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    Old forgotten movies

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    The Best Years Of Our Lives.  Great movie.  And Harold Russell (Homer) an actual survivor of the war who did lose his hands(but as an infantry man, not a sailor) Won an Academy Award for his role in that movie despite never having had any previous acting and/or acting training or experience before being cast in his role.  But you really(imho) couldn't tell by his excellent performance.  

    Seen it dozens and dozens of times over the years, but still get choked up at the scene when he and Wilma, sitting up in his room, and after showing her all he goes through just to go to bed, profess their love for each other.  Wilma reaches over and hugs Homer, and Homer, finally, puts his arms around her.  And the exalted expression on Wilma's face(actress Cathy O'Donnell ) triggers the water works for me every time. [love]

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    Any horror movie fans on here?

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    11 hours ago, Mr. Natural said:

    We all know who the Thing was in the original movie, don't we?

    James Arness, aka Marshall Matt Dillon.

    I have a funny(and yes, it is true) story about that....

    Back in the early '70's, one sunny but cold winter morning, I went to a buddy's upper flat to sell him a lid( *hush!*).  He already had his old beat up portable B&W television on and was watching that "The Thing From Another World"movie(it's complete title) and after buzzing from a good sample of my wares, I did ask, "Say, you know who's playing the 'thing' in this movie, right?"

    He said he thought it was just some stunt man in a cheap costume.  I told him it was James Arness.

    "The GUNSMOKE GUY?  You kidding?"  he replied.  I confirmed it and he went on...

    "I find it hard to believe that him and that other guy on TV are brothers."   So I asked, "You mean PETER GRAVES?"  Then he asked, "Who's Peter Graves?"

    I told him.  "That white haired guy on Mission Impossible.  Jim Phelps, remember?"   Then he asked,

    "You mean HE'S his brother too?"   confused, I asked, "Too?   Who are YOU talking about?"   He then shocked me with...

    "That other guy on TV.  The one who plays Ricky Ricardo."   !!   [omg]

    I then asked, "You mean DESI ARNAZ?"   I then reached over and took the "J" out of his hand, telling him he'd had enough.  \:D/

    And yes, like I stated, it is a true story.

    Whitefang

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    Old forgotten movies

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    1 hour ago, Karloff said:

    thats right, good call ... he was one of the two men talking about the pending funeral service "I must be fed or I won't attend".   not 100% if thats verbatim.  beautifully made flick ...

    And in my(and most others) opinion the best adaptation of the story.  

    And that actor was the well respected British  actor PETER BULL.  And I think the line was....

    "But I must be fed, or I stay at home."  [wink]

    2 hours ago, RBSinTo said:

    When Scrooge wakes up Christmas morning, and looks in the mirror, the camera was positioned behind him, and looking over his shoulder into the mirror as well. Some of the camera crew can be seen leaning into the shot a couple of times around the edges of the mirror.

    RBSinTo

     

    Y'know, I've seen that movie probably a few hundred times since first seeing it in '67 and never noticed it!  I was too busy enjoying it .

    I view it at least twice every Christmas season, and I'll make a mental note to keep an eye out for that.  [thumbup]

    Thanks.

    Whitefang

    Staging

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    I have no photos but I know what you mean.   Pictures of somebody sloppily dressed holding some item in their hands with the photo taken with an obvious disposable camera with a 35mm wide angle lens...  from across the room no doubt.  You couldn't even make out what it was the slob was holding in their hand! 

    As for guitars, I don't think taking a quick shot of one leaning against the front of an easy chair or sofa, especially if that furniture looks like something that belongs at the curb is good presentation.  

    Whitefang

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    Old forgotten movies

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    28 minutes ago, jaxson50 said:

    They should pay those of us who look like a fool when the algorithms decide what I am thinking. 

    Yeah, that can be annoying.  But you can't blame Microsoft for your posting JAMES EARL RAY instead of JAMES EARL JONES, now, can you?  [wink]

    Let's get back to DR. STRANGELOVE.

