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Post by mattgarth on Nov 1, 2018 14:14:11 GMT
Thanks again, Bat -- when it comes to providing visuals, you truly are my wing man.
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Post by bravomailer on Nov 1, 2018 15:21:25 GMT
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Post by Doghouse6 on Nov 1, 2018 21:09:30 GMT
I've had nothing to contribute to this thread until I remembered one of the first classic-era films I ever saw as a wee tyke with a single-digit age, and have loved ever since: Test Pilot (1938). Posed publicity still: Gable worked multiple times with either Loy or Tracy, and Loy had worked with each, but this is the only joint film appearance for the trio, and the three-way chemistry is electric, with snappy yet realistic interaction and dialogue remaining fresh and vital 80 years on with the kind of verbal shorthand that takes place between people who know each other well. Gable is in his brash and self-confident element, Loy gives as good as she gets as the Kansas farm girl swept up in whirlwind romance trying to fit into Gable's fast-paced life and Tracy is, as always, pure sincerity as the loyal friend who does his best to manage the turbulence. Expert support comes from the likes of Lionel Barrymore, Marjorie Main and Gloria Holden, who shines in her few scenes as a spouse farther down the same road Loy is traveling (warm and maternal, she's miles from her icy Dracula's Daughter of only two years earlier). This film's got everything, from action to romance to light comedy to somber drama, and jack-of-all-trades director Victor Fleming expertly negotiates the required changes in tone and pace (and has perhaps never gotten the credit he deserved for bringing out the best in his players, and maintaining senses of spontaneity and honesty). Posed on-set still: Gable's unsure he's forgiven after a week-long drunk; Loy tries to convince him; Tracy wonders if their marriage can survive. Frame grab: Gable wisecracks sotto voce; Loy is charmed; Tracy glares from the back seat. Frame grab: Tracy and Loy cheer Gable's air-race victory. Frame grab: Gable and boss Barrymore bicker. Frame grab: Gable dishes out the blarney, hitting up new landlady Main for $100 instead of paying the first month's rent. Frame grab: Gable comforts Holden. Between-shots birthday hijinks with Fleming:
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Post by dirtypillows on Nov 1, 2018 21:44:16 GMT
Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett-Majors and Jaclyn Smith from the 1st season of "Charlie's Angels". Three beautiful women who were not jealous of each other and genuinely liked each other. That's pretty rare. Their chemistry was magic. I think they brought out the best in each other.
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Post by dirtypillows on Nov 1, 2018 21:45:14 GMT
Time Travelers: Doc, Marty, & Einstein in "Back To The Future" Parts I & II Yes, I know Einstein isn't a person, but I don't care... They are still a great trio. That dog is cute! I love that breed!
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Post by BATouttaheck on Nov 2, 2018 2:45:58 GMT
THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK
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Post by dirtypillows on Nov 2, 2018 6:47:21 GMT
Noxzema, Vida and Chi-Chi! Oh, yes! Those three characters work and play so well together! I love them to pieces, I can't even pick a favorite. I've said this before, but I so prefer "To Wong Foo..." over "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" any day. Good one, Toasted Cheese!
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Post by dirtypillows on Nov 2, 2018 6:49:08 GMT
Another good call! All three ladies have their own sense of humor that works. I wonder if Meryl could have fit herself into this kind of trio setup?
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Post by dirtypillows on Nov 2, 2018 7:09:36 GMT
Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett-Majors and Jaclyn Smith from the 1st season of "Charlie's Angels". Three beautiful women who were not jealous of each other and genuinely liked each other. That's pretty rare. Their chemistry was magic. I think they brought out the best in each other.Until Majors went on her ego trip and pummelled her own career into the ground for what she saw as more prolific horizons. In the process she helped kill off the magic.
The producers ruined it even more, by not being flexible by allowing Jackson the opportunity to star in Kramer vs Kramer.
