24 lies per second

24liespersecond - stand by my friends -

2006-12-16T14:01:00.000+01:00

First of all, i'm really sorry for not having updating this blog for nearly a year ! but i've been very busy in building a website dedicated to one of the greatest french filmaker : MARCEL CARNE.

I hope to be back "in business" here as soon as i can (possible by january 2007) because so many movies are yet to be released on dvd.

take care.

merry christmas, happy new year for everyone.

i'll be back

The Outlaw and His Wife (1918) part3 - Victor Sjostrom

2006-01-23T23:40:00.000+01:00

This is the last PART out of 3 (with a total of 181 captures) dedicated to
Berg-Ejvind och hans hustru aka The Outlaw and His Wife one of the first masterpiece in Cinematograph by Victor Sjöström.

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"After a long life, Misery fell on them /
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"I dreamt about us / Our only law was love /
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It is time to pay tribute to Julius Jaenzon, the cinematographer without whom this movie wouldn't have been that important. He was also the cinematographer of those masterpieces : The Phantom Carriage by Sjöström in 1921 & Sir Arne's Treasure by Mauritz Stiller, not to forget the first Garbo movie : The Legend of Gosta Berling.

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"The Swedes created a poetic aesthetic in images. The Outlaw and His Wife was a model of the genre, more related to art and music than to theatres. Sjöström, in a mood of flowing and poignant light, has created a concentrated simplicity, an authenticity, and an inner, impassioned lyricism free from unnecessary gestures. With help from Nature, with its pure, clear lines, marvelously photographed à la Rembrandt, Sjöström was the first in Europe(and one may say in the entire world) to utilize light as a dramatic element, above all in the tragic sense."
Eve Francis. Temps Héroiques. 1921.

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"A stranger comes to work at widow Halla's farm. Halla and the stranger fall in love, but when he is revealed as Eyvind, an escaped thief forced into crime by his family's starvation, they flee and become two of the many outlaws of Iceland's mountains."
Erik Gregersen @IMDB

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These frames are taken from a rare broadcast on France3 Cine-Club around 1995.
The Outlaw and His Wife has been released on VHS in june 2000 by Kino video, and it seems that there is a Laserdisc edition that has been released in the nineties.

You should check these books if you're looking for more info about Sjöström :
Bengt Forslund. Victor Sjöström: His Life and His Work. New York: Zoetrope, 1988.
René Jeanne & Charles Ford. Victor Sjöström. Classiques du Cinema. Editions Universitaires. 1963.

See you nex monday for another tribute...
if i find time to do it...

bye bye now.

The Outlaw and His Wife (1918) part2 - Victor Sjostrom

2006-01-16T10:00:00.000+01:00

Well this is part 2 of my tribute to Berg-Ejvind och hans hustru aka The Outlaw and His Wife, one of the first masterpiece in Cinematograph by Victor Sjöström.

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"When the sun sheds its light over the colourless glacier /
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Love brightened their life."

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"They didn't know what solitude meant /
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"Here without doubt is the most beautiful film in the world. Victor Sjöström has directed it with a dignity that goes beyond words adn it shows that he is a splendid and human actor, like his fellow players and the third, unusally impressive member of the cast: Nature!"
Louis Delluc. Cinéa. 1921.

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"The cliff was 35 meters high and they were going to pull me up with a cable until i could get hold of a shrub at the cliff's edge. Mr Ekman (Arnes) did not haul me up himself, but instead some crew members who were out of frame, with a cable that was also kept concealed. Everything went fine and i reached the cliff edge itself. Then a technician suddenly jumped forward and hugged me in his arms. It was at the last moment, the hook that was holding me had straightened out as a result of rubbing against the cliff edge, and the next instant...
Yes i have never been in such mortal danger as i was then."
Victor Sjöström. Diary (Dagen). 16 Jan 1918.

