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Hmmm, married to Dashiell Hammett, could be, don't know for sure...
Yes, that scene in The Little Foxes, it is a tour de force for Bette, I think. No dialogue yet so intense and riveting. Reminds me also of the scene in The Letter, where Bette goes to see 'the woman', and she makes Bette stoop down to pick up 'the letter'. The Letter is another phenomenal Davis film, I love it!
Directed by William Wyler who she was having a relationship with at the time. They argued all the time making that movie.
cinderella
03-12-2010, 06:20 PM
Yes, I know. But, I think Wyler brought out the best in Davis, don't you think?
Directed by William Wyler who she was having a relationship with at the time. They argued all the time making that movie.
Yes, I know. But, I think Wyler brought out the best in Davis, don't you think?
I guess, she's always a bitch. if he brought that kind of intensity in Davis' nasty characters, my vote would be Jezebel as his best. The scene at the cotillion where she's wearing red and everyone else is in white is riveting. You feel the embarrassment and shame for Henry Fonda.
cinderella
03-12-2010, 06:27 PM
Other very best favorites...
How Green Was My Valley - I love this film.
The Corn I Green - Bette Davis version - love it!
My Cousin Rachel - why don't they ever show this on TCM, I've requested it several times
Brief Encounter - the original, directed by David Lean (Jet, you know this is my favorite of all time)
A Man For All Seasons - the story of Thomas Moore and his downfall - great film
The Shoes of the Fisherman - Anthony Quinn as the pope
So many other...I can't think right now.
On March 23, at 8pm EST, TCM will be showing 'Roshomon' a film by Akira Kurosawa. A prominent Japanese director with unbelievable and unprecedented 'vision'. He is amazing, you must see this landmark film. Here's a short syopis of 'Roshomon' in my opinion one of the best films ever made.
The story told by Rashomon is both surprisingly simple and deceptively complex. The central tale, which tells of the rape of a woman (Machiko Kyo) and the murder of a man (Masayuki Mori), possibly by a bandit (Toshiro Mifune), is presented entirely in flashbacks from the perspectives of four narrators. The framing portions of the movie transpire at Kyoto's crumbling Rashomon gate, where several people seek shelter from a pelting rain storm and discuss the recent crime, which has shocked the region. One of the men, a woodcutter (Takashi Shimura), was a witness to the events, and, with the help of a priest (Minoru Chiaki), he puzzles over what really happened, and what such a horrible occurrence says about human nature.
You know what else they don't show? The Helen Morgan Story with Anne Blythe and Paul Newman 1957. I requested it, but there's a rights problem.
cinderella
03-12-2010, 06:38 PM
I know who Helen Morgan was...but I didn't realize TCM never showed that film. It could be there's a 'rights' problem, as you said. That's prob the case with 'My Cousin Rachel', tho I wish they would let us know.
You know what else they don't show? The Helen Morgan Story with Anne Blythe and Paul Newman 1957. I requested it, but there's a rights problem.
cinderella
03-12-2010, 06:41 PM
YES!!! It is intense, isn't it? I always feel so bad for him during those scenes...but Jezebel was just a natural rebel - she was just being herself. The times and people were just not ready for her, that's all.
I guess, she's always a bitch. if he brought that kind of intensity in Davis' nasty characters, my vote would be Jezebel as his best. The scene at the cotillion where she's wearing red and everyone else is in white is riveting. You feel the embarrassment and shame for Henry Fonda.
I know who Helen Morgan was...but I didn't realize TCM never showed that film. It could be there's a 'rights' problem, as you said. That's prob the case with 'My Cousin Rachel', tho I wish they would let us know.
They wrote and said it was a rights problem. I love the movie and it took me years to find the soundtrack on vinyl on RCA and then on CD which is now discontinued. Ray Heindorf did the music (I'm a fan of his) and it's kick ass with Gogi Grant dubbed in for Ann Blythe.
cinderella
03-12-2010, 06:46 PM
Speaking of singers...TCM recently showed 'I'll Cry Tomorrow' -not common fare for TCM. I always loved that film, and I love Susan Hayward. She was very good in this. As you know, she died way before her time of a brain tumor. So sad. She was so beautiful...
Speaking of singers...TCM recently showed 'I'll Cry Tomorrow' -not common fare for TCM. I always loved that film, and I love Susan Hayward. She was very good in this. As you know, she died way before her time of a brain tumor. So sad. She was so beautiful...
I have that soundtrack, too. Another one i spent about 20 years looking for and all because of Alex North's musical direction of "Sing You Sinners" Kick ass version!
Psycho is on tonight on the Chiller Channel.
Watch if you dare!
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Double up with
Remakes!
Not all remakes are good—usually not good at all.
But here are a few from different genres that carry their weight make for pretty interesting nights for classics.
The Thing 1982/The Thing from Another World 1951 (science fiction)
A Star is Born 1937/1954 and 1976 (the 1954 version with Judy Garland is my pick) (a true melodrama)
Lady for a Day 1933/Pocket Full of Miracles 1961 (both directed by William Wyler) (Comedy-drama)
Roxy Hart 1942/Chicago 2002 (musical)
These Three 1936/The Children's Hour 1961 (both directed by William Wyler) (heavy drama)
3:10 to Yuma 1957/3:10 to Yuma 2007 (the original is excellent black and white)(western)
cinderella
03-12-2010, 07:17 PM
Not sure I understand what you mean...I hate remakes...even of bad 'B' pics. If it ain't broke, don't fix it! Tho I must admit, I like The Children's Hour way better then Those 3 any day of the week! And, yep, A Star Is Born - I like Judy in ANYTHING!!!
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Double up with
Remakes!
Not all remakes are good—usually not good at all.
But here are a few that carry their weight make for pretty interesting nights for classics.
The Thing 1982/The Thing from Another world 1951
A Star is Born 1937/1954 and 1976 (the 1954 version with Judy garland is my pick)
Lady for a Day 1933/Pocket full of Miracles 1961 (both directed by William Wyler)
Roxy Hart 1942/Chicago 2002
These Three 1936/The Children's Hour 1961 (both directed by William Wyler)
3:10 to Yuma 2007/3:10 to Yuma 1957 (the original is excellent black and white)
Not sure I understand what you mean...I hate remakes...even of bad 'B' pics. If it ain't broke, don't fix it! Tho I must admit, I like The Children's Hour way better then Those 3 any day of the week! And, yep, A Star Is Born - I like Judy in ANYTHING!!!
well, that's your opinion. i think these are good remakes and that's my opinion.
cinderella
03-12-2010, 07:21 PM
I don't get 'Chiller Channel' whatever that is...but I do have Psycho on tape, and can watch it anytime I want. But you know, after seeing it a gazillion times, it never fails to entrap and mesmerize me - that's the Hitchcock magic at work!!
Psycho is on tonight on the Chiller Channel.
Watch if you dare!
cinderella
03-12-2010, 07:23 PM
And we all know that we're entitled to them...opinions, that is.
well, that's your opinion. i think these are good remakes and that's my opinion.
I'm watching Psycho and then i'm watching another horror flick.
cinderella
03-12-2010, 07:43 PM
Enjoy...I'll watch TCM for awhile if there's anything worthwhile.
I'm watching Psycho and then i'm watching another horror flick.
I'm watching Psycho and then i'm watching another horror flick.
remind me never to accept an invitation to sandwiches and milk
I think one of the best psychological thrillers from Bette Davis is The Nanny, 1965
Check out the trailer.
This is a shpooky...movie...about a nanny whose charge are the two children
of a young, wealthy London couple.
The youngest child, a little girl, dies from a freak drowning accident,
but leaves her older brother suspect and sent away.
When he returns to find their nanny still in the household,
he does everything to protect himself from her in an intense cat and mouse game.
YouTube- The Nunny
cinderella
03-12-2010, 09:29 PM
Gee,not even if there's stuffed birds involved? lol
remind me never to accept an invitation to sandwiches and milk
cinderella
03-12-2010, 09:33 PM
I love Bette Davis, but this is so not my cup of tea, so, I think I'll pass....
I guess she was needing money desparetedly at this point to consend to this type of film...
I think one of the best psychological thrillers from Bette Davis is The Nanny, 1965
Check out the trailer.
This is a shpooky...movie...about a nanny whose charge are the two children
of a young, wealthy London couple.
The youngest child, a little girl, dies from a freak drowning accident,
but leaves her older brother suspect and sent away.
When he returns to find their nanny still in the household,
he does everything to protect himself from her in an intense cat and mouse game.
YouTube- The Nunny (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_2519YDw4c)
I love Bette Davis, but this is so not my cup of tea, so, I think I'll pass....
never saw it? vintage davis and really well done. others may like it, so i'm putting it out here for those looking for classic movies.
cinderella
03-12-2010, 09:38 PM
Well, whatever...I just don't like seeing 'The Davis' in that sort of movie...OK, I'm done.
never saw it? vintage davis and really well done
I love Bette Davis, but this is so not my cup of tea, so, I think I'll pass....
I guess she was needing money desparetedly at this point to consend to this type of film...
then she must have consented to Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte and Baby Jane since they were done in a row...must have needed money?
TCM is great tonight. Plenty of sci-fi B flicks from the 50s.
I'm not a big fan of James Coburn or his movies per se.
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But there is a great sort of clock and dagger, whodunit that really is good.
The Last of Sheila plays like a sophistocated Clue game
leaving you at the very last asking, "what really happened to Sheila?"
Most of the movie takes place on a yacht, leaving a cast of star-studded
actors as suspects into the disappearance of Sheila.
I recommend this as a great little psychological whodunit from the 70's.
And well worth the watch and the rent if you can get it.
There aren't any good lifts from YouTube, but at least there's visuals:
YouTube- #489) THE LAST OF SHEILA (1973)
See you at the movies...
There's a thousand comments we could all make about Jack Nicholson as to what makes him a fantastic actor,
a few not even preferring Nicholson.
I won't share my views about Nicholson other than to say the first time I ever saw him was in 5 Easy Pieces in 1970.
He was nominated for Best Actor. All I remember was his profound presence on screen
and the fact that he made everything seem so real. I thought, "I've never seen anybody like that!"
The best scene of all was in the famous diner scene
which typifies Nicholson's edgy, off the cuff presence.
It's awesome and I'd recommend viewing it as well as a great movie which about...
Summary, 5 Easy Pieces
Robert Dupea has given up his promising career as a concert pianist and is now working in oil fields.
He lives together with Rayette, who's a waitress in a diner.
When Robert hears from his sister that his father isn't well, he drives up to Washington to see him,
taking Rayette with him. There he gets confronted with his rich, cultured family that he had left behind.
See ya at the movies....
YouTube- Five Easy Pieces Diner Scene
Martina
03-14-2010, 01:58 AM
Speaking of singers...TCM recently showed 'I'll Cry Tomorrow' -not common fare for TCM. I always loved that film, and I love Susan Hayward. She was very good in this. As you know, she died way before her time of a brain tumor. So sad. She was so beautiful...
Loved Susan Hayward.
I like sitting down to a classic just because it is classic even if it's not great.
I like The FBI Story as unreal as it was because I like Jimmy Stewart movies.
J. Edgar Hoover had script approval being the paranoid, schizo control freak that he was...
YouTube- Jimmy Stewart in The FBI Story: Library Proposal Scene
I like The Glenn Miller Story too. Helen Miller did wear a size
3 and 1/2 shoe. A peer of mine and I wrote a 3 hour docudrama
for radio on the life Glenn miller called "The Major." They did locate
his single-engine monoplane, a Norseman, in the English channel, a few year's back.
I speculate that, if he would have lived, Glenn Miller would have been a great composer
and arranger in films. He had already done two movies before entering the army and forming the AAF band.
Here's the scene when he discovers "the sound...' after Willie Schwartz cuts his lip on a trumpet. The story is legend but it is a nice one...
YouTube- Glenn Miller Story-Cut his lip and the sound
Here's the movie that John Dillinger walked out of to be shot down in Chicago in 1934. Love the story and the movie, Manhattan Melodrama.
YouTube- Manhattan Melodrama trailer (1934)
cinderella
03-18-2010, 08:45 PM
I love this ol' movie too, Ol' Jet. Here's one I think you'll appreciate. It has the sounds you love - 40's music, and a voice you may like - Lynn Bari. Enjoy.
YouTube- Glenn Miller & His Orchestra - Serenade In Blue
Here's the movie that John Dillinger walked out of to be shot down in Chicago in 1934. Love the story and the movie, Manhattan Melodrama.
YouTube- Manhattan Melodrama trailer (1934) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTff7Yr7ZtA)
I never appreciated John Wayne until much later as I got older.
Now, I enjoy him as an icon and for the style of actor he was.
I never really thought he was a good actor, he just wore on us
with good westerns, as they were in that genre.
My two favorite movies are The Cowboys and The Shootist.
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Here's a video tribute to John Wayne.
See ya at the movies.
YouTube- Cancer
YouTube- MY JOHN WAYNE TRIBUTE 1907-1979
Add The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence and Three Godfathers to my John Wayne favorites.
QueSeraSera
03-24-2010, 09:49 AM
To add my 2 cents on the subject.... I ofcourse I loved the Movie The Man Who Knew To Much.... And Whatever Happen To Baby Jane....And I am a big fan of most any Marilyn Monroe Movies as well...... I see that most of these have been talked about. I just wanted to put my lil $.02...
Til another time
Andrew, Jr.
03-24-2010, 12:45 PM
Is anyone planning on seeing the movie "The Rite"? It is about a Roman Catholic Priest from America who travels to Rome to learn how to perform exorcisms. It is going to star Sir Anthony Hopkins and is going to be directed by Mikael Hafstrom. The movie is based on the book "The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist" by Matt Baglio.
Is anyone planning on seeing the movie "The Rite"? It is about a Roman Catholic Priest from America who travels to Rome to learn how to perform exorcisms. It is going to star Sir Anthony Hopkins and is going to be directed by Mikael Hafstrom. The movie is based on the book "The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist" by Matt Baglio.
this classic films discussions only, the new movie thread perhaps?
Andrew, Jr.
03-24-2010, 12:55 PM
My apologies.
CARMEN'S REMINDER
Carmen,
one of your favorite flicks, Letter from an Unknown Woman, is on tonight at 10:15.
cinderella
03-31-2010, 08:43 PM
Ooops, sorry, missed this post & missed the movie. But it's OK, I have it on tape...
Now, here's something I think you'll enjoly. It's from the TCM archives, but I found it on YouTube. I love Marie Bryan'ts rendition of On The Sunny Side Of The Stree - it's right after the first jam.
