RAMBLES Part II

[Bronxgirl48]

Love Boyer in BITP, because he's not cutesy-old. The funniest scene for me (in the whole movie, not just that clip) is when the belly dancer flings her black hair into Robert Redford's face, lol.

 

So you've got a DEVIL DOLL kitchen hood, lol! I don't know, though, do you want to shrink unfavorite people and then have them come a-creeping upon you in bed in the dead of night, their little hands grasping toothpicks to stab you in the eyes with when you open them in horror upon seeing an obnoxious tiny neighbor standing on your nose?

 

Frank Lawton -- HA!! I completely agree about the Fairbanks, Jr. accent. Check him out in THE INVISIBLE RAY (on YouTube) He's a considerably more sophisticated (and veddy British) lover there, to Frances Drake. I always got the feeling that underneath delicate Maureen O'Sullivan was a tiger woman with a spine of steel, lol. I love the way Raffaela taps her fingers in tune with the tiny dancers. Very James Whale-ish. DEVIL DOLL does have a great storyline and would have been perfect for Lon Chaney, Sr. had he lived, because some of the plot (and Lionel as the old woman) seems lifted from THE UNHOLY THREE) I adore all the Barrymores, and Lionel is my favorite.

 

My mother doesn't understand the cozy-fear factor. She just wants, in her words, "Nice people and beautiful scenery".

[Bronxgirl48]

[Bronxgirl48]

I did a review of BERSERK somewhere on these boards, but can't remember which forum.....

 

It's fun growing old.

 

Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Oct 30, 2011 12:08 PM

[JackFavell]

I like forgetting things, it makes everything seem new.

 

>Love Boyer in BITP, because he's not cutesy-old. The funniest scene for me (in the whole movie, not just that clip) is when the belly dancer flings her black hair into Robert Redford's face, lol.

 

Yes, heaven save us from cutesy old people, or the touristy ones like in Summertime. Redford gets so uncomfortable it's a riot. He deserves to be made uncomfortable after the way he treated poor Daisy Clover.

 

Boyer is great. He's the perfect foil for poor Natwick. Don't you think that the real story was probably the opposite? That Natwick was a free spirit, and Boyer was the homebody? I somehow feel that was true, though I have no proof.

 

I was thinking about Chaney while watching Devil Doll, wondering if it had been tailored for him, but I am glad that Barrymore got the role, he's just super in it. And NO I certainly don't want to make little people who are going to stab me in the eye! I like the cute little doggies! Just think of the savings on doggie waste bags!

 

I have never seen Berserk before, It's a hoot! I haven't been paying a lot of attention since I had to clean the fish tank out this afternoon. I just love seeing Joan walk into a scene and say, "You blundering imbecile! You worthless IDIOT!" every time.

 

Uh oh! Catfight!

 

Edited by: JackFavell on Oct 30, 2011 12:40 PM

[MissGoddess]

Why are people suddenly scarier when they're shrunk to six inches tall?

[JackFavell]

LOL! I don't know! cause they can stab you in the ankle? Cause they can hide out in your Christmas tree without you knowing it?

 

I had one moment of fear for the little guy who was going to stab Robert Greig in the neck... Greig is already big enough to hurt you if he rolled over on you at normal size.

[CineMaven]

*There is something warm and comforting, very humanitarian about these old horror films, the monster or criminal is often the most sympathetic of characters.... if not, there is a sexual undercurrent, something thrilling about the idea of taking people's will and bending to your desires....or losing that will in some way. In fact, desire is often the catalyst in these stories - Cat People, or like in White Zombie, where one man's spurned desire is the opening that Lugosi needs to gain control over everyone....*

 

You're so wonderfully forthright and such a great read on the Board. My sentiments eggsactly, except rarely, if ever, written as expressively as you. You prove my point here:

 

*I like to wrap myself up in these warm dark stories like a blanket, stare into the firelight and cozy up to my deepest fears.*

 

 

Whoa! You could start an entire novel with that line.

