Swithin Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 6 minutes ago, Hibi said: Yeah, it takes awhile to get going and its talky (being a stage play adaptation)........ I worked with Freddy Knott, who wrote Wait Until Dark (and Dial M for Murder). Lovely man; great writer of crime thriller plays. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 10 minutes ago, Swithin said: I worked with Freddy Knott, who wrote Wait Until Dark (and Dial M for Murder). Lovely man; great writer of crime thriller plays. How was the ending handled on the stage? Did you see it? Was it the same way as the film or staged differently? (Don't give away more than you have to for people who haven't seen it) or you can pm me. Have always wondered about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 40 minutes ago, Hibi said: Herrod was also in the stage version of Wait Until Dark. I've never seen her in anything else. I wonder if she gave up acting as she got older or what. Seeing the film in a dark theater for that ending was great. People literally jumped out of their seats, screaming their heads off........ Here she is, in the stage production with Lee Remick: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Just now, scsu1975 said: Here she is, in the stage production with Lee Remick: LOL. She still has the go-go boots! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Here is Remick being menaced by a future Academy Award-winning actor. Anyone recognize him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 3 minutes ago, scsu1975 said: Here is Remick being menaced by a future Academy Award-winning actor. Anyone recognize him? I love the smell of blind women crawling on the floor in the morning. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 as much as I love Audrey, I would've LOVED to have seen LEE REMICK in WAIT UNTIL DARK... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Appalachian Spring (1958) - Short, 31-minute filmed ballet, originally made for television and directed by Peter Glushanok. Martha Graham choreographed the movements to Aaron Copland's music. Staged on a very minimalist set, the dancers, including Graham herself, all dressed in 19th century garb, try to evoke a barn dance. I found this pretentious and dull, with the "dancing" consisting largely of the dancers leaning forward, then back, then forward, then back, interspersed with leg-wagging little hops. I find it all very silly, but others will think it high art. (5/10) Source: FilmStruck. This is also included on the Criterion release Martha Graham: Dance on Film. I'm trying to watch as many of the Criterion releases as possible, although in a few cases, it's tough going. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 3 hours ago, scsu1975 said: Here is Remick being menaced by a future Academy Award-winning actor. Anyone recognize him? Was it Robert Duvall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laffite Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 13 minutes ago, Hibi said: Was it Robert Duvall? I think it is Mr Clean making an inspection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 1 minute ago, laffite said: I think it is Mr Clean making an inspection. That’s what I thought too. I don’t remember Mr. Clean winning best supporting actor, but it might’ve happened recently. I’m not paying a lot of attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 The Ballad of Narayama (1958) - Japanese period drama from Shochiku and writer-director Keisuke Kinoshita. In a poor farming village, old woman Orin (Kinuyo Tanaka) is feeling the pressure, both from her ingrate grandson, and her own conscience and adherence to tradition, to commit obasute, wherein elderly people travel to the top of nearby Narayama mountain and wait to die from starvation or exposure. Orin is the strongest, most productive member of the family, but youth trumps utility, and Orin prepares to make her final journey. Also featuring Teiji Takahashi, Yuko Mochizuki, Danko Ichikawa, Seiji Myaguchi, Keiko Ogasawara, Yunosuke Ito, Ken Mitsuda, and Eijiro Tono. Using widescreen and color film, director Kinoshita uniquely melds the cinematic with the theatrical, as the story is told in near kabuki fashion, with a singing narrator and traditonal Japanese musical instrumentation. The sets are stylized and deliberately artificial, with realistic settings in the foreground, and miniature or painted backdrops behind them. There is also repeated use of monochromatic lighting, from red filters to green filters, to accentuate the mood of the scene. The performances are equally stylized in the kabuki manner, and as such may be off-putting to Western audiences unused to the style. I thought the film was tremendous, an artistically challenging production with a very striking audio and visual presentation, and a moving, universal story touching on aging and obsolescence forming the bedrock. Recommended. (8/10) Source: Criterion DVD. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Hibi said: Was it Robert Duvall? Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 1 hour ago, laffite said: I think it is Mr Clean making an inspection. