wouldbestar Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 There's a thread on this movie in *General Discussions* in which Fred C Dobbs has posted the short story. I'll be watching all of Ann Blyth's movies tonight so I'll read it tomorrow. Just thought you all would like to know. It will be interesting to compare it and the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagladymimi Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Wouldbestar, I am so sorry that I did not see The Macomber Affair. This is the second time that I have missed it. I will have to watch for it on the schedule again. Due to the discussions that both you and Cinemaven have contributed, this movie looks like it will be that much more interesting to watch and observe the actors reactions. Many thanks, Mimi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagladymimi Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 I just watched a movie from yesterday which was Natalie Wood's day on TCM. The movie was A Cry In The Night starring Wood, Brain Donlevy, Edmund O'Brien, Raymond Burr, & Richard Anderson. It was not a great movie. The script by David Dortort was terrible. The director was Frank Tuttle and I cannot say much for him either. The best acting was done by Raymond Burr and Natalie Wood. I was really surprised at the terrible acting done by Donlevy and O'Brien. They were veteran actors by 1956, but you would not have known it from watching this movie. I know that the actors are only as good as the script, but some of the scenes were so bad that it was embarrassing. I couldn't believe that Warner Brothers even bothered to make this movie. I don't like to be so critical, but this was pretty bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted August 20, 2013 Author Share Posted August 20, 2013 is that the one where Burr plays a psycho who kidnaps natalie? i remember it was pretty pedestrian. fortunately, nat was kidnapped in another picture that year which turned out significantly better: *the searchers*. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 I saw the end and thought Nat and Ray were pretty good, but I didn't see the meat of the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted August 20, 2013 Author Share Posted August 20, 2013 *I didn't see the meat of the film.* i'd say it was pure "soy" so you didn't miss much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Hahaha! Well, I'm glad I didn't see the whole thing, I'm off soy for good now. No wonder you never hear about this film. Here I was all excited to see it, thinking how amazing it was to find a long lost Nat movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagladymimi Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Yes, Burr plays a "psycho" who kidnaps Nat. She gives as good a performance as possible with the script she has, as the 18 year old who is kept prisoner. But Burr outshines them all, as a troubled 35 year old man badgered by his mother. He actually gives a lot more depth to the character, portraying him emotionally challenged and even somewhat ****. He is the only reason I stayed with the film, because I wanted to see how he was treated at the end. And, of course, he was treated as a crazed kidnapper. By today's standards, he was mild - very mild. And I am sure that the reason we haven't seen this film around very much, was because it was so bad. Edited by: bagladymimi on Aug 20, 2013 3:49 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Any time. Any place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Cinemaven, Thanks for posting Gable and and His Queens. I'm loving today's line-up. Not only loving early Gable, but early Crawford. Loved seeing Crawford as a blonde, and then as a brunette right after afterwards in a favorite of mine *Possessed* . They were beautiful together. This morning was a real treat and so is that photo you posted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Early Gable & Crawford were very good Lavender. If that was Crawford singing in "Chained" she has a very lovely voice. Gable has IT! I've had his voice wafting in my apartment all day. I created that collage, but TCM created the programming. I love this channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 What can I say...I like Jeanne Crain. She is part of a unique group of actresses who look unbelievably spectacular in technicolor. She shares that distinction with very few: Maureen O'Hara, Rita Hayworth and Gene Tierney. And I'll throw in Susan Hayward for good measure. Good company to be in I'd say for a visual medium. I like her acting in films. She has a cool temperature. Quiet and believable. What can I say. I like Jeanne Crain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted August 26, 2013 Author Share Posted August 26, 2013 I wish I had checked the schedule, I would have recorded *Twenty Plus Two* this morning. Did anyone catch it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 I watched it. I'm not sure if you would have liked it, but you'd have enjoyed seeing your guy, David Janssen, in all his granite seriousness and you'd see one of your other favorites, Brad Dexter. The movie was very 60's...overwrought music and well...it was what it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 I didn't record, but I saw about five minutes, Janssen looked just as serious as he was in The Fugitive. Was he a cop or something? He was talking with a girl's mother, looking at the girl's pictures as she grew up. I think she might have gone missing or something. Maybe it will be on again soon, I notice that sometimes movies that show up on special days end up in rotation afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted August 27, 2013 Author Share Posted August 27, 2013 thanks, jackie & CM! i love 60s overwrought and am hoping it will show up on tcm again (or maybe one of the on-demand dvds). "granite seriousness", ha that's perfect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagladymimi Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Does anyone know why Brad Dexter didn't become more of a major star? He certainly had the good looks and the screen presence. I particularly enjoyed him in The Magnificent Seven. That is the largest part I even saw him play. And, I loved Jeanne Crain. I used to see her movies a lot when I was a girl ( in the 50's and 60's). Two in particular I remember were on TV then, but disappeared for years after that: Pinky and People Will Talk. I guess because they were about controversial subjects. I was probably around 12 (1960) or so when I first saw these movies. The reason I remember Pinky was because at that time I was shocked that anyone would be treated the way that the she was treated - having grown up in Nashville in a home that considered everyone on the merits of the individual, regardless of color or creed. I didn't even know that a situation like hers even existed. The point I want to make is that, with these subjects being so sensitive, how were they even shown on TV at that time? You would have thought that they would never have made it into circulation to be shown in the first place. Am I making any sense to anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Dexter does a good enough job in Macao as well as other films but I think he was kind of stiff. In fact he showed more humor and charm in Mag-7 than I had seen from films he made prior to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted August 28, 2013 Author Share Posted August 28, 2013 brad was very cute. i love his blue eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 JACK FAVELL - "I didn't record, but I saw about five minutes, Janssen looked just as serious as he was in The Fugitive. Was he a cop or something? He was talking with a girl's mother, looking at the girl's pictures as she grew up." He was a cop, talking to the missing girl's mother, Agnes Moorehead. Dina Merrill also featured along with Jeanne Crain. MISS GODDESS - "thanks, jackie & CM! i love 60s overwrought and am hoping it will show up on tcm again (or maybe one of the on-demand dvds)." I like 'em, too. Those films are good company. "granite seriousness", ha that's perfect! ;-) BAGLADY MIMI - "The point I want to make is that, with these subjects being so sensitive, how were they even shown on TV at that time? You would have thought that they would never have made it into circulation to be shown in the first place. Am I making any sense to anyone?" You makes sense Mimi. I don?t know that I have any answers. Maybe tv was looking for content to fill air-time. Or maybe someone in the programming department was civic-conscious minded and knew this was the right message to send. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Thanks Maven! I figured as much, but the dialogue was pretty intense... all about 'a girl becoming a woman', etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 This is the way to start the KIRK DOUGLAS day on TCM: "I sometimes go there..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metz44 Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 wonderful early douglas film out of the past actress is ......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metz44 Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 wonderful early douglas film out of the past actress is ......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Jane Greer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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