I have it on tape and I'm busy with stuff, so i probably won't. have fun...

Quite the lineup on TCM tonight (all times EST):

8PM - West Side Story

11PM - Rebel Without a Cause

1AM - Giant

Happy viewing!!

Aw, and here I was thinkin' we could share some popcorn, lol. Ok, comrade, take care.

well okay. maybe i'll turn it on in the background while i do stuff..
rita moreno was sure snazzy, wasn;t she?

i really like the dancing in West Side story. i'm a fan of that kind of athletic, sexy jazz dancing typical of guys like Jerome Robbins and Bob Fosse..you know? nice.

Hey, Ol' Jet, wanna play roles - you can be Tony, and I'll be Maria - I am PR, yanno, my real name is Carmen, jes sayin'... lol. You know I'm playing with ya... ;)

Ah, my favorite is coming on now 'America' on the roof!!! Love this piece!!

you're cute. i know you're PR. snazzy like rita moreno...and sizzling...lol

we go a long way back, carmen.
you're one of the best cinema comrades a cinema comrade could have
(still don't like your precious marilyn tho comrade....ha ha ha...well 'cept for Niagra)

That's alright honey, I love her enough for the two of us!!

Yes, we do go back a long way. I am PR, but unfortunately, don't look it. I am more readily taken for Italian of Jewish. I am white, and blond, so even tho we (PR's) have been known as the 'Rainbow People' (way before the rainbow was affiliated with 'gay'. That is because we come in all different shades... :).) My grandparents came from The Canarys - Tenerife on the grand island to be precise. The Canarys are part of Spain - off the coast of North Africa. They have a shuttle ferry that goes from Morroco to The Canarys. In any case, I am very much part of both cultures. Ok, I'm sure this is more info then you want or need, lol.

you're lovely looking, carmen. i've always said that. you should post a pic.
ya outta be in pictures

i think i'll do another Jet's FlixMix for anyone flying by in here...i'll have to think. but you go first with the actor's themes comrade.

"Te adoro, Anton."

te adoro, Maria

Thank you for the compliment. You can ask Kam, she's met me and spent time with me, so she can tell you.

Comrade...oh! Officer Krupki is coming on, I LOVE that scene!!! lol

I can't post a pic unless I upgrade my membership - don't think I'll be doing that anytime soon.

As for 'actor themes' I already posted my choice...refer to above posts.

you can post your pic in the gallery without an upgrade.

Really? Didn't know that. I will try.

Ok, so my choice was for Burt Lancaster, and Seven Days in May. This film has both Burt and Kirk Douglas in it, and is a war movie, so I think it would be a good pick seeing we've been discussing war films. What do you think of this film as a choice for discussion?

I love that movie because I really like Kirk Douglas' character's principles in it. For the benefit of those who don't know, this movie is about a military conspiracy and a plot to take over the US government by a general gone Judas against the government (played by Lancaster). This flick is intense in its implications especially in the early 60s at a time we were just coming off the Cold War.

Movies like this and The Manchurian Candidate and Fail-Safe with Henry Fonda were very sensitive in light of the current politics.

As matter of fact, comrade, those three films would make a great FlixMix.
Seven Days in May, The Manchurian Candidate and Fail-Safe

All three were from the 60s, same genre/themes, shot in black and white, and all starring major headliners from the old guard including Lancaster, Douglas, Frederic March, Laurence Harvey, Frank Sinatra, Ava Gardner, Martin Balsam, Angela Lansbury, Henry Fonda et al.

Okay, back to "....May" I like the dialogue and the whole story and movie, really. Good choice, comrade.

Weird, those are exactly the same films I was thinking about! So weird...but glad to know we're on the same tract.

great minds, comrade....lol

Yes, they do...

i'm sitting here thinking about what i want to share next....
ya know, i think we're the only ones who really do this thread..
did you enjoy WSS tonight comrade?

Rebel Without a Cause I could skip,

Giant i really like, but its long on late tonight
what's your favorite Rock Hudson movie, comrade?

Here's James Dean's car wreck details:

http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/r.../Picture28.png

yada, yada... good ones! Tell us about a good James Dean movie, which one is the best in your opinions?

Giant based Edna Ferber's novel. He only made about 3 before (dont quote me) his death in his 20s. He's so good in it, transforming from a man in his 20s to his 60s and pulling it off.

It's sad, the poor guy... driving along - minding his own business... and wham! gets hit head-on by a Mac Truck... I can totally relate...

Jet's FlixMix-True Story Prison Flix
 

I Am a Fugitive From A Chain Gang,1932
Call Northside 777, 1948
Carbine Williams, 1952
Birdman of Alcatraz, 1962

Summaries

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, 1932
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang is a pre-Code crime/drama in which Paul Muni stars as a wrongfully convicted convict on a chain gang who escapes to Chicago. The film was written by Howard J. Green and Brown Holmes from Robert Elliott Burns's autobiography, I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang that was serialised in True Detective magazine. It was directed by Mervyn LeRoy. In 1991, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

More on the real Robert Elliot Burns
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Elliott_Burns

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Call Northside 777, 1948
Call Northside 777 is a film noir directed by Henry Hathaway. It is based on the true story of a Chicago reporter who proved that a man who has been in prison for murder, was wrongly convicted 11 years before. James Stewart stars as the persistent Chicago journalist who proves Wiecek's innocence. This is a captivating story. Richard Conte plays the imprisoned Frank Wiecek, a character based on Joseph Majczek, who was wrongly convicted of the murder of a Chicago policeman in 1932, one of the worst years of organized crime during the Great Depression.

More on the real Joseph Majczek
http://www.law.northwestern.edu/wron...ekSummary.html

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Carbine Williams, 1952
Carbine Williams is a biography directed by Richard Thorpe, starring James Stewart. The film follows the life of David Marshall Williams (James Stewart), who invented the semi-automatic M1 Carbine used in World War II. Williams was found distilling illegal moonshine, and was held responsible for the death of a federal officer during a raid on his still. He was sentenced to thirty years Hard Labor. He cycled through the prison system, until a firm, but compassionate warden, H.T. Peoples (Wendell Corey) allowed him to work in a prison tool shop. There he invented the gas system for his famous rifle, and eventually was released from prison in 1929 and worked with Winchester Firearms on development of the M1 Carbine. It's amazing to see how someone incarcerated, at a time the prison system was neandrathal, could develop and patent an advanced firearm used in war.

http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/r...icture13-3.png

More on the real David Marshall "Carbine" Williams
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Marshall_Williams

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Birdman of Alcatraz, 1962
Birdman of Alcatraz, directed by John Frankenheimer, stars Burt Lancaster. It is a fictionalized version of the life of Robert Stroud, a federal prison inmate known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz" because of his life with birds. In spite of the title, much of the action is set at Leavenworth prison where Stroud was jailed with his birds. When moved to Alcatraz he was not allowed to keep any pets.

The film was adapted by Guy Trosper from the 1955 book by Thomas E. Gaddis. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Burt Lancaster), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Telly Savalas), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Thelma Ritter) and Best Cinematography, Black-and-White. Stroud was never allowed to see the film. The movie is told in flashback, narrated by Gaddis (O'Brien), the author of the book upon which it is based.

More on Robert Stroud
http://www.alcatrazhistory.com/stroud.htm

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[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlFBva0x_OY"]YouTube- Call Northside 777 - Chiamata Nord 777 (1948) Trailer[/ame]

See ya at the movies....

I love "Fugitive from a"....we studied it in my Great Films of the 1930's class in college. :)

One of my fav prison stories is "Papillon".

Last night we watched "Laura" again. I really think having a huge tub like that in my office would improve my work.

Apocalipstic, I love PAPILLION!! I saw the film before I read the book...and it's a good thing I did! The movie was wonderful, but the book was extraordinary!!

OK, HEADS UP!!!! March 27, on TCM, the debut of one of the best love stories ever...Letter From An Unknown Woman...Louis Jordan's American film debut. Joan Fontain's personal favorite film, and it will be yours as well. I absolutely love this film. Hey, Ol' Jet, do you know know this film? IMO, one of the best of this genre.

no, but i'll be sure to watch if you keep me reminded. is this a chick-flick?
summary?

PS, I like papillon too
I'm a McQueen fan

Admidttedly, it is a 'chick flick', but in a universal sense, but it has alot of 'noirish' and gothic flavor. It is beautifully photographed, and just has such a dream-like quality. It is a beautiful film. I think you'll like it, despite of all of your testosterone...

Summary: Kinda like Anna Karinina, at least it reminds me of that, except without the 'train' tragedy.

A love-struck pre-pubescent falls deeply in love with the new tenant in her apt. building - he is a concert pianist. She adores and worships him. They meet years later when she is a young woman. He wines & dines her, she is still madly in love with him. He is a proverbial playboy, she is just another notch on his belt, where he is her whole life.

Life gets in the way, and their lives take a very different turn. The meet years later. They have a short interlude, and after the wine and brief encounter, she realizes to her dismay, that he doesn't remember her.

In the interim she has married and had a child. The child is the pianist's child, being passed off as her hunband's who does know it is not his child. During a chance encounter where they meet, and again persue their romance (tho he's not aware of who she is - he thinks it's just a new conquest), she again visits his apartment, and soon realizes that he does not remember her, or who she is.

The husband, upon realizing what is going on, threatens to take the child away, and challenges the interloper to a duel. But before all this takes place, Jordan defers to a letter received just before the duel. A letter that reveals who his latest romantic interest is, and that he has a child. He slowly goes back in his memory, and finally realizes who this woman is.

I don't want to give everything away - you've got to see the film. It is beautifully executed, and the acting is superb. I hope you get a chance to see it.

gee......i dunnoooooo.....could be too sensitive....its a mighty big departure from war and insensitive, oppressive prison flixk....and certainly hoity-toity for my classlessness.....ya think i could handle it, comrade?

you think you could bring me around?

FYI Carmen, i opened the Oscars thread so people can vote and comment.

take a gander
http://www.butchfemmeplanet.com/foru...read.php?t=949

Underneath that 'macho', tough exterior, I like to think beats the heart of a 'softee' who doesn't want the world to know...then I could be totally wrong! lol

Yeah, I think you can handle it, Mr. toughguy, And if you do like it, you don't hafta admit it, and I promise not to tell anyone. ;)

see ya at the chick flick, comrade (hugs)

Yanno, Ol' Jet, I don't go to the movies anymore - I purchase whatever I have in my collection - and they tend to be the classics.

My personal opinion...I do not care for what's being churned out in so-called Hollywood these days, so I'm not up to par on what the latest movies are, so there's no point in my watching the Oscars. Personally, I think it's a waste of time. Other then the British films, I can't see anything being produced today worth watching - much less being 'awarded' anything! But again, that's my own personal opinion.

You forgot...The Front Page with James Stewart and Richard Conte...

The Blind Side is a wonderful true story. Good script, heartwarming story, and Sandra Bullock deserves to win, I don;t think she's ever won. What a performance. There's also two great actors from Precious. Now, i didn't like the movie at all..gritty, dark, depressing. But I need to say that Gabbie Sidibe and Mo'Nique who are up for Oscars, also deserve them. You feel it's way real when you watch them. Two terrific actors. Also, i'm pulling for Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart. He's always been a great actor, never won and really delivers in the movie as a down and out, raw country singer on his last leg of his life. I see a lot of merit in these, and I enjoy people who i really admire have their moment in their craft.

Hey guy, how about The Naked City - one of the best film Noir of 1948. I love this film, not only because it's great, but it reminds me of my childhood in the lower East side of Manhattan in the 50's. I know those streets, I walked them as a child. This film has very special meaning for me - everytime I see it, it's like looking back into my past...

I love the Naked City. and along those gritty dark lines, DOA

Love DOA, own it, and watch it whenever it's on TCM. Edmond O'Brian looks just like an interior design instructor I had at FIT - I told him so, and he agreed...

Another great Noir film is Asphalt Jungle - love the grittiness, and absense of music in some crucial scenes in this film. It's the kind of film one doesn't forget that easily. Sam Jaffe was excellent in this, as was Sterling Heyden.

correction - my post #194
I confused Northside 777 with The Front Page, my apologies.

In Northside 777 the magnification and enhancement of the front page of a newspaper to reveal a date (instrumental in proving the defendant's innocense, and thereby acquiting him), was such a major and important aspect of this film, that I always confuse the title and think of it as The Front Page, which is another movie entirely.

Will have to check it out! Thank you! I usually don't do chick flicks, but if its Gothic and Noirish count me in!

I care more about the cinematography, sets, acting than I do the actual plot. The plot is secondary for me. Probably why I like Altman so much.

Louis Jordan cracks me UP!