I wish I would have known it was your birthday. It sounds like you got many nice presents. I hope it was a lovely day. A belated but most hearty Happy Birthday!

Lynn:

There must be a book in your future. Between this "answer" and the insight you provided on Liberty Valance gives us a depth of understanding that would be hard to find anywhere. Thanks for sharing.

[quote="cinemalover" The presentation on the DVD is in widescreen, whereas I believe it would have been originally broadcast in 4:3 ratio. I wonder how it was originally filmed.[/quote] Aspect ratios are not my forte but for what it's worth it was shot for HBO in 1987. It's possible, altho...

Miss Godess: Forgive my butting in but I belive they were cousins. They also were related to the German ruler at the time. There is a famous family photo (which is not so famous that I can find one, yet) of the three families together on holiday. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_V_of_the_United_K...

Chris: "The Quick and The Dead" is one film I've enjoyed through the years. I mainly like it for Same Elliot's performance. Tom Conti is pretty good too. I especially like the scene where Tom has been told once too often by Sam that he's married to a fine looking woman. A bigger budget wou...

I didn't see that documentary but it has been well known that those that were on the set of "The Conqueror" by and large became ill with cancer from shooting on a former nuclear test site. While Maureen O'Hara was not on that movie set people like Pedro Armanderiz and director Dick Powell ...

Anne: As far as a trilogy goes, those three movies, I believe were never intended t obe a true trilogy in the proper sense of the word. They do not follow any progression of story and are not truly related save for their setting. I really think they become a trilogy as they were made consecutively b...

"How Green Was My Valley", "It's A Wonderful Life" and others. I remember a discussion on TCM about age and if we cry more at movies as we get older.

Shoot, I was crying at the end of "The Glenn Miller Story" last Sunday.

"Call Of The Wild" was on one of the Cinemax channels this morning so it may be repeated more through the week.

"No greater love hath a man than to lay down his life for his brother." I know I'm paraphrasing and offer my apologies to whomever the original quotation is attributable to. Again, I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable holiday. Adios, amigos! With all my respect, Hollis Jesus. John 15:13

ken123 wrote:
Biden is beyond words. But Darfur is a tragedy .

Agreed.

You can like Bush or not but to call him a murderer is going too far. No one is thrilled with the war but how do you deal with people who want to destroy us. They have no interest in coming to a peaceful coexistence. We can argue the merits of how you deal with them but deal with them we must. The m...

Anyone care to share any thoughts on this bill? It's stupid. It creates more problems than it solves. It will cost the taxpayers more money than anyone will know. It rewards people for breaking the law. I heard gang members will even get to stay if they sign a form renouncing that life they can stay...

Christy:

You are right. I was struck by the range of the people Leo directed. For that matter even guys like George Stevens and George Marshall as well. They worked with comedians in the Hal Roach shorts and then all go on to do such classic movies.

Your turn.

Danny: You continue to amaze. How long for this one? The thing I find so interesting in your work (in addition to magnitude of your gift) is your attention to detail. All the strokes that make up the hair. Your attention to shadows and lines of the face. It's just wonderful. You have every reason to...