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[GregoryPeckfan]

From a lady's perspective, I think it's ugly--if you're going to have a beard, fine I guess if that's what you want to do, but groom it! There's a whole trend right now called "lumbersexual."

I agree wholeheartedly from a lady's perspective.  Grooming is necessary......................................

 

Interesting to note that when The Gunfighter didn't do as well as expected at the box office, the studio blamed it on Gregory's mustache -women like him clean shaven, don't you know...................

[LornaHansonForbes]

I think it depends on the guy and the 'stache. Some guys look better with it (see William Powell & Clark Gable), some shouldn't have one (see Fred MacMurray and Cary Grant) and others look good either way (see Errol Flynn and Claude Rains).

Fred MacMurray with a mustache always looks like he should be selling you a used car.

[Bogie56]

I just woke up from a terrible nightmare screaming!  I dreamt I had wasted two hours watching the third instalment in The Twilight Saga, Eclipse (2010).  And this one was even more soapy, slow and absurd than the other two.  Very much like bad television.  For a short spell it was kind of cheese ball funny though.  The topless hunky Hokey Indians who told of their legend was amusing.  In flashback we see how their proud ancient tribe was oppressed and put upon by Vampires and resorted to becoming Werewolves to protect themselves.  Who writes this stuff?  And there was lots of CGI action in this one.  But when it got soapy it went on and on and on and ... I'm falling asleep again.

[LawrenceA]

I just woke up from a terrible nightmare screaming!  I dreamt I had wasted two hours watching the third instalment in The Twilight Saga, Eclipse (2010).  And this one was even more soapy, slow and absurd than the other two.  Very much like bad television.  For a short spell it was kind of cheese ball funny though  The topless hunky Hokey Indians who told of their legend of how they became werewolves was amusing.  And there was lots of CGI action in this one.  But when it got soapy it went on and on and on and ... I'm falling asleep again.

Aren't Michael Sheen and Dakota Fanning in that one?

[Bogie56]

Aren't Michael Sheen and Dakota Fanning in that one?

 

Michael Sheen was in the second one, New Moon.  He was probably written out of the third as his character did not travel to Seattle.  Fanning was in the second and third.

[scsu1975]

Martyrs of the Alamo (1915)

 

Surprisingly entertaining flick, supervised by D. W. Griffith, loaded with plenty of action scenes. The acting is strictly hamola, and the history is somewhat screwy. For instance, did you know that General Santa Anna was a drug fiend, the Mexicans were drunkards and assaulted women? Was Trump onto something? Did you also know that there was a secret entrance to the Alamo?

 

Concentrate on the battle scenes. They are realistic and pretty explicit in the violence shown. The actors playing Bowie, Crockett, and Dickinson were either very tall guys, or the rest of the cast was very short. Bowie sports some great sideburns, by the way.

 

There is speculation that Douglas Fairbanks appeared in a bit part for his first film role, perhaps even performing in blackface, but this has never been confirmed. The print I watched on youtube was okay, but not good, so even if he was in the film, I'd never spot him.

[GregoryPeckfan]

I am in the middle of a Robert Young birthday marathon of films that I have recorded on TCM by PVR.

 

I have just finished watching the delightful romance The Enchanted Cottage.

 

I'm going  to be watching Crossfire and The Sin of Madelon Claudet.  I have seen Crossfire before, just as I have seen The Enchanted Cottage before, but the other film is brand new to me.

 

I enjoy watching movies of an artist on his/her birthday.

[MCannady1]

I am in the middle of a Robert Young birthday marathon of films that I have recorded on TCM by PVR.

 

I have just finished watching the delightful romance The Enchanted Cottage.

 

I'm going  to be watching Crossfire and The Sin of Madelon Claudet.  I have seen Crossfire before, just as I have seen The Enchanted Cottage before, but the other film is brand new to me.

 

I enjoy watching movies of an artist on his/her birthday.

I love Robert Young's films too.  The Enchanted Cottage is a lovely and spiritual story.  Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young were outstanding in their roles.  I also enjoyed Herbert Marshall's performance as well.

 

Crossfire is a good and frightening story.  IT really stayed with me long after I had seen it. 

 

The Sin of Madelon Claudet is a very good film I think you will like too.  

 

What a nice idea to honor a star by watching a good film on his or her birthday.!

[LonesomePolecat]

I just woke up from a terrible nightmare screaming!  I dreamt I had wasted two hours watching the third instalment in The Twilight Saga, Eclipse (2010).  And this one was even more soapy, slow and absurd than the other two.  Very much like bad television.  For a short spell it was kind of cheese ball funny though.  The topless hunky Hokey Indians who told of their legend was amusing.  In flashback we see how their proud ancient tribe was oppressed and put upon by Vampires and resorted to becoming Werewolves to protect themselves.  Who writes this stuff?  And there was lots of CGI action in this one.  But when it got soapy it went on and on and on and ... I'm falling asleep again.

Don't watch any more--I'm warning you! They keep getting worse! Don't march into the Forbidden Zone! "A world where vampires evolve from teens? I must know the answer!" "Don't look for it--you will not like what you find!"

