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Un Mauvais Fils 1980 aka the Bad Son by the excellent Claude Sautet with Patrick Dewaere Brigitte Fossey Yves Robert.After 5 years in a USA jail, a son returns home and must face the hostility of his father.Very good drama 8/10
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4 hours ago, TopBilled said:
Excellent suggestion. I should have had him on my list.
i think John Mills was honored 5-6 years ago, not certain,Jack Hawkins would be good,but no Ben Hur please ! Veronica Lake would be nice but long shot,she was mostly with Paramount and many of her movies never made on dvd
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I MARRIED A WITCH 1942 René Clair,it played 10 days ago on TCM,I had seen it many many years ago so it was new! Funny story! i like Veronica Lake a lot,i think she was talented,i like her voice too.Susan Hayward in an early role is excellent as the abrasive fiancée of Fredric March. March was 46 when the movie was made .In my opinion he looked too old for the part and was odious with Lake on the set.She lived in Montreal in the 60's,7 years ago I was identifying a lady on the phone when I asked her her mother's name she said Veronica Lake.It is not reported she had a child in the 50's or 60's but it is possible.I believed the lady -she was surprised when I told her I was very familiar but I digress,it is an excellent film by René Clair with very good special effects for the period. 8/10
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2 hours ago, LawrenceA said:
I've discussed her on here in the past. Something about her beauty always stuck with me. She died under suspicious circumstances in '72 of a drug and alcohol interaction. It was ruled accidental, but others have suggested that it was suicide or even that she may have been murdered.
She was a beautiful woman but she had many mental problems,I'am trying to see all of her movies
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On 3/23/2020 at 3:40 PM, LsDoorMat said:
All of the Lone Wolf films were shown somewhere around 2012 (???) on Saturdays. TCM went through quite a few of the Columbia serials at the time - the Rusty series and the Crime Doctor too if I remember correctly.
Yes they were but earlier than 2012. part of the Columbia deal I would say circa 2006-2009
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STORM IN A TEACUP 1937 by Victor Saville.Good comedy set in Scotland with Rex Harrison Vivien Leigh & a good supporting cast including Arthur Wontner-who made 4 or 5 movies as Sherlock Holmes-a good one-before Rathbone-story involves a reporter, a dog & an ambitious politician, I do not know if this film was ever shown on TCM. 7/10
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Wow Jennifer on my Mind on April 3rd, an early De Niro impossible to find
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On 3/22/2020 at 12:04 PM, TheCid said:
Been a while, but I did spend a week in Australia and have had discussions with Australians since then. Add in all the movies and TV shows with Australians playing Australians. No one ever sounded remotely like Malone. Her accent is becoming annoying. Is it unique to a certain place in Australia or maybe her?
I kept silent about this,but it is annoying me also,many months ago i read somewhere she was taking lessons to lose her accent.. obviously it is not working...
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On 3/22/2020 at 9:01 PM, TopBilled said:
I rather enjoyed Sally Field's commentaries, during Robert's last season doing Essentials. She seemed to do well at applying a film's themes to greater human needs and concerns.
I liked Molly Haskell's commentaries too. Since she brought a scholarly yet sensible approach to analyzing classic film.
So if they brought either one of these ladies back, I'd be for it.
As for films discussed I think they need to cover more genres. And look at essential B films. Even include some essential short films.
What would you like to see?
The Essentials has been too long,we even had the Essentials JR a few years ago for the summer I think,if they want to inform the new subscribers and reach to the classic film veterans they should show documentaries presented by M Haskell,Jeanine Basinger,Scott Heyman etcthere is many,many good documentaries available. enough for a first season or 2 as a try out. Anything but the essentials please.
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26 minutes ago, Dargo said:
LOL
Yep, and from what I understand, Gable got the reviews to prove it wasn't!
Lombard was always teasing him about Parnell,telling their friends to just say the word to see Gable's reaction.
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The Crimson Pirate 1952 playing tonight,Burt Lancaster at 39 ! In his prime and a great star.I'am a big fan of Errol Flynn but Burt was hard to beat in this one.
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On 3/13/2020 at 7:02 PM, LornaHansonForbes said:
The Dennis Hopper film THE HOT SPOT is based in the book HELL HATH NO FURY- I cannot remember the name of the author, but I read it about 25 years ago and remember really, really liking it a lot.
I have seen when it was released first run,no success but a good movie,Virginia Madsen is in her prime & very sexy
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22 hours ago, Fedya said:
It never ceases to amaze me how many people quote an entire post just to add one line.
Me too useless comments amaze me more...
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5 minutes ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
STANWYCK could give DOMINIQUE the INTENSITY she needed, but so could NEAL, who was ARCHITECTURAL AND STATUESQUE and more suited for the part.
Okay yeah, and 20 or so years younger too...
STATUESQUE is the correct word for Patricia Neal,her beauty was underrated,she caught the roving eye of Gary Cooper rapidly, with Ingrid Bergman, Patricia Neal was one of his best catches
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22 hours ago, TopBilled said:
Great discussion everyone. Here's the official Cheat Sheet:
721. THE PETRIFIED FOREST (1936) with Leslie Howard & Humphrey Bogart.
722. MEET JOHN DOE (1941) with Barbara Stanwyck & Gary Cooper.
723. MARGIE (1946) with Jeanne Crain.
724. YOUNG AT HEART (1954) with Doris Day, Frank Sinatra & Ethel Barrymore.
725. THE BEST MAN (1964) with Cliff Robertson.
726. POINT BLANK (1967) with Angie Dickinson, Lee Marvin & Carroll O'Connor.
727. HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS (1970) with Joan Bennett.
728. THE WIZ (1978) with Diana Ross & Michael Jackson.
729. PALE RIDER (1985) with Clint Eastwood.
730. LITTLE WOMEN (1994) with Susan Sarandon.
7 out of 10,did not see Young at Heart,Margie and The Wiz.