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"The working weeks Sjöström spent in the barren Swedish mountain environment in strenuous work, still linger today in his memory, gleaming with a certain grandeur. It was as though for the first time he was really struck by the nature of the film, what unimagined potential it contained, and how much there was to do for this new art."
'Oskrivna memoarer' Dagens nyheter 7 May 1933

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"Americans," Sjöström/Seastrom said sadly, "do not like beautiful mountains, rivers and trees. They must have action. In Sweden we can express so much with our scenery we love to see it."
Louella Parsons. NEW YORK TELEGRAPH. November 26, 1922

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This was part 2 out of 3 for an impressive total of 183 Captures !!
I hope you are fascinating by them as much as i do.

Next monday you will see PART 3.
In the meantime, any comment will be appreciated.

The Outlaw and His Wife (1918) part1 - Victor Sjöström

2006-01-09T12:05:00.000+01:00

"Another movie, another planet" but first let me wish you a happy new year.
Will this blog still be there in a year ? i really don't know. What's the use of doing all this ? if someone can tell me... But i feel that i have to do this to pay my tribute to movies which moved me and that are sadly forgotten (well, most of them!) in the DVD merciless world.
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I wanted to begin this new year 2006 going back to Silent Movies and particularly to one of the best movie by swedish director : Victor Sjöström.
Yes, i know one of the first movie i captured on this blog was : The Wind his famous movie in Hollywood with Lilian Gish in 1928. But i believe you should be aware that he also did marvellous movies in the beginning in his native sweden as you will see this January.
In 1918, There wasn't any Murnau or Lang. Cinematograph was beginning to turn into a Art. In 1916, D.W. Griffith did Intolerance. But Cinema Masterpieces were not common by this time. Yet, Victor Sjöström already had directed several movies since 1912. But Berg-Ejvind och hans hustru aka The Outlaw and His Wife was to be one of the first great masterpiece of the Silent Cinema.
Therefore i will divide my tribute in 3 parts this January every monday.
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"A tale in pictures of 2 people's fate".

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Charles Magnusson was the producer of Svenska, the famous Swedish production company which gave to the world the great Swedish Film Art (Mauritz Stiller's Sir Arne's Treasure for instance).

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The Outlaw and His Wife "is perhaps the most important event in the history of film since 1895, because here for the first time a film consciously entered the realm of art".
Bardeche & Brasillach. Histoire Du Cinema. Edit. Denoel et Steele. 1935

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This was the first 45 frames i have captured.
Next monday you will see PART 2 out of 3.
In the meantime, any comments will be appreciated.

Distant Voices Still Lives (1988) part 2 - Terence Davies

2005-12-19T10:20:00.000+01:00

Well this is the last 39 captures of my tribute to Distant Voices, Still Lives, a deeply moving movie by Terence Davies.

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Listen to a rare interview by Terence Davies where he talks about the working class and being a director. This interview has been broadcasted on ARTE TV just before the screening of Distant Voices, Still Lives :
Dew MP3 FLASH PLAYER :

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Angela Walsh plays Eileen one of the daughter. 2 years later she will play in I Hired a Contract Killer by Aki Kaurismäki, then she disappeared sadly in the realms of Tv series. Her best friend in the movie is Lorraine Ashbourne. Guess what ? she has a small part in the new Peter Jackson King Kong (she plays in Jack Driscoll's play).

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Listen to a rare interview by Terence Davies where he talks about his mother and his relationship with his father. This interview has been broadcasted on ARTE TV just before the screening of Distant Voices, Still Lives :
Dew MP3 FLASH PLAYER :

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Listen to Angela Walsh sing "Brown Skin gal" from the movie with our
Dew MP3 FLASH PLAYER :

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"Most descriptions of the film and even the title itself suggest it embodies a kind of anti-cinema that is defined by notions of stillness, isolated sound and enclosed tableaux and yet this says little about the film's atmosphere or explicit textuality (which are both self-conscious and felt). A film which can, in turns, effectively evoke the cinema of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, Bill Douglas, Yasujiro Ozu, and the MGM musical must be considered in terms that respect its cinematic specificity."
Adrian Danks in Senses Of Cinema.