[LonesomePolecat]

My two cents about facial hair--unshaved guys either look like lumberjacks or they look homeless. Very few can pull it off and then it takes crazy grooming and styling and usually a costume. I disagree that they make guys look hotter. Moustaches always look creepy, especially the 70s variety.

[GregoryPeckfan]

I love Robert Young's films too.  The Enchanted Cottage is a lovely and spiritual story.  Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young were outstanding in their roles.  I also enjoyed Herbert Marshall's performance as well.

 

Crossfire is a good and frightening story.  IT really stayed with me long after I had seen it. .

 

 

The Sin of Madelon Claudet is a very good film I think you will like too.  

 

What a nice idea to honor a star by watching a good film on his or her birthday.!

I watched The Sin of Madelon Claudet and it was fascinating.  I couldn't stop watching.  I don't think I will watch it a second time.  It is a heart-renching story.

 

It makes me understand even more fully why Mom told me she's glad I haven't given her a grandchild to try to raise in this world.  I have enough difficulty loving cats and outliving them.

 

I couldn't do what Helen Hayes did.  I am not that strong a person.  There is no way I would have survived under the conditions she did.

[sapphiere]

I love Robert Young's films too.  The Enchanted Cottage is a lovely and spiritual story.  Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young were outstanding in their roles.  I also enjoyed Herbert Marshall's performance as well.

 

Crossfire is a good and frightening story.  IT really stayed with me long after I had seen it. 

 

The Sin of Madelon Claudet is a very good film I think you will like too.  

 

What a nice idea to honor a star by watching a good film on his or her birth

I Like Robert Young in many roles, and he was underrated. My favorite is the file noire THEY WON`T BELIEVE ME 1947 in which Robert is involved with three different women, and he pays the price. I also like that he could play in many different variety of films, and he had two hit TV series where he won a Emmy FATHER KNOWS BEST and MARCUS WELBY M.D.Later in life he conquered the demons of alcoholism and depression and spoke about his problems to help others. Many years ago Robert was chosen as a TCM SOTM, and I would be happy if he received the honor again.

[MCannady1]

I am sorry about the heart-wrenching story in THe Sin of Madelon Claudet.  Yes, some of the great films are tear-jerkers.  There is another one with Irene Dunne called The Secret of MAdame Blanche that has a tear-jerking aspect to it.  I cried over that one lately and over Madame X with Lana Turner,  Though I knew the outcome, they still affected me.

 

Helen Hayes is great in many films.  I really admired her in What Every Woman Knows, The Son-Daughter, Arrowsmith, Fairwell to Arms, '32,  (etc.).  SHe was really wonderful in My Son with Robert Walker and Vanessa, Her Love Story.  What a rich cavalcade of films!  And such an assortment of characters too!

 

Tonight I am watching The Stolen Life with Bette Davis.  What a magnificent film!  And what a superb actress in every role.  I am awed to see Bette playing twin sisters here.  I had not seen the film for awhile, and was newly impressed.  Also, Glenn Ford and Dane Clark were quite wonderful here.

 

Next, I am watching THe Blackboard Jungle and Human Desire..  A friend wanted copies of these Glenn Ford films and I know I will enjoy seeing  them again.   Of all Glenn's films I have seen, Gilda is my top favorite. 

 

With your mention of loving cats, I feel the same.  We have two and have come to love them very much.

[GregoryPeckfan]

I am sorry about the heart-wrenching story in THe Sin of Madelon Claudet.  Yes, some of the great films are tear-jerkers.  There is another one with Irene Dunne called The Secret of MAdame Blanche that has a tear-jerking aspect to it.  I cried over that one lately and over Madame X with Lana Turner,  Though I knew the outcome, they still affected me.

 

Helen Hayes is great in many films.  I really admired her in What Every Woman Knows, The Son-Daughter, Arrowsmith, Fairwell to Arms, '32,  (etc.).  SHe was really wonderful in My Son with Robert Walker and Vanessa, Her Love Story.  What a rich cavalcade of films!  And such an assortment of characters too!

 

Tonight I am watching The Stolen Life with Bette Davis.  What a magnificent film!  And what a superb actress in every role.  I am awed to see Bette playing twin sisters here.  I had not seen the film for awhile, and was newly impressed.  Also, Glenn Ford and Dane Clark were quite wonderful here.

 

Next, I am watching THe Blackboard Jungle and Human Desire..  A friend wanted copies of these Glenn Ford films and I know I will enjoy seeing  them again.   Of all Glenn's films I have seen, Gilda is my top favorite. 

 

With your mention of loving cats, I feel the same.  We have two and have come to love them very much.

Yes, I watch tear jerkers.  I need to be careful about when I watch them, though.

 

I am slowly increasing my total of Helen Hayes films she made when she was young.

 

I love A Stolen Life.  Blackboard Jungle, Human Desire , these are all fun Glenn Ford movies.  Gilda is my favourite Glenn Ford film too. 

[LornaHansonForbes]

I Like Robert Young in many roles, and he was underrated. My favorite is the file noire THEY WON`T BELIEVE ME! (1947) in which Robert is involved with three different women, and he pays the price.

 

That is an excellent film with a great ending, really dark, and I think it owes a lot of its convoluted story roots to some of the radio thrillers of the time, especially THE WHISTLER- which usually featured someone doomed to a quicksand-like piling on of circumstances following a murder or accidental death or theft.

 

Susan Hayward is also in it, and I seem to recall something of an in-joke with regard to her name- either her character says her name was changed from either Susan Hayward or Edythe Marriner- it's funny, it's been too long since I've seen it to remember it specifically though.

 

I remember it was one of BOB'S PICKS some time ago...some may roll their eyes at Osborne, but I can't tell you how many terrific and lesser-known films I've seen via his selection of them as part of that monthly feature.**

 

**which, yes, I think he actually makes.

[GregoryPeckfan]

BY LOVE POSESSED (1961)

 

Melodramatic potboiler starring Lana Turner, Efrem Zimballist Jr., George Hamilton, Barabara Bel Geddes, and Jason Robards (Jr. as he was billed then).

 

Lots of fun watching this movie this afternoon.  Lots of fun.

 

But likely a one time view.

[GregoryPeckfan]

BY LOVE POSESSED (1961)

 

Melodramatic potboiler starring Lana Turner, Efrem Zimballist Jr., George Hamilton, Barabara Bel Geddes, and Jason Robards (Jr. as he was billed then).

 

Lots of fun watching this movie this afternoon.  Lots of fun.

 

But likely a one time view.

I forgot to say the source of the movie was a PVR recording from Silver Screen Classics.

[LornaHansonForbes]

I forgot to say the source of the movie was a PVR recording from Silver Screen Classics.

 

What is PVR?

[scsu1975]

What is PVR?

Same thing as a DVR. The "P" stands for "personal."

[film lover 293]

Better watching the movie of "By Love Possessed" than trying to read the novel by James Gould Cozzens; the Loong book has all the interest of an instruction booklet written for a build-it yourself garage written in German/Latin.  JMO.

[GregoryPeckfan]

Same thing as a DVR. The "P" stands for "personal."

Thank-you.  Yes.  I record a lot of movies by PVR.

[film lover 293]

"The Kennel Murder Case" (1933).  Starring William Powell and Mary Astor.  Powell in maybe the best of the Philo Vance series, just before "The Thin Man" (1934) was filmed.  Takes place at a dog show.  Complicated "locked room" mystery with lots of suspects.  Great watch with a sense of humor that goes along at a fast pace.  A very satisfying ending.  8/10 stars.

[GregoryPeckfan]

"The Kennel Murder Case" (1933).  Starring William Powell and Mary Astor.  Powell in maybe the best of the Philo Vance series, just before "The Thin Man" (1934) was filmed.  Takes place at a dog show.  Complicated "locked room" mystery with lots of suspects.  Great watch with a sense of humor that goes along at a fast pace.  A very satisfying ending.  8/10 stars.

I love this movie.  William Powell's fame as Philo Vance almost cost him the role as Nick Charles, because he was so identified with that first detective.

 

Now, Nick Charles is much more remembered today than Philo Vance.

[Fedya]

Helen Hayes is great in many films. I really admired her in What Every Woman Knows, The Son-Daughter, Arrowsmith, Fairwell to Arms, '32, (etc.). SHe was really wonderful in My Son with Robert Walker

I presume you mean My Son John? God what a dog of a movie -- it's one of those movies that's so unrelentingly awful that it's a hoot.

 

Poor Robert Walker died in the middle of shooting, and Leo McCarey had to pad out the movie with muted shots of Walker from Strangers on a Train.

[MCannady1]

I presume you mean My Son John? God what a dog of a movie -- it's one of those movies that's so unrelentingly awful that it's a hoot.

 

Poor Robert Walker died in the middle of shooting, and Leo McCarey had to pad out the movie with muted shots of Walker from Strangers on a Train.

Yes, you are right.  MY Son John was a powerful movie.  It really stayed with me long after I had seen it.   Poor Robert Walker.  I have always been sorry about him too!  MY mom used to talk about how it destroyed him when Jennifer left him to marry Selznick.  He was excellent in Strangers on a Train too.  Though I am a Jennifer Jones fan too, I can't help feeling an empathy with Robert.

 

I did not know that they could not complete the movie (My Son John) with Robert, for he was already gone.  Leo McCarey did the last scenes along with the Strangers on a Train shots?   That was clever that they were able to do that. 

 

I did read that poor Jean Harlow's last film Saratoga could not be completed with Jean who died soon afterwards.  They had a double and  the camera shots were taken from the back. (The show went on, which is probably what the star would have wanted)/   I cannot imagine how horrible that would be at 26 years old!  She had everything to live for; beauty, brains and talent.

 

If she had gotten to a doctor in time in might have saved her.   Jean left us a lot of great films to enjoy.   In every decade this lovely and talented lady acquires more fans.  Me, for one.