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by Metry_Road
April 6th, 2008, 9:04 am
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: Charlton Heston RIP
Replies: 28
Views: 9263

Ollie, I'm not very good at taking my own medicine.

I'm a great believer in the old adage "Do as I say, not as I do".

It's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it.

JohnM. I mean 'Classic' in the 'Classic' sense (just to confuse things even more).

Regards
by Metry_Road
April 6th, 2008, 8:42 am
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: Charlton Heston RIP
Replies: 28
Views: 9263

Calm down OLLIE. I didn’t particularly agree with some of his ‘stands’, but this is not a political forum. This forum is about movies. There are other ‘Forums’ you can visit to debate his politics. However, having said that, I have to say he was willing to take the knocks and ridicule over his ‘view...
by Metry_Road
April 5th, 2008, 2:31 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: The History of Technicolor
Replies: 6
Views: 4629

Thanks for the article Ann Harding. Two of my favorite Technicolor movies are ‘Black Narcissus’ with Deborah Kerr and ‘The Red Shoes’ with Moira Shearer, both redheads and both in glorious Technicolor. One of the most interesting and curious people in ‘The History Of Technicolor’ is Natalie Kalmus, ...
by Metry_Road
March 9th, 2008, 8:20 am
Forum: Games and Trivia
Topic: Money: How Far Does a Buck Go in Classic Film?
Replies: 52
Views: 64539

melwalton, you sound like a New Yorker. In the movie 'The Apartment (1960)', Jack Lemmon says his rent is $85 a month for his apartment in the lower 60's, half a block from Central Park. It looked like an average apartment, probably 2 beds, 1 bath and kitchenette, in an older building. What would th...