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- February 4th, 2010, 8:51 pm
- Forum: Silents & PreCodes
- Topic: WHAT SILENTS & PRE-CODES HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
- Replies: 3714
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Re: WHAT SILENTS & PRE-CODES HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
Picadilly is so polished, and it allows Anna May to be a complex, human character, rather than merely an Asiatic prop in a Caucasian narrative. [That said, I DID just send away for a copy of "Daughter of the Dragon," so I do have my Jingoistic tendencies as well]. I probably need to look a...
- February 4th, 2010, 8:28 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: The Good News Thread
- Replies: 664
- Views: 146038
Re: The Good News Thread
I don't know how I overlooked this thread before. What a lovely gesture setting it up. Thanks, Moira. Well I'm working again, after ten months. It's a fantastic place--an embarrassment of riches. Today was my third day. I made the most of the hiatus, I guess; I learned how to produce sheet music for...
- January 25th, 2010, 12:12 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: WHAT FILMS HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
- Replies: 8122
- Views: 1784033
Re: WHAT FILMS HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
I'll take your word for it re. KR's sex appeal. My 11 year-old had a school assignment on the 50s and asked me to help him find a signature Sci-Fi film to digest and write about. We looked at a spiffy little documentary I happened to snag on TCM called Watch the Skies , in which Lucas, Spielberg, Ca...
- January 24th, 2010, 8:59 pm
- Forum: Classic Film on DVD
- Topic: Universal's Vault Series
- Replies: 32
- Views: 38044
Re: Universal's Vault Series
Hi CharlieChaplinFan. Whenever I read your posts, in my head I hear Chaplin's voice waxing philosophical a.la. Limelight. Strange how penetrating it is. That hung-dog expression-ed RB is from Angels Only Have Wings. I picked it because I've been out of work for months and months and have been feelin...
- January 22nd, 2010, 5:43 pm
- Forum: Silents & PreCodes
- Topic: Did Louis B Mayer really sabotage John Gilbert's career?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 17684
Re: Did Louis B Mayer really sabotage John Gilbert's career?
Paging Mr. Obvious: I had recorded "Flesh and the Devil" and "Love" a while back, but just now (yesterday) got around to seeing them. I think John Gilbert is great! [But you guys knew that already]. The print of "Love" is interesting because there's a live orchestral sc...
- January 22nd, 2010, 5:24 pm
- Forum: Classic Film on DVD
- Topic: Universal's Vault Series
- Replies: 32
- Views: 38044
Re: Universal's Vault Series
Hi everyone. This might not be exactly the right place to post this, but...I've been in contact with a guy who has a website where he makes copies out of his collection. He as a lot of great titles. He was always very careful to say that he only sells films that are not commercially available, and e...
- January 12th, 2010, 12:19 am
- Forum: Silents & PreCodes
- Topic: In need of a suggestion.
- Replies: 53
- Views: 18047
Re: In need of a suggestion.
Hi everyone. I pestered Jon a little to get approved asap to post on this topic before the thread got cold. Many thanks Jon. I have three sons, 26, 11 & 9. The 11 and 9 year olds--Henry and Felix--are with me every weekend. Last year, Henry was doing a school report on the Model T Ford, and I we...