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- June 2nd, 2011, 4:36 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: WHAT FILMS HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
- Replies: 8122
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Re: WHAT FILMS HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
I wasn't planning to watch any of the horse movies in May, though I love horse racing, but we wound up watching most of Smoky (1946). Maybe it was Burl Ives singing all those folksongs whenever the writers couldn't figure out what to do next. "The Streets of Laredo" and "The Foggy Fog...
- June 2nd, 2011, 11:53 am
- Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
- Topic: Above Suspicion (1943)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1698
Re: Above Suspicion (1943)
I'm a fan of Above Suspicion . Joan Crawford playing a normal woman! That's what they call casting against type. Just about any leading lady could have played the part, and it's interesting to see Joan as a conventional heroine. To me, Joan and Fred MacMurray make a surprisingly charming couple, eve...
- June 1st, 2011, 8:04 pm
- Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
- Topic: Reunion in France (1942)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6962
Reunion in France (1942)
Remember how in the 70s Jane Fonda would get radicalized during the course of a movie like COMING HOME and THE CHINA SYNDROME ? Well, just imagine a movie that depicts the radicalization of--no, it couldn't possibly be, but it nonetheless is-- Joan Crawford . That movie is REUNION IN FRANCE (1942) a...
- June 1st, 2011, 7:59 pm
- Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
- Topic: The House on 92nd Street (1945)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3708
Re: The House on 92nd Street (1945)
Moira, the print shown on TCM back in February completely changed my mind about this film because it is breathtakingly beautiful. The lighting is gorgeous.
- June 1st, 2011, 11:37 am
- Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
- Topic: Went the Day Well?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7105
Re: Went the Day Well?
Oh, Maven, I'm so glad you saw it and felt the same way I did at the festival. Loved your review! So TCM announces this obscure film. Has to schedule a second showing at the festival. People start talking about it. Other people check it out on Netflix etc. Now it's part of the conversation about cla...
- June 1st, 2011, 11:27 am
- Forum: Foreign Films
- Topic: Andrzej Wajda
- Replies: 11
- Views: 16848
Re: Andrzej Wajda
Mike, thanks for filling us in on the historical background. That explains the big shift from A Generation to Ashes and Diamonds . It looks like a number of Wajda's later films are available on DVD, so I'll have to set aside some bucks and go exploring. Moira, I hadn't thought of the cabinet door as...
- May 31st, 2011, 7:06 pm
- Forum: Foreign Films
- Topic: Andrzej Wajda
- Replies: 11
- Views: 16848
Re: Andrzej Wajda
The print for Ashes and Diamonds was outstanding, probably the one from the Criterion Collection. I saw this either in college or soon after college (which was, um, a few years ago), and liked it every bit as much on second viewing over the weekend. Zbigniew Cybulski has been called the Polish James...
- May 31st, 2011, 5:34 pm
- Forum: Foreign Films
- Topic: Open City (1945)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14816
Re: Open City (1945)
I didn't like Open City as much as I'd hoped to. Unfortunately the TCM print wasn't very good, which no doubt lessened the impact of the film. The only other Rossellini film I've seen is The Rise of Louis XIV , which is worth seeing, and part of Viaggio in Italia , but I'm still waiting for the &quo...
- May 28th, 2011, 5:35 pm
- Forum: Film Noir and Crime
- Topic: I WAKE UP DREAMING 2011: THE LEGENDARY & THE LOST
- Replies: 50
- Views: 17547
Re: I WAKE UP DREAMING 2011: THE LEGENDARY & THE LOST
Dewey, congratulations on what sounds like a great series. Thank you, Lynn, and ChiO for your terrific posts. It's clear that your audience loves what you do for them.
- May 28th, 2011, 1:17 pm
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: The Debbie Reynolds Auction
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2864
Re: The Debbie Reynolds Auction
Yes, Todd Fisher was named for Mike Todd.
- May 27th, 2011, 5:37 pm
- Forum: General TV and Media
- Topic: R.I.P. Chicago Code etc.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1935
R.I.P. Chicago Code etc.
This Monday was the last episode of The Chicago Code on NBC. The whole season was built around the good cops mounting an undercover operation against a corrupt alderman--corruption in Chicago? never!--wonderfully played by Delroy Lindo. Every moment he was on screen was believable. This wasn't an ac...
- May 27th, 2011, 1:29 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: WHAT FILMS HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
- Replies: 8122
- Views: 1772311
Re: WHAT FILMS HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
Because I'm interested in films about the WWII made while the war was going on, I checked out Underground (1941), a Vincent Sherman film which celebrates German resistance fighters, especially those who broadcast underground radio. The biggest name in the cast is Jeffrey Lynn, who must have either 1...
- May 27th, 2011, 11:39 am
- Forum: Foreign Films
- Topic: Andrzej Wajda
- Replies: 11
- Views: 16848
Re: Andrzej Wajda
Thanks, Mike. All of these films now go to my wish list.
- May 27th, 2011, 11:35 am
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: Chayefsy's NETWORK notes in N.Y. Times
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2359
Re: Chayefsy's NETWORK notes in N.Y. Times
Thanks so much for posting this excellent article. It's interesting to see how Network developed. Could Natalie Wood have pulled off the role of Diana? Because Natalie seems so fragile and vulnerable, that might have made the part richer--if she could have made the scheming believable.
- May 25th, 2011, 7:01 pm
- Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
- Topic: Robert Wise films
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2653
Re: Robert Wise films
Moira, thanks for expanding my knowledge of Wise's filmography. I agree completely about Jean Simmons in Until They Sail . Billy Wilder was right about The Set-Up , which has the "budget noir" look--lots of shadows and close-ups, perfect for the subject matter. Odds Against Tomorrow is one...