Discussion of the actors, directors and film-makers who 'made it all happen'
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Top Ten Robert Ryan Films
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Detective Jim McLeod »
August 7th, 2023, 10:33 am
It is his SUTS day on TCM, here are my top ten favorites in chronological order, what's yours?
1. Crossfire (1947)
A scary, intense performance as...
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Rethinking Best Cinematography
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skimpole »
November 25th, 2023, 3:04 am
Almost three months ago, I started a thread suggesting my choices for Best Cinematography of 1964. I'm starting this thread to consider the award in...
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The Anomaly of Best Director
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skimpole »
September 13th, 2023, 2:35 am
This thread exists to offer some thoughts on the Best Director award. One might think that the Best Director would be the person responsible for the...
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Errol Flynn
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moira finnie »
June 21st, 2009, 2:17 pm
I thought that I'd post this reminder, strange as it may be, that as of Saturday, June 20th, the 100th anniversary of Errol Flynn's arrival passed,...
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Celebrities In the News
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Feinberg »
April 15th, 2023, 3:53 pm
Happy Birthday Claudia Cardinale.
Back in 1983 or so she was seated at the table next to me in a restaurant in Montreal. I thought she was the most...
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Films that made you cry
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stuart.uk »
January 30th, 2009, 12:20 pm
What scenes from films brought a tear to the eye
Dodge City when young Bobs Watson is killed in the middle of a gunfight and Errol Flynn says This...
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Rex Evans
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Swithin »
March 23rd, 2024, 11:10 pm
Rex Evans
Tonight we toast our happy host
faro la faro li,
For he's the man we love the most
faro la faro li. -- Festival of the New Wine -...
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Just Plain Bad Movies
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CinemaInternational »
December 24th, 2023, 5:37 pm
One of the old standbys of the board is the Bad Movies You Love thread. I think it's time to create a thread so we can roast the films that are...
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Villains And Villainesses
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Detective Jim McLeod »
December 31st, 2023, 7:52 am
They are often the most compelling characters in film. They can be cunning, scary, psychotic or just downright despicable.
I made a list of the...
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Detailed Timeline on Walt Disney
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Lzcutter »
October 6th, 2012, 5:28 pm
I spent a good chunk of last year project managing this detailed timeline of Walt Disney. I also created the majority of the video and audio clips...
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Marilyn Monroe
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mrsl »
June 18th, 2010, 3:23 pm
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I watched the Misfits again today, and decided they couldn't have come up with a better name for the movie. All four main characters were playing...
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Bette Davis
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mrsl »
May 29th, 2010, 5:06 pm
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My dinner is cooking so I don't have a lot to say right now. I'm hoping others will add to this. I searched for Bette Davis, and All About Eve...
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D'Arcy Corrigan
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Swithin »
September 15th, 2023, 9:16 pm
This thread is dedicated to D'Arcy Corrigan, one of the great characters actors few have heard of. Often uncredited, Corrigan left his mark on many...
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Best Cinematography 1964
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skimpole »
September 6th, 2023, 2:24 am
I recently saw Cheyenne Autumn for the first time. It was nominated for best colour cinematography (the categories were divided up until the 1967...
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ALFRED HITCHCOCK
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MissGoddess »
March 26th, 2012, 10:18 am
I did a site search and found no general thread on one of my perennial favorite directors, but being not very savvy forgive me if I overlooked one. I...
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Alan Ladd
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moira finnie »
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I found myself enjoying one of the Japanese Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi recently and throughout the film, something nagged at the back of my mind. Who...
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The Wizard of Oz on the big screen
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Lzcutter »
September 27th, 2009, 2:23 am
Well, it was prompted heavily and we got our tixs early. Which was a good thing because the screenings sold-out.
TCM and Warner Home Video sponsored...
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Betty Garde
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Swithin »
July 17th, 2023, 9:22 pm
Betty Garde (1905-1989) is one of my favorite supporting players. She's not as big a name as some, but she's as big a talent, and in many media.
In...
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FREDRIC MARCH
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charliechaplinfan »
July 14th, 2010, 4:51 pm
Since DVD rental services have made it possible to revisit movies from the past, I've managed to catch most of the films I'd read about in...
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Favorite Movie Quotes
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GaryCooper »
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Perfect freedom has no existence. A grown man knows the world he lives in, and for the present, the world is Rome. Young Arrius, I am sure, will...
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CANDIDS II
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Today begins my new thread called CANDIDS II. It will follow the original CANDIDS thread in the same vein with some amazing pictures from the golden...
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Google Celebrates the Drive-In
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Lzcutter »
June 6th, 2012, 11:25 am
On the 79th anniversary of the drive-in, Google's doodle today celebrates America's love affair with watching movies under the stars:
We had a...
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James Arness
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stuart.uk »
June 11th, 2011, 1:39 pm
I was sorry to hear about the passing of James Arness and I know many will want to talk about his original Gunsmoke series, but if anything I...
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BOGART
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MissGoddess »
April 16th, 2012, 10:34 am
I did a quick search, and only found a birthday thread on Bogart so I thought I'd just post this here.
Watching an early film, one of the first in...
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"Oscars"
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Bilbo »
July 7th, 2011, 10:42 am
This subject may have been covered somewhere before - if so I'm sorry to waste your time - if not - lets go!!
I have watched highlights of many...
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Howard Hawks
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Belle »
May 3rd, 2023, 5:49 pm
This excellent (German) documentary about Hawks, which mainly comprises long-form interview/discussion, was made circa 6 weeks before Hawks died. (He...
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Quentin Tarantino does a Very Good Thing
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Lzcutter »
February 21st, 2010, 12:48 pm
Here in Los Angeles, we have a small revival theater, the New Beverly Cinema, located on Beverly (not sure if it's a street or an Avenue even after...
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Favorite Decade In Film Is...
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Detective Jim McLeod »
April 17th, 2023, 10:03 am
The 1950s, for me. When I was about 14 or 15 I got a book called The Films Of The Fifties by Douglas Brode. It got me into older films and most of my...
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Shirley Temple RIP
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stuart.uk »
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The great all-round entertainer, mainly as a child Star and polititian Shirley Temple Black has died. She was a life long friend of another child...
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Roy Scheider
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norfious »
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Ever since seeing TCM's The French Connection and The Seven-Ups double feature in January or February, I have been absolutely captivated by Roy...
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Melinda Dillon 1939-2023
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skimpole »
February 4th, 2023, 2:49 am
From the Hollywood Reporter:
Melinda Dillon, who received supporting Oscar nominations for her turns in Close Encounters of the Third Kind and...
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Two Great Actors In One Film
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Detective Jim McLeod »
March 6th, 2023, 11:42 am
Sometimes there are two equally talented and popular actors paired together in a film. It is sometimes hard to figure out who is the lead since the...
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Three (or more) Great Actors in One Film
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Dargo »
March 6th, 2023, 1:23 pm
In the Academy Award nominated CROSSFIRE (1947), there are three great leading actors featured in it...Robert Young, Robert Mitchum and Robert Ryan....
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