FredCDobbs Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 When I was a young teenager I saw the original of these films in a theater. I think it was Godzilla. I couldn't believe how silly and amateurish it was, with toy cars and airplanes, and a man in a stupid looking monster suit. I laughed all the way through it. That was the last of the series I ever saw. But tonight I'm watching Anna May Wong in "Daughter of Shanghai", which I think was her best sound film. I wish she had made many more films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 The Royal Highness and her consort were BOTH in "WHAT'S UP TIGER LILY?" The consort looks like....uh...looked like a Japanese Shakespeare. She jumps out the plane without a parachute. Royalty! Bah! They get all the breaks!! Don't think I'll do "Godzilla vs. Monster Zero." I can believe three-head monsters, but when you start mixin' them with E.T., my suspension of disbelief draws the line. "HA! It got kind of poetic at the end, didn't it? 'They sank to the earth like weary children....' How touching." I very much felt bad for the Rodans. * * * Everyone's lips move like Edgar Bergen's. And anyone in a kimono will not be able to run for it. What a wing span!! And look at the pits on him. "****! I don't think Paul Henreid could compete." Well I know Wallace Ford's couldn't. Aaaaah, it's a wise Bronxie who knows her pits. * * * "They feel quite close to their creatures, unlike US. Fay Wray didn't even realize that Kong was PROTECTING her." Seeee...the Asian culture is much more symbiotic with nature than us Ugly Americans. Next time I see a monster, I'm going to give it a lap dance. * * * Funny thing is my mom took my sister and I to see this in the movies when it came out. Wait, that might not be so funny. AARP-Maven "I'm not laughing, because my mother was born BEFORE Valentino died. How old does that make ME??" Uhmmmmm...er...how 'bout those pits of Rodan's? Don't ask." Not me, Sis. Not with Rudy's ten-foot pole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted June 3, 2011 Author Share Posted June 3, 2011 > {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote} > The Royal Highness and her consort were BOTH in "WHAT'S UP TIGER LILY?" The consort looks like....uh...looked like a Japanese Shakespeare. She jumps out the plane without a parachute. Royalty! Bah! They get all the breaks!! Don't think I'll do "Godzilla vs. Monster Zero." I can believe three-head monsters, but when you start mixin' them with E.T., my suspension of disbelief draws the line. I think Ghidorah was searching for that egg salad recipe. Didn't Rodan look like Slim Summerville in this one? Godzilla was a hero here, but he looked and acted like a dolt and a major-league klutz. Sweet caterpillar Mothra, trying to bring them together to save the oith! "Moss-e-ra!" Little boy to the Twin Fairies: "How's Mothra?" Twin Fairies: "He's dead, but the baby is doing fine, growing bigger!" Baby? What is that island, Peyton Place? I just found the complete Valentino BLOOD AND SAND on YouTube! Oh, heavenly night! But I'm getting a headache now. I think I'll save it for tomorrow. I don't know if I'm up for GODZILLA VS. MONSTER ZERO at this moment. > > "HA! It got kind of poetic at the end, didn't it? 'They sank to the earth like weary children....' How touching." > > I very much felt bad for the Rodans. Me too. They had to meet their end on our crummy planet. (Gee, I sound like Bill Maher) > > * * * > > Everyone's lips move like Edgar Bergen's. And anyone in a kimono will not be able to run for it. What a wing span!! And look at the pits on him. > > "****! I don't think Paul Henreid could compete." > > Well I know Wallace Ford's couldn't. Aaaaah, it's a wise Bronxie who knows her pits. I'd love to see Rex Harrison's underarms. > > * * * > > "They feel quite close to their creatures, unlike US. Fay Wray didn't even realize that Kong was PROTECTING her." > > Seeee...the Asian culture is much more symbiotic with nature than us Ugly Americans. Next time I see a monster, I'm going to give it a lap dance. Ah, you are wise. I'd rather give Rudolph Valentino a lap dance. Maybe I can catch him in Walgreens tomorrow. > > * * * > > Funny thing is my mom took my sister and I to see this in the movies when it came out. Wait, that might not be so funny. > > AARP-Maven > > "I'm not laughing, because my mother was born BEFORE Valentino died. How old does that make ME??" > > Uhmmmmm...er...how 'bout those pits of Rodan's? I don't remember anything before 1960. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. > > Don't ask." > > Not me, Sis. Not with Rudy's ten-foot pole. That video you posted of Rudy's hand-kissing. How can I keep this delicate....um, that's all he'd have to do. I wouldn't even need the pole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Do you think it stuck in Robert's craw to have to introduce these movies tonite? "I think Ghidorah was searching for that egg salad recipe." I think he found a bad batch. Three heads? Faerie #1: "Pssst! Don?t eat the egg salad." Faerie #2: "Why?" Faerie #1: "It?s spoiled." "Didn't Rodan look like Slim Summerville in this one?" You're unbelievable. And totally right!! With a touch of Doodles Weaver. "Godzilla was a hero here, but he looked and acted like a dolt and a major-league klutz." Sounds like Slim alright. Isn't that the way he would've played it? "Sweet caterpillar Mothra, trying to bring them together to save the oith! 