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WRITE LIKE THE WIND
« on: September 25, 2005, 12:32:27 AM »
Well, you've read the notes, you read them like the wind, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home like the wind.
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« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2005, 12:33:15 AM »
And the word of the day is: EPIGRAM!
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« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2005, 03:04:46 AM »
I'll have to say "Whatever Happened To Baby Jane" is my favourite. It is the only Crawford film I remember having seen!
Add that to the fact that I didn't have Judy Garland Cd until recently (Thank you François) and DRs will start thinking I'm playing for the other team
No wonder I have no time for "Beaches" and "Steel Magnolias".
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Re:WRITE LIKE THE WIND
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2005, 05:35:17 AM »
Oh wow, only 3 posts! :(
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« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2005, 05:37:27 AM »
Hey, if anyone happens to go to the Broadway Flea Market (i'm assuming it is today and not yesterday).  Can you please tell us all about it.  It is one of my most favorite things in NYC and I'm sad not to be there!

Btw, tonight is the season premiere of DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES.  I cannot wait to see what mischief Cherry creates this season.

Btw2, does anybody know who will narrate this year and will there be another mystery?
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« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2005, 05:49:28 AM »
DR MattH, if you go to upn.com and click on Veronica Mars there are some videos to watch.  One is a preview for this coming season.
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Re:WRITE LIKE THE WIND
« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2005, 07:09:51 AM »
Good morning!

The sun is hiding behind totally overcast skies today, but it's muggy and humid and that means no walk for me. I'll hop on the treadmill and walk there for awhile.
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« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2005, 07:12:28 AM »
I finally read the TV GUIDE article about VERONICA MARS in their "Returning Favorites" issue, and BOY am I glad I skipped over this when the issue first arrived. The identity of the murderer was in the FIRST sentence of the write-up.


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It also revealed that the person at Veronica's door is either Logan or Duncan, so there goes my theory that it would be the gang leader.
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« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2005, 07:15:24 AM »
I think the season long mystery on DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES is going to be concerned with new Wisteria Lane resident Alfre Woodard and her son. That TV GUIDE issue I mentioned above doesn't mention any other on-going mysteries.

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« Reply #9 on: September 25, 2005, 07:17:59 AM »
Favorite Joan Crawfords:

FLAMINGO ROAD
MILDRED PIERCE
A WOMAN'S FACE (truly one of her best performances and often neglected)
GOODBYE, MY FANCY
THE WOMEN

and in the campy phase of her career:

TORCH SONG
FEMALE ON THE BEACH
QUEEN BEE
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« Reply #10 on: September 25, 2005, 07:18:48 AM »
Thanks Cillaliz & Matt H and anyone else who welcomed me back.  I apologize for not really reading the posts since then.  Tomorrow is the big day our kitchen will be torn out.  No rest here for the weary travelers just work, work, work.
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« Reply #11 on: September 25, 2005, 07:18:49 AM »
And then the Joan Crawford shockers which (other than BABY JANE) are so bad and laughable, you can't tear your eyes away from the screen:

BERSERK!
STRAIT-JACKET
I SAW WHAT YOU DID
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« Reply #12 on: September 25, 2005, 07:19:00 AM »
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What are your all-time favorite Joan Crawford films?

THE WOMEN
FLAMINGO ROAD
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE
HUMORESQUE
THE DAMNED DON'T CRY
THE BEST OF EVERYTHING
MILDRED PIERCE
STRAIGHT-JACKET

I also love the clip in THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT where she dances like a truck driver.
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« Reply #13 on: September 25, 2005, 07:21:03 AM »
Aong the Joan Cawford movies I've never seen and want to:

THE STORY OF ESTHER COSTELLO
DANCING LADY
THE GORGEOUS HUSSY
THE BRIDE WORE RED
REUNION IN FRANCE
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« Reply #14 on: September 25, 2005, 07:22:00 AM »
Yes, Joan's ungainly dance to "Got a Feelin' for You" is from THE HOLLYWOOD REVUE OF 1929.

I just watched it the other day on a videotape someone made for me from the laserdisc. Hokey, mostly terrible musical numbers and comedy skits, and I wouldn't trade it for anything!

;D
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« Reply #15 on: September 25, 2005, 07:24:43 AM »
In addition to those mentioned, I also loved Crawford's performance in the pilot of NIGHT GALLERY.

I assume BK is giving us clues galore for the Trvia Contest, but ibdb and imdb just don't seem to be cooperating with my various hunches.

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« Reply #16 on: September 25, 2005, 07:25:42 AM »
Unless Universal sells the new anamorphic transfers of VERTIGO and PSYCHO separately, I will not be buying that Hitchcock boxed set. The films all look fine to me, and I can even live with the non-anamorphic VERTIGO and PSYCHO since I've seen the films so many times that I doubt they'll get huge repeat plays.
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« Reply #17 on: September 25, 2005, 07:28:39 AM »
I hate to say it, but I think the studios have gotten outrageously greedy double and triple dipping their classic titles expecting the public to pounce on every reissue. I mean, even NEW films like the terrible DODGEBALL got a new DVD edition (unrated) a year after its iritial release, and the maers of SIN CITY released a mostly movie only DVD of their cult film this smmer holding back the special two disc edition until December - 6 months after the initial release.

