Damn, Dargo, I wish I'd come up with that one! So NS, you fellow ol' SoCal boy, you. Can you tell me where the exterior shots were filmed in this flick and as Eddie G. walks toward that assisted suicide building? (...betcha can, can't ya) I love the poignant film friendship of Sol and Thorn... Inte...

Damn, Dargo, I wish I'd come up with that one! So NS, you fellow ol' SoCal boy, you. Can you tell me where the exterior shots were filmed in this flick and as Eddie G. walks toward that assisted suicide building? (...betcha can, can't ya) Honestly don't have to double-check: the Los Angeles Memoria...

When I hear the opening strains of Beethoven's 6th (Pastoral) Symphony, still to day and after over 50 years of first watching it unfold on the silver screen, I sometimes think back to how Edward G. Robinson decided to end his life in the film 'Soylent Green'... https://youtu.be/SW4-jcTnjLo And now...

Dargo, would not be surprised to read that you'd attended the following CONQUEST contest to promote the 1972 installment: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/81/2d/ac/812dacf5cd52ec286788732f0edfb82c.jpg Heck, wouldn't be surprised if you'd subbed for Gary Owens during some of that day!! Oh yeah! I was there...

cmovieviewer wrote: ↑May 9th, 2024, 12:01 pm Why doesn't the 2nd from the left have a number? I'm ready to vote!

Laughing, cmovieviewer! (#2 is said to have been crowned #1)

I'm considering going to KINGDOM of the pLANET of the ApES this week but, if I do, it will be purely perfunctory yield. I was a child during the original releases of the first five films, so motion-capture technology cannot recapture those early years of the franchise for me... They looked so good: ...

T C M's screening of " THE FIRST AUTO " last night reminded me of the Riverside International Raceway as Charles Emmett Mack is said to have been killed in an automobile accident enroute to a Riverside racetrack during filming of the 1927 movie. I wondered if there was going to be expoundi...

jimimac71 wrote: ↑May 1st, 2024, 9:12 pm I didn't realize he was still with us. Thank You NoShear.

You're welcome, jimimac71, and thanks for submitting some examples of his string work.

"The Man with the Twangy Guitar", Duane Peter Gunn Eddy, died yesterday...
His influence extended past traditional rock guitarists as even the electric bassist John Entwistle owed a debt to Eddy:

ROXY MUSIC Country Life https://i.discogs.com/Yrcc_LMC57FAZ_TRB6PLF-bmCr0kg_GeP9LBKGOLH88/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:599/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTY3MjMw/My0xNDc3MTY3NTkz/LTMxODkuanBlZw.jpeg Revisiting this record a few weeks ago, I've realized this is the ROXY MUSIC album I'll list...

THE WHO Who's next https://i.discogs.com/rMnd7fBut6sBP8lzQJSvRv9JaoCFLEt8G8csu24hpvw/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIyNzk0/MTMtMTI3NDA4OTgw/MC5qcGVn.jpeg I'm thinking the Tom Lehrer song, "Who's Next." The B-Side to the 45 RPM of "Pollution.&...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e7/Romeo_juliet_movieposter.jpg Romeo And Juliet (1936) TCM On Demand-6/10 The Hollywood version of Shakespeare's star crossed lovers. First time viewing for me, I avoided it because the 1968 version is my favorite Shakespeare on film. It was disappointin...

I found this in a review for the VHS version of Bugsy Malone : "The film was released in late 1976 to positive reviews. It currently holds a score of 82% on Rotten Tomatoes. Despite the positive critical reception, Bugsy Malone was not a commercial success in the US, bringing in just over $2.7...

Paul Thomas Anderson has chosen two fun ones for his Two For One movies tonight (April 20). THE BAD NEWS BEARS (1976) BUGSY MALONE (1976) I own a copy of BUGSY MALONE, but I'll watch Paul Thomas Anderson's comments about the movie if it's on Watch TCM Given that both were released by Paramount in t...