'Moss-e-ra!' " Ha! A veritable U Thant. I'm not quite remembering Mothra's movie. That big ol' caterpillar didn't look like a big threat to me. Do your slugs in FLA. look like that? "Twin Fairies: ?He's dead, but the baby is doing fine, growing bigger!' " That whole show looked like a cheesy "American Idol." Wait, "American Idol" is cheesy. "Baby? What is that island, Peyton Place?" Is Arnold Schwarzenneger the father? "I just found the complete Valentino 'BLOOD AND SAND on YouTube! Oh, heavenly night! But I'm getting a headache now. I think I'll save it for tomorrow." I'll betcha Rudy NEVER heard that before: "Not tonite Rudy, I'm getting a headache." "I don't know if I'm up for 'GODZILLA vs. MONSTER ZERO' at this moment.? I fulfilled my duty as a classic film buff. But I couldn't do that one. The others...I watched 'em. (Ha! I watched them, but didn't want to see "House on 92nd Street." I can't figure me out sometime). But honestly, the monsters looked cheesy. I'm waiting for crab monsters, crawling eyes, wasp women and flying dutchmen, blobs and ITs, ants, tarantulas, scorpions and Allison Hayes. You know...Monsters Made in the U.S.of A. I very much felt bad for the Rodans. "Me too. They had to meet their end on our crummy planet. (Gee, I sound like Bill Maher)." Better a smart mouth, than a spittle mouth. "I'd love to see Rex Harrison's underarms." I'll leave you to it, Eliza. "Ah, you are wise. I'd rather give Rudolph Valentino a lap dance. Maybe I can catch him in Walgreen's tomorrow." Now whose the wise one. Happy hunting. He might be in the Eye Care aisle. "I don't remember anything before 1960. That's my story and I'm sticking to it." That's the ticket, kid. Name, rank and serial number. "That video you posted of Rudy's hand-kissing. How can I keep this delicate... um, that's all he'd have to do. I wouldn't even need the pole." Mmmm hmmmm. And I have a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn. It's pretty delicate too. "The Valley of Gwangi" has its very own street urchin too. "You need that horse seeenyore." ...And Gila Golan (voice dubbed?) on the back of a white stallion both diving off a platform into a barrel of water lit on fire. Even Esther Williams never did that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohanaka Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Ghidorah Hello, my little "Twinnie". Didn't we look just STUNNING last night?? ha. The kidling and I had a "slumber party" last night and we stayed up late just to celebrate the multi-monster event. ha. Here's an official entry for your "mom" thread from the kidling: We had just settled her into her sleeping bag on the floor as Ghidorah was coming on, and I went in the kitchen for a soda and a few late night snacks (because, after all.. what's a slumber party without snacks? ha) and when I came back I asked her how the movie was going... ME: "So how's the movie so far?" KIDLING: (in a very "serious" eight year old way) "It's great.. but I think TCM is having trouble with their sound." ME (totally clueless) "Why do you say that?" KIDLING: "Because every time they talk.. their words and their mouths don't match up. I think the film is out of whack" HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Silly me.. When I told her we were going to watch an old monster movie.. I had neglected to tell her the part about how it was originally filmed in.. JAPANESE! After I explained it to her.. then I told her the opposite was also true about how sometimes they will take English speaking movies and they would do Japanese (or whatever) voice overs for the people in Japan (or wherever) Then we had fun doing our impression of what the Japanese version of our favorite John Wayne movie lines would sound like.. ha. We spent the next five minutes giggling over THAT and then moved on to rolling our eyes over how "doofy" the guy in the Godzilla suit looked as he was jumping up and down. And then we spent the REST of the movie cutting up and doing our impressions of the princess saying "I am a martian". ha. It was the best fun I have had watching a movie in a LONG while.. and I think she had even more fun that I did (what can I say.. we are easily entertained) :-) At any rate.. I was not sure she would make it all the way to the end since she was staying up quite late (from her normal bedtime) but the movie was over just before midnight.. and about three minutes later.. she was sawing logs... so she held out JUST long enough for all the fun. Ah, summer.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 That's hilarious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Yay! Jackaaay's back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Yay! Jackaaay's back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Hey there! Yeah, I'm back and Garson's got me. No wait.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 No worries...we know Gable's got u heart, soul and...other parts. Ro... that is truly the sweetest story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted June 4, 2011 Author Share Posted June 4, 2011 > {quote:title=rohanaka wrote:}{quote} > Ghidorah > > Hello, my little "Twinnie". Didn't we look just STUNNING last night?? ha. LOL, hey sis! We knocked 'em dead! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpiA3062C3M > > The kidling and I had a "slumber party" last night and we stayed up late just to celebrate the multi-monster event. ha. Here's an official entry for your "mom" thread from the kidling: > > We had just settled her into her sleeping bag on the floor as Ghidorah was coming on, and I went in the kitchen for a soda and a few late night snacks (because, after all.. what's a slumber party without snacks? ha) and when I came back I asked her how the movie was going... > > ME: "So how's the movie so far?" > > KIDLING: (in a very "serious" eight year old way) "It's great.. but I think TCM is having trouble with their sound." > > ME (totally clueless) "Why do you say that?" > > KIDLING: "Because every time they talk.. their words and their mouths don't match up. I think the film is out of whack" > > HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > Silly me.. When I told her we were going to watch an old monster movie.. I had neglected to tell her the part about how it was originally filmed in.. JAPANESE! > > After I explained it to her.. then I told her the opposite was also true about how sometimes they will take English speaking movies and they would do Japanese (or whatever) voice overs for the people in Japan (or wherever) Then we had fun doing our impression of what the Japanese version of our favorite John Wayne movie lines would sound like.. ha. > > We spent the next five minutes giggling over THAT and then moved on to rolling our eyes over how "doofy" the guy in the Godzilla suit looked as he was jumping up and down. And then we spent the REST of the movie cutting up and doing our impressions of the princess saying "I am a martian". ha. It was the best fun I have had watching a movie in a LONG while.. and I think she had even more fun that I did (what can I say.. we are easily entertained) :-) > > At any rate.. I was not sure she would make it all the way to the end since she was staying up quite late (from her normal bedtime) but the movie was over just before midnight.. and about three minutes later.. she was sawing logs... so she held out JUST long enough for all the fun. > > Ah, summer.. Oh, ro, I LOVE IT!!!! Your kidling should meet my mother! I loved the cap on the Princess, it looked very cool and Yoko Ono-ish. At one point the story confused me so much, I actually started to believe she WAS a Martian, lol. Goverment officials to the fairies: "Do you think you can ask Mothra to speak to Godzilla and Rodan in helping us fight Ghidorah?" Just another routine day in science-fiction/fantasy Tokyo. Godzilla is reluctant at first, and Mothra has to chastise him. The fairies translate for the caterpillar: "Oh, Godzilla, what terrible language!" Sayonara, Pilgrim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted June 4, 2011 Author Share Posted June 4, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dubart0a4s4&feature=watch-now-button&wide=1 I saw DINOSAURUS! on TCM last night. You all can watch it on the link above. I highly recommend it, LOL There is a MAJOR URCHIN, but don't let that stop you, it didn't me. "Goodbye, Brontosaurus! Take care! I hope to see you soon!" Highlight: The caveman flushing a toilet (off-screen) and then running away in terror. Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Jun 4, 2011 2:22 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted June 4, 2011 Author Share Posted June 4, 2011 > {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote} > Do you think it stuck in Robert's craw to have to introduce these movies tonite? HA! But I think he probably preferred these to any Ruby Keeler musical. > > "I think Ghidorah was searching for that egg salad recipe." > > I think he found a bad batch. Three heads At one point I actually saw nasty old Ghidorah aim his blast at Godzilla's jewels. (at least, I'm assuming that's the spot where giant lizards have them) I thought these movies were supposed to be for kids. > > > > "Didn't Rodan look like Slim Summerville in this one?" > > You're unbelievable. And totally right!! With a touch of Doodles Weaver. LOL!!!! And so are you! Doodles Weaver, more than a touch! > > "Godzilla was a hero here, but he looked and acted like a dolt and a major-league klutz." > > Sounds like Slim alright. Isn't that the way he would've played it? Yes, but Slim had some sex appeal for me. Godzilla doesn't, not unless I was a female lizard up from the depths of the ocean after 100 million years and wasn't too picky. > > "Sweet caterpillar Mothra, trying to bring them together to save the oith! > 'Moss-e-ra!' " > > Ha! A veritable U Thant. I'm not quite remembering Mothra's movie. That big ol' caterpillar didn't look like a big threat to me. Do your slugs in FLA. look like that? Mothra in this instance was from GHIDORAH, THE THREE HEADED MONSTER, and such a sweetie-pie. Our Boca slugs are like everyone else here: unfriendly, mean, and ugly. I wish they looked and acted like Mothra. > > > > That whole show looked like a cheesy "American Idol." Wait, "American Idol" is cheesy. I have never seen AMERICAN IDOL or DANCING WITH THE STARS. My co-workers think I'm from another planet. > > "Baby? What is that island, Peyton Place?" > > Is Arnold Schwarzenneger the father? It would not surprise me. But geez, Maria's a dish, what are men thinking with? Wait a minute, I just answered my own question. > > "I just found the complete Valentino 'BLOOD AND SAND on YouTube! Oh, heavenly night! But I'm getting a headache now. I think I'll save it for tomorrow." > > I'll betcha Rudy NEVER heard that before: "Not tonite Rudy, I'm getting a headache." I have a feeling Natasha Rambova (nee Winifred Shaunessy) and Jean Acker actually might have. Unfortunately Rudy didn't have the best taste in women. I haven't seen BLOOD AND SAND yet, because I read that some parts are missing, a dressing-room scene. Apparently Valentino starts removing his clothes but then the next second he's walking out the door fully dressed. That's no fun for female viewers. > > "I don't know if I'm up for 'GODZILLA vs. MONSTER ZERO' at this