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What was the last TV show you watched?
We have started watching The Bob Newhart Show from the beginning, courtesy of Hulu. Sitcoms seem to be our favorites; currently we have watched all of Fraser, Cheers, Mary Tyler Moore, and Monk (okay, not a sitcom). The Missus binged on ER and is currently working her way through The Rookie. I...- Julian Shellhammer
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
On Saturday it was the Movie Night get-together with The Palm Beach Story (1942) on the bill. If you have seen it, you know what the hubbub is about. If you haven't, settle in, hold on, and try to keep up with the plot, the hypersonic dialogue delivery, and the wacky jokes. We all enjoyed it...- Julian Shellhammer
- Post #29,757
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
99 River Street (1953) with John Payne and Evelyn Keyes, directed by Phil Carlson, who directed Payne in Kansas City Confidential as well. Ex-boxer Payne now drives a cab, and his wife who married him on his way up the boxing ladder now makes home-life crummy by her misery over money matters...- Julian Shellhammer
- Post #29,752
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Suspicion (1941), dir. Alfred Hitchcock, with Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine. The Missus had never seen it, and it had been years for me. If you've seen it, you know how good it is. If you haven't, Grant plays a ne'er-do-well and Fontaine a sheltered young lady who falls for Grant. Suspicious...- Julian Shellhammer
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
The 47 Ronin (1941-42) dir. Kenji Mizoguchi. A shogun-era noble is forced to commit hara-kiri for attacking a shogunate official. His now "masterless" samurai plot to avenge his death. The conflict is loyalty by the samurai to their oath to their lord versus obedience to the shogunate...- Julian Shellhammer
- Post #29,696
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What was the last TV show you watched?
The Duchess of Duke Street, from 1976 on the BBC. Louisa Trotter, Cockney cook, rises to celebrity chef status in 1900ish London. Based on a true story, they say. Some of the David Suchet Poirot mysteries, along with our perennial go-to Murdoch Mysteries, and an occasional Miss Marple show...- Julian Shellhammer
- Post #18,170
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Are You Reading
Mr. Hobb's Vacation, Edward Streeter, pub. 1954. A Christmas gift from my Missus. Very similar in style and tone to Merry Christmas, Mr. Baxter. To a degree, the two "Mr."'s could be interchangeable. Personally, I came away with a bad taste in my mouth after reading of the stress and strain and...- Julian Shellhammer
- Post #8,799
- Forum: The Reading Room
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
An intriguing movie entitled Grounds for Marriage (1951), dir. Robert Z. Leonard, with Van Johnson and Kathryn Grayson. Divorced couple Grayson and Johnson bump into each other a couple of years later, she an opera singer about to make her big time debut in NYC, and he a well-known ENT doctor...- Julian Shellhammer
- Post #29,676
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Never a Dull Moment (1950) dir. George Marshall, with Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray. Smash Broadway songwriter Dunne marries cowboy-widower MacMurray after a "whirlwind" romance. The bulk of the story is Dunne attempting to cope with ranch life in an unnamed state. Natalie Wood and Gigi Perreau...- Julian Shellhammer
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Make Way for a Lady (1936) with Herbert Marshall and Anne Shirley. Fluffy little story about Anne's efforts to locate a wife for her widowed daddy Herbert. The daughter character is equal portions Meet Corliss Archer and A Date with Judy, while Marshall is smooth, equipped with bon mots and...- Julian Shellhammer
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
America, America (1963), dir. and written by Elia Kazan. Based on a family history of coming to America from 1890s Greece. Only a couple minutes short of three hours in length, it is clearly a labor of love for Kazan, filmed in Turkey and Greece. I have to admit, it took about three months to...- Julian Shellhammer
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Saw this the other night and, yes, "strange" is an apt description. Jimmy as a self-absorbed youth, who grows into a self-absorbed semi-adult is odd to see. Nonetheless, I thought Carradine looked remarkably like Lincoln. Was Huston's character a bad person? Or flawed? He seems to oscillate...- Julian Shellhammer
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Hollywood Hotel (1937), dir. Busby Berkeley, with Dick Powell, Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane, Ted Healy (in his last movie), and an interesting mix of popular celebrities appearing as themselves (Benny Goodman, Louella Parsons, Ken Niles, etc.). A cross-pollination of the eponymous radio program with...- Julian Shellhammer
- Post #29,513
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Are You Reading
The Christmas reading season began with Merry Christmas, Mr. Baxter, reading aloud with the Missus, followed by Christmas! by Peter Spier and Santa Calls by Willam Joyce. Currently just starting A Christmas Carol, by you-know-who, in an edition that uses the spelling variations and punctuation...- Julian Shellhammer
- Post #8,772
- Forum: The Reading Room
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
About two weeks ago we had a relatives staying with us for Thanksgiving, and the Saturday following we watched Elf, the traditional kick off movie for Christmas. My brother-in-law commented that many of us were laughing before the scene really started. More recently it was Broadway Melody of...- Julian Shellhammer
- Post #29,504
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Paths of Glory (1957) dir. Stanley Kubrick, with Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Joe Turkel, Timothy Carey, George Macready, Adolphe Menjou, and many others. Cannot remember how many times I've watched this. Story, acting, direction,- all excellent.- Julian Shellhammer
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Shield for Murder (1954) with Edmond O'Brien, John Agar, and Marla English. Co-directed by O'Brien and Howard Koch. No spoiler here to tell you that O'Brien is established as a really bad cop within the first couple of minutes. Earnest young cop Agar can't believe his mentor-buddy would "turn...- Julian Shellhammer
- Post #29,460
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Across the Pacific (1942) dir John Huston, with Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, and Sidney Greenstreet. Artillery captain Bogie gets court-martialed for something to do with Army payroll- or does he? First part of the story takes place on a Japanese steamer headed from Canada down the east coast to...- Julian Shellhammer
- Post #29,440
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Are You Reading
Grand Right and Left, by Stoddard King, originally published in 1927: cannot find edition information in my copy. King was a columnist, composer, editor, humorist, poet, and all-around man of letters. This collection features short articles and poetry, light-hearted and clever. Found it in the...- Julian Shellhammer
- Post #8,762
- Forum: The Reading Room
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954) dir. Mark Robson, with William Holden, Grace Kelly, Fredric March, and Mickey Rooney; from the book by James Michener. Interesting look at the launching and landing of carrier based jets, with Holden as a re-activated WW2 pilot who wants out of flying into enemy...- Julian Shellhammer
- Post #29,416
- Forum: The Moving Picture
