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*"Hello, Phyllis, How would like to go out with a world class swashie..." Nah.* == *I think you were on the right track with that one. Always best to play up your strengths. * Think so? Hmm, maybe I'll try it. Now, let's see, where's that number again... I may have to show her few maneuvers with my machete. I wonder if she's into machetes. If not, I can always serve green tea. //

*Yes, there is only one me around here. Ahem.* In other words, I shouldn't listen to rumors. Oooooo-kaaaaay *You want Phyllis Crane's number? You got it!* Phyllis Crane. I like it. "Hello, Phyllis, you don't know me, but..." Nah. "Hello, Phyllis, A friend of mine gave me your number and I was wonderin'..." Nah. "Hello, Phyllis, I saw you on screen and you are the most..." Nah. "Hello, Phyllis, How would like to go out with a world class swashie..." Nah. (sigh) Oh well, It's a nice number, anyway. *You don't think she'll talk to you? Ohh, come now. How's the reception on the boat?* Fine, so long as it doesn't rain (and my cell phone has batteries). Well, I didn't want to talk to her anyway. But I could've if I wanted to. ...

*FrankGrimes*, if that's really you, could you get this girl's phone number and give it to me please. Thanks. ps Not that she would talk to me, or anything...I just like phone numbers. //

*i would not mind at all, monsieur laffite! in fact i can play a purty good game of texas hold'em, and i wouldnt mind playing her or anybody else for that matter. * Mon Dieu, Mademoiselle Texanna, I may not want to play cards with you either. You'll excuse me, then...I'll be outside waiting for the rains. Oh, BTW, does it rain in Texas? L //

*okay, johnny im working on on song right now,* Goody! *but in the mean time i found a DVD copy of 1968 version of Midsummer night's Dream with Helen!!!* Terrific! So it is out on DVD, then. You will like it, I'm sure... _Hey Chris!_ *Can you point me in the direction of Lafitte's works?* I had to laugh. I don't think said "poems" could be classified as "works." They are exercises in silliness and as Theresa so aptly puts it, they are just for fun. They would not, nor were they meant to, withstand any serious criticism. /

*Her Lady Esketh ostensibly seems indifferent to the rest of the world, and this showed in Loy's every movement -- a sort of haughty, reserved bemusement and a steely yet wanton self-indulgence, deliberate and cold, but you could sense something empty there, waiting for her heart to find a home. Through Dr. Safti, who initially is just another would-be boy toy to be enjoyed and then discarded, she discovers that love not only enriches the beloved and the one who loves, but reaches out to embrace all of life.* So true. Her end is too sad. Yes, as *Ro* points out, she achieves redemption but is still quite denied in other respects. When she finally finds what she wants, she is told she can?t have it. And then when it seems within reach? Meantime, we learn, as *lzcutter* points out, that there is this cynical been-there, done-that thing with Ransome that provides some entertaining banter while telling us that Lady Esketh has been unlucky in love in the past and then we find out about this current marriage with a man who is more interested in horses (was it horses?) than anything else and comes across as a kind of oaf. Still, she comes a long way from her comment ?Ransome, you have turned into a windbag,? revealing her insensitivity to the locals (in response to Ransome?s perhaps unexpected little speech about how much the rain and the crops meant to the natives) to the woman who is scrubbing floors and tending the sick (those same locals) with a demeanor totally alien to what *Barb* so nicely writes of above. Ransome and Fern change too. I love their early scene, their little chat. Brenda Joyce, to her credit, does not come across too saccharine, too cutesy. She is so cute in her own right she might very well have overdone it. She thinks he is a man of the world and he respects her but thinks she?s a child. He talks to her as if she is one (?Oh no, I?m over 18, I?m a woman?) and executes a good double take when she implicates him with her problems (she wants to borrow money but he didn?t know that at first.) She recognizes the phoniness of her family and wants to go away. By the time the film ends she has forgotten all about going anywhere because she has Ransom as well as adopting a generally more mature attitude about her life and exhibiting a caring responsibility for Edwina's plight at the end. At the beginning of the film Ransome is dissolute and a bit jaded with everything but he ends up giving up the sauce and becoming primary aid to the Maharani. He also ends up thinking Fern not so the child anymore. They have a nice scene when he returns to his rooms to find her there. She is the would-be femme fatale exacting minor threats which he brushes off and sends her to his room to change (she is wet from the rain.) She emerges later with clothes too big and one of his ties as a belt looking like a waif?and with a totally charming smile. That was the end for him. She got her man at that moment. (I'm not sure that this is a match made in heaven, though---I give them six months ) Tyrone is okay but with his usual blandness (ducking for cover) but redeems himself at the end of the film when his character comes alive. He, too, undergoes change. His breakdown at the end is really well done. Ransome has to grab him and shake him silly to snap out of it and he just barely makes it. His ardor for Lady Esketh finds expression at last and it is real and it shows. And I ask you this: How would you like to play cards with this gal? As for me, I'll take my leave. You can find me outside waiting for the rains. ..

