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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jan 9, 2016 12:43:39 GMT -5
The Cincinnati Kid (1965) Steve McQueen, Edward G. Robinson, Ann-Margaret, Karl Malden, Tuesday Weld, Joan Blondell, Cab Calloway, Rip Torn, Jack Weston, Jeff Corey, Theodore Marcuse
Its the 1930s in New Orleans and The Cncinnati Kid is the city's best stud poker player. But Lancey Howard, the country's living legend of poker has come to town looking for a big game. When titans clash!
Best poker movie ever? Probably and certainly the best all star cast to appear in one. Screenplay by Ring Laudner, directed by Norman Jewison and theme song sung by Ray Charles. Tuesday Weld is gorgeous and Ann-Margaret is a goddess. Great to see Robinson and Blondell paired again after so many years. Sam Peckinpaugh was the original director and Sharon Tate had the Tuesday Weld role but both got replaced by the producer. I've seen this film about 3 or 4 times since its debut and it never gets old.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jan 9, 2016 12:58:30 GMT -5
Union Pacific (1939) Directed by Cecil B. DeMille Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Akim Tamiroff, Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy, Anthony Quinn
One of the last acts of Abraham Lincoln was authorization for the Union Pacific railroad to build tracks across the midwest plains to connect to California. But an evil banker will do anything to stop construction in favor of his own competing railroad company. Union Pacific hires Joel McCrea as their protector and troubleshooter. Barbara Stanwyck is the railroad engineer's daughter and has a fine caboose all her own.
Its a DeMille movie and that means hundreds of extras, huge sets, plenty of action, spectacular crashes etc. Joel McCrea is superhuman here, defeating all the challenges in completing the construction of the railroad line through 1000s of miles of treacherous terrain. Strong armed men intimidating the workers, avalanches, rampaging Indians, evil gamblers, snowstorms, traitorous "best" friends- even John Wayne never exhibited the indomitable spirit McCrea summoned up to complete the task. Stanwyck speaks in an Irish brogue the whole time.
The world premiere in Omaha, Nebraska, was a three-day celebration that drew 250,000 people, doubling the population of the city and requiring the National Guard to help keep order. The special train en route from Hollywood to Omaha, carrying Cecil B. DeMille and stars Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea, took three days and made stops along the way, drawing large crowds. The film was shown in three theaters simultaneously; President Franklin D. Roosevelt was reported to have started the premiere proceedings by pressing a button in Washington, DC, which opened the civic auditorium. An ad stated that the premiere, which involved parades, radio broadcasts and a banquet, was the biggest in motion picture history. An antique train continued on a 15-day coast-to-coast promotional tour, stopping at 30 cities around the country.
Don't forget Stanwyck's caboose
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Post by shaxper on Jan 9, 2016 21:08:53 GMT -5
So I've heard the name John Waters revered often enough that I decided I'd finally like to know more. Unfortunately, while the internet has been great at providing interviews and lists of films, I'm struggling to figure out anything more about the man and his works. Any fans here that could tell me more about him and perhaps recommend an entrypoint film?
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jan 9, 2016 21:34:42 GMT -5
So I've heard the name John Waters revered often enough that I decided I'd finally like to know more. Unfortunately, while the internet has been great at providing interviews and lists of films, I'm struggling to figure out anything more about the man and his works. Any fans here that could tell me more about him and perhaps recommend an entrypoint film? Well, there's 2 John Waters. 1st is the underground director who celebrated the seamy side of life and bad taste. Of this I'd recommend Pink Flamingo's-an all time trash classic. Then its the somewhat cleaned up and more mainstream John Waters now working for major Hollywood studios. Serial Mom and Hairspray are probably the best. I've enjoyed his entire underground output, of the commercialized part of his career Pecker and A Dirty Shame disappointed
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 10, 2016 10:35:00 GMT -5
So I've heard the name John Waters revered often enough that I decided I'd finally like to know more. Unfortunately, while the internet has been great at providing interviews and lists of films, I'm struggling to figure out anything more about the man and his works. Any fans here that could tell me more about him and perhaps recommend an entrypoint film? Ish is correct in saying there are two John Waters. But he made one film that straddles the two parts of his career - very successfully, in my opinion. And that's 1981's Polyester. The earlier films are disgusting and frequently quite shocking. I saw Pink Flamingoes at a midnight showing when I was in college and I was on the verge of being physically ill. And the sex scenes in Desperate Living are not for the faint of heart. And then with Hairspray, Waters get sanitized and his films are almost ratcheted down to merely being a little naughty - except for A Dirty Shame. The overall themes in Polyester are as subversive as ever, but the actual imagery has been cleaned up a lot. Polyester is my favorite. It's very funny with some hilarious performances from the stock company as well as the the newcomers - the actors playing Lulu and Dexter, the Fishpaw children, are adorable and hilarious and AWFUL all at the same time - and for Tab Hunter, it's the one he'll be remembered for. Polyester successfully retains the chaos and the anarchic environment of the earlier films but it's not so viscerally disgusting. Grotesque, yes, and the faint of heart might get a little queasy. But nobody is going to lose their lunch over Polyester.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 10, 2016 10:48:40 GMT -5
I should say that, except for Cecil B. Demented, I like the later films a lot, especially Cry Baby and Serial Mom.
