Dargo Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 I also wanted to give us something different to discuss each day-- and I realized that a lot of threads go off on non-film related tangents when the original topic is exhausted. In theory, this thread should not go off-topic too much, because there's always a new daily concept to explore. Yeah! And it seems to be working too, eh TB?! (...I mean just looks at what "a good boy" I'VE BEEN in this thread since you started it, RIGHT?!...yep, I think I've ONLY made ONE joke in it since you started this new policy o' yours here, RIGHT?!) LOL Link to post Share on other sites
Dargo Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 ..I suppose he was trying to prevent it seeming like another EXECUTIVE SUITE, where there is a regime change... Yes, that thought occurred to me too. Link to post Share on other sites
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FredCDobbs Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Thanks Fred! Tomorrow I want to focus on a well-known classic that has a New Year's Eve scene in it. So that means, yes you guessed it, the thread title will have something to do with THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE... Next time, you need to tell people that YOU ARE CHANGING THE THREAD TITLE FROM DAY TO DAY, so they can look up their old posts on this thread. Link to post Share on other sites
Dargo Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Not trying to analyze you Dargo, but I think you may be a bit like me in one regard-- I have ADHD, or whatever they're calling it these days. So I like it when topics evolve and we have something new to mull over and discuss each day. A lot of threads go stale if fresh ideas are not added... Yeah, I was always a wiz at Summer School classes TOO back in the day, kid! LOL (...and when a subject's course wasn't all long and drawn-out like it was during the regular semesters!) Link to post Share on other sites
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Dargo Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Fred, I believe there is a 'Follow This Topic' button at the top of the thread (every thread has this feature)...so even if the thread title is updated, you can still track it. It will always be 'Today's Topic...' followed by the newest topic. Also, I think you can do searches easily on this website. So if you wanted to find old posts you wrote about MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON, for example, in the thread, you can search by that phrase, and it will put you right back into thread where your comments and others' replies are located. Now TB! I don't think you might be takin' into consideration here that maybe Fred DIDN'T like the faster pace of summer school classes back when HE was a kid?!!! LOL Link to post Share on other sites
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Dargo Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 You know, Dargo, ADHD does not necessarily mean remedial education is required. LOL A friend of mine proudly tells people she has ADHD. I know when I go out with her, we're always going to have a great time-- because she likes to keep moving, hopping around! So I see it as a very positive thing. Well, I'm certainly glad SOMEBODY does, anyway!!! LOL (...btw...just keep doin' the same thing here...I LIKE this new "format" of yours here...keeps things "fresh" as you said...and if the some of the "regulars" who visit this place everyday "can't keep up" somehow, I say it's "their problem" NOT yours, dude!!!) Link to post Share on other sites
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FredCDobbs Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Thanks...well it is all archived here anyway. And now, INDEXED. Link to post Share on other sites
FredCDobbs Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 TopBilled, Your idea is an interesting one, but I think it would help to let other people know what you are doing, and also you might want to provide a helpful occasional index to your different thread titles. And let's hope 4 or 5 people don't start doing the same thing, or we'll never be able to find anything. Link to post Share on other sites
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darkblue Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Thanks for the suggestions Fred. I agree that an occasional index would be helpful. Here are the topics for the coming week: Wednesday December 31st: A recommended article Sharing an old Saturday Evening Post essay on THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE Thursday January 1st: Q & A with Miranda Summerfield Miranda is a character from MGM's classic motion picture THE AFFAIRS OF MARTHA. She is also a very active member at the Virginia Weidler Remembrance Society. Ginnyfan has made it possible for me to interview Miranda. You are going to love reading this! Friday January 2nd: Who turns 100 in 2015? A listing of on-camera and off-camera talent from the studio era whose hundredth birthdays occur in the new year. Saturday January 3rd: Life is a Lubitsch, then you die An appreciation of Ernst Lubitsch's masterpiece HEAVEN CAN WAIT. Sunday January 4th: When screen time is real time Using HIGH NOON and a few other titles to discuss movies where the time that elapses on screen is synchronized with real viewing time. Not many filmmakers have been able to do this successfully. Monday January 5th: Movie star autographs A photo essay of celebrity signatures. And a chance to mention the business of buying and selling autographed pictures. Tuesday January 6th: One scene wonders A look at character actress Mary Gordon and character actor Franklin Pangborn who often had just one tiny but memorable scene in a movie. Wow, this thread should last the rest of your life, and get like a million posts. It'll probably end up being the greatest thread ever. Link to post Share on other sites
