I'm not gung-ho about Warren William in general but "a walking venereal disease", wow, lol. (wonder who that person is) I always found him stage-hammy, but gentlemanly. I usually never believe him in any role, most particularly an ichthyologist. But not too bad (if you blink you might miss him) in THE WOLF MAN as Larry Talbot's doctor.
Agree about the turban -- Bela rocks it as Roxor in CHANDU THE MAGICIAN. Very sexy!
Coincidentally, Return to Mayberry the 1986 TV movie was on METV this
afternoon. IIRC it was a big hit when first shown. Not much of a plot, but it
was fun to see the characters as they are almost 20 years later. I remember
Andy in a few TV movies where he was a real mean s.o.b. and he was quite
convincing in those parts.
Hibi wrote: ↑May 3rd, 2024, 8:05 am
Back to Perry Mason. Bette was on last night pinch hitting for Perry defending Michael Parks. (Does anyone know what his operation was about when he was out of the show for awhile? It's not a very good episode (I'd seen it before). It must've been shot around the time of Dead Ringer as she's wearing the same styled wig as she wore in that film.
It's like that old Tootsie Pop commercial: "The world may never know." Burr, who famously fudged his personal life details for decades, never really explained it. Burr supposedly said afterwards in a talk show that he had a non-serious physical condition that prohibited him from being able to stand or move comfortably. Clears things up...
Media at the time said it was some kind of intestinal surgery. Some stated it was for polyp removal. Whether it was cancerous or not is up for debate, as sources at the time said both. Other sources said he was in for dental surgery.
Bette Davis on a TV show is somewhat jarring, to me. Last night on MeTV, I caught the last 5 minutes of an Alfred Hitchcock episode that she was in. Never knew she did that show. When the credits rolled, the director of that episode was Paul Henreid! Never knew he directed any TV shows, but in looking it up this morning I see he has numerous TV directing credits on ImDB (including 28 episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents) .
Do you think he lit a cigarette for her on set?
Maybe off set! (Lighting up). LOL. I've seen that Hitchcock episode several times. Bette is good in that. She seemed somewhat less effective in Perry Mason. Maybe it was the script, but I just didn't buy her as a lawyer. That clears things up about Burr. NOT! Never read anything about what the medical problem was about. Guess it wasn't serious as he lived on through 2 more tv series......
Actually Bette did a good number of guest spots on tv. She was in a couple of Wagon Trains and a Gunsmoke that I remember seeing.
I only pay for cable TV as well. The above channels are free.
You would need a streaming device and you have Internet.
My Xfinity/Comcast TV box has a select amount of Internet services. Nothing to directly compete with them.
I am experimenting with streaming to learn and hopeful dump cable television.
I become infuriated when TV channels override news programming for sports.
Last Sunday, my local Fox affiliate had zero news all day or night.
I can watch network news on a streaming service from all of the networks.
On a side note, except for Major League Baseball and TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES!, I could stream almost everything we need on a daily basis for $25/month using Philo. I could stream Minor League Baseball for cheap! That leaves TCM!
All they have to do is sell me Watch TCM and I can save a lot on television.
The other option is to be dishonest and use someone's credentials for Watch TCM.
Of the 3 channels, Pluto TV is probably available if your cable box has streaming.
In my case, Internet and TV both come from Xfinity/Comcast. The TV box is already connected to my Wi-Fi .
I don't have internet and my cable doesn't have streaming (probably does if I pay more, but I'm not going to). I hate that too. Local stations are constantly preempting over weather events. (most of the time not affecting our metro area.)
So Hibi, how do you access the forum without Internet?
I feel the Internet is a must have.
I have TV and Internet with Xfinity/Comcast.
It costs $232/month.
I could save money with streaming but cable has everything in one place. I grew up with cable and most of my family has been employed by cable television.
I do my best to avoid Perry Mason. Matlock is much better for me.
You can watch Perry Mason then Matlock on MeTV.
For me it's on in the morning, starting at 9AM (California).
CBS is still planning on the "New" Matlock.
A reboot of The Hollywood Squares with Drew Barrymore in the center square. https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/cbs-r ... r-AA1o3cq7
I use my work computer (don't tell!) You'll notice I'm not around on weekends. I'm planning on retiring soon so I'll have to get internet then. At least a smart phone!
Hibi wrote: ↑May 3rd, 2024, 8:05 am
Back to Perry Mason. Bette was on last night pinch hitting for Perry defending Michael Parks. (Does anyone know what his operation was about when he was out of the show for awhile? It's not a very good episode (I'd seen it before). It must've been shot around the time of Dead Ringer as she's wearing the same styled wig as she wore in that film.
