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Post by Fading Fast on Apr 20, 2024 21:25:35 GMT
Does our Irish Setter's character have a name in these movies?
I'm sure he/she does, I just don't remember any of the family members calling it out.
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Post by Andrea Doria on Apr 20, 2024 22:27:32 GMT
I haven't heard them use a name for their dog, but maybe someone else caught it. I know Loretta Young's Irish Setter in, "The Stranger" was called "Red" so I call him/her that guessing it might be the same dog, although the first Daughter movie was in 1938 and The Stranger was 1946 so he would be getting on for an action part (the running and digging in the woods.) Even then, Red might not be his real name.
In spite of all those puppies, I bet the Lemp dog is probably male. Lassie was usually played by a male dog. Males are usually bigger and often have more beautiful coats.
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Post by BunnyWhit on Apr 21, 2024 15:14:18 GMT
I haven't noticed anyone call the dog by name.....or even pay attention to him for that matter. If he were my dog, I'd never get anything done.
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Post by topbilled on Apr 21, 2024 15:16:13 GMT
Looking forward to the third part of The Mrs. Ridgefield Story.
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Post by Fading Fast on Apr 21, 2024 17:34:40 GMT
The Continuing Adventures of Fawn and Me
Fawn: "Might be time for some new furniture. The sofa's looking a little worn."
Me: "It doesn't help that I have to vacuum it two or three times a week - more right now in the spring when somebody sheds a lot."
Fawn: "I'm choosing to ignore the implication of that remark."
Me: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to imply, I thought I was being clear: you shed a lot, which causes me to vacuum a lot, which increases the wear and tear on our sofa, which is why it looks so worn."
Fawn: [lower lip quivering, tears welling up in his eyes] "I could go live somewhere else."
Me: [feeling hugely guilty] "No buddy, this is your home. Shed as much as you like."
Fawn: [wiping the tears from his eyes with his front hooves] "Okay, so do we both agree, it's time for a new sofa?"
Me: "Sigh, yes, next week we'll start looking."
Fawn: "How about a nice tufted leather one."
Me: "Do you not remember what happened to our tufted leather chair when, regularly standing up, somebody dug his hooves into it one too many times?"
Fawn: "But I would look good sitting on a classic Chesterfield. I could even get a smoking jacket and velvet slippers."
Me: "All our purchases don't have to be a paean to your vanity."
Fawn: "Who wanted the monogrammed towels?"
Me: "The initials in the diamond pattern look so nice."
Fawn: "I noticed they were in your initials, not mine."
Me: [sheepishly] "How about we get you a smoking jacket, but consider sofas in materials that your hooves won't tear easily?"
Fawn: "Leather's not off the table, though."
Me: "No, it's not off the table."
Fawn: "Let's talk color. I look good with a yellow background."
Me: "We're not getting a yellow leather sofa, not happening."
Fawn: "I never get what I want."
Me: "Shh, the movie's about to start."
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Post by Andrea Doria on Apr 21, 2024 18:27:36 GMT
Fading Fast: "Me: "Do you not remember what happened to our tufted leather chair when, regularly standing up, somebody dug his hooves into it one too many times?"
The mental picture is hilarious. We have heard that Fawn's a bit jumpy during the scary parts of the movies.
We bought really expensive "heirloom" leather furniture for our living room because the salesman told us it would withstand many pounds of pressure from dog claws. None of us gave a thought to the cat who then regularly clawed the sides as a signal to me to let him outside. It all still looks good but if you run your hand over the side it feels like ostrich skin.
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Post by Fading Fast on Apr 21, 2024 18:35:37 GMT
Fading Fast: "Me: "Do you not remember what happened to our tufted leather chair when, regularly standing up, somebody dug his hooves into it one too many times?"
The mental picture is hilarious. We have heard that Fawn's a bit jumpy during the scary parts of the movies.
We bought really expensive "heirloom" leather furniture for our living room because the salesman told us it would withstand many pounds of pressure from dog claws. None of us gave a thought to the cat who then regularly clawed the sides as a signal to me to let him outside. It all still looks good but if you run your hand over the side it feels like ostrich skin. That's hilarious. My girlfriend's mother has a cat and a dog - it's hard keeping up with all the "issues." And both are well behaved, but still, they are animals.
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Post by topbilled on Apr 21, 2024 18:58:25 GMT
One thing I'd like to say before we watch part three today, is that at least Warner Brothers kept the same performers in the main roles over this three year period (1938 to 1941).
May Robson died in late 1942 at the age of 84, so she was nearing the end...but she still had some life in her...and three more films released after this.
Aside from Priscilla, the studio would release the other Lanes from their contract. But even Priscilla would be dropped a short time later.
Dick Foran had already left Warners, in between FOUR WIVES and FOUR MOTHERS, in 1940. The studio could easily have recast his role. He was already under a new contract over at Universal, but they borrowed him back for FOUR MOTHERS.
Foran was appearing in westerns at Universal as well as the studio's famous horror flicks and the occasional 'A' prestige picture.
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Post by Fading Fast on Apr 21, 2024 19:00:38 GMT
One thing I'd like to say before we watch part three today, is that at least Warner Brothers kept the same performers in the main roles over this three year period (1938 to 1941).
May Robson died in late 1942 at the age of 84, so she was nearing the end...but she still had some life in her...and three more films released after this.
Aside from Priscilla, the studio would release the other Lanes from their contract. But even Priscilla would be dropped a short time later.
Dick Foran had already left Warners, in between FOUR WIVES and FOUR MOTHERS, in 1940. The studio could easily have recast his role. He was already under a new contract over at Universal, but they borrowed him back for FOUR MOTHERS.
Foran was appearing in westerns at Universal as well as the studio's famous horror flicks and the occasional 'A' prestige picture. Great color, thank you. The funny thing is Foran, of every main character, could have lifted out the easiest, but am glad they kept him.
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Post by topbilled on Apr 21, 2024 19:00:52 GMT
Dick Foran in MY LITTLE CHICKADEE:
In THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES, being groomed for better roles:
And in THE MUMMY'S HAND:
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Post by Fading Fast on Apr 21, 2024 19:02:07 GMT
"Honorary Degree," so did Adam even go to college?
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Post by topbilled on Apr 21, 2024 19:02:11 GMT
I've pressed play...
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Post by Andrea Doria on Apr 21, 2024 19:03:21 GMT
Oh good we get Red right off the bat, minding the baby at the piano.
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Post by topbilled on Apr 21, 2024 19:03:58 GMT
Upstaged by baby on the piano:
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Post by BunnyWhit on Apr 21, 2024 19:04:38 GMT
The "gowns by" credit went to Orry-Kelly for Four Daughters, but Howard Shoup gets it for Four Wives, Four Mothers, and Young at Heart.
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