Topic: THE POUNDING OF THE BEEFSTEAK (Read 15023 times)

ChasSmith · « **Reply #60 on:** April 26, 2013, 07:12:47 AM »

Page Three!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #61 on:** April 26, 2013, 07:18:05 AM »

TOD

Not much this week, unfortunately. No free evenings, and the car CD player is crapping out just when I have long commutes. An unbeatable combination.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #62 on:** April 26, 2013, 07:24:27 AM »

Greetings from Toyland! It took a hellish hour to get here, thanks to an "incident" at 96th Street. After one train, tightly packed, came by after a 6-minute wait, they announced that, because of the incident, all trains were running express from 96th to 72nd Street. This meant those of us on the platform at 86th and 79th Streets had to leave the station, and figure out what the hell next to do. I took the 79th Street bus to Central Park West, transferred to the B subway, and at 59th Street transferred to the MN7 bus, which dropped me off at my usual 28th Street subway stop.

Then, I learned my DEAREST ENEMY appointment was cancelled, so I could have stayed home!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #63 on:** April 26, 2013, 07:30:23 AM »

I'd love to see some of those DR. KILDARE episodes! Are BEN CASEY ones available, too? My mom, who was very much into hospital work, was crazy about those shows. To the best of my memory, Ben Casey was her favorite and Kildare was my sister's.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #64 on:** April 26, 2013, 07:31:22 AM »

That train and bus trip sounds like HELL, DR Elmore.

Ginny · « **Reply #65 on:** April 26, 2013, 07:44:56 AM »

Quote from: Jrand62 on April 26, 2013, 06:49:19 AM

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Well DR CHAS SMITH - anniversary boy - in August we will be doing THE DROWSY CHAPERONE and perhaps you and DR GINNY & Co can drive over....

Wouldn't that be fun!

Doug R · « **Reply #66 on:** April 26, 2013, 07:45:40 AM »

Driving back from Wales yesterday the full moon at dusk looked fantastic - a golden color with wisps of cloud across it and looking twice its normal size.

Doug R · « **Reply #67 on:** April 26, 2013, 07:46:47 AM »

VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DEAR READER JENNIFER!!

Jennifer · « **Reply #68 on:** April 26, 2013, 07:53:01 AM »

Thank you DR Doug R!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #69 on:** April 26, 2013, 07:57:57 AM »

Anyone else having a bad hare day?

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #70 on:** April 26, 2013, 07:58:45 AM »

Happy Birthday to DR Jennifer!

Doug R · « **Reply #71 on:** April 26, 2013, 08:10:48 AM »

TOD

DVD:

THE GREENGAGE SUMMER Another film which I saw and liked when it was first released but haven't seen for many years. The DVD looks good but unfortunately Sony have presented it full screen - very obvious with so much empty space top and bottom.

LES BICHES (rental) Having seen the strikingly attractive Jacqueline Sassard in ACCIDENT again recently I thought I'd check out this film by Claude Chabrol. I've seen many of his films but missed this one. Jacqueline Sassard had a short career and this was her last film. I read somewhere that she married someone very wealthy and gave up acting.

CD:

THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK Alfred Newman's score nicely presented on the Real Gone Music label as per the original LP selections. I see that apart from being licensed from Universal Music it is also manufactured by Universal so presumably there's little likelihood of Fox being able to make the complete score available.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #72 on:** April 26, 2013, 08:17:34 AM »

Yes, Jacqueline Sassard. Just like Patricia Gozzi. Those incredible young actresses appearing in those wonderful films of that era, who then stop and retreat into "normal" lives. It's a crime, I tell you.

ArnoldMBrockman · « **Reply #73 on:** April 26, 2013, 08:25:10 AM »

Quote from: bk on April 26, 2013, 12:21:09 AM

And the word of the day is: FANFARON!

And The Song Of The Day Is: I'M THE GREATEST STAR

elmore3003 · « **Reply #74 on:** April 26, 2013, 08:25:17 AM »

And the day continues bad: I'm finding melodic errors in the vocal lines and this means another proof, since the last one clearly wasn't successful, before we can print and this puts us back several days. Color me disgruntled.

Kate · « **Reply #75 on:** April 26, 2013, 08:26:49 AM »

Hello Everyone,

Have a wedding today. My girlfriends daughter's at the Hotel Lafayette, Downtown, Buffalo.

It has been renovated and looks beautiful. You can view it online. HotelLafayette, Buffalo.

Kate · « **Reply #76 on:** April 26, 2013, 08:27:13 AM »

Happy Birthday DR Jennifer!

