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Post by cineclassics on Mar 8, 2023 23:45:38 GMT
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Post by cineclassics on Mar 9, 2023 0:14:13 GMT
Perhaps the most watched motion picture of all-time, The Wizard of Oz continue to captivate audiences with its stellar performances, beautiful sepia-tone/technicolor transitions, and a heartfelt story of friendship and home. I also contend the film is perhaps the greatest directorial feat of all-time by Victor Fleming. He directed both The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind in the same year. Truly remarkable.
The African Queen is another Bogart/Huston film, but this time, 10 years after The Maltese Falcon, Huston and Bogart head to Africa to film on location, a pretty rare technique during the studio era. Alongside the legendary duo is another screen legend, Katherine Hepburn and Hepburn and Bogie's chemistry is iconic as the two bickering shipmates. The African Queen would land Bogart his only Best Actor Oscar win, inspire countless adventure films featuring dysfunctional companions, and even a theme park attraction! In the immortal words of Roger Ebert as he described The African Queen in 1968 during a re-release, after all these years, "The African Queen still reigns."
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Post by dianedebuda on Mar 9, 2023 1:44:52 GMT
For some odd reason, Oz has never appealed to me even though I'm a huge fan of musicals. Love Hepburn & Bogie together.
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Post by sepiatone on Mar 9, 2023 16:57:50 GMT
For some odd reason, Oz has never appealed to me even though I'm a huge fan of musicals. Love Hepburn & Boogie together.  Sepiatone |
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Post by dianedebuda on Mar 9, 2023 19:44:30 GMT
Well that sure made me notice the typo. 😄
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Post by sagebrush on Mar 10, 2023 12:08:50 GMT
I love both of these films. Musicals are "my thing", though, so I have to go with THE WIZARD OF OZ.
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Post by topbilled on Mar 10, 2023 16:55:00 GMT
I played the cowardly lion in a high school production of The Wizard of Oz. This was in 1989, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the film. For those who aren't aware, the Broadway play includes a few scenes that were cut out of the film script. There is a Jitterbug dance that is a lot of fun.
Incidentally, I still talk to all the other main cast members on Facebook. The gal who played the wicked witch will post a picture of her in a witch's costume every Halloween and tag me saying "Hey Jarrod, I still get into character!"
The funny thing is, she was one of the nicest people in my high school. When she was cast as the witch, we all scratched our heads and said 'she won't be mean enough, she doesn't have what it takes to be a true witch.' But boy, were we wrong...she stole every scene she was in, and it was such a fun experience for all of us, I think that is why we are still friends years later.
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Post by jamesjazzguitar on Mar 10, 2023 18:15:24 GMT
I played the cowardly lion in a high school production of The Wizard of Oz. This was in 1989, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the film. For those who aren't aware, the Broadway play includes a few scenes that were cut out of the film script. There is a Jitterbug dance that is a lot of fun.
Incidentally, I still talk to all the other main cast members on Facebook. The gal who played the wicked witch will post a picture of her in a witch's costume every Halloween and tag me saying "Hey Jarrod, I still get into character!"
The funny thing is, she was one of the nicest people in my high school. When she was cast as the witch, we all scratched our heads and said 'she won't be mean enough, she doesn't have what it takes to be a true witch.' But boy, were we wrong...she stole every scene she was in, and it was such a fun experience for all of us, I think that is why we are still friends years later.
I was also a member of the Drama club in High School. The most memorable play I was in was 12 Angry Men. This was Los Alamitos High School in Southern California. The Drama teacher was the brother of George Slaughter, best known as the producer of Laugh-In. George never came to one of our classes or plays, but his parents did. That was a treat since they were very nice to us students. |
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