 

 

Why don't you Jackaaa*A*aay? Don't make small people... write a book. (This way you don't have to deal with family looking for their relatives, or trying to stuff their Aunt Martha in their vest pockets).

 

 

Speaking of Maureen O'Sullivan, I took *"DRACULA'S DAUGHTER"* and Francis Ford Coppola's *"DRACULA"* to the bar Friday for Halloween. Yes, there was still music popping and hubbub...uhm...hubbing. But I was in my glory watching the movies, especially "Dracula's Daughter." Gloria Holden was handsome and sexy and great. I also kept wishing that Maureen O'Sullivan would have replaced Marguerite Churchill. She is the most unappealing actress I think I've ever seen. What Otto saw in her is beyond me. And Otto was a doll in that movie.

 

 

I know...two words you don't often hear in a sentence: "Otto" and "doll."

 

 

Now...where can a girl find a good Dracula when you need him, and don't want to feel guilty. After all...he'll bend you to his will.

[JackFavell]

OMG! What horror film has dancing poodles in it?

[MissGoddess]

> {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote}I like forgetting things, it makes everything seem new.

>

 

 

Oh my goodness, that is going to be my new personal motto. Brilliant!!!

[MissGoddess]

I know...two words you don't often hear in a sentence: "Otto" and "doll."

 

Poor Sammy Hinds! Have you been unfaithful?

 

I can't watch movies like *The Devil Doll* or that ghastly Karen Black movie where she's trapped with the tiny African native...it just splits my spleen seeing tiny mean little people running around with sharp instruments...now I know how Gulliver felt.

[CineMaven]

...it just splits my spleen seeing tiny mean little people running around with sharp instruments...now I know how Gulliver felt.

 

THAT got a guffaw out of me!!! "Splits my spleen." OMG!

 

I would never EVER be unfaithful to my Sammykins. I want to cuddle up with him. With Otto...we'd just walk and talk for hours.

 

Pssst! Don't tell Sammy. Sshhhhh.

[JackFavell]

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

> Why don't you Jackaaa*A*aay? Don't make small people... write a book. (This way you don't have to deal with family looking for their relatives, or trying to stuff their Aunt Martha in their vest pockets).

 

Haha! I would probably have more luck making little people than I would writing a book. I have no big ideas. I imagine making little people is like baking, which I love to do. Writing is sometimes a chore for me.

 

> Speaking of Maureen O'Sullivan, I took *"DRACULA'S DAUGHTER"* and Francis Ford Coppola's *"DRACULA"* to the bar Friday for Halloween. Yes, there was still music popping and hubbub...uhm...hubbing. But I was in my glory watching the movies, especially "Dracula's Daughter." Gloria Holden was handsome and sexy and great. I also kept wishing that Maureen O'Sullivan would have replaced Marguerite Churchill. She is the most unappealing actress I think I've ever seen. What Otto saw in her is beyond me. And Otto was a doll in that movie.

> I know...two words you don't often hear in a sentence: "Otto" and "doll."

 

I am ashamed to admit I've never seen Dracula's Daughter! But it's on my list, second from the top right after Mark of the Vampire. And Otto is a doll in at least one other movie.... I can't for the life of me remember what it is, he plays the second lead who helps out Mary Astor(?) get her hubby back when he's strayed... gosh what the heck is the name of that film?

 

> Now...where can a girl find a good Dracula when you need him, and don't want to feel guilty. After all...he'll bend you to his will.

 

If I knew that.....

[JackFavell]

Karen Black is CREEPY.

[CineMaven]

Haha! I would probably have more luck making little people than I would writing a book. I have no big ideas. I imagine making little people is like baking, which I love to do. Writing is sometimes a chore for me.

 

Excuses...excuses! Awwwwright then. So make your little people. I guess I'll just have to be content reading stuff here.

 

I am ashamed to admit I've never seen Dracula's Daughter! But it's on my list, second from the top right after Mark of the Vampire.

