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My mother taught Italian to Yvonne de Carlo at the Berlitz school in Beverly Hills. They became friends and we were often invited to her swimming pool. I had a crush on her stepdaughter Bari. We would take her with us to the beach. Long time ago...
Here a 1952 western with Yvonne De Carlo...
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Charles Boyer as Pepe le Moko puts it on the line to Gaby played by Hedy Lamarr who has the most beautiful eyes in the universe...she plays it coy. At 50.40 in the video they have a conversation where the cards are being laid on the table for anyone to see that's watching.Originally posted by don_budge View Post
Algiers (1938)
Charles Boyer as Pepe le Moko and Hedy Lamarr as Gaby. Eighty years ago. A moment in time. Pepe escapes but it wasn't the ending he envisioned. Life's like that. C'est la vie as they say in "Gay Paris". He envisioned a life of love with Gaby in Paris but he gets a bullet in the back instead.
Pepe: So you wanted to take another look at the strange, wild animal.
Gaby: Strange...but not so very wild.
Pepe: How do you like my cage?
Gaby: I don't know...yet.
Pepe: Do you like Algiers?
Gaby: I don't like traveling. It makes me homesick.
Pepe: Does it?
Gaby: If I can't see Paris when I open my eyes in the morning I want to go right back to sleep. Do you know Paris?
(Pepe's eyes light up and he and Gaby trade a few for their favourite places in Paris until they say the same one)
Pepe: What a small world.
(They gaze into one another's eyes for a moment that seems like an eternity)
Gaby: Cigarette?
Pepe: Thanks. Got a light?
Gaby: (Lights Pepe's cigarette) We are a long way from home.
(Pepe leaves the table to talk to one of his underlings about some shady business. He returns.)
Gaby: He was talking about me?
Pepe: He was worried about you.
Gaby: About me?
Pepe: All that stuff you have on.
Gaby: Oh...that's nice of him.
Pepe: You're not worried yourself?
Gaby: No...not while I'm with you.
Pepe: Right. This is something.
Gaby: Is it? And it hardly weighs anything. Look.
Pepe: At least 20,000 francs. Hmmm?
Gaby: Add a zero.
Pepe: Oh. I mean what I would get for it. (They laugh). Here put it on again.
Gaby: You put it on.
Pepe puts the bracelet back on and takes her hands in both of his. Their eyes lock for another of those eternal moments as time stands still. Love is like that. You know?
Pepe: Want to dance?
Gaby: Yes.
Pepe swirls her around the dance floor like a Don Juan.
Pepe: What's your name? (He finally gets around to asking)
Gaby: Gabriel. They call me Gaby.
Pepe: Married?
Gaby: No.
Pepe: Widow?
Gaby: No.
Pepe: Why not? Who are you with?
Gaby: My fiancé.
Pepe: What is he like?
Gaby: Generous.
Pepe: What are you laughing at?
Gaby: Nothing.
Pepe: Too bad.
Gaby: Too bad?
Pepe: Too bad I don't know you better.
Gaby: Why?
Pepe: Because I would slap your face.
Gaby: Why?
Pepe: When people laugh around me I like to know why.
Gaby: Ah...
What a scene. A man and a woman...both with dubious intentions. Black and white. The most beautiful eyes. I've seen those eyes before. It was the Estonian student I believe.
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I started to post the most famous Hedy Lamarr scene from the movie "Ectasy" (free and on-line) but then deleted the link. Having contributed to the politicization of this website I would not like to contribute to the possible inclusion of pornography here. Although all discerning movie buffs agree that that early Hedy Lamarr scene is not porn but rather film literature and historic first with everything done through suggestion rather than graphic detail. (Bracelet or necklace important.) Remember too the prize that Hedy won in scientific invention. Did she even invent Bluetooth? Maybe.Last edited by bottle; 08-01-2018, 05:44 AM.Comment
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A Favorite Line from "Salome Where She Danced" (1945), Starring Yvonne De Carlo, Said of a Rooming House Proprietor in Drinkman Wells, California before that Town Name got Changed to the Title of the Film.
"She used to be on the stage herself until her arches fell." Sort of like Sir Andrew Aguecheek's "I was adored once too."Comment
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"Together Again" (1944)...Charles Boyer and Irene Dunne
Another tremendous performance by Charles Boyer. The Ladies pet and the Men's fret. Something about this fellow resonates with me.
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Inn of the Sixth Happiness...Ingrid Bergman (1958)
Ingrid Bergman...an incredible Swedish actress put in a tremendous performance about a woman being everything that a woman can possibly be. The life of this character was surrounded about her desire to save and protect children. The courage of the woman is enough to melt the heart of any man. The goodness of her soul was not measurable by earthly standards. Within the movie is a love story. A noble and courageous love.
