Bronxgirl48 Posted July 31, 2011 Author Share Posted July 31, 2011 I don't ever want to see a movie urchin again, I've had it, lol. They just drive me crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted July 31, 2011 Author Share Posted July 31, 2011 They say confession is good for the soul, so, here goes: George Murphy turns me on in CYNTHIA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 "It came back to me while watching 'BOY ON A DOLPHIN' just how annoying they made Sophia's character. I mean, here we have this voluptuous European woman -- but for most of the movie she's directed to act like a loud, angry, wild child. At the "last" minute we're supposed to be believe Phaedra and Alan Ladd 'get together' just like -- that!" HA!!! It's several things: * The magic of movies. * And the laziness of script writers. * And the fear some men have of women. They had to make Sophia like that. Her superstructure is much too intimidating. They had to diminish her in some way so they could handle her. How many movies of the forties have I seen where our boy and our girl meet on a park bench, and then in the very next scene they are married and sleeping in twin beds wearing robes and slippers. Ahhh, movies! Drinking orange juice, no less! "That first glorious, potentially censorious shot of the melonious Loren rising out of the ocean like some lusty Greek, er, I mean Italian, no make that Neapolitan, mermaid, is almost a tease." Hey that's not a word. I looked it up. But you know what...it IS a word. This is your threadBronxie...and you can do what you wanna. (And the most genuinely popular thread in this forum I might add). "I don't ever want to see a movie urchin again, I've had it, lol. They just drive me crazy." Awwww you big meanie!!! Have a heart, Boca Queen. What else is a kid from the streets who doesn't go to school to get an education, s'posed to do? Can you imagine seeing American street urchins in our movies? Oh the hue and cry would be deafening. And folks talk too much already in the movie theatres. Aarrgh! "They say confession is good for the soul, so, here goes: George Murphy turns me on in 'CYNTHIA'." Holy tap shoes, Batman! There, there now. Do you feel better? Now I have to have that image in MY head. Thanx! Okay. Tell me... ( gulp! ) what turns you on about George Murphy in "CYNTHIA"? Well...at least you didn't say Oskar Homolka. (I wish you had). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 *Holy tap shoes, Batman! There, there now. Do you feel better? Now I have to have that image in MY head. Thanx! Okay. Tell me... ( gulp! ) what turns you on about George Murphy in* *"CYNTHIA"? Well...at least you didn't say Oskar Homolka. (I wish you had).* Yes, Inquiring Minds want to know.... I find Oskar Homolka sexy. Sorry about *Boy on a Dolphin*. I still like it but I had forgotten that street urchin kid shows up in almost ev ery scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 CineMaven, Hedda Hopper and PEOPLE MAGAZINE presents their latest... SEXIEST MAN ALIVE ( 1922 ) THE STERN, THE SEXY, THE INDEFATIGABLE...OSKAR HOMOLKA Yes I know...I know. You thought that was Kent Smith, didn't you? Yes you did, I know you did. Au contraire. Kent was oft times mistaken for Oskar back in the 1940's. Actresses like the beautiful SIMONE SIMON or that stunning redhead ANN SHERIDAN hurriedly signed up for projects they were pitched, thinking they were going to be working with the sexy and Continental Homolka. On Simone's and Annie's first day on set, agents were called in heated, furious anger when they found Kent Smith strolling onto the set with a rolled up script under his arm, slapping grips on their backs and looking for the director. (Many directors stormed out in anger also thinking they were getting the great Homolkan actor). From the smirk on Kent's face you could tell he knew he didn't care that a mistake was made. Pacing agitatedly up and down the sound stage was a shrieking Simone Simon. She could be heard to say: "There was no way...no way I would sign on to play a leopard if I knew I was getting Kent and not Oskar. I agree I have it better than Margo who worked with Dennis O'Keefe, but Kent? Oh please!! With Oskar there is motivation...fire... life. With Kent...meh! I shall sue the studio as soon as I have a nap. Get me my agent!! Get me President DeGaulle!!!! Get me some vichyssoise!!! I cannot eat this apple pie any longer!!!!! I don't care if there is a war going on. Sacre bleu!!! Are my stocking seams straight? Oh...and vive la France!!" (Whew! Mon Dieu, y'all! The French...ya can't please 'em.) Only the savvy like BARBARA STANWYCK and that feline SYLVIA SIDNEY (who always played it close to the vest) had the right scoop on who they would be working with. Oskar had a long and varied career that Victor Slezak could only dream about. Oskar could step into any part whether it be a Viking King, or the victimized manservant to a sardonic man. He never ceased to amaze audiences and the fairer sex indeed. Oh yes, he was a ladies man. He invented the Homolkan Maneuver which many men are still trying to master today. (The few who have succeeded have been sworn to secrecy. In fact, word has it that Sans Fin says Capuchin is one of today's few Homolkan masters; but we'll keep that under our hats). ;-) :x OSKAR HOMOLKA...bon vivant, ladies man, actors' Actor. :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 >It came back to me while watching BOY ON A DOLPHIN just how annoyinig they made Sophia's character. Uhh, excuse me for jumping in here. But some men would be absolutely delighted to meet that kind of Sophia on some Greek Island somewhere, or any other island. For us men, her character was not "annoying". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 By the way, I just finished watching a wonderful old-fashioned love story on the TVGN channel. It's titled "The Other End of the Line" (2008), about a girl in India who meets an American boy over the phone (she works at a call center in India), and she flies to San Francisco to meet him, without him knowing that she's the girl he has been talking to about business over the phone. I was delighted to see that some people in Hollywood are still making good old-fashioned love stories. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1049405/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Oh my g...now see? I'm not the only one who would take Oskar over your traditional bland leading man. I'm in good company. That was hilarious! and true... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted July 31, 2011 Author Share Posted July 31, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted July 31, 2011 Author Share Posted July 31, 2011 I didn't mistake Oskar for Kent Smith. I thought it was Ernest Borgnine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Yikes...on both counts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted July 31, 2011 Author Share Posted July 31, 2011 I know, this is the nail in the coffin. I promise to answer all inquiring minds. Hey, if anybody can find me a photo of George from CYNTHIA, which I haven't been able, I'll award them a chocolate-covered banana. See you guys later this evening -- I'm going out to my Italian market now and hope I come home with more than antipasto. Enjoy MARTY. Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Jul 31, 2011 3:29 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Hey, I'm till trying to figure out why Elizabeth Taylor would take Jimmy Lydon over adorable Scotty Beckett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted July 31, 2011 Author Share Posted July 31, 2011 LOL I would have taken Cuddles -- he cut a mean rug on that dance floor. "Is goot, Jackie, to feel your kisses just before I die. You say it like I do, farvel, Oncle Chris?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 OMG!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SansFin Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I have now watched two movies of The Shadow starring Rod La Rocque. I believe he may be a link between strong and intense faces I like and pretty faces. I have not seen *Boy on a Dolphin* in many years and I do not remember an urchin. I would be more averse to nicely-dressed children who bring a friend. > CineMaven sayeth: > Capuchin is one of today's few Homolkan masters; but we'll keep that under our hats) I showed him your comment. He laughed and respectfully disagrees. Oskar Homolka was a master of seduction. Capuchin is very shy and he claims he has never seduced a woman. He only sets the scene so that women wish to seduce him. He says this is so he will not have to suffer rejection and it is to ensure he is with a woman who is of strong character who will take what she wants. I have thought of many things in the past and I see this is true. He never made the first physical move. I reached out to take his hand first. I kissed him first. I tripped him to the floor and raced ahead so he would land on top of me. He does not use charm or a smile to make a woman melt. He uses his chocolate buttercream cheesecake or banana-rum cookies. I told him he was going to ask me to marry him after he made sour cherry vareniki. He says this absolves him of guilt. I believe it proves his guile. This is by tradition a dish for Easter but it is good at any time and it would be nice to have today: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 drool... not Rod LaRocque..... though he's very cute. the cheesecake. I'd trip someone to reach it first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted July 31, 2011 Author Share Posted July 31, 2011 SansFin, the little girl's friend looks just like Otto Preminger. Now, it's very interesting about Rod La Rocque. You see, Vilma Banky and Rudy were very close; it was rumored they had a brief affair after Natacha left him and before Pola came on the scene; Valentino chose Vilma to be his leading lady for THE SON OF THE SHEIK. They had worked previously on THE EAGLE and got along famously. You'd think Vilma would have fallen in love with and married sweet Rudy, and people speculate, including myself, that she just might have been able to heal his wounds and provide him with a wonderful life. But instead she finds herself attracted to Rod. They marry and stay together for over 40 years. Go figure.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted July 31, 2011 Author Share Posted July 31, 2011 Okay, George Murphy as Larry Bishop in CYNTHIA -- youthful dreams of a career in medicine, now hunkered down as a store clerk, resigned to his pedestrian, low-level fate, bullied by the boss, leaving every decision to his pompous brother-in-law, overprotective of his daughter who was sickly at birth and seems to be the living unhealthy embodiment of Larry and his wife's Lou's fears and insecurities about their lost chances in life. George could have played the part like some unsympathetic stick-in-the-mud, instead, he is sweetly dutiful and loving. I just wanted to HUG him. His willingness to accept "reality" does not make him bitter, arrogant, or authoratative. Larry doesn't take out his frustrations on Lou or Cynthia. He's a loving, if misguided. father, and a devoted husband. Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Jul 31, 2011 7:22 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 George is very sweet in Cynthia, if a bit stoop shouldered. But I was paying closer attention to Mary Astor when watching, she continually blows me away with her performances... For a woman who didn't think she had any talent, she was awfully good at acting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 Mary thought she had no talent? Wow. She's one of my favorite actresses. I like George as a homebody. He's cuddly. I'd love to bring him his pipe and slippers. Afterwards. Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Jul 31, 2011 8:38 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 I'll take care of Cuddles while you are busy. I'd rather be with him than George. He can make me flapjacks in the morning and put my messy life back in order. He's far sweeter than George. Yes, Mary was very unsure of herself. I think she's great, she's movied up to become one of my top favorites. The movie that really sold me on her, made me really pay attention was *Act of Violence.* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 Kent Mr. Excitement Smith is going to haunt your dreams tonight. He will turn up as Mr. Softee pouring vanilla extract down your throat. Does anyone know what movie marked Bardot's American appearance? Maybe it was DEAR BRIGITTE, lol. She was a sort of wild child in AND GOD CREATED WOMAN, which I think introduced her to the world, but Bardot did have a less threatening, more "kitten"-ish, youthful, girlie look than Sophia, who was all mature WOMAN. Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Jul 31, 2011 8:37 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 But can I share my meals with Cuddles? I just love chicken paprikash! I've never seen ACT OF VIOLENCE, you've got me interested now. Let me see, the first time I saw Mary was probably THE MALTESE FALCON and I was quite intrigued by her subtle performance. Then what really solidified my admiration for her was DODSWORTH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 Rudy and the Christmas train! http://classicglamourchic.blogspot.com/2010/10/rudy-and-natachas-christmas.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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