 

Put aside those other movies you're not watching and put "Dracula's Daughter" at the head of the list. It's great. And the cool thing about Friday night, was that the bartender couldn't get the subtitles to work on their DVD (come to find out that the film probably didn't have subtitles though Coppola's "DRACULA" did). So I was watching the movie without sound and without words underneath. The movie STILL worked.

 

Now...where can a girl find a good Dracula when you need him, and don't want to feel guilty. After all...he'll bend you to his will.

 

If I knew that.....

 

I know...you'd be not writing books.

[JackFavell]

That's so funny, I watched White Zombie this morning almost completely without sound, and it worked too. I think that is part of the charm of these horror films, at least the early ones. They really are very visual.

[CineMaven]

Nothing soft and romantic about Monday's Halloween gorefest. And I've been waiting for this all month. It'll be HAMMER time with their horror fare.

 

Ooooh. I just dropped a half a bag of UTZ Butter Popcorn! DRAT!!! And I just came in from out of the cold and don't want to go back out. The five-second rule can't apply to me. I'm not that great shakes a house keeper.

 

Maybe you can teach me how to make little people?

[JackFavell]

They're great as snacks.

 

I am not too into the Hammer horror films...but I have to admit to not having watched any all the way through. The modern ones I do like are:

 

Theatre of Blood

Pit and the Pendulum (is that Hammer?)

Mr. Sardonicus

Psycho

The Haunting

Willard

[CineMaven]

Yeah, I kind of surmised that. Your sensibilities are more gentle than mine. I can do gore and blood and guts very easily. But I love the old classic horror films. The ones where Sound is so new, you can hear the spaces.

 

*Theatre of Blood* ( Ha! Saw it a whole bunch of times for Diana Rigg )

 

*Pit and the Pendulum* - is that Hammer? ( That's Roger Corman )

 

*Mr. Sardonicus* ( I love it! Krull...you've GOT to love Krull! A true Homolkan performance )

 

*Psycho* ( IT IS PERECT!) )

 

*The Haunting* ( My sister ran out of the living room and back into our bedroom as a kid. Love it )

 

*Willard* (Eeeeeeew!!! Couldn't take it. Had a big problem with Bruce Davison for *years* b'cuz of this movie. It creeped me out!)

 

What surprised me was having a problem with *"VERTIGO"* one of my all-time favorites. I wonder if it was because it was a dark and stormy night when I saw it.

 

*Edited by: CineMaven on Oct 30, 2011 2:32 PM - 'cuz I'm stilll bummed over my popcorn!*

[Bronxgirl48]

Love Boyer in BITP, because he's not cutesy-old. The funniest scene for me (in the whole movie, not just that clip) is when the belly dancer flings her black hair into Robert Redford's face, lol.

 

>>>>Yes, heaven save us from cutesy old people, or the touristy ones like in Summertime. Redford gets so uncomfortable it's a riot. He deserves to be made uncomfortable after the way he treated poor Daisy Clover.>>>>>>>>>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You know, the more I see INSIDE DAISY CLOVER, the more I pine for the Prince of Darkness. No, not Chris Lee as Dracula, but Christopher Plummer as Raymond Swan.

He's even meaner to Natalie than Wade, but I adore him in a sort of kinky way.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> > > > Boyer is great. He's the perfect foil for poor Natwick. Don't you think that the real story was probably the opposite? That Natwick was a free spirit, and Boyer was the homebody? I somehow feel that was true, though I have no proof<<<<<<<.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I always felt that, you are right! LOL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> > > > > > I was thinking about Chaney while watching Devil Doll, wondering if it had been tailored for him, but I am glad that Barrymore got the role, he's just super in it. And NO I certainly don't want to make little people who are going to stab me in the eye! I like the cute little doggies! Just think of the savings on doggie waste bags!>>>>>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Whenever our program director at work starts screaming at us, I desperately want to shrink him down to size.

