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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
High and Low a Japanese movie from 1963 It doesn't do it justice to simply call this incredible movie "film noir" as it has impressive elements of a crime drama, a psychological thriller, an ethical dialectic, and social commentary, with each taking center stage at times without any...- Fading Fast
- Post #31,625
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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The Era -- Day By Day
How many times do you think Jimmy got slapped in the face? I was surprised that a few of the women admitted they went out willingly, even knowing the man was married. Why the heck would you say that in a newspaper, alongside your name and picture?- Fading Fast
- Post #10,532
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Terms Which Have Disappeared
I didn't know, but I Google "Fishel bread" and got several good answers. The quick and dirty is that Fishel was a large wholesale bakery in the area that sold its bread directly and through grocery and other stores. Its seems its bread was quite popular.- Fading Fast
- Post #6,473
- Forum: The Golden Era
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The Era -- Day By Day
"What, 'zackly, izzat 'virility' mean?" Sally squints and purses her lips while framing a reply. "Imagine," she sighs, "Krause shovelin' coal." Sneaking it in through Sally is just as bad. No one, not one person on planet earth wants hear about Alice and Krause's (I can't even say the word) ---...- Fading Fast
- Post #10,528
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Son of India from 1931 with Raman Navarro and Madge Evans This short precode packs a powerful interracial-relationship punch inside a smartly constructed story that reveals people were thinking hard about race relations and prejudices in the 1930s. There are two ways to try to understand Son...- Fading Fast
- Post #31,623
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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The Era -- Day By Day
Depending on Rudy Vallee's, umm, predilection at the time, he might have an idea, too. Just sayin'.- Fading Fast
- Post #10,525
- Forum: The Golden Era
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The Era -- Day By Day
"Y'otta see 'im inneh ev'ry night, innat berleh room, wit'is shoit awf, shov'lin' innat coal, awl sweaty an' shinin' an' covehed wit' soot..." "Well, yeh," concedes Sally, "but..." "An'nem muscles in'is back 'teh, awl rip'lin' an' standin' out, an'...." "An' what?" snickers Sally. "Op'na windeh...- Fading Fast
- Post #10,523
- Forum: The Golden Era
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The Era -- Day By Day
Well now, look who's back from his vacation. No complaints about the script now! "I went to a spa and had a wonderful and relaxing time. A bit more expensive than I'd have liked, but with my new contract, I thought I should treat myself."- Fading Fast
- Post #10,520
- Forum: The Golden Era
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The Era -- Day By Day
Lizzie, I hope you are well, best, Fading Fast.- Fading Fast
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- Forum: The Golden Era
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The Era -- Day By Day
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- Post #10,514
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Good one. It's pretty amazing, but the 1930s are chockablock with movies about how corrupted and corrupting college football was.- Fading Fast
- Post #31,621
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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The Era -- Day By Day
Alice will blow a gasket if Krause starts working on the side for "that old lady." And staying with Alice, Joe E. Brown, really Alice? Maybe Krause makes more sense than we think.- Fading Fast
- Post #10,513
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
70,000 Witnesses from 1932 with Phillips Holmes, Dorothy Jordan, Charles Ruggles, David Landau and Johnny Mack Brown 70,000 Witnesses plays okay as its intended "murder mystery wrapped inside a big rival college football game" story, but where it really shines for us today is as another piece...- Fading Fast
- Post #31,619
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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The Era -- Day By Day
Sally asked me to remind everyone that Vallee actually served IN UNIFORM. "But what did he carry a pair of in his footlocker all through the war?" - Alice "Shut up." - Sally- Fading Fast
- Post #10,509
- Forum: The Golden Era
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The Era -- Day By Day
"To Have and Have Not" and "Laura," not a bad week for releases. And as you noted, Lizzie, Ms. Corby seems smitten with Ms. Bacall:- Fading Fast
- Post #10,506
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
La Notte from 1961 is an Italian film with Jeanne Moreau, Marcello Mastroianni and Monica Vitti At first you think "intellectuals" see life with a deeper, richer, and more-complex insight, but if the characters in La Notte are "intellectuals," then you might find yourself revising your opinion...- Fading Fast
- Post #31,618
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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The Era -- Day By Day
"Whazzat?" queries Krause. He must have been exhausted from that speech; it was a long one for him. ******************************************************************************* Every fall I have to decide whether "Pug Manders" or "Bruiser Kinard" is the greatest football name ever. Can...- Fading Fast
- Post #10,503
- Forum: The Golden Era
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The Era -- Day By Day
You have to read ever so slightly between the lines, but it's pretty clear what's surprisingly being said here. ********************************************************************************** As Lizzie says, movies on paper.- Fading Fast
- Post #10,500
- Forum: The Golden Era
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Fog Over Frisco from 1934 with Bette Davis, Margaret Lindsay, Lyle Talbot, Alan Hale and Henry O'Neil You watch Fog Over Frisco for the leads, in particular, for a Bette Davis, seconds before her breakout to major stardom, and you watch it for the 1934 zeitgeist and argot – reporters...- Fading Fast
- Post #31,616
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Are You Reading
Fear Stalks the Village by Ethel Lina White, first published in 1932 The Brits love a good detective fiction story, which sparked the genre's huge vogue in the first half of the 20th century. Often set in a quaint village or country house, and usually centering on a murder(s), the...- Fading Fast
- Post #9,221
- Forum: The Reading Room