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Listen to the last song of the movie : O Waly Waly by Benjamin Britten sung by Peter Pears. The soundtrack of Distant Voices, Still Lives has been released on vinyl at the time by Rough Trade.
Dew MP3 FLASH PLAYER :

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"A ship there is, and she sails the sea,
She's loaded deep as deep can be,
But not so deep as the love I'm in;
I know not if I sink or swim."

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"The life of a working-class family in Liverpool. The wedding of the elder daughter and the christening of the younger daughter's baby evoke memories of the family's past, including their lives through the war years."

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These frames are taken from a rare broadcast on Arte in 1994.
Distant Voices, Still Lives has been released on Laserdisc in 1989 & on VHS in february 1990 by Artisan Entertainment.

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I want to dedicate this movie and this blog to those who are in need or lonely during this time of year where it's more difficult than ever.
I wish you a merry christmas if possible.
This song is for you :
Dew MP3 FLASH PLAYER :

Winter Wonderland by Cocteau Twins available on Lullabies to Violaine a compilation of singles released by 4AD in November 2005.

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This blog will now be put on hold for Christmas.
I'll be back on January 9th 2006.

See you next year.
take care dear imaginary friends...

"in the meantime, any comment is appreciated"

Distant Voices Still Lives (1988) part 1 - Terence Davies

2005-12-12T13:42:00.000+01:00

"Another movie, another planet".
When this movie was released back in 1988, it was nothing but a shock for those who have seen it. This is a movie you won't forget. And as usual, i still don't understand WHY it hasn't been released yet on DVD. My VHS copy has suffered a lot because it is 15 years old but Distant Voices, Still Lives is too important to be left in oblivion.

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Distant Voices, Still Lives is the debut feature of Terence Davies. He already did 3 short films which formed the Terence Davies Trilogy : "the three films chart the life and death of Robert Tucker, brought up - like Davies himself - in a Catholic working-class home in Liverpool. Robert is bullied at school and has a violent father who dies while the boy is still young. He is left to live alone with his mother, to whom he is devoted. As an adult, he struggles with his homosexuality, and the feelings of guilt and shame induced by his sexuality are sharpened by his Catholicism".
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Listen to the first minutes of Distant Voices, Still Lives with our
Dew MP3 FLASH PLAYER

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"Terence Davies's debut feature is actually two films, made two years apart. With the same cast and setting, and an effective matching of image and mood, Distant Voices and Still Lives work together to make a highly resonant feature which continues to mine the rich biographical seam explored in Davies's earlier Trilogy."
Annette Kuhn @ Screenonline

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Pete Postlethwaite is unforgettable in this role. You've seen him since in Alien 3, The Usual Suspects & Jurassic Park 2.
He recalled in an interview in 1997 to Metroactive : "Terence Davies' directorial style was extraordinary. He had a very, very precise vision and aural perception of what he'd wanted, of what piece of music was going to accompany a scene, how long a shot would take. Very mathematical: In a nutshell, he'd say a scene will take place at 13 1/2 seconds."

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Freda Dowie plays the mother.
Can someone tell me why this old lady isn't seen more in movies ?
I think she is adorable. Listen to her singing with the cast "barefoot days":

(She sang several songs in Distant Voices, Still Lives). The splendid soundtrack has been released on vinyl at the time by Rough Trade. It shows sometimes on Ebay or Eil. I bought mine last year.

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"All the films are imbued with tender memories of the communality of working-class life and the old forms of entertainment, such as listening to the radio, visiting the cinema and singing together."
Ewa Mazierska @ Screenonline

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This was the first 37 frames i have captured.
Next monday you will see PART 2.
In the meantime, any comments will be appreciated.

