movieman1957
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Most unique - Eugene Pallette.
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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.
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> Maybe there's more to it. I wonder...
Can't be too much more. Remember, this is me I am talking about.
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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.
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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.
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And just in time too.
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Mexico had their fair share of locations as well.
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Ha ha! Happy Anniversary.
Chopin is always good.
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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.
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*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.
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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.
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>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.)
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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.
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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.
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>Quick question for you Movieman...what are your thoughts on Ella Raines?
It's a quick answer. I don't know much about her. I will have "Phantom Lady" soon but on the basis of "Tall In The Saddle" and one other picture she is cool, sultry, confident and attractive. It's subject to change but that is my initial reaction.
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Good heavens there is still two months for that! But The Princess is nearby.
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>Sounds like the next good Noir ramble should be on Scarlet Street?
I had a note from Sir Francis that we were thinking about it before Christmas. With it available for instant viewing on Netflix I'd be ready whenever someone gives the word.
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>The most stunning? Married with Children. Wow!
I have a wonderful family and it no way reflects my life but I feel for Al Bundy. Some of it though is outrageous enough that is just strikes me funny. He's no angel but even though he is a loser, and he knows it, he is still in a spot where his family always wants to take advantage of him.
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As they come to me - some of my favorites are -
_*Comedy*_
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Bob Newhart Show
Burns and Allen
The Jack Benny Show
Soap
Married - With Children
Carol Burnett
Laugh-In
MASH
Monkees
Get Smart
The Odd Couple
_*Drama*_
Law and Order
The Rockford Files
Gunsmoke
Have Gun - Will Travel
Nearly anything from Masterpiece Theater.
Wire In The Blood. (An outstanding British crime series I discovered by accident. Not part of MT.)
Police Story
The Equalizer
NCIS
Moonlighting (understanding it could go in either category.)
Combat
And there are others. Somewhere along the way we should talk about TV theme songs.
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I need a couple. One was about 30 seconds short of being over when I got the Emergency Broadcast Test. Arggggghh!
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I heard a story, and I think it was Pollack who told it somewhere, that when he work on a movie he had Barry's music on as background. It finally occurred to him that he should have Barry score "Out of Africa."
Barry mentioned, in one of the clips I watched, that he only had about 35 minutes of music for "Out of Africa." The film is, for me, too long and rather dull but I love the music.
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I got poking around Youtube and found an interview where he talks about the rejected score.
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I didn't mean anything about Fonda's films. I was referring to her trip to North Vietnam that created such a storm. I didn't mention Streisand at all.
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I'm not sure there is a problem discussing the political aspects of a film. It is when people take it to a personal level that problems begin.
As a member commented about Jane Fonda that reminded me of one of the worst "fights" that ever happened here. It had nothing to do with a movie. There were people who were passionate about Fonda and her positions. That seemed to me not to belong here.
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