DownGoesFrazier Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Just to draw more attention to the subject, I'm appropriating Tom JH's thread idea. Maybe the TCM honchos will see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 +1. it would be especially nice if they could get DAISY KENYON (1947)- I don't think I had any clue how good an actor Andrews was until I saw it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted December 10, 2015 Author Share Posted December 10, 2015 +1. it would be especially nice if they could get DAISY KENYON (1947)- I don't think I had any clue how good an actor Andrews was until I saw it. If you take the films in which he starred, and throw in the ones in which he had a supporting role, you've got quite an array of films that many would want to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 he's got a LOAD of credits, many of which I have not seen. This is just a partial filmography up until 1958: Enchanted IslandAbner 'Ab' Bedford 1958 The FearmakersAlan Eaton 1957 Curse of the DemonJohn Holden 1957 Zero Hour!Lt. Ted Stryker 1957 Spring ReunionFred Davis 1956 Beyond a Reasonable DoubtTom Garrett 1956 While the City SleepsEdward Mobley 1956 ComancheJim Read 1956 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Goes a Fishin' (Short)Dana Andrews 1955 Strange Lady in TownDr. Rourke O'Brien 1955 Smoke SignalBrett Halliday 1954 Three Hours to KillJim Guthrie 1954 Duel in the JungleScott Walters 1954 Elephant WalkDick Carver 1952 Assignment: ParisJimmy Race 1951 I Want YouMartin Greer 1951 The FrogmenJake Flannigan 1951 Sealed CargoPat Bannon 1950 Edge of DoomFather Thomas Roth 1950 Where the Sidewalk EndsDet. Mark Dixon 1949 My Foolish HeartWalt Dreiser 1949 Sword in the DesertMike Dillon 1949 The Forbidden StreetHenry Lambert / Gilbert Lauderdale 1948 No Minor VicesPerry Ashwell 1948 Deep WatersHod Stillwell 1948 The Iron CurtainIgor Gouzenko 1947 Daisy KenyonDan O'Mara 1947 Night SongDan 1947 Boomerang!State's Atty. Henry L. Harvey 1946 The Best Years of Our LivesFred Derry 1946 Canyon PassageLogan Stuart 1945 A Walk in the SunSgt. Bill Tyne 1945 Fallen AngelEric Stanton 1945 State FairPat Gilbert 1944 LauraDet. Lt. Mark McPherson 1944 Wing and a PrayerLt. Cmdr. Edward Moulton 1944 The Purple HeartCapt. Harvey Ross 1944 Up in ArmsJoe 1943 December 7th: The MovieGhost of US Sailor Killed at Pearl Harbor 1943 The North StarKolya Simonov 1943 The Ox-Bow IncidentDonald Martin 1943 Crash DiveLt. Cmdr. Dewey Connors 1942 Berlin CorrespondentBill Roberts 1941 Ball of FireJoe Lilac 1941 Swamp WaterBen 1941 Belle StarrMaj. Thomas Crail 1941 Tobacco RoadCaptain Tim 1940 The WesternerHod Johnson 1940 Kit CarsonCaptain John C. Fremont 1940 Sailor's LadyScrappy Wilson note- in red are the titles I am either ESPECIALLY intrigued by or would love to see on TCM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
film lover 293 Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Was just reading TCM's article on "State Fair" (1945)--they dubbed Andrews in spite" of him being a trained opera singer"*. I'd love to hear any recordings Andrews made--I think SF is the only film musical he ever appeared in. Pity. *--From TCMs' article on "State Fair" (1945). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
film lover 293 Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 LornaHansonForbes--"State Fair" (1945) is simplistic in plot, but a musical delight, in spite of Jeanne Crain & Dana Andrews being dubbed. Whole score is good to excellent, & "It Might As Well Be Spring" won Best Song Oscar, deservedly, IMHO. "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" (1956) is a pretty good noir. "Zero Hour!" (1957) Set the formula for the Airport sequels--I guess it was good in 1957, is cliched now, IMHO. Can't help with your other highlighted titles--haven't seen them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Was just reading TCM's article on "State Fair" (1945)--they dubbed Andrews in spite" of him being a trained opera singer"*. I'd love to hear any recordings Andrews made--I think SF is the only film musical he ever appeared in. Pity. *--From TCMs' article on "State Fair" (1945). the 1945 version of STATE FAIR has been requested and mentioned glowingly numerous times over the years by various posters- it's a Fox film and there may even be deeper issues with the copyright or soundtrack. so I wouldn't count seeing it on TCM any time soon. it and MARGIE have been cited as two films of Jeanne Crain's wherein she is supposedly very good...so i'd be interested to see them because, while I understand she has her fans, Jeanne Crain has not impressed me at all in the few films of hers that I have seen- PINKY, PEOPLE WILL TALK, LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN and A LETTER TO THREE WIVES. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