ArnoldMBrockman · « **Reply #77 on:** April 26, 2013, 08:27:56 AM »

Happy Birthday DR Jennifer

John G. · « **Reply #78 on:** April 26, 2013, 08:28:33 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on April 26, 2013, 08:25:17 AM

And the day continues bad: I'm finding melodic errors in the vocal lines and this means another proof, since the last one clearly wasn't successful, before we can print and this puts us back several days. Color me disgruntled.

Better Day Vibes, Larry.

ArnoldMBrockman · « **Reply #79 on:** April 26, 2013, 08:28:53 AM »

BK-

You Should Read THE GREAT GATSBY

Jrand74 · « **Reply #80 on:** April 26, 2013, 08:36:19 AM »

Hmmm.....I was quoting from a webpage about Patrick Hamilton and ROPE....but it looks as though he may have been contracted and did some writing, but that Laurents is credited with the screenplay. I haven't read AL's book in a long time, and I forget if he wrote about it.

Doug R · « **Reply #81 on:** April 26, 2013, 08:46:28 AM »

Quote from: ArnoldMBrockman on April 26, 2013, 08:28:53 AM

BK-

You Should Read THE GREAT GATSBY

And the 1974 film is extremely faithful to the book. Somehow I don't think the new version will be.

Jennifer · « **Reply #82 on:** April 26, 2013, 08:46:39 AM »

Thanks DR Ron Pulliam.

Jennifer · « **Reply #83 on:** April 26, 2013, 08:47:17 AM »

Thanks DR Kate.

Jennifer · « **Reply #84 on:** April 26, 2013, 08:48:33 AM »

Thanks DR ArnoldMBrockman.

MBarnum · « **Reply #85 on:** April 26, 2013, 08:49:27 AM »

TOD:

DVD:
Something Bollywood-ish, most likely

CD:
Got out some 60s and 70s easy listening pop music, perfect for the beautiful, sunny spring weather we are having this week!

Theatre:
Taking my grand-nephew Cole to see THE CROODS

MBarnum · « **Reply #86 on:** April 26, 2013, 08:53:03 AM »

Happy birthday, DR Jennifer!!

John G. · « **Reply #87 on:** April 26, 2013, 09:06:47 AM »

Quote from: ArnoldMBrockman on April 26, 2013, 08:28:53 AM

BK-

You Should Read THE GREAT GATSBY

Amen.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #88 on:** April 26, 2013, 09:20:37 AM »

I was very pleased how much the 1974 movie followed the book of THE GREAT GATSBY. I am not looking forward to the new film either, although I like Leo.... I shudder to think what the director will do to the material to make it so NOW and TODAY and HIP....all of which will date it quickly.

It seems as if every generation has to put its stamp on this work or that - and it immediately takes a timeless work and fastens it firmly in a contemporary frame.... Romeo + Juliet......

Doug R · « **Reply #89 on:** April 26, 2013, 09:21:58 AM »

Quote from: Jrand62 on April 26, 2013, 08:36:19 AM

Hmmm.....I was quoting from a webpage about Patrick Hamilton and ROPE....but it looks as though he may have been contracted and did some writing, but that Laurents is credited with the screenplay. I haven't read AL's book in a long time, and I forget if he wrote about it.

In his biography of Patrick Hamilton “Through a Glass Darkly”, Nigel Jones goes into considerable detail about the screenplay of ROPE. In summary, he says that after agreeing to give Hitchcock the go-ahead to film it, Hamilton was himself asked to do the screenplay and he worked on a preliminary script treatment of ROPE for producer Sidney Bernstein at Elstree Studios in England in 1947. Hamilton wrote to his brother to say “Under my contract I can be called upon to do another six weeks – either here or in Hollywood – I hope to heaven here.”

Nigel Jones goes on to say that when Sidney Bernstein returned to Hollywood, Hamilton’s treatment was delivered into the hands of Hume Cronyn, who rewrote the plot, giving the Rupert Cadell character an anguished guilt over having led the murderers astray with his teachings of Nietzsche. Behind Cronyn’s back, Hitchcock brought in a third writer, Arthur Laurents, to write the film’s dialogue. Laurents handed his first draft to Hitchcock and when he came back to do the rewrite he found that Hitchcock had inserted some of the original play into the text and made other adjustments such as making the homosexual bond between the killers more explicit.

Hamilton disliked the finished film and felt that he had been bribed into getting involved by a mixture of assurances that his text would be adhered to and threats that if he did not take part, his script would be mangled by lesser writers.

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