lavenderblue19 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 NIGHT.AND THE CITY OF GOD A numbers racket.American, driven from London by the underworld element, flees to Brazil, where.he hooks up with the thuggish youths in a favela in Rio de Janeiro, and tries to take over the most.lucrative of their rackets, the Greco-Roman.wrestling. He hires an aging wrestler/trainer, and tries to make a killing financially by playing one faction against another, and trying to double-cross all, but he meeta his comeuppance. Richard Widmark plays the protagonist, Gene Tierney his long.suffering girlfriend, following from one continent to.another, and Tor Jonhson as the wrestler/latin lover. Quite a searing slice.of the seamy side of life. LOL- Glad you took me up on the suggestion, great job as usual Arturo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arturo Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 LOL- Glad you took me up on the suggestion, great job as usual Arturo Thanks for the idea. I was trying to find your post, to thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Thanks for the idea. I was trying to find your post, to thank you. You're Very Welcome, knew you'd come up with something great. You're very talented (the post was in Rich's Tor thread) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arturo Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 You're Very Welcome, knew you'd come up with something great. You're very talented (the post was in Rich's Tor thread) Ok right. I didn't go far enough in that thread to see it, I guess. Thanks for the kind words; maybe I can next do columns by Walter Winchell's Donuts, or Sheila Graham Crackers. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arturo Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Tor Johnson could play any part Which helped the career he did chart Success had him boastin' Never boxoffice poison America's big new sweetheart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA VICKERS Pretty Martha Vickers can't understand why she can't sit on Humphrey Bogart's lap while he's standing up.She enlists the assistance of Kirk Douglas to find out why, and in the process, pushes a certain Mr. Geiger down the stairs, manages a steel factory, and tries to put her big sister in a home for wayward young women. "Kirk isn't very tall, either, but at least he lets me call him Riley." "Actually, sweetheart, Kirk's pretty dang tall. But he doesn't look as good in a fedora as I do." "I think Martha's a little mixed up. In fact, I think we've seriously mixed up two Marthas. And someone belongs in that wayward girl home, but it ain't me." 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
film lover 293 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 "Mr. Smith Goes To Honolulu"--In which James Stewart & Jean Arthur take off for a nice restful vacation after putting up with all the **** in Congress & are met at the airport by George & Gracie, who need to win 3 million at the racetrack by midnight to keep their banana plantation from being foreclosed upon by villainous Robert Young. Tap dancer Eleanor Powell owns the racetrack, & sends them the winners names to bet on by tap dancing them in Morse Code--in all dance types, including a hula set to "Waikiki Wedding", sung by Stewart & Arthur. After machine gun tap dancing 17 numbers Powell notices she has a ripped toenail--so she calls it quits. George & Gracie have made 8 million at the track--more than enough to keep their plantation--so, on a whim, Gracie gives their plantation away & she & George move to Hong Kong. Stewart & Arthur discover that neither of them can sing & decide they're made for each other. They plan to marry--as soon as Stewart gets over his laryngitis. George & Gracie sing "I Won't Dance" over the credits. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceyk65 Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 I have two library cards in two different counties. Lol. I should see if Marian can tell me where to find Errol Flynn's first book he wrote-- Beam Ends. I want to read it. Turns out that it's difficult to find a 1936 book. Don't know how you feel about ebay but they have several copies. http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xbeam+ends+errol+flynn.TRS0&_nkw=beam+ends+errol+flynn&_sacat=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceyk65 Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Wow. I haven't been on this thread in a while and I have to say, you all are on a roll! Very, very funny. Who knew Tor Johnson would be such an inspiration? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arturo Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND OF ANGELS Musical cavalcade of Irving Berlin hits, from the Restoration through the late.1930s, as played by the eponymous band. Tyrone Power, Alice Faye and Don Ameche play the band members, and Tor Johnson stars as bandleader Alexander, the smooth, and smooth-talking, ladies man, as the film.details his travails in winning over the society beauty from San Francisco's (S)Nob Hill. Unfortunately for Tor, his plans.are.derailed.when it is discovered that he has black blood, as rhe progeny of a plantation owner and his creole mistress, played by Clark Gable and Yvonne DeCarlo, respectively, and he is banished from the home of his betrothed. More happily, the movie ends on a positive note, when Alexander is invited to not only perform with his band at the next Octoroon Ball in New Orleans, but his mixed ancestry allowed him to be voted its Grand Marshall. All in all, a rousingly good musical with a winning cast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 THE PRISONER OF ZEPHREX It's all intrigue and mixed identities when Rudolph, Rudolph, and Rupert swash buckles in this exciting classic adventure tale. When vacationing Englishman Rudolph catches a cold while fishing in (what he thinks is) some peaceful little European countryside, the evil Rupert gives him a couple of tablets of Zephrex, assuring the innocent Rudolph that it will assuage his cough and scratchy throat symptoms. What he doesn't mention is the potential ensuing dizziness, excitability, nausea, and especially difficulty urlnating, which overuse may (or may not) produce. Things get really complicated from the complications when Rudolph finds a look-alike Rudolph to share his new-found cold treatment. "So I smoke. I find this stuff really takes care of that morning hack the ladies find so repellent." "Darling, no more post-nasal drip! But what about those awkward side-effects?" 