Discussion of the actors, directors and film-makers who 'made it all happen'
Clint
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ken123 »
February 21st, 2010, 2:15 pm
Me no like since Dirty Harry ! :(
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February 21st, 2010, 6:42 pm
David O Selznick
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charliechaplinfan »
February 15th, 2010, 3:08 pm
I've been reading a book about him, below is what I wrote on the book thread. He made some great movies but spent the latter half of his life never...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
February 21st, 2010, 10:23 am
Lionel Jeffries has died
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stuart.uk »
February 20th, 2010, 8:34 am
The actor/director Lionel Jeffries has died.
He directed The Railway Children and Baxter. IMO TRC is the equal of any Hayley Mills family film that...
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February 20th, 2010, 2:55 pm
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February 20th, 2010, 2:51 pm
Dudley Nichols u
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ken123 »
February 20th, 2010, 12:56 pm
The Lost Patrol, The Informer,Scarlet Street & many more screen plays.
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February 20th, 2010, 1:21 pm
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February 20th, 2010, 10:43 am
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February 19th, 2010, 7:06 pm
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Last post by ChiO
February 19th, 2010, 4:58 pm
The Designers
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moira finnie »
January 17th, 2010, 9:28 pm
A mention of Travis Banton on the boards today by Fernando made me wonder if others find the great (and not so great) clothes that women wore in old...
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Last post by mrsl
February 19th, 2010, 1:44 pm
Moira & Mark Hellinger
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ken123 »
December 14th, 2007, 12:42 pm
Over at MovieMorlocks our own Mss Moira has an article on the legendary news columnist/producer, who is famous for such noirs as The Killers (the...
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Last post by ken123
February 18th, 2010, 9:04 pm
Oscar Poll
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srowley75 »
February 6th, 2010, 5:28 pm
What are your ten favorite Best Picture Winners?
Who are your ten favorite Best Actor/Actress Winners?
Who or what was the worst Award winner in...
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Last post by Birdy
February 13th, 2010, 12:30 pm
Striesand-Great film director
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stuart.uk »
January 2nd, 2010, 3:03 pm
Spoiler Alert
After Barbra Striesand did Yental and Kevin Costner Dances With Wolves, I thought both were going to be modern day Charlie Chaplin's,...
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Last post by Professional Tourist
February 10th, 2010, 12:16 pm
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Last post by ken123
February 9th, 2010, 1:28 pm
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Last post by Ollie
February 8th, 2010, 4:48 pm
Ian Charmichael RIP
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stuart.uk »
February 7th, 2010, 1:22 pm
The British actor Ian Charmichael has died in his 80s.
In the 50s he starred in films like Private's Progress and it's sequel I'm Alright Jack with...
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Last post by moira finnie
February 7th, 2010, 2:00 pm
So Vain !
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ken123 »
February 7th, 2010, 1:25 am
Warren, Kirk or....................???
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Last post by ken123
February 7th, 2010, 1:25 am
The great Jean Simmons RIP
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stuart.uk »
January 23rd, 2010, 8:59 am
Jean Simmons. one of Britain's greatest actresses has died
Her early career included playing a big band singer, possibly dubbed, in the classic...
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Last post by rudyfan
January 30th, 2010, 8:49 pm
Olivia and Joan......
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Vecchiolarry »
December 31st, 2008, 6:48 pm
Alison and Everyone,
This is a topic about the feud between sisters, Olivia De Havilland and Joan Fontaine...
Feel free to pitch in with what you...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
January 27th, 2010, 7:00 am
THE GOLDEN GLOBES
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mrsl »
January 18th, 2010, 12:07 am
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I realize not too many on this site are terribly interested in the Globes, but I wanted to just make a few remarks that some of you may want to...
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Last post by mrsl
January 21st, 2010, 10:26 pm
Will Rogers
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charliechaplinfan »
January 11th, 2010, 8:31 am
I've recently watched Judge Priest (terrible copy but I stuck with it) and They Had To See Paris . Will Rogers is a name I've heard of but know...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
January 15th, 2010, 2:58 pm
The singing detectives
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stuart.uk »
January 11th, 2010, 1:25 pm
I was just thinking about tv detectives, who have had hit records. Here's some links
Telly Savalas had a UK number one with If
Sweeney star...
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Last post by stuart.uk
January 13th, 2010, 12:09 pm
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
January 11th, 2010, 4:06 pm
Jack Warner, the actor
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stuart.uk »
January 8th, 2010, 10:28 am
After putting a link about The Blue Lamp on another thread, I thought I'd pay tribute to one of britain's best character actors. Jack of course is...
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Last post by stuart.uk
January 9th, 2010, 10:58 am
Timothy Dalton
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stuart.uk »
January 1st, 2010, 4:04 pm
I've just seen a great final David Tennant performance in Doctor Who. As well as Tennant, John Sim, Claire Bloom, Bernard Cribbons and last, but not...
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Last post by JackFavell
January 6th, 2010, 4:14 pm
Ethel Barrymore - The Greatest Lady
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mrsl »
December 30th, 2009, 11:49 pm
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Miss Barrymore has always thrilled me from the time I was a child to tonight watching her in Deadline, U.S.A. No matter what part she played, she...
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January 2nd, 2010, 10:25 pm
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Last post by stuart.uk
December 26th, 2009, 1:12 pm
Richard Todd has died
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stuart.uk »
December 4th, 2009, 12:07 pm
One of the great British film actors Richard Todd has died,
He was particulary hot in the 50s with a series of classic movies like The Hasty Heart,...
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Last post by mongoII
December 17th, 2009, 10:09 pm
MYRNA!
