Bronxgirl48 Posted April 17, 2011 Author Share Posted April 17, 2011 > {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote} > OOPS! Sorry! I got SO EVIL MY LOVE mixed up with HOME BEFORE DARK...... lash me with a wet noodle. > > Adult onset attention deficit disorder strikes again. I finally realized you were talking about HOME BEFORE DARK. Did anyone see PARRISH? Wheeeee! Loved every minute!! i was wondering when Claudette would wake up and smell the tobacco with SCREECHY ruthless Karl Malden. You'd think Connie Stevens was in Tobacco Road the way she was carrying on. MAVEN, forget SO EVIL, MY LOVE right now, I'm salivating to hear your review of PARRISH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted April 17, 2011 Author Share Posted April 17, 2011 My favorite "substitute" BONJOUR TRISTESSE villa so far: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzcutter Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Barb, I wanted to let you know that the young boy in the red pants in *Towering Inferno* was Bobby Brady himself, Mike Lookingland. Hope you can catch this on cable soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted April 17, 2011 Author Share Posted April 17, 2011 Ha! I can't go through life without seeing THE TOWERING INFERNO. I'll check the cable stations. At one point in PARRISH, Troy develops a strange rash. I thought he was finally turning into the creature from the black lagoon, but it was just tobacco poisoning. And Connie was extremely helpful in soothing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Here are my two favorites so far, so ridiculously out of my league that I feel like an idiot just looking at the youtube videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aUd-uKvREk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 "MAVEN, forget SO EVIL, MY LOVE right now, I'm salivating to hear your review of PARRISH!" Dooooooooooooooooooooooooooh!!!! I was unpacking boxes at my new place. I'm sorry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Here are my two favorites so far, so ridiculously out of my league that I feel like an idiot just looking at the youtube videos... Oh snap, they filmed my new apartment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 HAHHH! Remind me to come and visit, real soon. My house would probably fit in one of the bathrooms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted April 18, 2011 Author Share Posted April 18, 2011 Oh, Jackie, how could I have missed your two beautiful choices in all my YouTube perusings?? These I never saw before, I love discovering new ones, thank you!! They're truer to the original BT villa than my pick. I think my favorite is the first, it's cozier and homier less elegant than the second, which has a luxurious "hotel" interior. (hey, I'll take it) And let's not forget Italy. Check out the lovely villas by CharmingPlaces.com. They certainly live up to their adjective: Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Apr 18, 2011 2:54 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted April 18, 2011 Author Share Posted April 18, 2011 > {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote} > "MAVEN, forget SO EVIL, MY LOVE right now, I'm salivating to hear your review of PARRISH!" > > Dooooooooooooooooooooooooooh!!!! I was unpacking boxes at my new place. I'm sorry! Oh, no! I forgot you're busy with the new place. A scene from PARRISH: Wait a minute, I got confused: Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Apr 18, 2011 3:15 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 HA!!!!!!!!! OMFG! You had me ROFLMMFAO!!!!! Ugh! There's a special place for you Bronxie...but it's pretty hot there. (Don't worry, I'll bring the lemonade). Jackaaaaaaaaay - I loved the first villa. It was homier and not as formal. Yeah, that's the ticket. You're welcome to visit anytime. Let's do lunch. It's just an Amtrak ride away. You'll be home the same day. (My dear, didn't you know Amtak goes to the Mediteranean? Yes, by way of Penn Station - 34th Street). * Yes Bronxie...how right you are. That's as easy a mix-up as Hugh Marlowe and Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SansFin Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 JackFavell - If you are willing to look at property on another sea not far away you may find charming options which I believe may be closer to budget. I would very much like to stay here only for the spiral staircase. It is ideal for making spectacular entrances: http://odessa-arenda.ru.gg/Vip-residencia.htm It is also a help that the area is very beautiful when it is not winter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlyMUfRMsDM&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Hi guys! I like the first home better too, but that doesn't mean I would turn the other, fancy one down! Sansfin - that villa in Odessa is GORGEOUS. My kitchen is actually similar to that one, though not so neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingrat Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Speaking of PARRISH, don't you love Claudette Colbert showing us how a gal should hold out for marriage? Connie Stevens definitely could have used those lessons. Of course the down side is that Claudette does end up married to Karl Malden. Be careful what you wish for . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Bronxie, You may enjoy moirafinnie's assessment of *Parrish*, found here: http://silverscreenoasis.com/oasis3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4884&p=83097#p83097 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 OMG, Goddess, THANK YOU!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 A co-worker yesterday told us she felt there was something MOVING in her ear. I related to her the Rod Serling Night Gallery episode with Laurence Harvey, called "The Caterpillar". All about jealousy and an earwig. She was not amused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 Claudette explains why she took the role in PARRISH: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 Nick Alert: Henry Armetta as kindly Nick Spelucci, restaurant owner, in WHINING, er, I mean DUST BE MY DESTINY, starring John Garfield and Priscilla Lane, 1939. Henry played five more Nicks, and an astounding 26 Tonys. Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Apr 22, 2011 3:38 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Has that ever happened to you? Maybe this might be the year for me for A ReNewed Appreciation. I'm glad TCM is spotlighting RAY MILLAND. He's one of those unsung classic stars that get lost in the Cagney-Cary-Gable shuffle. But he's in there with the best of 'em; doing his thing skillfully either dramatically or comedically and sometimes being a gooood-natured cad. So to keep me company in the midst of my chores, I had on a nite of Milland (I like saying his last name). I'm not a big fan of costume dramas, so I was chafed to see the powered wigs and bustles of "KIITTY." But Ray has nice legs. Ooooh, he was such a cad in this movie. Basically he was a pimp and my oh my did Kitty go beond the call of duty trying to get him to love her. ((A baby??)) I never get, but pretty much always accept, when the hero makes a great turnaround and realizes his mistake in love. I don't think its too bad a choice Kitty picking Patric Knowles, but it does shake and wake up Ray's character. But while watching Ray I felt a pang for someone else. "REAP THE WILD WIND" had more costumes and even a coupla 'Scarlett' wannabees. Ooooh, and a giant squid to boot! (The 'Jaws' of the 1940's or is that 1840's). It didn't look too scary in profile with that big ol' eye staring at us, but seeing its dark underwater shadow, that black ink and the terror in Milland and Wayne's face...scary. Milland looked dashing with his beautifully cut suits and his permed curly 'do. I liked his character better here than in "Kitty." Milland's got such an easy affable effortless demeanor. He's easy and convincing to watch in his diversity of roles. Yet I felt another jolt...for someone else. I am often late to join the club, but please count me in (now) as a JOHN WAYNE fan. But I might be alone (or banned) b'cuz of my masochistic aspect of my new found love. I really like him when he's mean. You know how sometimes you just don't want the guy who's nice to you? Well when he's scowling, angry and mean, my heart skipped a bit. His almond shaped eyes turn to slits. I confess I was busy doing other things while the movies kept me company so I wasn't following as attentively as I should. But I got the gist of things if not the nuance of them. I liked his soft tenderness when he first deals with Paulett Goddard, but when he was hitting and angered and had blood in his eyes...my reaction surprised me. He doesn't play the wide-eye hero with the white hat. I've seen "Red River" "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" and the legendary "The Searchers" where through these pictures he's just wicked mean or tortured with grief. So for all you seasoned fans of the Duke, if you can tell me any other films of his where he is mean, bitter, angry and ornery...I'd appreciate it. A SPITFIRE PAULETTE GODDARD is jumping way up there in my estimation. After seeing Vivien Leigh give one of the great performances of her life for the role of a lifetime, I can sort of see why Goddard didn't get the part of Scarlett O'Hara. Listen, I confess I am not a Vivling specialist. I don't know the ins and outs of her life or career. But my own take is Vivien (in "GWTW") is delicate, girlish, coquettish. Goddard is very womanly all the time. Oh she might have the slightest tomboyish streak (out there on that ship with her slicker on), but she's a spitfire, raucous, a wisecracker, a straight shooter and has that voice. I believed her in both "Kitty" and "Reap..." I believe her in and out of her Cockney accent, in a rain slicker or Army nurse uniform ("So Proudly We Hail") or as a bombshell in gold lame ("The Women") where she sparkles as much as her dress. I hope I get to see some of her other films (gotta re-visit "Hold Back the Dawn" which I haven't seen in ages). I believe her. And I guess I have Ray Milland to thank for that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 > I've seen "Red River" "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" and the legendary "The Searchers" where through these pictures he's just wicked mean or tortured with grief. So for all you seasoned fans of the Duke, if you can tell me any other films of his where he is mean, bitter, angry and ornery...I'd appreciate it. > He's many of those things in *The Horse Soldiers*. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 I wanted to see THE HORSE SOLDIERS again but unfortunately fell asleep halfway through and woke up to William Holden during the Civil War so initially still thought it was the same movie. Then I wondered why Duke and Connie weren't around, but Eleanor Parker was. Before I could figure this out, I conked out once more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 Welcome to the Dukedom! (he's the only royalty I really respect) Third column, second phrase from bottom: http://www.aeonity.com/ab/soundboards/celebrity/john-wayne.php Jackie knows about the phenomena of falling asleep during movies one really wants to watch, so has it been with me and Milland. I was looking forward to REAP THE WILD WIND. (forget Ray, I really wanted to see the squid) -- and, a question, though -- what is it about Paulette Goddard that De Mille feels he has to bring down, humiliate, punish in a sort of, well, perverse kind of way, lol? In a couple of these movies, Paulette is told she's filthy and made to take a bath, or is being spanked. I saw Ray spanking her in WIND. He'd never subject Missy to this abuse! But to continue with the phenomena, I fell asleep before Mr. Squid made his appearance. I enjoyed Paulette's little sea shanty ditty at the party that shocks all the guests: how did it go? "Oh, you're just another packrat aboard the Nellie B." LOL As for Duke, you could sort of see the beginnings of his screen persona -- an effortless take-charge attitude hiding a core of sweetness and vulnerability, but, like I said, I conked out (like with THE HORSE SOLDIERS) and missed the whole experience. Ray can definitely exude sinister-ness but I don't like him mean. I prefer Milland pleasant. He's never bland, though, when nice. There's always a hint of something a bit more complex, which I run from. However, I did find him very sexy in KITTY, rotten as he was. But with Patric Knowles around, why suffer? Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Apr 22, 2011 2:22 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank-------Ohio Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 WHThHrsSds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw1FwlJggys&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 Frank, is this the whole movie of THE HORSE SOLDIERS? Oh, wow, thank you so much!!! I didn't realize I was watching ESCAPE FROM FORT BRAVO when I woke up, ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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