The Incident (1967) part 3 - Larry Peerce

2005-12-05T12:00:00.000+01:00

This is the last PART out of 3 (with a total of 140 captures) dedicated to The Incident by Larry Peerce.
PART 1 is available HERE and PART 2 here.

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You can still LISTEN to The Incident theme composed by Terry Knight with our new Dew MP3 FLASH PLAYER :

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LISTEN to the following scene with our Dew MP3 FLASH PLAYER

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"For me, The Incident represents a symbolic overlapping of moviemaking generations... The time we spent shooting The Incident was hands down, one of the best times I have ever had making a movie - anywhere - and those memories forever gave me a sense of how I wished the collaborative efforts of actors and crew could always be. I was then, and I remain today, deeply proud of all of our work - actors and crew - on The Incident. I am eternally and especially grateful to both Director of Photography Jerry Hirschfeld for his brilliant and dynamic black and white cinematography, and to director Larry Peerce for making me a part of this important film and personal milestone". Martin Sheen

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I don't understand why Beau Bridges hasn't been more employed in Cinema. Of course he did a lot movies but mostly were Tv series. Maybe his brother Jeff Bridges has overshadowed his career.

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Of course the cops first reaction is to arrest the black man.
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if you see what i mean.

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LISTEN to The Incident Closing Theme composed by Terry Knight with our Dew MP3 FLASH PLAYER :

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"The passengers on a New York subway car are terrorized by two teenage delinquents. Although outnumbered, the teenagers take advantage of the passenger's passivity and unwillingness to act together. We watch how the different personalities of the passengers react to the situation". Adam Douglas @ IMDB

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These frames are taken from a rare broadcast on CineClassic in 2001.
The Incident has been released on VHS in december 1989 by Fox Home Entertainment.

That's it for now.
Hope you have enjoyed these captures.
See you nex monday for another tribute...
bye bye now.

The Incident (1967) part 2 - Larry Peerce

2005-11-28T10:41:00.000+01:00

This is PART 2 out of 3 (with a total of 140 captures) dedicated to The Incident by Larry Peerce.
PART 1 is still available HERE.

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You can still LISTEN to The Incident theme composed by Terry Knight
(more about him later) with our new MP3 FLASH PLAYER
thanks to Dew.

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The cinematographer Gerald Hirschfeld explained in the issue of American Cinematographer's May 1968 how he did this wonderful job of shooting in a subway train at night.
You could find a scan of this article on the website tribute to Emanuel Gerard the art director of The Incident (He also did Shaft).
This website has been made by his son Stephen.

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This will be Thelma Ritter's last movie. She also did 31 movies in 20 years among them : All About Eve (1950)& The Misfits (1962).
She died in february 1969 of a heart attack.

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LISTEN to the following scene with our MP3 FLASH PLAYER
thanks to Dew.

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Brock Peters has such a great role as "a man with a grudge against all white society". He began acting in movies like Porgy and Bess (1959) or To Kill a Mockingbird then we sort of lost him in the world of TV series.
He even played Admiral Cartwright in Star Trek !!
He died in february 2004.

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Ruby Dee was "the first black woman to appear in major roles at the American Shakespeare Festival". She was involved a lot in the Civil Rights movement in the sixties. She is a member of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and she even established the "Ruby Dee Scholarship in Dramatic Art for talented young black women".
She played also in Do the Right Thing (1989).

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This scene is the climax of the movie.
How Ruby Dee/Joan Robinson urged her husband Brock Peters/Arnold Robinson not to fight back is a very powerful experience.

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Jack Gilford and his wife were blacklisted during the Hollywood Blacklist of the 1950s. He was known in the sixties for his Cracker Jack TV commercials. He worked for TV/Films/Broadway Theaters.
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This was the Second Part.
Next monday you will see the LAST PART out of 3 (a total of 140 rare captures).
In the meantime, any comments will be appreciated.

