BRONXGIRL'S MOTHER, HENRY FONDA'S HIRSUTENESS, ETC.

[actionsgirl]

It's me, it's ME!! Isn't this a treat?! Can the others see this?! Would love to catch up. Reeling with joy in Karloff land! :-)

[MissGoddess]

Hello, there! It's great to see you here AND your Mom on TCM!!

[CineMaven]

OMG!!! This is great. Now, probably not all the Guest Programmers write on this Message Board. But some of them do. If you're just figuring out this Board, let me tell you that write below the date and above the title of this thread is your INBOX (1). It's there where you can write a PM (Private Message. I'll send you one. Hopefully you'll see it.

 

CineMaven aka.....

 

Edited by: CineMaven on Apr 7, 2011 11:08 PM - Did ANYONE notice that the man that played poor little Maria's father, wound up as Dr. Zinthrop in "WASP WOMAN"??? His voice sounded familiar and I thought...nah, it can't be. I IMDB'd him. It's him.

[hlywdkjk]

*"Hey hey!! It's your Guest Programmer alumni & finally figured out how to get on here! Watching Mama Guest tonight! Ain't it a blast! She had a BALL doin this & was as charged as we were when she saw the Red Chairs! Don't know how to get to all of us guys but maybe they'll see this & we can all have a giggle. Miss u guys!"* - actionsgirl

 

Hi Lisa! What a wonderful surprise to find you here tonight.

 

You're mother really seems to be having a ball "tonight". I can tell she enjoyed herself.

 

I hope you are well and happy and having a ball yourself - tonight and every night.

 

So, why aren't you (and Mother) coming to the Classic Film Festival? There better be a good reason. It would be a perfect place to catch up and share some films. I know you'd have a great time.

 

Kyle (We rode back to the airport together) In Hollywood

[actionsgirl]

Hi Kyle! Oh boy, did she have a ball! Wish I could blink my eyes & all us 15 would appear in one room. Especially tonight!

Mom & I were told we're the 1st Mother/Daughter Guest Programmers on TCM! How cool! Even just for a minute!

Soo bummed to miss the festival...can't believe it. It falls on the wknd we're moving. It's a big move. The more I hear about who's being added on, the more my heart drops. Will be waiting for details!

Keep in touch! If u don't have my email, I'll send to u.

Much luv & fond memories!

Lisa

[lzcutter]

Hey Lisa!

 

Congrats to you and your mom on being the first Mother/Daughter guest programmers! I agree, it would be great if we could all get together again!

 

Maybe one of these days!

 

Good luck with your move!

[Bronxgirl48]

I must get this off my chest before anything else, because I am seething, lol.

 

I've seen the 1931 FRANKENSTIEN countless times over the years as I know many of you have. But it never struck me so forcefully the other night, as one of Chita's picks, just how much I loathe and despise the character of Henry Frankenstein, played by Colin Clive.

 

SPOILER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After Karloff dispatches Dwight Frye (Fritz), Henry has the NERVE to lament:

 

"Poor Fritz! It was all my fault!"

 

POOR FRITZ??????????? POOR FRITZ??????????????

 

What about "Poor Monster!" You created this man with the help of a dumb, sadistic hunchback assistant who tormented him constantly with the threat of fire, and you yourself doctor waved the torch as punishment in front of that stitched-together benighted soul's face to keep him in line. Did you reach out to your creation and treat him with love, gentleness, understanding? NO YOU DIDN'T, DID YOU???? YOU MADE HIS NEW LIFE A LIVING HELL!! YOU DIDN'T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY!!!! WHERE WAS YOUR COMPASSION? All you cared about was the "experiment", you heartless, bloodless CREEP! And on top of everything else, THE SCRIPT LETS YOU LIVE?????? And Mae Clarke chooses YOU, you lemon-faced scrawny scientist, over gentlemanly, handsome, soft-spoken John Boles??????

 

I CAN'T STAND IT.

 

Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Apr 8, 2011 6:50 PM

[JackFavell]

whoa! I mean, you're right.... but whoa! I don't think I've ever seen you so upset over anything before.

Didn't they also chain him by the neck in that little room? Henry is weak and awful, I always thought so.

 

On a previous subject, It came to me in a flash tonight why Russell Brand seems so familiar to me.

 

 

[Bronxgirl48]

> {quote:title=molo14 wrote:}{quote}

> Hi Bronxie,

>

> I have to reply to myself because I can't get to your post when I'm logged in. I can only see the last page of a thread. I made it about eight pages into Lynn's thread on the board problems, I'll try to read more later. Until then I'll just have to muddle through as best I can.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don't worry. Or, I guess worry, lol. And I'm still having problems with the Popular Forums box cutting off sentences on the right side.

