Movies 52 - 1917: Sonic the Bad Boys of Prey

[Kepler]

I've seen Sanders in Confessions of a Nazi Spy and Ivanhoe(right off the top of my head). I don't recall Conway but I must've seen him. I'll ck out his filmography.

Don't mistake him for Tim Conway.

Or maybe do.

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

A Tale of Two Cities. Can't compare it to the book(didn't read it)but I thought it was a top notch-film. Ronald Colman(played Sydney Carton)has been added to my celluloid heroes list.

I need to see that.

I hated first 100 pages. Then it became my fsvoietr book.

don’t like much of dickens other work either

[SonofSouthie]

Don't mistake him for Tim Conway.

Or maybe do.

I looked at some of his filmography and don't really recall seeing any of the 'Tom' movies. Was it him playing Dorf?

[SonofSouthie]

I need to see that.

I hated first 100 pages. Then it became my fsvoietr book.

don’t like much of dickens other work either

It was on TCM. They're running Summer Under The Stars and it was Ronald Colman's turn on Tues(24 hrs, 6am-6am).
Schedule for the rest on the month, https://www.tcm.com/summerunderthestars

[Handyman]

I think the NPR story i later heard said they got about 5 figures each in royalties, which on a movie that grossed $300+ million is a rounding error and not anywhere close to the $7.5 million the "2.5 percent of net proceeds" line thrown into the article implies.

Again, everything else fits the bill of southerners screwing the minority, but we're talking about thousands, not millions.

I wonder if that includes the rights to the story as well...of which he said he got nothing.

I remember a few years back hearing he hated the film because it made him look stupid and in need of saving. I never realized how bad he was mischaracterized and the story was inflated though.

[Handyman]

My personal favorite reaction I have seen to this is some people supporting the family over Oher because "they were already rich why would they need to take advantage of him?" Or the few that still don't realize the movie was not accurate and claim that without them, Oher would never have played football and not gotten good enough to be drafted...

So he was let into the elite catholic school because he was stupid and unathletic? Gee I wonder who thinks that...

[Kepler]

I looked at some of his filmography and don't really recall seeing any of the 'Tom' movies. Was it him playing Dorf?

If you have ever seen the Falcon movies, Tom took over for George as the new Falcon when he was killed (I assume Sanders was killed off because of studio politics). TBH George Sanders is a much better actor -- his role in All About Eve is lovely, the second-best in the best-acted movie in history after Baxter -- but they both have incredible voices. Tom also did a ton of radio which is where I fell for him. My personal favorite role of his was in the Val Lewton movie I Walked with a Zombie, which is the only zombie movie that can hold a candle to Night of the Living Dead, albeit as a very distant second.

These were extraordinarily classy actors who do not inhabit our moribund, commercial, meatball universe. The last was I suppose Price, though he vamped most of the time (not that I minded, as he has such wonderful comic timing).

[MissThundercat]

Last night, I watched Queen of the Damned with Aaliyah (right before she died). It was awful, but in a good way. It tried to be creepy, but it ended up being hilarious.

I also watched The Craft (1996) with Fairuza Balk and Neve Campbell. Mmm, Neve Campbell. It was creepy, the effects were practical, and the way it ended left me wanting more. Also, Fairuza Balk in this film is still *transition goals.*

[SonofSouthie]

If you have ever seen the Falcon movies, Tom took over for George as the new Falcon when he was killed (I assume Sanders was killed off because of studio politics). TBH George Sanders is a much better actor -- his role in All About Eve is lovely, the second-best in the best-acted movie in history after Baxter -- but they both have incredible voices. Tom also did a ton of radio which is where I fell for him. My personal favorite role of his was in the Val Lewton movie I Walked with a Zombie, which is the only zombie movie that can hold a candle to Night of the Living Dead, albeit as a very distant second.

These were extraordinarily classy actors who do not inhabit our moribund, commercial, meatball universe. The last was I suppose Price, though he vamped most of the time (not that I minded, as he has such wonderful comic timing).

I've never watched any of the Falcon movies. You mentioned IWWAZ and I had to pause for a second but it was White Zombie I've seen. It's funny, every time I see V Price or even his name I think of Basil Rathbone.

[Kepler]

I've never watched any of the Falcon movies. You mentioned IWWAZ and I had to pause for a second but it was White Zombie I've seen. It's funny, every time I see V Price or even his name I think of Basil Rathbone.

The Falcon radio show was far better, IMO. They dumbed the character down for movies.

In 1941, RKO Radio Pictures launched a Falcon movie series, but that was based on a different character (Gay Lawrence) by a different author (Michael Arlen). Only the popularity of the film series prompted the radio series; the film and radio series were otherwise unrelated. The radio series was based on the Drexel Drake character. No explanation for the nickname was ever mentioned in any of the dramatizations.

Well, that sure explains it!!!

[Kepler]

I've never watched any of the Falcon movies. You mentioned IWWAZ and I had to pause for a second but it was White Zombie I've seen. It's funny, every time I see V Price or even his name I think of Basil Rathbone.

White Zombie is a great movie, too.

[Kepler]

TIL Tinker from Roadhouse is in Back to School.

[SonofSouthie]

24 hours of Stanwyck starts at 6am on TCM.

[Kepler]

24 hours of Stanwyck starts at 6am on TCM.

God bless you! My favorite actress.

[SonofSouthie]

Gotta admit TCM has a sense of humor. Show Baby Face at 8, Executive Suite at 9:30. Talk about opposite ends of the spectrum.