traceyk65
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> > Or Barbarella. I love to hear her justify that one! LOL
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> Take that back, or we'll throw you to the mathmos!
Hey I LIKE Barbarella; it's a very fun movie! But if she wanted to be taken seriously as an actress and activist, not the best choice for her (though she did look fabulous).
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> {quote:title=ValentineXavier wrote:}{quote}
> Marlene Dietrich should have been the first one mentioned!
True, but her singing is sort an acquired taste. I personally like it, but there a lot of people don't.
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> {quote:title=MaxvonMayerling wrote:}{quote}
> Saturday, February 5th
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Um...wow. Ive never seen this one. Olivier in blackface??? Oh my.
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Cheescake from Outer Space:
The Queen of Outer Space:
Missile to the Moon:
Cat Women of the Moon:
Fire Maidens from Outer Space:
Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women:
Barbarella
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Some Additions:
*Adoption:*
Penny Serenade
*Professors:*
The Blue Angel
Vivacious Lady
*Business:*
Female
They All Kissed the Bride
*Color*
How Green is My Valley
*Foursomes*
Libeled Lady
*Ruth Gordon (As actress):*
Rosemary?s Baby
Harold and Maude
*Movie Comebacks*Destry Rides Again (Marlene Dietrich--only a couple of years had gone by, but she was considered "washed-up")
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Marilyn Monroe could sing and act, when given the chance. And don't forget Judy Garland.
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> {quote:title=SueSueApplegate wrote:}{quote}
> Great shots of Jane! I would love to see her at the TCM Film Festival discussing *Klute*...
> her coif in that flick started the whole Gypsy-cut trend.
Or Barbarella. I love to hear her justify that one! LOL
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> {quote:title=mongo wrote:}{quote}
> Thank you, Tracey. Celebrity birthdays are listed daily on IMDb.
Thanks!
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*Birthdays Today:*
*Tim Holt*
*John Carradine*
With Tyrone Power and an exotic gene Tierney:
Count Dracula:
Vampire Hookers (probably NOT his proudest moment):
*Salute to Classic Movies:*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t0YdBWdmXk&feature=related
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Hey mongo--love the pics! Tell one thing though--where do you find all those birthdays??
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> {quote:title=kingrat wrote:}{quote}
> Audrey's style of acting is very different from the Method actors, but it would have been interesting to see how some of those pairings turned out. I like her with Anthony Perkins in Green Mansions.
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> Unfortunately, Maggie McNamara killed herself.
That's what I mean by "30's type" of actress. And I'll bet that's part of the reason she kept being paired up with older actors. Even though they were twice her age, actors like Gary Cooper, Fred Astaire and Cary Grant matched her style of acting better than the young men her own age.
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Here's Jane Fonda and her Big 60's (and 80's) hair:
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*Birthdays today:*
*Ida Lupino*
*Nigel Bruce*
As Watson:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxhFXS7lywA&feature=related
*Women directors:*
*Dorothy Arzner:*
Merrily We Go To Hell:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG7WbFaVHCM
Christopher Strong:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9xde3eM3Rs
*Ida Lupino:*
The Hitchiker
Outrage:
*Penny Marshall:*
Big:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKrZiddRphw
*Sofia Coppola:*
Lost In Translation:
*Nora Ephron:*
Sleepless in Seattle:
You?ve Got Mail:
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> {quote:title=wouldbestar wrote:}{quote}
> The one that started the day, Witness for the Prosecution. It seems like a well done but familiar courtroom drama yet like the lawyer you know there's something not quite right when its over. Laughton and Lanchester are delightful together, Una O'Connor is amazing, and Dietrich is so powerful you can't look away when she's on screen. I'm not sure what to say about Ruta Lee without giving it all away. If you haven't seen it, do it!
I second that!
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> {quote:title=MyFavoriteFilms wrote:}{quote}
> I agree...they were trying to make her into this serious actress to rival Garbo. And they should have let her do more commercial projects, too.
Exactly. Instead she got smothered by (but not completely flattened by) von Sternberg's over-the-top exoticism and crazy masochistic storylines and it almost ruined her. But those films are fascinating to watch.
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> {quote:title=hamradio wrote:}{quote}
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> Speaking of trailer parks, ever seen "The Last Starfighter" (1985)? Plot is simple, a teenager living in a trailer park who thinks his life is going nowhere became an intergalatic hero. Movie is low key but the Centauri charactor played by Robert Preston sort of made it enjoyable. His way of dressing reminded me of some Sam Spade movie.
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I have loved that movie for years. I watch it everytime I catch it on TV.