Oh, and thanks for 'outing' me......
YouTube- JAMMIN' THE BLUES (1944) !!!
CARMEN'S REMINDER
Carmen,
one of your favorite flicks, Letter from an Unknown Woman, is on tonight at 10:15.
Ooops, sorry, missed this post & missed the movie. But it's OK, I have it on tape...
Now, here's something I think you'll enjoly. It's from the TCM archives, but I found it on YouTube. I love Marie Bryan'ts rendition of On The Sunny Side Of The Stree - it's right after the first jam.
Oh, and thanks for 'outing' me......
YouTube- JAMMIN' THE BLUES (1944) !!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v_Y3Pbiims)
I could listen to this all night long. better yet, lay somebody to this all night long. lol
cinderella
03-31-2010, 09:08 PM
"lay somebody"? Sounds a tad risque, yes? ;)
Oh, and p.s. let me know when 'Brief Encounter' is coming on - that's my favorite all time film!!
I could listen to this all night long. better yet, lay somebody to this all night long. lol
yep.....hey, I saw your Joan Fontaine chick flick the other night. And then I put in The Uninvited with Ray Milland. Speaking of Jourdan I watch Julie with him and Doris Day the other night where he's trying to kill her.
Reminds me....
I wrote a documentary for radio all in rhyme if you can imagine. Titled "The Cardigan Years" and written in segments; I wanted Charles Kuralt ay CBS to narrate it as an enterprise piece. I never finished it...but I remember devoting a segment to the time when radio was being replaced by TV....
"I Love Mystery....and I miss Major Bows."
And I do love mysteries.....
see ya at the movies my learned comrades.
cinderella
03-31-2010, 09:28 PM
Guess I'm not so 'learned', 'cause I can't remember a Louis Jordan movie w/Doris where he is trying to kill her. I do, however, remember a Doris movie w/Rex Harrison, where he is trying to kill our girl...now what was the name of that - escapes me at the moment - 'Midnight Lace'? Not sure on that one. Please enlighten me on the Day & Jordan flick.
I do remember The Uninvited. Ray Milland and Gail Russel - it was her debut film, I think. She was astonishingly beautiful.
I would have loved to have read your radio script...I am familiar with your writing, and I like it very much.
yep.....hey, I saw your Joan Fontaine chick flick the other night. And then I put in The Uninvited with Ray Milland. Speaking of Jourdan I watch Julie with him and Doris Day the other night where he's trying to kill her.
Reminds me....
I wrote a documentary for radio all in rhyme if you can imagine. Titled "The Cardigan Years" and written in segments; I wanted Charles Kuralt ay CBS to narrate it as an enterprise piece. I never finished it...but I remember devoting a segment to the time when radio was being replaced by TV....
"I Love Mystery....and I miss Major Bows."
And I do love mysteries.....
see ya at the movies my learned comrades.
Guess I'm not so 'learned', 'cause I can't remember a Louis Jordan movie w/Doris where he is trying to kill her. I do, however, remember a Doris movie w/Rex Harrison, where he is trying to kill our girl...now what was the name of that - escapes me at the moment - 'Midnight Lace'? Not sure on that one. Please enlighten me on the Day & Jordan flick.
I do remember The Uninvited. Ray Milland and Gail Russel - it was her debut film, I think. She was astonishingly beautiful.
I would have loved to have read your radio script...I am familiar with your writing, and I like it very much.
It's called Julie and it came out in 1956. Doris Day, Barry Sullivan and Louie Jourdan. She's a stewardess and Jourdan is her lunatic husband. Sullivan is a good friend. Jourdan plots to kill her and he catches up with her on a flight. He storms the cockpit, injures the pilot; he ends up dead in the shooting and she's left to land the plane.
Ring a bell now?
cinderella
03-31-2010, 10:19 PM
Yep, and it was just on the other night - I caught it at the tail end...and she did a good job of landing that plane - a real tense hold-on-to-your-seat moment, for sure!! I think I've seen it, but can't remember it...'Old Timer's Disease' is setting in for sure!!
It's called Julie and it came out in 1956. Doris Day, Barry Sullivan and Louie Jourdan. She's a stewardess and Jourdan is her lunatic husband. Sullivan is a good friend. Jourdan plots to kill her and he catches up with her on a flight. He storms the cockpit, injures the pilot; he ends up dead in the shooting and she's left to land the plane.
Ring a bell now?
When TV is shit, I just put in any old movie that i have.
A few I watch a lot of....All My Sons is a favorite; written by Arthur Miller.
heavy drama...Edward G. Robinson, Burt Lancaster...if you've never seen it, do. Excellent!
cinderella
03-31-2010, 10:30 PM
Yes I have seen it many times, and I do like it, tho it's not one of my faves. I'd much rather watch The Best Years of Our Lives...
I'm more of a noir fan, tho I will not pass up a romance film. Today Kitty Foyle was on, and tho I own it on tape, I watched it anyway. I love Ginger Rogers sans Astair, or with - she is a favorite, and I've enjoyed having her as 'Star of the Month', along with Akra Kurasawa, one of my fave directors.
I too do the same as you when TV is sh__T...my faves are: Sunset Blvd, Rebecca, The Heiress, 12 Angry Men, and so many others I can't think of at the moment. But I have so many films in my collection, I can't remember what I have. So, when I go 'browsing', it's always a delightful suprise to see what I do have, and play it. I am missing my favorite film - Brief Encounter, and must purchase it soon.
When TV is shit, I just put in any old movie that i have.
A few I watch a lot of....All My Sons is a favorite; written by Arthur Miller.
heavy drama...Edward G. Robinson, Burt Lancaster...if you've never seen it, do. Excellent!
Yes I have seen it many times, and I do like it, tho it's not one of my faves. I'd much rather watch The Best Years of Our Lives...
I'm more of a noir fan, tho I will not pass up a romance film. Today Kitty Foyle was on, and tho I own it on tape, I watched it anyway. I love Ginger Rogers sans Astair, or with - she is a favorite, and I've enjoyed having her as 'Star of the Month', along with Akra Kurasawa, one of my fave directors.
She's a cutie, not to mention getting best actress for that.
cinderella
03-31-2010, 10:42 PM
Yes, Ginger is a sweetheart.
Along the Noir side, I love Barbara Stanwyck the best. Did you see The Strange Love of Martha Ivers? I love that film. Among other Stanwyck films, I think my favorite is 'Sorry Wrong Number' - I just love that movie!! Then there was another one called No Man of Her Own, I think, not sure. Great film, and not shown as often as it should be. I just love Stanwyck, I wish they would do a retrospective or Star of the Month on her. She, I think, is under-appreciated by today's audiences who are into classic film.
She's a cutie, not to mention getting best actress for that.
Yes, Ginger is a sweetheart.
Along the Noir side, I love Barbara Stanwyck the best. Did you see The Strange Love of Martha Ivers? I love that film. Among other Stanwyck films, I think my favorite is 'Sorry Wrong Number' - I just love that movie!! Then there was another one called No Man of Her Own, I think, not sure. Great film, and not shown as often as it should be. I just love Stanwyck, I wish they would do a retrospective or Star of the Month on her. She, I think, is under-appreciated by today's audiences who are into classic film.
I love Stanwyck bar none. And I just watched "Martha Ivers" the night before last on tape. I have quite a few of hers and one of the things I like about her is that she transitioned into the 50s pretty well, unlike Crawford and some others who, I think, were overdone. One of my favorites from the 50s is "Jeapordy" with Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan and Ralph Meeker (whose a prick in this)
and another one that I would like to have is "The File on on Thelma Jordan" with her and Wendel Corey. I think that came out in the late 40s...more Mystery and mayhem.....
as a sidebar on Stanwyck, I think my favorite performance is Stella Dallas...and she should have one, she was nominated. There is another film earlier with her, and directed by Frank Capra. Saw it one time, forget the name, and I would like to have it...it's a drama.
cinderella
03-31-2010, 11:26 PM
Yes, she was fantastic in Stella Dallas - I thought she had won an Oscar for that. I did love her in 'Babyface', 1930-something...
Hmmmm. Frank Capra & Stanwyck...can't say I remember anything like that, I'll have to do some researching...maybe IMDB.com?
In any case, I've got to agree on Stanwyck (aka Ruby Stevens from Brooklyn) - she certainly was a pip! I loved just about anything she did. You do know about her 'lavendar marriage' to Robert Taylor? Yes, of course you do. She has been accused of being gay, but nothing nor no one (that I know of) had come forth to attest to that, though there were many suspicions, but nothing concrete ever came forward. I think it was something - that if true - she took to her grave. Tho, remember her role as a lesbian in 'Walk On The Wild Side'. I was really surprised she consented to doing that, being as concervative as she was about her personal life.
I love Stanwyck bar none. And I just watched "Martha Ivers" the night before last on tape. I have quite a few of hers and one of the things I like about her is that she transitioned into the 50s pretty well, unlike Crawford and some others who, I think, were overdone. One of my favorites from the 50s is "Jeapordy" with Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan and Ralph Meeker (whose a prick in this)
and another one that I would like to have is "The File on on Thelma Jordan" with her and Wendel Corey. I think that came out in the late 40s...more Mystery and mayhem.....
as a sidebar on Stanwyck, I think my favorite performance is Stella Dallas...and she should have one, she was nominated. There is another film earlier with her, and directed by Frank Capra. Saw it one time, forget the name, and I would like to have it...it's a drama.
Yes, she was fantastic in Stella Dallas - I thought she had won an Oscar for that. I did love her in 'Babyface', 1930-something...
Hmmmm. Frank Capra & Stanwyck...can't say I remember anything like that, I'll have to do some researching...maybe IMDB.com?
In any case, I've got to agree on Stanwyck (aka Ruby Stevens from Brooklyn) - she certainly was a pip! I loved just about anything she did. You do know about her 'lavendar marriage' to Robert Taylor? Yes, of course you do. She has been accused of being gay, but nothing nor no one (that I know of) had come forth to attest to that, though there were many suspicions, but nothing concrete ever came forward. I think it was something - that if true - she took to her grave. Tho, remember her role as a lesbian in 'Walk On The Wild Side'. I was really surprised she consented to doing that, being as concervative as she was about her personal life.
yes, i've heard that...but almost everyone was accused at one time or another it seems
There is nothing I can offer a comment on that has not already been said about Elizabeth Taylor.
So I'll just say I love Elizabeth Taylor. Diverse, legendary and from there the adjectives roll on. For me it is her presence and the fact that she is a station from my generation.
Beautiful? It hardly deserves a comment. I know I will miss her when it's time.
But the good part is that films like Giant, Butterfield 8, A Place in the Sun, Suddenly Last Summer
and many more will continually give us...Elizabeth Taylor. And as a fan and an American who grew up
with Hollywood's golden age and classic performers, I'm honored.
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Triple Feature!
Three Big Movies!
Three Big Stars
Three Modern Cowboys!
Steve McQueen in Baby, The Rain Must Fall, 1965
Paul Newman in Hud, 1963
Kirk Douglas in Lonely Are the Brave, 1962
Considered the best of their best!
Baby the Rain Must Fall
Henry Thomas is out on parole in a small Texan town and, in the evenings, he is the lead singer in a band. He is being pressured by his foster mother to give up his singing and go back to school. His wife, Georgette, and young daughter unexpectedly come to town to live with him. However Henry's hot temper leads him into knife fights, and jeopardizes his parole.
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Hud
Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents the perfect embodiment of alienated youth, out for kicks with no regard for the consequences. There is bitter conflict between the callous Hud and his stern and highly principled father, Homer. Hud's nephew Lon admires Hud's cheating ways, though he soon becomes aware of Hud's reckless amorality to bear him anymore. In the world of the takers and the taken, Hud is a winner. He's a cheat, but, he explains "I always say the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner."
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Lonely Are the Brave
When itinerant cowboy and drifter Jack Burns reads that his old friend Paul Bondi has been sentenced to two years for aiding and abetting illegal immigrants, he returns to Duke City, New Mexico to Bondi's home. After a reunion with Bondi's wife Jerry, with whom he has a very close relationship, the nonconformist Burns sets out to join his old friend in the county jail on a drunk and disorderly charge. Burns gets into a brawl in a local cantina, but when the police decide to release him because of jail overcrowding, he assaults a policeman. Now facing a seemingly unendurable one year term. Burns is disappointed to find that his friend does not want to escape but do his time and return to his family. Using two hacksaws smuggled in his boot, Burns breaks out of jail and heads for the Mexican border. Now facing a five year term for his escape, a sentence he could not endure because of his fiercely independent nature, he and his faithful horse Whisky race up a mountaintop to freedom with the authorities in pursuit.
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See ya at the movies......
I love Stanwyck bar none. And I just watched "Martha Ivers" the night before last on tape. I have quite a few of hers and one of the things I like about her is that she transitioned into the 50s pretty well, unlike Crawford and some others who, I think, were overdone. One of my favorites from the 50s is "Jeapordy" with Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan and Ralph Meeker (whose a prick in this)
and another one that I would like to have is "The File on on Thelma Jordan" with her and Wendel Corey. I think that came out in the late 40s...more Mystery and mayhem.....
as a sidebar on Stanwyck, I think my favorite performance is Stella Dallas...and she should have one, she was nominated. There is another film earlier with her, and directed by Frank Capra. Saw it one time, forget the name, and I would like to have it...it's a drama.
Double Indemnity. Hands down, one of my favorite movies.
A few years ago, I ran across an old copy of Architectural Digest that featured homes from Hollywood's golden age (1920s-1940s). In it, one of the homes featured was that of Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor, and the text with the photo layout talked about how theirs was an arranged marriage, because she was famously lesbian and he was quite gay. Their home was arranged for by the studio (MGM) and the vintage photos that were included in the article were from the studio's archive of a photo shoot the studio did to show the "happy home life of the happy couple" in an effort to dispel the rumors plaguing both stars about their private lives. It was fascinating, really.
Jake
Double Indemnity. Hands down, one of my favorite movies.
A few years ago, I ran across an old copy of Architectural Digest that featured homes from Hollywood's golden age (1920s-1940s). In it, one of the homes featured was that of Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor, and the text with the photo layout talked about how theirs was an arranged marriage, because she was famously lesbian and he was quite gay. Their home was arranged for by the studio (MGM) and the vintage photos that were included in the article were from the studio's archive of a photo shoot the studio did to show the "happy home life of the happy couple" in an effort to dispel the rumors plaguing both stars about their private lives. It was fascinating, really.
