movieman1957
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You can see more of her every morning on "Lawman" on Encore Westerns. Of course, her wardrobe won't give you a bonus view but she is there.
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>. just want to say that I (FINALLY) got to watch Prisoner of Shark Island.
Finally is right.
Well, glad you got there. (Really glad you stopped by here. I thought I was going to have to come looking for you. Unless I just missed you.)So glad you liked it. The whole story around the Lincoln assassination and the weeks after make fascinating history.
Carve out a long afternoon with "Giant" and then go look for the "ramble." It was pretty interesting.
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Sir Francis:
*I completely agree. My jaw dropped when I saw it was Pauline. I thought the person in the trunk of the cab was the guy Rawlins bumped off to get the diamonds. Ooops! From that moment on, I was really sucked into the film. It was now a serious film noir.*
Somehow I knew that is what was happening to Pauline. Maybe more the camera angle than Rawlins need to do it. But I was very surprised to find her in the cab. It does roll on from there. Linda then has to get into gear to show her loyalty and, I think, earn her way back into Ernie's good graces.
Isn't it odd how the women were all about themselves? (At least at the beginning.)
Edited by: movieman1957 on Jan 19, 2011 9:53 PM
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Like so many people who come out of "Saturday Night" they are good, often very good, sketch players but having to sit through a movie with them in it is sometimes more than I can take.
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Wow. There is some dedication. This is a huge undertaking. I've never heard of these people but to score music taken off of a tape must be terribly time consuming and laborious. Good for them.
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Do you really think TCM has the staff and material to have someone sit down and do all the stuff you are complaining about on purpose? I would imagine that they just pull the movies out of the box and put them right in the player. You are pretty much claiming sabotage and I just don't see where it profits them to do it.
I've been watching movies a long time but that doesn't make me a technical expert. Maybe I'm just dumb but it's not enough to have whatever is going on, if anything, ruin my watching a movie.
Sit back and relax.
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As you seem to be the only one with this issue then maybe an email directly to someone at Turner might get better results than silly comments. Diplomacy and a little tact might get a response.
It might be Mr. Magoo isn't in Atlanta.
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In the past the shorts have seldom been listed more than several days to a week out. I haven't noticed lately but things could always change.
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There are greetings awaiting you at the Oasis as well.
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About the only lists I keep are of films I have seen and then by my favorite people. Unlike you I would have a hard time slipping someone in between 55 and 56. You have great attention to detail.
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I didn't even know Buster was on but I got home in time and got it. Something else for my Keaton collection.
I came in on Ryan as Lincoln. A nice little surprise there.
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Yeah. I've seen a few. Nothing really distinguishing though after your list. A few "Matt Helm" films and an Elvis movie and "Gunman's Walk" (which I have seen.) "Walking Tall" and "Ben" were hits.
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I've heard Karlsen's name but I couldn't tell you another movie he has directed though I am sure I have seen some.
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I would agree with most of your thought except I think Ernie's biggest problem is himself. (He is afraid, I think, that he becomes the loser that Pauline thinks he is.) He only knows how to do one thing - box. He is ready to give up his health for a fight. I don't even think it is all about the money. I do think Rawlins becomes a substitute for that fight. The fact that he wins helps him get his self esteem back, and Linda (Evelyn.)
I do remember the shots you refer to. I think that was as much flashback for him as us.
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So $20 is supposed to soothe some guy's feelings. I'm surprised he didn't walk over and punch out the producer for suggesting it. Being insulted after being insulted can be too much for some people.
In a real life sense it would be hard to imagine that many people thinking that whole deal was a good idea.
(Glad I made you laugh.)
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I liked the second half of the film better too. There are stretches in credibility in many films so some of that wasn't a big bother but it was noticeable for me.
*SPOILER*
The whole theater scene bothered me most. The basis for doing it, the way Keyes acted it (even for a stage play it seemed way too much) and most of all at the producer swearing out a warrant for something that he helped create a reaction on. (I would have loved for something to happen to them.) I do think it was a good example of unintended consequences. A joke. How much harm could there be? Ruining a friendship, jail time for some one and embarrassing someone who means something to you. How incredibly selfish.
She had to make it up to him. If she doesn't try, with the other things going on, we lose out faith in everyone, save for Frank Faylen.
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I missed Jean Arthur at number 16. (Sorry about that Chief.)
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I enjoy your lists. I would have a hard time making one in that fine an order. One thing we can certainly agree on is that Joan Crawford isn't on my list either. Though Jean Arthur would be fairly high on mine.
I give you credit for being so organized on these lists.
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Thanks. I don't think you over-analyze as much as you have more to say.
Ladies:
I spent the evening with John Payne and "99 River Street." My first thought was I liked Evelyn's hair more than I did her. I thought she was too much too often. Once again, for me, Payne was really good. Tough but still likable he carries the film. He is older and looks a little weathered while still being in good enough shape to carry off the boxer character though he may a be a bit old.
A bit of a convoluted plot is set in a pretty seedy part of town with an equally seedy group of people. Payne gets sucked into this and fights, literally and figuratively, out a predicament.
One thing that struck me is how sexual parts of the film are. We get a couple of cheesecake shots of Peggy Castle fixing her stockings and getting something off of a shelf. There are also several times when for her and Evelyn there are shots where there chest is prominent in the foreground of the shot with Payne as someone else is the focal point of the shot. Later when Evelyn goes to the bar in Jersey I'd like to think that just because a woman hiked her skirt a little, pulls back her coat and sticks out her chest that some guy wouldn't just lose all reason. Luckily "Rollins," after some more blatant flirtation he refuses more than once.
Pretty good drama. I still like "KC Confidential" better but this one has its moments. Some of the plot points were a little hard to connect. More proof that they can make a perfectly fine film in less than 90 minutes.
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You already are supportive. You talk to me.
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I'm a Libra but it sounds like I could "minor" in Virgo.
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I am not all that familiar with Gray but if we are referring to the pictures that were posted at SSO of the two stars I don't find the hair all that startling. A tad unusual but it didn't make me go "Hey, look at that hair!" Most 60s hairstyles did.
I am the exception, generally, in that I like short hair on ladies.
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I only watched "Kansas City Confidential" and really liked it. I had not seen Payne in a noir before but thought he was quite good. Handled himself well and was properly mysterious at times. You had to pay attention and I think it could have played a couple of ways right up to the end. A nice new film for me.
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I will say at least this much, when TCM has had problems before they have attempted to rebroadcast films once they have been able to obtain a proper copy of the film. Can they always? No.
As for the rest of it....
Well, glad you got there. (Really glad you stopped by here. I thought I was going to have to come looking for you. Unless I just missed you.)
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Me too. Nobody gets something off of a shelf like Peggy.