Topic: OF CABBAGES AND KINGS (Read 29137 times)

bk · « **Reply #120 on:** June 18, 2007, 09:33:28 AM »

Oh, and I'm up.

bk · « **Reply #121 on:** June 18, 2007, 09:34:18 AM »

I didn't even have to mention page five and we're on page five.

So, Murder At Hollywood High - I'll post the cover art very soon.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #122 on:** June 18, 2007, 09:47:27 AM »

Quote from: JRand56 on June 18, 2007, 09:03:31 AM

Oh....13 dreams crushed in a morning.

Those lights on Broadway have to come from somewhere.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #123 on:** June 18, 2007, 09:50:18 AM »

David Merrick's assistant said there was a horse's ass for every light on Broadway.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #124 on:** June 18, 2007, 09:53:23 AM »

Quote from: JRand56 on June 18, 2007, 09:50:18 AM

David Merrick's assistant said there was a horse's ass for every light on Broadway.

And Merrick was about 10,000 of them....

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #125 on:** June 18, 2007, 09:53:44 AM »

I'm here, I'm near and I'm loud.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #126 on:** June 18, 2007, 10:02:21 AM »

And apparently talking to no one since 10 minutes have passed since my last post.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #127 on:** June 18, 2007, 10:02:52 AM »

Hey! I can deal!

It wouldn't be the first time I solo frenzied.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #128 on:** June 18, 2007, 10:03:27 AM »

Somebody just try and stop me.

Oh please, somebody try.

(That's a riff on a Katherine Hepburn line from some movie or other).

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #129 on:** June 18, 2007, 10:14:57 AM »

I watched the first half of "Cleopatra" (20th-Fox, 1963) last night...my first time watching it on my HDTV plasma.

This looked incredible played on the HD DVD player (which I assumed contributed something to the sharpness and depth of the images). It's quite a handsome production, fascinating to watch and very rewarding to see some excellent performances (Harrison, in particular) and hear some brilliant music (Alex North's magnificent score).

The entire procession into Rome was more thrilling than I've ever found it in previous viewings, including seeing it in a theater during its popular price release.

Taylor is watchable in the first half, and certainly beautiful beyond measure, although her "Cleopatra" isn't very strong. Liz had trouble with a couple of names, pronouncing "Isis" correctly once, and then pronouncing it incorrectly as "Iseize" another time. Her astronomer Sosigenes, played by Hume Cronyn, becomes "Sisogenes" in one scene.

I'm guessing La Liz had more than enough worries about her hair and eyes and wardrobe to worry about pronouncing names properly.

I know I "ought" to tackle the second half soon....but it has always been my least favorite thing to watch...so talky, so uninvolving and on and on....

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #130 on:** June 18, 2007, 10:16:25 AM »

Out of so many wonderful lines in the first half of "Cleopatra" is this CLUNKER from Marc Antony during the end of the procession into Rome:

"Nothing like this has come into Rome since Romulus and Remus".

!!!!!

Topping it off, Burton pronounces "Romulus" as "Romolus".

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #131 on:** June 18, 2007, 10:18:12 AM »

And Burton is more noticeably out of trim, so to speak, in this film...he looks so flabby in his Roman gear.

Nothing at all like the figure Stephen Boyd would have struck had he remained with the film.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #132 on:** June 18, 2007, 10:19:00 AM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on June 18, 2007, 08:52:11 AM

Good Morning! (Once again)

Well.. 18 dancers (men) later, and now I'm "on break" until 2:00. So...

Add to that a Latin playboy she keeps in a private nest
No wonder, now and then, a lady needs a rest.

I thought I knew every Cole porter lyric!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #133 on:** June 18, 2007, 10:21:59 AM »

I also watched "Much Ado About Nothing", that mad romp of a movie by Kenneth Branagh.

This one is amazing on my plasma....the anamorphic image filling my screen. It's quite the entertaining film.

It had to be rousing for Elizabethan audiences, but there are elements to the story machinations that make me grate my teeth.

Hero never should have taken Claudio back after he and the Prince realized they had seriously wronged her. They also soiled the friendship they had with Hero's father and uncle.

That all would be forgiven and that Hero would be bestowed upon Claudio again and that the Prince would be forgiven (because, presumably, HE had been fooled by his brother, Don John) strikes me as absurd.

But, getting beyond that -- as the movie does -- leads to a rewarding and celebratory (and Gorgeous!) finale.

MBarnum · « **Reply #134 on:** June 18, 2007, 10:22:05 AM »

TOD:

The nightclub dancing scene from GUMNAAM (1965)

The finale from BLONDIE GOES LATIN (1941)

42nd Street from 42nd STREET (1933)

those are the first 3 off the top of my head.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #135 on:** June 18, 2007, 10:23:56 AM »

Another film I watched for the first time on my HDTV and HD DVD player was "Dreamcatcher". This is a movie I really like, and it looked sensational. Great depth and clarity of all images heightened the impact of the presentation. Really good performances outweigh any negatives the film may have. It's a fascinating escapist fare.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #136 on:** June 18, 2007, 10:24:41 AM »

Well, I see others have emerged.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #137 on:** June 18, 2007, 10:25:46 AM »

DR Ron, do you mean Stephen King's DREAMCATCHER? I liked the book a lot but never watched the movie.

singdaw · « **Reply #138 on:** June 18, 2007, 10:28:16 AM »

At the intersection of Bad Fashion and Skid Row...

singdaw · « **Reply #139 on:** June 18, 2007, 10:30:51 AM »

Quote from: Rodzinski on June 18, 2007, 08:46:23 AM

SECOND FLOOR DUNGEON

Ladies lingerie...small appliances...

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #140 on:** June 18, 2007, 10:39:04 AM »

Quote from: Dan (the Man) on June 18, 2007, 10:25:46 AM

DR Ron, do you mean Stephen King's DREAMCATCHER? I liked the book a lot but never watched the movie.

Yes...fascinating cast....Thomas Jane, Jason Lee, Timothy Olyphant, Damian Lewis, Donnie Wahlberg (as Duddits), and Morgan Freeman.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #141 on:** June 18, 2007, 10:40:31 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on June 18, 2007, 10:30:51 AM

Ladies lingerie...small appliances...

More like:

Ceiling fixtures...wall hangings...assorted leather goods

singdaw · « **Reply #142 on:** June 18, 2007, 10:42:21 AM »

Quote from: Edisaurus on June 18, 2007, 07:51:43 AM

Why, that gives me a raisin d' etre!

Points to you, DR Edisaurus, for groan-worthiness!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #143 on:** June 18, 2007, 10:43:29 AM »

Well, after all...she IS a groan woman!

singdaw · « **Reply #144 on:** June 18, 2007, 10:43:57 AM »

G.I., besides standing for Glycemic Index, also stands for Groan-worthiness Index!

singdaw · « **Reply #145 on:** June 18, 2007, 10:44:59 AM »

And DR Ron Pulliam's G.I. is also very high...a fact of which I'm sure he's deservedly proud!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #146 on:** June 18, 2007, 10:54:08 AM »

I am.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #147 on:** June 18, 2007, 10:55:50 AM »

And who wouldn't be?

We have a nice copy of DREAMCATCHER in hardback for just $10 at the World of Wisdom.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #148 on:** June 18, 2007, 10:56:31 AM »

A dab and drib of rain....not sure if there is more to come.

I would say since we have our auditions OUTSIDE tonight, it will probably rain a LOT....it's a rule.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #149 on:** June 18, 2007, 10:57:30 AM »

Good Afternoon!

Gastro-Intestinal?

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