OUTRAGEOUS!
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« Reply #18 on: September 25, 2005, 07:31:06 AM »
ANd Warners could not BE more stupid holding back BLADE RUNNER like that. One of the films that has the largest cult surrounding it in the last 25 years, and they have an edition that fans would gladly spring for by the millions, and they sit on it!

We don't know the whole story, I guess. If there are rights issues involved or if Ridley Scott is holding out for something else (he's always been prickly about this film), I'd like to know everything before issuing an outright condemnation, but on the surface, it certainly seems stupid.
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« Reply #19 on: September 25, 2005, 07:33:27 AM »
The three films that Joan Crawford made with David Brian - FLAMINGO ROAD, THE DAMNED DON'T CRY, and THIS WOMAN IS DANGEROUS - are all among my favorites. He really was THE male actor perfect for her during this period of her movie career.
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« Reply #20 on: September 25, 2005, 07:36:39 AM »
OMG!!!!


JOHNNY GUITAR!


JOHNNY GUITAR!!!

How could I have forgotten it?  Argh!
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« Reply #21 on: September 25, 2005, 07:42:23 AM »
TD-
All I can tell you is to watch your footwork. Be prepared to bob and weave!
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« Reply #22 on: September 25, 2005, 07:48:04 AM »
Yes, JOHNNY GUITAR.
But I'm not a huge fan of Joan's, truth be told.

I do enjoy the song "Joan Crawford has Risen From the Grave" by the Blue Oyster Cult, but that's neither here nor there.
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Re:WRITE LIKE THE WIND
« Reply #23 on: September 25, 2005, 07:57:47 AM »
Good Morning!

Favorite Joan Crawford movies...

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« Reply #24 on: September 25, 2005, 08:03:45 AM »
DR Jennifer - I may head down to the Broadway Flea Market... Or I may not.

;)

I have a desk covered with various papers and stuff that needs to be sorted, filed and/or thrown out.  With a very busy week coming up, it would be nice to start the week with a clean desk - especially since it will most likely get cluttered again by the end of the week.  In any case...

Whether or not I head down to Schubert Alley, I just hope the rain holds off.  -But at least the gray, overcast skies are keeping things cool.

But I believe DR Jason said he might be heading down there, as well as DR Ben.  We shall see.
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« Reply #25 on: September 25, 2005, 08:06:31 AM »
Quote from: Rodzinski on September 25, 2005, 07:42:23 AM
TD-
All I can tell you is to watch your footwork. Be prepared to bob and weave!

Shouldn't be to difficult since I'll always be Irish. . . ;)
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« Reply #26 on: September 25, 2005, 08:06:36 AM »
I actually thought I had the Trivia Question figured out after the first three clues/questions, but I just ended up answering another Trivia Question altogether.

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« Reply #27 on: September 25, 2005, 08:07:10 AM »
Sometimes DR EvilTwin (aka Janet Fanale) is at the Broadway Flea Market right now!
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« Reply #28 on: September 25, 2005, 08:10:09 AM »
I don't recall seeing this posted earlier...

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September 25, 2005
'Little Rascals' Actor Thomas Bond Dies
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 10:31 a.m. ET

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Thomas Ross Bond, who played Butch the bully in the ''Our Gang'' and ''The Little Rascals'' serials of the 1930s, has died. He was 79.

Bond died Saturday of complications from heart disease at Northridge Hospital, said his manager, Frank Marks.

Bond played a member of the Gang named Tommy. After his first year he was dropped from the cast but returned later in the role of Butch, the archenemy of Alfalfa.

Bond appeared in dozens of ''Our Gang'' and ''Little Rascals'' features before outgrowing the role.

Born Sept. 16, 1926 in Dallas, Bond got his start at the age of 5 when a talent scout for Hal Roach studios approached him as he was leaving a movie theater with his mother.

The scout ''asked him if he'd be interested in acting, (said) he had a great face and he could set up an appointment with Hal Roach in L.A.,'' Marks said.

His grandmother drove him in what, at the time, was a rugged journey: ''It was all dirt roads from Dallas to L.A,'' Marks said.

In the 1940s, Bond played Jimmy Olsen in two Superman movies and appeared as Joey Pepper in several installments of the ''Five Little Peppers'' serial.

In 1951, Bond quit acting and went into television directing and production work before retiring in 1991.

Bond is survived by his wife, Pauline, son Thomas Ross Bond III and a grandson.
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« Reply #29 on: September 25, 2005, 08:17:41 AM »
Quote from: td on September 25, 2005, 08:06:31 AM
Shouldn't be to difficult since I'll always be Irish. . . ;)

What's wrong with that?  ;)
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