Topic: 3D (Read 16445 times)

bk · « **on:** October 09, 2004, 12:00:28 AM »

Well, you've read the notes in 3D, you've smelled the notes in Smell-o-Vision, and now it is time to post until the smelly 3D cows come home.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #1 on:** October 09, 2004, 01:57:11 AM »

First post huzzah!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 09, 2004, 01:59:34 AM »

Now let's see:

GOOD JOB VIBES to absent DR Jed! Yes, DRANN, it does sound perfect for him!

I am sorry that I do not like Mr Chevaliar as much as others do. Oh, I do LOVE Jeanette MacDonald! And it is not that I do not think he is untalented - he has some lovely moments in GIGI - "I Remember It Well" is probably one of the most perfectly filmed and performed songs EVER. I just don't like his face....so there you are. Sorry if I made anyone upset.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #3 on:** October 09, 2004, 02:00:57 AM »

DRJOSE you will glad to know that Miss Allison Hayes NEVER lived in Houston! Of course you are lucky that I already have photographs of the house she lived in when she was a little girl in DC!!

DRJAY - I have a bit of time left on the video - would you like to see Miss Frances Farmer's appearance on THIS IS YOUR LIFE from 1958?

Jrand74 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 09, 2004, 02:05:03 AM »

From the 1930's:

Well I will start with the plays I wish were magically on DVD with their original Broadway casts:

The Women
Golden Boy
The Little Foxes
The Philadelphia Story

and a 5th show to be named later.

On to musicals:

Jrand74 · « **Reply #5 on:** October 09, 2004, 02:08:49 AM »

Girl Crazy
Anything Goes
DuBarry Was a Lady
The Boys from Syracuse
Knickerbocker Holiday

Jrand74 · « **Reply #6 on:** October 09, 2004, 02:11:42 AM »

A new edition of STRANGE WINE.

Well, at the risk of repeating anything DRCHARLES POGUE may have written, Mr Harlan Ellison is a writer of such imagination, that any DR who hasn't cracked one of his books should rush right out and get one. His volumes THE GLASS TEAT and THE GLASS TEAT 2 are still unmatched works in television criticism. Mr CP, please mention that I have yet to read his thoughts on BRACKEN'S WORLD....

Jrand74 · « **Reply #7 on:** October 09, 2004, 02:18:22 AM »

The clerk might not be able to find it, but this book is aptly named:

Jrand74 · « **Reply #8 on:** October 09, 2004, 02:18:42 AM »

I will stop now.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #9 on:** October 09, 2004, 03:37:30 AM »

Hehehe I am back.

Funny sign out front at the Mooresville Church of the Nazarene (of all places):

"Carrying a grudge is like taking poison and waiting for the other guy to die."

Jrand74 · « **Reply #10 on:** October 09, 2004, 03:43:24 AM »

If you have your 3-D glasses - click on the link to see the
Venus de Milo in 3-D!!!

Pic was a bit large to post on the site....hence the link!

http://www.ronald-dupont.com/fr3d07p.htm

Jrand74 · « **Reply #11 on:** October 09, 2004, 04:41:22 AM »

I'm back.

When I was young(er) - I always watched all the movies on TV. And now sometimes I think because I saw a movie when I was a tyke - I saw the movie.

I am watching GENTLEMAN JIM on TCM right now - haven't watched it in years. What a terrific show. Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, William Frawley, Alan Hale, Jack Carson. Flynn certainly was great looking and what a great sense of humor in his playing.

Jennifer · « **Reply #12 on:** October 09, 2004, 06:34:57 AM »

First off good job vibes to DR Jed! ~~~~~~~~~~

Jennifer · « **Reply #13 on:** October 09, 2004, 06:42:35 AM »

Second, wow, so many posts to read about customer service.

I will say this, I actually agree with various things that everyone said. I think that it's important to treat the customers well. But I also think that some customers can be unreasonable. But I still think it's important to be as nice as possible to those customers.

As for firing the employees, I would never want that. Not even for the guy a few weeks ago who was a bit rude.

I like DR SWW's idea of writing a letter. I don't think I will do that now, but I will keep it in mind.

The funny part though about the boxes (for the jewelry), which I might not have made clear. There are probably 500 little boxes with other discount jewelry just sitting out on the shelves right in front of the cash. I often just take one of those myself, if I have a lot of stuff. It's sort of stupid on the clerk's part to make a big deal about not having boxes when there were hundreds just feet away.