film lover 293 Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 LornaHansonForbes--Jeanne Crains' role in "State Fair" didn't require a lot of acting on her part: it can be argued that the woman dubbing her had a more difficult time singing the part than Jeanne Crain did acting it. JMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 LornaHansonForbes--Jeanne Crains' role in "State Fair" didn't require a lot of acting on her part: it can be argued that the woman dubbing her had a more difficult time singing the part than Jeanne Crain did acting it. JMO. actually, i have heard numerous performers comment that good lip syncing is, ironically, no easy task that requires a good deal of skill. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Glad to see that you really meant it about wanting Dana Andrews as SOTM, DGF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Can't help with your other highlighted titles--haven't seen them. Well then let me help you with one of them, film lover. Here's my review of Swamp Water from my Dana Andrews thread. (Hey, these Dana Andrews threads are populating on these boards faster than rabbits now, aren't they?). Aside from that, this film has a young, earnest Dana in the lead (in spite of his billing), and I think it's really one of his very best performances. Here's what I wrote a few months ago: I just had a first time viewing of director Jean Renoir's SWAMP WATER, a long forgotten (and vault buried) 1941 feature of 20th Century Fox. Wonderfully atmospheric, it was shot on location in Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp, dealing with the country folk living by that swamp and their relationship with that dangerous gator, cottonmouth, quicksand filled bog where men are known to enter but often never be seen again. Dana Andrews plays a young man trying to assert his independence from a domineering, proud father (played by Walter Huston with a stern dignity). Other characters (all wonderfully credible) include Walter Brennan as a convicted murderer hiding in the swamp, and Anne Baxter as his innocent, shy daughter working for the town's store keeper. The cast is filled out with a great collection of character actors, including Eugene Pallette as the sheriff, John Carradine as a man with a secret, and Ward Bond and Guinn Williams as a pair of troublesome louts. Andrews, in an early screen performance, is very impressive, in my opinion, playing the approaching adulthood son, rebelling from his father's authority, with the same kind of sensitivity that would later distinguish his portrayal in The Ox Bow Incident. He's very winning in a role far removed from the stoic types for which he is largely remembered today. It's an impressive demonstration of Andrews's acting range when you contrast this performance to the wise acres tough guy that he played the same year in Ball of Fire. But the star of this film is in many ways the swamp itself. Beautifully photographed on location, it becomes a living entity on its own, a swamp that is discussed by the film's characters with a fear, at times a nervous laughter. One of the earliest shots in the film is a suitably grim one, a skull on the end of a makeshift cross stuck in the swamp, an ominous warning for anyone who dares to venture into those deadly waters. And there's a death scene in the swamp that I found chillingly, eerily believable. I heartily recommend the little known Swamp Water, just released on DVD and Blue Ray, for its involving story line and characterizations and, the atmosphere to be found in the photography of the Okefenokee. For the time being, at least, a very nice image of this film can be found on You Tube, as well. (This is the way I saw it). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 the 1945 version of STATE FAIR has been requested and mentioned glowingly numerous times over the years by various posters- it's a Fox film and there may even be deeper issues with the copyright or soundtrack. so I wouldn't count seeing it on TCM any time soon. it and MARGIE have been cited as two films of Jeanne Crain's wherein she is supposedly very good...so i'd be interested to see them because, while I understand she has her fans, Jeanne Crain has not impressed me at all in the few films of hers that I have seen- PINKY, PEOPLE WILL TALK, LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN and A LETTER TO THREE WIVES. If anyone is interested... The 1945 State Fair is available for streaming on Netflix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted December 12, 2015 Author Share Posted December 12, 2015 actually, i have heard numerous performers comment that good lip syncing is, ironically, no easy task that requires a good deal of skill. Maybe more skill than singing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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