Movie Chat

He played with William Holden and Edgar Buchanon in TEXAS, a pretty good oater in which his best friend, William Holden goes bad and Edgar Buchanon, a dentist criminal, sings Buffalo Gals at the big dance.

He played the Dutchman in "Lust for Gold" and I've never seen that one, nor the other two you just bought. But, I think I've seen almost every other picture he's been in including "Jubal" and "Texas". (lol)

Have you seen Glenn in Human Desire, where he's an engineer, out of prison, romancing Broderick Crawford's wife?

I've just been reading about "Human Desire" on IMDb. That's another one I missed. Sounds like a good one. I'll keep a lookout for it on TCM.

I liked Ford in "Gilda", "The Fastest Gun Alive", "A Stolen Life" with Bette Davis playing twins (he marries the wrong twin) and "Cimmaron" and "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", both of which got terrible reviews and were quite long, but didn't prevent me from enjoying them enough to watch them a second time. (lol)

Human Desire is one of the potboilers they inundated us with at the time. I enjoy a film like that just to get a look at the actors.


Another actor I have always been interested in, to me, is not a really good actor, but some of his films are really worth watching. Broderick Crawford. I want to get copies of some of his better ones, such as All the King's Men, The Last Posse, and Square of Violence. Many of his films are not available, it seems.

Last night I watched two Jimmy Stewart films. Made for Each Other is a good film, but I espacially liked Pot O' Gold. It's a musical comedy that also stars Horace Heidt. In it, Jimmy plays harmonica and sings. Anybody know if he actually did his own music?

Jimmy sang, Edgar, but the harmonica was dubbed.

Last weekend I bought Breakfast at Tiffany's, a mistake, since I recalled reading the little paperback of it in the late 60s, I guess it was. I finished with a vague sense of disappointment. Why I thought the movie could redeam the original work, I can't say. I think I may have been influenced by those who gush over it. The film never really built in interest for me. I eventually went off to work on a manuscript I was finishing. Sorry fans, but, I didn't like it.

I love Audrey Hepburn but "Breakfast At Tiffany's" I never got. I've never been able to sit through even twenty minutes of it before losing interest and wandering away.

It's not one that I've added to my collection of favorite movies to keep, Edgar, - and I've got a voluminous collection of favorites. I did, however, enjoy the New York scenery.

It was beautifully filmed, and I have loved Hepburn since seeing her in My Fair Lady in 1964. Personally, I believe it was Capote to blame.

Edward G. Robinson Jr.


According to newspapers in 1974, Edward G. Robinson Jr. took 2 tranquilizers and drank a quart of tequila before retiring. He was an alcoholic, and I doubt he was trying to commit suicide. His death was most likely accidental. His wife, Nancy called paramedics because she woke up and saw he was turning blue and unable to breathe. I guess by the time paramedics got there it was too late. From what has been told to me second hand, Edward G. Robinson Jr. vomited in his sleep and choked to death. Sad ending for a man who died so young.

Thanks, Shawn. I have been asking that question a lot of years.

Well, finally, edgar, I found this thread. Soooo you say the Yellow Rose of Texas was playing when Rock beat up some rednecks? Wow! Dennis Hopper was as clean and neat as James Dean. What should I see tonight on the news but Lance Armstrong compared to Easy Rider.

I've been trying to get some responses on Beyond the Sea from everyone. I loved it. Did you see it, Texas?

I didn't see Beyond the Sea. It came and went rather quickly. I plan to get the DVD. Bobby Darin holds a special place in my heart. When I was about twenty, I developed an affinity for the man, a brotherly feeling. I made a sort of pledge to follow his life in conjunction with my own. He left us so quickly, I am still getting used to it.

I went to Target and bought Beyond the Sea just today. First, I thought it would be disasterous to let Spacey sing, but he did a reasonable imitation. My one criticism is, such a film doesn't have the time to cover all the important stuff. I recall that when Bobby made his breakthrough at the Copa, George Burns took a fatherly interest in him and followed him about quite a bit. But George Burns wasn't in the movie at all. His experiences with Tim Hardin, who wrote If I Were a Carpenter, not mentioned. The phase of his career when he produced recordings, such as Eighteen Yellow Roses, and You're the Reason I'm Living, missing. Still, I enjoyed it.

Good morning, edgar. Well, as you know, the life of Bobby Darin was foreign to me. I was just anxious to see how Spacey did. He is an actor, but all of his interpretations seem so effortless and excellent.

I tried to talk lightwizard into watching Hide and Seek. It is not the type movie one might think that it is. DeNiro and Dakota Fanning are truly superb, and the ending is quite a surprise.

Looking forward to watching 'Beyond the Sea'.

We watched "The Aviator" with Leonardo di Caprio the other night. I was very impressed by his performance and the movie itself. Fast-paced and covered alot of ground in a short time with terrific visuals and creative editing. Cate Blanchett disturbed me greatly, tho. Her imitation of Kate Hepburn was almost comical.

The Aviator is on my list to see.
Hide and Seek I never heard of.