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1 hour ago, TomJH said:
Without question the most poignant scene that Olivia de Havilland ever shared with Errol Flynn was their final scene in They Died With Their Boots On. It depicts the moment of farewell between General Custer and his wife just before he departs for the Little Big Horn, and it is played by both participants as they though have a foreboding that he will not return. Both actors are beautifully restrained in their portrayal of emotions, in contrast to Max Steiner's sweeping musical score which pounds on the viewer's heart strings. I recall calling this scene "a small masterpiece of suppressed emotion' in a letter that I sent to Miss de Havilland many years ago.
In real life, of course, it's well known that the two stars did have strong feelings for one another, Flynn later writing that he fell in love with Olivia while making Charge of the Light Brigade and Olivia, while stating that their relationship remained chaste because of Errol's marriage, saying that her feelings for him were very real, and she still felt that way about him as late as in a 2009 interview.
What adds to the power of the departure scene in They Died With Their Boots On is that fact that this was the two actors' final film together. What's more, when they played this scene, both Errol and Olivia knew that they would probably never co-star again. The scene, in that respect, can be seen as a farewell between the two actors as much as it is between the characters they were playing.
I read that in 1978, long after Flynn's death, Olivia attended a special presentation of this film in Los Angeles. But as the film approached the farewell scene Olivia left her seat and went into the lobby and wept. After all those years the scene still had so much emotional resonance for the actress that she could not bear to watch it again.
Definitely the most poignant scene between them and I can understand why it would affect her so, considering how strongly she felt about him.
Errol and Olivia were one of the best screen teams ever. They will live on forever on film.
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14 minutes ago, TopBilled said:
Have you seen these classic films:
1401.
1402.
1403.
1404.
1405.
1406.
1407.
1408.
1409.
1410.
1410 is really the only one I recognize from this bunch, the rest I can't really name, I too will have to wait for the cheat sheet.
I have a feeling I have seen a couple of them, but can't place them at the moment.
1410 was okay but not a patch on the original film.
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5 hours ago, Bogie56 said:
Tuesday, July 28
9:45 a.m. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966). Very good Mike Nichols film with Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal and Sandy Dennis.
Carl Reiner Tribute
2 a.m. Where’s Poppa? (1970). Irreverent comedy based on the book by Robert Klane. For me, Ron Leibman (1937-2019) is the stand out in this film.
BTW, anyone else read Klane’s The Horse Is Dead? Incredibly un-PC if memory serves but very funny IMO. I read it in high school though. I was attracted to a quote on the softcover … “The funniest book I’ve read read - Jack Benny.” I wonder if it was true that Benny had even read it?
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINA WOOLF is a powerful film, Elizabeth Taylor more than earned her Oscar for that one and Richard Burton should have won one for his performance as well.
WHERE'S POPPA? is a funny flick. I agree that Ron Leibman is the main highlight of the movie.
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47 minutes ago, Ray Faiola said:
Well, I think Karloff skinning Lugosi alive at the end of THE BLACK CAT pretty much takes the cake for the ultimate in retribution!!
Don't you mean Lugosi skinning Karloff alive? Because it looks like Bela has the upper hand in this scene.
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Rosemary DeCamp
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2 minutes ago, TopBilled said:
Monday July 27, 2020
Tony Curtis in the 60s on TCM
SEX AND THE SINGLE GIRL with Natalie Wood
DON'T MAKE WAVES with Sharon Tate
NOT WITH MY WIFE YOU DON'T! with Virna Lisi
SEX AND THE SINGLE GIRL, while not a classic, still an enjoyable time-passer.
Haven't seen DON'T MAKE WAVES. NOT WITH MY WIFE YOU DON'T I am lukewarm towards.
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MY REPUTATION
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THE GREAT LIE
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3 hours ago, shutoo said:
Despicable prison matron Hope Henderson gets paid back for the torture in Caged
And how fitting she gets it from the former queen bee she was tormenting and torturing.
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THE MALTESE FALCON
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Esther Howard
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Robert Alda
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Awesome news! I always enjoyed Peter Cushing in just about anything he did, he was always fun to watch even in the most dismal of films.
He was also my favorite Dr. Van Helsing as well. And I find his Dr. Frankenstein is a lot more complicated and complex the more I watch the Hammer Frankenstein films.
He was such a great actor.
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Vince Edwards
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Marion Marshall
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Ray Collins
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I know how old she was, I know she wasn't any spring chicken, but dang it, it's still a shock, and a very sad one, to hear that Olivia's gone.
A great actress and great lady, she'll be missed, but her spirit will live on in the many classics she appeared in.
R.I.P. Olivia.
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9 hours ago, SadPanda said:
You know, I think a one-armed Spencer Tracy beating up bully Ernest Borgnine would qualify as a pretty satisfying retribution scene.
I love that scene. Borgnine's character was a pretty smug SOB when trying to taunt Tracy, he never thought that Tracy would have the nerve to strike back (boy was he wrong).
And I love to watch the scene over and over again in GLADIATOR when Maximus is kicking Commodus' butt in the arena, the final touch being Maximus shoving his knife through Commodus' throat.
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5 hours ago, hamradio said:
"The Golden Head" (1964)
Buddy Hackett almost ruined it! He was TOO STUPID to be funny. His script stinks!
Rest of it was OK, George Sanders was hard to take as a thief. Odd ending.
The movie was almost lost forever after it's short 8 week run because of lackluster turnout.
Smilebox format
It came with DVD and Bluray disc.
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Never saw this one. George Sanders does look like he's getting up there among this time.
I usually like Buddy Hackett though.
You got me curious though, where did you find this one? I might like to give it a view, even if turns out not to be my kind of movie.
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Renate Hoy
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15 minutes ago, TopBilled said:
Special Theme: Yvonne De Carlo
Have you seen these classics:
1391.
1392.
1393.
1394.
1395.
1396.
1397.
1398.
1399.
1400.
I have seen all but 1396 and 1400.
1399 is deliciously offbeat and quite watchable.
1392 is a lot of fun to see over and over again. 1395 is helped by yet another great performance by Sidney Poitier. I also like 1393 quite well.
The rest I am indifferent to.
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