traceyk65
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How long was Cinerama around? I have vague memories of going to the theatre at a nearby Mall (which was actually quite fancy--red velvet, mirrors, gilt everything, nice seats--even ushers with red jackets and bow ties) in the early 70's and in my memory, the screen was in three large sections. They duidn;t always use all three; sometimes it was just the center. I was fairly young (6 or7), so my memory may be faulty.
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Bewitched tribute in honor of Dick York:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzr8MKEnRnw
Happy Birthday to Mitzi Gainer as well:
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TOQ on Mrs Miniver Actually made me want to see this film:
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*In seriousness, I would also name Burt Lancaster and the Douglas Fairbanks father-son duo as worthy contenders.*
Good point, well made.
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LOL G. Elster! I am just picturing the dance numbers...
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In honor of Hitchcock month, here;s TOQ on Spellbound:
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Noir Ladd (with a nifty song):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF41ge-N-e4
Film Noir tribute with a song sung (maybe) by Rita Hayworth:
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When I think of Violet and Sebastian travelling about "attracting" people, I have always pictured them as leading a sort of travelling salon, full of rich young (and maybe not-so-young) people, all knowledgeable about the Arts and books and Classical Music and so forth. And in that group were likely to be some "Bright Young Things" who knew the score and who maybe had tastes that were bigger than their allowances (if they even had allowances). I always pictured Sebastian as a sort of Oscar Wilde wanna be, except without the drive and talent.
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*So it's like Star Wars--a long time ago, yet somehow in the future?*
*No. Star Wars is set in the past but not our past. It is the past of "a galaxy far, far away."*
Sorry. I spent too much time watching TV with my son in his teen years. That's actually a quote from the Family Guy version of Star Wars (which is surprisingly funny in parts)
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Thinking about htis movie and using the women as a lure...
With his mother, Sebastian must have enjoyed a much higher class of "luree" (is that even a word?) than with Catherine. I wonder how he felt about lowering his standards?
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RE: Band of Angels picture:
Gawd. Did anyone ever look better in piratewear than Gable? Excpet maybe Errol Flynn??
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Forgot about The Women. I'm going to need to work on my prejudice against movies I see as "tear-jerkers" and see Hold Back the Dawn.
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Ive read criticisms of the movie that wanted Poitier's character to be a cab driver or something, but you are right, sepia--Joey wouldn;t have fallen for a cab driver. Part of the reason she fell for him was his dream of going to Africa--she was as much in love with that as she was him. I do think it's interesting that the mothers were the first to be won over though, both black and white. It was the father who needed to be convinced in both families and if I remember right, wasn;t the black dad less than enthusiastic even at the end?
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I showed this movie to my daughter and a couple of friends in tandem with Hitchcock one night. My daughter had seen it years ago (why yes, I AM raising my kids right
) but the other two had gotten curious becasue of the TV series "Bates Motel," (the premise of which I do not get--it' supposed tobe the history of Norman's crazy, but it takes place in the present day? So it's like Star Wars--a long time ago, yet somehow in the future?) I guess something good can come out of even the strangest TV ideas...I know they played fast and loose with the facts in Hitchcock, but I still enjoyed it. A lot.
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There have been several threads concerning Hattie McDaniel and her legacy and also Poitier and HIS legacy, so here is TOQ on one of Poitier's first Hollywood films, (and one which deals with racism) No Way Out:
I have never seen this film, but I will defnately be looking for it.
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In honor of J R R Tolkien (told ya my geek flag was flying proud) a bit of cross-fandom humor (can't take credit for this--came across it online:
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Lettin' my Geek Flag fly today, baybee!
On this day in 1973, J.R.R Tolkien, creator of Middle Earth went to that far green country (he died, to those of you not afflicted with ME.fever LOL). So here's a tribute to the wonderful (if ridiculously long) films Peter Jackson made of Tolkien's masterpiece:
On thing my feminist heart always objected to in LOTR was the dearth of strong female characters. Jackson sort of made up the lack:
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Just realized I posted Prisoner of Azkaban twice...getting a bit forgetful, I guess. Sorry...
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About Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
Stanley Kramer said of the movie:
Hell, we deliberately made the situation perfect, and for only one reason, if you take away all the other motives for not getting married, then you leave only one question. Will Tracy forbid the marriage because Poitier's a Negro? That is the only issue, and we deliberately removed all other obstacles to focus on it.
Honestly though, I have to say that if my daughter came home from a 2 week vacation saying she was marrying a man she met during said vacation, I'd be much more worried about that...
Edited by: traceyk65 on Sep 2, 2013 11:55 AM
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OK, this is slightly off topic, but I got to thinking about movies that were meant to push racial barriers and being a Hepburn fan (
) I thought of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. I know now-a-days we see that one as sort of a mixed bag, yes, it's a rich white girl wanting to marry an accomplished, respected older black man, but 1) her parents were Liberals (or thought of themselves that way) and 2) he's a Doctor, for heaven's sake. A highly successful, respected, award-winning doctor, who also happens to be Black. And then you have to sort of weigh him and his parents against the (oops, here we go again) comic black maid, Tillie: "All hell done broke loose!" and the way this so-called Liberal family treats her (sort of like a favorite pet).What I wonder is how audiences of the time saw it--were they shocked? Appalled? Did they find it thought-provoking? Or were they just like, "Meh."
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A bit of fun from Ros and Cary:
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Not the best job ever, but here ya go Dargo...
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OOps. Just realized I repeated on the Ros and Cary one. Sorry!