Bronxgirl48 Posted October 31, 2011 Author Share Posted October 31, 2011 HELP! Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Oct 31, 2011 11:30 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueSueApplegate Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 You deserve the best, Barb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted November 4, 2011 Author Share Posted November 4, 2011 Oh thank you, SueSue. I've been feeling a bit down lately, for various reasons, including the fact my so-called technical skills on the board are rapidly going downhill. Mom tried to cheer me up by talking about fish, so she goes: "Do you know how they mate? ( should know, but I don't". At least I got a laugh out of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willbefree25 Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 I love Grant - didn't realize this was his first foray into comedy, at which he excelled, or so says Wiki - and I was happy to see the movie again, but.............did anyone else feel like they were watching another movie altogether when Grant and Dunne went to the cabin? Bellamy and Grant's fiancee who came out of nowhere and Duvalle were completely and utterly forgotten. It was fun, though. At some points, I thought I was listening to Marx Brothers dialogue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SansFin Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 I wish all to be aware of a movie which is scheduled to air on this coming Thursday. It is *The Man Who Laughs* (1966). Jean Sorel is the star. He is very easy on the eyes and very, very French. I believe the men will like to see Lisa Gastoni in a tight Italian costume. I have not seen this movie. I am anticipating it greatly as one of the characters is Lucrezia Borgia. She is one of my great idols. I believe it may be wonderful if they have kept faithful to her character even although the plot is contrived and it is not based on a historical incident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I am curious about this remake of the 1928 version of the film. I am always happy to watch a good looking frenchman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SansFin Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 > {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote} > I am curious about this remake of the 1928 version of the film. I believe from what I have read that it is not a favorable comparison. I have seen comments that it is fine when considered in its own right and it is not held to such a higher standard. It is what it is. It has been decades since I have seen the original and it never became a favorite of mine. > I am always happy to watch a good looking frenchman. That is why I mentioned it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danjw Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I recently saw "The Grapes of Wrath" for the 1st time. Great movie- Gregg Toland, John Ford, Hank Fonda, and Jane Darwell, all are excellant. And while maybe not faithful to the letter, it was certainly faithful in spirit. What surprised me the most was Fonda's back hair! How refreshing; in this age of metrosexulity to see a movie star with back hair. I cant' imagine Tom Joad body waxing. I'm glad ot was permitted to remain.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted April 2, 2012 Author Share Posted April 2, 2012 Hi, guys. See you this evening. h1. Mom sends her love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohanaka Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 HEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO there, little darlin'... and hi to MOM too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzcutter Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 WOOO-HOOOOO!!!! The long anticipated return of the much missed, Bronxgirl is happening and she's bringing stories!!! Can't wait!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted April 3, 2012 Author Share Posted April 3, 2012 I just got back from the Nervous Hospital (i.e. Chez Mom's) No, but seriously.... How the heck are ya? My mother and I were thrown together these past two months thanks to water damage and minor surgery. It's been glorious and horrendous: skirmishes, knishes, an emu sprinting by a local deli, the Newton Minnowesque torments of bonding over Ice Loves Coco and Mob Wives, her reaction towards THEM: "I see ants all the time in my kitchen, I don't have to watch them in a movie!", the mortality of Jerry Lewis ("Is he still alive?"), her sitting next to a FRENZY Barry Foster lookalike at the supermarket -- you don't know the half of it. Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Apr 3, 2012 3:00 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted April 3, 2012 Author Share Posted April 3, 2012 Lynn, pull up a tombstone and prepare for horror stories beyond belief. You see, it started when Mom left a large chicken in her car trunk for 24 hours, and it all went downhill from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzcutter Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 > You see, it started when Mom left a large chicken in her car trunk for 24 hours, and it all went downhill from there. Barb, Let me open a bottle of wine (or would you prefer brandy), I think we're going to need some. I'll try not to do a spit take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottman1932 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 1.) Great to have you back Bronxie! Sounds like it was quite the adventure! 