The Incident (1967) part 1 - Larry Peerce

2005-11-21T10:15:00.000+01:00

"Another movie, another planet".
Another planet ? i should have wrote another nightmare because the movie you're about to discover is a real urban nightmare. A story of 2 thugs terrorizing people in a subway at night in New York City. I think this movie is so great that i've decided to dedicate not only 2 weeks but 3 with a total of 140 captures (in 3 parts) !!! You should understand why it sounds so accurate to watch it in those days we're living.

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LISTEN to The Incident theme composed by Terry Knight
(more about him later) with our new MP3 FLASH PLAYER
thanks to Dew.

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It wasn't Larry Peerce's first movie. He was known for directed several TV series in the 60's, mostly the legendary Wild Wild West & Batman. Plus he already directed 2 movies at the time and he shot The Big T.N.T. Show in 1966, a live concert with performances including The Byrds, The Lovin' Spoonful, Bo Diddley or Ray Charles etc...

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The Incident was introducing for the first time on the screen the fabulous Martin Sheen whom you know of course for numerous roles among them : Badlands, Apocalypse Now and more recently Catch Me If You Can.
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The other leading act in The Incident is the astonishing Tony Musante. He already played in a B movie Once a Thief in 1965 with Alain Delon !!
In 1968 he will play with Frank Sinatra in The Detective.
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Robert Fields who plays "a nervous, lonely and pitiful homosexual" has a stunning role and is the first to be attacked. You didn't see him often in movies. But he has a small part in Looking for Mr. Goodbar, the movie Richard Brooks made in 1977 (still unreleased on DVD if you see what i mean!).

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He is the brother of the famous dude Jeff Bridges.

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What will happen to Beau Bridges ?

You have to wait next week for PART 2 of my tribute to The Incident.
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This was the first 48 frames i have captured.
Next monday you will see PART 2 out of 3 (a total of 140 rare captures).
In the meantime, any comments will be appreciated.

Some Came Running (1958) part2 - Vincente Minelli

2005-11-14T11:10:00.000+01:00

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Let's take a close-up onto the second part of one of our Two Movies of the Month : Some Came Running aka Comme Un Torrent.
This is one of the best movie by Vincente Minelli and i can't believe why it hasn't been properly released yet on DVD !!
yes i know that Cinemacom has released it but i fear this is another bootleg my friends.

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How come Sinatra took so much time to fall for her ?

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Shirley MacLaine was the only woman accepted in the legendary Rat Pack as an honorary member. The Rat Pack was iniated by Frank Sinatra in 1959 after he conducted the orchestra on Dean Martin's album Sleep Warm then he joined him on stage for the first time in Las Vegas at The Sands in January 1959. It also included Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop, and Peter Lawford.

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"The most poignant is the story of Dave Hirsh (Frank Sinatra) and Ginny Moorhead (Shirley Maclaine). Dave is searching for redemption; he is emotionally needy and spiritually enervated. He thinks he can find love in someone who can fill his creative needs and the void in his heart created by the war...
Dave does not realize that real love can only come from a sense of self worth, from finding someone whom he not only needs but, just as important, who needs him. Ginny is an angel, an angel in the form of a wrong-side-of-the-tracks bimbo ; but of all those in Dave's world, Ginny is the purest of heart and the purest in love, and her love is for Dave. When Dave finally realizes that his bliss lies with Ginny, it is too late, for both him and Ginny. And this ending comes in a moment that left me shattered, my mouth agape."
Jack Rice - an Amazon reviewer.

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"Dave Hirsch, a writer and army veteran, returns to 1948 Parkman, Indiana, his hometown. His prosperous brother introduces him to Gwen French, a local teacher. But the more flamboyant Ginny has followed him to Parkton, where he also meets gambler Bama Dillert. Dave must come to terms with his roots and with his future."
Linda Scheimann @ Imdb.
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These frames are taken from a Broadcast on France3's Cineclub in january 2005.

bye bye now...
See you next monday.

