What movie did YOU just FINISH watching?
Mar 31, 2018 16:14:25 GMT
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Post by kijii on Mar 31, 2018 16:14:25 GMT
Wagon Master (1950) is a fun John Ford movie about the unexpected travails of two horse traders (Ben Johnson & Harry Carey Jr.) who and end up leading a wagon train of Mormons (lead by Ward Bond) to Utah. Travails include: thirst, a group of bank robbers (Clegg boys), a quack medicine show.
Elder Wiggs (Ward Bond): You boys mind tellin' me if you're drinkin' men?
Travis Blue (Ben Johnson): Nope. Got a brother who's a drunkard though.
Elder Wiggs : You ever chew?
Travis Blue : [Dryly] Tried it once.
Elder Wiggs : Use the words of wrath?
Travis Blue : Only tolerable well.
Elder Wiggs : Are you family men?
Travis Blue : No, sir.
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Dallas (1950) is only a fair Gary Cooper Western. Actually not one his best westerns.
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Bad Girl (1931) was a pleasant surprise to me. Normally I don't expect much from 1931 movies. But, I found this Frank Borzage romance very good. This movie was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar and won for Best Director and Best Writing, Adaptation. I found the story and all three major performers (James Dunn, Sally Eilers, and Minna Gombell) in the movie very engaging. [Dunn would later go on to win a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)].
Luckily, we can watch a very good print of this movie on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWltM9MXuuU
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Johnny Guitar (1954) As ridiculous as the premise of this Republic movie is, we all seem to love these two alpha females (Joan Crawford and Mercedes McCambridge) warring against each other, using their men to do their fighting for them. As the movie progresses, we sort of lose track of why these two women hate each other, but the main thing is--they do.
Emma (Mercedes McCambridge): I'm going to kill you.
Vienna (Joan Crawford): I know. If I don't kill you first.
Sam (Robert Osterloh): [referring to Vienna] [Meekly, to the two men in the kitchen] Never seen a woman who was more of a man. She thinks like one, acts like one, and sometimes makes me feel like I'm not.
One might think that with the two main male characters named "Johnny Guitar" (Sterling Hayden) and "the Dancin' Kid" (Scott Brady) we are watching a spoof of a western and maybe we are:
Johnny (Sterling Hayden): There's nothin' like a good smoke and a cuppa' coffee. You know, some men got the craving for gold and silver. Others need lotsa' land, with herds of cattle. And then there's those that got the weakness for whiskey, and for women. When you boil it all down, what does a man really need? Just a smoke and a cup of coffee.
Marshal Williams : And who are you?
Johnny : The name, sir, is Johnny Guitar.
Dancin' Kid (Scott Brady): [Scornfully] That's no name!
Johnny : [Cooly] Anybody care to change it?
Nevertheless, Emma is able to raise a posse to go after Vienna and her friends. And, who is willing to lead this posse of vigilantes?
Ward Bond...
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Rich and Famous (1981) is George Cukor's swan song. It is a remake of Old Acquaintance (1943) with Bette Davis in the Jacqueline Bisset role and Candice Bergen in the Miriam Hopkins role.
It's not exactly like The Philadelphia Story (1940).
It sure ain't anything like Little Women (1933)
Maybe it is closer to The Women (1939) or A Bill of Divorcement (1932).
This just gives you a feeling for how many sexual mores Cukor movies span.
Liz Hamilton (Jacqueline Bisset): I need the press of human flesh, and you're the only flesh around.
Merry Noel Blake (Candice Bergen): After all these years are you trying to tell me there's something strange about you?
Elder Wiggs (Ward Bond): You boys mind tellin' me if you're drinkin' men?
Travis Blue (Ben Johnson): Nope. Got a brother who's a drunkard though.
Elder Wiggs : You ever chew?
Travis Blue : [Dryly] Tried it once.
Elder Wiggs : Use the words of wrath?
Travis Blue : Only tolerable well.
Elder Wiggs : Are you family men?
Travis Blue : No, sir.
-----------------------------------------------------
Dallas (1950) is only a fair Gary Cooper Western. Actually not one his best westerns.
------------------------------------------------------
Bad Girl (1931) was a pleasant surprise to me. Normally I don't expect much from 1931 movies. But, I found this Frank Borzage romance very good. This movie was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar and won for Best Director and Best Writing, Adaptation. I found the story and all three major performers (James Dunn, Sally Eilers, and Minna Gombell) in the movie very engaging. [Dunn would later go on to win a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)].
Luckily, we can watch a very good print of this movie on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWltM9MXuuU
---------------------------------------------------------
Johnny Guitar (1954) As ridiculous as the premise of this Republic movie is, we all seem to love these two alpha females (Joan Crawford and Mercedes McCambridge) warring against each other, using their men to do their fighting for them. As the movie progresses, we sort of lose track of why these two women hate each other, but the main thing is--they do.
Emma (Mercedes McCambridge): I'm going to kill you.
Vienna (Joan Crawford): I know. If I don't kill you first.
Sam (Robert Osterloh): [referring to Vienna] [Meekly, to the two men in the kitchen] Never seen a woman who was more of a man. She thinks like one, acts like one, and sometimes makes me feel like I'm not.
One might think that with the two main male characters named "Johnny Guitar" (Sterling Hayden) and "the Dancin' Kid" (Scott Brady) we are watching a spoof of a western and maybe we are:
Johnny (Sterling Hayden): There's nothin' like a good smoke and a cuppa' coffee. You know, some men got the craving for gold and silver. Others need lotsa' land, with herds of cattle. And then there's those that got the weakness for whiskey, and for women. When you boil it all down, what does a man really need? Just a smoke and a cup of coffee.
Marshal Williams : And who are you?
Johnny : The name, sir, is Johnny Guitar.
Dancin' Kid (Scott Brady): [Scornfully] That's no name!
Johnny : [Cooly] Anybody care to change it?
Nevertheless, Emma is able to raise a posse to go after Vienna and her friends. And, who is willing to lead this posse of vigilantes?
Ward Bond...
??-------------------------------------------------- Rich and Famous (1981) is George Cukor's swan song. It is a remake of Old Acquaintance (1943) with Bette Davis in the Jacqueline Bisset role and Candice Bergen in the Miriam Hopkins role.
It's not exactly like The Philadelphia Story (1940).
It sure ain't anything like Little Women (1933)
Maybe it is closer to The Women (1939) or A Bill of Divorcement (1932).
This just gives you a feeling for how many sexual mores Cukor movies span.
Liz Hamilton (Jacqueline Bisset): I need the press of human flesh, and you're the only flesh around.
Merry Noel Blake (Candice Bergen): After all these years are you trying to tell me there's something strange about you?