JackFavell Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Geez, what is up with the formatting? This is the second post that totally screwed up when it posted. Rudy looks so young in those photos.... he's adorable! Edited by: JackFavell on Jul 23, 2011 8:04 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted July 24, 2011 Author Share Posted July 24, 2011 Have fun with Leslie tonight. You'll do a thousand things you've never done before. Rudy in COBRA (1925) The title doesn't refer to a snake, but Nita Naldi's character. Speaking of snakes, Rudy brought home a gopher snake from Oxnard, California, to add to his and Natacha's "zoo". She loved the snake, saying it was, um, "beautiful and large". <img src=http://cache2.allpostersimages.com/p/LRG/37/3708/R1ZAF00Z/posters/cobra-rudolph-valentino-1925.jpg> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted July 24, 2011 Author Share Posted July 24, 2011 MORAN OF THE LADY LETTY. (sigh) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Rudy in COBRA (1925) The title doesn't refer to a snake, but Nita Naldi's character. Speaking of snakes, Rudy brought home a gopher snake from Oxnard, California, to add to his and Natacha's "zoo". She loved the snake, saying it was, um, "beautiful and large". What the h-e-double hockey sticks is goin' on around here!! Cut-out dolls of Leslie Howard, Fred C. Dobbs agreeing with someone, John Ford, reptiles????!!! I've been slaving over a hot IKEA bed... (ASSEMBLING IT!!!) and this is the conversation going on??!! Well I never!! Well not lately. And let me just say as an animal lover that it's good to read that sweaty Rambova appreciates all animals...large and larger. The bed came out pretty good if I must say so myself. Does Bed Bath and Beyond sell ten-thousand thread sheets? After all, if you're going to share Rudy and his camel ...only the best for the Shiek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 "Have fun with Leslie tonight. You'll do a thousand things you've never done before," says Bronxgirl48. A thousand??? Hey Jackaaaay...don't wake up your husband. And when you get up to XXX call me. For the sake of propriety, I blocked out the number. STAT!! Mavenette. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 XXX is a tricky one and I'm older than you. PS That's "sheik" below. I'm too lazy to go back and correct it on my iPOD Touch. I was assembling a bed all day. Power tools would've come in handy too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Congratulations on your new bed! I'm sure Rudy could have helped you with his tools. Leslie was quite a ladies man. I'm sure XXX would have been easy for him to achieve. :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted July 24, 2011 Author Share Posted July 24, 2011 Was it like this with your bed, Maven? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted July 24, 2011 Author Share Posted July 24, 2011 Here is a Rudy bedspread you can purchase for those chilly New York winter nights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 So I come home to find a bunch of gals in prison. Wow. "CAGED." I know it well. I only caught the last 15 minutes. They sure did a job on Eleanor Parker, didn't they. I liked seeing the actresses playing opposite types. We know Agnes could've been the biggest baddest overseer known to the penal system; but here she was nice and understanding. "My Little Margie's" Mrs. Odettes plays a lifer giving good unheeded advice. My girl, Lee Patrick, usually the wisecracking girl Friday and best friend is here the biggest baddest well...she was big and bad. Hope Emerson as the biggest and baddest of the big and bad. Not one redeeming feature as a prison guard. Put a fork in her 'till she's done. There's Jan Sterling. You know which actress today makes me think of Jan Sterling? Mena Suvari a bit....Oh, and Julianne Moore. By the end of "CAGED", Eleanor Parker is harder than nails. Oooooh, I loved the way she flicked her cigarette at the prison gate. She's got a great future ahead of her. "She'll be back." I kind of chuckled when the film ended and there was Jane Powell doing the outro. Jane Powell, M-G-M darling sitting there introing a prison flick. < HA! > * * * * * * * "Was it like this with your bed, Maven? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YZ1yHD9gY[/b] HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Close! It didn't snap me on the head. It got me on the foot. I'll send ya a picture when I get some sheets and pillows. "Here is a Rudy bedspread you can purchase for those chilly New York winter nights." Thanx. I'll tuck this away nice and neat until December. * * * * * * * * JACK FAVELL writes: "Congratulations on your new bed! I'm sure Rudy could have helped you with his tools." He still can. It ain't over until the --fat lady-- Maven sings! "Leslie was quite a ladies man. I'm sure XXX would have been easy for him to achieve." Why do I keep underestimating British men. You must be very motivating, J.F. * * * * * * * * The classic "BRUTE FORCE" (1947) is on now. Talk about pumping iron, did you get a load of the physique on John Hoyt?? Whew! Mama. The film is filled with some of the finest character actors in Hollywood: Sam Levene, John Hoyt, Roman Bohnen, Charles Bickford, Jeff Corey, Vince Barnett, Art ("IN A LONELY PLACE") Smith to name a few. Hume Cronyn is dastardly sadistic. Could he be the same man Hitch used in "Shadow Of A Doubt"? An Actor's Actor. I think he was in the Garden of Eden convincing Eve to bite into that MacIntosh. Sssss! Edited by: CineMaven on Jul 24, 2011 12:52 AM - is it just me, or does ELLA RAINES look like Juliana Marguiles??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 What a brutal pessismistic movie "BRUTE FORCE" is. But why am I talking about men in prison, when all we wanna do is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 I love how she eyed the new gal in the mink. Eleanor was just great in this one. That cigarette flick said so much didn't it?..... At the beginning, Jane Powell said she and Parker were friends but I didn't hear any more. I fell asleep before Brute Force, darn it! John Hoyt's physique is kind of shocking hanging out undder that face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 I love how she eyed the new gal in the mink. Eleanor was just great in this one. That cigarette flick said so much didn't it?..... At the beginning, Jane Powell said she and Parker were friends but I didn't hear any more. Oh yeah, the flick of the cig said it all. How she changed. "Thanxxx prison. Ya made a new gal outta me." When the guy got in the car at the end and put his hand on Parker's knee...well. Jane Powell's persona seems so incongruous for some of the things she's intro-ing. No, this isn't a complaint. It just makes me chuckle. I love her intros and what I guess it is is that she reads so well and clear, distinct. No faltering. I don't see why she isn't playing someone's grandmother in movies today. I can see her with Laura Linney. And to think she & Dickie Moore literally walked right by me at that TCM Vanity Fair party I attended. Whoa! I fell asleep before Brute Force, darn it! John Hoyt's physique is kind of shocking hanging out undder that face. So true, JackaaaAaaay. Another incongruity. But ya know what...it works. Hoyt looks good. I just watched "The Company She Keeps" and I smiled when I saw him in his suit as a parole board chief. Oooooh, what's underneath that parole board chief. But my heart leapt for sheer joy when I saw Theresa Harris had a scene in that film. But also, I kept hearing your description of Dennis O'Keefe in my head as I watched the film. Tsk! Tsk! That didn't bode well for his sex appeal. * * * * * Bronxie, I hope your Mom gets her cane back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 ow, maybe i should do my homework and watch The Company She Keeps too - I took a quick look see at it the other day when his name came up, just to try and figure out why he was a star. I still couldn't figure it out. I should really give the whole movie a try, it's the least I can do after I dissed him. And I want to see Theresa Harris. Edited by: JackFavell on Jul 24, 2011 10:41 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted July 24, 2011 Author Share Posted July 24, 2011 Wow, I never thought I'd hear the words "physique" and "John Hoyt" in the same sentence. Mom did get her cane back, Maven, thanks for asking. Actually, this will be the fourth time she's left it behind somewhere, and in each instance goes "How could I have done that?" It's not a medical necessity she needs it, but the cane makes her back feel better when walking, but Mom isn't ready to concede she's an old woman yet at 90. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted July 24, 2011 Author Share Posted July 24, 2011 Why do people always play harmonicas in movie prisons? I can't watch Hume in BRUTE FORCE, he makes me so queasy. I like him better in SHADOW OF A DOUBT, where he saves Theresa Wright's life but all she can muster up by way of gratitude is: "Er, um, thanks, Herb" He's also great as one of the canny lawyers in THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE. "I'm handling it, which means, I'm handling it". I'm getting ready to write up reviews of THE SHEIK and THE SON OF THE SHEIK, but have a lot of housework and errands to take care of first. I know you're all waiting with bated breath, lol. Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Jul 24, 2011 4:07 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted July 24, 2011 Author Share Posted July 24, 2011 I'm sorry, but this just looks like one of nature's mistakes. John Hoyt, the human platypus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Hume is just happy that he rated a mention alongside Rudy. Wasn't Sir Lancelot singing in Brute Force as well? I love him! He's too sweet to be in prison. Why is it when he sings something bad always happens? If white guys in prison sang more, they wouldn't get into trouble as much. Oh wait, maybe we shouldn't sing.... did you hear that blind guy ? it's enough to incite a riot. OY. Back to more Sir Lancelot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L71TvERAOI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 >I'm sorry, but this just looks like one of nature's mistakes. Isn't this better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted July 24, 2011 Author Share Posted July 24, 2011 hahahahahahahah!!!!!! Now the head matches that body! Hume, lol, there's nothing MEANER than a little squirt with a Napoleon complex. But I'll bet Joe could eat him for breakfast. I love Sir Lancelot, and you are so right, lol, his voice is the harbinger of doom, originating in the Lewton films, where the songs provide a vocal motif for the story themes. You picked a fantastic example in that Ghost Ship clip! I didn't remember that Sir Lancelot and John Hoyt were in BRUTE FORCE. Yes, I wonder too what sweet Lance did to have himself wind up in the slammer. Maybe a guard heard him singing around town and got p.o.'d: "There is a man in a prison dark who treats the men like a shark...." Even that early Lancelot record seems to have an edge to it: "Walking through Central Park, I heard a murmur in the dark...." Sounds pretty Lewtonesque to me, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted July 24, 2011 Author Share Posted July 24, 2011 Sweet like a honey bee: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 They have the same hat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted July 24, 2011 Author Share Posted July 24, 2011 LOL! They are. Isn't Rudy adorable in that photo? I think it's a candid from THE EYES OF YOUTH. Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Jul 24, 2011 5:48 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 "...maybe i should do my homework and watch The Company She Keeps too - I took a quick look see at it the other day when his name came up, just to try and figure out why he was a star. I still couldn't figure it out. I should really give the whole movie a try, it's the least I can do after I dissed him." Oh please do. I hoPe to write up something by Tues/Wed. A conversation was done in ye olde walking noir rambles two months ago...but they are probably all talked out about it. Please join me. Jackaaaay, I don't mind sharing Jane and Lizabeth...but please don't make me talk about DennisO'Keefe alone. Your diss-cription is dead on and he now frightens me out of my wits. Think "MAGIC" starring Anthony Hopkins and Ann-Margrock...I mean Margret. And I want to see Theresa Harris. (sigh! ) wait till you see her. It's the flip side to "OUT OF THE PAST." Someone was a genius to cast Theresa. Edited by: JackFavell on Jul 24, 2011 10:41 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 "Why do people always play harmonicas in movie prisons?" Now I have two answers for you: 1. What else are they supposed to blow? 2. Practice...practice...practice. "I can't watch Hume in BRUTE FORCE, he makes me so queasy." I wholeheartedly agree. You just know he wants to blow Lancaster's harmonica. "I'm getting ready to write up reviews of THE SHEIK and THE SON OF THE SHEIK, but have a lot of housework and errands to take care of first. I know you're all waiting with bated breath, lol." Wouldja get your priorities straight puhleeze. Do the review!!! I can only bate my breath for so long. "Wow, I never thought I'd hear the words "physique" and "John Hoyt" in the same sentence." The boy's got sumthin' there like baldie fave,Patrick Stewart. Whew! Mom did get her cane back, Maven, thanks for asking. Actually, this will be the fourth time she's left it behind...It's not a medical necessity she needs it, but the cane makes her back feel better when walking, but Mom isn't ready to concede she's an old woman yet at 90." Why aren't you watching her cane?? Is she out galavant g by herself? Say, how old is 90? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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