Movie Chat

Why did so many of them being by playing an individual from a different ethnic group. Rock Hudson as an American Indian had to be the a laugh riot to film, the dark make-up being so ridiculously obvious. I'll never forget Ron Howard as the little boy in "The Music Man" -- look what happened there!

They just didn't seem to want to hire many minorities in the old days except to be clowns or expendables. The exceptions, like Katy Juardo in High Noon made films more interesting to me. George Reeves as a Mexican was a riot.

John Wayne as Genghis Khan.

Good one, eoe. How about Sidney Toliver (is that name correct?) as Charlie Chan?

Yep, Sidney Toler and Warner Olen as Charlie Chan and even J. Carroll Naish who played Indians, Mexicans, Japanese,you name it. (lol)

And Anthony Quinn played Indians so many times, I used to think he was Indian, until he played a few Mexican roles, but they whisked him out of the Mexican roles to play Zorba, the Greek, and Attilla the Hun, and Chinese and Arabs. (lol) Hollywood liked Charles Bronson and Jack Palance in Indian roles too. And how about Sam Jaffe as Gunga Din?

Sam Jaffee. My word, Raggedy. I had forgotten that man.

Watched Van Helsing night before last and I have never seen so many monsters rolled into one movie.

Still think that Boris Karloff made the very best Frankenstein

Who do you all think made the best mummy, or the best dracula?

Strangely, I watched Bordello of Blood on AMC with Dennis Miller. Shocker of an ending, and, not too bad considering.

Letty: Without a doubt, Boris Karloff for best Frankenstein monster and Mummy and Bela Lugosi for Dracula. But, those movies used to scare me to death and still do. (lol) Bordello of Blood? No way am I going to watch that one.

It ain't scary, Raggedy. Just a bit surprising.

hmmm. Well, it certainly sounds scary. I'm not afraid of Dracula anymore, but Frankenstein's monster still gives me the chills, except for Young Frankenstein. (Love that Puttin' on the Ritz)

I recently watch Karlof's Frankenstein. I marvelled at how well it was filmed and acted. If only they had employed an intelligent script writer it would have had everything.

and this brings us to The Mummy....and The Werewolf...and...and....and....

I've never paid too much attention to the Mummy and the Werewolf. Also, I watched a few Dracula films but was not overwhelmed by any of them. All a matter of personal taste, which puts me in a minority, it would seem.

Which makes a minority of two if you count me in, Edgar.(lol)

But, I loved those cowboys and Jack Palance, Charles Bronson, Chuck Connors, Burt Lancaster, Ricardo Montalban, Anthony Quinn Indians. And Inow look at those Apache, Sitting Bull, Geronomo (J. Carrol Naish, if I recall correctly) movies with a chuckle at my naivete. But, ironically, I will watch them in reruns and guiltily admit that I still enjoy them. (lol)

I love the old westerns, no matter how foolish some of them are. They Died With Their Boots On is great - all one has to remember abot it is the film has nothing to do with history.

As if history can interfere with the beauty of imagination.

Billy the Kid was just a slow witted killer. Bonnie and Clyde were bank robbers.

Didn't Bruce Willis star in a movie about Buck Jones?

I remember telling my sister that I didn't like Robin in Bat Man, cause he showed the fat part of his legs. What in the world ever possessed me to think that was something taboo.

And a favorite of mine (Anthony Quinn was Crazy Horse in that one). And I loved the Plainsman and The Westerner with Gary Cooper.

If you ever see it in one of your stores, get " Sergeant Rutledge" with Jeffrey Hunter and Woody Strode. It was directed by John Ford and Woody Strode was excellent as a black cavalry officer on trial for rape and murder. I don't think you'll be disappointed.

Batman. There's real history. He he. I like the old comic book heroes like him.

I believe I saw Sergeant Rutledge, but may be mistaken.

Watched Drums in the Deep South last eve. The cover lists Guy Madison as the star, though in fact he got second billing. James Craig and Barbara Payton were in fact the main players. Craig Stevens (Peter Gunn) also appears. It was originally beautifully filmed, but in severe need of restoration now. The score was by the guy that did music for Good Bad and Ugly - ?
Set in the civil war, it opens with scenes evocative of Gone With the Wind. There is a love triangle and friends on opposing sides. We have a hollow mountain overlooking the train track supplying Sherman, who's on his march to Atlanta. Soldiers come up through the caverns with canons and begin blowing up the trains. When the Union brings in a naval canon on a flatcar even it gets destroyed. Finally, Guy Madison, unaware his good buddy is the leader of the pack on the mountain, sets powder charges within the caverns. In the end Barbara Payton and James Craig die on the mountain. In some respects it's a good film, in others quite foolish. I didn't resent the time spent watching.

I tried to watch a DVD movie last night, but the player was not working properly. The name of the movie was The United States of (someone) Fitzgerald. Kevin Spacey was the father of a young man who senselessly killed a retarded child. Anyone see it? I would love to know the ending.