laffite
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I always look in the right places.
For those who don't know me, be not fooled by my avatar ....
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2 hours ago, jameselliot said:
Experiment in Terror ends in Candlestick Park, during a Giants vs Dodgers game.
Good one!
I was listening to the radio that night. Vince Scully said at the top, "... and tonight they are filming a movie called [and here he changed his voice to a to a tone of mock suspense)] "Experiment in Terror"
A truly great shot of Don Drysdale peering towards he plate for a sign, and then that patented and wholly singular poetry-in-motion wind up and throw ... and another great shot, that of Harvey Kuenn lacing a double down the left field line.
Both of those fine though relatively unspectacular baseball moments immortalized in celluloid.
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7 hours ago, Mr. Gorman said:
I like the Spanish spelling of baseball:
béisbol
'nuff said.
Uhhh ... ooh-kay
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6 minutes ago, jameselliot said:
I thought Eddie and Dana would discuss the meaning of the title which is even more timely now. It could be interpreted several ways.The noir cinematography is excellent but the script was over the top and hysterical even for 1953. One guy who's not a criminal, a commie spy, and does not have a communicable disease trying to seek refugee status jumps ship and a big manhunt starts. He gets his picture on the front page of the newspaper with a giant headline and a task force is set up to capture him? Richard Kimble didn't get that much attention for 4 years.
As a hyper paranoid, anxiety driven nightmare of an immigrant trying to reboot his life, it does work on the same level as classic paranoia films like Nightmare and DOA. Ivan Tors looked at the UN in this film as a new symbol of hope and progress, a similar theme in Colossus of New York. It's interesting that he was given permission to film there (the first film to do so) while Hitchcock was denied permission for North By Northwest.
Director and cowriter Maxwell Shane was in charge of the first year of Superman (George Reeves). His stories were too dark and violent so he was replaced.
This sounds familiar.
Deja Vu ?
BTW, I don't know Dana's movies or anything about her but I thought she was charming.
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52 minutes ago, cigarjoe said:
The Dark Corner (1946)
Lucille Ball's character Kathleen has a dialog about baseball with Gault
Kathleen: My father was a major-league umpire. Well, what else
[at the Tudor Penny Arcade]
Kathleen: can I beat you at?
Bradford Galt: What other kinds of games do you like to play? You know, we've got some great playgrounds up around 52nd Street.
Kathleen: Among them your apartment?
Bradford Galt: Why, just a coincidence.
Kathleen: I haven't worked for you very long, Mr. Galt, but I know when you're pitching a curve at me, and I always carry a catcher's mitt.
Bradford Galt: No offense. A guy's got to score, doesn't he?
Kathleen: Not in my league. I don't play for score, I play for keeps - "said she with a smile."
You call this a dialogue about Baseball?
5 hours ago, Thompson said:Dodger fan are ya, Laffite? I agree about the one game wild card playoff — should be a three game wild card playoff.
Nay, a Dodger I am not. There is no team I despise more. In fact if they lose to the Cardinals (O please God, make it happen, make it happen!!!) It well be Nirvana. I sympathize with the players even though I don't like them very much. I just think their manager is a punk.
3 hours ago, misswonderly3 said:Wow, laffite, who knew you were such a baseball fan , and one who knows so much about so many teams, their stats, etc. ! I'm impressed.
Now, having said that, I will say I think you over-reacted just a little, to my observation about the Jays being in the same division as the Yankees and the Red Sox. It really seemed to set you off, such indignation ! And to be fair to me, I must confess, I've only become a really dedicated baseball fan over the last few years, before that I was amongst the unwashed masses who erroneously think baseball is boring. So you must forgive me for writing what is apparently a cliche, although I won't pretend I was saying anything original, the sports commentators on the sports show my husband and I watch said the same thing ( about the American League East division.) And I did not and would not refer to The Jays as "victims". Not at all, they're a great team, and they did win their final season game.
Still, it warms my heart to see what a baseball fan you are. Who's your favourite team?
ps: Apologies to all who get all bent out of shape when off-topic tangents happen here. I racked my brains to think of a film noir that involves baseball , but struck out.
Thank you, MissW, for being so nice back. I was a little rough on you. I humbly as your pardon. I am ancient enough to be solidly ensconced in Geezer territory and therefore suffer acute episodes of FuddyDuddyIsm which make me only too aware of how crappy today's game is. Being a "dedicated baseball fan" only for a few years exonerates you completely. My target was not you anyway but Major League Baseball itself which is only a shadow of what it was. I am proud to announce (though the warmth of your heart may go with the wind) that I don't have a favorite team as it would be sheer humiliation to care enough to have one.
Hockey anyone?
Number of days till the season starts:
6
woo hoo
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7 hours ago, misswonderly3 said:
So, not to perpetuate this side-conversation about baseball, but I'll just say, if the Jays had been in a different division, instead of the same one as the Yankees and the Red Sox, they definitely would have made the Wild Card spot.
And to perpetuate the side-conversation about baseball and with all due respect, excuses like that mean very little. In Baseball (as well as other team sports) inequities like that abound with such frequency as to be not mentioned anymore. The Dodgers with a stellar record of 106-56 just happens to be in the same Division of the Giants, 107-55, and therefore must be subjugated to that perilous one-game sudden death Wild Card Game when The Atlanta Braves, 88-73, waltz into the playoffs as a Division winner because they happen to be in a weak division. St Louis, 90-72, has a better record than Atlanta, but must play the one-game wild card game while Atlanta does not. Seattle, 90-72, has a better record than Atlanta and they did not even make the bloody playoffs at all. You have a right to be disappointed but the no one listens to those kinds of complaints anymore, they are so ubiquitous. I'm sorry for your sake that your team is a victim but they are certainly not alone. Thanks, MissW, Peace.