    I've always found it interesting that both that movie and the movie FAIL SAFE were released the same year. (1964)  "Dr." in January, "Fail Safe" in October.  There's this about it:

    Red Alert author Peter George collaborated on the screenplay with Kubrick and satirist Terry Southern. Red Alert was more solemn than its film version, and it did not include the character Dr. Strangelove, though the main plot and technical elements were quite similar. A novelization of the actual film, rather than a reprint of the original novel, was published by Peter George, based on an early draft in which the narrative is bookended by the account of aliens, who, having arrived at a desolated Earth, try to piece together what has happened. It was reissued in October 2015 by Candy Jar Books, featuring never-before-published material on Strangelove's early career.[49][50]

    During the filming of Dr. Strangelove, Stanley Kubrick learned that Fail Safe, a film with a similar theme, was being produced. Although Fail Safe was to be an ultrarealistic thriller, Kubrick feared that its plot resemblance would damage his film's box office potential, especially if it were released first. Indeed, the novel Fail-Safe (on which the film is based) is so similar to Red Alert that Peter George sued on charges of plagiarism and settled out of court.[51] What worried Kubrick the most was that Fail Safe boasted the acclaimed director Sidney Lumet and the first-rate dramatic actors Henry Fonda as the American president and Walter Matthau as the advisor to the Pentagon, Professor Groeteschele. Kubrick decided to throw a legal wrench into Fail Safe's production gears. Lumet recalled in the documentary Inside the Making of Dr. Strangelove: "We started casting. Fonda was already set ... which of course meant a big commitment in terms of money. I was set, Walter [Bernstein, the screenwriter] was set ... And suddenly, this lawsuit arrived, filed by Stanley Kubrick and Columbia Pictures."

    Kubrick argued that Fail Safe's own source novel Fail-Safe (1960) had been plagiarized from Peter George's Red Alert, to which Kubrick owned creative rights. He pointed out unmistakable similarities in intentions between the characters Groeteschele and Strangelove. The plan worked, and the suit was settled out of court, with the agreement that Columbia Pictures, which had financed and was distributing Strangelove, also buy Fail Safe, which had been an independently financed production.[52] Kubrick insisted that the studio release his movie first,[53] and Fail Safe opened eight months after Dr. Strangelove, to critical acclaim but mediocre ticket sales.

    Whitefang

    Any horror movie fans on here?

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    Too much CGI cliches in modern horror flicks to suit me.  Can only watch just so many house windows blow outward, or insect like creatures climb up walls and crawl on ceilings while tilting their heads like curious puppies before it gets old. 

    And what's with those heads shaking back and forth in hyper drive?  :rolleyes:

    But I do still like the old Universal horror flicks from the late '30's and the '40's.  [wink]

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    Look what I found

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    [laugh] [laugh] [thumbup]

    Sure.  Had a dozen or so until I got tired of either breaking them or cracking my records trying to wrestle them into that blasted hole!  [cursing]

    Finally saved my allowance and pop bottle money and bought a phonograph adapter.  [wink]

    Wasn't until I was 13 years old or so before I was able to afford to buy an occasional album.  And then THAT album was.......

    Which turned out to have never been recorded "live".  all the audience noise was prerecoded overdubs.  [cursing]  And the music was the studio masters.

    Whitefang

    What lessons have we learned in the past three years?

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    22 hours ago, ghost_of_fl said:

     

    And this is how the press pushes an agenda.  They didn't lie, they just left some details out.  You don't think a white guy has ever been shot by a black officer?  The reason you think that is because you never see it on the news, not because it never happened. 

    You know, when(and if) the number of white guys shot(and killed) by black police officers(and for no good reason) matches or exceeds the number of white cops shooting(and killing) black guys(and for no good reason) I'll give your assertion some token consideration.  But lacking any proof of numbers only seems to show you're either making excuses for the wrong people, or just wanting to be needlessly contrary.

     

    22 hours ago, jaxson50 said:

    I find it a bit disingenuous when the only cell phone videos that go viral are of bad situations.  So many people are basing opinions on such limited and bias information that is intentionally skewed to produce the desired reaction. 

    Sadly, they don't even realize they are being played.  There are literally thousands of interactions between police and citizens daily,  out of all of those interactions all that goes viral are the ones that go south.  The narrative then becomes, all interactions between officers and citizens are bad.  Which is ludicrous, slanderous and disingenuous. Purposely so. And it isn't just and American problem, 

    I think most people are aware that really isn't the case.  But cell phone videos aren't taken when an officer is shown politely informing a driver his passenger side tail light isn't working, or just giving him a warning instead of a speeding ticket.  I mean, would YOU consider that "NEWS"?  But too, local news stations do cover "human interest" stories of some police or police groups organizing or participating in youth centered activities.  Like the Detroit police youth group that has ball games at the site of the old Tiger stadium.   And besides...

    I don't think that Grand Rapids, MI footage was "skewed" in any form or fashion to "produce" any specific reaction. 

    Whitefang

    Bon Jovi, is it time they gave up?

