Price got into the horror game relatively late. I remember him well for his role as a courtier in A Royal Scandal. Which should really be titled, Tallulah Bankhead Plays Catherine the Great, because that's what it's really about.
Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!
Xander ,'Lessons'
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Fred Pete - Feb 17, 2009 7:30:03 am PST #24 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
tommyrot - Feb 17, 2009 7:32:19 am PST #25 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
But the pacing. Oh the pacing. Ponderous. Epochal. Like a drip of molasses caught in amber on the back of a narcoleptic tortoise.
I blame our short-attention-span, MTV-music-video-quick-edit generation.
But seriously, I've never thought about the pacing of the movie....
Frankenbuddha - Feb 17, 2009 7:35:23 am PST #26 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Tallulah Bankhead Plays Catherine the Great
My two favorite Tallulah stories are Hitchcock's response to the studio's complaint that she wouldn't wear underwear during the filming of LIFEBOAT (He said he'd like to deal with it, but didn't know which department would handle it - wardrobe, makeup or hairdressing).
The other was her encounter with Chico Marx at a party that I think I've linked to an account of in this thread before (it's a bit too long to summarize).
megan walker - Feb 17, 2009 8:14:58 am PST #27 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I'm currently rewatching early 40s Hitchcock ( Foreign Correspondent, Saboteur, etc.) and Lifeboat is up next.
Scrappy - Feb 17, 2009 8:28:00 am PST #28 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Saboteur is so odd, isn't it? Not really a GOOD movie, but fascinating.
megan walker - Feb 17, 2009 8:39:06 am PST #29 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I liked it more than I remembered, but I love all of his innocent-man-on-the-lam (who wins the trust of the beautiful woman) films. See also, Young and Innocent, The 39 Steps, and, of course, North by Northwest.
Also, Saboteur is one of the hardest Hitchcock cameos to spot.
Sue - Feb 17, 2009 10:15:22 am PST #30 of 30000
hip deep in pie
I have tried to watch Saboteur a few times on the late movie, and always end up falling alseep.
megan walker - Feb 17, 2009 10:24:38 am PST #31 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
It's certainly one of those films that really shouldn't be two hours long.
Polter-Cow - Feb 17, 2009 2:26:56 pm PST #32 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I watched The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift yesterday. Despite having only the loosest connection to the franchise, it was better than the second movie for some reason. Possibly because Han was awesome. I'm a little excited for the new movie now!
Polter-Cow - Feb 17, 2009 8:10:10 pm PST #33 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!