2.) Wendy, the 1928 version of THE MAN WHO LAUGHS is a really good film. It takes place in England around the time of Charles II, rather than in Venice. Conrad Veidt does a superb performance. The makeup he had to wear in order to have the joker-like face made it nearly impossible to speak, so he had to convey much of his emotions with his eyes. Bob Keane, the creator of Batman, was a kid when he saw this film and was later inspired to draw the Joker based on Conrad Veidt's make up for TMWL. KINO released it on DVD a few years ago (there was a nice restoration done on it), it is complete w/ its original musuc score from Vitaphone typre sound discs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted April 3, 2012 Author Share Posted April 3, 2012 Let the spirits flow. It was a dark and stormy night... Listen my children and you shall hear the decomposing chicken near... I didn't know Mom drove herself to the market for this poultry purchase. Her excuse for not remembering to take it out of the trunk was yours truly. "YOU MADE ME DO IT!" (what, not the doors?) How, you ask? Beats me. The fetid odor of the creature lingered, like some loathsome Lovecraftian beast... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted April 3, 2012 Author Share Posted April 3, 2012 From then on, the chicken was on both our minds. One night it invaded my sleep, taking the form of Mike the Famous Headless Chicken, who kept running toward me, gibbering, flapping, heedless, a nightmare of mutant feathers. Mom would often mention the original Perdue oven-stuffer roaster with equal portions of grief and bitterness. I never knew why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted April 3, 2012 Author Share Posted April 3, 2012 Mom on: THE LION: "I like William Holden better with Jennifer Jones. Look at Trevor Howard's bony knees!" A YANK IN THE R.A.F.: "I had hair like Betty Grable. But Tyrone Power wasn't around" THE NUTTY PROFESSOR: "You know, Jerry Lewis wasn't bad looking". (I didn't know if she meant as Buddy Love or Julius Kelp) VERTIGO: "Kim Novak doesn't smile a lot" REAR WINDOW: "I don't see what's so great about a movie where a man is in a wheelchair with a broken leg. But I like Thelma Ritter!" SINCERELY YOURS: "I didn't know Liberace was an actor" NIGHT AND THE CITY: "Where was Gene Tierney?" More to come... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted April 3, 2012 Author Share Posted April 3, 2012 Thank you, Scottman, and yes, lol, it was. Googie Withers gets a delicious, almost Cavalcanti-ish, Dickensian comeuppance in NIGHT AND THE CITY. Mom didn't care for the movie as a whole. She prefers the bridge-and-tunnel appeal of Dassin's NEVER ON SUNDAY. (I don't know what it is, but senior citizens have a fondness for on-screen ladies of the night) Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Apr 3, 2012 3:04 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 HEY, Ms. Bronxie! It's great to have you back! Let me first say that I am SOOOOO sympatico with your mom on the subject of Trevor's knees. YIKES! Really? Whoever gave him that costume must have had a vendetta against him. What did he do on set to peeve the costumer off like that? They should've been taken out and left on the veldt. Or perhaps left in the trunk of your mom's car with a rotting chicken. Yeah, that's a good one. Mafiosos take note! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Scottman, I've seen the 1928 version and it's heartbreaking! Thanks for the background on the movie. I stupidly missed the later version last week... no cute frenchman for moi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueSueApplegate Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 She's back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Welcome back! The Promenade des Anglais was not the same without you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 > Listen my children and you shall hear the decomposing chicken near... > > I didn't know Mom drove herself to the market for this poultry purchase. Her excuse for not remembering to take it out of the trunk was yours truly. "YOU MADE ME DO IT!" (what, not the doors?) How, you ask? Beats me. The fetid > odor of the creature lingered, like some loathsome Lovecraftian beast... > I take it you and Mom have seen "Arthur"? http://www.imdb.com/video/hulu/vi3569550105/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted April 4, 2012 Author Share Posted April 4, 2012 'ello, duckie! Thank you. I wonder if Celia Johnson would have felt romantic towards Trevor had she seen his knees. "Leave the chicken, take the pastrami on rye" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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