Jake
thanks for this nice post jake. Carmen alluded to their sexuality in an earlier post. as you know, everything was controlled under the studio system so none of this surprises me. This is an opportune time to remind old movie fans that
APRIL IS ROBERT TAYLOR MONTH ON TCM
My personal Taylor favorite being Westward the Women. see you at the movies.....:movieguy:
Waterloo Bridge...another fave.
YouTube- Farewell Waltz - Waterloo Bridge
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Double feature
with Susan Hayward
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Two memorable life stories!
With A Song in My Heart!
I'll Cry Tomorrow!
With A Song in My Heart based on the life of singer, Jane Froman
Jane Froman (Susan Hayward), an aspiring songstress, lands a job in radio with help from pianist Don Ross (David Wayne), whom she later marries. Jane's popularity soars, and she leaves on a European tour... but her plane crashes in Lisbon, and she is partially crippled. Unable to walk without crutches, Jane nevertheless goes on to entertain the Allied troops in World War II.
I'll Cry Tomorrow based on the autobiography of actress, Lillian Roth
Deprived of a normal childhood by her ambitious mother, Katie, Lillian Roth becomes a star of Broadway and Hollywood before she is twenty. Shortly before her marriage to her childhood sweetheart, David Tredman, he dies and Lillian takes her first drink of many down the road of becoming an alcoholic. She enters into a short-lived marriage to an immature aviation cadet, Wallie, followed by a divorce and then marriage to a sadistic brute and abuser Tony Bardeman. After a failed suicide attempt, Burt McGuire comes to her aid and helps her find the road back to happiness after sixteen years in a nightmare world, not counting the first twenty with her mother.
See ya at the movies.....
Julien
04-21-2010, 05:24 PM
hey everyone,
Susan Hayward is a favorite of mine. I haven't seen a film of hers in a while. I hope all is well.
G
hey everyone,
Susan Hayward is a favorite of mine. I haven't seen a film of hers in a while. I hope all is well.
G
uh...yer not gettin off that easy .....we know you teach film...git yer butt back in here and learn us some new tricks on old films....
Julien
04-21-2010, 06:32 PM
uh...yer not gettin off that easy .....we know you teach film...git yer butt back in here and learn us some new tricks on old films....
hey Jet,
I hear ya. So you want to talk film do you? Here is a list of what I've taught:
1. The Women Who Know Too Much: Women and Violence in the Films by Alfred Hitchcock
2. Gender Passing in Narrative Film
3. Women and Madness in Narrative Film
4. What do Invasion of the Body Snatchers, On the Waterfront Elia Kazan and Communism Have in Common? A Look at the House of Un-American Activities Committee and the Hollywood Blacklist
5. Cinema and the Law: Trial Films
6. The Bad and the Beautiful: Women in Film Noir
7. The Lesbian Character in Film
8. Deviant Desires: Femme Fatales, Crones, Lesbians and Female Friendship
9. Intro to Film Studies
I use feminist film theory, queer theory, mainstream film theory in my writing. I also have an interest in the graphic novel.
How's that to start?
Excellent post and very interesting. I have comments and probably questions on some things right off the bat. I have to finsih working out and then I'm going to spend time in here later. it's 9:30 EDT.
And that Elia Kazan thing is huge and there's a "catharsis" (I don't think that's the right word) around all that....kind of like Arthur Miller's Crucible had a thing going on too. Kazan snitched, if I remember right, and Miller condemned the House with the Crucible, but we'll talk later.
Excellent stuff...welcome back to the thread. I would be more interested in 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6. (I dont ID as a lesbian, I'm male-transgendered) so i don't have quite knowledge or level of interest on those aspects of film as much as I do on these other topics.
catch ya later
hey Jet,
I hear ya. So you want to talk film do you? Here is a list of what I've taught:
1. The Women Who Know Too Much: Women and Violence in the Films by Alfred Hitchcock
2. Gender Passing in Narrative Film
3. Women and Madness in Narrative Film
4. What do Invasion of the Body Snatchers, On the Waterfront Elia Kazan and Communism Have in Common? A Look at the House of Un-American Activities Committee and the Hollywood Blacklist
5. Cinema and the Law: Trial Films
6. The Bad and the Beautiful: Women in Film Noir
7. The Lesbian Character in Film
8. Deviant Desires: Femme Fatales, Crones, Lesbians and Female Friendship
9. Intro to Film Studies
I use feminist film theory, queer theory, mainstream film theory in my writing. I also have an interest in the graphic novel.
How's that to start?
Julien
04-21-2010, 08:11 PM
Excellent post and very interesting. I have comments and probably questions on some things right off the bat. I have to finsih working out and then I'm going to spend time in here later. it's 9:30 EDT.
And that Elia Kazan thing is huge and there's a "catharsis" (I don't think that's the right word) around all that....kind of like Arthur Miller's Crucible had a thing going on too. Kazan snitched, if I remember right, and Miller condemned the House with the Crucible, but we'll talk later.
Excellent stuff...welcome back to the thread. I would be more interested in 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6. (I dont ID as a lesbian, I'm male-transgendered) so i don't have quite knowledge or level of interest on those aspects of film as much as I do on these other topics.
catch ya later
You're right about the Kazan and Miller connection. I actually use the Crucible in that class. I also use the HUAC hearings transcripts, which I haven't looked at in a while. So it's been a couple of years ago that I taught that particular course. The last one I taught was Hitchcock. I am a huge fan of his work. I understand that you might not be interested in all the topics and that's fine. I also identify as trans FTM. Talk to you later.
hey Jet,
I hear ya. So you want to talk film do you? Here is a list of what I've taught:
1. The Women Who Know Too Much: Women and Violence in the Films by Alfred Hitchcock
I'm not aware of your vantage point or your theories, so I'm just going to comment from a fan's perspective, not having studied film formally, but observed through the years. I wanted to be an actor and a screenwriter when I was younger and so I've had a love affair with the movies ever since I was a kid. Isn't that how it usually starts? I know it did for Scorsese among others. Just commenting off the cuff here...I think Hitch was kind of half and half on movies involving women being victimized. And just taking a quick look at victims vs. heroines it looks kind of even to me, even tilting more toward women being heroines or shining through in some way.
His victims:
The Birds-she's totalled
Dial M for Murder - she gets justice but was violated nonetheless
Rear Window- both catagories because a woman is murdered
Psycho-she's totalled
Strangers On a Train (Robert Walker was such a maniac-and he totalled a woman)
Notorious- She barely made it through
North by Northwest - Eva Marie Saint is an intended victim
Vertigo- she's totalled
Frenzy- She's totalled
The Paradine Case-love this movie and she's her own enemy
Women who shine through as heroines
or whose characters were not objects of violence:
Rebecca (my favorite) she comes through okay
Shadow of a Doubt (love this movie)
Marnie- who overcame
The Man Who Knew Too Much-
Rear Window (Grace Kelly being really strong and gutsy)
Spellbound- Ingrid Bergman is the heroine
Lifeboat- damn tough women in there/Tallulah and the gang
Suspicion-I'm going to put it here just because he really wasn't after her,
she only thought so.
Saboteur-great movie and Priscilla Lane's character doesn't choke
Mr. and Mrs. Smith-no victims
To Catch a Thief - no victim in the central characters
Foreign Correspondent-
Torn Curtain-spy stuff
Topaz
The Trouble With Harry
The Wrong Man-talk about a victim---a male victim here.
I'm not commenting on:
Jamaica Inn
Stage Fright
Rope-this is about guys
Under Capricorn
39 Steps-I can't remember of Madeleine Carroll gets in trouble or not
I Confess
Family Plot
just because I haven't seen them in sooooo long.
I love Hitch and his movies, except for the British silents, because i never saw them. But I never considered "women and violence" in the same sentence regarding his films. To me, his movies were more about suspense and mystery as a whole and throughout the movement of the stories. I don't separate women and violence out because there were plenty of male characters who were victims in his movies as well such as The Wrong Man... Just my .02
One thing's for sure.....he loved blonds...
See ya at the movies....
Julien
04-22-2010, 06:41 AM
hey Jet,
I did use a couple of silent films in my class. They were Blackmail and The Lodger. You probably know the background of the films even if you've never seen them. The Lodger is based on Jack the Ripper, a killer who only kills blonds Blackmail is about a woman who is raped and kills her attacker, but is blackmailed by another person.
I can tell you're a great fan of Hitchcock. One thing I'd like to add is that the violence towards women doesn't necessarily mean death or focused on the lead actress. It can be the overall feel of how he treats women in his films. As you rightly pointed out, for example, The Birds is filled with violence against women, with Annie Hayworth being killed and Melanie Daniels being tortured by the birds themselves. In Rear Window, Grace Kelley's character is abused by the killer when he roughs her up. She is also emotionally abused by James Stewart's character.
While it is true that possibly not all the lead actress are physically abused, they may be abused in other ways. Trauma can take on many forms. I will also agree that the trauma/abuse may not occur in every single Hitchcock film, but it is evident enough throughout a majority of his films to be considered a topic for study or discussion.
You must also consider how the film is shot and how he objectifies his female characters. The camera can cut as deep as a knife. These are just thoughts off the top of my head.
G
cinderella
04-22-2010, 07:38 AM
As usual, my cinema comrade, your post is insightful, informative, and interesting The 3 'I's...
I'm a blond, do you suppose he'd have a thing for me? Maybe not so much - he was chubby, but I'm sure he didn't like 'chubs', lol.
Glad to see the thread's been resusitated - it's been 'sleeping' for quite a while.
Hey, Monty, how are you? Glad you're back!
I'm not aware of your vantage point or your theories, so I'm just going to comment from a fan's perspective, not having studied film formally, but observed through the years. I wanted to be an actor and a screenwriter when I was younger and so I've had a love affair with the movies ever since I was a kid. Isn't that how it usually starts? I know it did for Scorsese among others. Just commenting off the cuff here...I think Hitch was kind of half and half on movies involving women being victimized. And just taking a quick look at victims vs. heroines it looks kind of even to me, even tilting more toward women being heroines or shining through in some way.
His victims:
The Birds-she's totalled
Dial M for Murder - she gets justice but was violated nonetheless
Rear Window- both catagories because a woman is murdered
Psycho-she's totalled
Strangers On a Train (Robert Walker was such a maniac-and he totalled a woman)
Notorious- She barely made it through
North by Northwest - Eva Marie Saint is an intended victim
Vertigo- she's totalled
Frenzy- She's totalled
The Paradine Case-love this movie and she's her own enemy
Women who shine through as heroines
or whose characters were not objects of violence:
Rebecca (my favorite) she comes through okay
Shadow of a Doubt (love this movie)
Marnie- who overcame
The Man Who Knew Too Much-
Rear Window (Grace Kelly being really strong and gutsy)
Spellbound- Ingrid Bergman is the heroine
Lifeboat- damn tough women in there/Tallulah and the gang
Suspicion-I'm going to put it here just because he really wasn't after her,
she only thought so.
Saboteur-great movie and Priscilla Lane's character doesn't choke
Mr. and Mrs. Smith-no victims
To Catch a Thief - no victim in the central characters
Foreign Correspondent-
Torn Curtain-spy stuff
Topaz
The Trouble With Harry
The Wrong Man-talk about a victim---a male victim here.
I'm not commenting on:
Jamaica Inn
Stage Fright
Rope-this is about guys
Under Capricorn
39 Steps-I can't remember of Madeleine Carroll gets in trouble or not
I Confess
Family Plot
just because I haven't seen them in sooooo long.
I love Hitch and his movies, except for the British silents, because i never saw them. But I never considered "women and violence" in the same sentence regarding his films. To me, his movies were more about suspense and mystery as a whole and throughout the movement of the stories. I don't separate women and violence out because there were plenty of male characters who were victims in his movies as well such as The Wrong Man... Just my .02
One thing's for sure.....he loved blonds...
See ya at the movies....
cinderella
04-22-2010, 07:52 AM
I haven't seen the 1927 or 1932 versions of 'The Lodger' (which reminds me of 'Night Must Fall' w/Robert Montgomery & Rosalind Russel), but I did see the 1944 remake with Laird Creger as Mr. Slade (suspected by his landlady of being Jack the Ripper). Good cast with Merle Oberon playing Kitty Langley, the actress, and current love/hate interest of The Lodger. Sir Cedric Hardwicke & Sara Allgood play Robert & Ellen Bonting, Kitty's uncle and aunt. Good movie.
[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][COLOR="DarkRed"]hey Jet,
I did use a couple of silent films in my class. They were Blackmail and The Lodger. You probably know the background of the films even if you've never seen them. The Lodger is based on Jack the Ripper, a killer who only kills blonds Blackmail is about a woman who is raped and kills her attacker, but is blackmailed by another person.
hey Jet,
I did use a couple of silent films in my class. They were Blackmail and The Lodger. You probably know the background of the films even if you've never seen them. The Lodger is based on Jack the Ripper, a killer who only kills blonds Blackmail is about a woman who is raped and kills her attacker, but is blackmailed by another person.
I can tell you're a great fan of Hitchcock. One thing I'd like to add is that the violence towards women doesn't necessarily mean death or focused on the lead actress. It can be the overall feel of how he treats women in his films. As you rightly pointed out, for example, The Birds is filled with violence against women, with Annie Hayworth being killed and Melanie Daniels being tortured by the birds themselves. In Rear Window, Grace Kelley's character is abused by the killer when he roughs her up. She is also emotionally abused by James Stewart's character.
While it is true that possibly not all the lead actress are physically abused, they may be abused in other ways. Trauma can take on many forms. I will also agree that the trauma/abuse may not occur in every single Hitchcock film, but it is evident enough throughout a majority of his films to be considered a topic for study or discussion.
You must also consider how the film is shot and how he objectifies his female characters. The camera can cut as deep as a knife. These are just thoughts off the top of my head.
G
You're right, I know other women were victims in his movies, and If women are meant to be objectified than they are because of the story. But I still don't see it as a separate facet, but suspense overall. Again, there's also males who are objectified, I think. And as far camera work, I thought it was really eventful most of the time, not just surrounding the scenes with women being murdered or victimized. I think it's interesting to note, for instance, the gun scene in Spellbound when Leo Carrol (Ithink its Leo Carrol, it's been awhile since I've seen it) points the gun at Ingrid Bergman, there's no rack focus as we look down the barrel, both the gun and Bergman are in focus, there was trick to it, but I forget how he did it. And putting a light in the glass of milk to make it look more menacing in Suspicion. The falling effects in Vertigo and so many other things. I think that's why call him the master of suspense, all of what he did was suspense, including no music score or very litte the Birds and then using Bernard Herrman's eerie music in other films, And I have to say I Iove the music in Marnie and I added it to my collection. It's beautiful.
