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2jakes

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I think about this all the time as I watch modern movies - and think some are very good - but rarely do I have any interest in seeing them again. Whereas, I can watch even (to be honest) mediocre movies from the '30s - '50s over and over.

The stars, the stories, the time-travel to a period I am fascinated by - I don't know why it is that I can see those movies over and over, but it is. Did the studio system - for all its faults and mistreatments - create stars in a way that today's freelancing can't? Did the limitation of the code force a different style that somehow produced stories one wants to see again? Is it just the style of that time is more appealing to me?

I could successfully bluff my way through a college term paper answering that question with ease, but in truth, I don't really know why I can watch "Holiday" with Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn the tens of times that I have, but have no desire to see "Manchester by the Sea" or "The Age of Adeline -" two decent modern movies - ever again.

You hit it right on the nail.

I even watch a mediocre movie from the 30s. I thoroughly enjoy the backgrounds very much.
Love the Chaplin, keaton & Lloyd flicks for example, when they do their thing in the city or country side.
So many beautiful places.
It's a visual time-capsule of an album from the past.

This "modern" flick comes close to what I'm talking about
with regards to the buildings and vehicles.
But I'm wearing "rose-colored" glasses as far as the violence goes. :(
 
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Wearing a shirt is "Dressing up"?
IN the summertime when I am at home I sometimes don't wear a collar.
Does that count?




Trenchfriend explained that he was only trying on a shirt and a Cardigan
at home to see how he felt about that combination.

If you feel like wearing a shirt without a collar at home... that's
really up to you that counts! ;)
 
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...IN the summertime when I am at home I sometimes don't wear a collar. Does that count?

Knowing you as I've come to through this forum, I have to ask, do you mean you don't attach your collar to your shirt (as you are referencing those cool old-style shirts with a detachable collar) or do you mean you wear a T-shirt or similar collarless shirt? My money is on the former.
 

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Knowing you as I've come to through this forum, I have to ask, do you mean you don't attach your collar to your shirt (as you are referencing those cool old-style shirts with a detachable collar) or do you mean you wear a T-shirt or similar collarless shirt? My money is on the former.
"Tee" shirts are but underwear in my book.

Yes, when I'm home I wear stiff collars attached with collar buttons.

When I'm back in Michigan I wear old-style clothing. Only wear soft collared shirts for yard and shop work back there.
In Cleveland I dress like a schlub. Old dress shirts (usually with collars and cuffs that want turning) khakis and low shoes.
 

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"Tee" shirts are but underwear in my book.

Tennis champions wearing "underwear" in public. :D
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I sort of agree about old movies but I won't go so far as to say I can watch them over and over again. But I can enjoy a very ordinary 60-minute B-movie that I've never heard of as well as more well-known movies. The reason is because it's fresh and compared with new movies, it doesn't feel like I've already seen it from having seen so many promos about it.
 

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I sort of agree about old movies but I won't go so far as to say I can watch them over and over again. But I can enjoy a very ordinary 60-minute B-movie that I've never heard of as well as more well-known movies. The reason is because it's fresh and compared with new movies, it doesn't feel like I've already seen it from having seen so many promos about it.

I have a habit of watching previous movies over again.
But only certain favorite scenes when the mood strikes.

"Bringing Up Baby" (Grant/Hepburn) Scenes with the Ford wood-bodied station wagon.
"Professor Beware (1938) Harold Lloyd---Same as above with the Ford Woodie.
"The Searchers" and "Shane"---the ending scene.
"The Third Man"--- Wells entrance scene
Fred & Ginger---dance scenes.
There's many more.
I have the originals but...
I also re-edited the ending of the original "King Kong" (1933)
so that Mr. Kong stays with Fay Wray
also Rick flies away with Ilsa.

"Underneath that cynical shell I'm a sentimental fruitcake"
 
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vitanola

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Tennis champions wearing "underwear" in public. :D
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Well. They are sportsmen. I wouldn't go around dressed in a jockey's pinks, nor do I run around in an athletic shirt like, say, Gene Tunney.

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Though if I put that much effort into my physique doubtless would I seldom wear a shirt of any sort, let alone a collar.
 

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Scenes I'll gladly watch over and over again:

The porch scene from W. C. Fields' "It's A Gift."

The scene where Harpo invades the Punch-And-Judy show in "Monkey Business."

The "Sing To Me" number from "Diplomaniacs," where Bert Wheeler and Marjorie White wrestle each other to the floor without missing a note.

The "Keep On Doin' What You're Doin'" number from "Hips Hips Hooray," where Wheeler and Woolsey team up with Dorothy Lee and Thelma Todd to destroy a businessman's entire office suite, again without missing a note.

The "Stymie cons Spud out of a hot breakfast" bit in "Dogs Is Dogs."

The "Mad As Hell" scene from "Network."
 

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(Another favorite scene)

And you know you are getting old when you are aware
of this:

Some more scenes:
Way Out West -- Laurel & Hardy dance routine.
The Kid -- Tramp fights authorities to rescue the "kid" scene.
City Lights -- Blind girl can see the tramp in the end.
Five Easy Pieces -- Diner scene.
It's a Gift -- Breakfast scene "What'sa matter Pop...don't ya love me?"
Orange grove scene in California....
"Hey Pop...look an orange!" .:D
 
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vitanola

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Well. They are sportsmen. I wouldn't go around dressed in a jockey's pinks, nor do I run around in an athletic shirt like, say, Gene Tunney.

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Though if I put that much effort into my physique doubtless would I seldom wear a shirt of any sort, let alone a collar.

Unfortunately, en déshabillé I look more like THIS these days:

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Except of course I have a moustache, have quit smoking, and generally wear pince-nez rather than spectacles.
(Golly do I ever crave a cigar just now!)
 
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"Tee" shirts are but underwear in my book.

Yes, when I'm home I wear stiff collars attached with collar buttons.

When I'm back in Michigan I wear old-style clothing. Only wear soft collared shirts for yard and shop work back there.
In Cleveland I dress like a schlub. Old dress shirts (usually with collars and cuffs that want turning) khakis and low shoes.
I think that the mere mention of having shirts with collars that need turning is the real giveaway of "You know you are getting old when......". I will admit to being so old to know what that means!
 

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