scsu1975 Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 For previous polls: http://forums.tcm.com/index.php?/topic/51472-richs-made-up-tcm-message-board-polls/page-15 For previous arguments: http://forums.tcm.com/index.php?/topic/53097-start-another-one-rich/page-4 http://forums.tcm.com/index.php?/topic/53085-the-made-up-message-board-polls-thread/ 7 Link to post Share on other sites
Dargo Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 LOL But Rich, I don't recall "Robot Monster" being one of those Sword and Sandal epics??? (...I guess I'll have to catch that one again the next time TCM spotlights George Nader, eh?!) Link to post Share on other sites
Swithin Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Might one add a photo of one of the best performances by an actor playing a Roman: Charles Hawtrey as Seneca in Carry On Cleo. Link to post Share on other sites
scsu1975 Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share Posted May 10, 2015 But Rich, I don't recall "Robot Monster" being one of those Sword and Sandal epics??? Check his (its?) name in the flick. Link to post Share on other sites
JamesJazGuitar Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Ruth in The Baby. Link to post Share on other sites
Dargo Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Check his (its?) name in the flick. You're talking about George Barrows, right? Link to post Share on other sites
OllieTSB Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 ROBOT MONSTER wanted to be a sword & sandal epic. Heston and Boyd were just learning about chariots and teams of white-horses, and they didn't return them promptly. Otherwise - who knows!! At least Rich didn't include the Moe Howard-Larry Fine forays! They were actually pretty good, of course, but sometimes that third guy... nyuk nyuk... Link to post Share on other sites
Dargo Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 You're talking about George Barrows, right? Man oh man! I AM slow on the ol' uptake lately! NOW I get it..."Ro-Man"! Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Check his (its?) name in the flick. you mean "GREAT GUIDANCE" ? Link to post Share on other sites
scsu1975 Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share Posted May 10, 2015 Man oh man! I AM slow on the ol' uptake lately! NOW I get it..."Ro-Man"! Good thing he was not Polish ... I don't want to turn this into a Polanski thread. Link to post Share on other sites
scsu1975 Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share Posted May 10, 2015 you mean "GREAT GUIDANCE" ? Or, as we say in academia, The Provost 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Dargo Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 you mean "GREAT GUIDANCE" ? I dunno, but from the expression on that girl's face, she kind'a looks like she's enjoyin' the ride there! (...like maybe Ro-Man found that one certain spot that no other Ro OR Man had ever quite found before?!) Link to post Share on other sites
scsu1975 Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share Posted May 10, 2015 I dunno, but from the expression on that girl's face, she kind'a looks like she's enjoyin' the ride there! I got that same impression. Claudia Barrett was definitely hot. Say, Robot Monster hasn't been on TCM in quite a spell, has it?? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
OllieTSB Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Dargo, what'dya mean "kinda"? she's kickin' the bejeepers outta the guy who she saw flirting with the make-up girl earlier... "Just don't drop me down there on are hard, hard ground!" And is that a WWI gas-mask on, under the helmet? Or is that where Woody got his idea for his SLEEPER robot costume? "Just shove a shower-nozzle into yer mouth..." 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Dargo Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 I got that same impression. Claudia Barrett was definitely hot. Say, Robot Monster hasn't been on TCM in quite a spell, has it?? Wasn't Claudia in a few of those "Juvenile Delinquent" movies you do such a great job of "reviewing" around here, Rich? Link to post Share on other sites
FredCDobbs Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 I got that same impression. Claudia Barrett was definitely hot. Say, Robot Monster hasn't been on TCM in quite a spell, has it?? No, not in quite a long Hot Spell. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
scsu1975 Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share Posted May 10, 2015 Wasn't Claudia in a few of those "Juvenile Delinquent" movies you do such a great job of "reviewing" around here, Rich? No, I would have remembered. But she did appear in an Abbott and Costello show, winning the "Miss Mud Turtle" award. Link to post Share on other sites
Dargo Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 No, I would have remembered. But she did appear in an Abbott and Costello show, winning the "Miss Mud Turtle" award. Ah! I guess I thought she looked kind of familiar there. "Miss Mud Turtle", eh? (...btw, and speaking of A&C's old TV show...I've caught it few times recently on MeTV early in the mornings...gotta say it's seldom that it makes me laugh...and here I remember thinking that show was absolutely hilarious when I was just a little tyke...I hear I'm not alone in these thoughts) Link to post Share on other sites
misswonderly3 Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Are these what are commonly known as "Sword and Sandal" flicks? Because sometimes the "skirts" on those Roman togas are kind of short, hence the "sword" part of the epithet. (did I say that? How vulgar. Why can't I act my age? ) Link to post Share on other sites
misswonderly3 Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Hey, any Canadians out there of a certain age (although I'm about 12 right now) remember this? Link to post Share on other sites
Dargo Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Are these what are commonly known as "Sword and Sandal" flicks? Because sometimes the "skirts" on those roman togas are kind of short, hence the "sword" part of the epithet. (did I say that? How vulgar. ) Well, ya know MissW, and seein' as how you brought this up... There MIGHT be a reason why the most commonly used company's name that makes "sheaths" for those "swords" is called "TROJAN"!!! Link to post Share on other sites
darkblue Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 I dunno, but from the expression on that girl's face, she kind'a looks like she's enjoyin' the ride there! (...like maybe Ro-Man found that one certain spot that no other Ro OR Man had ever quite found before?!) Well, he does have quite a left-handful there. Link to post Share on other sites
Dargo Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Well, he does have quite a left-handful there. Actually dark, now that I'm lookin' at that picture again, I THINK I'm actually seein' George Nader with HIS right hand in some "strategically located position" there... And which NOW leads me to believe that maybe it's actually GEORGE puttin' that little smile on Claudia's face!!! (...strange...I'd heard Claudia wasn't his type!) Link to post Share on other sites
HoldenIsHere Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Honorable (Dishonorable?) Mention: Warren Beatty as Paolo in THE ROMAN SPRING OF MRS. STONE Link to post Share on other sites
Dargo Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Aye, but NOW the question be: Can a Scotsman be a Roman? Evidently he can...well, kind'a anyway... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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