LiamCasey Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977) - Comet TV w/ Burt Lancaster, Michael York, Nigel Davenport, Barbara Carrera, Richard Basehart and (of course) Nick Cravat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Some more Edge of Night episodes on YouTube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Working on my review for the essentials thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
film lover 293 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Just saw a "featurette" on the British premiere of "The Taming of the Shrew" on archive.org; was about three minutes long. Had a short interview with Taylor and Burton, then footage of the British premiere, ending with the Burtons being presented to Princess Margaret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 I'm watching All About Eve. I was going to go see this tonight in the theater, but I've come down with a cold that has gotten worse each day. I didn't want to be *that* person sniffling and sneezing in the theater--so I decided to spare everyone and myself and stay home. I was also worried that I'd end up falling asleep in the dark theater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
film lover 293 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 "The Taming of the Shrew" (1967)--Film stopped and started 4 times in the first 10 minutes--I'm in East TN--Comcast is my cable--problems seem to be worked out--Zeffirelli film is beautiful, and Taylor is funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shutoo Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Been binge-watching season five of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. The first four seasons have been around, but the final three are new to me (at least I don't remember them)..great stuff..consistently good writing and acting. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamCasey Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Soldiers Three (1951) - TCM w/ Stewart Granger, Walter Pidgeon, David Niven, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack, Dan O'Herlihy and Michael "Kang" Ansara I like the cast but I have absolutely no expectation that this one will compare favorably to Gunga Din (1939). Which is just as well as I just need something mindless in the background while I work on my taxes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Soldiers Three (1951) - TCM w/ Stewart Granger, Walter Pidgeon, David Niven, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack, Dan O'Herlihy and Michael "Kang" Ansara I like the cast but I have absolutely no expectation that this one will compare favorably to Gunga Din (1939). Which is just as well as I just need something mindless in the background while I work on my taxes. There's an interesting article on this film in the TCM database. The director (Tay Garnett) and lead (Stewart Granger) are quoted as saying it didn't work as they had hoped. But Maltin gives it three stars so it has its fans. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamCasey Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Twelve O'Clock High (1949) - Starz Encore On Demand w/ Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill, Millard Mitchell, Dean Jagger, Paul Stewart and (way down there in uncredited land) Kenneth Tobey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 I'm watching a few more episodes of Edge of Night on YouTube. Part of the 'Mansion of the Damned' storyline from 1979. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
film lover 293 Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 "Thrashin' " (1986)--Dimwitted film about skateboard gangs is worth watching for the good soundtrack--Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Bangles, etc. and the occasional horselaugh (one character goes flying off a four story high parking ramp, then reappears unhurt in the next scene, the girlfriend who goes back to Indiana reappears at the Big skateboard race. Boyfriend--"What are you doing back here?" Girlfriend--"Don't ask"). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamCasey Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Anastasia (1956) - TCM w/ Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes, Akim Tamiroff, and Martita Hunt The King and I, The Ten Commandments and Anastasia. 1956 was a heck of a good year for Mr. Brynner. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 On my quest to watch the entire series of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, I have made it to season seven. I am watching the episode where we see Sue-Ann's bedroom, complete with a mirrored ceiling, a big round, vibrating bed and a remote control that not only controls the bed, it dims the lights and turns on Tchaikovsky's love theme from Romeo and Juliet. The question I have when I see this episode: Where does one find round sheets for a round bed? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamCasey Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Bats (1999) - Starz Encore On Demand w/ Lou Diamond Phillips and Dina Meyer According to Wikipedia, this movie is about "a hostile swarm of genetically mutated bats who terrorize a local Texas town and it is up to zoologist Sheila Casper, who teams up with town Sheriff Emmett Kimsey, to exterminate the creatures before they take more lives". Sounds just mindless enough to make dinner by! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 The King and I, The Ten Commandments and Anastasia. 1956 was a heck of a good year for Mr. Brynner. It certainly was. TCM needs to give him a day in August and show those films in primetime. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamCasey Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Bats (1999) - Starz Encore On Demand w/ Lou Diamond Phillips and Dina Meyer According to Wikipedia, this movie is about "a hostile swarm of genetically mutated bats who terrorize a local Texas town and it is up to zoologist Sheila Casper, who teams up with town Sheriff Emmett Kimsey, to exterminate the creatures before they take more lives". Sounds just mindless enough to make dinner by! Even more mindless than expected. The lone high point of this movie was that the local theater's marquee indicated that it was currently showing Nosferatu. At least the makers of this movie were aware of their forebearers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamCasey Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 King Solomon's Mines (1950) - TCM w/ Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger and Richard Carlson Considering how many times I've watched this movie, this is what always comes to my mind when I hear or see the words "African safari". Matter of fact, I have this one on DVD so why the heck I'm currently watching it on TCM is beyond me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shutoo Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 On my quest to watch the entire series of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, I have made it to season seven. I am watching the episode where we see Sue-Ann's bedroom, complete with a mirrored ceiling, a big round, vibrating bed and a remote control that not only controls the bed, it dims the lights and turns on Tchaikovsky's love theme from Romeo and Juliet. The question I have when I see this episode: Where does one find round sheets for a round bed? I would assume the Happy Homemaker would stitch them up herself???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 I would assume the Happy Homemaker would stitch them up herself In Sue Ann's case, that is probably true. I did discover via Google that you can purchase round sheets. Apparently Walmart of all places sells them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Watching HUNGRY HILL on YouTube. I really enjoy this movie, one of Daphne Du Maurier's overlooked stories. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
film lover 293 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Just saw "The Bride's Play" (1922)--Beautiful restoration and score by Ben Model. Marion Davies in a double role in a romantic dramedy. Elaborate film is very worth the watch. "The Red Mill" (1926) is now playing--Davies seems more at ease in an out and out comedy--so far a very funny film. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 This great film has been added on Amazon Prime. It's been 150 million years since TCM aired it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamCasey Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Klute (1971) - TCM w/ Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland. And directed by Alan J. Pakula. First time watching this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCannady1 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 This great film has been added on Amazon Prime. It's been 150 million years since TCM aired it. I like that film Carrie too! Both Jennifer Jones and Lawrence Olivier gave us some great films! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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