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 15 minutes ago, scsu1975 said: Yes I dont recognize him there, but I remember reading that somewhere...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 The Black Orchid (1958) - Romantic drama from Paramount Pictures and director Martin Ritt. Sophia Loren stars as Rose, the widow of a mobster who is struggling to raise her young son on her own. The boy has gotten into enough trouble to earn a place at a JD work farm. Rose's life brightens a bit when she is pursued by nice-guy widower Frank (Anthony Quinn), whose grown daughter Mary (Ina Balin in her debut) dotes on him and resents the presence of this new woman. Also featuring Jimmy Baird, Peter Mark Richman, Virginia Vincent, Frank Puglia, and Whit Bissell. I liked this well-acted drama, with all three leads turning in superior performances. Quinn and Loren have genuine chemistry, and Ina Balin handles her complicated character well. Stylistically the film is routine and unexceptional, with standard staging and cinematography, but if you like character-driven pieces, then this is for you. (7/10) Source: Amazon video. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedya Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 21 hours ago, calvinnme said: Mrs. Parkington (1944) 4/10 I always thought Mrs. Parkington should have slept with Mr. Skeffington. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Carve Her Name with Pride (1958) - British war-time biopic, from Rank Films and director Lewis Gilbert. The story details the exploits of Violette Szabo (Virginia McKenna), a young British war widow who gets recruited to become a saboteur behind enemy lines in France. After arduous training, Violette is teamed with Tony Fraser (Paul Scofield) for perilous missions. Also featuring Jack Warner, Denise Grey, Alain Saury, Maurice Ronet, Billie Whitelaw, Michael Goodliffe, Nigel Hawthorne, and Michael Caine. Virginia McKenna gives a sterling performance as the real-life war heroine, strong without being aggressive, and nice without becoming saintly. Scofield is also fine as her brother-in-arms and love interest. Nigel Hawthorne, as "Polish soldier in park", and Michael Caine, as "thirsty prisoner on train", both have early uncredited roles, but I didn't notice either of them. (7/10) Source: MGM HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingrat Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Lawrence, I also like Carve Her Name With Pride, which has such fine performances by Virginia McKenna and Paul Scofield. Last Train from Madrid was interesting, if too short and somewhat underdeveloped. Most American viewers today know nothing about the Spanish Civil War, and would be confused about which side was which and what the war was about, even if the film didn't fudge on these matters. This early in his career Anthony Quinn was already a fine actor. Compare the innocent man he plays here (Quinn playing a somewhat naive and innocent good guy? Yes!) with the sleazy villain he plays in City for Conquest, and you realize what a good actor he is. Dorothy Lamour's character is way undeveloped, especially for top billing and the central role in a love triangle. Because she has so little screen time, Quinn's friendship for Gilbert Roland seems much more important than his supposed love for Lamour. I loved every moment that Karen Morley was onscreen as the Baroness, and wanted more. I also wanted more screen time for Gilbert Roland, but his bare-chested scene early in the film is so good that his contracts should have required him to be "scared shirtless" in every film. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 5 hours ago, kingrat said: Compare the innocent man he plays here (Quinn playing a somewhat naive and innocent good guy? Yes!) with the sleazy villain he plays in City for Conquest, and you realize what a good actor he is. I really want to see this movie a lot, HUGE CAGNEY fan here, and also love WB pics of the forties... It never seems to show on TCM tho...or am I wrong? eta: i also love 1940 as a Year in Film. also, this trailer!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midwestan Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 6 hours ago, kingrat said: Lawrence, I also like Carve Her Name With Pride, which has such fine performances by Virginia McKenna and Paul Scofield. Last Train from Madrid was interesting, if too short and somewhat underdeveloped. Most American viewers today know nothing about the Spanish Civil War, and would be confused about which side was which and what the war was about, even if the film didn't fudge on these matters. This early in his career Anthony Quinn was already a fine actor. Compare the innocent man he plays here (Quinn playing a somewhat naive and innocent good guy? Yes!) with the sleazy villain he plays in City for Conquest, and you realize what a good actor he is. Dorothy Lamour's character is way undeveloped, especially for top billing and the central role in a love triangle. Because she has so little