Oh and one other time a clerk said she didn't have a box ( i forgot about that). But she was so lovely and offered to put each item in little individual jewelry bags so my stuff wouldn't get tangled or broken.

So I suppose I would have accepted not having a box, if the women hadn't just said, "sorry no boxes" (and then turned away like she couldn't have cared less about my request).

William E. Lurie · « **Reply #14 on:** October 09, 2004, 07:09:24 AM »

Daylight Savings Time ends Sunday 10/31... you get an extra hour for "Trick or Treaters".

Jay · « **Reply #15 on:** October 09, 2004, 07:17:58 AM »

Quote from: JRand54 on October 09, 2004, 02:00:57 AM

DRJAY - I have a bit of time left on the video - would you like to see Miss Frances Farmer's appearance on THIS IS YOUR LIFE from 1958?

Why, I ask you, not? I'm looking forward to receiving this video!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #16 on:** October 09, 2004, 07:18:32 AM »

Or something DR WEL.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #17 on:** October 09, 2004, 07:19:06 AM »

LOL.....you got it!

Noel · « **Reply #18 on:** October 09, 2004, 07:21:07 AM »

30's musicals I wish I could see - live - might include
DuBarry Was a Lady
Porgy and Bess
I'd Rather Be Right
The Cradle Will Rock
The Cat and the Fiddle

The longest running musical of the 1930's was performed by a cast of non-professionals (Pins and Needles). It's a show I dearly love, but one imagines that it would be more fun to see the performances of legendary stars.

For me, this is a time capsule question. I don't like seeing any stage musical on DVD or video. Just as poetry is exactly that which cannot be translated, musical theatre performance involves connecting with a live audience, and, if you're not part of that audience (i.e., you're watching it, much later, on a TV screen), you're missing a major part of what makes it wonderful

Jay · « **Reply #19 on:** October 09, 2004, 07:21:33 AM »

Quote from: William E. Lurie on October 09, 2004, 07:09:24 AM

Daylight Savings Time ends Sunday 10/31... you get an extra hour for "Trick or Treaters".

Actually, the 31st will be the first night it gets dark "early," since we adjust the clocks at 2:00 a.m.

Matt H. · « **Reply #20 on:** October 09, 2004, 07:35:24 AM »

My five most wanted DVDs not currently available:

ANOTHER THIN MAN (I want all the rest of them, but as this is my favorite, I'll just put it down and leave the other spots for other films)

EASTER PARADE

DARLING LILI

FLOWER DRUM SONG

BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK

Matt H. · « **Reply #21 on:** October 09, 2004, 07:37:25 AM »

30s musicals I'd love to have on video:

GIRL CRAZY

ANYTHING GOES

ON YOUR TOES

OF THEE I SING

ROBERTA

Matt H. · « **Reply #22 on:** October 09, 2004, 07:39:14 AM »

Glad DR MBarnum and others noticed Charlie Ruggles' physique in LOVE ME TONIGHT. When I first watched it months ago, that really took me my total surprise.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #23 on:** October 09, 2004, 08:11:59 AM »

Wow! A 3DDVD! I love the sound. It's like a gay couple owning a house and being homocohomeowners.

I slept late this morning. Between DRS Jane and PennyO and my friend Ginny I've walked way too much this week, and my body was sagging by noon yesterday. I had a wonderful dinner with Ginny at 41 East 19th(?) last night (can't remember the restaurant, Kraft, maybe?), after meeting her in Union Square at 5 pm. I was home by 8:45 in time to post and watch the debate.

The 5 DVDs I want:

FLOWER DRUM SONG
LI'L ABNER
CINDERELLA (Disney)
TALES OF HOFFMANN (Michael Powell; Criterion announced it several years ago)
OH, WHAT A LOVELY WAR! (still very relevant)

The other topic was shows from the 1930s to now, so I'd ask for:

JUBILEE (1935), since it's currently my speculative edition, I'd like to know what it actually looked and sounded like in 1935.
CAROUSEL, John Raitt, Jan Clayton, Reuben Mamoulian and a 40-piece orchestra, it must have been glorious.
THE GOLDEN APPLE, Kaye Ballard and an amazing cast, this is a show deserving a City Opera revival; I'm tired of seeing it with two pianos.
FLAHOOLEY, because it had Barbara Cook and it's so weird!
CANDIDE (1956) because it starred Barbara Cook and Irra Petina and it's still the best version of too many.

