Bethluvsfilms
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May he R.I.P.
I didn't care for MIDNIGHT EXPRESS or EVITA, but I do like MISSISSIPPI BURNING, SHOOT THE MOON, ANGELA'S ASHES and BIRDY. And ANGEL HEART gave me the creeps.
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1 hour ago, TopBilled said:
Saturday August 1, 2020
Barbara Stanwyck's day on TCM
gambling lady (1934)
annie oakley (1935)
b.f.'s daughter (1948)
crime of passion (1957)
the moonlighter (1953)
east side west side (1949)
the two mrs. carrolls (1947)
clash by night (1952)
ball of fire (1941)
double indemnity (1944)
meet john doe (1941)
the mad miss manton (1938)
lady of burlesque (1943)Awesome selection. Especially looking forward to DOUBLE INDEMNITY.
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John Dennis
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I would love to see anything with Robert Mitchum, he's always been one of my favorites.
Don't think I've seen PURSUED or BEYOND THE LAST FRONTIER, but would very much like to one day.
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10 hours ago, TopBilled said:
Friday July 31, 2020
Her swan song on TCM
TWO-FACED WOMAN with Garbo
Awesome!
Even with the short career she had, Garbo always made an impression onscreen.
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Gene Hackman may have won an Oscar for THE FRENCH CONNECTION, but I personally think his best work during the 70's was 1974's THE CONVERSATION.
Of course a story like that wouldn't play in today's generation, what with YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and other social media around. Still a great film.
As much as I liked Albert Finney in MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, Hackman should have been nominated in his place instead.
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1 minute ago, TopBilled said:
Have you seen these classics:
1441.
1442.
1443.
1444.
1445.
1446.
1447.
1448.
1449.
1450.
Seen all except for 1447.
1443, 1444, 1445, 1448 and 1449 are the winners of the bunch for me. Particularly 1445 is poignant since it was the last film for both Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe, and 1449 a much more watchable film for me of the teaming of Tom Hanks and Sally Field than the later Oscar-winning FORREST GUMP.
1450 had potential but it fell flat for me. Plus Bette Midler I'm not too crazy about anyway.
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TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH
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3 hours ago, Bogie56 said:
Saturday, August 1
SUTS Barbara Stanwyck
11 a.m. Crime of Passion (1957). Co-starring Sterling Hayden.
Good film, and an interesting pairing between Stanwyck and Hayden.
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Robert Mitchum
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1 hour ago, SadPanda said:
The Raven (1963) tonight! 1:00 am.
Uncle Vinny, Peter Lorre, Boris and Jack Nicholson - say no more, say no more!
I love this film, Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff and Jack, what a combo!
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WITHOUT LOVE
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SPORTING BLOOD
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LADY LUCK
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11 minutes ago, TomJH said:
I'm not saying Cagney didn't have his moments (the "Whooo did it?" scene on the ship's intercom system after his palm tree is destroyed) but, overall, compared to the best work of his career, his performance disappoints me. Too broad.
Well, to each their own. I don't feel that broadness is necessarily a bad thing.
While it may not have been THE definite role of his career (that would go to Cody Jarrett in WHITE HEAT), I still think he turned in a terrific performance as the ship's Captain in MISTER ROBERTS.
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14 hours ago, TopBilled said:
Thursday July 30, 2020
Watch the birdies on TCM
BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ with Burt Lancaster
THE BIRDS with Tippi Hedren
THE RAVEN with Vincent Price
Looking forward to all of these!
THE BIRDS still freaks me out and THE RAVEN, while not faithful to the original source material, is still a lot of fun to watch thanks to the inspired combo of Vincent Price, Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre (heck, they even threw a young Jack Nicholson in here!).
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Audrey Totter
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1 hour ago, TomJH said:
As a big fan of Jimmy Cagney, I've always been a bit disappointed by his broad playing as the Captain in this film. I see little, if any, of the subtlety that he was capable of bringing to a role here. Yes he's amusing to watch, at times, and I know that this mean spirited little man he is portraying has to be the butt of the humour in much of the film. Maybe it's simply the way that the role of the Captain was written and Cagney was being loyal to Joshua Logan. But James Cagney was, in my opinion, one of the great actors and I would have enjoyed seeing a more rounded characterization instead of a cartoony villain. If that had happened,though, I guess the Captain would not have been as much of a foil for everyone else.
I'm surprised you didn't like Cagney's part in the film. IMO, he managed to be both believably contemptable (love his confrontations with Fonda's Doug Roberts) and hilariously uproarious (his throwing a hissy fit when he confronts Roberts about Roberts being the one who threw his precious palm tree overboard just kills me!).
I admit I never saw the original play so I don't know how the role of the Captain played out in there, but I do know I did appreciate Cagney's acting skill in this one. But all four of the leading men did such a bang-up acting job.
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13 minutes ago, TopBilled said:
Have you seen these classics:
1431.
1432.
1433.
1434.
1435.
1436.
1437.
1438.
1439.
1440.
Seen all except 1438.
1433 and 1434 are the ones I like to watch the most. 1439, I am sorry but I definitely do NOT consider it to be one of Robin Williams' best.
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TIME LIMIT
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KISS TOMORROW GOODBYE
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28 minutes ago, jamesjazzguitar said:
It all depends on how one defines turning-point; Note that GWTW and the role of Melanie did NOT lead to better roles for Olivia from Jack Warner. In fact he deliberately cast her as a secondary actress in The Private Lives of Elizabeth to keep-her-in-her-place (making her play second fiddle as a love interest to Flynn and her friend Davis). Farmed her out to United Artist for Raffles and then cast her as yet just another love interest in a Flynn, male dominated action film, Santa Fe Trail. Her only leading role (i.e. actress having the lead part and billing and not a male actor) was My Love Come Back (which was quickly forgotten by the public).
Warner than loaned Olivia out to Paramount for Hold Back the Dawn, a well rounded and solid role for any actress, where Olivia was nominated for Best Actress, in a film that was also nominated for Best Picture. This cemented that GWTW wasn't just a fluke but that Olivia was one of the best actresses in Hollywood. RKO clearly took notice since they took the risk of signing her for Government Girl, which, had she lost her lawsuit, RKO couldn't have released without paying Jack Warner for her services.
The only other leading role Olivia was given by Warner was in Princess O'Rourke. After Olivia won her lawsuit, Paramount quickly signed her to a limited contract. They knew from Hold Back the Dawn that they had leading lady. Something Jack Warner never figured out.
So I view Hold Back the Dawn as Olivia career turning-point.
From a studio point of view, I suppose HOLD BACK THE DAWN did put Olivia on the map as an actress on her own rather than lend support to her more famous co-stars, but when it comes to audiences/viewers when they hear Olivia's name, I think a good majority of them have Melanie from GONE WITH THE WIND and/or the number of films she made with Errol Flynn pop into their minds.
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2 minutes ago, Det Jim McLeod said:
Olivia was her dear friend so I don't think she'd mind, however if it had been Miriam Hopkins...
Or worst yet, how about Bette being bumped in favor of Joan Crawford?
Now that would REALLY have Bette rolling in her grave.
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Indeed, Alan Arkin was deliciously nasty, so evil in 1967's WAIT UNTIL DARK, tormenting poor blind Audrey Hepburn like that. Roat will go down in history as one of the screen's all time best villains.
He should have been nominated that year along with Hepburn IMO.