traceyk65

On this date in 1925, the Scopes Monkey Trial ended with a guilty verdict, which was later overturned. Given the current political climate, I thought it apropos to post this scene from INHERIT THE WIND. Spencer Tracy and Frederivck March chew the scenery like the hams they were, but a valid point is being made... (oh heck. is that too political? Oh well...)

Actually, I guess you could RIGHT click to highlight and click "copy". Then come back here, right click again and click "paste". Try that...

> {quote:title=TomJH wrote:}{quote}Just to help you envision Cagney in the role: > > as[/i]Robin+Hood.jpg] > *Cagney's not that tall. He would have seemed more like Peter Pan than Robin Hood...which is not to say he's not a good actor. He's just not the Robin Hood type. He's the kind of guy who always has an edge, a plan, something up his sleeve. Very modern and 20th century.* > Edited by: traceyk65 on Jul 21, 2013 2:55 PM

> {quote:title=SansFin wrote:}{quote} > > {quote:title=casablancalover2 wrote:}{quote} > > I have always thought, if he's so prepossessing to forego the red "tighty briefs", I have wondered about his costume but I assume that he can wear what he wishes because no one is so brave that they will go to him and tell him that wearing his underwear on the outside makes him look like an idiot LOL again. My dogs are going to start giving me funny looks soon...

Came across this pic of Bogie, Bacall and Marilyn at the premiere of HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE and couldn;t resist!

I upload my pics to photobucket, then click the direct link "button" (it offeres a couple of different options), then paste here and add an ! at each end

> {quote:title=TopBilled wrote:}{quote} > *LITTLE WOMEN (1949)* > > First, remaking the story in Technicolor seems to be a rather good idea. One does not exactly buy the March sisters being so poor and downtrodden in the Katharine Hepburn version from 1933. After all, they resided in a most affluent neighborhood and with the help of their begrudging aunt, they did not seem even remotely middle class. So if the June Allyson version seems a bit more opulent because it is in color, I can live with it, because I see them as industrious and prosperous regardless of their current circumstances. > > Next, the casting is almost better in this version. Margaret O'Brien is very good; very fragile, vulnerable and believable as the sick sister. She should seem youngest and most helpless, even if that is not how Alcott wrote it. So I would not say she is miscast at all. I found the Beth in the '33 version to be too mature and matronly, actually. Her death was still sad but not as heartbreaking as watching little Margaret O'Brien die. My main complaints with the 1949 version are June Allyson (she just annoys me) and a blonde and extremely busty Elizabeth Taylor. Just can't get past those two things...

> {quote:title=JTBenson wrote:}{quote}I am watching every movie on the AFI's 100 Years ... series. Since last year, I have watched 216 movies on the lists. That's not a bad plan, Benson. I received a book a while back listing 500 "must-see" movies and I started working my way through those. It was a good experience--I found myself watching movies I never would have watched because of their genre (war and western movies--yuck). But I actually enjoyed some of them--MY DARLING CLEMENTINE, FORT APACHE and BATTLEGROUND are three new favorites, all because of that book.

I remembered where I saw The Scarlett OHara War re ently-it was in the GWTW 70th Anniversary box set...

Just had to giggle a little trying to imagine Selznick coping with Bette... Course if she had been Scarlett, Warner's would have done it & so it would be a moot point, but still...

Is there a tcm app or something I should be downloading to use the message boards w my kindle? I can read the text & post text but can neither see nor post pics. Anyone have any idea why? Tracey

I am a HUGE Tolkien fan and I loved the first trilogy (even the changes that were made didn;t bother me, because they fit within the arc of the story and themes Jackson was playing with. I was a little disappointed in THE HOBBIT--it felt almost like Peter Jackson was over-indulging himself (creatively and financially) making it into 3 movies. I recognized many of the sequences as being things that happened off stage in the book (but were detailed in other places, like The History of Middle Earth books and in the appendices of LOTR--yes. I did read those, thank you LOL) and I like the fact that he is making the story much more complex and richer than the original source material. That being said, it did feel like scenes were added simply to lengthen the film--like the over-extended rabbit sled chase scene, for example--or that he was pimping for the New Zealand tourism board.

> {quote:title=casablancalover2 wrote:}{quote}Here's the official preview. Coming out Scheduled 12/20/2013 > > http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2341120281?ref_=tt_pv_vi_1 > > Looks very good, of course, judging by the preview... > That. Looks. Awesome. Wow. I love it already! LOL

> {quote:title=bagladymimi wrote:}{quote}Tracey, I never saw The Scarlett O'Hara War. When did that air and who starred in it? I also love Hollywood history. And this movie sounds very interesting to me. It was a TV movie from back in the 70's or 80's. It's based on part of the book Moviola by Garson Kanin. If you can get a hold of a copy of the book, it's worth a look. It's the story of Holywood told from the perspective of a fictional elderly studio head, someone like Adolph Zukor, who was in at the beginning and was still around past the end of the studio era. I know I watched the movie not too long ago (within the past year) but cannot remember where. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081458/

For all the Natalie Wood fans...a present for HER birthday Natalie through the years, from her child actor days to lovely maturity :

How Joan whiles away a boring Saturday afternoon...

Glad you are enjoying them! And feel free to upload your own, should you feel so inspired...

Wow. I had no idea it was as modern (ish) as that! I thought it was a silent! LOL Thanks!

Tallulah on Friday, with some good advice...

Thanks for the heads up, flash! I had not seen this movie advertised yet. I like those Hollywood histriy type movies too: HITCHCOCK, MY WEEK WITH MARILYN, THE AVIATOR, even the old TV movie (I think it was on TV anyway) THE SCARLETT O'HARA WAR.

> {quote:title=misswonderly wrote:}{quote}Personally, I feel Tim Horton's is over-rated, Me too. I don't drink coffee, so I can't comment there, but the donuts are kind of blah to me. I like the little locally owned and operated places nearby. If you're ever near the Dayton OH area, I highly roccomend Bills' Donuts in Centerville and the Donut Haus in Springboro. Homemade on the premises, very fresh...yum!

How about RED DUST? Hot sweaty jungle love in the hot steamy jungles? Not to mention Gable and Harlow, one of the hottest pairings in Hollywood... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA-5_4BIUuY

> {quote:title=Dargo2 wrote:}{quote} > > Yikes! I do that ALL the time! I will get in the car to go to work or my parents' house or some other familiar destination and when I arrive, I have no memory whatsoever of the trip. Scares me a little, really. > WAIT!!! This scares YOU silly?! > > Look tracey! I ride a motorcycle, and I see you "cagers"(that's what we motorcyclists call someone driving a car) distracted ALL the time on the road around me by their phone texting or something just like what you admitted to doing here. > > And sooooo, PLEASE reconsider this practice of yours! > > (...'cause like James Dean said in that "Safe Driving" film he did with Gig Young back in '55..."The life YOU save may be MINE!!!!!) I don't do it on purpose! I don't text behind the wheel or do anything but drive (except for hitting the button on the radio occaisionally) but if I have a lot on my mind, I do sometimes "zone out" while driving. Don't know why or how to fix it...

There's a thread elsewhere discussing the way movies make you feel certain ways or want/crave certain foods, a drink, a cigarette, etc. Here's a video of the ladies of classic Hollywood lighting up...they really know how to make it work for them, especially La Dietrich! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0nlRuIIzgI&feature=related

Crazyblonde--if you look at the top of the page, you'll find the web address, (the one for this page begins: forms.tcm.com/thread). Highlight that by left-clicking, then right clicking on "copy". Then come back to this page and click reply, then click "paste" in the reply box. The web address should appear as a link in your reply.