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37 minutes ago, NipkowDisc said:
ONE NAME stands out ahead of all the rest...
JOHN WAYNE
Big surprise there, hehe.
Though in all fairness I like the Duke too.
The one I admire though, in his personal life as well as his career, is Jack Lemmon. In addition to being a great actor, he was, in my view, a very humble and wonderful human being.
I understand he had been an alcoholic in real life at one time, but he was able to beat the habit and stayed sober for the rest of his life. I really admire him for that.
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Dan White
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THE GANGSTER
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RISE AND SHINE
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THE WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING
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MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
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THE INVISIBLE MAN
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10 hours ago, Bogie56 said:
Thursday, March 5
24 hour Kirk Douglas tribute.
5:45 p.m. Lust For Life (1956). Not my favourite Kirk Douglas film but the one I feel he deserved to win an Oscar for his performance. Of course, Yul Brynner was to win for The King and I (1956).
Actually I quite like this film as well as Kirk's performance in it.
Since John Wayne (whom I felt gave the best performance that year in THE SEARCHERS) wasn't nominated, it would have been nice if Kirk had taken home the prize.
Would anyone really have been crying foul if Yul Brynner had never won an Oscar?
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THE OLD DARK HOUSE
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Don't think I've seen 867. The rest I have.
I really like 865. The others I am kind of lukewarm on.
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CASABLANCA
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YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
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7 minutes ago, TopBilled said:
I feel she works better with Karl Malden than she does with Glenn Ford. How about you?
Yes, I have to admit she did have better chemistry with Malden, but I still enjoyed Glenn Ford, even if I thought he was a jackass for treating the good Bette sister in A STOLEN LIFE the way he did.
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DRAGON SEED
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3 hours ago, Mr. Gorman said:
A movie I find to be even worse now than it was when first released in 1982 is THE TOY.
A most unfortunate waste of talent. It was never a good movie and time has not improved it in my humble opinion.
I saw THE TOY in theaters as a young one.
At the time I thought it was actually a cool flick, but once I grew older, I didn't find it as hilarious as I once did.
Same with STIR CRAZY, loved it as a kid, but now my funny bone went silent when viewing it years later as an adult.
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58 minutes ago, TopBilled said:
Wednesday March 4, 2020
Bette times two on TCM
A STOLEN LIFE with Glenn Ford
DEAD RINGER with Karl Malden
Triple dose of Bette in two different films! Love it.
Though I think I like A STOLEN LIFE a bit more, DEAD RINGER does offer up an interesting twist at the end.
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THE FLAME AND THE ARROW
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Hate it when movies with such an impressive cast turns out to be such a horror.
Having said that I also didn't find THE SWARM all that terrible. It's not a classic by any means, but there's something about it, its' corniness, the ridiculous scenarios, the overacting that somehow puts it in my view in the 'so bad it's good' category.
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Is this a serious question?
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Howard Morris
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Leo Genn
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Hugh O'Brian
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5 minutes ago, Sepiatone said:
Oh, I see. You were misusing the phrase "win over". which usually means to persuade someone to accept and support something or someone after opposing it or them.
Noah really didn't achieve that. You noticed the word "win" in the phrase and obviously made the incorrect assumption.
Sepiatone
I guess I did phrase it badly. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
What I was really trying to say is the only thing that Noah really wanted was to get his hands on Katharine, and unfortunately by the end of the movie he does, despite Evelyn and Jake's best efforts to protect her from him.
I know Robert Towne's original ending had Evelyn and Katharine escaping but Polanski won out on filming the more darker ending.
If this had been 1934 or 1944, because of the Production Code, no doubt the studios would have stuck with Towne's version.
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