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myrnaloyisdope »
July 4th, 2009, 2:04 am
So I've decided in my finite wisdom (and with some inspiration from Lawrence J. Quirk's The Films of Myrna Loy) that his site needs a dedicated Myrna...
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Last post by movieman1957
November 30th, 2009, 10:44 pm
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
November 30th, 2009, 7:21 am
Underused Actresses
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ken123 »
November 23rd, 2009, 7:19 am
Many actress are used , no not that way, by diectors & producers as mere props & sex symbols. Rhonda Fleming with her red hair was often used this...
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Last post by srowley75
November 29th, 2009, 5:04 pm
Marlon Creepy Si !
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ken123 »
November 23rd, 2009, 3:21 pm
While I am posting all over the internet I'm also listening to sports talk radio. For some reason the name Marlon Brando entered the conversation,...
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Last post by ken123
November 23rd, 2009, 3:21 pm
Edward Woodward has died.
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stuart.uk »
November 17th, 2009, 10:47 am
I heard this morning that Edward Woodward, the actor famous for his two caring, but still ruthless spys David Callan and Robert Mcoll from Callan and...
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Last post by mrsl
November 17th, 2009, 7:15 pm
I LOVE CLINT EASTWOOD - THE DIRECTOR
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mrsl »
November 10th, 2009, 7:04 pm
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I watched The Changling today not knowing it was directed by Clint. Of course he's almost as old as the old great directors, but for someone still...
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Last post by mrsl
November 12th, 2009, 5:26 pm
Rosalind Russell - Life's a Banquet
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rudyfan »
November 11th, 2009, 12:46 am
I just caught a 1 hour film on Rosalind Russell. It's kind of a Cliff Notes video edition of her autobiography Life's a Banquet with narration of Roz...
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Last post by ken123
November 11th, 2009, 8:32 pm
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
November 10th, 2009, 3:32 pm
ANYTHING JEAN, JEANNE, GENE!!!
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CineMaven »
November 2nd, 2009, 1:28 pm
Guyz, I didn't know where to put this. Just tell me and I'll move it to the proper forum.
I'm intending this thread for anything you want to say...
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Last post by mrsl
November 2nd, 2009, 6:12 pm
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Last post by Ollie
October 22nd, 2009, 4:05 pm
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Last post by mrsl
October 19th, 2009, 2:07 pm
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Last post by JackFavell
October 13th, 2009, 12:50 pm
ANOUK AIMEE: AN INTERNATIONAL BEAUTY
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CineMaven »
October 10th, 2009, 5:50 am
There were actresses that I thought of as international...well, they were to me in my little provincial American mind: Deneuve, Christie, Bissett,...
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Last post by CineMaven
October 12th, 2009, 6:39 pm
Best Acting in a Bad Script
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moira finnie »
September 18th, 2009, 4:04 pm
Hey, has it ever crossed your mind that certain actors are particularly adept at making something good out of some fairly stinko raw material? Sure,...
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Last post by klondike
October 3rd, 2009, 8:06 am
The Screens Miss. Marple's
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stuart.uk »
September 1st, 2009, 11:41 am
I marvel at Anglela Lansbury being able to play the elderly sleuth Miss. Jane Marple, when in reality when she was a beautiful still relatively young...
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Last post by JackFavell
October 2nd, 2009, 12:25 pm
This Is Dedicated to the Ones We Love
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by jdb1 » April 21st, 2007, 6:40 pm
How about a Gallery thread spotlighting our favorites, apart from the Gallery I already put up which is really to commemorate birthdays?
I'd like to...
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Last post by jdb1
September 15th, 2009, 8:47 pm
M. Night Shaymalan
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mrsl »
September 12th, 2009, 4:23 pm
I'm curious as to what opinions are to this writer/producer/director. Right now he's the closest thing we have to a shocker of Hitchcocks' level....
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Last post by Professional Tourist
September 12th, 2009, 6:45 pm
Classical actors lost to modern cinema
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stuart.uk »
August 30th, 2009, 5:21 am
I wonder about actors/Actresses that either died young or retired early and if they still could have made a contribution to the modern cinema. Some I...
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Last post by Birdy
August 30th, 2009, 10:28 pm
Academy Salutes 1939
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Lzcutter »
March 24th, 2009, 8:57 pm
I went over the hill last night and into Beverly Hills to visit the Academy (yes, that Academy). They were having a tribute to one of my favorite...
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Last post by srowley75
August 30th, 2009, 1:21 am
The MGM Grand Hotel - The Real Deal
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Lzcutter »
August 22nd, 2009, 1:52 am
This is not about the new MGM Grand Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip, but the original Grand Hotel of my youth.
I had the opportunity to visit Bally's...
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Last post by Lzcutter
August 27th, 2009, 1:30 am
Favorite Whit Bissell Performance
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ken123 »
August 16th, 2009, 3:47 pm
I'll go with his Tom Lister role in Brute Force. His rightwing Senator in Seven Days in Mays is very good also. :D
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Last post by jdb1
August 19th, 2009, 12:23 pm
Virginia McKenna
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stuart.uk »
August 7th, 2009, 9:58 am
In global terms I would think Ginny's most famous film was Born Free, playing Joy Adamson. I find it interesting that Joy and husband George Adamson...
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Last post by CineMaven
August 11th, 2009, 5:26 pm
Richard Todd still at it
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stuart.uk »
June 12th, 2009, 9:35 am
If you count his yrs as an extra before WW2, Richard Todd has been a film actor for aprox 70-yrs. He recently filmed an episode of the British 60s...
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August 6th, 2009, 9:19 pm
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