daddysprimadonna Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 for today's/tonight's line-up--it's wonderful! Marion Davies all day, including a documentary, then Dr Zhivago, then Gone With The Wind---everything that I love, just perfect! Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsclassic Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Maybe they can play the Terminator after Gone with the Wind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddysprimadonna Posted January 4, 2008 Author Share Posted January 4, 2008 After this line-up, I wouldn't care Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 I agree Daddy'sPD...this has been a great day and I only wish I had recorded some of Marion's movies. She was such a talented lady and seemed so kind and genuine. I've always wanted to see more of her movies and I wish I hadn't flubbed this opportunity. I especially am eager to see her movies with director King Vidor. Gone With Wind is the gigantic cherry on top of today's sundae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddysprimadonna Posted January 4, 2008 Author Share Posted January 4, 2008 I wish I'd noticed in time to record them also Marion Davies was so feminine in appearance, and so fun to know, it seems-her smile was the epitome of "winsome". Then two epic stories that include love stories--I'm going to have fun watching in front of a roaring fire-hot chocolate at the ready-what a cozy night in store Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 I was never a fan of Marion Davies. Didn't have a real reason other than what I learned from "Citizen Kane." But then I saw the documentary...and learned about the real Marion Davies. And I saw a taste of what I've been missing. And I felt bad I misjudged her. But the cherry on top of tonite's viewing will be "Gone With the Wind." And let's not forget "Love Affair" afterwards. And let's hope that great love story "The Terminator II" will be shown soon. Don't sit too close to the fire Prima... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddysprimadonna Posted January 4, 2008 Author Share Posted January 4, 2008 I've never seen "Love Affair" that I'm aware of, I'll have to check it out. I watched most of Zhivago in the tub, I'm going to watch GWTW by the fire...it's one of the rare nights that get cold enough here to even have a fire, so my "roaring" is pretty relative, to a fire Up North, I imagine, hehe. It'll be perfect for the Christmas scenes at Aunt PittyPat's in Atlanta! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 LOVE AFFAIR is the movie which was remade as AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER. And I imagine Omar Sharif looks good in a tub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddysprimadonna Posted January 4, 2008 Author Share Posted January 4, 2008 >>And I imagine Omar Sharif looks good in a tub ROFLMAO! I thought I remembered "Love Affair" being the original-who are the actors in it? Is this one with Irene Dunne? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Hmmm....sounds yummy and cozy. Have fun PrimaDonna. BTW, where IS up here? "Love Affair" Dunne and Boyer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Yes, Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddysprimadonna Posted January 4, 2008 Author Share Posted January 4, 2008 I imagine most people in the US are North of me, as I'm on the Gulf Coast. Is that what you meant? Sorry, I'm lazy and dazy tonight, and a bit dense I expect to like "Love Affair". "Affair To Remember" is OK, but the scene with the kids singing annoys me. I guess that makes me evil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddysprimadonna Posted January 4, 2008 Author Share Posted January 4, 2008 I always remember Mr Larry from the message board here saying something to the effect (if I understood him correctly) that Irene Dunne wasn't overly enamored of children, and I always feel, from that, that she would be a woman after my own heart. I like Charles Boyer, but having seen him in "Gaslight" always destroys the illusion of him being a romantic lover-type. I get to wondering what he's really up to when he's romancing a woman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedya Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 I enjoyed the documentary on Davies as well. What was particularly nice is that the documentary had a better print of the Technicolor sequence from The Floradora Girl than the print that TCM showed a few hours early, which only had shades of yellow, and just a tiny hint of a bit of green and pink. Davies' costumes at the beginning of the movie also screamed for two-strip Technicolor. Not the greatest movie ever made, and certainly creaky by today's standards, but still enjoyable to watch. Oh, that, and I spotted another sequence from the TCM "Silent Sunday Nights" intro as being taken from Show People. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Nah, that wouldn't make you evil. What would make you evil is if you said Garbo sucks...or TCM should show newer films or...nah, you're not evil. The kids are a bit too much. Whatever you do, you don't want to see Beatty & Bening's version of the film. Now THAT'S evil. ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddysprimadonna Posted January 4, 2008 Author Share Posted January 4, 2008 I love Marion Davies' talent for pricking the egos of actors who took themselves too seriously, with her parodies of them. But she did it gently, with a sense of fun, rather than in a mean-spirited way. She was pretty good at it, from what I've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Oh, I forgot Beatty and Bening made their version ... you know, that sounds like a circus act, doesn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddysprimadonna Posted January 4, 2008 Author Share Posted January 4, 2008 Well, I'll never say either of those things, and I'll never see a modern remake of any classic movie, so someone start polishing my halo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 HA! It does: Presenting Ringling Brothers and Beatty & Bening Circus. (Is that Clyde Beatty the lion tamer??) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddysprimadonna Posted January 4, 2008 Author Share Posted January 4, 2008 Featuring Madonna as the Bearded Lady, and of course Henry The Horse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Well, this is another fine mess of a forum we've gotten ourselves into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddysprimadonna Posted January 4, 2008 Author Share Posted January 4, 2008 A fiiine for-um, my friend, this is, a fiine for-um, with no-hisses??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsclassic Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Speaking of Madonna - she was breathless Mahoney in Dick Tracy - just finished watching that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 Some are as dumb and dense as the Ile de France Some just don't stand a chance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattHelm Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 "A fiiine for-um, my friend, this is, a fiine for-um, with no-hisses???" OK, Fred Astaire, but you might enjoy the remake of, "3:10 to Yuma." I thought it was a great movie, and better than the original ... gasp!!! It comes out on DVD next week. Rent it and I'll bet you'll like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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