Julien
04-22-2010, 05:29 PM
As usual, my cinema comrade, your post is insightful, informative, and interesting The 3 'I's...
I'm a blond, do you suppose he'd have a thing for me? Maybe not so much - he was chubby, but I'm sure he didn't like 'chubs', lol.
Glad to see the thread's been resusitated - it's been 'sleeping' for quite a while.
Hey, Monty, how are you? Glad you're back!
hey Cinderella,
good to be back. I'm doing just fine thank you. I hope you are well.
Monty
Julien
04-22-2010, 05:39 PM
You're right, I know other women were victims in his movies, and If women are meant to be objectified than they are because of the story. But I still don't see it as a separate facet, but suspense overall. Again, there's also males who are objectified, I think. And as far camera work, I thought it was really eventful most of the time, not just surrounding the scenes with women being murdered or victimized. I think it's interesting to note, for instance, the gun scene in Spellbound when Leo Carrol (Ithink its Leo Carrol, it's been awhile since I've seen it) points the gun at Ingrid Bergman, there's no rack focus as we look down the barrel, both the gun and Bergman are in focus, there was trick to it, but I forget how he did it. And putting a light in the glass of milk to make it look more menacing in Suspicion. The falling effects in Vertigo and so many other things. I think that's why call him the master of suspense, all of what he did was suspense, including no music score or very litte the Birds and then using Bernard Herrman's eerie music in other films, And I have to say I Iove the music in Marnie and I added it to my collection. It's beautiful.
I completely agree with you about the music by Herrman. I love it. I have a CD with the works by Hermann. I didn't realize how much of Psycho is the music. Not just the shower scene either. The way it swells and builds to a climax is great.(I do realize it sounds orgasmic, it is suppose to). The music in Marnie is one of my favorites too.
Hitchcock is the Master of Suspense. What I observe through my analysis about the women in the films in no way undercuts Hitchcock's work as an auteur. The suspense builds in much of the same way as Hermann's music builds. Or it is like a roller coaster that takes us on a grand ride.
Talking about camera shots, what about Notorious and Ingrid Bergman's pov through hazy vision? It illustrates her hangover state. She can't see clearly and neither can we. Of course it also shows that she can't see Devlin clearly she doesn't know what his agenda is in regards to her. A foreshadowing of this is when he is "introduced" to us, but all we can see is his back in black or in the shadows.
Julien
04-25-2010, 08:19 AM
TCM showed The Adventures of Robin Hood yesterday. I love the pairing of Errol Flynn and Olivia deHavilland. I didn't realized how vivid the color was in this film. It was great fun to watch again after a long time. How many of films have you seen with this duo? Captain Blood was their first film together.
cinderella
04-25-2010, 09:12 AM
Monty, I have seen several films with this duo, however I can't think of the titles off-hand.
I believe the color is so vibrant because this is one of the many films TCM has been instrumental in having restored. TCM must be commended for being involved in this process, and being such a catalyst in bringing these films to the conscieneness of the general public. It is our country's history and must be preserved for future generations. I wish there was some way I could get directly involved in this endeavor other then just by monetay contributions.
Julien
04-25-2010, 03:23 PM
[QUOTE=cinderella;91777][B][COLOR="red"]Monty, I have seen several films with this duo, however I can't think of the titles off-hand.
They are: Captain Blood, Charge of the Light Brigade, Adventures of Robin Hood, Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, They Died With Their Boots On, Dodge City, Santa Fe Trail, and Fours a Crowd. I had to go to IMDB for some of these. I remembered 6 of them.
cinderella
05-06-2010, 08:20 PM
'Gypsy' will be on TCM on Sunday, May 9 at 10pm. This is a musical, with a tremendous cast that includes the uncomparable Rosalind Russel, Karl Malden, and many others. It is a delightful film, and if you havent' seen it, do yourself a favor and watch it! Full of great songs and comedy, you will love it!
Also, anyone interested in Native American film - Tuesdays & Thursday at 8pm during the month of May, TCM will be showcasing: Native Americans depicted in film. Happy viewing.
Jaques
05-08-2010, 06:11 AM
Not a classic movie, but these 3 sisters in l944, have a real talent i think you will enjoy - BUT give em a chance to sing their song lst, be patient and they will amaze you..........
.................Talk about Americas Got Talent, even simon cowell couldnt fail to be impressed:thumbsup:
http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PttvOqUE_FI
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High stakes poker!
Two great classics!
Great casts!
Cincinnati Kid and Big Hand for the Little Lady
Featuring Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward, Steve McQueen, Edward G Robinson,
Joan Blondell and more!
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Cincinnati Kid Summary (imdB)
In 1930s New Orleans, the Cincinnati Kid, a young stud poker player who travels from one big game to the next, stopping along the way up with various girls, is pitted against the legendary champion card-sharp Lancey Howard in a high-stakes poker game. Written by alfiehitchie
The film follows the story of a young poker player who comes to 30s New Orleans to face the best player of the country, the one known as "the Man". The Man has been the master of the game for many years now, so our "hero" thinks it is time for him to take his place. And he believes he can make it without the "help" a gangster offers. Written by Chris Makrozahopoulos <makzax@hotmail.com>
A naive couple and a child arrive to the town on the way to San Antonio, Texas to buy a farm there. There is a poker game between the richest men in the region. The man cannot resist it and though he is a very bad poker player, enters the game betting all the money of his family. In the climax of the game he suffers a heart-attack. His wife then takes his place in the table. That's the only way of recovering their savings. But there is a little problem. Can anybody explain her how to play poker? Written by Miguel A. Andrade <andrade@gredos.cnb.uam.es>
A Big Hand for the Little Lady (imBd)
A couple with a young son arrive in the town of Laredo, just as the five richest men of the area, are settling down to play the biggest game of poker of the year. When the wife disappears, the husband, after watching a few hands, joins in the game, only to lose most of the families savings. As the wife returns, he finds that he has dealt himself a winning hand, but does not have the cash to continue. In the following argument, he collapses, and his wife has no choice, but to continue with his hand, in order to win back their money, the only problem being, she can't play poker. Written by <mike.wilson6@btinternet.com>
Kätzchen
05-13-2010, 01:58 AM
I just spent the last hour (or so) watching some of the best video clips of classic movies here! Some of these movies I have never seen before - only heard of - like, "An Affair to Remember" and there was a Hitchcock movie too, back several pages ago!
I liked Sophia Loren and Peter O'Toole in "Man of LaMancha" but I don't know if the movie is considered a classic?
I'm also a huge Doris Day fan! Pillow Talk, The Glass Bottom Boat, and With Six, You Get Eggroll are among my favorite movies that she stars in! I love her voice too!
I enjoyed spending time here tonight! Thanks to everyone here for all the great commentary and special thanks going out to Jet - for sharing all your talent and wealth of knowledge!!!
cinderella
05-13-2010, 12:13 PM
I think this post would be more appropriate in the 'What are you listening to?' thread. This thread is exclusively for classic film discussion, video clips, etc.
Not a classic movie, but these 3 sisters in l944, have a real talent i think you will enjoy - BUT give em a chance to sing their song lst, be patient and they will amaze you..........
.................Talk about Americas Got Talent, even simon cowell couldnt fail to be impressed:thumbsup:
http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PttvOqUE_FI
cinderella
05-13-2010, 12:28 PM
Lovely, first, to answer your ? on your rep post - yep, you guessed it, it's me Carmin, as I was known on the dash site, and the BFD site as well. Thought that name was getting a little rusty, so I reverted to my old alter-ego, Cinderella, lol.
Re your post here...I too love Doris, even tho she was a bit smaltzy and was in all those 'fluff' films with Rock, et al. A sidebar...Doris Day had a very successful career as a singer before entering film. She sang with a big band of the 40's - can't remember which one at the moment. She was in the band very early - I think she was about 19.
However, if you want to see the range of talent our girl Doris has, make a point to see 'Love Me or Leave Me'. Doris is fantastic in this. An added plus is James Cagney, his role in this is a nod to his 'gangster' films of the past. Both he and Doris give a tour-de-force performance. The story is based on the life of 20's big singing star Ruth Etting. I never heard of Ruth Etting until I saw this movie. I am going to google her on YouTube - hopefully they have some clips of her singing.
I just spent the last hour (or so) watching some of the best video clips of classic movies here! Some of these movies I have never seen before - only heard of - like, "An Affair to Remember" and there was a Hitchcock movie too, back several pages ago!
I liked Sophia Loren and Peter O'Toole in "Man of LaMancha" but I don't know if the movie is considered a classic?
I'm also a huge Doris Day fan! Pillow Talk, The Glass Bottom Boat, and With Six, You Get Eggroll are among my favorite movies that she stars in! I love her voice too!
I enjoyed spending time here tonight! Thanks to everyone here for all the great commentary and special thanks going out to Jet - for sharing all your talent and wealth of knowledge!!!
I think this post would be more appropriate in the 'What are you listening to?' thread. This thread is exclusively for classic film discussion, video clips, etc.
backatcha :clap:
may I comrade?
Re your post here...I too love Doris, even tho she was a bit smaltzy and was in all those 'fluff' films with Rock, et al. A sidebar...Doris Day had a very successful career as a singer before entering film. She sang with a big band of the 40's - can't remember which one at the moment. She was in the band very early - I think she was about 19.
She was with Les Brown.
However, if you want to see the range of talent our girl Doris has, make a point to see 'Love Me or Leave Me'. Doris is fantastic in this. An added plus is James Cagney, his role in this is a nod to his 'gangster' films of the past. Both he and Doris give a tour-de-force performance. The story is based on the life of 20's big singing star Ruth Etting. I never heard of Ruth Etting until I saw this movie. I am going to google her on YouTube - hopefully they have some clips of her singing.
I love the movie because of the score— I have the music. With that, a reminder she appeared in "Young Man With a Horn" about the life of a musician, played Kirk Douglas.
The score is terrific and Harry James did the trumpet work for Douglas. It also stars Lauren Bacall and Hoagy Carmichael. (sp)
Great movie, great music.
cinderella
05-13-2010, 01:46 PM
Why, of course, snookums...any lil' ol' thang your hunk-heart desires... ;)
[QUOTE=Jet;105154]may I comrade?
you are so funny comrade...
see ya at the movies...
cinderella
05-13-2010, 06:10 PM
Why do I always think of Garbo in Ninochka when you say that? lol
you are so funny comrade...
Jaques
05-13-2010, 06:27 PM
.........and here's me in "Tipping the Velvet" - im the one on the right lol!
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cinderella
05-13-2010, 06:58 PM
Jacques, a reminder of the OP's intent for this thread:
"Comment on anything, everything about classic movies from the 30s through the 70s. Share video clips of scenes from your favorite movies...."
'Tipping the Velvet' was a book written in 1998, and made into a mini-series on BBC TV in 2007. So, it doesn't belong in this thread. Perhaps you can start a thread of movies post-1970's.
Please respect the OP's intent. You have every right to post on this thread, but you do not have the right to ignore and disrespect the OP's purpose, which seems to be something you're repeatedly doing.
Jaques
05-14-2010, 01:54 AM
Jacques, a reminder of the OP's intent for this thread:
"Comment on anything, everything about classic movies from the 30s through the 70s. Share video clips of scenes from your favorite movies...."
'Tipping the Velvet' was a book written in 1998, and made into a mini-series on BBC TV in 2007. So, it doesn't belong in this thread. Perhaps you can start a thread of movies post-1970's.
Please respect the OP's intent. You have every right to post on this thread, but you do not have the right to ignore and disrespect the OP's purpose, which seems to be something you're repeatedly doing.
.........thank you for your reminder........tipping the velvet was set in a period prior to 1930's, i was thinking in those terms and someone used my face in the photo which i thought was funny..........i apologise most profusely for tarnishing the thread with my sense of humour
Kätzchen
05-17-2010, 11:02 AM
Cinderella???
Did you watch any good movies over the weekend?
You know, I won't have much time over the next six
weeks of classes to watch full length films.
But I was thinking that if you had the time
or inclination, maybe you (or Jet) could post some cool movie clips
here for me to watch when I have a few moments to spare and need something to inspire me?
*pretty please???*
Thank you for filling me in about other Doris Day movies to watch!
In August, I will have three weeks off again and I will see if
I can find a few of her movies to check out!
Have a great day today, okay??? :bunchflowers:
cinderella
05-17-2010, 11:28 AM
Hey, you! Thanks for visiting the thread and your interest in classic movies - it always warms the cockles of my heart when anyone comes in here to post. As I've said many times, folks don't have to be knowledgeable at all - just an interest and an appreciation of what came before is enough. Jet, Graphita, I and anyone else who has extensive knowledge of classic film would be more then happy to educate you.
As for clips of films for you to see (they may spark an interest in you to see the complete movie), I will post some on occassion so you can see what you're missing. :)
Have a lovely day, and good luck with your studies.
As my cinema comrade Jet always says: See ya at the movies.
Cinderella???
Did you watch any good movies over the weekend?
You know, I won't have much time over the next six
weeks of classes to watch full length films.
But I was thinking that if you had the time
or inclination, maybe you (or Jet) could post some cool movie clips
here for me to watch when I have a few moments to spare and need something to inspire me?
*pretty please???*
Thank you for filling me in about other Doris Day movies to watch!
In August, I will have three weeks off again and I will see if
I can find a few of her movies to check out!
Have a great day today, okay??? :bunchflowers:
gotoseagrl
05-17-2010, 09:07 PM
love the thread :). some of my favorites:
It Happened One Night
Made For Each Other
Brief Encounter
The Long, Long Trailer
The Incredible Shrinking Man
The Children's Hour (love Shirley MacLaine)
The Birds
Tales From the Crypt (1972)
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
cinderella
05-17-2010, 09:59 PM
Welcome, Pilgrim, your search has ended!! Hope you enjoy your visits here, and reading the posts. :)
Ooops, you passed the mark with the 1972 flick tho, Maxxi. Please try to contain your choices up to 1970.
Love your choices. You already know how I feel about 'Brief Encounter'.:)
love the thread :). some of my favorites:
It Happened One Night
Made For Each Other
Brief Encounter
The Long, Long Trailer
The Incredible Shrinking Man
The Children's Hour (love Shirley MacLaine)
The Birds
Tales From the Crypt (1972)
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
cinderella
05-17-2010, 10:02 PM
This one's for Lovely. A dual package for your love of music, musicals, and classic film - enjoy. :)
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Bergman...what can I say...he was just a genius, The greatest director ever, a real artist.
Kätzchen
05-18-2010, 07:41 AM
This one's for Lovely. A dual package for your love of music, musicals, and classic film - enjoy. :)
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Awww! Thank you!!! ((( Cinderella ))))
You know what occurred to me just now
while I was watching that clip?
The male actor was doing the "hands and steeple"
thing and as a kid growing up, I remember us
doing that very thing and I don't even know where
we learned it from! Apparently it came from this movie
and we mimicked what we saw other kids (or people)
doing? Cute clip to watch this morning!!!
*Thank you for leaving it here to watch!*
(f)
Reminder
Natalie Wood month on TCM
Venus007
06-05-2010, 11:31 AM
I love film noir, I have seen
Citizen Kane (1941) (rosebud) he hee
Maltese Falcon (1941) LOVE this movie
The Blue Dahlia (1946)
The Third Man (1949) Love this one too
Can anyone recommend any others? I understand the French were masterful with this genre but I am not really sure where to start.
I love film noir, I have seen
Citizen Kane (1941) (rosebud) he hee
Maltese Falcon (1941) LOVE this movie
The Blue Dahlia (1946)
The Third Man (1949) Love this one too
Can anyone recommend any others? I understand the French were masterful with this genre but I am not really sure where to start.
I'm not going to recommend for foreign films in light of the fact American cinema has such rich history. In fact, maybe there should be a different thread for foreign films. here are some films:
Laura
Double Indemnity
To Have and to Have Not
Martha Ivers
The File on Thelma Jorden
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
Classics to start with:
Letter to Three Wives
The Letter
Gentleman's Agreement
Witness for the Prosecution
Anatomy of a Murder
12 Angry Men
The Desperate Hours
The Paradine Case
The Spiral Staircase
Rebecca
Suspicion
Saboteur
Notorious
The Uninvited
I'm sure someone will come along and add more.
Venus007
06-05-2010, 04:23 PM
Thank you so much for responding. Laura and Rebecca are in my Netflix line up.
cinderella
06-07-2010, 04:31 PM
Venus, welcome!!! Thank you for loving classic films. My cinema comrade, Jet and I, including Prof. Grafita who seems to be MIA lately, are the main posters on this thread, and quite knowledgeable on classic cinema. I hope with all my heart that you will be a frequent visitor. I carry the torch for the Olympian classic film lover - in spirit, if nothing else - and hope you will join us and share your favorite films, and why you love them.
To add to my formidable comrades list on film noir, I would certainly list 'Diabolique' with Simone Signoret. It's a facinating film. Never mind the remake - it's the original that counts. I think you will love it. P.S. Don't miss out on 'Sunset Boulevard' - Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond is a 'must-see'. Please feel free to ask questions, post clips, tell us about your most favorite films, but always with a reason why, ok? Happy viewing.
Thank you so much for responding. Laura and Rebecca are in my Netflix line up.
cinderella
06-07-2010, 04:35 PM
Ok, listen up folks...Wednesday, 10pm EST - 'Gilda' - the supreme Rita Hayworth movie, IMO.
Little know fact about Rita. Her real name was Rita Cansino.
She was Spanish, and had intensive lessons to lose her accent. She had very dark hair with a very prominent 'widows peak' which was removed via electrolisis, and then dyed red. Thus, she became America's hottest redhead of the 40's - few men could look at her without drooling. Here is a clip of her famous song from 'Gilda' - Put The Blame On Mame'
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cinderella
06-07-2010, 05:34 PM
BUMPITY BUMP!
cinderella
06-07-2010, 05:40 PM
And here's to the ultimate 'femme fatale'...Marilyn!
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cinderella
06-07-2010, 05:49 PM
One more Marilyn - After You Get What You Want You Don't Want It - sound familiar? lol
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75 long-lost silent movies being returned to US
AP – WELLINGTON, New Zealand – A cache of 75 long-lost silent films uncovered in the New Zealand Film Archive vault, including the only known copy of a drama by legendary director John Ford, is being sent back to the United States to be restored.
Among the movies found in storage are a copy of Ford's "Upstream," the earliest surviving movie by comic actor and director Mabel Normand and a period drama starring 1920s screen icon Clara Bow. Only 15 percent of the silent films made by Ford, who won four Oscars, have survived. New Zealand Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Christopher Finlayson said the find is important as there are no prints of the films remaining in the U.S.
"These important films will be preserved and made available to both U.S. and New Zealand audiences to enjoy," he told The New Zealand Herald newspaper Tuesday.
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John Ford, 1942
Film Archive corporate services manager Steve Russell said the films were discovered when American preservationist Brian Meacham visited last year. Many of them remained in New Zealand because distributors at the time did not think the return shipping costs were worth the expense, he said.
"It's one of the rare cases where the tyranny of distance has worked in our and the films' favor," Russell said.
Finding "Upstream" was "a fabulous discovery, particularly for our American colleagues, but also for ourselves," he told The Associated Press.
Because they were printed on unstable and highly inflammable nitrate film stock, "there are very strict conditions when sending it by air," he added.
Returning the films will cost the U.S. National Film Preservation Foundation more than 750,000 New Zealand dollars ($500,000).
"We're having to ship in U.N.-approved steel barrels, a little bit at a time," said foundation director Annette Melville. "So far, we've got about one-third of the films, and preservation work has already begun on four titles."
"About a quarter of the films are in advanced nitrate decay, and the rest have good image quality, though they are badly shrunken," she added.
The late Ford's 1927 film "Upstream" was being copied onto safety stock in New Zealand to prevent further damage in transit.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hopes to screen the restored Ford movie in September, Melville said.
Copies of the films are to be made available in New Zealand through the Film Archive, and Russell said he expected a "premier" showing of "Upstream" would be arranged at some point.
Russell said that New Zealand Film Archive does not own the recovered movies, which acquired them from private donors and collectors who "have all agreed the original archive material should be returned to the U.S. for preservation work to be done."
Similar film repatriations have occurred with Australian and European archives, including the return to Germany of a nitrate print of the Fritz Lang silent masterpiece "Metropolis" to help in restoring a print of the late 1920s original, he said.
No comment on Marilyn.
Except...
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cinderella
06-08-2010, 09:50 AM
This is great news!! Hope TCM shows this soon.
75 long-lost silent movies being returned to US
AP – WELLINGTON, New Zealand – A cache of 75 long-lost silent films uncovered in the New Zealand Film Archive vault, including the only known copy of a drama by legendary director John Ford, is being sent back to the United States to be restored.
Among the movies found in storage are a copy of Ford's "Upstream," the earliest surviving movie by comic actor and director Mabel Normand and a period drama starring 1920s screen icon Clara Bow. Only 15 percent of the silent films made by Ford, who won four Oscars, have survived. New Zealand Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Christopher Finlayson said the find is important as there are no prints of the films remaining in the U.S.
"These important films will be preserved and made available to both U.S. and New Zealand audiences to enjoy," he told The New Zealand Herald newspaper Tuesday.
http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr257/lionoflionsman/JohnFord.jpg
John Ford, 1942
Film Archive corporate services manager Steve Russell said the films were discovered when American preservationist Brian Meacham visited last year. Many of them remained in New Zealand because distributors at the time did not think the return shipping costs were worth the expense, he said.
"It's one of the rare cases where the tyranny of distance has worked in our and the films' favor," Russell said.
Finding "Upstream" was "a fabulous discovery, particularly for our American colleagues, but also for ourselves," he told The Associated Press.
Because they were printed on unstable and highly inflammable nitrate film stock, "there are very strict conditions when sending it by air," he added.
Returning the films will cost the U.S. National Film Preservation Foundation more than 750,000 New Zealand dollars ($500,000).
"We're having to ship in U.N.-approved steel barrels, a little bit at a time," said foundation director Annette Melville. "So far, we've got about one-third of the films, and preservation work has already begun on four titles."
"About a quarter of the films are in advanced nitrate decay, and the rest have good image quality, though they are badly shrunken," she added.
The late Ford's 1927 film "Upstream" was being copied onto safety stock in New Zealand to prevent further damage in transit.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hopes to screen the restored Ford movie in September, Melville said.
Copies of the films are to be made available in New Zealand through the Film Archive, and Russell said he expected a "premier" showing of "Upstream" would be arranged at some point.
Russell said that New Zealand Film Archive does not own the recovered movies, which acquired them from private donors and collectors who "have all agreed the original archive material should be returned to the U.S. for preservation work to be done."
Similar film repatriations have occurred with Australian and European archives, including the return to Germany of a nitrate print of the Fritz Lang silent masterpiece "Metropolis" to help in restoring a print of the late 1920s original, he said.
Venus007
06-08-2010, 07:59 PM
LOVE Sunset Boulevard. One of my favorite moments in the film is actually from the scene that my title comes from when Mr DeMille is kind to her even though she is barking mad he shows her respect and kindness for what she once was.
I love how Gloria Swanson plays the scene when the lighting man turns the spot onto her and she seems to become more alive, more clear, so good.
P.S. Don't miss out on 'Sunset Boulevard' - Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond is a 'must-see'.
Julien
06-12-2010, 06:32 PM
hey everyone,
especially you Cinderella, sorry I've been distracted as of late and yes MIA. I see you have made reference to Marilyn Monroe. Have you seen the book _The Ultimate Last Sitting_ photographs by Bert Stern? Great book. I know this is a thread about films, it's just that when dealing with Marilyn you have to consider her in photography. There is something that comes through the still image of her. Something magical. I think the photographs by Milton Greene are excellent as well. Just a passing thought.
Oh and a great film I just watched, _The Best Years of Our Lives_. I really love this film. I use it in my classes to introduce how women are viewed during WWII and their changing roles.
my best,
Graphiteta2s or Monty
waxnrope
06-12-2010, 06:50 PM
This is great news!! Hope TCM shows this soon.
would someone kindly let me know if and when these will be aired on the telly? I don't have a subscription ... I go to theater or buy the films ... there are hundreds ... but I do wish to see these, and will go to a friend's house to do so.
was Gloria Swanson supposed to be exaggerated? She gets on my last nerve even though I like Sunset Boulevard. What I like is William Holden, not her. is she supposed to be deliberate? or is that typical of Gloria Swanson?
Venus007
06-12-2010, 11:38 PM
was Gloria Swanson supposed to be exaggerated? She gets on my last nerve even though I like Sunset Boulevard. What I like is William Holden, not her. is she supposed to be deliberate? or is that typical of Gloria Swanson?
I think that is how her barking madness showed itself plus Norma Desmond was a silent film actress and the overacting was part of it. (My theory on it at least)
waxnrope
06-13-2010, 12:25 AM
she certainly played a nutter in the film. her eyes were scary with madness.
cinderella
06-13-2010, 09:16 AM
The 'telly'? Lol, are you English by any chance? I haven't heard that word in eons!!
W&R, you can find out what's coming up on the TCM.com site. They have a monthly schedule on there that shows what films will be aired for the month(s) ahead, so you can see for yourself. Great shopping too, tho you can prob purchase dvds much cheaper on half.com, or Amazon.com. Just an FYI to save you some money.
would someone kindly let me know if and when these will be aired on the telly? I don't have a subscription ... I go to theater or buy the films ... there are hundreds ... but I do wish to see these, and will go to a friend's house to do so.
cinderella
06-13-2010, 09:29 AM
Venus, hi! So glad you're participating in the thread.
Sunset Boulevard is one of my favorite films too. I own the film, never fail to watch it on TCM when it's on, and have lost count of the times I've seen it - must be at least 100 times, and that's a modest number!! My favorite part - because it's so poignant, and she does it soooo well, is the part early in the film when William Holden is in her bedroom, and he recognizes her and says: "I know you. You're Norma Desmond. You used to be big." and she replys as the camera comes in for a close-up: "I AM BIG, it's the PICTURES that got small!!!" Wow, what a line!!! Love it!!!
I have read Gloria Swanson's biography, and have seen clips of vids where she's interviewed (you can prob find them on YouTube.com)
Gloria Swanson was an international MEGA film icon in her day. Anything she did or said, or wore (she was a clothes-horse!), was BIG NEWS. She received thousands of fan mail weekly (just like in Sunset - only the mail was not 'faked'), and had a staff just for handling fan mail.
She started out her movie career as a Max Sennet 'bathing beauty' around the age of 15. She was indeed a SUPER STAR during the silent film era, and those clips you see of her in Sunset Boulevard are from a big hit she made in the 20's called Queen Kelly. So the dipiction of her as a 'has-been' in Sunset, was not too far from the truth for many a silent film star.
However, Gloria Swanson made a very good transition to the 'talkies', and appeared in many films way after the silent film was 'dead'. She had a great speaking voice, so the talkies, if anything, enhanced her career. As you may know, the 'talkies' ruined many a career of the big stars of the silents. So Gloria knew first-hand' what the talkies were all about, because many of her movie star friends' careers were over when the talkies came to town. Everyone thought it was just a passing fad back then, but the talkies were here to stay.
I think that is how her barking madness showed itself plus Norma Desmond was a silent film actress and the overacting was part of it. (My theory on it at least)
cinderella
06-13-2010, 09:39 AM
That goes to show what a talent she was! I am a huge fan of Norma...oops, I mean Gloria!! Lol, her character in Sunset Boulevard has become so identified and intermingled with her real persona, that one tends to confuse them - not sure how Miss Swanson would take that, but it is a credit to her acting ability.
she certainly played a nutter in the film. her eyes were scary with madness.
cinderella
06-13-2010, 09:46 AM
No, my cinema comrade, Gloria was NOT like that. The exaggerated acting was indicative of the silent film era. Since there was no dialogue, emoting had to be very physical to show emotions. It had to be exaggerated so the public would 'know' what 'feelings' were being conveyed. (Also, in the silents, makeup tended to be very exaggerated as well. This also added to what sometimes appears as a bit grotesque or bizarre appearence of the characters.)That's why you see a lot of that in the silents. Some stars, i.e., Norma Shearer carried those exagerrated motions to the talking pictures. If you've seen The Women, you'll notice how she over-acts her role at times.
was Gloria Swanson supposed to be exaggerated? She gets on my last nerve even though I like Sunset Boulevard. What I like is William Holden, not her. is she supposed to be deliberate? or is that typical of Gloria Swanson?
waxnrope
06-13-2010, 10:38 AM
The 'telly'? Lol, are you English by any chance? I haven't heard that word in eons!!
W&R, you can find out what's coming up on the TCM.com site. They have a monthly schedule on there that shows what films will be aired for the month(s) ahead, so you can see for yourself. Great shopping too, tho you can prob purchase dvds much cheaper on half.com, or Amazon.com. Just an FYI to save you some money.
oh, don't give me shopping tips like this, Cinderella, I've sworn off being such a consumer of vids, and now I have an opportunity to get cheaper goods? oh no! :rofl:
not a brit, but love brit comedy.
this is off topic (I looked for a current films thread and did not find one...) but did anyone see the film The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo? oh my! I saw it with a 92 year old friend last night who is quite the movie critic. it was rather intense and disturbing. we both like that in a film. anyway, I recommend it but not for the pollyanna at heart ... just saying ...
cinderella
06-13-2010, 06:10 PM
Thanks for the heads-up, W&R, but this is a thread for classic film discussion only. You can try posting that recommendation on the 'current' movie thread. No offense, but please, let's stick to the topic, ok? Thanks.
I love Brit comedy too, but mostly like they're films of the 40's. My very favorite film is 'Brief Encounter' with Celia Howard and Trever Howard. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it.
oh, don't give me shopping tips like this, Cinderella, I've sworn off being such a consumer of vids, and now I have an opportunity to get cheaper goods? oh no! :rofl:
not a brit, but love brit comedy.
this is off topic (I looked for a current films thread and did not find one...) but did anyone see the film The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo? oh my! I saw it with a 92 year old friend last night who is quite the movie critic. it was rather intense and disturbing. we both like that in a film. anyway, I recommend it but not for the pollyanna at heart ... just saying ...
waxnrope
06-13-2010, 06:17 PM
Thanks for the heads-up, W&R, but this is a thread for classic film discussion only. You can try posting that recommendation on the 'current' movie thread. No offense, but please, let's stick to the topic, ok? Thanks.
As I explained to Jet in PM exchange, I searched for the other thread and it did not come up ... I only used movies as search word. Jet sent me the link. So, thanks. No mudbloods here ... lol ... gotcha.
Venus007
06-13-2010, 09:52 PM
I got to start my noir education, "Rebecca" was good. Max was simultaneously hunky (Sir Laurence Olivier) and subtly cruel and creepy. There some weird sexual tension with Mrs Danvers that I would think I would remember from the book but I don't recall it. Mrs Danvers reminded me of Mrs Havisham from Dickens in that pointed glassy eyed crazy way.
Although this is probably obvious but I love the way black and white film captures and plays with light (or rather the combination of Hitchcock and black and white film). Probably also cliche but it makes shadows another character in the film. Love it
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Triple Feature!!
SUDDENLY
THE DESPERATE HOURS!
RANSOM
cinderella
06-14-2010, 05:13 AM
WHEN???? Those are 3 great flicks, comrade!
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Triple Feature!!
SUDDENLY
THE DESPERATE HOURS!
RANSOM
cinderella
06-14-2010, 05:21 AM
Good for you, Venus! Not everyone gets the intricacy and sensitivity of black and white, and how it enhances the overall 'feel' of the story/plot. There are films in the b/w format that would never work in color. It's those gray areas and grainy feel, the wet, dark streets that ARE film noir. In my opinion, there's nothing ever come close to those wonderful noir films of the 40's. If you are serious about educating yourself in the nuances of film noir, there are several noir 'must see' films we can recommend. High on my list would be 'Double Indemnity', 'The Naked City', 'In A Lonely Place', 'Out of the Past', 'Murder My Sweet', 'The Killers', and so many others I'm sure Jet and Graphita could also recommend. I think, with your sensitiviy, you will love these films as well. There's something about film noir that lures you in, and once you're hooked, you'll want to see them all!
I got to start my noir education, "Rebecca" was good. Max was simultaneously hunky (Sir Laurence Olivier) and subtly cruel and creepy. There some weird sexual tension with Mrs Danvers that I would think I would remember from the book but I don't recall it. Mrs Danvers reminded me of Mrs Havisham from Dickens in that pointed glassy eyed crazy way.
Although this is probably obvious but I love the way black and white film captures and plays with light (or rather the combination of Hitchcock and black and white film). Probably also cliche but it makes shadows another character in the film. Love it
cinderella
06-14-2010, 05:24 AM
Say, W&R, what's a 'mudblood'? - never heard that word before...
As I explained to Jet in PM exchange, I searched for the other thread and it did not come up ... I only used movies as search word. Jet sent me the link. So, thanks. No mudbloods here ... lol ... gotcha.
Venus007
06-14-2010, 01:52 PM
Thanks for the list! I decided to take a look at noir because so many of the movies I already loved were considered noir (and I didn't even know it). Now the problem is finding time to see them. Darn work interrupting my film obsession, grumble grumble grumble. I don't really watch television so I have to get my movies from the internet and my beloved Netflix.
The first movie I really noticed the play of light in black and white film was "Arsenic and Old Lace"
Although some modern films are beautiful and excellent there are really few that can compare to the films of the 30-40s. I am already a big fan of that era (I was raised by my grandma and that was her time in the world). I have yet to see in modern film anything close to that heavy gorgeous satin the women wore out to dinner and dancing, like it was nothing. The smart witty dialogue (I am thinking of His Girl Friday and It Happened One Night) and the scandalous behavior (all without gratuitous nudity or chase scenes or excessive violence)
Anyway I could go on and on but I will stop here. Thanks again and I will keep you posted on my safari.
Good for you, Venus! Not everyone gets the intricacy and sensitivity of black and white, and how it enhances the overall 'feel' of the story/plot. There are films in the b/w format that would never work in color. It's those gray areas and grainy feel, the wet, dark streets that ARE film noir. In my opinion, there's nothing ever come close to those wonderful noir films of the 40's. If you are serious about educating yourself in the nuances of film noir, there are several noir 'must see' films we can recommend. High on my list would be 'Double Indemnity', 'The Naked City', 'In A Lonely Place', 'Out of the Past', 'Murder My Sweet', 'The Killers', and so many others I'm sure Jet and Graphita could also recommend. I think, with your sensitiviy, you will love these films as well. There's something about film noir that lures you in, and once you're hooked, you'll want to see them all!
gotoseagrl
06-17-2010, 10:22 AM
just saw "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" and loved it so much.
always2late
06-17-2010, 10:34 AM
Just found a DVD of "Bell, Book, and Candle" on sale! Yes, I know its not B&W, but...Jimmy Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon....can't get much better!
Still looking for the following for my collection (I only buy on sale, otherwise my bill would overrun my paycheck!):
The Best Years of Our Lives
Since You Went Away
In a Lonely Place
All About Eve
Rebecca
oh the list can go on and on :)
waxnrope
06-17-2010, 10:41 AM
speaking of black and white, one of my favs is Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast.
I plan to watch Black Orpheus with a friend this week-end. Another favorite classic of mine. Moody flick.
waxnrope
06-17-2010, 10:43 AM
Just found a DVD of "Bell, Book, and Candle" on sale! Yes, I know its not B&W, but...Jimmy Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon....can't get much better!
I just got that at Safeway yesterday while grocery shopping! I love it too! Kim's eyes and the cat's eyes ...
check Costco for film collections ... sometimes they have real goodies
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Triple Feature!
Ransom
Suddenly
Ths Desperate Hours!
cinderella
06-29-2010, 07:12 PM
Jet, is this on today? I haven't checked the schedule?
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Ransom
Suddenly
Ths Desperate Hours!
cinderella
06-29-2010, 07:14 PM
Lord, I've so many films on both DVD & VHS, and don't know what to watch. TCM seems dismal these days...wonder who the hell is doing the programming!
Jet, is this on today? I haven't checked the schedule?
no i just thought i'd mix them together
dark_crystal
07-05-2010, 04:58 PM
Hi Carmin! i thought i might join the discussion over here if i can...unfortunately i am still limited to the films that my library owns on DVD and the three Jet mentioned above do not exist in the catalog.
and i can't even add them b/c we just cleaned out our materials budget! No collection development funds till OCTOBER! (the City Manager was freaking out that we still have so much cash this late in the fiscal cycle and implying we must not need it and that other departments [read- police] might deserve it more)
ButchEire
07-05-2010, 05:14 PM
Best......Movie......Ever!
just saw "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" and loved it so much.
lipstixgal
07-05-2010, 05:16 PM
Oh yeah the Ghost and Mrs. Muir I have seen the tv series too.
TCM REMINDER
Featured Actor for July
Gregory Peck
My personal favorites:
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Paradine Case
The Big Country
Gentleman's Agreement
dark_crystal
07-05-2010, 08:37 PM
TCM REMINDER
Featured Actor for July
Gregory Peck
My personal favorites:
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Paradine Case
The Big Country
Gentleman's Agreement
Well i know i can get TKAM at least! The book is having a big anniversary this year...i will cross my fingers on the others! Thank you!
dark_crystal
07-06-2010, 08:52 AM
Well i know i can get TKAM at least! The book is having a big anniversary this year...i will cross my fingers on the others! Thank you!
i got Gentleman's Agreement! It looks really good! I have handwork i need to do tonight so it's a perfect evening to watch a movie.
dark_crystal
07-06-2010, 08:54 AM
Oh! I also got The Thin Man. I have seen it once before years ago but all i remember is the martinis
always2late
07-06-2010, 08:58 AM
TCM REMINDER
Featured Actor for July
Gregory Peck
My personal favorites:
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Paradine Case
The Big Country
Gentleman's Agreement
I LOVE The Paradine Case! And, of course, To Kill a Mockingbird....both were on last night :)
I watched Gregory Peck last night, I really enjoyed it.
One movie he did that does bother me is The Boys from Brazil. I'm sensitive to anything antisemtic or fascist especially Josef Mengele.
But Peck and Laurence Olivier (as Simon Weisenthal or from the foundation, I forget) deliver great performances. It's nice to see two giants in one movie.
It's just kind of weird to see Gregory Peck play a maniac.
See ya at the movies fellow classic cinema comrades.
dark_crystal
07-07-2010, 12:10 PM
I loved Gentleman's Agreement!
My very very first thought was that I found the foley intrusive and noticed some repetition- same horn honk pattern on two different street scenes- but the lighting was amazing! Esp. when Phil visits Mr. Minify for the first time and you can see the shadow of a plant on the back wall...
I liked the foreshadowing re: her weakness of character conveyed in Kathy's cocktail-party semi-mocking, half-defensive self-analysis
I wonder if, the first two times we see Ma, she is wearing those jarring loud prints to confer a vitality that she will subsequently lose? And is that why the makeup artist allowed more face-shine when everyone else was in that gorgeous matte makeup b&w films always have? If so i am not sure it was successful...
The whole marriage talk seemed really sudden to me- i get that the mores of the time left no other avenue once you swapped spit with a 'nice girl,' but she was a divorcee. Maybe time was telescoped and i missed it.
I love the secretary but her reaction when she hears about the change in hiring policy so totally reminds me of how closeted queers will show hostility to out queers (this has happened to me).
And the off-hand revelation about said hiring policies- could have been the major conflict and i am not sure it shouldn't have been, i felt like the story bogged down for maybe just a moment after Dave showed up.
So shocking the way he grabbed Miss Wales's arm in their last scene together- TOTALLY could not do that now!
That final scene is just gorgeous, and once again i am struck by how the limitations of b&w really brought out production creativity, e.g. the checkered floor outside Kathy's apartment.
All in all a really gorgeous and touching movie! I'm glad i got to see it! thanks for the recommendation!
To be honest, I haven't seen Gentleman's Agreement for some time, but I do have it. So it's hard for me to comment on production. I do know that Elia Kazan won as best director. I'm guessing what you're seeing is Kazan's gritty realism, which was his signature such as On The Waterfront. and Streetcar Named Desire.
I'm more taken with its antisemetic theme in post-war and the lengths Philip Greene goes through to prove antisemitisim and bigotry in the United States. Highly-sensitive stuff after the liberation of the Nazi death camps just a couple of years earlier.
The woman who plays Greene's mother (I forget her name, I think its Anne Revere) was later black-balled in the MacArthy hearings on communism in 1952; it ruined her career. Kazan, on the other hand, was a witness and basically lost respect and freinds in Hollywood after snitching on them.
See ya at the movies.
dark_crystal
07-07-2010, 02:41 PM
To be honest, I haven't seen Gentleman's Agreement for some time, but I do have it. So it's hard for me to comment on production. I do know that Elia Kazan won as best director. I'm guessing what you're seeing is Kazan's gritty realism, which was his signature such as On The Waterfront. and Streetcar Named Desire.
I'm more taken with its antisemetic theme in post-war and the lengths Philip Greene goes through to prove antisemitisim and bigotry in the United States. Highly-sensitive stuff after the liberation of the Nazi death camps just a couple of years earlier.
The woman who plays Greene's mother (I forget her name, I think its Anne Revere) was later black-balled in the MacArthy hearings on communism in 1952; it ruined her career. Kazan, on the other hand, was a witness and basically lost respect and freinds in Hollywood after snitching on them.
See ya at the movies.
I remember when he got the 1999 Lifetime Achievement Oscar how half the audience wouldn't stand up!
always2late
07-08-2010, 06:22 AM
Watching "Nora Prentiss" on TCM :)
I remember when he got the 1999 Lifetime Achievement Oscar how half the audience wouldn't stand up!
I remember that, too. But I'm turned off when actors use the awards as a venue for expressing their political views. I didn't like it when George C. Scott did it or when Marlon Brando did it by having an Native American pick up his Oscar with a political message. I don't think the awards are the time or place. Just my .02
I thought the Oscars this year were pretty good despite one uncomfortable moment when that woman (Best Documentary or something) started to rant on stage.
dark_crystal
07-09-2010, 01:48 PM
I remember that, too. But I'm turned off when actors use the awards as a venue for expressing their political views. I didn't like it when George C. Scott did it or when Marlon Brando did it by having an Native American pick up his Oscar with a political message. I don't think the awards are the time or place. Just my .02
I thought the Oscars this year were pretty good despite one uncomfortable moment when that woman (Best Documentary or something) started to rant on stage.
Yeah it's pretty cheap when they do that...but politicizing awards shows doesn't irk me near as much as actors and other celebrities discussing spirituality...Madonna and Kabbalah, Sting and Tantra, etc, etc...i don't like it b/c they are always so smug about it and it just seems so elitist- like, "well sure you had an epiphany! you have bazillions of dollars to pay the best teachers and make the ultimate pilgrimage and the luxury of immersing yourself completely- the average person has no hope of approaching that level of opportunity, so how bout you just don't mention it?"
dark_crystal
07-12-2010, 05:05 PM
The Thin Man- what the heck was i doing when i originally saw this? i can't believe i said "all i remember is the martinis" (although i think i was only like nineteen).
I have an extremely extensive (and kinda expensive) education in aesthetics and criticsim, but the only technical notes i made were regarding the super-tight shots of MacCauley putting Wynant into a taxi and Nora being "walked" by Asta (obviously due to the physical limitations of the production and budget), and the evocative super-long shadow cast by Wynant as we walks away from Julia's apartment (the last time we see him alive)
Shortly after that Nick and Nora pretty much charmed the critic panties right off me and all my notes are of the "OMG five martinis!" and "Gilbert is so cute!" variety lol (love Gilbert "I have a mother fixation but it's slight" "can i see the body? i've never seen a dead body" plus the public library is his alibi! WIN)
LOVE the face Nick makes when Norah walks in on him comforting Dorothy and him shooting the Christmas tree from between his slippers
Oh wait there's one more technical note "no long shots ever lol"
i see from the literature that the film was shot in twelve days and that this was considered extravagant at the time. Really a remarkable achievement.
Are the sequels as good?
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Stanwyck and Suspense!
Sorry Wrong Number
Double Indemnity
The File on Thelma Jordon
Jeopardy
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
Venus007
07-18-2010, 02:06 PM
Just finished watching "Mr Hobbs Takes a Vacation"
I absolutely LOVE the script, it was so witty Nunnally Johnson wrote it based on a novel by Edward Streeter. I am a very big Jimmy Stewart fan and he was great in this, he always reminds me of my Pop so his movies make me nostalgic.
One of the things I really like about movies such as this is the sense of honor the characters have, even when things are screwball there is still integrity and honor.
dark_crystal
07-18-2010, 03:26 PM
we (the library) didn't have any of the "Stanwyck and Suspense" titles so i had to settle for plain old Stanwyck- specifically, The Lady Eve.
I thought the acting was really amazing right from the very first line- one second i was laughing up my sleeve at the hokiness of the "Amazon" set and the next thing i knew i was totally swept up in the story! And what an unusual story! The plot suprised me over and over.
i do not really find stanwyck beautiful, but in some scenes she was charming- esp. the one with her mirror and her narration of the scene behind her.
I also didn't like her wardrobe. I am assuming within the context of the time and place it was "the mode," will have to research. Shocked by the bare midriff at dinner!
Ways the plot surprised me: did not expect her to admit she was in love as quickly as she did, but it made sense once i realized the boat story was only half of what was going to happen.
Sir Alfred felt kinda shoehorned in...wish his existence had been foreshadowed in earlier dialogue...prolly it was but thos frames fell to editing
LOVE LOVE LOVE Pike, Sr. and was utterly charmed by the pre-party chaos at Pike Manor.
Also: "C'mon let's out on the feed bag"??? WIN
Was totally not expecting the wedding to actually happen, and then to happen uninterrupted. In the last couple of decades it has become a cliche for the wrong people to get to the altar and have the climax occur before the vows can be finished...SO sick of it
The sight gags are I guess the reason why Wikipeida and IMDB call this a "screwball romance," but to me they felt superflous...although i did like the "pull in your head, We're coming to a tunnel" sign
my overall impression was "WOW! Really original!" Two thumbs up!
Martina
07-20-2010, 03:17 PM
i watched "Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison" night before last. i love Deborah Kerr. And Robert Mitchum. There are some sweet scenes. Directed by John Huston.
I'm done with classic movies for a time. I'm sick of them. Nobody really cares anyway and its a very select topic that few know about.
dark_crystal
07-31-2010, 02:20 PM
Jezebel (Bette Davis, 1938)
IMDB Summary:
Set in antebellum New Orleans during the early 1850's, this film follows Julie Marsden through her quest for social redemption on her own terms. Julie is a beautiful and free spirited, rapacious Southern belle who is sure of herself and controlling of her fiancé Preston Dillard, a successful young banker. Julie's sensitive but domineering personality--she does not want so much to hurt as to assert her independence--forces a wedge between Preston and herself. To win him back, she plays North against South amid a deadly epidemic of yellow fever which claims a surprising victim.
Personal Impressions:
There is a scene about fifteen minutes in, at the dressmakers, where they get Jule (Davis) out of the white ballgown she's in fittings for and you see that she is sitting knees apart on a stool under a crinoline cage- that's a brilliant shot
the perv in me was turned on by this quote in the next scene:
"None of my business anyhow, but speaking abstractly, and nothing personal intended, your generation don't understand the darlings...Woman, sir, is a chalice-- a frail, delicate chalice to be cherished and protected, ..
..Think your father would have allowed the lady of his choice to come surging into his business?"
"What would he have done?"
"He'd have cut him a hickory and flailed the living daylights out of her, then helped put lard on her welts and bought her a diamond brooch- That's what he'dhave done, and she'd have loved it."
and my Axis 2 issues liked this:
"You're wrong. That dress could cause trouble. Folks would keenly resent you coming to the ball in it."
"They're petty and narrow-minded."
"They got rules, and they go by them, same as you and i."
"Do you prefer to go by your rules?"
"I always have, miss julie."
"Then I'm sorry I troubled you"
(i am totally into structure, rules, protocols, traditions. it is odd b/c i am seen (and see myself) as a non-conformist- but any refusal to conform to a particular set of guidelines can always be traced back to a conflict with a higher-level set that may or may not be self-constructed.)
Quibbly Quibbles:
the movie could have started when they got to Halcyon Plantation...everything that came before that is re-explained in the first plantation scene.
The mosquito bite that gave Preston yellow fever was the only mosquito bite in the movie...i wish a couple of other people could have been shown slapping mosquitos earlier in the film or mosquitos could have been mentioned in the dialogue somewhere...it just felt heavy-handed to me
dark_crystal
08-08-2010, 05:33 PM
OMG Alice Swallow, Dr. Huxley's fiancee- entire Women's Studies Masters' Theses could be written about THAT dynamic, despite it's being barely hinted at and the character disappearing. i guess she has to be unsympathetic or she wouldn't "deserve" the jilting that is so clearly in store...
My first impression of Susan was that she was so cool and collected!...it was not until she lost the back of her skirt that she came across as "harebrained"
-they say Twiggy started the too-skinny look that created our (my) body dysphoria- but Kate is making me hate my thighs and this is decades earlier....please tell me she was considered too scrawny for beauty?
i must note that slapstick usually leaves me cold and pretty irritated but so far this is ok...
they should re-make this movie with Parker Posey and...a Wilson brother? Luke?
and then there's this:
YouTube- ‪Bringing Up Baby - "Gay All of a Sudden"‬‎
were you allowed to say "gay" in 1938?!!! i personally, having the perfect Baptist childhood, got in trouble for saying "gay" as recently as 1982!
aaaaaaaaaaand the second leopard was my slapstick limit. After that i was watching it just to finish.
Duchess
08-08-2010, 05:57 PM
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I love Billy Wilder with a mad passion. He's the Grand Master, whose touch is the coup de gras, the magnificent, writer of writers and director of directors, the talent of talents, the film genious of geniouses. My God, the man far exceeded his craft.
But I hate Some Like It Hot like no one's business.
And the reason is Marilyn Monroe. I don't care if anyone takes issue with this because we are all entitled to our likes and dislikes. I wouldn't put you down anymore for liking her than you would put me down for disliking so intensely. We're all different and we're all entitled. My view of Some Like it Hot is just my .02 alone and remember, it won't really matter in the long run.
But I could rattle off Billy Wilder movies that I think are far more interesting.
Again, just my.02
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Now, some may agree or disagree with my thoughts on David Lean's Ryan's Daughter filmed in the early 70's. This film is intoxicating because of Lean's treatment of the entire film and particularly the affair between a married woman from Ireland and a very wounded British officer in the early 20th century.
This scene is the summit of passion and intrigue and all the things desired in a sexual affair be it damned or not. It is hot, beautifully choreographed in nature and filmed in Lean's epic and rich style.
This is scene is roughly 7 minutes, subtitled because I couldn't find an English version.
If there is erotica and much left to your own desires, passion and imagination, this would be it in my opinion. Enjoy this scene from David Lean's Ryan's Daughter.
The film starred Sarah Miles, Robery Mitchum and Trevor Howard.
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I am also posting the theme to Ryan's Daughter By Maurice Jarre which is mezmerizing and beautiful. Rosie's Theme which carries more of the melody is much more beautiful, but it's not on YouTube, sorry.
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Duchess
08-09-2010, 09:12 AM
Had to revisit my favorite, Some Like It Hot. :)
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Love Roman Polanski. (f)
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Basil Rathbone will always be my favorite Sherlock Holmes. (f)
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This is my favorite Cary Grant movie. (f)
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Why there are dimensions in that scene you haven't begun to touch. — Kirk Douglas as Jonathan Shields in The Bad and the Beautiful
Finally saw Treasure of the Sierra Madre all the way through. Great movie and great acting especially by Walter Huston.
One of the best God'll-get-cha-in the end movies with great character studies like the parallel of Caine and Abel and how greed drives men over the edge.
In the end, good men are worth more than gold.
Humphrey Bogart as a parnoid schizo much like his Captain Quigg in The Cain Mutiny A real son of a bitch. I recommend this flick...a lot, If you pick it up...enjoy.
5 stars for this flick.
I finally saw Sweet Smell of Success tonight. Carmen had been after me for along time to catch it.
It's okay. I didn't save the recording of it. It has great lines, but that would be expected from Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman—two giant writers with huge credits. It's not my favorite, but I did pick up on the casting. Burt Lancaster with that icey treatment of J.J. Hunsecker and Tony Curtis who's played the hustling Sidney Falco. This movie was about columnist Walter Winchell who is said to have flew into a rage when he saw it. It's a pathetic statement on the cruelty and power of the press. Personally, I'd give 3 stars for the clever lines.
Just my .02.
I didnt save my recoding of it. I erased it with The Defiant Ones which I didn't have in my collection. It's a favorite Tony Curtis movie of mine.
An amazing look at the unrecognizable Tony Curtis.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-560606/Tony-Curtis-Marilyn-Monroe-It-like-kissing-Hitler.html
dark_crystal
10-18-2010, 02:00 PM
An amazing look at the unrecognizable Tony Curtis.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-560606/Tony-Curtis-Marilyn-Monroe-It-like-kissing-Hitler.html
Now i totally want to see The Black Shield Of Falworth lol...not sure if it is even on DVD but the library def. does not have it. We do have The Defiant Ones, though. I am having staff pull it for me (lazy!) and hopefully i can watch it this weekend!
dark_crystal
10-24-2010, 08:45 PM
i watched The Defiant Ones tonight- truly amazing. Such rich symbolism- the two races shackled together, the ravening dogs, the tempting seduction, the final realization that falling together was preferable to sacrificing the other. just- whoa.
i looked it up and saw that it was adapted from a story. I was suprised, it felt to me like it had originally been written for the stage. I can imagine a stage production with minimal sets for the interiors and the exteriors projected onto scrims, stark lighting, you know?
Watching Made for Each Other
good movie, haven't seen it in a long time
Manhattan Melodrama, the movie John Dillinger saw the night he was gunned down by Melvin Pervis and G-men outside the Biograph Theater in 1934 Chicago. He had a crush on Myrna Loy. This is a great movie, btw, I have it in my collection.
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I finally saw Sweet Smell of Success tonight. Carmen had been after me for along time to catch it.
It's okay. I didn't save the recording of it. It has great lines, but that would be expected from Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman—two giant writers with huge credits. It's not my favorite, but I did pick up on the casting. Burt Lancaster with that icey treatment of J.J. Hunsecker and Tony Curtis who's played the hustling Sidney Falco. This movie was about columnist Walter Winchell who is said to have flew into a rage when he saw it. It's a pathetic statement on the cruelty and power of the press. Personally, I'd give 3 stars for the clever lines.
Just my .02.
I didnt save my recoding of it. I erased it with The Defiant Ones which I didn't have in my collection. It's a favorite Tony Curtis movie of mine.
crummy post. should read "....is said to have flown into a rage..." just now caught that.
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I also didn't like her wardrobe. I am assuming within the context of the time and place it was "the mode," will have to research. Shocked by the bare midriff at dinner!
Well... kind of like Dorothy Lamour's sarong in her movies. That tropical garb was really big in the 30s and 40s. Speaking of Dorothy Lamour, see John Ford's The Hurricane if you can. Amazing effects for 1937 and a great movie. Takes place in Taihiti.
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Good night Scout, good night Jem.
—Atticus
MaggieBluIze
11-26-2010, 01:36 PM
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Enjoyed twice this week ... God bless my beautiful daughter turning me onto the older films that I would have never even thought to watch ... What a joy this one is. :)
Cavett and Hitch....
I saw this in the 70s and it was one of the best interviews ever.
Not only was Hitchcock a genius on so many levels and he had a wicked sense of humor.
In this segment Hitch talks about his brilliant special effects in Foreign Correspondant (4:00 in) and Psycho and a great story around 6:00 in.
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This excerpt includes a story behind Lifeboat and Hitch appearing in his movies (5:00 in).
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There's limited footage of the interview so enjoy.
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One of my favorites is Dorothy Malone.
Known for dramas and big technicolor melodramas like Lana Turner in the 1950s.
Well...this is Dorothy early on in The Big Sleep with Bogart and Bacall.
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and then va va va voooom...
Dorothy Malone at the height of her career after winning an Oscar
for Best Supporting Actress in Written on The Wind
in 1956 with Rock Hudson, Robert Stack and Lauren Bacall.
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I've been watching Dorothy Malone films all night on TCM and thought I'd pay a little tribute.
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Good night Scout, good night Jem.
—Atticus
Great choice Jet,
This is one of my very favorite movies of all times, always makes me cry.(f)
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Yep...classy, elegant, simply Gorgeous and a pretty good actress too!
Saratoga Trunk.
Not a great movie but I love to watch it whenever I can. I guess it's because it stars two of my favorite actors Beautiful Ingrid Bergman and Goregous Gary Cooper, I just love the interactions between them in this movie I think its the only one they made together, too bad...
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Saratoga Trunk.
Not a great movie but I love to watch it whenever I can. I guess it's because it stars two of my favorite actors Beautiful Ingrid Bergman and Goregous Gary Cooper, I just love the interactions between them in this movie I think its the only one they made together, too bad...
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http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/index/?cid=290807
I've seen it, I think it's based Edna Ferber's novel. Could be mistaken. I'm not a big Gary Cooper fan, always found him stiff even in the Capra stuff.
dark_crystal
12-20-2010, 05:07 PM
i just read this book:
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i had no idea until i ordered it for the library that there was any connection between one of my favorite moves and my VERY favorite kids' books!!! Cept now i am dying to watch the Eloise movies and they are all checked out
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A Star is Born
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I'm bumping this thread after creating it more than three years ago. Please see OP. And feel free to post on American film and British film classics which dominated Hollywood's studio era and post-studio, 30s through 70s. Mainstream films.
My latest view is Madame Bovary (1949 version) which belongs in this thread.
Scarlet Street, 1945 on tap for tonight with Edward G. Robinson. I'd have to say All My Sons, written by Arthur Miller, is a favorite in my top 10 of all time from Robinson and Burt Lancaster. Watched El Cid, 1961, which Martin Scorsese calls "one of the great epics of all time." Big epic, big color, photography and story and big stars of its time with Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren. Haven't seen it in years and it does a while to get through it.
homoe
01-24-2016, 11:50 PM
A Stolen Life (1946 Bette Davis)
All that Heaven Allows (1955 Rock Hudson)
Black Widow (1954 Van Heflin)
Crime of Passion (1957 Barbara Stanwyck)
East Side, West Side (1949 Barbara Stanwyck)
Harriet Craig (1950 Joan Crawford)
In Name Only (1939 Cary Grant)
In This Our Life (1942 Bette Davis)
Laura (1944 Gene Tierney)
Mildred Pierce (1945 Joan Crawford)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943 Joseph Cotton)
The Stranger (1946 Orson Wells
Jacie
01-25-2016, 07:54 AM
I have a long-standing crush on Myrna Loy. Adorable in the "Thin Man" series.
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I totally agree, Myrna Loy is awesome and she has it all.
homoe
01-27-2016, 02:33 AM
The Women (Original Joan Crawford)
homoe
01-28-2016, 10:16 PM
Sunset Boulevard
Jacie
01-29-2016, 01:26 AM
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homoe
02-07-2016, 09:12 PM
"The Apartment" (Jack Lemon Shirley Maclaine)
homoe
02-13-2016, 06:38 PM
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
gotoseagrl
02-13-2016, 06:52 PM
The Crystal Ball (1943)
homoe
02-17-2016, 09:17 PM
The Girl Was Young (1937 British crime thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock)
Man on the run from a murder charge enlists a beautiful stranger who must put herself at risk for his cause.
homoe
02-28-2016, 05:58 PM
No Man of Her Own Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, John Lund
Helen Ferguson, pregnant, penniless and dumped by her boyfriend Steve ,takes the identity of the pregnant Patrice Harkness, when she and her husband are killed in a train crash. The rich Harkness in-laws, and their other son Bill, had never seen Patrice, so they accept her and her newborn son into their family. However Steve eventually finds her and starts to blackmail her
homoe
03-01-2016, 12:59 AM
Roman Holiday.............
homoe
03-02-2016, 10:56 PM
Breakfast at Tiffany's:popcorn:
~ocean
03-03-2016, 12:18 AM
"Tea For Two"
homoe
03-03-2016, 04:40 PM
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington...........
homoe
03-04-2016, 08:46 PM
Lust for Life........:popcorn:
homoe
03-05-2016, 05:43 PM
Man With the Golden Arm (Frank Sinatra) 1955 Director: Otto Preminger
homoe
03-06-2016, 07:40 PM
Irma La Douce..............
homoe
03-10-2016, 07:09 PM
They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
homoe
03-11-2016, 06:06 PM
All That Heaven Allows:popcorn:
homoe
03-11-2016, 06:10 PM
The Killing (1956) Stanley:movieguy: Kubrick
~ocean
03-11-2016, 06:13 PM
"Take Me Out To The Ball Game " ( spring fever sry )
homoe
03-13-2016, 09:42 PM
Desk Set........ Tracey and Hepburn
homoe
03-16-2016, 03:16 PM
The Stranger (1946) Orson Welles, Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young
homoe
03-18-2016, 06:58 PM
Dr. Strangelove How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
homoe
03-20-2016, 10:18 PM
Detour (1945)
Gemme
03-21-2016, 04:58 AM
Every time I see this thread, I think about work. Somewhere, somehow Turner Network is giving out my work number as a contact number for their customers so when the wrong movie is playing or any other general issue, they call me.
:blink:
I try to explain that we've had this number for over 15 years and that they were given the wrong number by the Turner rep but sometimes they just hang up, upset, because I won't fix their movie.
:|
homoe
03-22-2016, 08:03 PM
East Side, West Side (1949) Barbara Stanwyck
Stone-Butch
03-22-2016, 08:53 PM
Olivia de Havilland -- Snake pit
Susan Hayward.. I want to live .. I'll Cry Tomorrow
Joan Crawford.. Autumn Leaves
Mae West .. She done Him Wrong.. I'm No Angel
Katherine Hepburn with Bogart... African Queen
homoe
03-23-2016, 04:40 PM
Shadow of a Doubt (1943 Joseph Cotton)
homoe
03-26-2016, 04:14 PM
Undercurrent (1946) Director: Vincent Minnelli
Katherine Hepburn and Robert Taylor Robert Mitchum Jayne Meadows
homoe
03-26-2016, 06:35 PM
The Old Maid (1939) Bette Davis:movieguy:
homoe
03-27-2016, 06:20 PM
Love Me Or Leave Me (1955) James Cagney & Doris Day
homoe
03-29-2016, 06:32 PM
Rififi 1956 Director : Jules Dassin(original title) Du rififi chez les hommes
Four men plan a technically perfect crime, but the human element intervenes...
It's been ages since I've seen this but I notice it's appearing soon on TMC. From what I remember, and again it's been awhile, it was very good:movieguy:
homoe
04-01-2016, 04:28 AM
Notorious (1946) Ingrid Bergman
homoe
04-02-2016, 05:39 AM
Conflict 1945 Humphrey Bogart Sydney Greenstreet
An engineer trapped in an unhappy marriage murders his wife in the hope of marrying her younger sister:popcorn:
homoe
04-03-2016, 06:13 AM
The Women (1939) original with Joan Crawford
homoe
04-04-2016, 04:16 AM
Laura (1944) Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating.
homoe
04-04-2016, 10:18 PM
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945) Margret O'Brien Edward G Robinson
A Norwegian farmer lovingly raises his daughter in rural World War II-era Benson Junction, Wisconsin.
homoe
04-05-2016, 06:59 PM
Poriate of Jennie (1948) Jennifer Jones Joseph Cotton Ethel Barrymore
A mysterious girl inspires a struggling artist:popcorn:
homoe
04-07-2016, 05:28 PM
Lost Weekend (1945) Stars: Ray Milland, Jane Wyman
The desperate life of a chronic alcoholic is followed through a four day drinking bout
Glenn
04-09-2016, 09:52 AM
I just bought, for a quarter, "The Great" Greta Garbo in her first talkie, which she easily rocked- "Anna Christie". I also bought, for a dollar, the classic, "Algiers" with Hedy "her hotness" Lamarr and Charles Boyer. I am also trying to get my hands on a classic cartoon with that amorous skunk I love to hate, PePe La Pew.
homoe
04-12-2016, 06:18 PM
I just bought, for a quarter, "The Great" Greta Garbo in her first talkie, which she easily rocked- "Anna Christie". I also bought, for a dollar, the classic, "Algiers" with Hedy "her hotness" Lamarr and Charles Boyer. I am also trying to get my hands on a classic cartoon with that amorous skunk I love to hate, PePe La Pew.
I worked at a Video Store and once had a customer who LOVED PePe La Pew! And try as hard as I may, I could never find her any of those cartoons. Perhaps you shall have better luck than I :hangloose:
homoe
04-12-2016, 06:23 PM
Love In The Afternoon :movieguy:(1957) Director Billy Wilder
Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier Louis Jourdan
homoe
04-13-2016, 08:48 PM
Young Man With a Horn (1950) Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day
homoe
04-15-2016, 08:00 PM
Brief Encounter (1945) Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway
Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband.
homoe
04-20-2016, 04:43 PM
Man With The Golden Arm (1955) Director: Otto Preminger
A strung-out junkie deals with a demoralizing drug addiction while his crippled wife and card sharks pull him down.
Stone-Butch
04-20-2016, 06:40 PM
1952 The Girl Can't Help it........ Jayne Mansfield........
If you love 50's music you will love this movie
I just bought it and haven't seen it in eons
homoe
04-25-2016, 05:54 PM
From the Terrace Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Myrna Loy
An ambitious young executive chooses a loveless marriage and an unfulfilling personal life in exchange for a successful Wall Street career:movieguy:
storyspinner70
04-25-2016, 11:46 PM
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storyspinner70
04-25-2016, 11:48 PM
Sooooooooo typical of old time movies...lol...I love watching this
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homoe
05-09-2016, 09:36 PM
Magnificent Obsession (1954)
When churlish, spoiled rich man Bob Merrick foolishly wrecks his speed boat, the rescue team resuscitates him with equipment that's therefore unavailable to aid a local hero, Dr. Wayne Phillips, who dies as a result
homoe
05-21-2016, 02:32 PM
About Mrs. Leslie (1954)
A rooming house landlady recalls her past in flashbacks:movieguy:
On TCM tonight is a classic movie called "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946). This is one of my favorite movies with A list actors including Mryna Loy, Fredrick March, and Dana Andrews. I will be watching.
:movieguy:
Orema
05-31-2016, 07:40 AM
The Black Film Canon: The 50 greatest movies by black directors (from Slate.com) By Aisha Harris and Dan Kois.
(The list can be found at this (http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/cover_story/2016/05/the_50_greatest_films_by_black_directors.html) link.)
#OscarsSoWhite wasn’t—isn’t—only about a stuffy institution failing to recognize work by people of color. Pushing the industry to allow black filmmakers and actors to tell more substantial stories through high-profile work is a crucial step toward remedying the systematic issues at the heart of this controversy. But it’s not the only step. To change Hollywood, it’s important not only to look forward but to look back.
We must recognize that even with the financial and systemic odds stacked against them, black filmmakers have long been creating great and riveting stories on screen. The academy’s failure may have inspired a memorable hashtag, but that failure is deeply linked to the way nearly all movie fans remember cinematic history. In our never-ending conversation—or argument—about which films deserve to be remembered, which films are cultural touchstones, which films defined and advanced the art form, we habitually overlook stories by and about black people. Consider the many widely regarded lists of the “best films”: the prestigious Sight & Sound once-a-decade critics’ poll, the American Film Institute’s eight different 100 Years … lists, or Richard Corliss’ top 100 for Time. Total number of black-directed films among the 1,000 movies on those lists? Two. As Buggin’ Out (Do the Right Thing, No. 96 on AFI’s 2007 list) would ask, “How come there ain’t no brothers up on the wall?”
These lists are important: They affect the types of movies that self-proclaimed cinephiles and casual viewers alike seek out and watch, and they help define our ideas about whose perspectives matter. The exclusion of blackness from these film canons shapes our expectations about what constitutes greatness in film. And it helps cement the expectation that whiteness is somehow as “universal” in art as so many believe it to be in life.
It’s time to fight the canons that be. Slate asked more than 20 prominent filmmakers, critics, and scholars—including Ava DuVernay, Robert Townsend, Charles Burnett, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Wesley Morris, and Henry Louis Gates Jr.—for their favorite movies by filmmakers of color and used their picks to shape our list of the 50 greatest films by black directors. (That restriction excluded many beloved movies about black people, like Carmen Jones, A Raisin in the Sun, The Wiz, and Coming to America. Many of those films are great and integral to understanding black film history—but this list is about the power of black people telling their stories.) Our goal is to change the way readers think about the history of movies—and to keep the conversation about black storytelling going long after the #OscarsSoWhite fury has dissipated. That controversy and the immediate responses to it—including the academy’s rule changes—only carry us as far as the Dolby Theatre. They don’t change the playing field.
Despite everything, black filmmakers have produced art on screen that is just as daring, original, influential, and essential as the heralded works of Welles, Coppola, Antonioni, Kurosawa, and other nonblack directors. Films like Daughters of the Dust, Killer of Sheep, Tongues Untied, and Fruitvale Station deserve to be considered alongside the artistic masterpieces of the past century in cinema. But you should also consider this list an argument for a broader notion of what constitutes a “great” film—after all, many of the movies that have shaped black culture (and the broader American culture) don’t easily fit into the templates of auteurist, art house, or studio “quality” favored by the typical list-makers. Genre work, micro-budget indies, underground documentaries, comedies starring rappers—it was eye-opening to see what movies our panel of experts chose. (And didn’t choose.) The result: Slate’s Black Film Canon. Read, watch our video supercut, stream an unfamiliar movie or two, argue, and recognize the names on our list for the great filmmakers they are.
homoe
07-23-2016, 02:16 PM
James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Shirley Jones
An aging cowboy finds to his embarrassment that the successful business he has inherited from his brother is actually a house of prostitution:popcorn:
homoe
07-23-2016, 02:32 PM
Stars: Bette Davis, George Brent, Mary Astor
After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is now pregnant with his child:popcorn:
Talon
07-26-2016, 01:06 PM
Gilda starring Rita Hayworth.....:stillheart:
homoe
08-04-2016, 06:53 PM
Man On Fire 1957 film starring Bing Crosby (in a rare non-singing role)
A wealthy businessman whose wife has divorced him is bitter about the divorce and prevents his ex-wife from seeing their child. The ex-wife takes him to court, and a judge tries to determine what will be best for the child:movieguy:
Orema
08-05-2016, 06:07 AM
Killer of Sheep
~ocean
08-05-2016, 06:17 AM
"Back Street "
homoe
08-05-2016, 06:27 AM
"Back Street "
This movie is SO GOOD it was made three times : 1932 1941 and 1961:movieguy:
homoe
08-14-2016, 07:10 AM
Stars: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton
A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.
homoe
08-18-2016, 06:09 PM
cast: Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, George Brent (1939)
The screenplay by Casey Robinson is based on the 1935 Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by Zoë Akins, which was adapted from the 1924 Edith Wharton novella The Old Maid.
The arrival of an ex-lover on a young woman's wedding day sets in motion a chain of events which will alter her and her cousin's lives forever:movieguy:
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