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The Era -- Day By Day
Sally inherited that trait on steroids. I'm interested to see Ma's solution to Marie Belascom, because Ms. Belascom seems dug in and she does, as Frank keeps pointing out, have the law on her side. All I know is that Willie has to stay with Alice and Sidney, how they do it is Ma and Frank's...- Fading Fast
- Post #10,299
- Forum: The Golden Era
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The Era -- Day By Day
"Salvador Dali and Alfred Hitchcock? WHY DIDN'T THEY THINK OF THIS BEFORE????" Which, as I have no doubt you know, became the movie "Spellbound." Today, the Dali sequences in the movie are historic, but also insanely dated and kludgy.- Fading Fast
- Post #10,297
- Forum: The Golden Era
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The Era -- Day By Day
""At MOI age?" erupts Uncle Frank. "Roide a BUS three thoosan' moiles? Oi loike th'sooonda THAT! An' befarr you get anymore oidearrs, that troock of mine won't hardly droive t' Bushwick, let alone Califarrnya, even if I COULD get th' gasoline! An' th' toires!" "Well, tharrr's gahtta be some way...- Fading Fast
- Post #10,296
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
The Red Balloon from 1956, A French film When a thirty-four-minute-long French movie short from 1956 with almost no dialogue that is, literally, about a boy and a balloon can not only hold your attention, but also have you thinking about childhood, tribalism, war, religion and other big issues...- Fading Fast
- Post #31,578
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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The Era -- Day By Day
"Point of order: you can't tell me Tubby can fit in that car." It would be a tight fit, but Tubby might just be able to squeeze in; however, Walt, from "Gasoline Alley" ain't. If anything, Walt would just pick the darn car up and carry it.- Fading Fast
- Post #10,291
- Forum: The Golden Era
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The Era -- Day By Day
"Soldiers in the European Theatre of Operations will soon be issued a new jacket designed primarily for combat use, but also suitable for dress occasions. The Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot announced today that the new waist-length jacket, made from 18 oz olive-drab wool serge, will replace...- Fading Fast
- Post #10,288
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Merry Wives of Reno from 1934 with Guy Kibbee, Margaret Lindsay, Glenda Farrel and Frank McHugh This is not a good movie, but - no buts! - this is not a good movie. Even some of the better talents from the Warner Bros. stable couldn't stand this one up on its hind legs. Other than some...- Fading Fast
- Post #31,577
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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The Era -- Day By Day
" I got t'is poiple heeh, t'is light poiple." "Lavendeh," corrects Sally. " These two are priceless.- Fading Fast
- Post #10,284
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
The Chalk Garden from 1964 with Hayley Mills, Deborah Kerr, Edith Evans, John Mills and Felix Aylmer Almost all movies are contrived; how else can life be distilled down to a couple of hours or less of film. The good ones distill it well, and the really good ones, like The Chalk Garden...- Fading Fast
- Post #31,576
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Are You Reading
Girls in Their Married Bliss by Edna O'Brien, first published in 1964 By the time you are reading Girls in Their Married Bliss, you are two-thirds of the way through Edna O'Brien's noted trilogy, The Country Girls, which means Kate and Baba, O'Brien's protagonists in all three novels, are two...- Fading Fast
- Post #9,212
- Forum: The Reading Room
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The Era -- Day By Day
Can't say I'm comfortable with 1940s lithium prescriptions, but Sally might need to get back on those pills before she does something worse than what happened with the train conductor.- Fading Fast
- Post #10,279
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
The Fastest Gun Alive from 1956 with Glenn Ford, Broderick Crawford, Jeanne Crain and Leif Erickson The nuances of the story in The Fastest Gun Alive are complicated and come out rushed toward the end. Yet the high-level story of the eventual faceoff between a reluctant gunfighter and an...- Fading Fast
- Post #31,575
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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The Era -- Day By Day
Whatever the legal status, he is a horrible surrogate father to her.- Fading Fast
- Post #10,273
- Forum: The Golden Era
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The Era -- Day By Day
Me trying to explain the consistent underlying philosophy of Harold Gray. *************************************************************************** "And just then, Private Frank Germano rushed out of the crowd..." Good one, Lizzie.- Fading Fast
- Post #10,271
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Hell's Heroes from 1929 with Charles Bickford, Fred Kohler and Raymond Hatton Does an end-of-life act of kindness, of self-sacrifice and of charity change the eternal judgement of one's soul? Is a man the sum of all his life decisions, or can a final redeeming act reshuffle the moral deck...- Fading Fast
- Post #31,573
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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The Era -- Day By Day
I beg of Alice to please keep any details of her sex life with Sidney, even just her random carnal thoughts, private as sometimes I read this while trying to eat my breakfast. ************************************************************************* Hops should change his name and go live in...- Fading Fast
- Post #10,267
- Forum: The Golden Era
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The Era -- Day By Day
If my girlfriend's 91-year-old mother left her cat $40,000, nothing would change for the cat as she believes everything is hers anyway. What say you Aria? "You're lucky I still let you visit 'my' house."- Fading Fast
- Post #10,261
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Green for Danger from 1946 with Alastair Sim, Trevor Howard, Sally Gray, Rosamund John, Leo Genn and Megs Jenkins British filmmaking from the 1930s to the 1950s is a treat. Done with smaller budgets than Hollywood, the Brits more than made up for it with intelligent stories, talented actors...- Fading Fast
- Post #31,572
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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The Era -- Day By Day
Things I learned today: 1. I owe Burma a huge apology for my "Wasp-Waist" comment a few days ago. The old gal hasn't added an inch. 2. I owe Caniff a huge thank you for this panel. He blasted this one right by the censors. @FOXTROT LAMONT would be in heaven with it - I hope he is okay. 3...- Fading Fast
- Post #10,256
- Forum: The Golden Era
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The Era -- Day By Day
"All right, Mr. Owen," says the Army doctor. "Everything else checks out. There's just one more test." "I'm ready," nods Mr. Owen. The doctor picks up a grenade-shaped paperweight from his desk. "Catch!" he says, tossing the grenade. "Oh," he sighs, as the grenade rolls to the far wall. To be...- Fading Fast
- Post #10,252
- Forum: The Golden Era
