MissGoddess Posted May 20, 2009 Author Share Posted May 20, 2009 > {quote:title=movieman1957 wrote:}{quote} > Gail Russell! > > "Le pant. Le gasp. Le pant" (Pepe LePew.) Wow, Chris! So Gail is the actress who turns you into an amorous Frenchman? I didn't know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman1957 Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 I really only know Gail's work from "Angel and The Badman" and "7 Men From Now." Her role as Penny in the former blends not only her beauty but her innocence with a slightly mischievous streak that is very appealing. She is also quite good in "Wake of The Red Witch" but I haven't seen that near as often as the others. She is not a bold beauty in the way of Hayworth or Monroe (that is not a bad thing) she is just different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted May 20, 2009 Author Share Posted May 20, 2009 Have you seen her in The Uninvited? I'm not fond of ghost stories but she is very appealing in that one, too, and "Stella by Starlight" seems to have been made just for her. I think my favorite will always be Angel and the Badman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman1957 Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 I think I saw "The Uninvited" years ago but long enough I don't remember anything about it. "Stella By Starlight" is new to me so I will look out for it. Great song too. Another winning photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman1957 Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 >I can only assume that you enjoyed The Lawless last night. No. I missed it. I had a commitment that kept me out all evening. After you watch your recording I hope you'll give us your thoughts. We'll see if my family left my recording alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feaito Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 *The Uninvited* is one the best films of the '40s I have seen. Truly remarkable and "Stella by Starlight" a great song, one of my very favorites. I seem to recall that *The Uninvited* was recentely remade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterscotchgreer Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 *Gail Russell!* *"Le pant. Le gasp. Le pant" (Pepe LePew.)* my goodness Chris! the other side of you comes out. heehee! dont let your beautiful bride know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Welll welll Movieman1957, so you like 'em fragile and pretty. Well, that would be Gail Russell. Sad story about the end of her life. I've read that she really had a hard time with movies. I, myself, am dying to see "The Night Has A Thousand Eyes" again. By the time "The Tattered Dress" came out, the ravages of her life were beginning to show on her face. And with her little frame, she brought down the mighty Duke in "Angel & the Badman." She's a name we don't hear much of, but we film buffs know her. Grrreat photo of her, Miss Goddess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman1957 Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 *dont let your beautiful bride know! * Not to worry. She knows who I love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman1957 Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 I read somewhere that she didn't really want to be in movies but people persuaded her. It was a sad end. I also am very fond of Jean Arthur. What does that say about me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted May 20, 2009 Author Share Posted May 20, 2009 I also am very fond of Jean Arthur. What does that say about me? It says you are very sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman1957 Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 It's kind of you to say so. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feaito Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 I'm also very fond of Miss Arthur, April, especially of her husky voice... That means I'm sweet too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted May 20, 2009 Author Share Posted May 20, 2009 > {quote:title=feaito wrote:}{quote} > I'm also very fond of Miss Arthur, April, especially of her husky voice... That means I'm sweet too? No! It means usted es dulce. "Dulce" means naughty, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Call me weird, but I like her best like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feaito Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 > {quote:title=MissGoddess wrote:}{quote} > > {quote:title=feaito wrote:}{quote} > > I'm also very fond of Miss Arthur, April, especially of her husky voice... That means I'm sweet too? > > No! It means usted es dulce. > > "Dulce" means naughty, right? Usted es dulce, means literally "You are sweet"... BTW, in Spanish You can mean either usted (which is more formal) or Tu (which is more informal) Naughty means "malo" o "travieso" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 I'm afraid I've never been a fan of Jean Arthur's. A good comic foil in "You Can't Take It With You" and the Washington housing shortage movie...good in "Shane" and "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington." But I really liked her jacket in "Only Angels Have Wings" better than her. This goes to some earlier posts when we were talking about "When Ladies Meet" and who we like and don't like. And don't think I'm finished with that yet. Great voice though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 I certainly would love to hear more of that ramble, Cinemaven! We sort of got cut off when the boards went all kablooey. I didn't mean to distract from that. I definitely am waiting on the edge of my seat for your thoughts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman1957 Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 >and the Washington housing shortage movie.. "The More The Merrier." It also stars our other topic du jour, Joel McCrea. (See Westerns Gallery.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Also good in ""A Foreign Affair". Apparently Arthur and Dietrich mixed like oil and water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollywoodGolightly Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 > {quote:title=movieman1957 wrote:}{quote} > No. I missed it. I had a commitment that kept me out all evening. After you watch your recording I hope you'll give us your thoughts. We'll see if my family left my recording alone. Yes, I'm looking forward to watching this later and maybe ramblin' about it a little bit, I know Gail Russell looks great! > {quote:title=feaito wrote:}{quote} > *The Uninvited* is one the best films of the '40s I have seen. Truly remarkable and "Stella by Starlight" a great song, one of my very favorites. > > I seem to recall that *The Uninvited* was recentely remade. I love the 40s one, too, one of the eeriest and scariest movies I've ever seen. The recent movie by the same name was not really a remake of the Lewis Allen film, but was actually an adaptation of a Korean horror movie - and not a particularly successful one, at that. > {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote} > Call me weird, but I like her best like this: > I wouldn't call you weird at all, Wendy - I'd say you have very fine taste, because I like her best like that, too. > {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote} > Also good in ""A Foreign Affair". Apparently Arthur and Dietrich mixed like oil and water. That happens to be one of my favorite Billy Wilder films, too. And it did give both of them excellent parts that fit them like a glove, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 "I certainly would love to hear more of that ramble, Cinemaven! We sort of got cut off when the boards went all kablooey. I didn't mean to distract from that. I definitely am waiting on the edge of my seat for your thoughts!" - JackFavell Put your butt firmly in the seat. You didn't distract from that conversation...this a rambling thread and I guess we bob and weave and flow with the conversation. But I do want to bring up a couple of more points. Oh what the hey, who am I fooling...I have some snarky sarcastic quips to make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 I have some snarky sarcastic quips to make. Oooh. I can't wait. You know, if you can't say something nice, then come and sit by me..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molo14 Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Hi Feaito, Nice to see you here. We were discussing Shearer a few pages back and comparing her to Ann Harding in style, in case you missed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feaito Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Hi Molo, Yes I realizad that, thanks! But you guys and gals are so fast in posting that this must be one of the most active threads ?in the business? .Besides, I keep having login and posting problems over here, so it makes it more difficult when I want to write a quick post, especially when I?m concentrated in some legal business here at work and I wanto to make it snappy! As for Shearer and Harding, I admit being fan of both ladies even before I ever watch any of them on screen. Her names along with the likes of Kay Francis, Sylvia Sydney, Nancy Carroll, Constance Bennett and other ladies who were active in the early ?30s, evoked a long-gone, cherished Era and sophisticated images, that appealed very much to me. Especially those studio stills of them and the titles of the hard-to-obtain films in which they starred. Shearer was one of my ?first loves? in that respect and Ann Harding I could say that was my second love. Both ladies were classy, sophisticated, good-looking, first magnitude stars of the Pre-Code Era. Harding was the epitome of the Patrician beauty, because Shearer, in spite of her elegance and high class appeal, had that mischievousness and joi-de-vivre who someone mentioned before, that perhaps made her closer to audiences and thus more popular with women in general, I think. Ann Harding had maybe a more distant and aloof quality, but I sincerely feel that she was a better actress than Shearer. Shearer was first a star and a personality. Harding was an actress first. Anyway, both are favorites of mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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