Some Came Running (1958) part1 - Vincente Minelli

2005-11-07T10:55:00.000+01:00

"Another movie, another planet".
This 2 months tribute to Greta Garbo is finished and we're back to normal here. But i will change my rules now. I will update this blog every monday and i will put online more than 24 frames contrary to what i previously planned.
And i will still cut in two parts the movies i intend to capture, so that means 2 new movies per month. I decided to do it mostly because i lack time for this as you surely understand. But i hope that this won't put you off.
Anyway this week let's take a close up onto one of the best movie of Vincente Minelli which is yet to be properly released on DVD for reasons i can't understand !!
MGM what are you waiting for ? come on !!

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Frank Sinatra was in his prime in 1958. In 1957 he recorded Come Fly With Me and in 1958 the year of this movie in one of his best act he will release Only The Lonely one of the best record of all-time.

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"Some Came Running is a film in which we think we know what we're seeing but where we have to learn to revise our understanding and learn to let more into the range of our emotional experience."
Dana Polan. Senses Of Cinema web site.

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So Shirley MacLaine as Ginni Moorehead steals the show in this movie. Which wasn't that easy when your co-partner are Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin.

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Joanne Woodward should have played the act of Ginny Moorehead but she didn't like Frank Sinatra. The year after she'll play in The Fugitive Kind by Sidney Lumet.

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Another brilliant act for Shirley MacLaine who will be 5 years later in Irma la Douce by Billy Wilder with the hilarious Jack Lemmon.

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This was the first 44 frames i'll post of this movie.
Next monday you'll see the last 44.
In the meantime, any comments will be appreciated.

Two-Faced Woman (1941) - Georges Cukor

2005-10-31T09:52:00.000+01:00

To celebrate Greta Garbo's 100th birthday in September 18th 2005, every friday in September and in October 2005 i have dedicated this blog to one of her Yet-To-Be Released-On-DVD movies from the MGM period.
Before we begin, i want to thank TCMFrance for their nearly complete Garbo Retrospective in october 2004 without who i would never have the priviledge to own this collection. If you're living in the USA, Turner Classic Movies has broadcasted the same retrospective in september 2005 !!

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For praticable reasons, i have decided to start a new blog especially for this GRETA GARBO tribute.
Come join me here : Garbo lives.

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If you don't like Garbo you have to be patient but don't worry it will be back at normal in November.

- Check back November 7th 2005 -

Please understand that as i think Garbo was the Greatest actress of all time, i need to do this tribute otherwise no-one will do it.
Thanks for your patience and understanding.
Take care

Conquest (1937) - Clarence Brown

2005-10-28T10:28:00.000+02:00

To celebrate Greta Garbo's 100th birthday in September 18th 2005, every friday in September i have dedicated this blog to one of her Yet-To-Be Released-On-DVD movies. Before we begin, i want to thank TCMFrance for their nearly complete Garbo Retrospective in october 2004 without who i would never have the priviledge to own this collection.
Starting this week, i will capture a new Garbo movie twice a week : every friday & every monday. These are all the MGM Yet-To-Be Released-On-DVD movies that's left for me to capture :
Two-Faced Woman (1941)

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For praticable reasons, i have decided to start a new blog especially for this GRETA GARBO tribute.
Come join me here : Garbo lives.

