TCM Love Thread- Page 18

[gettinhep]

Posted: 2/8/08 at 12:53am

It depends what they broadcast.

Films from days before the Hays Office, or after?

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 2/8/08 at 1:02am

In 1965, I went to The Boyd Theater, which was Philadelphia's Cinerama theater, to see The Greatest Story Ever Told. I thought it was ponderous, beyond belief. However, on that gigantic screen, I also found it the most exquisite-looking motion picture I had ever seen.

In 1968, also at The Boyd Theater, I saw 2001: A Space Odyssey. Ponderous had found a new weight. But, unlike TGSET, I found nothing exquisite about it. Just dull, dull, dull. The story was dull, the re-hashed musical score was dull, the sets were dull (BLACK AND WHITE!!!!), and nothing of interest happened. NOTHING! That gigantic screen just seemed to amplify the dullness. Well, 40 years have passed, and I figured it was time to give this "classic" another go. That I made it to the 90 minute mark was a major accomplishment. Is it possible that it is even more ponderous than I remembered? It's still duller than ever, with uninvolving black and white sets, but what passed for somewhat modern in 1968, just looks like Ikea, in 2008. So, I suppose I get why somebody thought this was cool in 1968 (I was more impressed with the first few black and white episodes of Lost in Space, on my TV screen in 1965); but does anyone still think so?

Updated On: 2/8/08 at 01:02 AM

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 2/8/08 at 1:18am

Hep, that is quite hilarious!

[Glebb]

Posted: 2/8/08 at 8:39am

I really do love TCM!
Now Playing -

Updated On: 2/8/08 at 08:39 AM

[Mamie]

Posted: 2/8/08 at 8:44am

Oh - I can't see your picture! I'm stuck at work so why don't you tell me what you're watching so I can be jealous?

[Glebb]

Posted: 2/8/08 at 8:47am

LOL - the seventh try was the charm. :)

[Mamie]

Posted: 2/8/08 at 10:06am

Awe - I just love little Jackie Cooper.

[gettinhep]

Posted: 2/8/08 at 10:33am

At the Oscar ceremony that year, Jackie Cooper fell asleep in Marie Dressler's lap.

[lildogs]

Posted: 2/8/08 at 10:42am

2001 can be intimidating, but it really requires multiple viewings if one is inclined to try to grasp a cinematic essay on the origins of life.

[gettinhep]

Posted: 2/8/08 at 10:44am

It would help if the 2001 audience was high.

[LePetiteFromage]

Posted: 2/9/08 at 11:03pm

Updated On: 2/21/09 at 11:03 PM

[Mamie]

Posted: 2/10/08 at 7:00am

re 2001 - I first saw this film on the big screen when it was first released and it really was more of a visual pleasure than anything else. I then got hold of the book as soon as it was released (very shortly after the film was released) and read it. I then had the opportunity to see the film again at a theatre and it was easy to understand the different elements of the film. I love it.

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 2/10/08 at 9:17am

Gaslight is coming on in a bit. I adore Angela's performance in it.
Angela talks about making her first movie

[Glebb]

Posted: 2/10/08 at 10:15am

God she's gorgeous!

Updated On: 2/10/08 at 10:15 AM

[nmartin]

Posted: 2/10/08 at 10:18am

Today is a good day on TCM. Gaslight, The Maltese Falcon, Murder on the Orient Express (Bergman is great in that!) and Sleuth. My Sunday is spoken for.

[Glebb]

Posted: 2/10/08 at 10:19am

Yeah - I have to work until 6:45.
Damn Ballet Company.

[Glebb]

Posted: 2/10/08 at 10:34am

Dang it. Boyer just doesn't let up!

[nmartin]

Posted: 2/10/08 at 10:48am

He certainly is tenacious. If he doesn't simmer, he's going to cause that woman some mental issues.

[nmartin]

Posted: 2/10/08 at 11:35am

Now, Spellbound and more of the radiant Ingrid Bergman.

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 2/13/08 at 10:10am

Oh, poor me! I can't get to the office because of the ice storm, and I'm being forced to watch CARY GRANT all day!


10:15 AM Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)
A radio correspondent tries to rescue a burlesque queen from her marriage to a Nazi official. Cast: Ginger Rogers, Cary Grant, Walter Slezak. Dir: Leo McCarey. BW-115 mins

12:15 PM My Favorite Wife (1940)
A shipwrecked woman is rescued just in time for her husband's re-marriage.
Cast: Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Randolph Scott. Dir: Garson Kanin. BW-88 mins

1:45 PM Operation Petticoat (1959)
During World War II, the crew of a decrepit submarine takes on a team of Navy nurses. Cast: Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Dina Merrill. Dir: Blake Edwards. C-121 mins, Letterbox Format

4:00 PM Father Goose (1964)
A WWII drifter finds himself protecting schoolgirls and their beautiful teacher.
Cast: Cary Grant, Leslie Caron, Trevor Howard. Dir: Ralph Nelson. C-116 mins, Letterbox Format

6:00 PM Houseboat (1958 )
An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children. Cast: Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Martha Hyer. Dir: Melville Shavelson. C-110 mins, Letterbox Format

[LePetiteFromage]

Posted: 2/14/08 at 8:03pm

Updated On: 2/21/09 at 08:03 PM

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 2/14/08 at 9:07pm

Cary Grant, William Holden, Dennis Morgan...they don't make 'em like that anymore.

*Sigh*

[Glebb]

Posted: 2/15/08 at 12:39am

Finally home in time to catch the end of FUNNY GIRL!

[nitsua]

Posted: 2/15/08 at 12:40am

I think we're watching GUYS AND DOLLS tonight.

Or maybe KISS ME KATE.

[nitsua]

Posted: 2/16/08 at 3:57pm

So we started GUYS AND DOLLS. We hadn't seen it before, but I know the story and some of the songs.

We're 40 minutes in and, I gotta say, it kinda sucks. The songs do nothing for the story or the characters. I'm not one of those people who prefers Wicked over the classics, but sheesh. I don't know how it's such a classic.

The dialogue and acting are good. It's just the songs are in the wrong place and don't do anything. If I can cut out the songs and still know what happens, then it's not a very good musical.