screen time, Quinn's friendship for Gilbert Roland seems much more important his supposed love for Lamour. I loved every moment that Karen Morley was onscreen as the Baroness, and wanted more. I also wanted more screen time for Gilbert Roland, but his bare-chested scene early in the film is so good that his contracts should have required him to be "scared shirtless" in every film. You make a good point about the ambiguity of whether or not the soldiers depicted in "Last Train From Madrid" were Republicans or Loyalists. Prior to showing this movie, "All Quiet on the Western Front" was shown, and Dave Karger mentioned afterwards that Germany refused to show the film there because government officials thought it was too anti-German. By the same token, the Polish government refused to show it, because it thought the movie was too pro-German! I'm guessing the studio heads at Paramount wanted to avoid this problem with Spanish authorities and any other country by not making the soldier's loyalties known. The point of the story was that people in charge issued a decree. The decree was carried out, and there were consequences and chaos that ensued for people wishing to leave. Funny comment there about Gilbert Roland! Whether shirtless or fully clothed, the guy seemed to exude some kind of stud quality. Between him, Anthony Quinn, and Lew Ayres, I'd say you've got the makings of three-quarters of a swim relay team? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 For those who like Gilbert Roland, I would recommend director Budd Boetticher's BULLFIGHTER AND THE LADY (1951) as the probable dramatic highlight of his career. Katy Jurado, as his wife, has a magnificent scene, as well, in which she tells off a loathesome drunken loud mouth in Spanish. You see the loud mouth start to wilt before her barrage and you don't have to understand the language to feel the emotion, so great is Jurado's passionate delivery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaveGirl Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 On 8/26/2018 at 10:57 AM, misswonderly3 said: Well,it would help if you said anywhere in your post what the title of the movie was. edit: Ok, I did a little detective work of my own - well, not really, I just googled something like "film with george coulouris peter lorre sydney greenstreet" and it came up with The Verdict. So at least we know the title now. However, I've never seen this film, so cannot answer your question. Maybe now that we know the title, someone else can. Uh, I think I only wanted someone who would recognize the storyline and had been watching simultaneously, to answer my query. I will remember the next time I wake up after the credits have run which show the title, that posting without such is a no-no. I promise to never, ever, ever again ask a question without also making sure that I myself first look up the name of the movie from the clues I have given so that no one has to do such a task, as that was certainly a lot to ask on my part and I apologize for being so insensitive. I am very appreciative of all the work you did to come up with the name. I didn't deserve it but I surely appreciate it even though I will just try to buy the film now and find out the ending myself instead of asking anyone here, since it causes so much trouble. Thanks so much for your interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaveGirl Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 On 8/26/2018 at 10:45 AM, misswonderly3 said: Really ? Hate to be disagreeable, but I've never really warmed to Zachary Scott. I wouldn't even mind his rather stiff acting style, if he were as handsome as many seem to think he is. Guess he's just not my type. But, chacun a son gout. Good! More of Zachary for me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Conflagration (1958) - Complex Japanese drama, based on a novel by the infamous Yukio Mishima, from Daiei and director Kon Ichikawa. Stuttering misfit and apprentice monk Goichi (Raizo Ichikawa) has burned down an old temple that was considered a national treasure. During a police interrogation afterwards, he flashes back on the events leading up the event, including his relationship with a crippled student (Tatsuya Nakadai) at a nearby university. Also featuring Ganjiro Nakamura, Yoichi Funaki, Tamao Nakamura, Jun Hamamura, Tanie Kitabayashi, and Michiyo Aratama. This is a complicated story, with flashbacks within flashbacks, and frequent jumps in the narrative with no indication. It requires diligent attention, and much of the psychology is left up to the audience to decipher. As such, many viewers will be turned off by the movie. I liked it, as I often like glimpses at troubled souls who act self-destructively. Romantic leading man star Raizo Ichikawa really stretches himself dramatically as the terminally shy outcast. Tatsuya Nakadai is also notable as a bitter cripple and manipulator, as is Ganjiro Nakamura as a corrupt and hypocritical monk. (7/10) Source: FilmStruck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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