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If you don't like Garbo you have to be patient but don't worry it will be back at normal in November. Please understand that as i think Garbo was the Greatest actress of all time, i need to do this tribute otherwise no-one will do it.
Thanks for your patience and understanding.
Take care

The Painted Veil (1934) - Richard Boleslawski

2005-10-24T22:13:00.000+02:00

To celebrate Greta Garbo's 100th birthday in September 18th 2005, every friday in September i have dedicated this blog to one of her Yet-To-Be Released-On-DVD movies. Before we begin, i want to thank TCMFrance for their nearly complete Garbo Retrospective in october 2004 without who i would never have the priviledge to own this collection.
Starting this week, i will capture a new Garbo movie twice a week : every friday & every monday. These are all the MGM Yet-To-Be Released-On-DVD movies that's left for me to capture :
Conquest (1937) - Two-Faced Woman (1941)

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For praticable reasons, i have decided to start a new blog especially for this GRETA GARBO tribute.
Come join me here : Garbo lives.

00 -

If you don't like Garbo you have to be patient but don't worry it will be back at normal in November. Please understand that as i think Garbo was the Greatest actress of all time, i need to do this tribute otherwise no-one will do it.
Thanks for your patience and understanding.
Take care

Inspiration (1931) - Clarence Brown

2005-10-21T10:34:00.000+02:00

To celebrate Greta Garbo's 100th birthday in September 18th 2005, every friday in September i have dedicated this blog to one of her Yet-To-Be Released-On-DVD movies. Before we begin, i want to thank TCMFrance for their nearly complete Garbo Retrospective in october 2004 without who i would never have the priviledge to own this collection.
Starting this week, i will capture a new Garbo movie twice a week : every friday & every monday. These are all the MGM Yet-To-Be Released-On-DVD movies that's left for me to capture :
The Painted Veil (1934) - Conquest (1937) - Two-Faced Woman (1941)

00 -

For praticable reasons, i have decided to start a new blog especially for this GRETA GARBO tribute.
Come join me here : Garbo lives.

00 -

If you don't like Garbo you have to be patient but don't worry it will be back at normal in November. Please understand that as i think Garbo was the Greatest actress of all time, i need to do this tribute otherwise no-one will do it.
Thanks for your patience and understanding.
Take care

Romance (1930) - Clarence Brown

2005-10-17T10:30:00.000+02:00

To celebrate Greta Garbo's 100th birthday in September 18th 2005, every friday in September i have dedicated this blog to one of her Yet-To-Be Released-On-DVD movies. Before we begin, i want to thank TCMFrance for their nearly complete Garbo Retrospective in october 2004 without who i would never have the priviledge to own this collection.
Starting this week, i will capture a new Garbo movie twice a week : every friday & every monday. These are all the MGM Yet-To-Be Released-On-DVD movies that's left for me to capture :
Inspiration (1931) - The Painted Veil (1934) - Conquest (1937) - Two-Faced Woman (1941)

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For praticable reasons, i have decided to start a new blog especially for this GRETA GARBO tribute.
Come join me here : Garbo lives.

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if you don't like Garbo you have to be patient but don't worry it will be back at normal in November. Please understand that as i think Garbo was the Greatest actress of all time, i need to do this tribute otherwise no-one will do it.
Thanks for your patience and understanding.
Take care

The Single Standard (1929) - John S.Robertson

2005-10-14T09:35:00.000+02:00

To celebrate Greta Garbo's 100th birthday in September 18th 2005, every friday in September i have dedicated this blog to one of her Yet-To-Be Released-On-DVD movies. Before we begin, i want to thank TCMFrance for their nearly complete Garbo Retrospective in october 2004 without who i would never have the priviledge to own this collection.
Starting this week, i will capture a new Garbo movie twice a week : every friday & every monday. These are all the MGM Yet-To-Be Released-On-DVD movies that's left for me to capture :
Romance (1930) - Inspiration (1931) - The Painted Veil (1934) - Conquest (1937) - Two-Faced Woman (1941)

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For praticable reasons, i have decided to start a new blog especially for this GRETA GARBO tribute.
Come join me here : Garbo lives.

