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Post by BunnyWhit on Mar 17, 2024 7:15:34 GMT
THE STRANGER is a taut thriller and much of it looks unmistakably like an Orson Welles film. Suspenseful plot progression and character development are done in the typical studio fashion, but they're presented in Welles' trademark style, marked by moody lighting and unusual camera angles.
Nods here to cinematographer Russell Metty who was so very good with black and white, as he's really on his game with The Stranger. He should have had an Oscar nomination for The Misfits (1961).
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Post by Fading Fast on Mar 17, 2024 9:41:04 GMT
That's a great link! I see she even keeps her left side toward the camera while being spanked!
"You plan to do WHAT! to me."
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Post by NoShear on Mar 17, 2024 16:40:40 GMT
Yes, I knew she preferred to show her left side that's why I was curious to see the right side. I had to look through a lot of left side images, before I found this one of her right side. It seems like an old photo, probably taken so early in her career she hadn't even noticed yet that her left side was prettier.
That's a great link! I see she even keeps her left side toward the camera while being spanked!
As Fading Fast says we all should be so lucky as to look like the "bad side," of these stars. It's kind of sweet that as gorgeous as they are they're still a little insecure about their looks. You've seemed to have settled on an avatar which you really like, Andrea Doria, so I don't expect this will be anywhere near replacing your current dazzle:
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Post by Fading Fast on Mar 17, 2024 18:06:10 GMT
The Continuing Adventures of Fawn and Me
Fawn: "When I grow up, maybe I should become a spy like Bergman was in 'Notorious'."
Me: "Yes, because the US government needs someone to infiltrate all those dangerous deer cabals."
Fawn: "Some deer are not happy about American hunting laws."
Me: [sheepishly] "Yes, I can see that."
Fawn: "I'd be willing to give my life for my country."
Me: "You'd need nerves of steel."
Fawn: "I have those."
Me: "It took me two hours to convince you to come out of the closet after I dropped a glass on the floor the other day. And let's not even talk about you and thunder"
Fawn: "None of that would be unusual behavior in a deer community. We are flight animals."
Me: "Fair point. You'd have to live in the wild, though."
Fawn: "I could do that, I'm tough. What I don't know about living in the wild, however, is where I'd plug in my electric toothbrush and, on cold nights, my electric blanket. Plus, my cell phone battery never holds a charge for a full day anymore."
Me: "Perhaps you're more suited to desk work, maybe doing intelligence research and planning."
Fawn: [contemplating]: "I'd need a chair with good lumbar support if I'm going to be sitting all day."
Me: "Thankfully, we have time to decide with so many good options out there for you."
Fawn: "Well, if the CIA calls and I'm out, you let them know I'm ready."
Me: "I'll wait by the phone when you're not around. In the meantime, why don't you hop up here as the movie is about to start."
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Post by Andrea Doria on Mar 17, 2024 18:55:33 GMT
LOL Bless his patriotic heart. I think Fawn does have nerves of steel for a flight animal.
NoShear! Thanks for the photo. It's gorgeous, I may have to make a change.
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Mar 17, 2024 18:56:44 GMT
The Continuing Adventures of Fawn and Me
Fawn: "When I grow up, maybe I should become a spy like Bergman was in 'Notorious'."
Me: "Yes, because the US government needs someone to infiltrate all those dangerous deer cabals."
I am actually afraid to google this - given the use of inflatable tanks, carrier pigeons and acrobats in the theatre of war, I think this is do-able.
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Post by topbilled on Mar 17, 2024 18:59:08 GMT
Hello all...welcome.
I am pressing play...
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Post by Fading Fast on Mar 17, 2024 19:00:42 GMT
LOL Bless his patriotic heart. I think Fawn does have nerves of steel for a flight animal.
NoShear! Thanks for the photo. It's gorgeous, I may have to make a change. Our favorite fawn does love his country.
NoShear did find a beautiful pic, but while it's close, I love the one you are using.
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Post by topbilled on Mar 17, 2024 19:02:14 GMT
Poster art:
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Post by topbilled on Mar 17, 2024 19:06:00 GMT
In the town of Harper, Connecticut:
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Post by topbilled on Mar 17, 2024 19:08:53 GMT
What does Wilson find at the Harper school for boys?
Love how suspenseful this film begins...drawing us right into the drama and intrigue.
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Post by topbilled on Mar 17, 2024 19:10:28 GMT
Visit from a stranger:
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Mar 17, 2024 19:10:57 GMT
I am glad Orson enjoyed his time at such an establishment
Orson Welles entered the Todd Seminary for Boys September 15, 1926, at age 11. His older brother, Richard Ives Welles, had attended the school ten years before but was expelled for misbehavior.
At Todd Welles came under the influence of teacher, later headmaster, Roger Hill, who became his mentor and lifelong friend. Hill provided Welles an ad hoc educational environment that proved invaluable to his creative experience, allowing him to concentrate on subjects that interested him.
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Post by topbilled on Mar 17, 2024 19:13:35 GMT
Reunion:
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Post by Fading Fast on Mar 17, 2024 19:13:48 GMT
I am spending way too much time thinking about which side of Young's face is facing the camera.
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