Regarding Farrah, I have actually always kind of thought that it was Lee Majors' ego rather than Farrah who put the stoppers on her success on television. I remember reading once that (I think maybe it was the evening of 1977 Golden Globes awards) Lee Majors said "Together we make $55,000 per week, and I bring home $50,000 of it. Farrah is gone when I get up in the morning, and when I get home in the evening, she's still not back. For the good of our marriage, we have decided that Farrah will not be returning to "Charlie's Angels" for a second season." I can totally see things going down like this. Lee Majors' came across as having a huge ego (probably took his tv character title a little too seriously) and not much of a sense of humor and I am sure he was extremely jealous of his wife's enormous, overnight success. And I am possibly in the minority here, but to me Farrah never did come across as having a big ego, at least not that first year. Mostly I think she just listened to the people around her a little but too much and she wasn't strong enough to trust her own judgment (that kind of success would not have come without certain kinds of pitfalls), and maybe she felt compelled to try and shake her bubbly, blonde Jill Munroe image, but all for little good, IMO. But I think in the beginning, anyway, Farrah was actually quite sweet and humble. As much as I really don't care for Lee Majors, he is nowhere near as bad as Ryan O'Neal, not even close, and I wish Farrah had stayed married to Majors, because I think he really did love her, and he really did want to take care of her in his own way and he would have treated her like a queen. Ryan O'Neal is as toxic as they come. I think that when she came back to do her obligated guest spots during the show's 3rd and 4th seasons, she was snotty and aloof and did a total flip from the warm, likeable character she created the first year, and I bet you anything this had to do with her wounded ego about having not found the big screen success that others assured was inevitable. Lee Majors seemed super cocky and full of himself and his machismo and Farrah (even at the end of her life) had a delicate flower quality about her, and I can see him putting his foot down and I can totally see Farrah giving in without too much of a fight. Unlike most people, I never found her dramatic acting very good. She had a certain kind of anger that she could work (she did it ad nauseum in "Extremities"), but it was brittle and it wore thin quickly. That was really too bad that the producers wouldn't let Jackson do "Kramer vs. Kramer". There really was no reason for this, other than them wanting to exert control and maybe even a little bit they wanted to get back at her for her temperament on the set. But that would have made them just as badly behaved as she was.
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Post by teleadm on Nov 2, 2018 17:52:06 GMT
The three thieves of Le Cercle Rouge ( The Red Circle) 1970, masked above, and demasked below
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Post by bravomailer on Nov 2, 2018 18:00:19 GMT
Going Places is being remade by John Turturro. One character is Jesus from The Big Lebowski.
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Post by petrolino on Nov 2, 2018 19:27:22 GMT
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Post by louise on Nov 3, 2018 10:27:20 GMT
Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov and Aldo Ray in We're No Angels
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Post by spiderwort on Nov 3, 2018 14:22:29 GMT
Peter MacNicol, Meryl Streep, and Kevin Kline in Sophie's Choice (1982)
Sal Mineo, James Dean, and Natalie Wood in Rebel Without a Cause (1955) Myrna Loy, Fredric March, and Teresa Wright in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) Ruth Hussey, Gail Russell, and Ray Milland in The Uninvited (1944) Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, and Van Heflin in Shane (1953)
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Post by Doghouse6 on Nov 3, 2018 15:45:48 GMT
Best Years featured another great trio, spiderwort: Homer, Fred and Al find an easy camaraderie upon meeting, as combat vets discovering they're all from the same hometown. Their bond is then strengthened through their shared difficulty transitioning back to civilian life. Powerful stuff: virtual strangers whose experiences make them more comfortable gravitating toward one another than they at first are with their loved ones.
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Post by spiderwort on Nov 3, 2018 22:24:14 GMT
Best Years featured another great trio, spiderwort : Oh, you are so, so right, doghouse!! I don't know why this iconic image didn't come to mind immediately. Thanks for posting it. I love this film, and I agree with everything you said. Every time I see it, I am deeply moved by this image and all the emotional import it carries for these characters who don't know what awaits them in the "home" to which they are returning after all the traumas they have endured. I hold my breath for them every time.
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Post by bravomailer on Nov 3, 2018 22:29:26 GMT
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Post by bravomailer on Nov 3, 2018 22:52:06 GMT
Thank you! The photo from The Best Years made me think of Myrna Loy, and then....
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Post by bravomailer on Nov 3, 2018 22:59:02 GMT
The photo of James Dean from Rebel made me think of similar ones. Always the brooding outsider.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Nov 3, 2018 23:03:18 GMT
Best Years featured another great trio, spiderwort : Oh, you are so, so right, doghouse!! I don't know why this iconic image didn't come to mind immediately. Thanks for posting it. I love this film, and I agree with everything you said. Every time I see it, I am deeply moved by this image and all the emotional import it carries for these characters who don't know what awaits them in the "home" to which they are returning after all the traumas they have endured. I hold my breath for them every time. If I may add, this is one of those films that can be appreciated even more upon repeat viewings, when the drama is enriched by already knowing their backstories, and we can read into the scene depicted above, and subsequent ones as they play out, the unexpressed memories, expectations, hopes and trepidations each is experiencing. Given the helmsman, it's a tough choice to make, but I'd say TBYOOL represents director Wyler's finest hour(s).
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