00 -

if you don't like Garbo you have to be patient but don't worry it will be back at normal in November. Please understand that as i think Garbo was the Greatest actress of all time, i need to do this tribute otherwise no-one will do it.
Thanks for your patience and understanding.
Take care

Wild Orchids (1929) - Sidney Franklin

2005-10-10T12:44:00.000+02:00

To celebrate Greta Garbo's 100th birthday in September 18th 2005, every friday in September i have dedicated this blog to one of her Yet-To-Be Released-On-DVD movies. Before we begin, i want to thank TCMFrance for their nearly complete Garbo Retrospective in october 2004 without who i would never have the priviledge to own this collection.
Starting this week, i will capture a new Garbo movie twice a week : every friday & every monday. These are all the MGM Yet-To-Be Released-On-DVD movies that's left for me to capture :
The Single Standard (1929) - Romance (1930) - Inspiration (1931) - The Painted Veil (1934) - Conquest (1937) - Two-Faced Woman (1941)

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For praticable reasons, i have decided to start a new blog especially for this GRETA GARBO tribute.
Come join me here : Garbo lives.

00 -

if you don't like Garbo you have to be patient but don't worry it will be back at normal in November. Please understand that as i think Garbo was the Greatest actress of all time, i need to do this tribute otherwise no-one will do it.
Thanks for your patience and understanding.
Take care

A Woman Of Affairs (1929) - Clarence Brown

2005-10-07T00:30:00.000+02:00

To celebrate Greta Garbo's 100th birthday in September 18th 2005, every friday in September i have dedicated this blog to one of her Yet-To-Be Released-On-DVD movies. Before we begin, i want to thank TCMFrance for their nearly complete Garbo Retrospective in october 2004 without who i would never have the priviledge to own this collection.
Starting this week, i will capture a new Garbo movie twice a week : every friday & every monday. These are all the MGM Yet-To-Be Released-On-DVD movies that's left for me to capture :
Wild Orchids (1929) - The Single Standard (1929) - Romance (1930) - Inspiration (1931) - The Painted Veil (1934) - Conquest (1937) - Two-Faced Woman (1941)

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For praticable reasons, i have decided to start a new blog especially for this GRETA GARBO tribute.
Come join me here : Garbo lives.

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if you don't like Garbo you have to be patient but don't worry it will be back at normal in November. Please understand that as Garbo was the Greatest actress of all time, i need to do this tribute otherwise no-one will do it.
Thanks for your patience and understanding.
Take care

Love (1927) - Edmund Goulding - Part 2

2005-10-03T09:47:00.000+02:00

To celebrate Greta Garbo's 100th birthday in September 18th 2005, every friday this month i will focus on one of her Yet-To-Be Released-On-DVD movies.

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For praticable reasons, i have decided to start a new blog especially for this GRETA GARBO tribute in September.
Come join me here : Garbo lives.

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If you're a fan of Garbo you will be glad to know that i'll keep on in October my tribute and capturing all her movies that are yet to be released on DVD. i.e :
A Woman of Affairs (1928) - Wild Orchids (1929) - The Single Standard (1929) - Romance (1930) - Inspiration (1931) - The Painted Veil (1934) - Conquest (1937) - Two-Faced Woman (1941)

But i will put them on line one each friday & one each monday so i hope to be finished in a month or so.

Of course if you don't like Garbo you have to be more patient but don't worry it will be back at normal in November but please understand that as Garbo was the Greatest actress of all time. I need to do this tribute otherwise no-one will do it.
Thanks for your patience and understanding.
Take care

Love (1927) - Edmund Goulding - Part 1

2005-09-30T09:42:00.000+02:00

Susan Lennox (1931) - Robert Z.Leonard - Part 2

2005-09-26T09:38:00.000+02:00

Susan Lennox (1931) - Robert Z.Leonard - Part 1

2005-09-23T09:37:00.000+02:00

As You Desire Me (1932) - Georges Fitzmaurice - Part2

2005-09-19T10:40:00.000+02:00

As You Desire Me (1932) - Georges Fitzmaurice - Part1

2005-09-16T09:31:00.000+02:00