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Post by claudius on Apr 20, 2024 7:39:17 GMT
Not a dialogue from a film, but a tagline:
More Stars than there are in Heaven.
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Post by lostinlimbo on Apr 20, 2024 13:15:36 GMT
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Apr 20, 2024 14:12:33 GMT
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Post by wmcclain on Apr 20, 2024 16:10:08 GMT
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Post by claudius on Apr 21, 2024 9:58:14 GMT
NCIS NEW ORLEANS (2016) “Fathers Day” TNT Broadcast.
April 17 marks the 100th Anniversary of the formation of the Studios of Metro, Goldwyn, and Mayer into MGM. I remember seeing a lot of the Studio films from TNT and Showtime in my formative years (helped by the coffeetable books John Douglas Eames’ THE MGM STORY and MGM WHEN THE LION ROARS). So, From April 17 2024 to April 16 2025 I will watch films (features, shorts, cartoons) from the first 50 or so years of the Dream Factory (as well as later documentaries on stars & films). Except for particular anniversaries or seasonal annual viewings, I will have no chronological viewing order for the majority of the films.
MGM 100TH ANNIVERSARY
MGM WHEN THE LION ROARS (1992) “The Lions Roar” The First episode of the three part docu narrated by Patrick Stewart focusing on the Thalberg era from 1924 to 1936. Warner DVD.
MIN & BILL (1930) The first pick for this Centennial viewing is this drama comedy starring Marie Dressler (winning MGM’s second best actress Oscar) and Wallace Beery. MGM/UA VHS
VACATION FROM MARRIAGE (1945) Film from MGM’s British studio starring Robert Donat and Deborah Kerr (and a young Roland Culver and the late Glynis Johns). Warner Archive DVD
30TH ANNIVERSARY
WORLD WAR II WHEN LIONS ROARED (1994) Two-part TV Movie (shot like a play on HDVideo) on the three Allied Powers: FDR (John Lithgow), Winston Churchill (Bob Hoskins), and Josef Stalin (Michael Caine) during the Second World War. I saw it on its premiere on NBC 30 years ago. I recall the reviews from ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY & USA TODAY comment that Caine used less makeup than Robert Duvall did in HBO’s then contemporary film STALIN. Amazon Prime.
50TH ANNIVERSARY
NAPOLEON AND LOVE (1974) “Maria Luisa” The episode title character doesn’t make an appearance, as Napoleon, learning Walrnska has aired him a son, finally divorces Josephine to remarry someone who will grant him children. In this episode he refers to Talleyrand (Peter Jeffrey) as Dung underneath his silk. DVD.
THE WORLD AT WAR (1974) “Pacific” The US close in on Japan. YouTube.
FALL OF EAGLES (1974) “Absolute Beginners” The Sixth Episode focuses on Lenin. YouTube.
THE PALLISERS (1974) “Part Fourteen” THE EUSTACE DIAMONDS concludes and PHINEAS REDUX Begins. YouTube.
100TH ANNIVERSARY
BEAU BRUMMELS (1924) Silent film starring John Barrymore and Mary Astor. YouTube
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Apr 21, 2024 12:51:07 GMT
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Post by Old Aussie on Apr 21, 2024 23:17:19 GMT
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Post by Rufus-T on Apr 22, 2024 18:13:09 GMT
Dante: Inferno to Paradise (2024) I didn't see any movies this past week, just a two-parts documentary about the background and the summary of Dante's Divine Comedy, which I recently read the 3 volumes translated by Allen Mandelbaum. Not too crazy about the dramatic reenactment at times, but this is a very good supplement to the reading. 
