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- January 24th, 2010, 3:01 pm
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: *CANDIDS*
- Replies: 14682
- Views: 5998344
Re: *CANDIDS*
That's a great laughing face from John Wayne, as if he's about ready to REALLY explode. Marvin Kaplan - another favorite. He and the recently deceased Arnold Stang were a favorite part of the MAD MAD WORLD scene at the desert service station. In the credits of that film, I see they list BOB HOPE as ...
- January 24th, 2010, 2:40 pm
- Forum: Film Noir and Crime
- Topic: EXPERIMENT ALCATRAZ (1950) on TCM Jan 21
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6848
Re: EXPERIMENT ALCATRAZ (1950) on TCM Jan 21
"Based on this highly scientific..." Y'know we REALLY need some flash-warning, some huge red- or blue-light and a siren when we open messages that are going to force me to explode coffee, drinks, etc. across the desk, keyboard, screen, wall, etc. Darn... ANOTHER cleaning needed... I was go...
- January 23rd, 2010, 4:26 pm
- Forum: General TV and Media
- Topic: HOPE FOR HAITI
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3868
Re: HOPE FOR HAITI
Agree on so many of these well-stated points. Last night (Friday), my wife, our band's keyboard player and our drummer's wife joined about 15 other local women-musicians for a Haiti charity event in a club, raising money for a Haitian women's center. They raised about $14,000 and did a funds-transmi...
- January 23rd, 2010, 4:15 pm
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: ,The Best Character Actors?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 80970
Re: ,The Best Character Actors?
"He WISHES he'd gone to Stephens College" might be your father's comment! ha ha... hmmm, this brings me back to the Alcatraz snickers. "Escaped From Stephens College" or "Escape INTO Stephens College"... Jay C. Flippen is another favorite that is easily recognized, but ...
- January 23rd, 2010, 4:02 pm
- Forum: Film Noir and Crime
- Topic: EXPERIMENT ALCATRAZ (1950) on TCM Jan 21
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6848
Re: EXPERIMENT ALCATRAZ (1950) on TCM Jan 21
Sam Scar, it is! I'll definitely try to collect his stuff! I really did like EXPERIMENT ALCATRAZ, and all of the others. I did get good copies, in case someone needs a fill-in. I'd hate to think that, as we're being sent to Alcatraz ourselves, that we'd have not received the proper Hollywood indoctr...
- January 23rd, 2010, 3:53 pm
- Forum: Silents & PreCodes
- Topic: WHAT SILENTS & PRE-CODES HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
- Replies: 3714
- Views: 1046468
Re: WHAT SILENTS & PRE-CODES HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
I have GOT to trick Fernando into telling us the Spanish equivalent of "dipsomaniac boss" sometime. He's so comfortable with English idioms but I often wonder how different they might be from the Spanish equivalent's literal translation. For example, in English, an employee's employer, man...
- January 23rd, 2010, 8:15 am
- Forum: Classic Film on DVD
- Topic: Universal's Vault Series
- Replies: 32
- Views: 37480
Re: Universal's Vault Series
Well, if they make their art impossible to see OR share, they ARE doing one thing: making it completely forgotten. They can assure Zero Interest and Zero Revenue in this tactic. This is VERY angering to me because none of the filmmakers created these to be forgotten. (OK OK, Corman and many others c...
- January 21st, 2010, 7:51 pm
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: ,The Best Character Actors?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 80970
Re: ,The Best Character Actors?
Wendy, you're right - Spencer Charters had a relatively brief career (ending with his death in 1943, and 1944's release of ARSENIC & OLD LACE was his last credit). He's got so many "uncredited" roles but they almost all have names to them - that's pretty good. I wonder how much those c...
- January 21st, 2010, 7:07 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: The whiny thread
- Replies: 992
- Views: 258478
Re: The whiny thread
Brenda, how's the post-accident affects doing? Were you feeling comfortable - at least emotionally - quickly or did you have some winding-down time to do? Hope all is well. Our TimeWarner Basic has removed three more channels in the past two weeks - ABC-Family (occasionally some soapy drippy films a...
- January 21st, 2010, 6:50 pm
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: ,The Best Character Actors?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 80970
Re: ,The Best Character Actors?
(I'm going to resurrect this thread as part of J. Carrol Naish's birthday tribute, thanks to Mongo's included pix over on CANDIDS.) I counted up 51 of his films and TV shows that we have on our shelves. Then I discovered we have 71 with Nestor Paiva! Honestly, I could not argue that either would mak...
- January 21st, 2010, 6:23 pm
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: *CANDIDS*
- Replies: 14682
- Views: 5998344
Re: *CANDIDS*
Wendy, as Jerry Seinfeld once said, "Not that it's a BAD thing... no indeedy!" And the great thing about these favorite supporting actors - they could pop up anywhere and improve any scene, any time.
- January 21st, 2010, 6:11 pm
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: *CANDIDS*
- Replies: 14682
- Views: 5998344
Re: *CANDIDS*
J. Carrol Naish - we have 51 DVDs with him in films and TV episodes. How did I get so many? I'd hate to think he might be the most frequently-represented actor on our shelves, but he might be. How did this happen? Little J. Carrol Naish? I've thought if some studio would release all of Franklin Pang...
- January 20th, 2010, 1:35 pm
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: THE GOLDEN GLOBES
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6305
Re: THE GOLDEN GLOBES
(I have such a venomous dislike for the filmmakers of DREAMGIRLS. I can't understand why they love a story of Motown, but reject the music and betray it with Broadway music numbers instead.)
- January 20th, 2010, 1:31 pm
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: *CANDIDS*
- Replies: 14682
- Views: 5998344
Re: *CANDIDS*
Norma Varden! Another face that now I know the name for! Thanks! I'm ashamed to confess that I never placed her as the Murder Victim in WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION, one of my favorite films, but I'm more familiar with her constant appearances in American '60s TV. She has a lot of credited roles, but...
- January 19th, 2010, 4:18 pm
- Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
- Topic: Gone With or Without fanfare
- Replies: 2721
- Views: 787968
Re: Gone With or Without fanfare
Sad times. I saw them in my first year in Montreal, completely in love with their music. (Bring a hankie if you watch this, by the way. TCM REMEMBERS, indeed.) [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Enc8KEzdYY[/youtube] "...and my love for you is like a sinking ship, and my heart is on that s...