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Post by bravomailer on Jul 14, 2021 3:15:21 GMT
And another dancing out West -- John Ford's MY DARLING CLEMENTINE Henry Fonda as 'Wyatt Earp' and Cathy Downs as the titled 'Clementine' at the church raising in Tombstone. Ford was once asked why he put dances into so many of his westerns and he replied that life was pretty austere in the West and dances were one of the few available sources of entertainment. I tried to think of a western with a guy shooting at someone's feet and ordering him to dance.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jul 14, 2021 8:41:28 GMT
The Big StreetIn her penultimate role as an RKO contract player (and the one she considered her best), nightclub entertainer Lucille Ball is the object of adoring busboy Henry Fonda's affection, despite her bad temper and demanding selfishness.  After a fall denies her the use of her legs for life, Fonda makes it his mission to restore her will to live, his efforts culminating in blackmail and larceny in order to finance a swanky party in her honor at a fancy Miami nightspot, where she's fawned over by local swells.  As she grips him tightly in her glittering, full-length gown,, Fonda ferries her around the dance floor that her feet never touch.   It's all terribly sentimental Damon Runyon hokum, but if you're amenable to that sort of thing, it works, and Ball is excellent as the self-centered bitch to end them all.
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Post by phantomparticle on Jul 16, 2021 3:25:39 GMT
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jul 16, 2021 7:10:19 GMT
And another dancing out West -- John Ford's MY DARLING CLEMENTINE Henry Fonda as 'Wyatt Earp' and Cathy Downs as the titled 'Clementine' at the church raising in Tombstone. Ford was once asked why he put dances into so many of his westerns and he replied that life was pretty austere in the West and dances were one of the few available sources of entertainment. I tried to think of a western with a guy shooting at someone's feet and ordering him to dance. I'm not a big viewer of westerns, so I'm aware of only one (the granddaddy of them all): The Great Train Robbery Do you think maybe by, oh, say 1910 or so, film makers stopped doing it because it was too cliché?
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jul 16, 2021 7:44:31 GMT
Tripping the light fantastic found its way into the occasional Hitchcock film. The Girl Was Young (AKA: Young and Innocent): Getting the bravura crane shot that begins at the end of a hall crowded with dancing couples, swooping over and past them until culminating in a huge closeup of the drummer, disguised in blackface, but whose facial twitch gives him away as a killer.  The Lady Vanishes: Michael Redgrave puts some locals through their folk-dancing paces, disturbing the sleep of Margaret Lockwood in the room below.  Shadow Of A Doubt: Seen behind the main titles, couples swirling to The Merry Widow Waltz recurs during the film as a symbolic visual motif.  Rear Window: The movements of the neighbor he's dubbed "Miss Torso" consume a fair amount of James Stewart's attention at various points.  To Catch A Thief: An opulent fancy-dress ball handily diverts police attention until the wee hours.  The Man Who Knew Too Much: It doesn't amount to anything, but Doris Day waltzes a few steps with Christopher Olsen while humming Que Sera, Sera, and I hated to leave something out.  |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jul 16, 2021 15:01:15 GMT
Yet another waltz. A Letter To Three Wives: Jeanne Crain, nervous about meeting husband Jeffrey Lynn's country club friends for the first time, and feeling dowdy and gauche in her mail-order dress, has fortified herself with martinis and wine. Naturally, when hubby sweeps her onto the dance floor, it's a whirling waltz, causing her struggles to maintain focus and equilibrium.  Just a note about detail in what otherwise appears to be the most prosaic of cinematography: Lynn, background extras and the set get general illumination, but the key light's on Crain, subtly directing audience attention exactly where it's required. |
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Post by bravomailer on Jul 16, 2021 16:17:01 GMT
How 'bout a pirouette?
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Post by mattgarth on Jul 16, 2021 16:40:34 GMT
JEZEBEL -- Bette in THAT Red Dress (scandalous!) waltzing with Fonda (sorry about the lack of translation):
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVsRK8LpOiY
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Post by bravomailer on Jul 16, 2021 17:32:39 GMT
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Post by sostie on Jul 16, 2021 18:13:19 GMT
Someone has been watching their Godard
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Post by sostie on Jul 16, 2021 18:25:08 GMT
Sam Rockwell
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Post by sostie on Jul 16, 2021 18:29:35 GMT
Denis Lavant
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jul 19, 2021 23:12:29 GMT
An Ecstatic dance is a form of dance in which the dancers, sometimes without the need to follow specific steps, abandon themselves to the rhythm and move freely as the music takes them, leading to trance and a feeling of ecstasy... Körhinta , Merry-Go-Round (1956) Hungary Dir. Zoltán Fábri. Revisiting this wonderful film last night we were totally entranced ourselves by the magic of this classic Hungarian love story. Beautifully filmed with stunning imagery Fábri's film is pure cinematic joy. In a major turning point of the film Máté literally takes things into his own hands. Seizing his love Mari on the dance floor of a wedding celebration, he refuses to give her up. The lovers swirl to the lively folk music, which spins them into an ecstatic state, their very public embrace now cannot be denied ...    |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jul 19, 2021 23:28:55 GMT
An Ecstatic dance is a form of dance in which the dancers, sometimes without the need to follow specific steps, abandon themselves to the rhythm and move freely as the music takes them, leading to trance and a feeling of ecstasy... Körhinta , Merry-Go-Round (1956) Hungary Dir. Zoltán Fábri. Revisiting this wonderful film last night we were totally entranced ourselves by the magic of this classic Hungarian love story. Beautifully filmed with stunning imagery Fábri's film is pure cinematic joy. In a major turning point of the film Máté literally takes things into his own hands. Seizing his love Mari on the dance floor of a wedding celebration, he refuses to give her up. The lovers swirl to the lively folk music, which spins them into an ecstatic state, their very public embrace now cannot be denied ... This looks lovely. I'm gonna look for it. Thanks.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jul 20, 2021 6:44:40 GMT
Oil men can't dance. The Awful Truth - Oil millionaire Ralph Bellamy's brand of "Oklahoma crude" on the dance floor embarrasses Irene Dunne, amuses the nightclub crowd and delights soon-to-be-ex Cary Grant.  Send Me No Flowers - Convinced a fatal heart condition has left him with only weeks to live and concerned for wife Doris Day's future security, Rock Hudson tries to fix her up with oil man Clint Walker, insisting she take the floor with him at their country club, where his boots leave Texas-sized impressions on her feet.  |
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Post by teleadm on Jul 20, 2021 17:28:41 GMT
It Started with Eve 1941, with Deanna Durbin in the cast there was offourse a few opportunities to sing a little, but this is more a comedy of mistaken identities, near the end though there is an amusing dance number with Deanna and Charles Laughton doing the "Conga", and he was supposed to be dying. 
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Post by timshelboy on Jul 20, 2021 18:41:13 GMT
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Post by timshelboy on Jul 20, 2021 18:47:18 GMT
I don't know why Alison Lohman hasn't made a movie for 5 years...
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Post by Rufus-T on Jul 23, 2021 17:40:35 GMT
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Post by Bella on Jul 24, 2021 8:47:26 GMT
Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
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