There is something of a parallel between the old black and white movies and classic tennis with the wooden racquets. There is something...traditional. Traditional values. Something about a passionate love for the game of tennis. The Classic Game. That same traditional passionate love is missing in the modern game. Just as there is definitely something missing in modern cinema.
This youtube movie was redone with the color added. They may as well have left it in black and white. The quality of the video is pretty average and the movie is pretty long. But the story was worth the viewing. A rare glimpse in what is good in the human race. Nobility...in the name of God. Derived from the faith of a calling. Destiny...a divine destiny. Wonderful movie. Ingrid Bergman as I have never seen her.
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This Old Man...
This old man, he played one,
He played knick-knack on my thumb;
Knick-knack paddywhack,
Give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.
This old man, he played two,
He played knick-knack on my shoe;
Knick-knack paddywhack,
Give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.
This old man, he played three,
He played knick-knack on my knee;
Knick-knack paddywhack,
Give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.
This old man, he played four,
He played knick-knack on my door;
Knick-knack paddywhack,
Give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.
This old man, he played five,
He played knick-knack on my hive;
Knick-knack paddywhack,
Give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.
This old man, he played six,
He played knick-knack on my sticks;
Knick-knack paddywhack,
Give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.
This old man...this old man...this old man...this old man...this old man...this old man...this old man...this old man...this old man...this old man...this old man...this old man...this old man...Knick-knack paddywhack, give a dog a bone, this old man came rolling home.
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Sergeant York...Gary Cooper (1941)
Wasn't that Ingrid Bergman something in "The Inn of Sixth Happiness"? Oh...you didn't watch it? Understandable...what could we learn from such a long time ago? After all we have these splendid (infernal) cell phones and our wonderful (satanic) computers. We've got it all. Lock, stock and barrel. Just look at these low living people in Tennessee from one hundred years ago. No cars. Just a stupid mule here and there.
These are our roots. We have forgotten who we are and where we came from. Gary Cooper plays Alvin York in this movie. A man completely unsuspecting as to what life has to offer him. From drinking and shooting out his rage at random he moves seamlessly into the role of a hero. With the Lord's help. Here is a character that displays much of what a man is capable of doing with his life. An unsuspecting hero. He gets the girl in the end. A woman worth having in her innocent beauty and unsophisticated loveliness.
Much like classic tennis morphed into something that is unrecognisable today compared to "those good old days" as some accuse good old don_budge of wistfully reminiscing about. Which isn't true at all. don_budge being a bit Quixotic from being high on nature for the past fifteen years. Funny how Tennessee reminds me of the countryside here in Sweden somewhat. The lack of motion. Commotion you could say. The world standing still. Stop the world! Time moving forwards lazily. Like a babbling brook. My first wife from the 70's had people in Tennessee. What a life! Life has morphed beyond recognition too. I know...tell me about it. Progress! Full speed ahead!!!
See Gary Cooper play a character about a man who is all that a man can be. But I warn you...proceed with caution. If you have any kind of heart left at all... you just might find a tear in your eye. Say goodbye to human nature. It's all VIRTUAL MORALITY all of the time now. What a shame the young will never have a clue.
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Steel Town...Ann Sheridan (1952)
An interesting film that I find interesting for a number of reasons. The story takes place in a town that revolves around its Steel Mill. This is a time in America when manufacturing was booming. Steel is an interesting commodity and as it so happens I worked for a Steel Company for some 25 plus years. The Steel Division of the Ford Motor Company. My last job at the company was supervising a testing laboratory that measured and certified the results of the product to the customer. I have some knowledge about the properties of steel.
At one point in this charming or not so charming film you get a Steel Making 101 course as the director walks you through the Steel making process. What the accidental observer might just take note of is the extremely high temperatures that are necessary to forge this material. This is not a product that is weakened by a flash fire of air plane fuel as the NIST report and the FBI investigation would have you believe in the investigation of the collapse of the World Trade Centre Towers on September 11, 2001. I have looked at the blue prints of the structural steel in the buildings and the best that I can say about the investigations is I doubt it. That would be putting it mildly.
But the story here takes place in another time...a time when things seemed to be a bit more calm and the American Dream was just that. If you liked you could partake. Just roll up your sleeves and go to work. The manufacturing sector was thriving and jobs were plentiful. Until the mandate was "The New World Order" which largely was a result of the 9/11 incident and the subsequent wars and globalism.
So watch a good old movie...or not. "The American Dream"...that was the subject of the conversation between myself and The Danish Girl in the Munich bar back in 1989. Mikeal Gorbachov was in Berlin. Negotiating the demise of the Berlin Wall...which did not come down by controlled demolition.
The protagonist in this movie is named Steve. He was a hero...but one that was born of the silver spoon variety. I guess heroes come in all shapes, sizes and colours.
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"Keeper of the Flame," 1943, Starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy
Saw it on Turner movies. Very interesting with shocking relevance to the present.Last edited by bottle; 12-30-2018, 06:35 AM.Comment
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