traceyk65
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*Birthdays Today:*
*Butterfly McQueen*
Prissie Sings:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkUDjcXqyow
*GWTW:*
Why we love Mammy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NHuIrANIrE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92kLpKuRJfo&NR=1
Rhett and Scarlett:
Lucy does GWTW:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDv_ZO4ZIH0
*Charles Addams:*
?Cara mia. They?re playing a tango??
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My parenst were born in 1939 and 1940. Both very good years, indeed...
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> {quote:title=sewannie wrote:}{quote}
> I was born in 1980. I haven't seen a single movie from that year all the way through. Looking at the list though, I'd guess AIRPLANE and RAGING BULL were among the best.
1980 wasn;t a bad year...besides the 2 you named, you have The Empire Strikes Back (the best of the 3, I think), The Blues Brothers, Private Benjamin and the Gods Must Be Crazy.
Of course, it also had Flash Gordon (great soundtrack, really silly movie), The Jazz Singer, Urban Cowboy and Popeye...and don;t forget Heaven's Gate.
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> > > I'm quite certain you did not see IRON MAN on TCM. And it is not scheduled in March (Harlow's month).
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> > Then where in the world did I see it? I know i don;t have a DVD.
> Well, perhaps on AMC??? It seems like it's been much longer, but according to Wikipedia, they switched formats in Sept of 2002....
You're all right--it was Beast of the City I saw. Oops. Darn faulty memory.
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*Birthdays today*:
*Loretta Young:*
*Classic Couples:*
*Loretta and Tyrone:*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnBZF7Jaaqc
*Tyrone and Rita:*
*Rita and Fred:*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kKVBZUVWxQ
*Fred and Ginger:*
*Ginger going solo:*
*Let?s face the Music and Dance:*
*Tom Mix:*
Trailer for The Miracle Rider:
*Tribute to Movie Cowboys:*
*Boris Karloff?in a Western??*
(his big moment occurs between 3:55 and 4:02)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBv3_Ke6SQc
*The LEGO Western!*
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*Birthdays today:*
*Jane Wyman:*
Jane Sings!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQQIQ33g6Iw&feature=related
*Some other ?not-so-plain? Janes:*
*Jane Russell:*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOyWh2q60og&feature=related
?is Looking for Trouble:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_f4Ruh6AFM&feature=related
*Jane Powell:*
Singing and dancing up a storm with Fred Astaire:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnANrgMTiZ4&feature=related
*Jane Fonda:*
Barbarella:
*Jane Austen:*
*Greer and Olivier?the original Elizabeth and Darcy:*
One of my Favorite Scenes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk7CBlkBqNA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J85Xy2Y8zs&feature=related
Pride and Prejudice?Over the Years and Around the Globe:
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> {quote:title=PrinceSaliano wrote:}{quote}
> I'm quite certain you did not see IRON MAN on TCM. And it is not scheduled in March (Harlow's month).
Then where in the world did I see it? I know i don;t have a DVD.
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> {quote:title=kingrat wrote:}{quote}
> Hey, Tracey, check out such 1965 films as KING RAT, THE HILL, or, if these outstanding prison camp dramas are too serious, the excellent thriller MIRAGE.
OK. Do they play on TCM?
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> Impossible! Britney wasn't even born then!
Huh? It was 2003 at some music award show.
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> Stewart actually had 4 outings----ROPE, REAR WINDOW, TMWKTM, and VERTIGO.
Whoops. Forgot that one. Probably because I like the 1930's version better.
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> > I remember this edit too but then forgot about it until you posted again today (I guess the movie distracted me),
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> Its a funny thing. Ive watched this film many times over the years, and Ive always wondered why the Frenchman left the army. Some films like this one, I just listen to much of the dialogue, while I type on my computer. So my eyes are on my computer during some scenes, and I never noticed the jump cut until Arch mentioned it, although I did notice that I never heard a translation of his reason into English, as to why he left or was kicked out of the army.
I seem to remember reading somewhere it was because of cowardice or dissertion--something like that?
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> It is very unusual for me to dislike any Hitchcock movie. There is always SOMETHING to appreciate, because of the meticulous nature of his direction -- everything -- every object, every line -- has some meaning, and I find if I don't like one of his films, it's generally due to a lack of understanding on my part, which changes when I see the light.
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> But there are a few films of his that I really don't like: the aforementioned *North by Northwest*; *To Catch a Thief*; and (as I recall, since I haven't seen it for a long time), *Jamaica Inn*.
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> I like Cary Grant -- it's not that. Perhaps it's just that I prefer him to be holding Mae West's hand in a carriage, or appearing in screwball comedies. But I think the fact that he's in two of my least fave Hitchcock's is just a coincidence.
I feel the same way about James Stewart. Of his 3 outings as a Hitchcock hero, I like only Rear Window. I know it's probably blasphemy or something, but I never did get Verigo and I know most people consider it Hitchcock's masterpiece.
On the other hand, I do like Cary Grant in Hitchcock films. He just seems to fit. In a lot of his romantic comedy roles, Grant is sort of morally ambiguous--his character in Philadelphia Story is a recovering alcoholic who isn't really bothered that his ex-wife (with whom he's still in love) may have had a fling with another man; Jerry in The Awful Truth cheats on his wife (and she probably cheats on him as well); Walter Burns in His Girl Friday is a fast-talking newspaper editor who'd do almost anything for a story, etc, etc.
