TCM Love Thread — Page 18

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

I really do love TCM!
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Updated On: 2/8/08 at 08:39 AM

LOL - the seventh try was the charm. :)

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

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It would help if the 2001 audience was high.

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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.

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God she's gorgeous!

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

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

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

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

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

*Sigh*

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I think we're watching GUYS AND DOLLS tonight.

Or maybe KISS ME KATE.

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