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> {quote:title=MyFavoriteFilms wrote:}{quote}
> MONTE CARLO (1930) is about an aristocratic woman (Jeanette MacDonald) who browbeats and abuses her personal stylist, a male, at every turn (played by Jack Buchanan). She fires and hires him back countless times, and gradually realizes that she loves him. The irony is that he is a moneyed aristocrat himself, in hiding from his wealthy family. LOL
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> It's a highly implausible story, but there are songs and plenty of merriment. It's not bad...but like I said earlier, I think if they had chosen Dietrich to vamp it up, instead of MacDonald, it would've been sharper and funnier.
Unfortunately, in 1930, Dietrich was still working exclusively with von Sternberg and wouldn't have been "allowed" to do a comedy. As much as I like to look at those von Sternberg-Dietrich collaborations, I wish he'd given her a bit more free rein and allowed her comic side to come out (there are hints of it in Shanghai Express and The Devil is a Woman )--maybe she wouldn't have gone through that "box office poison" period.
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*Happy Chinese New Year!*
*No Birthdays today, so I thought I?d post a few ?speed paintings.? These fascinate me!*
Audrey Hepburn:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTBiTqXFtVQ&feature=related
Indiana Jones:
Bogart and Berman in Casablanca:
Ava Gardner:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW_3PDaB_24
Brando as The Godfather:
Marilyn Monroe:
Dietrich:
Bette Davis done in mascara!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sahHSNy_Uk
And my all time fave?Elvis done in Cheetos!
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Go up to the Fan Community heading above and click on "Suggest a Movie." It will ask you to confirm your email (if you haven't already) and you can suggest movies to your heart's content. Sometimes, TCM even pays attention to our suggestions.
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> > > > Very good movie. Thelma Todd is excellent in it as is Clara Bow. I have it on DVD--no idea whether this is bootleg?
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> > > > http://www.lostflix.com/clr4.htm
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> > > It most certainly positively and definitely is.
> > > There has been no authorized video or DVD release of CALL HER SAVAGE.
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> > All right...but I'm not giving it up!
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> Hey, you shouldn't!
> That's what they get: if the companies that own these rare films refuse to release them on video or DVD then they can just sit back and watch as bootleggers put them out, sell them and make the money that the proper owners could be making.
As long as they don't go all Napster on us fans!
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Plus Chevalier gives me the creeps.
Brrr. Me too. Thank Heaven for Little Girls, indeed! Actually that whole movie is a bit creepy...
And I still think Dietrich should have at least been nominated for Witness for the Prosecution. And NOT for the scene where she snarls, "D**n you!" and breaks down, nor even for her cockney woman (though that was pretty good). No, I think she should have won because she does a very difficult thing--she plays the role of a passionate woman who is playing the role of a cold-hearted b**ch and the mask only slips once before the end--when she's waiting for the jury to read the verdict, the fear on her face and her relief at the aquittal, when she nearly collapses in the doorway. Very subtle work.
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> {quote:title=ChorusGirl wrote:}{quote}
> I think I can guarantee I will not be at the tribute to Roy Rogers at the Film Festival. Hopefully something appealing will be playing concurrently.
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> Those B westerns put me right to sleep in 10 minutes.
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> I have enjoyed MY DARLING CLEMENTINE, RIO BRAVO, DESTRY RIDES AGAIN, ONCE UPON THE TIME IN THE WEST....but none of these are run-of-the-mill Saturday matinee stuff. I do need to catch up on my John Ford though.
I like those too (except Rio Bravo, which I haven't yet seen) All of them have prominent female characters and/or humorous moments (or in the case of Once Upon a Time, interesting casting--Fonda as villain). Add Johnny Guitar, Fort Apache, The Shootist and Rancho Notorious and that pretty uch sums up my list of "watchable" westerns.
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> {quote:title=Hibi wrote:}{quote}
> Yes, Audrey and Jack Lemmon. What might have been..........
Now he would have been fine with her.
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> {quote:title=JefCostello wrote:}{quote}
> I've often thought that as well.
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> Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, James Dean, Montgomery Clift, Rock Hudson. She didn't do films with these guys, as opposed to say Liz Taylor, who did movies with all these men and was only a few years younger than Audrey.
Taylor works with those actors, for some reason. I can't picture Hepburn with any of them, really. Maybe she was a sort of 1930's-type, who just happened to be making films in the 50's?
Favorite YouTube tribute videos
in Your Favorites
Posted
*Birthdays Today:*
*Rip Torn is 80 today:*
Defending your Life:
Men in Black:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZTkflzRJ_0&feature=related
*Mamie Van Doren is 80 today:*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX3mWEBWnsw
*Ronald Reagan:*
Kings Row:
*Babe Ruth*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS7Iq_I0i6M
*Ramon Novarro*
*Zsa Zsa Gabor*
The Queen of Outer Space:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGrVeiAZM5Y&feature=fvwrel
*Cheesecake from Outer Space:*
Missile to the Moon:
Cat Women of the Moon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqQP93SuFjk
Fire Maidens from Outer Space:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6veEPNImBg
Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women:
Barbarella:
Women of Star Trek: