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by CoffeeDan
October 21st, 2008, 11:45 am
Forum: Classic Film Art
Topic: Pencil Art
Replies: 146
Views: 121080

The eyes have it . . .

Danny! Good to see you back! And you really "nailed" Warren William -- great job! I've meant to say this before, but I think one of the strengths of your work is that you get the eyes right. I took a course in cartooning and caricature some years ago, and I found through trial and error th...
by CoffeeDan
October 7th, 2008, 5:45 pm
Forum: General TV and Media
Topic: Stock Market Blues
Replies: 22
Views: 6395

I've been doing a lot of reading on the recent bailout and how it affects the stock market and the world economy, and there's a lot of misinformation out there. Let me see if I can shine any light here . . . The most important thing I've learned is that the recent $700 million bailout is aimed at Ma...
by CoffeeDan
September 2nd, 2008, 9:54 am
Forum: Silents & PreCodes
Topic: WHAT SILENTS & PRE-CODES HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
Replies: 3714
Views: 1046683

I've just watched Female , Someone mentioned on here that it has an objectionable ending and I have to agree. I'm all for romantic films but a woman who potentially throws everything away for the right man, all the power and influence she's built up, her workers security. I won't say anymore I don'...
by CoffeeDan
August 10th, 2008, 6:26 am
Forum: Games and Trivia
Topic: Pronunciation Guide
Replies: 60
Views: 138528

Not at all, Carrie. Actually, I'm glad you that you did -- I've been cutting back on my computer time these days, since it's beginning to interfere too much with Real Life, but I'm still striving for balance. To answer some of your other queries, it's MAY-lin Hamilton (if it's the same as actor Mahl...
by CoffeeDan
August 9th, 2008, 8:55 pm
Forum: Games and Trivia
Topic: Pronunciation Guide
Replies: 60
Views: 138528

Jacques Tur-NEWER, Tur-NOWER, TUR-newer, TUR-nower -- or some other possibility? And was Maurice's last name pronounced similarly, or did the son break from the father? This one's tricky. I've heard the name pronounced both tour-NER and like Turner, but the actual pronunciation is somewhere between...
by CoffeeDan
August 9th, 2008, 5:49 pm
Forum: Games and Trivia
Topic: Pronunciation Guide
Replies: 60
Views: 138528

Ahem -- I'm the "someone" who started the pronunciation thread on the TCM boards. Since I used to work in radio, I used to sweat over how to correctly pronounce famous names on the air, especially since I have a troublesome surname myself. I've spent a lot of time listening to newsreels, r...
by CoffeeDan
June 10th, 2008, 3:01 am
Forum: Silents & PreCodes
Topic: WHAT SILENTS & PRE-CODES HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
Replies: 3714
Views: 1046683

Question-- I watched a film not long ago, from TCM, I thought it starred Ginger Rogers. Anyway, it was these two young people who fall in love, but before they can marry, a rich girl butts in and marries the man out from under the star. The man owns a gas station. And instead of being angry, the fe...
by CoffeeDan
June 7th, 2008, 9:18 pm
Forum: Comedies
Topic: Which Comedian is like Fingers on a Chalkboard for you?
Replies: 91
Views: 28205

Hey! Quit dissing Bert & Bob! (and a few others, too)

To be honest, threads like this one are like fingernails on a chalkboard to me, mainly because they bring out the worst in certain people. I'd rather hear about what they like rather than what they don't like. Too many dislikes strung together are depressing, and after a while, it seems that everybo...
by CoffeeDan
June 3rd, 2008, 2:24 am
Forum: General TV and Media
Topic: 100 Years of Mel.
Replies: 23
Views: 7665

What I really find amusing is reading the credits for any toons made these days and seeing how many differnt voice actors they require. Mel would do the whole dang thing and then come back for more, with each voice feeling fresh and perfectly appropriate to the character. Mel, you da' man. Indeed h...
by CoffeeDan
May 31st, 2008, 11:54 am
Forum: Classic Film on DVD
Topic: SELECTED KINO DVD TITLES up to 50 PERCENT OFF DEEPDISCOUNT
Replies: 2
Views: 2997

There's still time . . .

Postscript: Deep Discount's 50 percent off sale on Kino titles has been extended through this weekend! Last day is June 1.
by CoffeeDan
May 5th, 2008, 8:19 am
Forum: Archived Guest Stars
Topic: Q & A with Matthew Kennedy on Joan Blondell & Edmund Goulding
Replies: 61
Views: 36288

Hello, Mr. Kennedy! Thanks for chatting with us this week. My first question is about Edmund Goulding. Back in my film school days, one of my teachers noted that in Goulding's films, the actors never entered or exited the frame unless it was "natural," like going through a door, driving of...
by CoffeeDan
April 30th, 2008, 6:19 pm
Forum: Silents & PreCodes
Topic: More early talkies coming from Warner Home Video?
Replies: 5
Views: 3782

More early talkies coming from Warner Home Video?

Ron Hutchinson of the Vitaphone Project posted this at the Al Jolson Forum (in response to a query about a DVD of THE SINGING FOOL), and I thought I'd repost it here: As I worked with WB on THE JAZZ SINGER DVD set, I can give a little perspective on next plans. THE JAZZ SINGER set was never going to...
by CoffeeDan
April 17th, 2008, 11:50 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Friends of TCM?
Replies: 26
Views: 9733

I haven't seen this yet; I'll have to check my inbox when I go home this morning. But I have been receiving my newsletters and schedule alerts same as always, as well as the message board updates (sometimes these clog my inbox, there are so many).
by CoffeeDan
April 14th, 2008, 9:16 am
Forum: Archived Guest Stars
Topic: Questions for Kevin Brownlow
Replies: 80
Views: 43546

Okay, here goes . . .

Just a few more, Mr. Brownlow: 1. Since the moviegoing public initially didn't want sound pictures -- and proved very resistant even into the late 1920s -- why do you think sound took over so quickly and completely during 1929-30? 2. Silent features from the 1913-20 period seem so much faster paced ...
by CoffeeDan
March 20th, 2008, 12:28 am
Forum: Classic Film on DVD
Topic: "Burke's Law" finally on DVD
Replies: 5
Views: 4064

I don't usually buy TV shows on DVD. I know of very few that deserve the "complete" treatment, but I have made exceptions in the cases of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Twilight Zone . However, after reading the flyer from VCI and watching the clips on their website, I think I may spring fo...