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The Era -- Day By Day
Oh good, somebody finally fed the mouse who runs on the wheel that powers Fedora's servers so we can see what happened on January 16th in 1944. It's amazing how much I miss these papers when they aren't up.- Fading Fast
- Post #9,265
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
The Dark Corner from 1946 with Mark Stevens, Lucille Ball, William Bendix, Kurt Kreuger and Clifton Webb While there are a few better choices, you could do much worse than introducing someone to film noir using The Dark Corner, with its weary private investigator, gritty urban setting, sleazy...- Fading Fast
- Post #31,263
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Dance, Girl, Dance from 1940 with Maureen O'Hara, Lucille Ball, Louis Hayward and Ralph Bellamy Sure the story in Dance, Girl, Dance is contrived, but who cares as Maureen O'Hara's thoughtful and charming performance, with a meaningful assist from Lucille Ball, makes this silly...- Fading Fast
- Post #31,262
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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The Era -- Day By Day
"Lifeboat may not be Tallulah's finest hour, but it's definitely William Bendix's." Agreed, and I'd also note Walter Slezak's outstanding performance as the hated German.- Fading Fast
- Post #9,253
- Forum: The Golden Era
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The Era -- Day By Day
"Swift and vigorous action by the city to combat the rising tide of anti-Semitism was pledged yesterday by Mayor LaGuardia. " Eighty years later and, other than the mayor's name, it could still be printed today...- Fading Fast
- Post #9,241
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Radio Days from 1987 with Seth Green, Julie Kavner, Michael Tucker, Dianne Wiest, Wallace Shawn, Mia Farrow, Larry David and Diane Keaton You never know what will tumble out when writer/director Woody Allen spills the contents of his brain onto the screen. Often, it's a mix of his love-life...- Fading Fast
- Post #31,255
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Rain from 1932 with Joan Crawford, Walter Huston, Guy Kibbee, William Gargan and Beulah Bondi One reason they don't make movies like Rain anymore is that we no longer live in a religious country and many "sins" today are celebrated or "understood," but in 1932, a woman who drank, smoked and...- Fading Fast
- Post #31,252
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Arsene Lupin from 1932 with John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore and Karen Morley Arsene Lupin is a good movie, but to fully appreciate it today you have to think of it in a 1932 context: the technology that looks quaint now was state of the art, the Barrymore brothers were mega-stars appearing...- Fading Fast
- Post #31,251
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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The Era -- Day By Day
HOW IS IT THAT AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE HERO DOG DOESN'T HAVE A MOVIE DEAL?? "Even the Poverty Row studios have their standards. I, of course, only work with the majors." "Sandy, Monogram Pictures is on the line, they want to talk to you about the role you just auditioned for." "Shhh, not now...- Fading Fast
- Post #9,233
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What Are You Reading
The Country Girls by Edna O'Brien originally published in 1960 Nothing "perfectly" captures the past, but a contemporaneous book from a period will almost always get you closer to that time than a modern period novel. The former is the value of Edna O'Brien's debut novel The Country Girls...- Fading Fast
- Post #9,093
- Forum: The Reading Room
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
The Cheat from 1931 with Tallulah Bankhead, Irving Pichel and Harvey Stephens Today, the most interesting thing about The Cheat is Tallulah Bankhead, who acquired her awesome name, amazingly, by being christened that way. In this movie, she plays an upper-class gambling addict, flirt and...- Fading Fast
- Post #31,248
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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The Era -- Day By Day
"Gray tries this every time my contract is up for renewal. He'll prance a bunch of young candidates in and out of his office knowing full well he'll resign me and at my price. There's an art to finding that ice house and leading Annie to it convincingly and Gray knows few others can do it. Plus...- Fading Fast
- Post #9,222
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Kiss the Blood Off My Hands outfit help?
My pure guess is something in the tan/beige/khaki family. Light or medium grey could work, but black shirts are often paired with tan/beige/khaki suits or sport coats.- Fading Fast
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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The Era -- Day By Day
"Maybe we should get a new younger editor."- Fading Fast
- Post #9,216
- Forum: The Golden Era
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The Era -- Day By Day
The problem with hiring a hit man is he has the morals of a hitman.- Fading Fast
- Post #9,211
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Hell's Angels from 1930 with James Hall, Ben Lyon and Jean Harlow The interwar years saw no lack of anti-war movies with Hell's Angels, co-directed by Howard Hughes, being noted for its still-to-this-day impressive aerial combat scenes. At just over two hours, it's very long for an early...- Fading Fast
- Post #31,245
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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The Era -- Day By Day
Happy New Year to all. Lizzie, thank you again for all the time and effort you put into making these Day by Days so enjoyable. The expanded "Sweeney" family story has been an incredible addition. I was really hoping Joe would slip by without having to go to war, but alas. I am holding out just...- Fading Fast
- Post #9,205
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
I'll Be Seeing You from 1944 with Ginger Rogers, Joseph Cotton, Shirley Temple, Tom Tully and Spring Byington Feel-good Christmas movies are tricky as they can easily slip into mawkishness, yet if the movie has too-much conflict, it risks losing its Christmas magic. I'll Be Seeing You does a...- Fading Fast
- Post #31,243
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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The Era -- Day By Day
"...and, with a bit of English to slide it over Alice's pudgy knuckle..." :) Midi, dammit.- Fading Fast
- Post #9,200
- Forum: The Golden Era
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The Era -- Day By Day
It's good to see William, even if only marginally, become more communicative. I don't doubt it happened, but it's funny to see a world where the classic 1939 "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" with the great Charles Laughton is dismissed as "thaat new one."- Fading Fast
- Post #9,192
- Forum: The Golden Era
