JackFavell Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 h1. Happy Birthday, Maven! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman1957 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Happy Birthday Miss Maven. I hope it's a great day spent with friends and films and cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wouldbestar Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 {font:Times New Roman} {font} {font:Calibri}Meg: My computer won’t let me be as creative as others have been but this is from the heart-Happy Birthday! May this be the best one yet and the first of many more! I’m glad to know you and will be thinking of you today. {font} {font:Times New Roman} {font} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagladymimi Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Happy Birthday Meg! My brain won't let me be as creative as others have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankGrimes Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohanaka Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Best wishes to BOTH of the Birthday girls this week.. Ms Cutter AND Miss Maven. Many happy returns of the day(s), dear gals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Hi there folks!!! I'd like to send my sincere thanxxxx to all of you who sent birthday salutations! It's really very much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wouldbestar Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 {font:Times New Roman} {font}{font:Calibri}Lz too? Ouch! Thank you, rohanaka, for that piece of news.{font} {font:Times New Roman} {font}{font:Calibri}Lynn, what I told Meg goes for you as well. I value your insights and information especially when it corrects my misinformation. I hope that you and your husband have a wonderful birthday and a lot more besides. {font} {font:Times New Roman} {font} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 h2. Happy Birthday, Lz! Edited by: JackFavell on Jan 19, 2012 12:13 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 I just watched Raoul Walsh's *Uncertain Glory.* Did anyone else see this one? While not a brilliant film, it has many great moments. It also has a couple of Walsh's earmarks - two leads (it's almost a buddy picture) from opposite ends of the spectrum - Errol Flynn as Jean, a rascally french prisoner fated to die at the guillotine, and Paul Lukas as Bonet, the Javert-like policeman who is responsible for capturing this devil-may-care prisoner. The other Walsh standby is also represented. Flynn is an anti- hero on the outside looking in...he meets an innocent girl who falls in love with him too late to reform him or change his life. Flynn has a nice scene in which he berates destiny for sending her to him only after it's too late. One feels the hand of God playing with Jean's life as he is freed from his death sentence by RAF bombers at the beginning of the picture, only to be put in death's path again and again throughout the picture. God tempts him with freedom, then takes away his choices, one by one. The movie has a fantastic opening. The first ten or twenty minutes are riveting. Flynn loses steam after that in this film (as he would continue to do throughout the forties), but retains his natural charm to the end. He has some particularly fine moments - one in a church, where he confesses to Paul Lukas, and another in a farmhouse with the girl as church bells ring for those prisoners of the Nazis about to die. The girl (Faye Emerson) is fresh faced, but a bit of a let down, but this doesn't really matter to the outcome of the film. Flynn let me down a bit, I got the impression that he was going through the motions a few times, especially in his scenes with Emerson. I just didn't believe the emotion between them - a stronger actress might have inspired more pathos. It's a shame, because this film could have been a spectacular one had the leads sparked a bit more. Paul Lukas was brilliant, and got me weepy eyed more than once. The scenes between him and Flynn were great. The film is directed perfectly, though the script slows down slightly in the middle. Walsh keeps it interesting, going at a brisk clip, but I think the script could have been more exciting, with one tweak. Adding a bit of action in the middle would have benefited the film greatly, but Warners wasn't a careful studio, and Walsh wasn't the type to fuss. There is a lot of Walsh humor and dialogue here which helps greatly. As it was, the gorgeous direction and the unlikely comeraderie of the men kept me watching from beginning to end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzcutter Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Jacks, I hope you and Ben dived into that cake and didn't wait on me!!! Thank you to all for the lovely birthday wishes! I'm still celebrating. This Saturday I'm off to see Angie Dickinson at the Castro Theater and she's introducing *Point Blank* (ah, Lee in one of my favorite films) and *The Killers*. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SansFin Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I wish you a very Happy Birthday! I hope you do not become crabby or get steamed: Remember the old advice: eat them before they eat you! Drawn butter with a touch of red pepper is very nice with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molo14 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Miss Goddess, I'm probably too late as you have most likely gone to bed, but I thought I would let you know that *It's A Great Feeling* is airing at 6:00 am this morning. I just saw it on the schedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molo14 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Happy late birthday wishes!!! from Frankie and me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted January 20, 2012 Author Share Posted January 20, 2012 > {quote:title=molo14 wrote:}{quote}Miss Goddess, I'm probably too late as you have most likely gone to bed, but I thought I would let you know that *It's A Great Feeling* is airing at 6:00 am this morning. I just saw it on the schedule. Molo I'm sorry I missed it this time, I was up way too late! But thank you and I'll try to do better on the next airing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 The first thing I did this morning was turn on the tv to see if there were any school closings. When the screen lit up, there was Jack Carson, and it just made my day! Even though we had snow, it felt like sunshine and flowers watching Doris and Jack and Dennis together. I wasn't able to watch the whole thing, just because we had to get ready, but I can't think of a better way to wake up in the morning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted January 20, 2012 Author Share Posted January 20, 2012 That is so true...I can only deal with comedies and light hearted movies or TV shows in the mornings...Doris Day, Jack, Abbott and Costello, Bob Hope, Jack Benny, Jimmy Durante...these are the faces and voices I need to motivate me for the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I totally agree! This is why we have I Love Lucy on almost every morning now. It's a Great Feeling is so much fun because you also get the cameo appearances thrown in. I can't think of a cast in any other movie of this type that is as good as the cameos - Jack and Doris are so great, it's a treat to watch them, and in some ways they are better than the "bigger" stars they are rushing to meet. Edited by: JackFavell on Jan 20, 2012 4:09 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted January 20, 2012 Author Share Posted January 20, 2012 I know I saw *It's a Great Feeling* but I just don't remember anything about it or the cameos. It gets mixed up in my mind with other Doris/Jack pairings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molo14 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 >Molo I'm sorry I missed it this time, I was up way too late! But thank >you and I'll try to do better on the next airing. Ha! Well that was pretty short notice! I haven't been keeping very far ahead of the TCM schedule lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzcutter Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Mighty Mo, At first glance, I thought the two kids were some of the Glo-los! Thanks to you and everyone for the lovely birthday wishes. I truly appreciate it! I'm off to see Angie Dickinson later tonight. I'll be back with a report! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molo14 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 >At first glance, I thought the two kids were some of the Glo-los! Well they send their best wishes too! >I'm off to see Angie Dickinson later tonight. > >I'll be back with a report! Please do. I'm anxious to hear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molo14 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Yes Jackie,The cameos are really wonderful and I love how the movie pokes fun at Jack! It's all very light and a lot of fun. Speaking of Carson/Day films. Another favorite off mine is *Romance on the High Seas*. These films always cheer me up. Here's a little something to greet you both in the morning. A favorite scene with Eric Blore's hypochondriac cruise ship doctor and Doris: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Oh he's hilarious! I love Romance on the High Seas, it's one of my favorite Doris movies, maybe even my favorite. Doris is so young, and she hasn't been molded into her image yet. She's quite sexy I think in this film and I love it when she sits down to sing with the boys in the band. And Jack actually gets the girl! I like the way he's so confused about his feelings, then decides to call Don DeFore and tells him to get down there right away, because something might happen between him and Doris! For me, the best thing about it is the color scheme. It's as if the designers said, "What colors would Doris look best in?" and then they made every inch of the set those colors...the aquas, ocean blues and lavenders - just gorgeous! If I ever take a cruise, I'm sure I would be disappointed, I would expect it to look like that! Just remember, don't 'dress' the first night out...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Joey is a snake and a half in this one. I like how he puts the cigar back on Brian Donlevy's desk. He's good at seething. Poor dear, he doesn't last long. If he managed not to get killed, the blood pressure would get him for sure. We got a bunch of snow here too. In fact, it's still coming down. My daughter is happy as a clam, whatever that means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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