Thenryb
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17 hours ago, LawrenceA said:
This movie was in the planning for nearly 25 years before finally hitting screens. The legendary writer-director, adapting a story from a noted British author and poet, either couldn't find the backing or couldn't settle on the stars. The lead characters had to be played by two charismatic leading men. Some of the biggest names in show business were linked to the parts.
Name the movie, the director, the author of the source material, and at least three of the potential pairings of stars linked to the movie, along with the two who eventually did star in it.
The movie is The Man Who Would Be King, adapted from a Rudyard Kipling short story of the same name, directed by John Huston. I believe he originally had Bogart and Gable in mind for the lead roles, then Peter 0'Toole and Richard Burton, Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Sean Connery and Michael Caine were finally selected, with Christopher Plummer playing Kipling. What a terrific movie. "The mountains were high and the mules most contrary."
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5 hours ago, Vautrin said:
My dad liked Jerry Vale, not sure why
Mine liked Wayne Newton (the child version-Danke Schon)
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19 minutes ago, Arsan404 said:
Sorry, different movie. This movie was released in the 1990s.
The answer to your question is a movie released in the 1990's? Thank you, Jeeves, wrong answer though it may be is a 1936 movie starring British actors Arthur Treacher and David Niven.
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Thank You Jeeves?
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Gavin, John
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6 hours ago, TopBilled said:
"And then there's Maud"
I very much liked your comments, which at least mirrored, but more likely amplified, mine. Your reviews always remind me why I do not try to write reviews.
There is another part of Stanwyck's performance which really impressed me, and that was the way she attempted to use "feminine wiles". Because, as you point out, she was such an authoritative woman, her attempt to play the "helpless female" was really clumsy. This was a woman who had likely never resorted to such tactics. As talented an actress as she was, she could have played the "helpless female" quite convincingly, so I believe she deliberately played it in the way that she did. I suppose it just illustrates her ability to stay in character.
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On 2/8/2018 at 8:08 PM, Arsan404 said:
Thank you, Terrence.
next: A butler irons his employer's newspaper
It looks like a hint may be needed.
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6 hours ago, TopBilled said:
I think you may have transposed the numbers for 'The Maud Frazer Story.' It was actually Season 5, Episode 3.
I must have transposed the numbers. Barbara Stanwyck does not appear in any episodes until after Ward Bond was replaced as wagon master by John McEntire.
Another error I made is that The Caroline Casteel story is Episode 2 of Season 6, not Episode 3
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49 minutes ago, Debra Johnson said:
The movie never fully explains it, allowing the viewer to fill in the gaps. The cause of her death is not explained. If the movie were made now, I suspect many viewers would draw that conclusion, but I doubt it was intended in 1945. That is a movie which I have always liked and always watch it whenever I notice it is on.
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3 hours ago, TopBilled said:
So my first theme will be (drum roll) Barbara Stanwyck's guest appearances on Wagon Train. She appeared on the program four times. You can't go wrong with Stanwyck in a western, so she seemed like the best way to start
Good choice. From what I can tell these are the episodes where Barbara Stanwyck was guest star:
1) The Maud Frazer Story -S.3 E.5
2) The Caroline Casteel Story- S.6 E.3
3) The Molly Kincaid Story-S.7 E.1
4) The Kate Crawley Story-S.7 E.19
I hope posting this information does not preempt any theme which you had in mind. I do not think I have watched any of the above, although I am watching Maud Frazer now.
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39 minutes ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
Damn Sir, you gave that movie ONE HELL of a sell!
Yes. I would like to see that one as well. I would be happy to rent it if it was available for online rental, but as far as I can tell, it is only available by purchasing a disc. As Lou Grant once said to Mary Richards "I don't wanna."
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In my neck of the woods, those programs are showed weekdays on the Starz Encore channel. I enjoy watching them as well and look forward to reading your comments. In the past, that same channel has shown old episodes of Gunsmoke, Have Gun will Travel, Wyatt Earp, Lawman, Bat Masterson, Cheyenne and Maverick. The current lineup being shown are the programs you listed. That channel also shows western movies although the selection is pretty repetitive and there are too many Audie Murphy movies for my taste.
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I mostly like Robert Ryan, but I thought he was really miscast as John the Baptist in King of Kings. I do not think he had the right sort of "evangelical" voice for the role.
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2 minutes ago, speedracer5 said:
I also hate when people just say "so and so sucks." But they don't say why. Just like someone throwing out praise for someone but not saying why. It's the why that makes the conversations interesting. If someone cannot throw out any examples or anything to back up their opinion, then I don't tend to take much stock into what they say regardless of whether or not it was a positive or negative comment.
Sometimes it is difficult for an average viewer to articulate the reasons for not liking a movie or a performer. I think that most people who use a term like "overrated" they are simply omitting the phrase "in my opinion". In one of Somerset Maugham's books (title forgotten) he said he thought it was "boring" to use the phrase "in my opinion" to qualify a statement which was obviously an opinion. So when someone says a movie or actor is "overrated", I assume it is that person's opinion. I agree that it does not make for a very interesting conversation if an explanation is not included.
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3 minutes ago, speedracer5 said:
The internet seems to have brought out the worst in many who choose to express their opinion
Yes, in the good old pre-internet days, every town had its crazies and now they can connect with one another.
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25 minutes ago, scsu1975 said:
Yes, go to your profile, then click on "edit profile" then type in whatever you want in the box for "member info." I'd be curious to see if all that stuff fits.
Well, I never got box for "member info" which would allow me to add anything but my birthday and nothing which would affect "rank" when trying to edit the profile, so I guess I will remain a boring not-so-advanced "advanced member"
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I really enjoyed what I believe was his last movie, The Dead. I do not believe I have ever seen it on TCM.
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Is 3. Jean Parker in Have a Heart(1934)?
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1 hour ago, calvinnme said:
The only bad thing I can say about PBS is that in the last few years they have been airing what are thinly disguised infomercials, sometimes for days at a time. It's practically Suze Orman's second home.
Oh my, yes. Those informercials, most of which are repeated ad nauseum, are really tiresome. I understand why those fundraisers are so prevalent these days, but I wish the PBS stations could think of a less obnoxious way to raise money. The way the camera pans to individual audience members to show their reactions is really annoying. Ron Popiel did it better.
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37 minutes ago, Sepiatone said:
And didn't VINCE D'ONOFRIO make a convincing ORSON WELLES?
Except that at the time Welles was fixing to make Touch of Evil, he looked like this:
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18 hours ago, NickAndNora34 said:
For me, it was The Sandpiper (1965) starring Liz Taylor & Richard Burton, with Eva Marie Saint. It really didn't do anything for me.
I agree about it being a crap movie, but unlike most mentioned in this thread, it was roasted by the critics.
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I nominate Shutoo who does pictures. I will continue my parasitic participation.
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2. Edith Evans
5. Jack Lemmon
7. Nick Nolte
10. James Dean
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Thanks. I would like to pass the thread to someone who "does" pictures better than me.
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In this movie, a sheriff investigates the fatal beating on a local land baron's ranch. Name the movie and the two major stars.