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Post by london777 on Apr 26, 2024 23:06:19 GMT
I am now back online, and back on this board, after some nine months, thanks to an extraordinarily generous act by a member of this board. Someone I have never met, and will never meet, and with whom I have only exchanged a few brief messages using that function of the board. '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' I thought I would resume movie-watching with some of the hundred or so films I had acquired over time but then could not summon up the courage to watch them, because in my fragile state I did not want to risk becoming depressed or aggravated, so took the safe option of lighter fare or trusted favorites. But now I am a little more resistant mentally I kicked off with this one: Die Fälschung (1981) dir: Volker Schlöndorff IMDb says A German journalist, escaping from broken marriage, goes to Lebanon to cover the civil war. Soon, he realizes that he can't handle the truth. It is indeed one of the most depressing films I have ever seen and one of the most realistic depictions of war. Leads are the wonderful Bruno Ganz as the journalist and Hanna Schygulla as a German widow stranded in the Lebanon who has become increasingly Arabized. Without lecturing us or demonizing anyone, it portrays a nation where conflict is the norm and no-one has any serious plan for, or hope of, achieving peace. Its topicality did not occur to me when I picked it out, but this is essentially the same war that is still raging forty years later with Gaza as its latest hotspot. With one exception all the characters are rounded human beings, even the gun-runner and the blood-thirsty warlords from both sides. (In actuality, there are more than two sides, a kaleidoscope of numerous factions frequently changing alliances, but that would need a TV series to depict). That one exception is a right-wing German newspaper man who is a caricature. Perhaps Schlöndorff was settling an old score with him. There is none of the symbolism and surrealism of Schlöndorff's The Tin Drum of two years earlier. Everything is realistic. Indeed, I could not distinguish between the footage shot for the movie and the actual war reportage intermingled. Finally our hero realizes that he can do nothing with honor or integrity to shore up his self-respect and he returns to Germany, perhaps to "till his own garden" as Voltaire put it. I would not give him much chance of saving his marriage, but maybe he can maintain a good relationship with his young son.   |
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Post by spiderwort on May 4, 2024 22:16:10 GMT
I am now back online, and back on this board, after some nine months, thanks to an extraordinarily generous act by a member of this board. Someone I have never met, and will never meet, and with whom I have only exchanged a few brief messages using that function of the board. Welcome back, London!! And God bless the person who helped you. |
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Post by london777 on May 5, 2024 1:53:01 GMT
I am now back online, and back on this board, after some nine months, thanks to an extraordinarily generous act by a member of this board. Someone I have never met, and will never meet, and with whom I have only exchanged a few brief messages using that function of the board. Welcome back, London!! And God bless the person who helped you. Thanks. It was something totally out of the blue. Good to be back, sort of ... But I am finding threads and posts of interest to me very thin on the ground. And where is my mentor, planetX? |
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Post by spiderwort on May 5, 2024 17:16:02 GMT
Welcome back, London!! And God bless the person who helped you. Thanks. It was something totally out of the blue. Good to be back, sort of ... But I am finding threads and posts of interest to me very thin on the ground. And where is my mentor, planetX? I miss planetX, too! Don't know where he is. As for this board slowing down, I think it's because a lot of people migrated over to the alternative board [ IMDB1], when this board was floundering after it was initially shut down. There are lot of people who used to post here who now post there (though many do still post here, too). Please check that site out. I still post here, but less and less often, because my time has become very limited, so if I only have time for one choice I've now chosen that one. But I do check in here; just don't post that much now. Would love to see you on the other board, too. |
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Post by london777 on May 5, 2024 20:44:12 GMT
Thanks. It was something totally out of the blue. Good to be back, sort of ... But I am finding threads and posts of interest to me very thin on the ground. And where is my mentor, planetX? I miss planetX, too! Don't know where he is. As for this board slowing down, I think it's because a lot of people migrated over to the alternative board [ IMDB1], when this board was floundering after it was initially shut down. There are lot of people who used to post here who now post there (though many do still post here, too). Please check that site out. I still post here, but less and less often, because my time has become very limited, so if I only have time for one choice I've now chosen that one. But I do check in here; just don't post that much now. Would love to see you on the other board, too. I knew nothing about this board temporarily shutting down or about the new board IMDB1. I just visited it as a guest and immediately stumbled on Petrolino's excellent post about Highsmith. That is the sort of thing I am missing here. I see that many of you have registered there with your IMDb 2.3 usernames. Do I use the same password or create a new one? |
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Post by spiderwort on May 5, 2024 21:11:31 GMT
I knew nothing about this board temporarily shutting down or about the new board IMDB1. I just visited it as a guest and immediately stumbled on Petrolino's excellent post about Highsmith. That is the sort of thing I am missing here. I see that many of you have registered there with your IMDb 2.3 usernames. Do I use the same password or create a new one? It's been awhile, but if I remember correctly you can use the same password. Let me know if that doesn't work, but I'm pretty sure it will. |
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