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17 hours ago, sewhite2000 said:
It has been said by various TCM hosts that Robinson wouldn't do a cameo in Some Like It Hot, because Raft was in it, and he disliked him so much. I never knew why. His son did the part instead. Robinson did end up doing a similar cameo in Robin and the Seven Hoods.
On Manpower Dietrich was starting an affair with Raft,Robinson wanted Marlene as well,she was also involved with Jean Gabin there was also a rumour about a woman as well,Dietrich was always 'very busy'.Jealousy was heavy and during filming Walsh had to stop Raft who kept beating Robinson after Raoul Walsh cut the action
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Seen them all except Come Next Spring
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MR KLEIN 1976 by Joseph Losey Alain Delon Michel Lonsdale, seen it on the big screen when it came out,watch it last week again,a great film set in occupied Paris1942,Delon is an art dealer buying art from Jewish citizens at low prices,but slowly the table turns on him,good scenes about the VelDiv deportation. 8/10
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8 hours ago, TopBilled said:
Yes, THE NAKED JUNGLE is correct. It last aired on TCM back in 2017. According to MovieCollector's database, the film has been broadcast five different times.
I think I had first watched it on RetroPlex. It's available on DVD from Paramount and can probably be found in most public library systems.
The big ant scene at the end is classic viewing!
seen all of 701 -710,i like Naked Jungle saw it many times in my youth as well Eleanor Parker is absolutely stunning in it, a sensual and sexy woman in it her description of the use of a piano to Charlton Heston is very good,Parker looked great in Scaramouche as well
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14 hours ago, TopBilled said:
Cheat Sheet:
691. DINNER AT EIGHT (1933) with Jean Harlow & Marie Dressler.
692. CALL OF THE WILD (1935) with Clark Gable and friend.
693. MY LITTLE CHICKADEE (1940) with Mae West & W.C. Fields.
694. BLACK NARCISSUS (1947) with Deborah Kerr.
695. CALAMITY JANE (1953) with Doris Day.
696. JOURNEY TO ITALY (1954) with George Sanders & Ingrid Bergman.
697. BELLS ARE RINGING (1960) with Judy Holliday & Dean Martin.
698. THE HOT ROCK (1972) with Robert Redford & George Segal.
699. ATLANTIC CITY (1980) with Burt Lancaster & Susan Sarandon.
700. UNFORGIVEN (1992) with Morgan Freeman & Clint Eastwood.
seen them all except Calamity Jane,Black Narcissus & Unforgiven are favorites.
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On 2/15/2020 at 9:31 PM, TopBilled said:
Here's the Cheat Sheet:
681. EACH DAWN I DIE (1939) with George Raft & James Cagney.
682. MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE (1946) with Bob Hope.
683. A SONG IS BORN (1948) with Danny Kaye.
684. WRITTEN ON THE WIND (1956) with Rock Hudson & Dorothy Malone.
685. MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT (1959) with Kim Novak & Fredric March.
686. A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (1964) with the Beatles.
687. BURNT OFFERINGS (1976) with Bette Davis & Karen Black.
688. BROADWAY DANNY ROSE (1984) with Woody Allen & Mia Farrow.
689. MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME (1985) with Mel Gibson.
690. THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE (1992) with Rebecca De Mornay.
seen them all except MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE and A Song is Born,Broadway Danny Rose my favorite of the lot.
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19 hours ago, TopBilled said:
Excellent discussion everyone. Thank you.
LIFE WITH FATHER is in the public domain and there's a restored print of it on YouTube.
MR. AND MRS. BRIDGE has never aired on TCM. Not even when there was a month-long retrospective of Merchant-Ivory films on their 50th anniversary.
Here's the official Cheat Sheet:
671. METROPOLIS (1927)
672. ANNIE OAKLEY (1935) with Barbara Stanwyck.
673. THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (1942) with Joseph Cotten, Anne Baxter & Tim Holt.
674. LIFE WITH FATHER (1947) with William Powell.
675. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955) with James Dean.
676. THE COURTSHIP OF EDDIE'S FATHER (1963) with Ron Howard & Glenn Ford.
677. PLAY MISTY FOR ME (1971) with Jessica Walter & Clint Eastwood.
678. ALIEN (1979) with Sigourney Weaver.
679. WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (1988) with Bob Hoskins.
680. MR. AND MRS. BRIDGE (1990) with Joanne Woodward & Paul Newman.
seen them all except for Mr. & Mrs. Bridge for now I have not seen it yet
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he did about 12 tv movies-not exact- enough for a special day.there is 2 or 3 I have not seen.
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this is essentrial good news...
Best and Worst Autobiographies/Biographies
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I have all the bios on Errol including his 2 novels,the first printing of Wicked Ways is worth looking for as he had to withdraw passages in it about Jack Warner and others for the next editions.I have read on Olivia and her sister as well. Errol was a gentleman,he never kiss and tell-unlike Cooper- but Michael Caine in his bio book revealed more about the De Havilland- Flynn : it was more serious than everybody said,including Olivia who denied it.She told him a detail I cannot elaborate here,but after she could not tested for the Virgin Queen part that went to Bette Davisis the way I can explain it..I see no reason for Caine to lie and it did not help to sell more books as it was not reported at all at the time.