*you really are in a hurry arent you?* Okay, then, what about 20 minutes. Is 20 minutes good? *i dont think email was around when captain jack sparrow was alive silly!* He's still alive. He told me that a greergoil stole his compass. I said, "You mean "gargoyle," and he said, "No, greergoils are ten times worse than gargoyles," and I said, "Oh." *i am not a gree goil, whatever gave you that idea?* "Cause greergoils (not gree goil, _greer_ goil, g-r-e-e-r, you know, as in Jane Greer), they like to steal rum from pirates and hide it. Like you do. *! heehee! im not a statue in case you havent noticed yet!* If you were a statue, it would show you running off with a bottle of pirate rum in your i love lucy purse with you saying, "heehee." *if you drink any of that nasty rum, your brains will get all mushy and then they will fall olut of you, do you wish for that to happen? no, of course you dont!* Yes, I would! I really would! *Aw, come on, that's the oldest gag in the book. No pirate would fall for that one* *yes he would! i think any pirate could fall for it, if Babbie were here to persuade them.* Nope! Babbie can wrap a minister around her little pinkie...but not a pirate (unless she has a case of rum with her). *i could even help her with my puppy dog eyes...its very effective!* Puppy dog eyes cut no ice with swashies, even Butterscotchy ones. And especially if said swashy is thirsty for the excellent Jamaican rum that he got swiped of by a greer L //

*...who ends up surviving some of the most frightening historical events ever shown on TV.....* As usual, the memory dim, but I remember being fascinating at the time with this one. And some of it IS kind of frightening. The venerable one, Alistair Cooke, either at the beginning of the series, or maybe it was at the beginning of the episode in question, actually issued a "viewer discretion" advisory in his opening. It was the last sentence before the episode began and the look on his face suggested, (albeit faintly), "I know you're not used to hearing that on PBS...but there it is."

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*In the new one, I thought that Julia was horribly miscast.* When the new one was first mentioned, it was, coincendentally, #2 in my queue. The negative vibes have induced me to shove under the rug a bit. Should I scrap it all together? I did not see the original so I wouldn't have anything to compare it too. The picture, posted below by FF, is indeed Ian Holm as Puck. I read somewhere that this is a role that comes to any young aspiring English male actor as a part of their apprenticeship and it's amusing that everyone seems to dread having to do it. In a way I can see that, kind of a pain-in-the-neck role...but Ian does such a good job in that 1969 version. I don't know whether he hated doing it or not, but if he did, it sure doesn't show. Also from the same movie, here is Oberon. Who can name this guy? I wanted someone to take a stab at it when I posted this several weeks ago. I was not even aware who this was while watching recently and when I find out I had a sort of wow moment. He is more readily recognized by American audiences as an older man and who has had some really big hits of late on the BBC trail. //

*how many minutes will it take me to find the rum? let me think, is 10 years a suitable time range?* I was hoping for a little sooner. Why don't we say, uh...10 minutes. Hey, that's a good idea...10 minutes, wow, what a good idea that is! Gosh, I'm so smart. Yeah, that works for me...so what do you think, is 10 minutes good? *you need that special compass Captain Jack Sparrow has that points you to whatever you most desire..* I emailed the Captain to see if I could borrow it and he said it was stolen. They suspect a certain greergoil in the area, the peripatetic, peregrinating, Princess of Purloin who perpetually pilfers paraphernalia from pirates. These greergoils are particularly adept at stealing rum and hiding it. Say, you're not a greergoil...are you? *"nobody move! i dropped me brain!"~Jack Sparrow...see thats what will come of you drinking your rum!* Nooooo, that's what will come of me if I _don't_ drink my rum. And it will be all your fault. *i know thy too well, to outdo thoust opponent. heehee! besides didnt you see errol? he hoisted his opponents colors to trick them into being friendly, then when his crew got close enough he hoisted his own colors and attacked!!!!!* Aw, come on, that's the oldest gag in the book. No pirate would fall for that one...even if he dropped his brain. Which, of course, he wouldn't if he had some rum to drink. Yeah, 10 minutes is good. Yeah, that'll work. L //

*You hit all the right notes in describing the mesmerizing total effect of this* *overlooked fantasy: its nightmare-while-awake Expressionist cinematography, its "tall-tale" American iconographic folksiness wedded to an indeed timeless morality tale about living A good life, instead of THE good life, the inspired casting, most notably Walter Huston as the Devil and Edward Arnold as Daniel. And of course Simon Simone as the bewitching Belle, who is enough to send ANY man over the mountain.* That's a nice paragraph, *Barb*. You and *Molo*, both, could have been movie reviewers (as well as a few others around here.)