moment.? > > I fulfilled my duty as a classic film buff. But I couldn't do that one. The others...I watched 'em. (Ha! I watched them, but didn't want to see "House on 92nd Street." I can't figure me out sometime). Maven, I wish I could give you the denouement in HOUSE because it will blow your mind.. If you want me to give spoilers in a PM, let me know. > > I very much felt bad for the Rodans. > > "Me too. They had to meet their end on our crummy planet. (Gee, I sound like Bill Maher)." > > Better a smart mouth, than a spittle mouth. HA! Chris occasionally says some clever things, but unfortunately the foam gets in his way. I can almost feel the spray emanate from my t.v. screen. > > "I'd love to see Rex Harrison's underarms." > > I'll leave you to it, Eliza. But if he expects me to bring him his pipe and slippers -- forget it! > > "Ah, you are wise. I'd rather give Rudolph Valentino a lap dance. Maybe I can catch him in Walgreen's tomorrow." > > Now whose the wise one. Happy hunting. He might be in the Eye Care aisle. >You know where I'd love to see Valentino? Behind a soda fountain making me a giant sundae with gobs of thick rich, whipped cream, rivulets of sensuous chocolate syrup, topped off with a big, throbbing cherry.... I think I need a cigarette. And I don't even smoke. > > "That video you posted of Rudy's hand-kissing. How can I keep this delicate... um, that's all he'd have to do. I wouldn't even need the pole." > > Mmmm hmmmm. And I have a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn. It's pretty delicate too. I've always thought of hand-kissing as a charming Old World but unsexy practice. But Rudy changed everything for me. > > "The Valley of Gwangi" has its very own street urchin too. "You need that horse seeenyore." > > ...And Gila Golan (voice dubbed?) on the back of a white stallion both diving off a platform into a barrel of water lit on fire. Even Esther Williams never did that. I forgot about the urchin in GWANGI. I didn't watch it and don't remember if Gila was dubbed or not. Wasn't she in THE YOUNG INTERNS? Or was that Ina Balin? Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Jun 4, 2011 3:06 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted June 4, 2011 Author Share Posted June 4, 2011 > {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote} > I just finished *The Four Horsemen.* Whew! What a great last line.... > > *"I knew them all..."* > > or it should have been. Rex Ingram (pictured below) is reeeeeally tough going for me. But he was good looking! His pace is snail like. But he had something to say and did it well. This reminds me of the German silents I have seen. Ponderous, but well done. Point taken, Rex. > > > > > > Which leads me to say that for me, Rudy was the whole thing. It lagged when he was not on screen. It was a pleasure just to watch him! Of course, it doesn't hurt that there is no one even remotely as beautiful in the film as he is. When Alan Hale is the next best looking guy in the film, and Wallace Beery a close third.... well...nuff said. The German cousins were revolting. But Rudy really was the only sympathetic character, he was wonderful. > > That sly look to the camera is positively electric, Bronxie! even more than his extended fondle of leading lady Alice Terry's breast and his lingering caress of her lips with his mouth. I'm repeating HOLY SMOKES! How did he get away with that????? it was _1920_. > > Watching the movie - which seemed to go on forever when Rudy wasn't there - gave me time to think that Rudy would have made a superb Jay Gatsby. Maybe I am crazy, but I couldn't get this out of my mind. He was born to play it. I believe that the role in a silent version would have totally been his for the taking, the cynical bemusement, the wealth and crazy partying with him looking on alienated, his shady background (his darkish complexion would have added more mystery), the deep and romantic longing for Daisy, her semi-betrayal.... I could see it all before my eyes. He would have been remembered forever as the definitive Gatsby. Why oh why did he have to go in the year right after it was written? > Welcome back! WOW, Rudy as Jay Gatsby! I don't have a copy of the book, so I'm going over to my library and re-read it. You've got my head spinning with the Valentino casting possibilities, it's too delicious for words. I'm telling you, the power of Rudolph Valentino 85 years after his untimely demise is astonishing. Just reading female YouTube posters commenting on the videos is fascinating. They gush and swoon as we are doing. Rex Ingram stupidly said he could make a Latin Lover out of anybody, (remember Antonio Moreno? I rest my case). Can you imagine? What prompted Ingram to this evaluation baffles me beyond belief. I'm thrilled you loved Rudy in HORSEMEN! The movie was indeed laborious, most especially when "Julio" wasn't around, but as you say, it did get its points across. (I loved the last line too, quite moving) All the German relatives looked like Teutonic Teddy Roosevelts, lol. I set my alarm for IT HAPPENED TOMORROW but slept right through it, tarnation. Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Jun 4, 2011 3:58 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted June 4, 2011 Author Share Posted June 4, 2011 > {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote} > Silly me, I get weak in the knees when I think of "SPIN AND MARTY" even though I probably wouldn't have been allowed to go to that camp. It looked like fun for us kids. I want to introduce Rudy to a campfire and marshmallows. Jackie can get Joe to show him around the ranch. > > [ > > > > "I'm trying to get through 'ABOVE SUSPICION', but it's tough going, Connie Veidt and Basil, yay! But Fred MacMurray and Joan Crawford as a married couple spying during their honeymoon? Snooze." > > Ha! I could never get through it; but Bronxie, did you ever think that spying might have been a better alternative for Fred than fulfilling his husbandly honeymoon duties with Joanie? Just a thought. LOL!!!! Poor Fred. Confronting the Nazis or Joan Crawford. > > "...I have a male friend, however, who thinks she's hot but 'bug-eyed', and therefore can't look at her face for long periods of time, ha! (by the way, what happened with her and Tim Robbins? I thought they were a devoted couple)." > > I dunno. Your friend might be missing out, but to each his own. Guess he won't be giving Syvia Sidney a tumble either. I'm not sure what happened between Sarandon and Robbins. I think he cheated. I still hold out hope for Goldie and Kurt. I'm going to make a Hot Bug-Eyed Actress List. > > > > "Oh gosh thank you -- I wish I was June Mathis discovering, mentoring, and writing screenplays for Rudy. However, their relationship (until second wifey Natasha drew Valentino into her greedy pretentious shallow clutches) was almost like mother and son. Which might be an interesting fantasy scenario for a decidedly non-platonic coupling, lol. 'I'll be the mommy tonight and you be my dutiful soldier...' " > > OMG girl...you are incorrigible. Go, Cougars! > > "Bobby Jordan, LOL, molo really nailed his blubbery persona, didn't he?" > > I always thought Bobby was the cutest --Bowery Boy--, --East Side Kid--, Dead End Kid. (though there's something about Satch...) Nah, there's nothing about Satch, but I had a warm place in my heart for the rough hewned, shock of hair Billy Halop. But no one holds the place of my cutie pie: Gene Reynolds. (TCM, get Gene at your third film festival!!) Leo Gorcey had a devil-doll personality and looks. But of course not a Virginia Weidler voice. Who's Gene Reynolds? I'll have to go to the imdb board. > > "...But he certainly did an unequalled job at screen love-making that I really don't think can be matched. Look at this, open mouthed kissing and your serreptitious breast fondles." > > Ooooh honey, please. I saw the video. I loved how smoooooooooth his moves were. He certainly had lovely-busy-feathery-persistent hands. Think some guys could take a lesson. In fact, come to think of it, I haven't seen a good love scene in movies these days in ages! And why wouldn't Rudy get into it with these lovely (young) leading ladies. Didja check out his wives? Imagine being an actress with Rudy? Ha! These gals just got the right to vote in 1920 and now they're kissing Valentino. I kinda think Louise Brooks would have eaten Rudy alive! (...or to death). > > Please check him out here, folks: > > > He's so natural and looks so easy. (And at 2:18 those muscles!!) But it's his eyes that burn right through me, a lifetime later. The women around him might have metrosexualized him, hence his screen persona, but in this YouTube clip I hope you watch, you can see him more candidly natural. Bronxie, you have officially and formally brought him to the forefront of my mind. And more and more, I think TCM ought to either feature his films one night on the channel, or play him up BIG at the third film festival as only TCM can...posters...books...experts...fans... and films. > > TCM is just the outfit that can do it. They're editing is top notch with a beautiful marriage of clips, music and narration. They're wonderful at TCM. Here's the ad campaign: > > "VALENTINO's BACK...AND TCM's GOT HIM!!" > > Yeah, done before...but still good! > > May I ask your indulgence one more time since you're our very own Maria Montez McGraw: Queen of the Roooooooodies, to check out this video: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdSznRNCA7o&feature=related > > Now, there's no surreptitious fondlings here, just plain old hand kissing, but I'm also checking out the ladies' reaction. They can?t ALL be acting. Look at the actress at 00:16 seconds. She ends the kiss with him in the most contemporary of ways. Aaaah Rudy. He's just a woman's plaything. < Sigh! > Rudy's look did indeed spawn George Raft, Jack LaRue, Eduardo Cianelli's and ol' Jakob Krantz's dark shadowed eyes and slicked back black hair. What can I say, Maven? You and Jackie have instinctively picked up on Valentino's timeless appeal. TCM, PLEASE, RUDOLPH VALENTINO AS SOTM! > > "I just found out Valentino was an excellent cook. Picture it: a night of love, then he gets up and makes spaghetti carbonara. No weight gain, if you know what I mean." > > I'm picturing it. And I'm hungry. Please tell me he's wearing just an apron. It will help. Oh, I love pasta...too. No apron. The only thing he'd be wearing is a smile on his face. > > * * * > > Hi there JackaaaaAaaay: > > "I don't think that we'll ever see such sheer physical perfection as Valentino again. His body is perfect, his face even more so. He was an anomaly in the space time continuum, given to us only once to marvel at years later. That he could act makes him even more rare. Soulful. Soudade." > > I'm lovin' Rudy now that my 'eyes' have been blasted open. But can I just squeeze a thought in there for Looks. What about Errol Flynn or Tyrone Power? Power's face and dark burning eyes are mesmerizing and that dark dark black hair. Okay okay, he might not be sensuous, but he is utterly Perfect to look at. Now Errol Flynn was gorgeous; beautiful in fact. I mean he was an absolutely beautiful-looking man. And sexy to boot. Can