Bethluvsfilms
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THE YELLOW CANARY
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12 ANGRY MEN
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ON THE TOWN
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WHITE CHRISTMAS
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JUST FOR YOU
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JOHNNY BELINDA
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ADVISE AND CONSENT
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THE WRONG MAN
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159 is the only one of this bunch I haven't seen. I always loved 160, such a cute and funny film and I always liked Michael Keaton.
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Oliver Reed passed away during the filming of GLADIATOR (I read that....SPOILER warning....Proximo was originally supposed to live by the end of the film and give the eulogy for Maximus after Maximus dies in the arena.
But Reed's untimely death changed that. Near the end of the film, it is Gracchus (Derek Jacobi) who leads the men to carry away Maximus' body.
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ANATOMY OF A MURDER
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1 hour ago, AndreaDoria said:
The one who made my skin crawl (maybe that's a different thread) was Marsha Gaye Harden, who seemed to be egging on all the violence and confusion while flirting with Sean Penn's character and baby talking through the whole film.
Yes, that infuriated me.....she knew Jimmy was grieving, she knew he was an ex-con, she knew what he was capable of (SPOILER).....yet she tells Jimmy about her husband Dave's strange behavior the night of the murder and doesn't deny it when Jimmy asks her if she thought Dave killed his daughter.
She might as well have loaded the gun and put it in Jimmy's hand and tell him to go kill Dave.
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3 hours ago, TomJH said:
Beth, your comment reminded me of the pitchfork-worthiness of the lynch mob in The Ox Bow Incident. This guy, in particular, played by Paul Hurst, was really eager to just string 'em up.
But let's not forget the pomposity and cold bloodedness of the mob leader, the Major in that Confederate outfit, played by Frank Gilroy. He was arguably more responsible than anyone else because he could have influenced the outcome.
Yep, I would like to give these guys a little vigilante pitchfork justice myself (which means, I guess, I did not learn the lesson of the film). But is there anyone here who would not enjoy seeing the Major squirm and maybe even plead for justice as the prongs of that fork got near him.
The Major was indeed the worst of the lot! He'd be the first one I'd stick the pitchfork into.
I hope every one in the lynch mob were haunted to their dying days of their part in the deaths of three innocent men.
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(SPOILER ALERT)
I know I really wanted to shove a pitchfork into Jimmy Markum (Sean Penn) in MYSTIC RIVER for killing an innocent man, a guy who was his childhood buddy too.
I get that the guy was grieving over the death of his daughter, who was brutally murdered. And I think any one of us who would lose a child to murder would want to get the guy who did it.
But he winds up jumping to a really serious and tragic conclusion and takes matters into his own hands which he was warned NOT to do by the police. By ignoring this, he gets the wrong man.
He's no different (or better) than the lynch mob in THE OX-BOW INCIDENT.
And his wife Annabelle (Laura Linney) is no better either. She eases his somewhat guilty conscience by assuring him he did what he had to do out of love, and he was right in what he did.
As far as I am concerned both Jimmy and Annabelle both deserved the pitchfork and have their bodies tossed into the same river that poor Dave Boyle (Tim Robbins) no doubt ended up after
being tortured and tormented to death.
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PROPHECY
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Burgess Meredith
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Merle Oberon
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Douglas Scott
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Have to disagree on Glenn Close. I thought she was superb in THE WIFE, and had she won it would have been more than deserved.
However, to give credit where credit is due, having watched THE FAVOURITE recently, I have to admit Olivia Coleman did turn in an Oscar worthy performance.
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17 minutes ago, Dargo said:
Ya know and speaking of which, in her later years, Blondell wouldn't made a great Mama Rose in Gypsy, wouldn't ya think?!
(...wonder if she ever played her on the stage?)
Now that you mention I can see Joan in that role.
Even though she was more of a character actress than a leading lady, she was always enjoyable in any movie she was in.
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Leslie Howard
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IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
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27 minutes ago, TopBilled said:
The Gaynor-March version is great...maybe you'll get a chance to finish it.
Even though I prefer the Judy Garland/James Mason version, the Gaynor/March film is still leagues ahead of the horrid Barbra Streisand/Kris Kristofferson film, I agree with TopBilled, give the 1937 film another chance.
Haven't seen the Lady Gaga version, and have no intention of doing so.
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141 is my favorite of the bunch. 149 is one of my mom's favorite since she loves Patrick Swayze. 143 is considered by many to be Tracy and Hepburn's weakest film and while I agree it's not quite up there with ADAM'S RIB, WOMAN OF THE YEAR or GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER, I still liked the movie just the same.
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