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    Favorite YouTube tribute videos

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    *Birthdays today:*

     

    *Tippi Hedren is 81 today:*

     

    Marnie (not my favorite film, but a good song):

     

     

    *Alarming, Charming Blonde Women (and Men):*

     

    *Hitchcock's Blondes:*

    Grace Kelly:

     

    Janet Leigh:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV5WBOZ0yz8

     

    Kim Novak:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HObbAl57ar0&feature=related

     

    Marlene Dietrich:

     

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    Rosemary Clooney and Marlene:

     

    Betty Grable:

     

    That other Bette:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea5__uUuxoU

     

    Robert Redford:

     

    Randolph Scott:

     

    Jean Harlow:

     

    Kirk Douglas:

     

    Van Johnson:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6rp87Nzc0E

     

    Greta Garbo:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZrEcI-ULbQ

     

    Bombshells~~

    Marilyn, Jayne, Jean, Diana, Lana and Veronica:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJvuz64vTvA&feature=related

     

    Edited by: traceyk65 on Jan 19, 2011 9:04 PM

    Favorite YouTube tribute videos

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    > {quote:title=musicalnovelty wrote:}{quote}

    > > {quote:title=traceyk65 wrote:}{quote}

    > > *Many Birthdays today:*

    > >

    > >*Curly Howard*

    > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuTzsi6WT6Q&feature=related

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    > It's nice that Curly Howard is included in this tribute, but today is not his birthday, instead, it's the anniversary of his death in 1952.

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    > http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397219/bio

     

     

     

    Oops! Blame it on the Celebrity birthdays thread...LOL

    "Holiday" with Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn

    in Films and Filmmakers

    Posted

    > {quote:title=jamesjazzguitar wrote:}{quote}

    > With regards to Nolan; The point was that if one look at the basic categories that would cause a man to fall for a women, especially given the times, some might say Nolan is lacking in the looks department. Now of course this is very subjective. The point is that it is hard to believe Grant fell for her because they had a common set of values or the size of her heart. They clearly don't have these in common and that is key to the entire plot. So if not those the most common one is good old sexual appeal and some feel she lacks in this especially compared with Grant (i.e. a 10 on that scale to most women!).

     

    Yeah, I never understood it either. There were plently of other, better-looking supporting types around (I was going to say at RKO, but Holiday wasn't RKO, was it? It was Columbia) And they had Rita Hayworth by that time and it looks like they also had Fay Wray. Either of them could have done that role and been a more convincing match for Grant.

    Classic Films by Theme

    in General Discussions

    Posted

    > {quote:title=MyFavoriteFilms wrote:}{quote}

    > *STORIES OF KING ARTHUR*

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    > First_Knight_Poster.jpg

     

     

    Gah. I hated that film--they missed the whole point! Arthur loved them both--that's why he was so torn up, not because he was jealous. Not even Connery could save it for me.

    What was the best movie you watched today?

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    Posted

    > {quote:title=MyFavoriteFilms wrote:}{quote}

    > I agree that MY DARLING CLEMENTINE is a good film. But in my opinion, it's not as great as it could be. Alan Mowbray is wonderfully miscast in a western (and I mean that in a good way!). I love the type of unusual humor he brings in such a locale. He's a fish out of water, just like Richard Harris is in Eastwood's UNFORGIVEN.

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    > But there are a few problems with this film, and they are not John Ford's fault. I blame them on Zanuck. Zanuck is too busy trying to promote Darnell, so her character sort of gets in the way of the plot. Walter Brennan's character should have more screen time, since he is essentially the lead villain. Stretches of the film go by without him present or even mentioned, so in a way there is no looming threat over the town's law and order like there should be to increase dramatic tension and make it truly interesting.

    >

    > But one problem that I do think is Ford's fault, along with Zanuck, is that I think the film loses sight of its hero. About half-way into the picture, Victor Mature takes over and Henry Fonda's Earp becomes a supporting character (in a film about Earp, where Fonda should remain front and center). As a result, we get a decentered protagonist and the story shifts into one that focuses more on Doc Holliday.

     

     

    You're right--the film does seem to lose focus about halfway through--I almost forgot Fonda was looking for his brother's killer. Well, it may have been a bit meandering, but it was an enjoyable meander...

    What was the best movie you watched today?

    in General Discussions

    Posted

    Once again it's....A WESTERN! How does this keep happening??? I hate westerns!