*i'd be fascinated to learn more about how someone bonr in a catholic country (spain) would have adjusted to life in england when it was her marriage to henry viii that set off the conflict with the roman catholic church.* Hi *Anita* The link below will get you to the BBC Thread and close (I hope) to *Molo* 's post on the Catharine of Aragon episode from the original series done some 35-40 years ago by the BBC and which was broadcast on PBS way back then. *Molo* has some screen caps there and a little history there as well, if you would like to visit. The entire series (3 discs) is available at Netflix. If this link doesn't work, the BBC Thread is in Favorites. *Molo* 's post was on Feb 6. laffite http://forums.turnerclassicmovies.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=139976&start=80&tstart=0

*A little while ago I was able to sneak some minutiae about the life of Catherine of Aragon in the BBC thread. There is not a lot of demand for that kind of information these days. * More than you know, my good man, more than you know... That was a fine post over there and it inspired me to revisit those productions of The Big Guy and His Gals and I have been enjoying. I am challenged for not knowing the background all that well and your remarks regarding Catharine were helpful. As soon as I get a chance I want to make a few comments of my own, so keep an eye over there, okay? In the next few days, I hope. Nothing special, mind you, and no history, just some reactions. And maybe something about AnnB as well. I know she has a bad rep (due to a bad rap?) but I have to tell you, I kind of admire that Ann in some ways. laffite

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*okey dokey, i forgive you! but this doesnt mean im showing you where i hid the rum* *poor laffite, i hid the rum* *poor laffite, the pain in his tum* *he cant find the place,* *for the look on his face* *'tis pity his lack of finding* *okay that was really silly, but i wrote it in like two minutes, give me some time! heehee!* Hey, that?s not bad for two minutes. Now how many minutes will it take you to find the rum and to bring it hence. If it be in earnest ?a pity his lack of finding,? then why wouldst thou, Our Perpetual Princess of Purloin, withhold it thus. I would imbibe most hardily, most hardily, I say, if our aforesaid Princess would declare the whereabouts of said libation. That way I can go get it and drink it. Pirates of yore hoisted the goold ole JollyR to scare their adversaries into immediate surrender. This means you have be really skeered and go find my rum. Get it? Are you skeered? Jean (on the spot) Laffite //

*im back everyone, but only for a little bit,* Well, please hurry. We might need someone to pick on. Just kidding. .*..so if im not here for a few more days this is why.* Thank you for stopping by and letting us know what's going on. Meantime, we're waitin' fer ya. L //

*"Sheesh!" That may be the shortest critique I've ever heard of W.A. Mozart. My "sheesh" always went to modern composers like Schoenberg. (Schubert was the better songwriter.) Mozart may have been too busy writing everything else. (We'll pick this up over in the Off Topic - Music sometime.)* Hi Movieman I don't like Schoenberg either, in fact, he is the composer I like least in all the world. But I like some of his contemporaries who wrote in that same mode, the 12-tone scale, for instance. I don't know too much about "modern music," per se, but my ears are receptive to a lot of it, but not Sch. And I like a great deal of 20c music. As you undoubtedly know, Schubert is known for his songs (among other things) and Mozart was indeed "doing something else." He was writing his operas (as well as a plethora of other things), which contain some of the greatest "songs" ever written. Splitting hairs over these two is difficult because they are both among the best of the best. No actual or earnest comparison of Schubert and Mozart was intended by me by those remarks I made. I was just being silly...in keeping with some of the rest of the banter. I remember some of our exchanges over on the music thread. That was sometime ago and I really enjoyed them. And please feel free to comment further right here, if you wish. There are no hard and fast rules for posting on this thread. //

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*Butterscotcherin*: rum makes you do a really silly dance to your favorite songs from mozart silly, we wouldn't want that now would we? heehee! *Favellina*: Yes. Yes, we would. *Fatally Feminine*: I will second that! *Butterscotcherin*: wait, you just want to watch and giggle at him. am i right? *Favellina*: I certainly do! That would be the most entertaining thing that has happened all week! Okay, girls, (not you greer), if you want Laffite Laffite, the Dancing Pirate, to do is patented Mozartiana jitterbug you?re going to have to find a way to persuade our little Scotcherin Fatale here to fess up the whereabouts of the vintage Jamaican rummy she purloined so that Johnny Laffite can have his fill??cause the buc will ne?er do the Mozart jig till the rum is gracing his eager pirate palate.