The two more I'd realy like:
THREEPENNY OPERA, Charlotte Rae, Bea Arthur, Jo Sullivan, John Astin, etc. what a cast! It's too bad the Blitzstein lyrics were cleaned up for the recording, which might have made it the definite one.
SHE LOVES ME, because it starred Barbara Cook, and it's a great show, which the Roundabout revival wasn't.

Noel · « **Reply #24 on:** October 09, 2004, 08:30:43 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on October 09, 2004, 08:11:59 AM

THREEPENNY OPERA, Charlotte Rae, Bea Arthur, Jo Sullivan, John Astin, etc. what a cast! It's too bad the Blitzstein lyrics were cleaned up for the recording, which might have made it the definite one.

My preference for the Blitzstein translation got me in deep trouble with Kushner.

It's pretty amazing, isn't it?, how many actors who'd been in the Theatre-de-lys production of Threepenny went on to play leads on hit TV series...

Charlotte Rae, Bea Arthur, John Astin, Jerry Orbach, Ed Asner

Now, as I type this, I'm not so sure Asner was in it during its record-setting run

Jay · « **Reply #25 on:** October 09, 2004, 08:32:32 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on October 09, 2004, 08:11:59 AM

...I've walked way too much this week, and my body was sagging by noon yesterday.

Consider yourself lucky. My body sags even when I haven't done any walking at all.

Gravity can be so heartlessly cruel!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #26 on:** October 09, 2004, 08:35:28 AM »

Well DRJAY on its way to you - probably arriving Wednesday thanks to Christopher Columbus - a video. On it are:

COUNT THREE AND PRAY - Columbia 1955. Allison is fifth billed and has her best role in a mainstream film. Starring Van Heflin and featuring Joanne Woodward in her motion picture debut. With Phil Carey, Jean Willes, and Raymond Burr.

BACHELOR FATHER - supposed to be a comedy, not sure after watching this episode. Allison plays Kelly's boss at Yellowstone Park (actually the Universal backlot - there's that waterfall!).

77 SUNSET STRIP - Gerald Lloyd Kookson III is now a partner in the firm and he and Roger Smith investigate a murder and some gun runners. Allison plays MaryAnn Winston, wears some sharp clothes, and drives a
B I G car!

FORD THEATRE MOMENT OF DECISION "Fate Travels East" - Miss Linda Darnell is a busybody on a cross country train. Allison is a movie star married to Sheb Wooley....and commercials by Tennessee Ernie Ford!

THE MILLIONAIRE - Tom Drake is a doctor, Allison is his wealthy lady love, who obviously buys her clothes at Frederick's of Hollywood!

Miss Frances Farmer returning to show business and singing up a storm on THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW + being "feted" on THIS IS YOUR LIFE. A couple of times, it looks like she is going to slug Ralph Edwards, I think he is lucky to have escaped with his toupee on his head!

ENJOY!!!

bk · « **Reply #27 on:** October 09, 2004, 08:42:34 AM »

elmore got it right - it's not JUST the 30s, it's the 30s to now. So, any decade from then till now.

Noel · « **Reply #28 on:** October 09, 2004, 08:44:21 AM »

I've confirmed Asner. Add Jerry Stiller. And Paul Dooley. Now I'm not sure if Dooley starred in a series. He turns up on Curb Your Enthusiam with some frequency, though.

Jay · « **Reply #29 on:** October 09, 2004, 08:47:34 AM »

If you like your comedy dry, bordering on the absurd, go see I [Heart] Huckabees, Mr. David O. Russell's new film. The story kicks off with Mr. Jason Schwartzman's character hiring a pair of "existential detectives," in the form of Miss Lily Tomlin and Mr. Dustin Hoffman, to help explain a series of coincidences that Schwartzman recently experienced. It's a roller coaster of brilliantly clever vignettes from there to the end of the film. There's a large and outstanding cast, with quite a few notable cameo appearances. Miss Tomlin and Mr. Hoffman are particularly delicious, as is, believe it or not, Mr. Mark Wahlberg, who becomes Mr. Schwartzman's buddy. Mr. Jude Law, Miss Naomi Watts and Miss Isabelle Huppert all make considerable contributions to the fun as well.

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