http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac140/moirathefinn/ClashOfTheWolves1925-01.jpg Imagine my shock and chagrin to find that no one's posted anything about Monday Night's primetime No Animals Were Harmed silent feature on TCM, Clash of the Wolves (1925) starring, (fanfare...drum roll...) : Rin-tin-t...

Here's a spot to talk about the artistic craftsmen who make it all visible, and ask such impertinent, burning questions as: Did Billy Bitzer really invent the closeup? Did Gregg Toland "invent" the ceiling shot in Citizen Kane ? Which cameraman made Powell & Pressburger films more magi...

Hi Dewey, I'm glad that you and everyone else are here, but in the interests of beginning fresh, I'm going to ask if you and all members could please refrain from beginning a thread devoted to CS and her myriad issues & identities. You have so much to offer in your enthusiasms, knowledge and int...

Rusty, I absolutely understand your feeling about the consistency of Aherne's performances on film. He felt it too. In the memoir that I mentioned, Brian Aherne talks about the way that he'd jump into a project with great enthusiasm, especially if he thought that the script was good and that it migh...

Ken, I shouldn't have said featured role in Brute Force --it's more like bit part. Blink or go out to the fridge and you might miss him. Judith, One of the things that interested me about film noir as a kid, long before I'd heard the term, was that I realized instinctively that despite the allegedly...

I don't know what the origin of those weird wolf whistles is, Judith , and though I really enjoy DOA , I found that all the characterizations of women in the film, especially that of Edmond O'Brien 's clinging secretary/fiancee, ( Pamela Britton ), to be one of the elements of the movie that makes m...

I have many movie related books, a few dvds and vhs tapes that I might trade if someone has a copy of the following: Memoirs of a Cad by George Sanders, (his autobiography) George Sanders: An Exhausted Life by Richard Van Der Beets The Casablanca Man: The Cinema of Michael Curtiz by James C. Roberts...

Now that I've fed my jones for Brian Aherne by digressing in that one post, I thought that I'd mention that one thing that's come across to me in the Rita Hayworth films that have been shown so far on TCM this month is the vulnerability that the "love goddess" so often projected on screen....

http://plasticage.net/gallery/albums/userpics/brian_aherne.jpg I can't believe it! Picture me, walking on air, dancing with joy: there are other people on earth who actually like Brian Aherne . On every other message board where I've mentioned his name I've gotten a who :?: or someone responds that...

One more alternative would be, of course, a whole new sub-message board devoted to photos. I'm very happy to keep the Gallery going, but I'm in no way married to the idea.-Jdb1 I'm sure that Jon & Pktrek will have something technically pertinent and practical to add on this matter, but here's a...

I think the Drama heading idea's a good one, too. Hoping that more members will log in their opinions over there too about all the neat suggestions. No biggie on the TCM General Discussion area. I find that Jon and Pk's wonderfully diverse outlines here have given me oodles of places to explore movi...

The Nora Roberts ' references make me wonder if anyone's read Rosamund Pilcher 's books? Among her titles are The Shell Seekers (1987), which I believe Angela Lansbury starred in as a made-for-tv movie and Winter Solstice , which became a good Emma Thompson vehicle. I like Pilcher's humor, understa...

Hi Anne, Wouldn't it be logical for conversation about this film to be placed in the TCM General Discussion area? Not to be rigid, but just wondering if that section wouldn't be appropriate for discussion of movies? I share your fondness for Rachel and the Stranger , but not because your "dance...

Hi John, I'm glad that you found your way here. Your informative comments about Anita Morris are quite touching. I've never quite forgotten the time that she visited the old Tonight show and draped herself across Johnny Carson 's desk, causing some consternation and blushing by the host. Ms. Morris ...

Open the Champagne, guys! Hollis is here. Welcome and thanks for dropping by.
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