*hey johnny!* Hey Scotcherin! *she doesnt just make any guy fall for her, she knew she had the right guy when she kissed a total stranger. heehee!* That's really knowin' somethin' to know that. But can she cook? *well i have WMP 9, im actually talking about this with frankie too. which one do you have? i wont change mine, i promise, although i wouldnt know how if it hit me upside the head anyway. heehee!* I have WMP 11, and I believe that's the most current. Oh, good, you won't change it. But in case it does hit you upside the head, do you think you should wear a helmet? *helen will be in 5 upcoming films, and 1 or 2 of thm will be released this year hopefully.....im awaiting her in the upcoming The Last station where she plays Leo Tolstoy's wife, playing opposite Christopher Plummer...they are talking about another possible oscar nod for it. yay!* Thanks for the report. Wow, 5 films! No rest for helen. The latest I've seen is The Queen. She was great but only had to use about 10% of her acting skills, IMO. She had this part nailed down with her demeanor alone---practically. *rum makes you do a really silly dance to your favorite songs from mozart silly, we wouldnt want that now would we? heehee!* Absolutely not? Are you kidding. Dancing to my favorite songs from mozart? Absolutely ridiculous! I should really dance to my favorite songs from Schubert. Yes, Schubert...I mean, really, Mozart...sheesh! *say hello and admit you like your rum in front of the whole class now......its for your own good swasheroo!* "Hello, my name is Swasheroo Johnny Lafitte Laffite, of the Rolling Main, and I am a Rumaholic." "Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii , Johnnnnneeeeeeeee!!!!!" "I'm only here because I got my rum stolen by a certain Butterscotcherin, who's been studyin' Babbie and learnin' all o' her sneaky secrets." "Hooorraaaaay for Butterscotcherin!!!!." "Good grief." *thanks, im better. gee, ill make surely i use a hanky when i sneeze...golly! heehee!* Oh good. I can take my gas mask off now. *i have to take more screencaps, im not done yet, i just didnt have time the other day* Will you make a screencap where you put my rum. That way I can go find it. L //

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*hey mon swasheroo!* Hey, hey, BabbieFanGirl *of course he was! he fell in love with her the moment he saw her running the hide from all of them. heehee!* Well, knowin' Babbie, she probably knows how to make a preacher swear. But she also knows how to make them fall in love with her too. Some girls got it all, and that HelenBabbieGirl is one of them. *i like the size of them too! thehy arent too big and not too small, but i cant take the credit, the program i use called Windows Media Player did it that way.* That's strange, my WMP will screencap at a larger size, 1024x763. I think it's because I have a later upgrade than you do. So please don't upgrade your WMP or you'll have those big pictures too. When I screencap I use a photoshop program to reduce the size of the picture so it will fit the TCM message area without extending the right margin. I wish others would do the same, haha. Uh oh, watch out, Laffite, don't get cranky. *ive never heard of firefox. where did you get that?* Firefox is a browser that you can download free from the Net. It has a good reputation. It is also called Mozilla and can be found at Mozilla.com. I started using it because the browser that came with my ISP was too slow and I find Mozilla to be faster. If what you are using now is working for you, then you probably don't need it right now, but keep it in mind. I would recommend it. *i wonder why she wasnt as famous back when she was in her teens. she should have goten more credit....i hope she wins another oscar soon! that would be super exciting!* Like a lot of good actors I'm sure she was respected back in those early days but sometimes it takes time to really become famous like she is now. She on top and basking in the glory. It might be fun to go to imbd and see what she is working on now. Maybe another Oscar winner for all we know. But even if not, no matter...we just want her to go out there on screen and be Helen. *your quite welcome, but being nice, wont earn your rum back...heehee!* What if I say pretty please? May I pretty please have my rum back? 'Cause if you don't give me my rum back, I may have to go to Rumaholics Anonymous and tell every one that a certain BabbieHelenButterScotchGreerGirl took my rum and won't give it back. And they'll all laugh at me and say, "HaHa, you have come to more meetings, then." You wouldn't want that to happen to me...wouldja? Laffite, who's gettin' awfully thirsty lately, hmm. p.s. BTW, are you feeling better? We all hope so. If you post here while you have a cold please don't breathe on your computer. We don't want to get your cold, okay. So get well soon. And keep those caps comin'... //