No. I don't even remember the title. (Of course at my age I might have forgotten.) But just on your question I added it to my streaming list on Netflix. (If there is a ramn I am so far behind. I have to watch "Phantom Lady." Sir Francis watched "Flight Of The Phoenix." We could talk about that one since we mentioned it. I haven't even had time to watch "Beyond The Secret Door" but it is in my group. I did watch "Diary of A Lost Girl." I found it only okay. I guess this is my "Movies To Watch" list.

Carolyn Jones from "Last Train From Gun Hill." A very interesting selection. What do you find appealing about her? I don't disagree. It is just not one I would have thought of. And you know I like that picture.

And Claudia Cardinale - twice. (Claudia is my mother-in-law's name but somehow it doesn't sound the same. )

Nope. Not at all.

Favorite Male Character: Sir Francis.

> I feel like TCM is spoiling me! Someone should.

I'm glad you remembered. I followed one of her blogs and we spoke for awhile but I've lost touch. It's probably been more than a year since I spoke to her.

The disabled was a required theme in one of the programming challenges. Maybe...

Most unique - Eugene Pallette.

Herbert Marshall is an interesting choice. Not someone normally thought of but you are right that there is an elegance to his voice that doesn't sound too pompous. I find just the opposite to be true about George Sanders. That, most likely, is more character driven. Orson Welles would make my list.

> Maybe there's more to it. I wonder... Can't be too much more. Remember, this is me I am talking about.

My bride will need some evidence before she can say. If you speak as well as you write then something is going on. You never know. I'm sure not Sam and I've managed to hold on to her for 26+ years.

You mention voices, well my bride was beside herself over Sam Elliott doing some pregame "ramblings" over the Steelers and Packers. The fact that they showed him and his mustache only made her enjoy it more.

And just in time too.

Mexico had their fair share of locations as well.

Ha ha! Happy Anniversary. Chopin is always good.

My bride and I knew right off it was "Emergency" as she had a crush on Randolph Mantooth when she was a young teenager. However, the unit number escapes us. Happy Birthday. My parents have birthdays this month. Hope you have a great one.

*Bad Day At Black Rock* is one of my favorite films but I've never considered it a western. At least not in the traditional sense of the word. "Johnny Guitar" has its fans but I've seldom found it on a Top Ten list.

Glad you liked it. I think it is the weakest of the Scott/Boetticher films. That doesn't make it bad just not as good as the others. I think it felt more like Scott's early 50's westerns. A pleasant enough way to spend 80 minutes but not the depth of "The Tall T" and the others. I had waited a long time to see it before Encore Westerns showed it a while back. It wasn't part of the Scott/Boetticher box set so I think it was made at another studio.

>Anyway.. I think Ty was right, I don't think he'd have left them behind as witnesses. He might not have been ruthless enough to kill them himself.. but he was selfish enough to turn his back and ride off and let Elam do it for him. That is why gangs have people like Elam. It gets it done with a minimum of conscience. Well, you just saw the film so I'm sure you're more right than me. (As usual.)

Good afternoon ladies. This is been interesting reading. Until now Sir Francis and I haven't been in the way. I'm about to ruin that. I have seen this film a couple of times but not in the last two years or so but the way you have spoken of Power and Marlowe are interesting takes on the characters. As I recall it would be a situation that both found to unexpected. Marlowe got more people then he expected and he certainly wasn't counting on a woman and a baby. I think that changed up how he handled things. They may be bad guys but there is a limit for him. (Too bad that limit didn't apply to Elam.) Power's character helps the film by his reluctance to be a hero. If we spent the whole movie with him trying to overpower them at every turn it loses some of its tension. And I think he would have looked silly continually failing. I think this gives us more of a connection with him. How would we react in his place? At some point though you have to do something. You've had all you can take and different measures are needed. Hayward is good at not being bullied. The fact that Marlowe, if I remember, has to spend as much time keeping Elam away from her as he does sorting everything else out gives us a connection to him. I like the desperation she feels while they are digging the tunnel. She is determined, frustrated and tired. I think I would have liked it a little more if she had not gone to pieces when the baby got out. An understandable reaction but it seems to contradict what she has been through the ordeal. Maybe I'm off some and need to watch it soon. Let me know.

You make a good point that when there are bad westerns they are bad but the really good ones match with good films from any genre. They can be very basic. They are tales of good and evil and someone's ability to overcome it. A fight against the land, other people, circumstances. There is a certain bravery involved in the people just being in the land at that time. There is the adventure and action. It is building a life. There is little easy about it. There is a code. Sometimes even among outlaws there is some sort of respect among them. Like other genres they are people we generally are not living a lifestyle we do not. In that way westerns can be as much fantasy as realistic.