 

 

<<<<<<I have never seen Berserk before, It's a hoot! I haven't been paying a lot of attention since I had to clean the fish tank out this afternoon. I just love seeing Joan walk into a scene and say, "You blundering imbecile! You worthless IDIOT!" every time>>>>>>>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My BERSERK review is floating around here somewhere, whirling about like the dancing poodles. Ty Hardin and Joan Crawford as lovers, now there's a pair. Don't you just love

Diana Dors? Joan: "You ****!"

 

Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Oct 30, 2011 5:01 PM

[Bronxgirl48]

Forgive my post screw-ups. What's wrong with me? And I still can't upload photos directly, even after Fred's help. (I managed a cute Halloween kitten, but that's all)

 

You know what really frightens me? I was watching THE MUSIC MAN on PBS, and I'm telling you, Robert Preston always looks positively demonic in this movie. I don't know what it is.

[JackFavell]

> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote}Yeah, I kind of surmised that. Your sensibilities are more gentle than mine. I can do gore and blood and guts very easily. But I love the old classic horror films. The ones where Sound is so new, you can hear the spaces.

 

Oh yes! That's a great description! I am definitely sensitive... I have only watched these more modern creature features in the last ten years. You'd have to pay me to watch *Halloween* and I still probably wouldn't do it. *Carrie* was enough to make me jump out of my skin.

 

> *Theatre of Blood* ( Ha! Saw it a whole bunch of times for Diana Rigg )

 

I just love the idea of a ham actor coming back to kill his critics. It's so delightfully morbid and cheesy, and really funny.

 

> *Pit and the Pendulum* - is that Hammer? ( That's Roger Corman )

 

Aaah. I'll have to try more of Corman's stuff.

 

> *Mr. Sardonicus* ( I love it! Krull...you've GOT to love Krull! A true Homolkan performance )

 

Yes, I love my Krull. And leeches. ewwww!

 

> *Psycho* ( IT IS PERECT!) )

 

Exactly.

 

> *The Haunting* ( My sister ran out of the living room and back into our bedroom as a kid. Love it )

 

I only had the guts to watch this one last year. It turns out to be more talky than I thought. But I still won't watch it at night.

 

> *Willard* (Eeeeeeew!!! Couldn't take it. Had a big problem with Bruce Davison for *years* b'cuz of this movie. It creeped me out!)

 

I think it's funny. It made me like Bruce. Now who's the sensitive one?

 

> What surprised me was having a problem with *"VERTIGO"* one of my all-time favorites. I wonder if it was because it was a dark and stormy night when I saw it.

 

I think Vertigo is one of those movies that has so much in it, that one could have many different reactions to it, over a long time. *Citizen Kane* is like that for me.

 

> *Edited by: CineMaven on Oct 30, 2011 2:32 PM - 'cuz I'm stilll bummed over my popcorn!*

 

 

Switch to Twizzlers, stat!

[JackFavell]

Don't worry about the weird glitches on the boards, it's happening to everyone!

 

I still like Robert Preston in *Music Man*. But I see what you mean.

 

 

> You know, the more I see INSIDE DAISY CLOVER, the more I pine for the Prince of Darkness. No, not Chris Lee as Dracula, but Christopher Plummer as Raymond Swan.

> He's even meaner to Natalie than Wade, but I adore him in a sort of kinky way.

 

He's really very good! I had made up my mind to hate him, and then he made me feel sorry for him, so I liked him. Then later on I did hate him. I guess that's good acting.

 

 

> Whenever our program director at work starts screaming at us, I desperately want to shrink him down to size.

 

When I get mad at people, I wish I was Irena. That would be the way to go.... you could just scare the life out of people, like Alice at the pool. I just love the look on Simone Simon's face when she flicks on the light.

 

 

> My BERSERK review is floating around here somewhere, whirling about like the dancing poodles. Ty Hardin and Joan Crawford as lovers, now there's a pair. Don't you just love

> Diana Dors? Joan: "You ****!"

 

BERSERK SPOILERS

 

I thought Ty Hardin was Don Murray for a few minutes. Then I thought Robert Hardy was Edward Mulhare, he was so svelt!