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David, Larry
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Chuck Connors
next : short fuse
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Baldwin, Alec
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BRABANTIO ; played by Anthony Nicholls in Othello ('65)
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Peter Ustinov was in Topkapi with Robert Morley
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The Day After ('83) tv movie
All Through the Night ('42)
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4 hours ago, sagebrush said:
Good interview this afternoon on NPR's FRESH AIR with Eddie Mueller as the guest:
IMMENSELY entertaining interview, THANKS, Sagebrush.
This is a radio interview for anyone who possibly might not know (although the name Jerry Gross, the interviewer, has been doing FRESH AIR for centuries and is one of the most excellent interviewers ever) and I found myself thrilled to hear the sound bites from some of the film noir classics. The beginning of Double Indemnity, for instance. And the final scene of Criss Cross was downright hilarious, but not in a way that ridicules. We all know Eddie Muller but this isn't old stuff, he speaks to the larger mass audience and it comes across rather wonderful, differently than taking to us who are movie buffs with a particular interest and knowledge of film noir. Eddie refers to the Production Code a couple of time early on and I kept waiting for Ms. Gross to ask Eddie to explain that but she doesn't. She later explains it, ha. We get a little of Eddie's personal life, especially as a kid. Eddie has a wonderful way of talking, so well spoken and knowledgeable. Of course we already know that but it's good to hear him talk to the greater audience. Is he some kind of treasure, or what? Yes, he is. i certainly recommend this to all, thanks to Sagebrush, thoroughly entertaining.
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1 hour ago, filmnoirguy said:
The AFI named Some Like It Hot as the #1 comedy in their 100 Funniest Movies of All Time, Any thoughts?
I'll go with that. It may not be the best but is somewhere in the top two.
55 minutes ago, unwatchable said:Wilder comedies defy neat classification; The Apartment, for instance. How would you classify that film?
It's a comedy, no question.
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Factoid : Two ladies engage in a rather mordant (if that's the right word) conversation in "Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut", a story by J.D. Salinger. It appeared in the famed volume entitled NINE STORIES. One of the women was describing a relative (or a boss, or something) and referred to this person as resembling an "unwashed Nehemiah Persoff." Doesn't sound too complimentary, does it. Well, at least Nehemiah outlived J.D., that's his revenge.
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Wow, there's Jerry Paris, America's favorite next door neighbor in a sitcom (or in the running anyway) I performed a google search and see how much stuff he actually, including directing lots of sitcoms.
I thought he did well, What is the opposite of "wooden" as some actors are? Free and loose, uninhibited, etc., whatever, he was a convincing sort of regular Joe. Not to cast aspersion on the fair sex, but what's he doing with her? Anyway ...
Help me with this. I seem to remember a role he had where he played someone who was really into eating steaks. That's all he talked about. That wasn't Jerry Helper was it? I don't think so. Maybe I am thinking of someone else.
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ps ... maybe those nails were plucked out by the roots ... ouch!
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"Some say why do I wear a hearing aid in this picture, but I say..."
Yes?
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On 10/3/2021 at 2:27 AM, Bogie56 said:
How cute!
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Jane Greer was in Station West with Raymond Burr
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Quinn, Anthony
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no X (svp)
Young and Innocent (1927)
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On 10/3/2021 at 12:50 AM, LuckyDan said:
James Dean would have been a shoo-in to play Colombo. "Uhh. Just uh, one more thing, ma'am, if uh (sigh) if you don't mind I ... I got to know. How much you pay a month to keep the lights on in a place like this?"
Not bad. Inspired, even. And funny too, so a joke too (maybe).
On 10/2/2021 at 10:04 PM, Aritosthenes said:Never (Ever) have seen the charm, Nor the appeal with Leonardo Dicaprio.
Agree, most heartily. There's nothing to him. The only role I only remotely admire, was The Departed.
On 10/3/2021 at 9:15 AM, sewhite2000 said:I've always been baffled by Victor Mature
Mancrush. Great onscreen presence.
On 10/3/2021 at 6:31 AM, TikiSoo said:All the old timers here know I can barely stomach Tom Hanks. I enjoyed him on TV's BOSOM BUDDIES but his acting leaves me cold. Like the DeCaprio complaint earlier, he just looks like he's acting, like his mind is elsewhere. I've seen interviews with him where he seems like a decent guy, but he always gives a wooden performance. Sometimes I like the movie despite him, but his presence always diminishes my enjoyment, like a black hole.
I used to say the same thing about Kevin Costner, but others have caught up to me by this point.
I certainly agree on Hanks, but I don't understand the comment about Kevin Costner (who I really can't stand). What does ..."but others have caught up to me by this point." ???? Have you been browbeaten by others to now like him?
6 hours ago, TikiSoo said:Omigod I had forgotten about Randolph Scott. If he's billed in a movie, I skip it. I cannot believe he ever became a big star in Hollywood.
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11 hours ago, BamaDillert said:Marilyn Monroe.
I’ll go ahead and leave now.
Do we need to direct you to the door? Shall we have someone show you out?
12 hours ago, Lizbeth4 said:Also, and I'm going to get a lot of flack for this, but Humphrey Bogart. He just seems too wooden. What's the attraction?
There is not enough flack in the entire world to sufficiently be heaped upon you.
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Harriet Craig
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Rob Reiner
Noir Alley
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He once said, "I've never attended a baseball game I didn't announce."
Hmm, not even as kid?
He should come out of retirement and announce the one this afternoon.