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    Maybe a change of direction wouldn't hurt.  The long time fans might like to still hear them do the old faves,  But playing pretty much the same set list for 40 years has to be grinding.  And just keeping the same old vibe and sound on new songs can't be satisfying either.   And besides, the old fans might like, or even welcome the new direction. 

    Just remember the sentiment in THIS song  from someone who felt a change was needed....

    [wink]  Whitefang

    Old forgotten movies

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    9 hours ago, jaxson50 said:

    Dr. Strangelove,  released in 1964, a great cast, Kuberik at his best and Peter Sellers as well at the top of his game, playing 3 lead characters, it was James Earl Ray' s first big movie part although he got little screen time, Slim Pickins,  great movie 

    [lol]

    You mean JAMES EARL JONES, don'tcha?    \:D/

    JAMES EARL RAY was THIS nutjob------

    And it was KUBRICK.   And let's not forget the excellent performance of STERLING HAYDEN as  general JACK D. RIPPER (see what they did there?) .  If I had to point out any bad thing about DR. STRANGELOVE it would have to be that it ended way too soon .  [wink]

     

    Whitefang

    What lessons have we learned in the past three years?

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    Just now, ghost_of_fl said:

    If it were a black officer and a white guy running, you probably wouldn't have even heard about it.  

    Will have to wait until that sort of thing happens before making that assumption.

    That this is most often the case,  it's what gets reported.  And besides, would you really want news services and reporters NOT to give the full story? 

    Whitefang

    What lessons have we learned in the past three years?

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    Meanwhile you might have heard or noticed that back in April 4th ANOTHER police officer killed ANOTHER unarmed black man in grand Rapids, Michigan.

    Body cam footage and other witness video footage showed the man clearly threatened the officer's life by RUNNING AWAY from him. After the officer tackled him to the ground and while lying on top of him the officer pulled out his service pistol and shot him in the back of the head.  [-(

    Of course, NO reason to get upset and protest, right?  :rolleyes:

    Whitefang

    Old forgotten movies

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    10 hours ago, Larsongs said:

    I don’t know how forgotten these are but “Chinatown” & “The Two Jakes”.. All of Audie Murphy’s Westerns.. All the original “Maverick” TV Series.. 

    As a frequent watcher of the Turner Classic Movies channel and a member of their message boards, I see many of the movies mentioned here often enough.  But to LARS I say....

    THE TWO JAKES imho, is best forgotten.   But TCM shows CHINATOWN fairly often  The INSPIRATION channel shows a lot of old western movies with Audie Murphy's filmography fairly often too.   And MeTV shows reruns of the original MAVERICK series every Saturday morning @10:00 am EST

    For me, some of the "forgotten" oldies that rarely if ever get shown on TCM are:

    HOT SPELL('58) with Shirley Booth and Anthony Quinn

    THE PURPLE GANG('60) with ROBERT BLAKE and BARRY SULLIVAN

    PRESSURE POINT('62) with Sidney Poitier and Bobby Darin.

    And FORTY:

    TCM just had BONNIE & CLYDE on a few nights ago.  Along with THE ST. VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE('67)  [wink]

    Whitefang

    Happy Easter!

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    21 hours ago, Twang Gang said:

    I think he means either side of his family, his relatives, or his in-laws.  Usually a day for big family get togethers over dinner.

    Thank you.  That's exactly what I meant.   And that "whatever" meant whatever you usually do to celebrate this holiday.

    Frankly, I was always a bit amused that traditionally, in America, most people celebrate the resurrection of the King of the Jews with a HAM dinner.  [wink]

    But I do hope your day was a good one.  And had plenty of Bromo handy.  

    Whitefang

    String Theory...

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    18 hours ago, jdgm said:

    I don't know about this coated string stuff.

    New-fangled....how does coating steel strings with anything improve their sound?

    Or maybe that's not the point? :-k

    Actually, I got my first set of Elixirs free from some promotional(I guess) coupon I received in the mail back in the late '90's.  Their "selling point" was that the coating was meant to eliminate that "squeak"  you get from moving your fingers up and own the neck during some chord changes.  And that the coating according to them, didn't affect the tone any.

    But hey, the price was right, and it was about time for a string change, so......

    As I said I liked them well enough to keep using them from then on.  But my wife said she didn't like them.  No, she never played, but she told me she liked that "squeak" when I played certain tunes.   Said it made me sound like a "real" guitarist!  [wink]

    Whitefang

    Contact

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    21 hours ago, Tman said:

     Things are really heating up over there. Scary situation.

    Yeah.  Especially since the Russians are swearing to retaliate for that missile attack on their warship they claim never happened.  :rolleyes:

    Whitefang

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