filmlover

I always thought the bad guy met his just ends in 1940 films, but... Obviously escaping the police at the end of The Maltese Falcon, Wilmer did go on to other things... he hid out behind a hotel desk in I Wake Up Screaming, and took a job as a waiter in Ball of Fire, then obviously survived being poisoned in The Big Sleep so in the 1950s he could move to a place that looked like an Old West town until he found himself up against Jack Wilson, someone more nuts than he, and was finally killed.

I hadn't seen the film in many, many years but last night I was watching it on home video. I like it and all but there is something that is very jarring to watch throughout the film. It's well-directed and has a good script, but I can't figure out what happened with the casting. It's a terrific film for casting from the past and then-present day (Steve McQueen, Edward G. Robinson, Ann-Margret, Tuesday Weld, Joan Blondell, Karl Malden, Rip Torn, Cab Calloway)...but therein lies the dilemma. It starts out with McQueen in what looks to be 1960s clothes, but after several minutes you realize this is supposed to be the 1930s. The same holds true for the three leads of McQueen, Ann-Margret, and Weld. They look and act like modern day. For his clothes, you can't help but think he wore the same in Bullitt. Ann-Margret looks like she came off the set of Viva Las Vegas. And Tuesday Weld's clothes are simple, but more modern than they are 1930s. And they act like 1960s characters. That is the weird thing about the film. It could well have been set in present day and it would have worked just as well. But it was set in the 1930s, and the other actors are dressed perfectly for that era. The sets are perfect for the 1930s. Autos, etc. All correct. But then onto the scene come the three stars and you wonder if they are time travellers. I'm not saying McQueen didn't fit the title role. He did. His persona is perfect for the Kid. But he just didn't look anything but Steve McQueen, 1960s. Edward G. Robinson, right clothing for the period, people in b.g. correct, too: But then McQueen? And two 1960s ladies shopping, Tuesday Weld and Ann-Margret:

Jean Renoir's *The Rules of the Game* (1939) is coming to Blu-ray, date unknown, and a revised DVD. Criterion sent out their newsletter yesterday and it reads: We will soon be announcing revised Blu-ray and DVD editions of Jean Renoir's masterpiece [The Rules of the Game|http://thecriterioncollection.createsend2.com/t/r/l/tyijkjy/vklxjtj/y/|http://thecriterioncollection.createsend2.com/t/r/l/tyijkjy/vklxjtj/y/] as part of our November lineup—we are replacing one supplement and creating new packaging. Our original DVD edition will then be officially out of print. However, at this time we are offering it at a 65% discount from the suggested retail price at [|http://thecriterioncollection.createsend2.com/t/r/l/tyijkjy/vklxjtj/j/|http://thecriterioncollection.createsend2.com/t/r/l/tyijkjy/vklxjtj/j/] (Use the promotion code *REGLE *at checkout.) We have a limited supply. We will fulfill orders as soon as we can.

Saturday, August 12, 2011

Brian Donlevy Don de Fore Barbara Stanwyck

By the way, I am almost at the end of these. Another couple of days is all that's left. Hope you have enjoyed seeing them.

Fri., August 11th, 1939

These five are from 1942 (just thought you'd like to know): Edited by: filmlover on Aug 11, 2011 9:17 AM

Michael, welcome! Glad you are here. I don't see it mentioned in this thread yet but I think a lot of us would like to know where you stand on two subjects? 1. One member having multiple screennames at the same time. Those of us who have been members in good standing for years here have had a few trolls (may I say that?) who create multiple names and then like to start fights, even with themselves, just to start firefights. We have seen the board go up in flames several occasions when one of these multi-name trolls goes nuclear. Many good people have left the boards because of this. 2. When someone is kicked off the boards by the admin/moderator, some will deliberately come right back under a new name (sometimes a name so close to the original that we know they are flaunting it, as to say "You'll never get rid of me). Other boards will ban a user and keep him banned. What are your views?

The_Destroyer, is this you back in a new name?

TV will never catch on. Radio is here to stay.

Thursday, Aug. 10th, 1939

Ginny Simms William Lundigan Clark Cable and Lana Turner Jeanette MacDonald Helmut Dantine

The *Some Like It Hot* Blu-ray is now $10.49 on Amazon, whcih is almost 50% off the list price.

Wed., Aug, 9th, 1939 This first item was on the reverse of today's movie page. It was so large (about 3/4 of the page) that I had to use my cellphone to capture it as it wouldn't fit on my scanner. The caption iunderneath it reads, "Anna Neagle, popular English movie star who makes her Hollywood debut in the title role of one of RKO's new pictures has selected this leopard skin coat for winter daytime and sports wear. Shoulders gathered into a modified squared effect, a fitted waist - new notes to be found at Minneapolis as well as at Hollywood fur shops. Note: Please do not call to ask where this particular coat may be found. It is pictured only to show a stye trend, a trend that you'll find at your favorite furrier."

Greer Garson Dennis Day Reginald Gardener

dang, missw, you almost went a post without mentioning you are Canadian.

Tuesday, August 8th, 1939

Errol Flynn Mickey Rooney Hope Lange

Sorry for the lateness of the hour but had computer programs for half the day Monday, August 7th, 1939

John Garfield Mario Lanza

I wonder if mikemcgee lost his sanity before or after watching Nazi propaganda films?

"He's now spamming the boards over there with the same plea for a boycott. Meanwhile, he's equating the administrators over there to Nazis because they won't let him review a film and include a phrase that the Nazis considered jazz to be n-word music." mikemcgee should be permanently banned from the TCM message board. He has been doing this over and over a very long time.

I'm finally going to do it, clore. I am going to put mikemcgee on Ignore. It's the same with him all the time. Long, often-unintelligible posts, always asking for the same thing: Nazi propaganda. I don't know, mike, maybe a trip to Brazil will satisfy your needs. By the way, mike, welcome to America.

I posted this yesterday, but I don't see it, so let's try it again. Kino has gone the Sophia Loren Award Collection DVD set one better as it releases its Blu-ray set. The Blu set will add Boccaccio '70, not in the DVD set. Release date for the set is Sept. 20th. Boccaccio '70 will be released separately on Blu on Oct. 11th. The other titles in the set are already available individually on Blu: Marriage Italian Style, Sunflower, and Yesterday Today and Tomorrow. Vittoria D, a documentary, will be in the set on DVD. (It is available with the YTT Blu.)