cmvgor Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 "Don't you ever get tired...Of being a day late and a dollar short?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 ...And William McNamara and Harry Connick, Jr. as two of the nutsos. at 65 Views, your thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metz44 Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 is that a classic movie??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 ...and it's properly listed in *Turner Classic Movies* available titles. It is not banned by the fact that it was made by people still living and working. And its still Sixes' thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metz44 Posted February 3, 2011 Author Share Posted February 3, 2011 snotty reply to a simple polite question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Bruce Davidson, Richard Thomas and Barbara Hershey conjur up *Last Summer*. Does it start with teasing a crippled seagull and end with a rape? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Thanks, Sixes. Magazine editor. bachelor, is invited to dinner at the home of one of his writers. Becomes smitten with the writer's sister. Begins to court her. 1980s. Color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 The writer did not really like having guests in his house, visiting his uh, somewhat odd family. "Everybody sitting around waiting for us to do something eccentric." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 On visits to his sweetie's home, the editor notes: They never answer if the phone rings. Comes to find that their system is, if it is something really important, people who know them will know to call to a neighbor of theirs, who will then walk over and arrange a return call to that caller. The writer (who does not live at home with his siblings) had reason to try to avoid bringing in visitors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 He wins her heart by eating her Thanksgiving turkey. She followed a new recipe that involved cooking the bird overnight at a low temperature. The damn thing cooked til it fell apart, but the stay-at-home brothers and other relatives were still fearful that some germs would have survived. They ate the vegetables, but not the meat. She is in love, and she marries him. He trusted her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 ...But, soon after the marrage she is back in her former home, running the household there, worried that "the boys" can't get along without her. The distraught editor consults with the writer, asking how he can get his wife to come back. The brother advises the editor to tell the wife about the chaos in his office, and ask for the wife's help in getting it under control. "Put it that way, use those words: 'Help me get control'." ...When next seen, the wife is in a fashionable business suit, answering the phone in her husband' office. And the office is quite well organized, and she is happily at home where her husband wants her. Moral: Control freaks have their uses when properly located. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 I've had fun mulling over these droll and humorus sequences, but this is actually the (charming) subplot to a more serious story. The central character is the writer whose sister married his editor, and the main thread of the story deals with his grief following the death of his beloved son. His marrage has desolved; he and his wife were unable to comfort each other. He keeps his son's Welsh Corgi, because the dog had loved the boy. A key event early in the story: The dog starts to misbehave, even to bite people. This causes him to seek out someone who can help with the Corgi's behavior. Things start changing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 From the beginning of the clues (their reason for not answering the phone,) , I thought it was *The Accidental Tourist*, but wasn?t sure. Is that it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Absolutely correct, 'lana. Amy Wright (sister of the writer, bride of the editor) is a special favorite of mine, and this is one of her most endearing performances. *Wise Blood* and *Inside Moves* also show good examples of her work. allaboutlana's thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Thanks. Two guys need money, so they hustle some servicemen (I forget what branch) by playing pool. 1980s, Color. Edited by: allaboutlana on Feb 11, 2011 8:52 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Would that be Sean Penn and Nicholas Cage in 1984's *Racing With The Moon* ?? If I'm right, I think the Navy guy in the pool hall turned out to play a lot better once the bets had been raised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Would that be Sean Penn and Nicholas Cage in 1984's *Racing With The Moon* ?? If I'm right, I think the Navy guy in the pool hall turned out to play a lot better once the bets had been raised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 That's it. Your turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 (48,050) Thanks, 'lana. Took me some time because I had to trace this one down. Early 1980s. Color. Revival / satyre / tribute to a series of films that were popular early in the century. One scene: Good-guy prisoners have been tied up and left to die when a lit stick of dynamite goes off. A mongrel dog is in the scene. The prisoners start singing "Happy Birthday", in hopes that the dog will be coaxed to blow out the "candle" (ie, the dynamite). That kind of humor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metz44 Posted February 15, 2011 Author Share Posted February 15, 2011 perils of pauline? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Not that far back. The series saterized here spaned mostly the 1930s and 40s. Mysteries and police procedurals with humorous subplots. Not as silly as the scene previously described. One support character is a sinister butler (well-respected character actor) who gets around in a motorized wheelchair. It is revealed that "This man can walk!" He indignently retorts, "Of course I can walk. I just don't want to." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 *The Private Eyes* ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Not *The Private Eyes* . Most films in the series have the lead character's name in their titles. He often has a family member around to help him with the sleuth work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 In the series, it is usually the detective's son who is his sidekick. In the sequel under discussion, the sleuth comes out of retirement to help with a case, accompanied by a grandson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metz44 Posted February 16, 2011 Author Share Posted February 16, 2011 fu manchu chan hung too long..or some such silly title i saw it but cant remember the name..only that it was a lousy picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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