YouTube has Divine Waters, a 1981 documentary about John Waters:
And as a special treat, here's the infamous short film by Waters, The Diane Linkletter Story. According to legend, it was filmed the day after Diane Linkletter killed herself.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jan 10, 2016 15:19:52 GMT -5
Naqoyqatsi (2002) Directed by Godfrey Reggio and I hope I'm spelling the title correctly
3rd and final entry to the trilogy of stunning visual montages in slow motion set to mesmerizing audio from Philip Glass. The first 2 films (Koyaanisqatsi & Powaqqatsi) dealt mainly with 3rd world culture and people's connection to nature at work, at play and their customs and rituals. This one focuses on the industrial world and right off the bat, with images of military and modern weapons, you know what the underlying message is. It procedes to exam the human body in sports, the marvel of human physique at all different forms of activity but then juxtaposes it with scenes of street violence and mobs rioting. Of course pollution is shown as well as corporate logos and TV commercials. The first films celebrate cultures that are not far removed from the stone age, the final shows the evil of man's progress.
Of course its all done with the latest state of the art technical visual effects and I'm sure the folks who worked on the film got into their cars to drive back home to air conditioned apartments and popped their dinners in microwaves, but yeah I got the message- Western man is not good
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jan 10, 2016 15:33:27 GMT -5
The Crusades (1935) Directed by Cecil B. DeMille Henry Wilcoxin, Loretta Young, Alan Hale, Katherine DeMille
Historically inaccurate tale of Richard the Lion Hearted leading a multi-national army of Christians to kill the infidels who overtook Jerusalem all in the name of a loving god.
Beetle-browed Wilcoxin makes a fine pompous King Richard. He had promised to marry a French aristocrat (Katherine DeMille-adopted daughter of the director) but changes his mind for Loretta Young instead. The King of France is pissed and it jeopardizes the 2 countries alliance against Saladin and the Islamic Horde. As usual with Demille, lots of great production sets and a cast of thousands . But its not until 90 minutes have passed that the action finally kicks in. The battle scenes are fine, the background story is interesting
Seems DeMille had no regard for the stuntmen, constantly berating them and not caring about their safety. 2 dozen stuntmen were seriously hurt along with many horses. Finally one of the stuntmen shot an arrow right for DeMille, narrowly missing his head. DeMille ceased yelling at the crew from then on
Katherine DeMille is a sultry looking actress. She married Anthony Quinn and their young son drowned in W.C. Field's swimming pool
I enjoyed the movie more than I expected even with the lack of action. Alan Hale plays a minstrel. Watch for the wedding scene between Loretta Young and Richard The King where he couldn't get to the church in time so he sent his sword in his place
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 10, 2016 17:04:45 GMT -5
The Crusades (1935) Directed by Cecil B. DeMille Henry Wilcoxin, Loretta Young, Alan Hale, Katherine DeMille
Historically inaccurate tale of Richard the Lion Hearted leading a multi-national army of Christians to kill the infidels who overtook Jerusalem all in the name of a loving god.
