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- April 16th, 2007, 9:37 am
- Forum: Site Talk
- Topic: Thanks Again to all of you!
- Replies: 50
- Views: 31327
Welcome to Happy & Flattered
Welcome Julie! FYI friends: Julie is JulieAH over on the TCM site. I'm glad that you found us. Jon Parker and Pktrekgirl are both our Technical Administrators here and the place wouldn't exist without them! They're the greatest. Hope that more of the numerous people who've been invited will soon jo...
- April 16th, 2007, 9:21 am
- Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
- Topic: Four Daughters (1938)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3083
Four Daughters
http://plasticage.net/gallery/albums/userpics/fourdaughters.jpg "The fates, the destinies, whoever they are that decide what we do or don't get...They've been at me now nearly a quarter of a century."-Mickey Borden in Four Daughters (1938) Four Daughters , being shown on Tuesday, Apr 17th...
- April 15th, 2007, 4:18 pm
- Forum: General TV and Media
- Topic: What is Your All - Time Favorite TV Series
- Replies: 62
- Views: 34691
- April 15th, 2007, 4:01 pm
- Forum: Musicals
- Topic: Another Stageshow, Another Feature Film
- Replies: 52
- Views: 27105
Nine
I just saw Rob Marshall 's last non-musical film, Memoirs of a Geisha , which was a beautiful eye-full of Japanese arts and crafts. Wish that it had captured more of the book's enchantment, but hope for the best for Nine . I also wish that Raul Julia & Anita Morris were still with us, though I l...
- April 15th, 2007, 3:44 pm
- Forum: The Essentials
- Topic: That Touch of Mink--*why?*
- Replies: 23
- Views: 34162
A Doris Day Essential?
Couldn't agree more about the poor choice of That Touch of Mink as one of The Essentials . Good Lord, an essential piece of cultural kitsch, maybe--but if I really wanted to pick an essential Doris Day movie it might be On Moonlight Bay (1951), Love Me or Leave Me (1956) or even better, Young Man Wi...
- April 15th, 2007, 3:09 pm
- Forum: Silents & PreCodes
- Topic: Charlie Chaplin Features on Monday, April 16th
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5595
Charlie Chaplin Features on Monday, April 16th
http://plasticage.net/gallery/albums/userpics/chaplinsmall.jpg Charles Chaplin was born 118 years ago tomorrow. TCM has a bouquet of films prepared in his honor, starting at dawn. After reading the comments about The Great Dictator (1940) as a somewhat dubious choice for one of The Essentials last ...
- April 15th, 2007, 1:00 pm
- Forum: Site Talk
- Topic: Forum Organization
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6844
Our Gang Redux:Spanky-Froggy-Darla-Whitey & who's Alfalf
Kyle, I'm so glad that you and everyone are here. I suspect that Lynn may check in later today when she can. The impetus behind this group was pretty simple: My reason for beginning this group was my frustration caused by constantly trying to sift through the rampant antagonism found over on the go...
- April 15th, 2007, 12:25 pm
- Forum: Westerns
- Topic: Your Favorite John Ford Western
- Replies: 26
- Views: 11776
My Darling Clementine's use of visual & spiritual shadow
Hard to choose from Mr. Ford's impressive list of westerns although my choice is "My Darling Clementine" (1946). His black and white film is as lush as many color films you see. His use of shadow is powerful Mongo, I'd forgotten about the deft use of b & w shadows in My Darling Clemen...
- April 15th, 2007, 11:20 am
- Forum: Film Noir and Crime
- Topic: The Best Marlowe
- Replies: 50
- Views: 52760
Dick Powell, Tough Guy?
Despite his lightweight musical past, I prefer Dick Powell when he became hard-boiled in the '40s playing Philip Marlowe in Murder, My Sweet . I've read that Raymond Chandler preferred Powell as well, since he thought that the actor conveyed the "boy scout" beneath the cynical veneer of hi...
- April 14th, 2007, 8:05 pm
- Forum: Westerns
- Topic: Ox - Bow Incident
- Replies: 75
- Views: 30310
The Ox Bow Incident
Best moment in The Ox Bow Incident: when Henry Fonda reads the letter to Harry Morgan and Wellman chose to show only part of Fonda's face blocked by Morgan. A powerful, restrained moment and one of Fonda's best understated roles.
Have you seen the dvd?
Have you seen the dvd?
- April 14th, 2007, 8:00 pm
- Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
- Topic: "Stingaree" or "Stinkaray"?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10004
Give Stingaree a chance!
Live dangerously, Sandy. I think that you're as susceptible as I am to that Dunne-Dix combo! If nothing else, I think that it'll make you smile. Good news is that it's also a brief film, if you don't like it. It was fun, especially Una's moments.
Mongo, so glad to see you among us!
Mongo, so glad to see you among us!
- April 14th, 2007, 5:48 pm
- Forum: Site Talk
- Topic: What forums would you like to see?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 63609
People Section
Would it be helpful to have an In Celebration section to praise longtime favorites or new discoveries made by individual posters in the world of classic film? Would it be acceptable to have an In Memoriam section along with an In Celebration area to note the death of filmmakers? Jon, I think that pe...
- April 14th, 2007, 5:37 pm
- Forum: Westerns
- Topic: Your Favorite John Ford Western
- Replies: 26
- Views: 11776
Sergeant Rutledge
Thank goodness you've found your way here, Anne. Hope you like it. Funny that so many people I've spoken with over the years cite Sgt. Rutledge as a favorite Ford film, but it's almost never shown. I'm especially fond of the sequence when Strode and Towers are isolated at the station. The ominous at...
- April 14th, 2007, 5:25 pm
- Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
- Topic: A Face in the Crowd: Social Horror Film?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6854
Other films about Mobs, the Media and Justice
I think that Fury without Spencer Tracy and Sylvia Sidney's eloquent perfomances wouldn't have the same impact today. Directorially, I think Fritz Lang's depiction of the convergence of the crowd on the jail and the newsreel footage helped to make it a more dynamic movie as well. Imagine the impact ...
- April 14th, 2007, 5:09 pm
- Forum: Site Talk
- Topic: Thanks Again to all of you!
- Replies: 50
- Views: 31327
Welcome Sugarpuss
I'm delighted that you're here, Sugarpuss. Can't wait to see what you choose for an avatar.