they get some consideration in the scheme of things? They cast Ty in the BLOOD AND SAND remake because he looks remarkably like Valentino. But without the charm. Power never did anything for me. There is something off-putting about his personality. Now, I wouldn't say no to him, but, I don't know... > > "Your man Dick Powell is in 'It Happened Tomorrow' on TCM right now - a Rene Clair movie... and I love the tone. I've seen part of it before, and really enjoyed it.... the scene where he first sets eyes on Linda Darnell, he's actually sexy. I wish I had recorded it...I meant to but forgot in the rush to get my daughter to school." > > Hold up...wait a minute...Dick Powell sexy? Impossible. My my, you were in a rush. ;-) Dick Powell is sexy as a "humanimal" in YOU NEVER CAN TELL. In fact, I've never been so warmly disposed towards him in "that" way than here, as half-doggie, half-guy. What is it, you say, about Powell that makes him so appealing in this role? I don't know. I'm trying to come up with other actors who could have played it, and to perfection, but come up empty. Who else could be a German Shepherd come back to Earth to search for his murderer? Certainly not, say, Fred MacMurray. Dick has a charming and playful canine air about him. He's a cutie -- woof! > > Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Jun 4, 2011 4:58 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted June 4, 2011 Author Share Posted June 4, 2011 > {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote} > Re: *Night Train to Munich -* > > I loved Rex here! I even loved his singing (if it was him) which was good. If it wasn't him, it was a perfect match. Very unusual...I generally dislike him on sight, with the exception of Major Barbara and The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. But he looked GREAT in NAzi uniform - he had a very Prrrrussian thing going on - he looked like Earle Fox! And his humor was great. It was actually a remake of The Lady Vanishes, meant to capitalize on it's popularity. I think I know what you mean about that instant dislike of Rex. He has an air of smug superiority and obstinate obnoxiousness that shows in his face. My two favorites (so far) that I enjoy looking at him are THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR, and BLITHE SPIRIT. He did look very cute in that Nazi uniform, lol, if anyone could look cute in a Nazi uniform. But wait a minute -- Naunton Wayne (Caldicott) did! And how convenient that the size fit him perfectly, ha!) . > > I was so happy when Charters and Caldicott showed up.....brilliant as always! Oh yes! I always get nostalgic for England when I see them on screen. Not exactly sure what I'm longing for, but it's probably a bittersweet yearning for the fictional isle, of fog, Sherlock Holmes, tea-time, tweed, Miss Marple, etc. > > I had a brief hot spell watching Paul Henreid with his undershirt all ripped. Ooh -la-la! > > He was fascinating, I loved that Carol Reed made him so loose and messy - he was actually beautiful, his hair tousled, not all slicked down. Who knew he had such a nice chest. > > I loved that he was jealous of Harrison, conflicted as you say, between duty and Margaret Lockwood.. He was wonderful. Reed gave him so much, and it made the movie much more exciting not knowing if he was going to go all good or not. It's such a shame that he couldn't have worked with Reed more, instead of ending up such a stuffed shirt. It's odd to find him with a multi-layered character. My head was spinning when I saw Paul so loose and half-naked; certainly that's a Henreid I've never had the pleasure to experience. Now to be honest, I thought his arms were a bit skinny, the pits average. His chest was nice but I can't stop thinking about Valentino's. However, compared to Bogart, Paul's a love god. Merci, Carol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted June 4, 2011 Author Share Posted June 4, 2011 Rudy and his doggie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted June 4, 2011 Author Share Posted June 4, 2011 Rudy making my spaghetti carbonara! (I had to dress him up for the message board) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted June 4, 2011 Author Share Posted June 4, 2011 Rudy posing with our children: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Rex (Ingram, not your wonder dog) was a pretentious fool. I can tell from his movies. I discovered with that remark what it is I dislike about his overlong movies. No wonder I have a tough time watching them. I always heard he was this brilliant director, and felt bad that he was overlooked nowadays, but maybe he has rightly been consigned to the junkheap of history. His pompous belaboring and overstatement of his points make me think he was kind of a prick. The thought of Rex Harrison's underarms makes me want to run into Wallace Ford's arms..