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by Garbomaniac
December 30th, 2008, 12:27 am
Forum: The People of Film
Topic: Can You Please List Your 25 Favorite Actresses?
Replies: 54
Views: 14549

You know, Anne stated over in the 25 Actors thread that she was glad these lists were of favorites and not the greatest causes some of hers weren't considered greats. Well, I too am glad, but most of my favorites are greats. In fact all of them are! I think I didn't list Eve Arden, Una Merkel, Helen...
by Garbomaniac
December 29th, 2008, 11:42 pm
Forum: The People of Film
Topic: Can You Please List Your 25 Favorite Actresses?
Replies: 54
Views: 14549

Thank you, Judith! And, happy holidays to you, too. I will stick around for a while here. I stayed away because of a certain trouble maker over on TCM, but forgot all about this OASIS! After awhile, I did go back and visit every now and then, but so many others were gone, too! Then, as I was going t...
by Garbomaniac
December 28th, 2008, 11:30 pm
Forum: The People of Film
Topic: Can You Please List Your 25 Favorite Actresses?
Replies: 54
Views: 14549

Thanks, buddy! I was on the floor when I read that line from Groucho! Of course I have heard it before, but that doesn't seem to lessen its effect.
by Garbomaniac
December 28th, 2008, 1:54 am
Forum: The People of Film
Topic: Least favorite Actor or Actrees of the Classic Period
Replies: 30
Views: 9830

Men:

John Wayne
Sterling Hayden
Robert Mitchum
Robert Ryan
John Lund

Women:

Faith Domergue
Jan Sterling
Ruth Roman

And, Jane Wyman is annoying.
by Garbomaniac
December 28th, 2008, 1:40 am
Forum: The People of Film
Topic: Can You Please List Your 25 Favorite Actors?
Replies: 56
Views: 14936

I am crazy about lists, too. Fun idea MG. 1. Tyrone Power 2. Cary Grant 3. Burt Lancaster 4. Errol Flynn 5. Charles Boyer 6. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. 7. William Powell 8. Randolph Scott 9. Ronald Coleman 10. Robert Donat 11. Dennis Morgan 12. George Sanders 13. Herbert Marshall 14. Clifton Webb 15. Co...
by Garbomaniac
December 28th, 2008, 1:19 am
Forum: The People of Film
Topic: Can You Please List Your 25 Favorite Actresses?
Replies: 54
Views: 14549

I couldn't resist this thread, but how can you stop at 25? 1. Greta Garbo 2. Marlene Dietrich 3. Jean Harlow 4. Hedy Lamarr 5. Gene Tierney 6. Lana Turner 7. Linda Darnell 8. Bette Davis 9. Norma Shearer 10. Ava Gardner 11. Rita Hayworth 12. Betty Grable 13. Alice Faye 14. Elizabeth Taylor 15. Katha...
by Garbomaniac
July 19th, 2007, 9:44 pm
Forum: Comedies
Topic: Best Romantic Duos
Replies: 62
Views: 64079

One romantic couple that was left out was Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney. Their films Son of Fury and The Razor's Edge are fantastic! Some people believe they were the most beautiful coupe ever to be paired. Their chemistry on screen was undeniable, and their physical presence was breathtaking! The f...
by Garbomaniac
July 15th, 2007, 10:47 pm
Forum: Film Noir and Crime
Topic: Dead Reckoning
Replies: 3
Views: 1990

That song she sang kept going through my head over and over after I saw the movie. I can't remember it now, but I can still see that sultry mouth forcing the tones out over those pouty lips! Wow! She was somethin'. Oh, yes, now it comes back to me. "Either It's Love or It Isn't" (there's n...
by Garbomaniac
July 15th, 2007, 10:39 pm
Forum: Action and Adventure
Topic: Favorite Swashbuckler!
Replies: 31
Views: 16171

Oh, my gosh! I forgot about The Corsican Brothers! Yes, it is an excellent film and representation of Fairbanks, Jr.'s talent. Gee, I don't think anyone ever plays it. I saw it years ago, too. I guess I can try to buy it through Amazon. Now, Exile I don't know. Is that a swashbuckler, too? Anything ...
by Garbomaniac
July 15th, 2007, 8:03 pm
Forum: Film Noir and Crime
Topic: Dead Reckoning
Replies: 3
Views: 1990

Dead Reckoning

Although I have heard many bash Scott's performance in this movie because her voice was dubbed and blah, blah, blah. I think it is one of the best Noir movies made. It is debatable that Mitchum's movies are better and Greer is hotter than Scott, but that is just a matter of taste. I have also read t...
by Garbomaniac
July 15th, 2007, 7:49 pm
Forum: Action and Adventure
Topic: Favorite Swashbuckler!
Replies: 31
Views: 16171

Ah, feaito, that is just about the most perfect list I have seen! I really enjoy both Prisoner of Zendas as well. I have only seen Fairbank's. Sr. in The Thief of Bagdad, and I enjoyed it, but I much prefer his son, Fairbanks, Jr. His performance in Prisoner is stellar, and I really like his version...
by Garbomaniac
July 15th, 2007, 7:40 pm
Forum: Westerns
Topic: Boom Town
Replies: 7
Views: 4289

Yes, Comrade X was a nice little film, but partly because of Eve Arden. I really didn't enjoy it much, although I have it. I never watch it. It didn't do much to stretch Hedy's range as an actress, and Clark was his usual bellowing self. She was not glamorous, and you are right, the ending was silly...
by Garbomaniac
July 15th, 2007, 7:25 pm
Forum: Musicals
Topic: DuBarry Was a Lady
Replies: 28
Views: 12343

Well, I finally saw the movie, and I only have a couple of superficial reasons why I enjoyed it. I liked Zero's impersonation of Charles Boyer speaking to Hedy (only for its content), and then there was Lana Turner! Other than that, it could have been any film with any stars. It served up a lot of H...
by Garbomaniac
July 8th, 2007, 3:22 pm
Forum: Westerns
Topic: Boom Town
Replies: 7
Views: 4289

Yes, I guess it does look old, but it is a great little documentary on the oil field junkies! But, if for nothing else, you are right, Hedy Lamarr is worth seeing (although her part stinks, she did get in the film)! At the time, it was big box office!
by Garbomaniac
May 22nd, 2007, 1:07 am
Forum: The People of Film
Topic: The films of John Wayne
Replies: 16
Views: 7152

Being a guy, I like guy films, but with human characteristics. Wayne never seemed to display human characteristics. He was always Wayne, the tough guy, the man, the guy who belts the other guy. Give me John Garfield, a guy who could fight, but you knew what was going on inside, or the sophisticates:...