I've always thought that by the name Berry-Berry we are meant to remember that there is a disease called "beriberi."

Speaking of Perry Mason, we just saw The Case of the Provocative Protege, with noir gal Virginia Field in a prominent role.

I enjoyed seeing Ray Collins and Marjorie Rambeau, but BAD FOR EACH OTHER is in many ways just a remake of THE CITADEL, with the scene moved to Pennsylvania. The set design was very good, however. I don't have any great desire to see this again.

ElCid wrote: ↑May 24th, 2024, 8:48 am 1978's Go Tell the Spartans (Burt Lancaster) is one of my favorites.
TCM is also showing a goodly number of fairly recent movies of all types these days, so going back to the 80's and before is compatible with their programming.

Go Tell the Spartans is very good, though not well-known.

1953: a good year in Hollywood, a great year in world cinema. Among the all-time favorites : The Wages of Fear Sawdust and Tinsel (The Naked Night) The Earrings of Madame de . . . When You Read This Letter I Vitelloni Tokyo Story Favorites (alphabetical order) : All I Desire Angel Face The Band Wago...

1967 films seen-36. A very good year The Worst Hillbillies In A Haunted House Son Of Godzilla Camelot Reflections In A Golden Eye Jim, I'm trying to decide if Hillbillies in a Haunted House would make a better double feature with Camelot or Reflections in a Golden Eye. Preview of coming attractions...

Lordy, is Klute responsible for all the girls being named Bree? I grew up in a completely Bree-less world. Jane Fonda's shag haircut also set a trend.

Hibi wrote: ↑May 24th, 2024, 10:18 am Claudelle Inglish! A guilty pleasure. I haven't heard of Blanche Fury.

Blanche Fury is one of those English historical thrillers like The Man in Grey. Fury is the family's last name! I remember as being pretty good.

I notice that Blanche Fury is a premiere. I'll be glad to see that again. The salute to Constance Ford includes a number of enjoyable not-so-great movies, especially Claudette Inglish, where she plays a white trash mama going after her daughter's boyfriend, Claude Akins!

Lorna wrote: ↑May 23rd, 2024, 8:37 am

Holy ****!!!!

MARTY tonight. "A college girl -- one step from the street!" That is only the case if one is a kicker for the K.C. Chiefs. One who is "straight" supposedly, but I'm not convinced. https://www.current-affairs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Harrison-Butker.png You mean no one with...

1967 was a year with some famous movie lines: "What we have here is a failure to communicate."-- Cool Hand Luke "They call me MISTER Tibbs."-- In the Heat of the Night "I just want to say one word to you: plastics."-- The Graduate "Sparkle, Neely, sparkle!"-- ...

Great idea for a thread. Who do you look at in a scene? Who can carry a film? John Wayne certainly can. I am not the world's biggest fan of Tom Cruise, but he has screen presence and can carry a film. His ability to alternate commercial films with more artistically ambitious projects has created an ...

Did anyone else see Donkey Skin ( Peau d'ane ) (1970), shown last night as part of TCM's Art of Artifice series? It was an excellent choice, and a film I had never seen. Alicia Malone's introduction told us what we needed to know about the fairy tale by Charles Perrault. She has a lovely French acce...

Speaking of the 1970s: consider the difference between Blow-Up (1966) and The Conversation (1974), which borrows liberally from the plot of Blow-Up , only with sound instead of photography. When Antonioni seems like the fun guy in the room, you know something is seriously out of whack. Swinging Lond...