Yes, I was on the way to the library thinking, "it's much nicer than yesterday, I can't even feel my eyeballs drying out." Then the sun came out from behind the clouds. I'm staying here for a while. I can't even conceive of going hiking yesterday. It was an effort walking across a parking lot.
Doesn't winter seem more like archiving season?
Willow ,'Lessons'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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Laga - Sep 28, 2010 11:46:02 am PDT #11339 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
quester - Sep 28, 2010 5:54:40 pm PDT #11340 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I remember what I believe was a Hammer Frankenstein flick, and the image I remember is of a woman covering up the scar connecting her head to her body with a choker, and she was wearing an empire-waist dress at a ball, so it was probably set in the Regency period when the book was written. Any ideas on which movie that might be?
That was a made-for-TV miniseries of Frankenstein: The true story
eta: and of course, Frankenbudda beat me to it! that's what I get for skipping ahead!
Frankenbuddha - Sep 29, 2010 4:09:28 am PDT #11341 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
That was a made-for-TV miniseries of Frankenstein: The true story
Oooh, my memory was right. It was Jane Seymour who played that version of the bride. I meant to check imdb yesterday but got sidetracked.
Kathy A - Sep 29, 2010 6:48:16 am PDT #11342 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
It was Jane Seymour who played that version of the bride
OMG, you're right! That fits with what I remember. Thanks for that IMDB link--there were a lot of big names in that cast, from James Mason to a pre-Doctor Who Tom Baker.
Fiona - Sep 29, 2010 8:02:05 am PDT #11343 of 30000
quester - Sep 29, 2010 5:34:06 pm PDT #11344 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
OMG, you're right! That fits with what I remember.
That scene with the head pulling? Stays with me.
It was a very pretty production.
Tom Scola - Sep 30, 2010 3:48:54 am PDT #11345 of 30000
hwæt
Jesse - Sep 30, 2010 3:57:55 am PDT #11346 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Aw. But that explains why my shuttle driver was trying to tell the woman sitting up front who he was...
Fred Pete - Sep 30, 2010 6:43:01 am PDT #11347 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
I know Curtis is best remembered for Some Like It Hot, and I'll agree that it's a great movie. But I have to say a word for Trapeze, which may be the most Buffista movie of the '50s.
Curtis plays a young trapeze artist, and Burt Lancaster plays his mentor. Until they fall out over a bombshell, played by Gina Lollabrigida, who wants in on the act. Except that the subtext between the two men is so thick you could cut it with a knife -- far closer to text than you'd expect for 1956.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 30, 2010 6:52:24 am PDT #11348 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Trapeze
A Carol Reed movie, no less.
Curtis also ruled in SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS and THE GREAT RACE.