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Post by Fading Fast on Apr 16, 2023 15:58:11 GMT
I do the same now and I also think of themes.
"A Summer Place" would be a great Donahue-Dee combo one as it's melodrama on crack and steroids at the same time.
Going back to pro-union flicks, I find it interesting that Lloyd Bridges stars in THE WHISTLE AT EATON FALLS. He would be gray-listed shortly afterward. So in the early 50s, if you selected scripts that were a bit leftish in their politics, you had McCarthy and the witch hunters after you!
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I'm exhausted by the McCarthy cudgel because I think it's become a talisman for the left today who, just like today's right, needs to do some soul searching when it comes to supporting honest and open debate with opposing views, but it would be funny if this balanced movie, "Whistle Stop at Eaton Falls," caused Bridges' gray listing. I thought the movie was pretty balanced - good and bad was shown in both management and the union - but maybe the issue was that the end was a management-union kumbaya.
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Post by Fading Fast on Apr 16, 2023 17:10:28 GMT
My last teaser (I promise) for "The Garment Jungle" at 3pm ET / 1pm MT / 12pm PT today.
It's the fun and very tabloid-style - the music and narration are pure sensationalism - original trailer for the movie.
The ripping of her dress off at the start is so funny silly, but you can see what they were going for.
Original Trailer "The Garment Jungle"
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Apr 16, 2023 18:59:11 GMT
Whew! Made it -last seat right in the front row, wouldn't you know it.
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Post by Fading Fast on Apr 16, 2023 18:59:12 GMT
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Apr 16, 2023 19:01:35 GMT
Terror!? From an undershirt? Wow...I've never seen this one.
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Post by Fading Fast on Apr 16, 2023 19:02:12 GMT
The blonde's mirthful disdain on her face when the dress is torn off is hilarious.
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Post by topbilled on Apr 16, 2023 19:02:37 GMT
What a great looking print, this upload on YouTube.
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Post by Fading Fast on Apr 16, 2023 19:03:15 GMT
What a great looking print, this upload on YouTube. |
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Post by Andrea Doria on Apr 16, 2023 19:03:45 GMT
I'll bet it was those hoodlums.
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Apr 16, 2023 19:04:06 GMT
Whoa, yes - terror. Start as you mean to go on!
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Post by Fading Fast on Apr 16, 2023 19:06:35 GMT
I'll bet it was those hoodlums. |
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Post by topbilled on Apr 16, 2023 19:08:03 GMT
Lee J. Cobb was 45, playing father to Kerwin Mathews, who was 30.
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Post by Andrea Doria on Apr 16, 2023 19:09:01 GMT
I like seeing Lee J.Cobb get to show a softer side in some of these scenes, grief over his partner, joy at seeing his son. Lots of his parts have been stern and angry all the way through.
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Post by Fading Fast on Apr 16, 2023 19:09:51 GMT
It's 1957 and the garment business is in for a multi-decade decline that will end with the business overseas with new owners. Best advice he gave his son was to do something - anything - else.
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Apr 16, 2023 19:10:20 GMT
Walter's acting here is superb. He seems 100% innocent. Oh my.
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