JackFavell Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 A silent picture is just what you need after dialogue like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 BRONXGIRL writes: "Owners of Italian corner restaurants (with the red-checked tableclothes) are always named Luigi." Yes...a favorite ol' Hollywood ethnic convention. Say, what was that other name you said? Oh yeah, NICK. Can't say Hollywood didn't have imagination. ("nobody can tell me Howard Hawks didn't direct THE THING. All that overlapping dialogue and the breezy comraderie of men and women in close-knit quarters, under extreme pressure....)" Sounds like us on this Message Board...but without The Thing. No wait, The Thing always lurks. "I'm almost certain Valentino thought there was life on other planets.? I know one thing...Galileo Magellan Valentino could certainly make you see stars. "Why ask for the moon when we have Valentino." - Aunt CharlotteMaven "AH-HA!!!! Rudy/Rex, I'm not crazy!!!? The jury's not out yet on that. Listen, I can?t do the "Rudy/Rex" thing. I can?t abide Rex Harrison and if I start associating Rudy with Rex...Rudy?ll be a goner. That fantasy'll be a bust.THEN what'll I have? "What makes Rudy the perfect man is that he loved to nurture as much he liked to BE nurtured. He talked baby talk with Natacha; they called each other 'babykins', so I just know he'd love my crooning!" Valentino had an accent. He was probably telling Natacha: "Get me the heck outta here!" Rudy might lose me with the baby talk. I?m thinking of that old commercial: "Talk Talk talk. When do we eat?!" "But I'll bet Joe could eat him for breakfast." CineMaven replies: "Oh I think Hume's prison guard would enjoy that immensely accompanied by some nice classical music. And who amongst us wouldn't." JACK FAVELL responds: "You know me so well." :x :x Seeeeee...the things you learn from a corporate Message Board. Sooooooo tell me...Brahms or Beethoven? SANS FIN writes: "Today was herb day at Chez Capuchin. He harvested lemon thyme, lemon balm and rosemary from his tiny garden. Dinner will be his wonderful rosemary chicken and duchess potatoes. He has already made lemon bars for dessert using fresh lemon thyme. He has tiny chunks of dry ice to put into our glasses of vodka." Hmmmm...that sounds scrumptious! I hope he made enough for the entire class! "I do not know if the pictures you post and your salacious talk will be banned but I can confidently assure you the wicked and wanton things I am planning for later this evening are far beyond anything the movie ratings allow.? Geee...and without a Rudy doll or a Leslie Howard blankie. < Sigh! > Braggart! * * * * * * Now...did someone call for a harmonica??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SansFin Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 > Bronxgirl48 speaketh: > SansFin, does Capuchin have a brother? (and does he look like Rudy?) Capuchin has no brother. He has said on many occasions that when they made him they broke the mold and then they went on to do terrible things to the people who made the mold so another like it would never be made. Capuchin does not look even nearly like Rudolph Valentino. His face is bold and intense showing his strength and his experience. It has always been like that. I have only seen pictures but his sister does look much like Rudolph Valentino. The likeness is best in the pictures where he has a mustache. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SansFin Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 > CineMaven sayeth: > Braggart! I do not think it proper to feel proud of what I did and a few parts of it may be illegal in seventeen states but I am quite pleased with the results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 OMG! Your way with words is absolutely hilarious. (Capuchin's sister could surely start using tweezers). Sounds like Capuchin should be on Mt. Rushmore. I love the way you write. * * * * * I do not think it proper to feel proud of what I did and a few parts of it may be illegal in seventeen states but I am quite pleased with the results. Stay away from those seventeen states! They're no fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SansFin Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 I am not attracted to pretty men. I should be the one in the relationship who is drop-dead gorgeous. When a man is pretty and charming and sweet I must wonder if he has a boyfriend. I like very much that a man's face says: 'I know of life'. It should be also a warning sign which says: 'Little girls who play games can have their fingers burnt and their hearts broken'. Faces which speak to me this way are: Steve McQueen Toshiro Mifune Sean Connery Vyacheslav Dobrynin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SansFin Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 > CineMaven sayeth: > Geee...and without a Rudy doll or a Leslie Howard blankie. < Sigh! > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 O M G!!! < ( SPIT TAKE ) > See...that's what I'm talking about. Stay away from those thiry-nine states and have fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 Rex Allen is putting me to sleep....Percy Helton seems happy to see him, however. Did anyone watch THE NANNY? Bette Davis's eyebrows were certainly a sight. Those caterpillars had a life all their own. Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Jul 29, 2011 8:40 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 With the exceptions of Rod Taylor, Stuart Whitman, and the very young Sean Connery, I prefer guys who are pretty, charming, and sweet. They're more manly to me somehow: Yes, it's Rudy, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 THE BAND'S VISIT was a pleasant surprise. The director's style reminded me of Bill Forsyth (LOCAL HERO, GREGORY'S GIRL, COMFORT AND JOY) -- wry, poignant, and very human, which I think this still captures: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 Ooh, Rex just sang a lovely cowboy song, "Born To The Saddle Am I". I'm a sucker for these soulful Western tunes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 THE BAND'S VISIT I was thinking Bill Forsyth too! What a charming rather melancholy movie. I was just trying to figure out where I had seen this guy before. DUH. cover thenm up with a suit and I can't tell em apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzcutter Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Old Hollywood in Color (a new blog) has an entry all about Rudy and they have color photos: http://oldhollywoodincolor.com/ enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 You thought of Bill Forsyth too?? Oh my gosh, I'll be a ring-tailed monkey! That sweet, quirky quality....I couldn't believe it as I was watching THE BAND'S VISIT, that LOCAL HERO would spring specifically to mind... Did you know that John Hoyt early in his career was a comedian? I just can't picture it. "And I wanna tell you, folks, hey, good evening, ladies and germs,..." Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 LYNN!!!! THOSE COLOR PHOTOS OF RUDY, ALL OF WHICH I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE, ARE SPECTACULAR!!! GREAT BLOG, I LOVE THE COMMENTARY ALONG WITH IT, GRAZIE MILLE!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 I don;t even want to think about John Hoyt...I can't make the body and face go together and it freaks me OUT. I don't feel so good. Time to look at Rudy.... time to look at Rudy..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 John Hoyt was very convincing as an alien on The Twilight Zone. Now, here's RV as we've never seen him, although the traffic courts of the time had, lol. The photo caption is "Rudy Caught Speeding" He's in THE EAGLE costume, and looks suitably repentent: Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Jul 29, 2011 10:27 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 That's hilarious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 My mother and Rudolph Valentino: She had thumbed through some off-screen candid photos of him in the "Dark Lover" bio and was not impressed. "He's a short, ordinary, Italian guy!" THEN, I showed her the YouTube video "All I Wanna Do Is Touch You", and she leaned into my computer screen to get a better look. "Hmmmm", Mom purred. She also viewed those EAGLE clips with Marie Dresser. Again, "Hmmmmm....so handsome, very charming, yes...." Her assessment of Rudy? "Oh, he would have been a big star in talking pictures. I'm sure of it." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Ha! Mom is right. He would have been popular in talkies, for sure. I don't know why we even debate it. I'm so happy I recorded this Herbert Jeffries movie! Even if the movie is terrible that first song was fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 It's Stymie! I love this movie already. And Mantan Moreland! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 Is that Mantan Moreland as a cowboy? I love it! Rudy may have been a speed demon, but he knew how to charm the cops: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 I love the title TWO-GUN MAN FROM HARLEM, so cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted July 30, 2011 Author Share Posted July 30, 2011 Oh my stars, Herb Jeffries real name is Umberto Ballentino! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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