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 THE MAN WHO CAME TO (get) SLIMMER Radio star Sheridan Whiteside decides he needs to shed a few pounds, even if most of his fans never actually see him. He enlists the help of a small town family, who all seem to be reasonably thin, along with his faithful assistant. But when he is forced to remain sedentary for several weeks, right around the heaviest eating time of the year, he realizes exercise is out and low-cal dieting is in. Weight loss has never been so complicated. "No Christmas turkey and stuffing, that's loaded with fat. Could we make a salad out of all this holly and ivy? I want to look as svelte as The Thin Man, I tell you !" "No, you can't eat the pom-pom on my hat. Too much fibre, anyway." 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 coming soon: THE MAN WHO CAME TO (get) SLIMMER, the sequel: THE MAN WHO (be)CAME THINNER 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laffite Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 coming soon: THE MAN WHO CAME TO (get) SLIMMER, the sequel: THE MAN WHO (be)CAME THINNER Oh boy, I'll have popcorn ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenIsHere Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 coming soon: THE MAN WHO CAME TO (get) SLIMMER, the sequel: THE MAN WHO (be)CAME THINNER I'm so glad to see this thread back again with new productions! I love "coming soon" announcements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonesomePolecat Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND DARCY Queen Elizabeth is secretly a major fan girl of "Pride and Prejudice", but especially Colin Firth. She puts up cardboard cutouts of Darcy all over the palace and buys "I Heart Darcy" memorabilia. Then one day Colin Firth comes to the castle for a tour and accidentally sees his memorabilia all over the place. The Queen is so embarrassed she has him beheaded immediately. I mean, come on, what else could she do? P.S. I wasn't sure which would be funnier-- Elizabeth I or II-- both seem funny to me, so imagine it how you will 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arturo Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF ALLAH: Southern gentry in Savannah have to deal with a murder in the home of one the old money society families. The scion of the family, played by Kevin Spacey, admits to having killed an intruder, a male hustler. The mystery unravels, and he is forced to admit that he lived a downlow lifestyle, unbeknownst to his wife, and consorted with the gay underbelly of Savannah. Among his conquests was a black transexual nightclub performer, the Lady Chablis. His wife, played by Marlene Dietrich, miffed that he didn't find her androgynous enough, flees to North Africa, meets a former monk, played by John Cusack, and marries him. Together they make a fortune with his secret for an ancient liqueur, which he had learned in the monastery. Meanwhile, hubby No.1 fights the murder charge successfully, and as marriage equality is now the law of the land, marries the Lady Chablis. A happy ending all around. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenIsHere Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF ALLAH: Southern gentry in Savannah have to deal with a murder in the home of one the old money society families. The scion of the family, played by Kevin Spacey, admits to having killed an intruder, a male hustler. The mystery unravels, and he is forced to admit that he lived a downlow lifestyle, unbeknownst to his wife, and consorted with the gay underbelly of Savannah. Among his conquests was a black transexual nightclub performer, the Lady Chablis. His wife, played by Marlene Dietrich, miffed that he didn't find her androgynous enough, flees to North Africa, meets a former monk, played by John Cusack, and marries him. Together they make a fortune with his secret for an ancient liqueur, which he had learned in the monastery. Meanwhile, hubby No.1 fights the murder charge successfully, and as marriage equality is now the law of the land, marries the Lady Chablis. A happy ending all around. Did the male hustler steal the scion's cell phone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arturo Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Did the male hustler steal the scion's cell phone? No, just a piece of his heart. But Spacey's character gave him watches, cell phones, cuff links, etc. I believe the guy wanted.more money, and was about to expose him if he didn't kick in with blackmail money. In the trial, the scion was exonerated, and judged self-defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenIsHere Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 No, just a piece of his heart. But Spacey's character gave him watches, cell phones, cuff links, etc. I believe the guy wanted.more money, and was about to expose him if he didn't kick in with blackmail money. In the trial, the scion was exonerated, and judged self-defense. Yeah, I see why a sympathetic jury and judge would go the self-defense route. After all, the scion was walking wounded without that piece of his heart that he'd lost. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 ASTA MEETS ANOTHER THIN MAN Super- smart doggie Asta meets his match when some suit gets the idea that he and George Sanders should star in a movie together. The climax of the film is when they have a "Wit - Off". "Look here, I don't see why I'm being subjected to matching my razor sharp wit against a lowly mutt. And don't expect me to make any "hair of the dog" jokes, either. " "Woof ! Rrrrrruff Ruff ! Grrr !" (Translation: "What the hell is a "wit - off" ? I thought they said " bit-off". I can certainly do that. Maybe I'll start with that flower in his button-hole. ....." ) 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenIsHere Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 ASTA MEETS ANOTHER THIN MAN I never knew that Asta's name appeared in the title of a movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 I never knew that Asta's name appeared in the title of a movie. Never caught the movie based on a Shakespeare play and starring this little dog and Chico Marx titled "Asta You Like It", eh Holden?! (...sorry) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 I never knew that Asta's name appeared in the title of a movie. It does now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 ASTA MEETS ANOTHER THIN MAN Super- smart doggie Asta meets his match when some suit gets the idea that he and George Sanders should star in a movie together. The climax of the film is when they have a "Wit - Off". "Look here, I don't see why I'm being subjected to matching my razor sharp wit against a lowly mutt. And don't expect me to make any "hair of the dog" jokes, either. " "Woof ! Rrrrrruff Ruff ! Grrr !" (Translation: "What the hell is a "wit - off" ? I thought they said " bit-off". I can certainly do that. Maybe I'll start with that flower in his button-hole. ....." ) Is the sequel Asta La Vista ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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