FredCDobbs

>One can understand why Fran would get bored with a husband that was only interested in his business. But we see that if given a chance Dodsworth was willing to change and allow himself to smell the roses (just so happens that rose is Mary Astor!). I think this film was about something that was never spoken or mentioned...... sex-boredom between two people who have been married for many years. Bored Dodsworth got his younger girlfriend at the end, but unfortunately his bored wife did not get her younger boyfriend. Yet, in this film, the wife is blamed for everything.

>They had no problem being perceived as homophobic when they gave the best picture Oscar to "Crash" instead of "Brokeback Mountain" Is that how Oscar films are supposed to be judged today, by "minority group featured in the film" rather than by "good movie"? I don't think so. Spike Lee is black and has made a lot of black-themed movies, but he has never won an Academy Award.

It's an interesting concept. As if advanced people from a distant planet land on a lifeless and deserted earth in the future and walk into a warehouse and discover a film record of what humans were like when they lived on earth.

Dang! I thought I dreamed that. I usually leave my TV turned on and tuned to TCM all night, but I turn the sound down. When I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night, I open my eyes to see what is showing, and this morning that was showing. I had never seen it before. I didn't know what it was.

I wonder what they do after they grind it up?? They probably make a red carpet out of it.

Great idea, Ham. I wonder what the carpet company does with the used carpet? Surely they don't throw it away or grind it up. Surely they could re-sell it or give it away.

Hi aradia22, welcome to this message board! One rule I would suggest is to NOT have a star of the month whose films we already see very often, such as Fred Astaire. I love Fred Astaire movies, but we get to see many of them every year, and we've seen repeat showings of the same films very often. So I nix this type of star of the month, UNLESS we get to see some of their rare films that have never been shown on TCM before. We see a lot of Joan Crawford films over and over, BUT she made so many films, we got to see a lot of rare ones during her month. I like that very much. I LOVE the idea of having character actors as stars of the month, because that also brings us many other stars who were in the films the character actors were in.

I'm not sure. I thought of "film within a film", but that is usually when the 2nd film is being made as part of the story line during the movie we are watching, such as a movie about a film director making a film, like in THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN. But someone watching a film in a movie (such as the "Golddiggers of 1933" film clip being watched inside a movie theater in BONNIE AND CLYDE, I don't know what that is called.

>Hard to believe nobody started an Oscar thread the morning after the "big night", so I'll stick my neck out... HEY! Wait a minute!! I've got to find my axe!! What's with the guy in the tuxedo wearing shorts?? What's this world coming to?? Ha, ha, I remember all the long-haired hippie actors showing up in the Oscar shows in the 1970s. I tried watching the TV news shows this morning to see who won what, but all the reports were about clothes and who was dating whom. Anyway, Google had a list of the wins. Big winners.... a film about mistreated slaves and people dying from AIDS. Hey, where are all the screwball romantic comedy musicals? I think each year they should re-run the Academy shows from the 1930s and 40s... at least the radio broadcasts. Where was Bob Hope this year??

>WHY is the guy on that one sign UPSIDE DOWN? That sign means "No Somersaulting on Sidewalk". Some cities don't allow it.

>Certainly that Warren Beatty-Jack Nicholson comedy that was the debut of Stockard Channing now seems so silly and witless to me I have an old uncle who bought one of those Stockard Channings the first year they were imported to the US. He said they got only about 10 miles per gallon.

The film starts out at a British fort in India, then later it moves to the Crimea for the big charge at the end of the movie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Charge_of_the_Light_Brigade_(1936_film) During an official visit to local tributary rajah, Surat Khan (C. Henry Gordon), Geoffrey saves the rajah's life. Later, Surat Khan massacres the inhabitants of Chukoti (mainly the dependents of the lancers), and allies himself with the Russians, whom the British are fighting in the Crimean War. He spares Elsa and Geoffrey as they flee the slaughter to repay his debt to Geoffrey. The love triangle and the quest for vengeance are both resolved at the Battle of Balaclava. Aware that Surat Khan is inspecting the Russian position opposite the 27th Lancers, Geoffrey Vickers secretly replaces the written orders of Sir Charles Macefield (Henry Stephenson) to the commander of the Light Brigade, Sir Benjamin Warrenton (Nigel Bruce). Vickers orders the famous suicidal attack so the lancers can avenge the Chukoti massacre. He writes a note to Macefield explaining his actions and forces his brother to deliver it, sparing him from almost certain death. Just as in real life, the attack succeeds in reaching the Russian artillery positions. There, Vickers finds and kills Surat Khan, at the cost of his own life. After receiving Vickers' note, Macefield takes responsibility for the charge and burns the note to protect Vickers' good name. --------------------------------------- The Charge of the Light Brigade Alfred, Lord Tennyson 1. Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. "Forward, the Light Brigade! "Charge for the guns!" he said: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. 2. "Forward, the Light Brigade!" Was there a man dismay'd? Not tho' the soldier knew Someone had blunder'd: Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. 3. Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them Volley'd and thunder'd; Storm'd at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell Rode the six hundred. 4. Flash'd all their sabres bare, Flash'd as they turn'd in air, Sabring the gunners there, Charging an army, while All the world wonder'd: Plunged in the battery-smoke Right thro' the line they broke; Cossack and Russian Reel'd from the sabre stroke Shatter'd and sunder'd. Then they rode back, but not Not the six hundred. 5. Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon behind them Volley'd and thunder'd; Storm'd at with shot and shell, While horse and hero fell, They that had fought so well Came thro' the jaws of Death Back from the mouth of Hell, All that was left of them, Left of six hundred. 6. When can their glory fade? O the wild charge they made! All the world wondered. Honor the charge they made, Honor the Light Brigade, Noble six hundred. Copied from Poems of Alfred Tennyson, J. E. Tilton and Company, Boston, 1870 --------------------------------------------- BBC HISTORY REPORT, the British fight the Russians in the Crimea in 1854: *http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/04/uk_charge_of_the_light_brigade/html/1.stm*