     

    Watched My Darling Clenentine this morning and quite enjoyed it. Anothe rone of those John Ford westerns--no John Wayne this time, but Henry Fonda was back, in a very different role from his Fort Apache one: Wyatt Earp, the Marshall of Tombstone a job he takes after his cattle are rustled and his youngest brother killed. With his reamining brothers to back him up, he makes a change in the town. He even befriends and manages to win over the town "boss" Doc Holiday, played in a nicely tortured and vaguely threatening way by Victor Mature. The two remain allies even when Earp accidently on purpose steals Doc's Eastern lady friend, Clementine. Linda Darnell was great as the fiery Chihuahua (seriously--she's named after a dog? Or perhaps a Mexican provence? What was wrong with calling her Maria or Lupe or something?)who, in the great western tradition of naughty women, takes a bullet for her man. Earp finally discovers who killed his brother, leading to the famous Shootout at the OK corall (which was terrifying--I kept expecting them to hit the poor horses), Doc dies and Earp rides off into the sunset, leaving Clemintine behind...whhuuuut?

     

    This version of the story seemed to focus more on the realtionship between Earp and Holiday and their female comapnions. Ford uses humor a lot--.Fonda even had a bit of a comic turn--after a visit to the barber, he comes out smelling like a rose--literally. For the next few scenes, everytime someone comments on the scent of the air, he says, "No, that's me." LOL The travelling thes[ian played by Alan Mowbray is a nice comic relief character and his incomplete performance allows another side of Holliday to be shown: when the actor forgets his lines from Hamlet, Holiiday finishes the speech for him before stumbling away. When Clementine arrives, Earp finds out "Doc" isn;t just a nickname--Holliday trained as a doctor but doesn;t practice anymore. This part bothered me--no explanation is really made for why Holliday came West and why, if he hates it so much, didn;t he go back home? (Unless that nasty cough was TB?) Or why he no longer practices medicine--one would think he'd be needed in the wild, wild west?

    Favorite YouTube tribute videos

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    *Birthdays:*

     

    *Betty White*

     

    Why we love Betty:

     

     

    Sue Ann Nivens rhapsodizes about snow:

     

     

     

    *In honor of tonight?s TCM theme of Camelot?Royalty in the Movies:*

     

    *For all the Anglophiles:*

    Camelot (1967):

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzh6VKpB6qc&feature=related

     

    Camelot, Monty Python style:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfGpVcdqeS0

     

    Henry II

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsojL-MhZB8

     

     

    Richard I

     

     

    Connery-style:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW_Zx16E86M

     

    Prince John as played by Claude Rains:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evof-iVDOwQ

     

     

    *The Tudors:*

     

    *Henry 8th:*

     

    As portrayed by Charles Laughton:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9ITufw3KRk&feature=related

     

    Hermit-style:

     

     

    Queen Elizabeth I over the years:

     

     

     

    *French Royals:*

    King Phillip of France:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5TsbpOQtSA&feature=related

     

     

    Marie Antionette:

     

     

     

    *Russians:*

     

    Catherine the Great:

    As only Dietrich could play her:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABROXMa1uG0&feature=related

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUIln7UP4YM&feature=related

     

    Tallulah the Great and her toy boy:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNVft0errP4&playnext=1&list=PL42285902883C0E24&index=3

     

    *Romanovs:*

     

     

    Anastasia:

     

     

    *Queen Christina of Sweden:*

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Oxtj62Fvi4&feature=related

     

    *King Mongut of Siam:*

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-t7uVdID3s

     

    *Vaguely European Royals:*

    Roman Holiday:

     

     

    Princess O?Rourke:

     

     

    The Swan:

     

    Grand Duchy of Fenwick:

    Musical name

    in Information, Please!

    Posted

    Arrgh. I keep flashing on this song from an old musical and I can;t remember anything else about the film except one line from one song. It starts off with one half of a couple singing, then the other, then ends as a sort of duet:

     

    "something, something something, would you? would you?"

     

    And that's all. Sorry to be so incredibly vague, but that's all I can pull up before "woops!" it's gone...

     

    Thanks

    Real Theatres

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    Posted

    > {quote:title=ValentineXavier wrote:}{quote}

    > NIce pics, but I have to disagree on one thing. Unwashed socks have LOTS of soul. I'm trying to think of something as soulless as a modern movie plex. Perhaps a brand new, unused trash can?

    >

    > I'm lucky in Ann Arbor, where we have the restored Michigan Theater. It shows indy and art house stuff, the Ann Arbor Film Festival, and sometimes series of classic films, occasionally for free. It has also had Welles and Fellini retrospectives. They have an organ, which sometimes plays the score to classic silents. Once in a while they have a small orchestra for a silent.

     

    I was referring to the fact that both modern cineplexes and unwashed socks are sort of grey and smelly...and the floor is always sticky (so not extending the sock analogy to that, however)

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    We all know that modren movie theatres have all the soul of unwashed socks. So I thought it might be fun to post pics of movie "palaces" which are still in use in your area and which you may have visited.

     

    Here are's one near me--Victoria Theatre in Dayton (which still shows old films in the summer--yes!!)

     

     

    victoria.jpg

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