Beetle-browed Wilcoxin makes a fine pompous King Richard. He had promised to marry a French aristocrat (Katherine DeMille-adopted daughter of the director) but changes his mind for Loretta Young instead. The King of France is pissed and it jeopardizes the 2 countries alliance against Saladin and the Islamic Horde. As usual with Demille, lots of great production sets and a cast of thousands . But its not until 90 minutes have passed that the action finally kicks in. The battle scenes are fine, the background story is interesting
Seems DeMille had no regard for the stuntmen, constantly berating them and not caring about their safety. 2 dozen stuntmen were seriously hurt along with many horses. Finally one of the stuntmen shot an arrow right for DeMille, narrowly missing his head. DeMille ceased yelling at the crew from then on
Katherine DeMille is a sultry looking actress. She married Anthony Quinn and their young son drowned in W.C. Field's swimming pool
I enjoyed the movie more than I expected even with the lack of action. Alan Hale plays a minstrel. Watch for the wedding scene between Loretta Young and Richard The King where he couldn't get to the church in time so he sent his sword in his place I've not seen this but Henry Wilcoxon sounds like a great Richard I. I see him every once in a while and he's such a great side-of-beef as an actor with very interesting peculiarities in style. He reminds me of Richard Dix or Victor Mature, placed almost midway between them if you're ranking based on popularity. The movie that I love that he's in is the 1934 Cleopatra which I've seen a few times over the years. He plays Marc Antony and he's perfect. Younger viewers will remember Henry Wilcoxon from Caddyshack as the golfer who keeps playing despite the rain until he is struck by lightning.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jan 10, 2016 19:08:03 GMT -5
The Crusades (1935) Directed by Cecil B. DeMille Henry Wilcoxin, Loretta Young, Alan Hale, Katherine DeMille
Historically inaccurate tale of Richard the Lion Hearted leading a multi-national army of Christians to kill the infidels who overtook Jerusalem all in the name of a loving god.
Beetle-browed Wilcoxin makes a fine pompous King Richard. He had promised to marry a French aristocrat (Katherine DeMille-adopted daughter of the director) but changes his mind for Loretta Young instead. The King of France is pissed and it jeopardizes the 2 countries alliance against Saladin and the Islamic Horde. As usual with Demille, lots of great production sets and a cast of thousands . But its not until 90 minutes have passed that the action finally kicks in. The battle scenes are fine, the background story is interesting
Seems DeMille had no regard for the stuntmen, constantly berating them and not caring about their safety. 2 dozen stuntmen were seriously hurt along with many horses. Finally one of the stuntmen shot an arrow right for DeMille, narrowly missing his head. DeMille ceased yelling at the crew from then on
Katherine DeMille is a sultry looking actress. She married Anthony Quinn and their young son drowned in W.C. Field's swimming pool
I enjoyed the movie more than I expected even with the lack of action. Alan Hale plays a minstrel. Watch for the wedding scene between Loretta Young and Richard The King where he couldn't get to the church in time so he sent his sword in his place I've not seen this but Henry Wilcoxon sounds like a great Richard I. I see him every once in a while and he's such a great side-of-beef as an actor with very interesting peculiarities in style. He reminds me of Richard Dix or Victor Mature, placed almost midway between them if you're ranking based on popularity. The movie that I love that he's in is the 1934 Cleopatra which I've seen a few times over the years. He plays Marc Antony and he's perfect. Younger viewers will remember Henry Wilcoxon from Caddyshack as the golfer who keeps playing despite the rain until he is struck by lightning. I think you described Henry Wilcoxin perfectly. He's corned beef with some mustard. And 1934's Cleopatra with Claudette Colbert will be coming up soon for me since its part of the Cecil B. DeMille box set I started watching
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2016 21:12:59 GMT -5
Yours, Mine, and Ours: (1968) Lucille Ball, Henry Fonda, and Van Johnson with Tom Bosley, Walter Brooke, and Sidney Miller.
This is a delightful Family Film that really cut the cake and one of my favorites of all times; I just loved the chemistry of Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda in this movie of where a Woman (Ball) is dating a Man (Fonda) - the Woman has 8 Kids and the Man has 10 Kids and the pivotal moment is when they were on the Cable Car in San Francisco and Helen North simply laid it all out to Frank Beardsley in one of my favorite scenes in this movie.
Walter Brooks was the District Attorney in the Green Hornet TV Series and Van Johnson was the Minstrel in the Batman TV Series. Superhero Connections here.
Helen North: Frank, there's something I have to tell you before we go any further. I have eight children. [sudden panic] Helen North: Frank! We're on a cable car! Frank Beardsley: Of course. Helen North: I get sick on cable cars! Frank Beardsley: Well wait'll you hear what I have to tell you. I have TEN children. Helen North: Ten. TEN? Frank! Eight and ten is... Frank Beardsley: Ridiculous.