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Paul's arms were too skinny. But that chest...who knew??? Joe would be happy to show Rudy around, but if he comes near me, Joe's likely to pistol whip him. Edited by: JackFavell on Jun 4, 2011 9:30 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 "At one point I actually saw nasty old Ghidorah aim his blast at Godzilla's jewels. (at least, I'm assuming that's the spot where giant lizards have them) I thought these movies were supposed to be for kids." ROFLMAO!!!! The movie is, but your posts aren't. THAT cracked me up! "Yes, but Slim had some sex appeal for me. Godzilla doesn't, not unless I was a female lizard up from the depths of the ocean after 100 million years and wasn't too picky." E-z on the jewel-less Godzilla; at 100 million years, how would you look with no Max Factor or moisturizer. Can we get a little compassion for the Lizard Man? "Mothra in this instance was from 'GHIDORAH, THE THREE HEADED MONSTER', and such a sweetie-pie. Our Boca slugs are like everyone else here: unfriendly, mean, and ugly. I wish they looked and acted like Mothra." I hear you Mrs. Higgins. "Why can't a woman be more like a man. And why can't a human act more like a Japanese sci-fi horror monster?!" Bronxie, can we please take our show on the Road?? "I have never seen AMERICAN IDOL or DANCING WITH THE STARS. My co-workers think I'm from another planet." WHAT?! Yeah, you're from another planet alright. The planet with class, intellect, brains, common sense, dignity and integrity. How is it on your planet? Are the men there friendly and attractive? Oh, and smart? "It would not surprise me. But geez, Maria's a dish, what are men thinking with? Wait a minute, I just answered my own question." ...And you just answered mine. Thanx. "I have a feeling Natasha Rambova (nee Winifred Shaunessy) and Jean Acker actually might have. Unfortunately Rudy didn't have the best taste in women." < Sigh! > Alas and alack. Poor Rudy. Well, you get what you pay for. "I haven't seen 'BLOOD AND SAND' yet, because I read that some parts are missing, a dressing-room scene. Apparently Valentino starts removing his clothes but then the next second he's walking out the door fully dressed. That's no fun for female viewers." Imini-ma-ma-ma-gination! (But I'm too lazy). Say, I just finished Part 4 of "EYES OF YOUTH." I didn't miss Valentino, did I? Clara Kimball Young has just come back from her future, an old maid, grey-haired and unemployed. What the heck's going on? Should I stick with it? And where the heck is Rudy?!! (I was happy to see unstereotyped Black kids in the film. Who dropped the ball and let THAT happen? They made 'em human). "I'd love to see Rex Harrison's underarms." I'll leave you to it, Eliza. "But if he expects me to bring him his pipe and slippers -- forget it!" Don't be so progressive, Mrs. Higgins. You might as well go all the way. In for a penny, in for a pound. Pip pip! Now get those slippers, Wifey! "Maven, I wish I could give you the denouement in HOUSE because it will blow your mind.. If you want me to give spoilers in a PM, let me know." No, that's okay. I went to Barnes & Noble yesterday and ordered "...92nd STREET." It'll be in next week. Thanx. "I've always thought of hand-kissing as a charming Old World but unsexy practice. But Rudy changed everything for me." You have a point. As long as that's the start and not the finish. "I forgot about the urchin in GWANGI. I didn't watch it and don't remember if Gila was dubbed or not. Wasn't she in 'THE YOUNG INTERNS?' Or was that Ina Balin?" Ina Balin (not Ina Claire) was in "THE YOUNG INTERNS" & "FROM THE TERRACE" and Zohra Lampert was in "SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS." Now Gila Golan was with Jerry Lewis in "THREE ON A COUCH" and was with James Coburn in "OUR MAN FLINT." "I'm telling you, the power of Rudolph Valentino 85 years after his untimely demise is astonishing. Just reading female YouTube posters commenting on the videos is fascinating. They gush and swoon as we are doing." That just shows that star power transcends the decades. ...And when you've got "IT" you've got "IT." "Rex Ingram stupidly said he could make a Latin Lover out of anybody, (remember Antonio Moreno? I rest my case). Can you imagine? What prompted Ingram to this evaluation baffles me beyond belief." Antonio was attractive, but Ingram's statement just speaks to men's need to control things. "I MADE YOU AND I CAN BREAK YOU!" Yeah, right, Goober! "I'm going to make a Hot Bug-Eyed Actress List." Just post it where we can find it. I can only think of --two-- three off the top of my head: * Susan Sarandon * Sylvia Sidney * And the Aunt from "BEWITCHED" (Marion SomethingOrOther). "Who's Gene Reynolds? I'll have to go to the imdb board." I've spoken of him before, but it's not cool to lust over a young boy, so I've got to be careful: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Gene_Reynolds_in_Gallant_Sons_trailer.jpg/220px-Gene_Reynolds_in_Gallant_Sons_trailer.jpg "I just found out Valentino was an excellent cook. Picture it: a night of love, then he gets up and makes spaghetti carbonara. No weight gain, if you know what I mean." I'm picturing it. And I'm hungry. Please tell me he's wearing just an apron. It will help. Oh, I love pasta...too. "No apron. The only thing he'd be wearing is a smile on his face." Hmmmm...that'll work. But to be on the safe side, we'd better put an apron on him. We wouldn't want anything to get burnt. "They cast Ty in the 'BLOOD AND SAND' remake because he looks remarkably like Valentino. But without the charm. Power never did anything for me. There is something off-putting about his personality. Now, I wouldn't say no to him, but, I don't know..." Fair enough Bronxie...JackaaaAaaay. More Power for me. I thought he was sexy as the mean ol' mentalist Stan in "NIGHTMARE ALLEY." But it's okay, we don't have to share all our toys. "Dick Powell is sexy as a 'humanimal' in 'YOU NEVER CAN TELL.'