I didn't want to start a whole new thread about this, but I think it is interesting: This Just In.... Russian Troops Invade Crimea.... Again... A 12 minute film clip: History repeats itself.... Russia Invades the Crimea (1853) Hollywood Fights Back (1936): Behind the scenes: . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_War

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In the opening scene, in the "mirror" shot, that is NOT a mirror. That is Frederic March in another room, looking through a picture frame at the camera lens. There is not 1 candlestick and its reflection. There are 2 candlesticks.

>Do others not have this problem? Yes, all the time. Directv standard definition transmits to my receiver in 4:3, as if it is still 1959 or thereabouts. My 16:9 TV was made in the 21st Century. My Letterbox films are on the small side. If I enlarge the screen, the picture goes fuzzy. And my 1938 Studebaker requires leaded gasoline.

I want to thank everyone for your advice and suggestions. I think I will stay with XP as long as I can. Keep posting information and other suggestions if you have any. I'll read all of them. Fred

I've been spending so much time watching old movies, I didn't know that my computer is going to suddenly go obsolete on April 8. See this..... *http://betanews.com/2014/02/26/microsofts-attempts-to-persuade-xp-users-to-switch-to-windows-8-1-miss-the-mark/* *"On April 8, 2014, Microsoft will officially end support for Windows XP. After that date, users of the aging OS will no longer receive new security updates, hotfixes, support options, or online technical content updates."* . . I looked at a Windows website yesterday and it said the best thing for me to do is 1) buy a copy of Windows 8.1 and 2) buy a new computer that can handle 8.1 I have a technician who I pay to help clear out viruses, and he said he can help me stay with my old Windows XP. How about everyone else here? What operating system are you using and what do you plan to use in the near future? Is anyone here using 8.1 and did you have to buy a new computer to use it? Fred

In early 1943, the Office of Price Administration introduced a system for rationing canned goods ? which were needed for troops overseas and also used scarce metals. *Each person had 48 points? worth of ration stamps per month for canned, dried, and frozen foods* http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/ww2-rationing/5915

>Every time I see this film, I want to believe it went down exactly like this. Singing, dancing, sex in the afternoon, all of it! I agree.

There are many techniques used. For example, in the 1931 Fredric March version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, he looks into a mirror near the beginning of the film. The camera seems to be located either behind him or at his eye-level point of view, looking into the mirror where we see only his reflection but no camera. In this case, there is no mirror and there is no reflection. Only a big picture frame and a big square hole cut in the wall, and what we see is him but not as a reflection. He is on the other side of the wall, looking at the camera through the picture frame. So there is no mirror. --------------------------------------- And the same trick is used later in that film. *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbg5oXpq42Y* Watch closely. He picks up a beaker in his left hand and walks towards a mirror. Notice that there are three black ink stains on the left side of his shirt, which is on the right side of the movie screen as he walks. Next, notice when we see him in the mirror, he has the beaker in his RIGHT hand, while the ink stains are still on the LEFT side of his shirt, although we see them in the false "reflection" on the right side of the movie screen. In this case, there is NO mirror in this scene. We are seeing the real him, but not as a reflection in a mirror. This scene seems like a mirror image as far as the beaker is concerned, but not as far as the stains are concerned. And don't let the two candlesticks fool you. There are two of them but NO reflection of either of them. Next, we look around the room and then go back to the mirror, where we see him again, but, again, THERE IS NO MIRROR. The ink stains are still on the left side of his shirt and the right side of the movie screen. Next, the camera dollies in from his rear, showing both him and his reflection in a real mirror, and notice that in the mirror, the ink stains have jumped to the other side of his shirt (they've jumped to the left side of the movie screen), which would be the correct side because this scene IS a reflection of him looking into a real mirror. . Edited by: FredCDobbs on Feb 26, 2014 4:30 PM

Very interesting. Thanks for the link.

This is a great film. Does anyone here know how historically accurate this film is or isn't?

In all the years I've been watching SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON, since my first viewing in a theater in 1949, today's version has the best color that I can ever remember seeing. This film must have been restored and dubbed to a high quality HD electronic medium of some sort. I don't see any dust, scratches, or flaws of any kind, and the sharpness is remarkable. This film won an Oscar for Best Cinematography, Color, Winton C. Hoch. I've been to Monument Valley, and this is the way it really looks, especially when the mesas turn from brown to red near sunset. Thanks TCM. Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles' stone cabin is still there. http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/11510618.jpg I just found this.... There is apparently a company that arranges commercial horse rides through the valley. The Monument Park is owned by the Navajo Indians now. Very nice people. See this: http://www.great-american-adventures.com/Testimonials%20-%20Monument%20Valley%20Ride.htm Fred, from the Heartland of the Southwest. Edited by: FredCDobbs on Feb 25, 2014 12:14 PM

>I thought most of the Vivien Leigh segments were completely overdone and some of the worst parts of the movie. I agree. I've never watched this film before, because of her character and how she plays it. This character is not some unknown random person of the 1930s, played in a movie by some random actress in the 1960s. This character is a sad old 1960s Vivien Leigh, played by a sad old 1960s Vivien Leigh. This is the first time I have ever watched the film, and the last time.