Tim Matthieson (later to Tim Matheson) was in this movie and I was pleasantly surprised to see him as an elder kid to Frank Beardsley and did an excellent job in this movie. This has it's moments and I was chuckling to see a scene at the grocery store hauling around several carts and the clerk said "Emergency" and he casually rings up all the totals and adds up more than $126 in groceries!
The organization, the sheer horror of feeding a large group of people, the love, the panic, and it's has it's great comedic moments too, and that's made this movie one of the delightful movies that came out in 1968. Lucille Ball wanted Fred MacMurray to play Frank Beardsley but he was unable to do so for some unknown reasons. It was fun, entertaining, and one of my favorites in the 60's.
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Post by Prince Hal on Jan 10, 2016 22:16:11 GMT -5
Yours, Mine, and Ours: (1968) Lucille Ball, Henry Fonda, and Van Johnson with Tom Bosley, Walter Brooke, and Sidney Miller. This is a delightful Family Film that really cut the cake and one of my favorites of all times; I just loved the chemistry of Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda in this movie of where a Woman (Ball) is dating a Man (Fonda) - the Woman has 8 Kids and the Man has 10 Kids and the pivotal moment is when they were on the Cable Car in San Francisco and Helen North simply laid it all out to Frank Beardsley in one of my favorite scenes in this movie. Walter Brooks was the District Attorney in the Green Hornet TV Series and Van Johnson was the Minstrel in the Batman TV Series. Superhero Connections here. Helen North: Frank, there's something I have to tell you before we go any further. I have eight children. [sudden panic] Helen North: Frank! We're on a cable car! Frank Beardsley: Of course. Helen North: I get sick on cable cars! Frank Beardsley: Well wait'll you hear what I have to tell you. I have TEN children. Helen North: Ten. TEN? Frank! Eight and ten is... Frank Beardsley: Ridiculous. Tim Matthieson (later to Tim Matheson) was in this movie and I was pleasantly surprised to see him as an elder kid to Frank Beardsley and did an excellent job in this movie. This has it's moments and I was chuckling to see a scene at the grocery store hauling around several carts and the clerk said "Emergency" and he casually rings up all the totals and adds up more than $126 in groceries! The organization, the sheer horror of feeding a large group of people, the love, the panic, and it's has it's great comedic moments too, and that's made this movie one of the delightful movies that came out in 1968. Lucille Ball wanted Fred MacMurray to play Frank Beardsley but he was unable to do so for some unknown reasons. It was fun, entertaining, and one of my favorites in the 60's. And supposedly, Fonda and Lucy fell in love while making this movie, which is based on a real blended family.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jan 11, 2016 12:46:12 GMT -5
The Busby Berkely Disc
I believe this 150 minute DVD came with the box set of Busby Berkely films released from Warner Bros. It contains the music and dance numbers only, edited out of the films themselves. It covers the 9 or 10 films he did from 42nd Street (1933) through Gold Diggers of 1937. That's all, just the performances, no bio or anything else. Still and all its immensely entertaining even if your not a musical fan. In the history of Hollywood, Berkely was unique and his productions were timeless (and often mind-meltingly psychedelic). I wouldn't mind finding a complete bio documentary on his life.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 11, 2016 16:53:58 GMT -5
The Busby Berkely DiscI believe this 150 minute DVD came with the box set of Busby Berkely films released from Warner Bros. It contains the music and dance numbers only, edited out of the films themselves. It covers the 9 or 10 films he did from 42nd Street (1933) through Gold Diggers of 1937. That's all, just the performances, no bio or anything else. Still and all its immensely entertaining even if your not a musical fan. In the history of Hollywood, Berkely was unique and his productions were timeless (and often mind-meltingly psychedelic). I wouldn't mind finding a complete bio documentary on his life. Does it include the one where Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell are dressed up as cats? That cracks me up just thinking about it. Especially when Frank McHugh yells at them and shows them HOW IT'S DONE!
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Post by dupersuper on Jan 11, 2016 17:09:22 GMT -5
I should say that, except for Cecil B. Demented, I like the later films a lot, especially Cry Baby and Serial Mom. YouTube has Divine Waters, a 1981 documentary about John Waters: And as a special treat, here's the infamous short film by Waters, The Diane Linkletter Story. According to legend, it was filmed the day after Diane Linkletter killed herself. To me he'll always be the gay toy store owner from that Simpsons episode.
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