>

> All is well here with mom and and me. I'm having work done on the house and there is a lot of banging and drilling!!! They don't want to work in the evening when I'm up and about, so I just go without sleep now. Banging and drilling, banging and drilling.... It's maddening!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh, dear, are they rabbitting your lintels? I never knew what that meant when I first saw MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE. I still don't know.

>

> Unfortunately, I don't think *The Dresser* is in public domain.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I kinda thought so. Drat!

>

> *That is, if the skink and giant rat don't find me. Yes, more critters spotted in school. The rat was seen (not by me, but one of the other teachers) terrorizing a class in the media room last week, and a snake-like skink is also at large.*

>

> Yikes! What more can happen at that school??? I don't see how your nerves can take it. As always; be careful out there!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I wish our critters would talk to us like they do with Sabu in THE JUNGLE BOOK. Then we'd know what they were up to. Or we could enlist the aid of Bizarre Foods host Andrew Zimmern to come down here and gobble them up.

 

Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Apr 8, 2011 11:18 PM

[Bronxgirl48]

> {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote}

> Bronxie -

>

> Turns out that Nick Lucas (Tiptoe Through the Tulips) was the boy on the rise until 1931. He was being groomed to be Warner Bros. new star, appearing also in *The Show of Shows*. But he turned down a seven year contract with Warner's in order to make recordings at Brunswick Records. Guess who got the contract? Your Dickie Powell.j

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ah, fate! Nick had a beautiful tenor voice just like my sweet Rex. Speaking of good-looking Italian men did you see Joseph Calleia in THE JUNGLE BOOK? I'd rather say "How do you do?" to HIM. So sexy in a beard and turban. At one point, we see Joseph's BARE CHEST. I was in heaven, and I bet you'd be too.

 

Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Apr 8, 2011 11:17 PM

[JackFavell]

DANG! I was watching, but never made it to Joseph's part! Just before I fell asleep, I thought, "If I'd realized Calleia was in it, I would have recorded it. The colors are so beautiful. " Then I blanked out and next thing I knew, Olivier was standing over Merle Oberon's lifeless body.

 

DANG!

[Bronxgirl48]

Ugh, Russell Brand, I see what you mean, ha!

 

I hated MR. BUDDWING, despite the wonderful cast. Frankenheimer-ish, Rod Serling-ish, pretentious urban alienation/ angst, give me a break. The most ridiculous thing was that James Garner whines about how nobody cares about anyone anymore (just like those old John The World Owes Me A Living Garfield Depression-Era movies) but he's got strangers immediately opening their doors to him, buying him breakfast, picking him up for parties, etc. And this is New York City in 1966. Of course if they didn't, there WOULDN'T BE A MOVIE.

 

Got a migraine trying to figure out what was really going on in THE LAST OF SHEILA. I like a good puzzle, but this was crazy. At least they were on the Riviera. (I like how a French guy in Nice mistakes Hollywood agent Dyan Cannon for a hooker, lol, "Combien, jolie?")

 

Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Apr 9, 2011 12:18 AM

[JackFavell]

I thought Mr. Buddwing was interesting...not something I'd like to attempt again soon... but I really liked Jean Simmons in this one. I am not actually a big fan of hers, so that's something.

[Bronxgirl48]

Oh, what a shame you missed Joseph Yes, the colors were absolutely beautiful, I just loved the look of THE JUNGLE BOOK -- you'd think it was shot in India. Rozsa borrows some of his own score from THE THIEF OF BAGDAD.

 

I loved Chita Rivera's picks! She was a delight.

 

Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Apr 8, 2011 11:26 PM

[Bronxgirl48]

> {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote}

> I thought Mr. Buddwing was interesting...not something I'd like to attempt again soon... but I really liked Jean Simmons in this one. I am not actually a big fan of hers, so that's something.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You know, I didn't read the opening credits and I'd forgotten that Jean was in it, but thought she gave the best performance! But I didn't initally know it was her, can you believe it?? She has a rather distinctive voice, but it didn't sound like her, instead, some sophisticated Connie Bennett type from the 1930's, isn't that odd? Ha!

I was thinking, who is this actress? Then I finally realized it was Simmons.

 

I don't know, I thought James Garner, who I always like, was miscast. For one thing, him saying the word "schlub" just, well, just doesn't work.

 

Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Apr 8, 2011 11:28 PM

[JackFavell]

I'm checking out Netflix to see if they have The Jungle Book! I have to see Joseph bare-chested!

 

As for Jean Simmons - I swear it took me a few minutes to realize who she was - she was so different in it than any of her other movies... not just the hair. I thought she was really super, she seemed to have such a backstory.