lydecker Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Two films which, in my opinion, really sell out with implausible endings are: "Female" and "The Flame Within." Both headlined by terrific actresses who play strong, feminist characters - Ruth Chatterton playing the owner of an auto company and Ann Harding playing a respected psychiatrist -- each film ends with the woman giving up her career to satisfy the sexist needs of her respective soon-to-be-spouse. Every time I have seen these films I have envisioned the studio execs conversation in the screening room: "We don't want to make all of those 'little housewives in Middle America' feel slighted so let's have these career woman throw away everything to get married in the end." Ann Harding, seems particularly despondent at the prospect of giving up her career to "settle down" with Herbert Marshall and no one can convince me that Ruth Chatterton's character would ever really give up her company to have babies with George Brent. Lydecker Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 A recommended article http://oforinvolvingmotionpictures.wordpress.com/2015/01/03/a-recommended-article/ Link to post Share on other sites
FredCDobbs Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Some of the big new cruise ships look so top-heavy, I expect one to be turned over by a giant rogue wave some day. Land is for me.... not high in the air or far out at sea, and not in a mine or cave. Nope, not for me. Link to post Share on other sites
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Dargo Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Some of the big new cruise ships look so top-heavy, I expect one to be turned over by a giant rogue wave some day. Yep! The Titanic in comparison to modern cruise ships... Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 1, 2015 Author Share Posted January 1, 2015 Q & A with Miranda Sommerfield http://oforinvolvingmotionpictures.wordpress.com/2015/01/03/q-a-with-miranda-sommerfield/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ginnyfan Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 ...If only he'd pay us... I always remind Miranda that fictitious characters don't need money nor do they need vacations or even sleep. 5: Indeed. I've seen your columns on Facebook, and they're certainly fun to read. Anything else you care to say, Miranda? Remind everyone to contact TCM for more Ginny, especially getting BAD LITTLE ANGEL on the schedule for the holidays and LADDIE (1935) on television for the first time in 40 years. Also, contact ginnyfan and remind him that the domain name MirandaSommerfield.net is available. We'll make sure to let ginnyfan know. By the way, here's the original trailer for THE AFFAIRS OF MARTHA available for viewing at the TCM mediaroom: http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/132824/Affairs-of-Martha-The-Original-Trailer-.html That is the important point. Not the MirandaSommerfield.net part, but getting more exposure for BAD LITTLE ANGEL and the TV release of LADDIE . 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 Who turns 100 in 2015? http://oforinvolvingmotionpictures.wordpress.com/2015/01/03/who-turns-100-in-2015/ Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Who turns 100 in 2015? j-a-n-u-a-r-y 9th: Anita Louise 9th: Fernando Lamas 11th: Veda Ann Borg 26th: William Hopper 30th: Dorothy Dell f-e-b-r-u-a-r-y 4th: Norman Wisdom 4th: William Talman 7th: Eddie Bracken 12th: Lorne Greene 13th: Lyle Bettger 18th: Phyllis Calvert 21st: Ann Sheridan 23rd: Jon Hall 28th: Zero Mostel m-a-r-c-h None a-p-r-i-l 10th: Henry 'Harry' Morgan 14th: Richard Hart 21st: Anthony Quinn m-a-y 5th: Alice Faye 6th: Orson Welles 21st: Bill WIlliams 25th: Ginny Simms 31st: Barbara Pepper j-u-n-e 1st: John Randolph 3rd: Iris Meredith 7th: Patricia Roc 12th: Priscilla Lane 19th: Pat Buttram 22nd: Wanda McKay 23rd: Dennis Price 25th: Peter Lind Hayes j-u-l-y 2nd: Junior Durkin 17th: Cass Daley 18th: Phyllis Brooks a-u-g-u-s-t 2nd: Gary Merrill 6th: Pamela Blake 11th: Jean Parker 29th: Ingrid Bergman s-e-p-t-e-m-b-e-r 5th: Jack Beutel 10th: Edmond O'Brien 15th: Robert Shaw 24th: Larry Gates 29th: Brenda Marshall 29th: Anne Nagel o-c-t-o-b-e-r 4th: Jean Gillie 30th: Jane Randolph n-o-v-e-m-b-e-r 23rd: Ellen Drew d-e-c-e-m-b-e-r 7th: Eli Wallach 12th: Frank Sinatra 13th: Curd Jurgens 14th: Dan Dailey 17th: Joan Woodbury 22nd: Barbara Billingsley 23rd: Jean Brooks Are we now changing thread titles in midstream?.........And I thought this meant that who is still alive that turns 100. Link to post Share on other sites
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