Bethluvsfilms
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SERGEANT YORK
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Virginia Mayo
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BEN-HUR
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TRUE LIES
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Kevin Kline
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THIRTEEN DAYS
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DOUBLE JEOPARDY
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THE PACKAGE
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NIGHT MOVES
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I never saw any of George Raft's films at Paramount, and while he's not the acting legend that Cagney, Tracy, Fonda, Bogey, etc. were, I always enjoyed watching him on screen.
Are any of his stuff from Paramount out on DVD or Blu-Ray?
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Lee J. Cobb
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Sal Mineo
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1. FATHER OF THE BRIDE
2. IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD
3. INHERIT THE WIND
4. DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
5. ADAM'S RIB
6. BOYS TOWN
7. GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER
8. BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK
9. FURY
10.20,000 YEARS IN SING SING
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Jim Backus
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From that list, only RYAN'S DAUGHTER, FIVE EASY PIECES and I NEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER really impressed me.
It's probably blasphemous to admit this, but I never got into PATTON or MASH. ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER, well let's just say I'm not the biggest Barbra Streisand fan.
Cinema-wise, 1970 was probably the weakest year for me as far as the films that were released that year goes.
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He was more the principal rather than a teacher but Joe Clark (Morgan Freeman) in 1989's LEAN ON ME knew how to whip the students into shape, while exercising compassion as well as discipline, that made all the difference.
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9 minutes ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
God bless James Cagney, you know. If you were in a movie and that man was in it, you were getting your nickel’s worth.
One of the best actors ever, one of the best screen personas ever, and when he first started out – pure sex on the screen.
Lew Agee’s’ dreadful performance in “doorway to hell” always turns me off to that film, but I really enjoyed and THE CROWD ROARS and– especially – WINNER TAKE ALL, A boxing drama he did with Virginia Bruce for Warner Bros. in 1932. The climax of the film has him running around a cruise ship in nothing but a pair of boxing trunks and gloves.I so agree with you on Cagney, regardless of the movie's quality, his presence on screen always kept me glued to the screen.
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Cameron Mitchell doesn't seem to get mentioned a whole lot. He was the good guy that Doris Day SHOULD have married in LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME.
(SPOILERS AHEAD) Although to be fair she did realize that in the end and left Marty (James Cagney) to get together with Mitchell.
He was also Marius in the 1952 version of LES MISERABLES. Though I prefer the 1935 version by a long shot, I think Mitchell actually did quite well in the role.
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I also enjoy the 1985 comedy CLUE, Tim Curry is so hilarious in that one. (Of course he then went on to terrify me later on in the TV mini-series of STEPHEN KING'S IT!!!).
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3 hours ago, NickAndNora34 said:
Beth, I haven't seen you on here for a while... I'm not as active as I used to be, though, so maybe that's why.
I agree about being "fickle." I seem to have a different favorite every month or so haha
I haven't been on here myself for a LONG while, but now I am back.
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On 9/14/2019 at 2:39 PM, LawrenceA said:
There's no accounting for taste when somebody would willingly watch The Sound of Music or Mary Poppins, period. Maybe once because they really didn't know any better, but twice....yikes.
Hey, I love THE SOUND OF MUSIC! And I'm not ashamed to admit it. And I don't think I have bad taste for that.
The only thing that surprised me was that at least a few good old movies made the list. A pleasant surprise.
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I don't know if I'd consider any one movie the 'greatest' of all time.....certainly there are many worthy candidates....THE GODFATHER, CASABLANCA, GONE WITH THE WIND, and of course CITIZEN KANE.
I guess it depends on how passionate one feels about a certain film.
I have to admit I am fickle, I change my mind all the time about what movie I think is really the best, with the aforementioned and with other films.
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19 hours ago, KidChaplin said:
One thing that has always bugged me is how films like "Airplane" and "Naked Gun" have been hammered by critics and the public. Not everything is supposed to be super serious, Oscar caliber, deeply tear jerking and soul stirring. Isn't it ok to watch silly, wacky, over the top humor? Everyone has their own opinions to what is and isn't funny. But no matter your humor taste, I believe it is sometimes best to check your brain at the door and watch something completely goofy.
I was never a fan of AIRPLANE or THE NAKED GUN movies, sorry to say.
But I do love films with silly slapstick and some good old wackiness. BRINGING UP BABY, SOME LIKE IT HOT and IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD are more my style.
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On 7/19/2019 at 9:22 AM, TopBilled said:
I did think he was interesting as Rhett Butler in the 1994 miniseries Scarlett.
Have to disagree big time on this....there is only one Rhett Butler for me, and that is Clark Gable. Dalton was nowhere near as charismatic as Gable.
Loved Sean Connery as Indy's dad in INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE.
Daniel Craig played a brilliant, psychotic if cowardly weasel in ROAD TO PERDITION.
I'll cut Dalton some slack, I did think he did a fine turn in THE LION IN WINTER.
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