I seldom cry over sad endings. My tears seem to more easily flow while watching a hopeful or uplifting ending. Cases in point: 'The Best Years of Our Lives' (...during this one, there are at least five or six scenes in it that get me misty-eyed...probably why it's been my favorite all-time movie fo...

I wish Fred MacMurray had done more drama. Really good screen presence, loved that chiseled jaw, clipped speech, and piercing eyes ... and great inscrutability, now wonder it took them so long to catch up with him. Eddie's remark about vulnerability with regard to Kim made me think of Marilyn. They...

Yep, I remember that AITF episode, James. One of so many other groundbreaking ones on that classic sitcom. (...btw, I'll bet the majority of people primarily remember Carey as a soup opera fixture, and kind'a like Hans Gudegast..ahem, excuse me..Eric Braeden) ;) I agree with you that actors like th...

Phil Carey was on Archie Bunker. He as an ex-pro-NFL player that Archie really "loved". Well Archie and old-pro go to a bar and Archie makes a comment about sissy boys etc... Old-pro doesn't response, just letting the comments go on. Later Archie asks why the old-pro never got married. Com...

Last Night Noir Alley was Pushover. I've seen the film before but never heard Eddie discuss it. I was somewhat surprised how much he praised the film. The pre-intro by Ben was funny assuming he was being funny and not serious. Ben said to stay tuned for Eddie,,,,,well,,,, but maybe not, since Eddie ...

American History X (1998) -- Just what the world didn't need: a film abound our own t Neo-Nazis. Edward Norton plays a former skinhead who gets out of prison to find that his brother is drifting into the same poisonous beliefs. He then tries to save his brother, to no affect, as the film doubles ba...

This week Noir Alley features Where Danger Lives (RKO - 1950), featuring Robert Mitchum, Faith Domergue and Claude Rains. Rather slow moving first half and Rains has very limited screen time but makes the most of it in the best scene in the film with Mitchum and Domergue. Yes, he's only in that one...

This week Noir Alley features Where Danger Lives (RKO - 1950), featuring Robert Mitchum, Faith Domergue and Claude Rains.

Rather slow moving first half and Rains has very limited screen time but makes the most of it in the best scene in the film with Mitchum and Domergue.

I just watched Thirteen Women. Running at 59 minutes, this film was of interest to myself, being an Asian\White half-breed. Myrna Loy was often a bad girl in pre-code films. She looked very sexy with that make-her-look-somewhat-Asian make-up. Note that there were only 11 gals featured in the film si...

It was nice to see the 20th Century Fox film The Big Combo on TCM. MOVIES-TV shows the film a few times a year, but they aren't commercial free.

First rate, later in the cycle, noir.

Sensational film debuts by actresses: Katharine Hepburn/A Bill of Divorcement (1932) Greer Garson/Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) Teresa Wright/The Little Foxes (1941) Angela Lansbury/Gaslight (1944) Eva Marie Saint/On the Waterfront (1954) Julie Andrews/Mary Poppins (1964) Barbra Streisand/Funny Girl (1...

I have a very narrow view of what breaking the fourth wall is: It is when an actor gets out of character and addresses the camera. Cosby and Hope Road films are a good example of that. (e.g. making jokes that are out of character and have no relation to the plot of the film). This thread is titled F...

I wouldn't necessarily say westerns are a lightweight genre. But clearly they're a chronologically limited one. North by Northwest , L.A. Confidential and There will be Blood are clearly dramas set in the west that I would all give acting oscars to. But they're not "westerns" since they a...

How striking. I can imagine nominating performances in westerns. But the only oscar I'd give one is Virginia Mayo's supporting performance in Colorado Territory . Not sure I understand what you're saying here, but it sounds like it is that westerns are a lightweight genre and thus no performance in...

Ten Performances in a Western Deserving of an Oscar (Best or Supporting): Walter Matthau, 'Lonely are the Brave Robert Ryan, 'The Wild Bunch' Chuck Connors, 'The Big Country' Marlene Dietrich, 'Destry Rides Again' Karl Malden, 'Nevada Smith' Alan Ladd, 'Shane' Josh Brolin, 'No Country for Old Men' ...