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> "Morocco" is still an daring movie- the beauty of the two leads and the sexual charge of their encounter- Dietrich in that tuxedo is an icon for the ages. Interesting how Cooper falls in love with her while she is wearing male drag.
And of course the kiss...and Madonna thought she was soooo risque for kissing Britney Spears a few years ago. Marlene did it in 1930!
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> I wonder why they keep showing ?Morocco?, but they never show ?Dishonored? (1931), which is an excellent film? I have an old tape I made of it off TCM (or maybe AMC) years ago. Also, ?Blonde Venus? (1932) used to air years ago, but I haven?t seen it on the air in maybe 8 or so years. The same with ?The Devil Is a Woman? (1935).
Morocco and Blonde Venus on the Marlene Dietrich Glamour collection and the others have not been released on DVD for region 1 (though you can get them for regions 2 and 4, which is why I bought a region-free dvd player ). The Scarlet Empress is also available on dvd in the US. Does that sort of thing have anything to do with it?
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> *What's Opera, Doc* may be the best Bugs and Elmer cartoon ever made
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Definitely!
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Maybe I missed something, but 1965 wasn't exactly the best year for movies. I'd say my favorites from that year would be Ship of Fools or Father Goose.
Edited by: traceyk65 on Jan 4, 2011 7:32 PM
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Here's a tribute specifically to her legs.
"The legs aren't so beautiful, dahling. I just know what to do with them."
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*Birthdays today:*
*Sterling Holloway:*
Sings ?A Perfect Day:?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F391_23ysbU
?Trust in Me:?
Winnie the Pooh exercises:
*Movie Stars get Animated:*
George Sanders as Shere Khan, Jungle Book 1967:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T0I5UepXMA
Eva Gabor, Scatman Crothers and Phil Harris in The Aristocats 1970:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNEraxj559Y
Terry-Thomas, Peter Ustinov and Phil Harris, Robin Hood 1973
Angela Lansbury as Mrs Potts in Beauty and the Beast 1991:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yJnvv_R2rk
Pat Carroll as Ursula in The Little Mermaid 1989:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=autCy-bgz6o&feature=related
Geraldine Page as Madame Medusa in The Rescuers 1977:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2yyvcdts9s
Julie Andrews as Queen Lillian Shrek 2004:
Mickey Rooney. Pearl Bailey and Sandy Duncan in The Fox and the Hound 1981:
Vincent Price as the evil Professor Ratigan in The Great Mouse Detective 1986:
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I wonder what the dishes looked like? My grandma may have had some, if theaters in OH did the dish night promotions as well...
Have to comment on yesterday's but on Dietrich and Howard Hughes (I wasn;t gonna, cause people might think I'm obsessed, but then I just had to)--I have read several Dietrich bios and have never come across this bit of gossip. I thought she was with either Jean Gabin or possibly James Stewart (or Eric Maria Remarque or Mercedes DeAcosta or...well, she certainly got around, did Marlene) at that point?
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*Lots of birthdays today!*
*Ray Milland:*
And two of my favorite of his films:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nsYYjjOJlY
*Anna Mae Wong:*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztI-YzTcxrQ&feature=related
Playing tonight!
*Zasu Pitts:*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0Ve-zOkQAA
Breakfast with Zasu!
*Pola Negri*
Clip from Woman of the World:
*Marion Davies:*
Clowning around in The Patsy:
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> {quote:title=TikiSoo wrote:}{quote}
> Once you've exhausted the movie star's lives category, you can delve into accounts of the making of a single film, directors or academic looks at film in historical terms. (my favorites)
In that category, I can recommend _All About All About Eve_ by Sam Staggs; _Complicated Women_ (and the follow-up, _Dangerous Men_) by Mick LaSalle; _Sin in Soft Focus_ (beautiful pics!) by Mark Viera; _Making of the African Queen or How I Went to Africa with Bogart and Bacall and Almost Lost My Mind_ by Katharine Hepburn.
And if you like this sort of thing, _The Girls_ by Diane McClellen is an entertaining, if not terribly well-documented read...
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What newspaper is it, btw?
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> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote}
> traceyk65,
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> Yes, Last March Kino released HER NIGHT OF ROMANCE (1924), and HER SISTER FROM PARIS (1925) on DVD both Starring Constance Talmadge and Ronald Colman, and each directed by Sydney Franklin. I can't recommend this DVD more highly enough. I would like to see a follow up set with THE LOVE EXPERT (1920), EAST IS WEST (1922), and a MERRY WIDOW parody called THE DUCHESS OF BUFFALO (1926).
Terrific! I'll look for them. And I'll be keeping my fingers crossed fro the others. I'd like to see Dulcy as well.
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Finally watched this movie and while most of it was not terribly interesting, I loved the sections in "Ancient Babylon" with Constance Talmadge as Mountain Girl. She was hilarious--I'm not surprised she soon became a star! Does anyone know--are there any of her films around on DVD or even VHS? I know there are a couple of Norma Talmadge (her sister) films out, but Ive not seen any w/ Constance.
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> I don't think showing a woman's navel was a problem in the movies, you're refering to tv censors of the time and Barbara Eden in I Dream Of Jeannie. I'm not sure if the movies ever had a problem with bare-midriff navel views even during the strict code days.
They had a problem with it. Dietrich's costumes in Kismet are silly---they couldn;t show her navel and they had to show a **** line so people wouldn;'t think she was naked...she could show her entire leg, but not her belly button. And don;t forget Tilly Losch belly dancing in Garden of Allah, covered from head to toe...