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- August 11th, 2011, 10:40 pm
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: John Ford
- Replies: 860
- Views: 261438
Re: John Ford
I stopped writing letters when I would continually mail out my laptops and never get them back.
- August 11th, 2011, 10:16 pm
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: *CANDIDS*
- Replies: 14682
- Views: 6013824
Re: *CANDIDS*
There is this high level of fascination about Ben Johnson that permeates this newsgroup, which amuses me to no end even as I scratch my head....
- August 10th, 2011, 7:52 pm
- Forum: Westerns
- Topic: MacKenna's Gold (1969): A Fool and His Money
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10719
Re: MacKenna's Gold (1969): A Fool and His Money
THE STALKING MOON is not bad. I must tip my stetson to those filmmakers who didn't abandon the western at that time. No one was abandoning westerns during the sixties. They were still abundant on both the small and big screen. The quality was fluctuating as the violence level got amped up and the o...
- August 10th, 2011, 6:08 pm
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: *CANDIDS*
- Replies: 14682
- Views: 6013824
Re: *CANDIDS*
http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt8/MovieJoe/silver/bronze/000andrews.jpg The Andrews sisters (Patty, Maxine & Larverne) lost in traffic (dig those automobiles) No wonder they're in a traffic jam....all of the other drivers have left their cars and gone to lunch. This is from Universal's 194...
- August 8th, 2011, 6:24 pm
- Forum: Film Noir and Crime
- Topic: Double Indemnity - 1944 Film Noir Classic
- Replies: 22
- Views: 26569
Re: Double Indemnity - 1944 Film Noir Classic
I'm not sure myself what I meant by 'factitious' since i have no idea what that means.
I meant to say facetious....
I meant to say facetious....
- August 8th, 2011, 3:01 pm
- Forum: Film Noir and Crime
- Topic: Double Indemnity - 1944 Film Noir Classic
- Replies: 22
- Views: 26569
Re: Double Indemnity - 1944 Film Noir Classic
I always felt that sequence ran way too long to be effective. I was being facetious with my earlier comment about "the rules of film noir" but I will, never the less, stand by it. Hollywood films as a rule became darker during and after WWII. Censorship eased because Hollywood was doing th...
- August 7th, 2011, 2:26 pm
- Forum: Westerns
- Topic: MacKenna's Gold (1969): A Fool and His Money
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10719
Re: MacKenna's Gold (1969): A Fool and His Money
This is one of those films that got etched into my memory banks as a young lad seeing it on the big screen with my dad. As a large family of 7 we attended movies sporadically as an entire clan together (generally at the drive-in) but quite frequently in smaller groups. Us kids were carpooled, along ...
- August 7th, 2011, 12:43 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: WHAT FILMS HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
- Replies: 8122
- Views: 1772154
Re: WHAT FILMS HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
It is the better movie but watching the two films back to back is an interesting exercise in changing styles in film-making. A decade separates the same team, same studio and the same subject manner. The first film is done in the classic Hollywood studio style while the second apes the European New ...
- August 6th, 2011, 1:28 am
- Forum: Film Noir and Crime
- Topic: Double Indemnity - 1944 Film Noir Classic
- Replies: 22
- Views: 26569
Re: Double Indemnity - 1944 Film Noir Classic
The odd pairing of MacMurray and Stanwyck that Kingme talks about was Wilder's topper with putting this classic together. We've all read about how he had to work on MacMurray to convince him that taking this role was a good career move, but it was also the first time that Stanwyck played an unadulte...
- August 5th, 2011, 11:56 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: The Good News Thread
- Replies: 664
- Views: 144831
Re: The Good News Thread
And now they think they've found water on Mars.MichiganJ wrote:Juno is on it's way to Jupitor. Should be there July 4, 2016. NASA still rocks.
- August 5th, 2011, 11:54 pm
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: John Ford
- Replies: 860
- Views: 261438
Re: John Ford
They did ask you.
It was sent by mail but the celebrity stamp they used was undervalued and the letter was returned to sender.
It was sent by mail but the celebrity stamp they used was undervalued and the letter was returned to sender.
- August 4th, 2011, 11:01 pm
- Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
- Topic: August 2011 TCM Schedule
- Replies: 61
- Views: 22446
Re: August 2011 TCM Schedule
I was bowled over when Ben M. said in the intro that Bette had wanted John Wayne for the role of Pres. She thought Fonda was too icy and remote to play Pres. She felt that she needed to push against someone stronger and bolder than she, and Wayne would have been perfect. On giving it some thought, ...
- August 4th, 2011, 10:36 pm
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: Ronald Colman
- Replies: 148
- Views: 49171
Re: Ronald Colman
I'm with Wendy and Moira, THE UNHOLY GARDEN is an unmitigated, rarely-seen, modern day classic (give or take 70 years....). Hecht and MacArthur are geniuses. No expense was spared with on location shooting in North Africa. The casting was brilliant. Ronald Coleman as a suave thief??.....What an insp...
- August 4th, 2011, 11:25 am
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: Ronald Colman
- Replies: 148
- Views: 49171
Re: Ronald Colman
.....Then you've basically seen the entire gist of the film.
- August 4th, 2011, 11:11 am
- Forum: Silents & PreCodes
- Topic: Buster Keaton
- Replies: 203
- Views: 118042
Re: Buster Keaton
Then why I am speaking for your family?JackFavell wrote:I'm Patty's sister. I mean Patricia's.
Your sister is more knowledgeable than I am on all things Keaton.
I'm merely a fan and admirer of Buster. Your sis is a scholar of him.
(And I guess I can stop calling you 'Jack' young lady)