It's like that old Tootsie Pop commercial: "The world may never know." Burr, who famously fudged his personal life details for decades, never really explained it. Burr supposedly said afterwards in a talk show that he had a non-serious physical condition that prohibited him from being able to stand or move comfortably. Clears things up...
Media at the time said it was some kind of intestinal surgery. Some stated it was for polyp removal. Whether it was cancerous or not is up for debate, as sources at the time said both. Other sources said he was in for dental surgery.
Bette Davis on a TV show is somewhat jarring, to me. Last night on MeTV, I caught the last 5 minutes of an Alfred Hitchcock episode that she was in. Never knew she did that show. When the credits rolled, the director of that episode was Paul Henreid! Never knew he directed any TV shows, but in looking it up this morning I see he has numerous TV directing credits on ImDB (including 28 episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents) .
Do you think he lit a cigarette for her on set?
Maybe off set! (Lighting up). LOL. I've seen that Hitchcock episode several times. Bette is good in that. She seemed somewhat less effective in Perry Mason. Maybe it was the script, but I just didn't buy her as a lawyer. That clears things up about Burr. NOT! Never read anything about what the medical problem was about. Guess it wasn't serious as he lived on through 2 more tv series......
Actually Bette did a good number of guest spots on tv. She was in a couple of Wagon Trains and a Gunsmoke that I remember seeing.
She even had a sitcom pilot in the mid-60s! Hard to imagine seeing Bette weekly in a sitcom.
Parallel stories of donkey and French village girl each suffering unrelenting cases of "sh!t happens".
This is one of those movies where I wonder what the critics who select the films for lists like the Sight and Sound all-time lists are smoking. It's not a bad movie; it certainly has excellent black-and-white cinematography and very effectively gets its point about suffering across. But one of the top 20 films of all time? (Wikipedia says it was #16 in the 2012 poll; I haven't looked up later editions to see where it's ranked now.) Really?
I couldn't agree more. It's not even close to being Bresson's best film. A Man Escaped is the place to start; you might even (don 't tell anyone) enjoy this film. Diary of a Country Priest is good. Back before Bresson got "more downbeat Catholic than thou," he made a very entertaining drama called Les Dames de Bois de Boulogne.
As for Balthazar, nothing could be easier than to stack the cards to show that people are evil, the innocent suffer, etc. When the donkey is the best-looking and most intelligent character in the film, you know you are in trouble.
Lorna wrote: ↑May 5th, 2024, 1:04 pm
One of the other fun things about THE MIND READER (1933) was that many of the women's costumes featured one of the more curious fashion trends of the time, which was to have TWO ENTIRE MINKS WITH HEADS and GLASS-EYES AND CLAWS ATTACHED, sort of lashed together and wrapped about the body- giving off the effect that whoever was wearing it was being rounded by a pair of fighting or mating woodland creatures, and yet for some reason was unbothered by it.
it's WEIRD and I am 100% okay with this trend never coming back.
this was the best image i could find, but i know some of you know what I mean.
I do indeed know what you mean. There is a term for them, but I can't remember it. My mother had one of these, though it certainly wasn't mink, and as a child I thought they were the height of elegance. I called them her "kitty cats."
It's like that old Tootsie Pop commercial: "The world may never know." Burr, who famously fudged his personal life details for decades, never really explained it. Burr supposedly said afterwards in a talk show that he had a non-serious physical condition that prohibited him from being able to stand or move comfortably. Clears things up...
Media at the time said it was some kind of intestinal surgery. Some stated it was for polyp removal. Whether it was cancerous or not is up for debate, as sources at the time said both. Other sources said he was in for dental surgery.
Bette Davis on a TV show is somewhat jarring, to me. Last night on MeTV, I caught the last 5 minutes of an Alfred Hitchcock episode that she was in. Never knew she did that show. When the credits rolled, the director of that episode was Paul Henreid! Never knew he directed any TV shows, but in looking it up this morning I see he has numerous TV directing credits on ImDB (including 28 episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents) .
Do you think he lit a cigarette for her on set?
Maybe off set! (Lighting up). LOL. I've seen that Hitchcock episode several times. Bette is good in that. She seemed somewhat less effective in Perry Mason. Maybe it was the script, but I just didn't buy her as a lawyer. That clears things up about Burr. NOT! Never read anything about what the medical problem was about. Guess it wasn't serious as he lived on through 2 more tv series......
Actually Bette did a good number of guest spots on tv. She was in a couple of Wagon Trains and a Gunsmoke that I remember seeing.
She even had a sitcom pilot in the mid-60s! Hard to imagine seeing Bette weekly in a sitcom.
YES. She filmed a lot of pilots but nothing ever sold (I've never seen any of them). I don't think Bette would've been happy in a weekly series and would've become disgruntled quite quickly. I'm not sure Perry Mason was one, probably done when Perry was "out" recuperating from whatever...