 

Diana was so asking for it! She was born to be killed. Ty surprised me. I was sure he was in on it with sweet homicidal Judy. BERSERK is a wonderful movie! I enjoyed every minute of it. Especially the poodles.

 

Joanie does it again! I really find myself loving Joan Crawford lately.

 

Edited by: JackFavell on Oct 30, 2011 8:10 PM

[Bronxgirl48]

I don't know, I feel strange forces are embedded in my computer, lol.

 

Robert Preston didn't age well -- he got more of a basilisk, reptilian look to him and I think that's what always scared me in THE MUSIC MAN. Love his energy as Harold Hill, but I wouldn't go with him to the footbridge.

 

Plummer is such a good actor, I was going through the same emotions as you, ha! Love, hate, love, hate,... He was a misunderstood monster, poor Raymond.

 

I love Edward Mulhare! (sigh) He made a perfect television Captain Gregg. I used to think Robert Hardy looked a bit like Nigel Bruce. (who we both didn't know was the real deal in that Robert Stack jungle opus, ha!) Don't tell Miss Goddess that Ty Hardin reminds you oIf Don Murray, lol.

I'm beginning to warm to Joan more and more as an actress. Despite her star presence and glamour, she actually had a rather natural, understated quality to her and was the best thing (next to John Barrymore) in GRAND HOTEL. I liked how in some films she would allow her Southern accent to come out -- dropping her g's. Diana Dors, lol, I saw her in this British movie where she played a witch -- and let me tell you, Diana was SCARY!

 

I'm watching Kubrick's LOLITA now. James Mason's scene in the bathtub, after he learns what happened to Charlotte, is masterful. He just can't believe his good luck, lol.

 

I wanted the cat to rip Dennis O'Keefe to shreds in THE LEOPARD MAN.

 

Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Oct 31, 2011 10:27 AM

[CineMaven]

*When I get mad at people, I wish I was Irena. That would be the way to go.... you could just scare the life out of people, like Alice at the pool. I just love the look on Simone Simon's face when she flicks on the light.*

 

I'd rather be Stephen King’s *"CARRIE."* She used her mental telepathy to get revenge. Less running around like a panther. < ( Huff! Huff! ) > Saves wear and tear on your arches.

 

 

*Oh yes! That's a great description! I am definitely sensitive...*

*BERSERK SPOILERS:*

 

 

*Diana was so asking for it! She was born to be killed....*

 

 

Hmmmm...I think I'll take back my "sensitive" comment, thank yewwww. Yikes!

 

 

*Aaah. I'll have to try more of Corman's stuff.*

 

 

You ought to. He tried to make his "B" list productions look prestigious by doing some of Poe’s work. Corman. He made a dollar out of two cents.

 

 

Willard (Eeeeeeew!!! Couldn't take it. Had a big problem with Bruce Davison for *years* b'cuz of this movie. It creeped me out!)

 

 

*I think it's funny. It made me like Bruce. Now who's the sensitive one?*

 

 

HA!! There's a difference between sensitive and scaredy cat. "Meow!"

 

 

*Switch to Twizzlers, stat!*

 

 

I went back out in this cold weather and replenished my stash:

 

 

*THE INGREDIENTS TO A MOVIE MAVEN’S DAY OF HORROR FILMS*

 

 

I hope no kids knock on my door. I’ll roll 'em in toilet paper.

[wouldbestar]

I did not realize until Lorraine Bracco said so that there was 18 years between the films or that it was 1964 not 54. That explains why Peter Lawford looked so old and puffy as well and that the film had that feel of the other two movies I mentioned.

 

Bette definately did not take care of her looks as her contemporaries did. That muffin top spilling over her girdle-I guess that's what caused it-made poor Edie look real but not Margaret who would have used her money to pamper herself. Everybody got what they deserved-Edie did kill Margaret and made the poor dog a killer-but Jim and the butler who are the only nice folks in the movie. It is weird but strangely fascinating. I also love the harpsichord score.