 

I am losing steam fast here tonight, it's a shame, I feel like I never get a chance to chat with you much. We had an incredibly busy day today and I am beat. I'll talk to you tomorrow or Sunday, if I can get on the computer. Toodles!

[Bronxgirl48]

> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote}

 

> Reading a review from you on "THE UNIVITED" might be scarier than the movie itself...but I'll risk it. Have you seen it, Bronxie?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE UNINVITED is one of my favorite movies.

[Bronxgirl48]

I'm losing steam too. I'll save LOVE AFFAIR and THE UNINVITED for tomorrow.

 

Also THE CRYSTAL BALL with Paulette Goddard, Ray Milland, and Gladys George. What a weird little Paramount movie, lol.

 

Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Apr 8, 2011 11:43 PM

[JackFavell]

Oh goody! I've seen all three! Well, almost...only half of Crystal Ball. I liked it, it was goofy, and had a great cast...people I knew kept turning up.

[Bronxgirl48]

THE CRYSTAL BALL was almost like a noir, I mean, there's William Bendix, lol. I half expected Laird Cregar to show up as an obsessive detective on Paulette's gypsy trail.

 

Ah, well, bon nuit, ma cher!

 

Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Apr 9, 2011 12:03 AM

[rosebette]

Considering the title of your thread, did you see "Wings of the Morning" last night? Hank appeared in a bathtub and in a bathing suit. He was mighty cute, as was co-star Annabella. This was a very delightful film that has apparently buried. Good love story and leads, beautiful scenery, and the singing of John McCormack. At one point, as McCormack sings a ballad about the Irish countryside, an elderly blind listener was able to imagine the countryside through the camera. A lovely moment in an unjustly forgotten film.

[rosebette]

Considering the title of your thread, did you see "Wings of the Morning" last night? Hank appeared in a bathtub and in a bathing suit. He was mighty cute, as was co-star Annabella. This was a very delightful film that has apparently buried. Good love story and leads, beautiful scenery, and the singing of John McCormack. At one point, as McCormack sings a ballad about the Irish countryside, an elderly blind listener was able to imagine the countryside through the camera. A lovely moment in an unjustly forgotten film.

[rosebette]

Considering the title of your thread, did you see "Wings of the Morning" last night? Hank appeared in a bathtub and in a bathing suit. He was mighty cute, as was co-star Annabella. This was a very delightful film that has apparently buried. Good love story and leads, beautiful scenery, and the singing of John McCormack. At one point, as McCormack sings a ballad about the Irish countryside, an elderly blind listener was able to imagine the countryside through the camera. A lovely moment in an unjustly forgotten film.

[CineMaven]

Hi there Bronxie.

 

WoW!!!

 

Your review of "FRANKENSTEIN" is one of the most wonderfully riveting reviews I've read by you. I agree with you totally. Besides my being (unexpectedly) scared when I saw the Monster's entrance...I was kind of surprised at my feelings about that. These surely weren't the feelings I had when I was a little kid watching this scary movie. But as I watched the movie the other nite, I felt incredibly sorry for the Monster...its being tortured by that hump-back little troll!!! The Monster didn't mean to kill the little girl, but he definitely knew he did something wrong when he high-tailed it outta those woods. When Dr. Zinthrop (of "Wasp Woman" fame) quietly carries the lifeless body of his daughter Maria through the Bacchanalian crowd, with grief inducing his zombie-like state, I found that positively shocking. The camera stayed on him as the crwod fell away and stopped their celebrating at the site of them. You know, this movie is really very shocking. I can't imagine what 1931 audiences felt...("Well...we warned you." Head over heels love that opening).

 

Even more shocking was Mae Clarke picking, (what'd you call him...lemon faced?) Colin Clive, over tall dark swarthily handsome John Boles. Now THAT shivered my timbers.

 

Wonderful review. I feel your pain and I emphatically and empathetically agree with you.

 

If you have the time or inclination Bronxie, go to YouTube and check out this video: "Horror Is Universal." The poster did an excellent job crafting his homage to horror movies. My favorite shot is the Invisible Man facing the moon with his arms crossed, as though he was set to defy God. Love it. Enjoy!

 

 

You might be due for a good comedy next. Whew!

[JackFavell]

You know, every time I see that scene, with the father carrying the little dead girl in his arms - I think how modern it is - yes, I know there's a whole fairy tale kind of thing going on in that scene, with the villagers dressed in their lederhosen and all, but the theme of a little girl attacked and killed just feels very very modern. The way it all is shot seems as you say, shocking and full of grief. So does the mob mentality - seem modern, I mean. It makes me wonder, when M was released at this time too, whether they felt like we do now, sort of like we little people are under siege.

 

Edited by: JackFavell on Apr 9, 2011 12:34 PM