TopBilled Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Recently I discovered The Persuaders! and I am enjoying an episode right now on Youtube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shutoo Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Twin Husbands (33) John Miljan stars as a man who awakes in a strange mansion with a headache, surrounded by people telling him he's a wealthy fellow, expecting a large valuable delivery. He figures out the con quickly, and plays along to make a tidy sum impersonating his look-alike. When two robbers show up, a new plot twist develops..who's the real crook? Add cops for more confusion, and another big detour in the storyline when no one is quite who they seemed. Miljan does a pretty good job, playing his roguish character with an easy nonchalance. It's all a bit stagey, but the pace is good, and although I didn't expect much from this little B movie, I was pleasantly surprised. (from Invincible Pictures...!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickAndNora34 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 That Girl starring Marlo Thomas. I had never seen this show before, and found a few good quality episodes on YouTube recently. Miss Thomas is absolutely adorable in this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Lol. I like That Girl, though sometimes Marlo Thomas can be kind of annoying when she's whining to Donald. I love the theme song. If you have Hulu, That Girl is one of the shows on there. If you haven't seen it and like funny 1960s shows, I recommend Mr. Ed, I Dream of Jeannie and Green Acres. That Girl starring Marlo Thomas. I had never seen this show before, and found a few good quality episodes on YouTube recently. Miss Thomas is absolutely adorable in this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 I like That Girl, though sometimes Marlo Thomas can be kind of annoying when she's whining to Donald. I love the theme song. If you have Hulu, That Girl is one of the shows on there. It's also currently on Amazon Prime-- seasons 1- 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamCasey Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Marathon Man (1976) - Starz Encore On Demand w/ Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane and Marthe Keller Obviously yesterday's mood is still active today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shutoo Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Lol. I like That Girl, though sometimes Marlo Thomas can be kind of annoying when she's whining to Donald. I love the theme song. If you have Hulu, That Girl is one of the shows on there. If you haven't seen it and like funny 1960s shows, I recommend Mr. Ed, I Dream of Jeannie and Green Acres. I've seen That Girl upteen times, and agree she was sometimes whiny. I always found it incredible that a woman with no steady income could afford that apartment, and the clothes--her wardrobe seemed infinite..and every dress had a matching coat. Formal event? no problem..another gown. And she never took off the make-up..not even the eyelashes, even when she slept, hehehe. It was groundbreaking for showcasing a single woman, though, and deserves kudos for that in a time when attractive women were portrayed as 'yes master' genies or 'oh Rob' housewives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 I've seen That Girl upteen times, and agree she was sometimes whiny. I always found it incredible that a woman with no steady income could afford that apartment, and the clothes--her wardrobe seemed infinite..and every dress had a matching coat. Formal event? no problem..another gown. And she never took off the make-up..not even the eyelashes, even when she slept, hehehe. It was groundbreaking for showcasing a single woman, though, and deserves kudos for that in a time when attractive women were portrayed as 'yes master' genies or 'oh Rob' housewives. I just assumed her parents were paying for a lot of things-- that's why the father felt entitled to show up whenever he wanted. In a way, she's kind of a (wholesome) Holly Golightly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 On Amazon Prime: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 I'm watching more episodes of The Persuaders! Roger Moore & Tony Curtis are so great together in this series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamCasey Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 The Saint in New York (1938) - TCM I've been looking forward to this night primarily for the later movies starring George Sanders. I have not seen this one previously and, I'll be honest, it just feels wrong that Louis Hayward is portraying the title character. Not that there is anything wrong with Mr. Hayward, per se, but I guess I'm just a creature of habit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamCasey Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 The Saint Strikes Back (1939) - TCM Needless to say, I have seen this one before. And more than once. The preceding movie, The Saint in New York (1938), was an enjoyable watch. And, in some ways, it felt like a modern movie with its main character being an anti-hero and a vigilante. Traits that may have been clearer in this movie than its sequels since Louis Hayward is less familiar (at least to me) than George Sanders and, therefore, my image of Mr. Hayward as Simon Templar was not (for lack of a better word) contaminated by my expectations of him due to other roles that he has portrayed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamCasey Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 The Saint in London (1939) - TCM And without Inspector Fernack. That's just not right! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamCasey Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 The Saint's Double Trouble (1940) - TCM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 The Saint Strikes Back (1939) - TCM Needless to say, I have seen this one before. And more than once. The preceding movie, The Saint in New York (1938), was an enjoyable watch. And, in some ways, it felt like a modern movie with its main character being an anti-hero and a vigilante. Traits that may have been clearer in this movie than its sequels since Louis Hayward is less familiar (at least to me) than George Sanders and, therefore, my image of Mr. Hayward as Simon Templar was not (for lack of a better word) contaminated by my expectations of him due to other roles that he has portrayed. What do you think of Roger Moore's version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamCasey Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 What do you think of Roger Moore's version? I've watched episodes of both Roger Moore's The Saint and Ian Ogilvy's The Return of the Saint but not since the 70s and I'd hate to express a firm opinion based upon memories that old. Similar to my recent comment on Mr. and Mrs. North, however, I have caught a number of episodes of The Saint radio show with Vincent Price on XM Radio. They're not bad but, outside of Mr. Price's very recognizable voice, not all that distinguishable from other similar radio shows of that time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamCasey Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 A Fistful of Dynamite (aka Duck, You Sucker!) (1971) - HDNet Movies w/ James Coburn and Rod Steiger Yes, I know that the official credits for this movie have their names in the opposite order. But I'm a bigger fan of Mr. Coburn then of Mr. Steiger. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 I'm watching Bringing Up Baby. A lot of hate for this movie online, but I love it. It's hilarious. I have no issues with Hepburn or the frantic pacing or anything. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGayDivorcee Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 I'm watching Bringing Up Baby. A lot of hate for this movie online, but I love it. It's hilarious. I have no issues with Hepburn or the frantic pacing or anything. It is hilarious, so fun and snappy. This is the one to watch while in the doldrums, for me at least, such a pick-me-up. Hepburn and Grant are perfect together. Their agility in that wonderful walk to shield her lingerie is such a joy to watch, no matter how many dozens of times I've seen it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 I'm watching Bringing Up Baby. A lot of hate for this movie online, but I love it. It's hilarious. I have no issues with Hepburn or the frantic pacing or anything. There is a lot to like about Bringing Up Baby but I do find the Hepburn character to be annoying. Yea, she was suppose to be annoying to the Grant character but often in films with an annoying character the character either 'lightens up' or in the case of Shelley Winters, gets bumped off (ha ha), but that doesn't happen here. So to me Hawks pushes the concept a little to far. I'm fine with the frantic pacing which is very common in many Hawks comedies. Thus for repeat viewing I'm a bigger fan of Holiday and The Philadelphia Story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamCasey Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Warlock (1959) - Starz Encore Westerns w/ Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn, Dorothy Malone, Wallace Ford, Richard Arlen, DeForest Kelley, Whit Bissell and Frank Gorshin (as, naturally, Mr. Widmark's brother) Lots of interesting names in the cast for this one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Warlock (1959) - Starz Encore Westerns w/ Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn, Dorothy Malone, Wallace Ford, Richard Arlen, DeForest Kelley, Whit Bissell and Frank Gorshin (as, naturally, Mr. Widmark's brother) Lots of interesting names in the cast for this one. Funny that you say 'as, naturally, Mr. Widmark's brother'; every time my wife see Richard she says 'isn't that the riddler?'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamCasey Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Boomerang (1947) - TCM w/ Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb, Arthur Kennedy, Sam Levene, Robert Keith, Ed Begley and Karl Malden Another one with lots of interesting names in the cast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 I'm watching that episode about Donald's injury from that fourth season of that Marlo Thomas girl's sitcom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 It is hilarious, so fun and snappy. This is the one to watch while in the doldrums, for me at least, such a pick-me-up. Hepburn and Grant are perfect together. Their agility in that wonderful walk to shield her lingerie is such a joy to watch, no matter how many dozens of times I've seen it. Yes. The scene where Hepburn and Grant hide her panties is funny. I also like when Cary Grant is running around the house in that fluffy, frilly robe. When he says the "I just went gay all of a sudden" line, it always makes me laugh when he jumps. It definitely cheers me up too and is a nice diversion. I love Hepburn's gold lame (I'm picturing it as gold lame) dress in the scene at in the hotel lobby. I love her almost sheer veil that makes it look like ribbons are protruding from her head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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