... I'm trying to come up with other actors who could have played it, and to perfection, but come up empty. Who else could be a German Shepherd come back to Earth to search for his murderer? Certainly not, say, Fred MacMurray. Dick has a charming and playful canine air about him. He's a cutie -- woof!" You always make a good point. I thought Powell in his wavy haired tenor days was a cutie. I thought Powell in his hard-boiled days he was wonderfully sarcastic, or sardonic. Sexy was never the first or last thought in my mind on him. But that's okay too. "Rudy and his doggie!" Funny, he doesn't look like Dick Powell. "Rudy making my spaghetti carbonara! (I had to dress him up for the message board)." That spaghetti looks just about the right length. "Rudy posing with our children." They're darling ValentinoGirl. Only two? Planned Parenthood, I see. (Lets not lose its funding!) HEY THERE, JACKAAAAAY! "Rex (Ingram, not your wonder dog) was a pretentious fool. I can tell from his movies. I discovered with that remark what it is I dislike about his overlong movies... His pompous belaboring and overstatement of his points make me think he was kind of a prick." Whew! I thought you were talking about me. (Hey, it?s always about me on this Message Board). "The thought of Rex Harrison's underarms makes me want to run into Wallace Ford's arms....." And the thought of you running into Wallace's makes me chuckle. (But Wally wasn?t too bad in "SHADOW OF A DOUBT." I liked him waaaay better than MacDonald Carey...and I liked how he gave Teresa Wright's bespectacled girlfriend "the eye." "...Joe would be happy to show Rudy around, but if he comes near me, Joe's likely to pistol whip him." Which reminds me...Bronxgirl, I saw this posted over in the Oasis, and I would love to read your take on this clip: Well ladies, gents...and all the rest of you who peruse Bronxgirl's thread, I think I'll go out and see what this lovely Saturday in NYC will bring me...Or what I can bring to it. Ciao! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 >Imini-ma-ma-ma-gination! (But I'm too lazy). Say, I just finished Part 4 of "EYES OF YOUTH." I didn't miss Valentino, did I? Clara Kimball Young has just come back from her future, an old maid, grey-haired and unemployed. What the heck's going on? Should I stick with it? And where the heck is Rudy?!! *(I was happy to see unstereotyped Black kids in the film. Who dropped the ball and let THAT happen? They made 'em human).* Now see, this is why I worry about Rudy in his future career had he lived. Somehow, although things were far from equal or even fair, the teens and twenties had moments of progressive thinking in the movies. There are far more movies about kind and gracious Native Americans, a few that are actually about African Americans, and Hollywood seemed to have a more liberal attitude toward ethnicity, pre-code. By the time the mid-thirties had rolled around, race became more divisive, lines were drawn, and women like Theresa Harris were pretty much non-existent or relegated to maid roles. In some ways, the earlier time was more open-minded. I realized (for anyone who cares) that they made a version of *The Great Gatsby* in 1926, released on August 27th, 4 days after Rudy died, coincidentally. It starred Warner Baxter, and had William Powell in it - not as rich, cruel Tom Buchanan, as one would think, but as gas station owner George Wilson!!!!!!! The poor guy who out of jealousy and anguish over his wife Myrtle's affair (with Tom) kills Gatsby, mistakenly thinking he was the lover, and also the murderer of Myrtle. The movie is lost, unfortunately, but here is the trailer, which is all that's left. It was supoosedly the most faithful adaptation ever made. The first scene shown is Powell, heartbroken, as he confronts Myrtle (Georgia Hale), before she runs out into the street to be run over by the foolishly heartless and lead footed Daisy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWWketejkcE I still think Rudy WAS Gatsby, in every way... he represented his era, was a man who transformed himself in order to be loved, had a shady past, was stunningly beautiful and rich, and his life was increasingly tragic as his wealth and fame grew. A very lonely man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted June 4, 2011 Author Share Posted June 4, 2011 Remember my kvelling over Barton MacLane from TARZAN AND THE AMAZONS? I'm watching it right now! We're introduced to Bart in the first 20 minutes, and he's wearing the undershirt! (shaving, and interrupted by that scamp Cheetah) I've never heard MacLane so raspy and grouchy This is his dialogue throughout "Hey, come back here!" "What?" "Ahhh, get away" "Come on!" "Yeah!" "A bunch of old women!" (the Amazons, including -- Maria Ouspenskya as their queen! Not good for this tribe's image) This entry has a literary quality --Boy (extensively) quotes Longfellow! (Hiawatha) Tarzan can't memorize a poem, but he mysteriously knows what the word "swift" means. Jane returns from London with a different face and an American accent. I'm only half watching now because I'm getting ready to meet friends in Delray for dinner. How'd you like the Rudy photos? Does't he look so tender with our son and daughter? Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Jun 5, 2011 12:54 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metsfan Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Great pics Bronxie! I think Rudy is pondering over your reluctance to accept his pal Godzilla at the dinner table. Just today I was eating a White Castle slider and found out it originated in 1921. Could you imagine Rudy biting into one? Pasta had to be his preferred dish though. Speaking of Italians, what do you all think of Richard Conte? Wendy, any favorite would do to make me forget temporarily about this nagging ear ache. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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