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by movieman1957
July 30th, 2020, 10:58 am
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: Gone With or Without fanfare
Replies: 2721
Views: 788171

Re: Gone With or Without fanfare

Plenty have been left out since this thread died but maybe there is some catching up to do. Olivia deHavilland has died. I always thought that Olivia was a somewhat delicate lady. At least that was her 1930s impression. Delicate people don’t generally live until 104 so there was something tough and ...
by movieman1957
July 2nd, 2020, 8:57 am
Forum: Talk About Modern Films
Topic: What recent films have you seen?
Replies: 89
Views: 153489

Re: What recent films have you seen?

One thing I can't get any fun out of is Super Hero/DC Comic films. Watched "Wonder Woman" (2017?) last weekend. I thought it had a bit of a twist when it shows we are dealing in a WW1 setting. Before a plane crash about 15 minutes in we have no idea when it is set. Somehow there is an isla...
by movieman1957
May 26th, 2020, 8:16 am
Forum: Silents & PreCodes
Topic: WHAT SILENTS & PRE-CODES HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
Replies: 3714
Views: 1046922

Re: WHAT SILENTS & PRE-CODES HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?

The Cheat (1915) - This film really blew me out of the water. Sessue Hayakawa was a revelation, so restrained, and oh so magnetic. It's a shame he didn't get a chance to be a regular leading man (as opposed to the villain or the doomed lover) due to stupid miscegenation laws. The plot involves Haya...
by movieman1957
April 10th, 2020, 2:50 pm
Forum: Westerns
Topic: Randolph Scott - Tribute
Replies: 114
Views: 106321

Re: Randolph Scott - Tribute

Going back almost 13 years now I am surprised the "Hangman's Knot" is mentioned only in passing. Our Man of the Thread stars with Donna Reed, Lee Marvin, Claude Jarman, Jr., and Ray Teal. A band of Confederate soldiers attacks an Army gold shipment and find out at the end of it that the wa...
by movieman1957
March 8th, 2020, 2:07 pm
Forum: Tales from the TCM Classic Film Festival
Topic: Sue Sue's TCM Film Festival Tidbit Travel Blog
Replies: 1311
Views: 641383

Re: Sue Sue's TCM Film Festival Tidbit Travel Blog

Christy:

Thanks for sharing this information here. It is nice to have some company.
by movieman1957
February 19th, 2020, 9:46 pm
Forum: Comedies
Topic: Comedy - Romantic and Otherwise
Replies: 80
Views: 127408

Re: Comedy - Romantic and Otherwise

What Did You Do In The War, Daddy? is a robust and, at times, very funny comedy. At other times it lulls some as it really is a bit too long. The story involves a WWII American army unit capturing a small Italian town where the soldiers there will gladly surrender the next day after they have had th...
by movieman1957
February 12th, 2020, 9:03 pm
Forum: Film Noir and Crime
Topic: Noir Films
Replies: 939
Views: 356604

Re: Noir Films

Woman On The Run is a drama starring Ann Sheridan and Dennis O'Keefe. Her husband witnesses a murder and then he goes on the run for fear of becoming a target himself. Ann, along with the police, look for him. Ann enlists an eager O'Keefe to find him. Ann is a smart aleck the whole way through and m...
by movieman1957
January 18th, 2020, 9:34 pm
Forum: General TV and Media
Topic: Morse prequel
Replies: 13
Views: 23576

Re: Morse prequel

You are very welcome. That is a game I play on most all of the British police dramas. There is a crowd that seemed to migrate through them all. I also am quite fond of Foyle's War. Would love to have a voice like Michael Kitchen.
by movieman1957
December 31st, 2019, 4:42 pm
Forum: General TV and Media
Topic: Morse prequel
Replies: 13
Views: 23576

Re: Morse prequel

The series is as good as always. It is tough to find the earlier episodes unless you are streaming one of the British apps but if you can follow it it is worth it.

Maybe in retirement one could watch all three series in order. Assuming .you live long enough to do it.
by movieman1957
December 26th, 2019, 10:29 pm
Forum: Westerns
Topic: Westerns
Replies: 906
Views: 285068

Re: Westerns

The Hateful Eight. A long slow dialogue laden western that tries to be too clever and winds up being too dull for my taste. What is essentially a premise that is as old as westerns itself just takes too long to get where it is going. Characters are vivid enough. We learn a lot about them but not alw...
by movieman1957
November 29th, 2019, 10:33 pm
Forum: Talk About Modern Films
Topic: What recent films have you seen?
Replies: 89
Views: 153489

Re: What recent films have you seen?

There is no place dedicated to documentaries but here I will talk a little about "They Shall Not Grow Old." A documentary, mostly, about the British soldier in World War 1. It is a marvel of modern technology brought to the static century old film that is only known about the war. Taken fr...
by movieman1957
November 9th, 2019, 9:20 am
Forum: Talk About Modern Films
Topic: What recent films have you seen?
Replies: 89
Views: 153489

Re: What recent films have you seen?

How is this for pulling up an old thread? The Foreigner. This is really a Jackie Chan movie that is only partly a Jackie Chan movie. Jackie is a little older now and while he still has some moves they are in keeping with a man his age and the character he plays. The plot centers on his finding out w...
by movieman1957
October 19th, 2019, 5:33 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: The Domestic CAT: Feline at its finest!
Replies: 1426
Views: 448056

Re: The Domestic CAT: Feline at its finest!

If it only took hair to make another cat I would have a herd.
by movieman1957
October 14th, 2019, 8:36 pm
Forum: Westerns
Topic: Westerns
Replies: 906
Views: 285068

Re: Westerns

I have been stuck on westerns lately. STARZEncore has plenty of them if you don't mind the status of "entertaining." Today it was "Six Black Horses." It starred Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea and Joan O'Brien. Notably, it was written by Burt Kennedy. Knowing that from the credits it wa...
by movieman1957
October 13th, 2019, 6:17 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: The Domestic CAT: Feline at its finest!
Replies: 1426
Views: 448056

Re: The Domestic CAT: Feline at its finest!

Mine is not quite so adventurous.