Milo Willamson
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You think so too, @Rico ANDROID ? About the collaspe of mondern society?
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Do you still watch television?
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Rico ANDROID
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i do! these days with the way govt getting involved with "net neutrality"band who knows what else. Even youtube spoiling viewing the shortest of videos by imposing commercials every so many seconds
Well. I just streamed the movie I cloud-DVR'd on YouTube TV through my Roku and was magically transported back to a kinder, gentler place. And smoking has never been sexier! Yup, 'Now, Voyager' is still a fabulous movie.
Milo Willamson
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Cloud DVR? WOw that is impressive.
Well, I'm not sure what it's called but whatever!
Milo Willamson
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Me either but impressive of the term Clem
Milo Willamson
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It is the new rave, google first page throughout like ten more pages, is setting off alarms. @Clementine_3 
You're so sweet. Thank you. I felt that group hug!
Oh my goodness, that was my mom's favorite Bette Davis movie. Mine is Dead Ringer.
You have great taste!
Milo Willamson
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Welcome sweetieYou're so sweet. Thank you. I felt that group hug!
we love you.
She was pretty great in any movie really. I do love the 'old' movies, they did something right way back when.
Yes, definitely. She was really very versatile and so, so talented.
Regarding Dead Ringer, I forgot to add that a large (pun fully intended) part of why I love it is its beautiful, fawn Great Dane. (For those who don't know, I had black Great Danes, plus one blue merle, over a 40 year span. My last two, a black male and his blue merle sister, I named Freddie Mercury and Queen.
)Agreed! And the whole movie-going experience was a big deal, way back when, with opulent theaters, live musicians, etc.
Do you like silent movies? I do, and have watched TCM's Silent Sunday Nights since its inception. My favorite male actor was Buster Keaton, female was Marion Davies.
Milo Willamson
Android Expert
I have not seen a silent movie, but the classic movies are the best, over and over, sometimes just sit and watch a few.
Rico ANDROID
Android Expert
We missed out on Drive-in Movies. By the time i was old enuff to know , they'd all closed down and mall theatres became the thing.. i wish we had that privilege . Nowadays though it be dangerous with so many carjacking and robberies
My great-grandfather owned/managed a number of theaters, I spent a ton of time at them with him (I was his favorite!
). Velvet seats, velvet curtains, unreal chandeliers, a lobby to kill, the bathrooms were even amazing. I loved going up to the projection booth, the noise and lights were so cool. The one I went to the most has changed so many times over the years, I've not been in it since he died, I just need to remember it as it was with us in it. The biggest second one actually hasn't changed much at all and still gives me all the feels! My niece was in a play a few years ago at that theater, I took some horrible phone pics but you get the idea. The end/aisle seats still have the wooden RKO seal on them!
That must have been an awesome experience. I'm glad you got to do it.My great-grandfather owned/managed a number of theaters, I spent a ton of time at them with him (I was his favorite!
My niece was in a play a few years ago at that theater, I took some horrible phone pics but you get the idea. The end/aisle seats still have the wooden RKO seal on them!View attachment 138950
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The pictures are great; thanks for sharing. I'm glad that some beautiful, old theaters like that are being preserved across the country; they're historic treasures and should not succumb to a wrecking ball!
Oh you should try a few! They're fascinating, but they do require your full attention while you're watching, or you'll miss bits of the dialogue, which is written.
TCM has been doing its Silent Sunday Nights for many years. (Some weeks it's skipped for various reasons.) Each Sunday I check its lineup--usually it's one full-length movie, other times they'll run a bunch of shorts--to see if I'm interested. There are certain genres that just don't interest me (war, historical costume dramas), but I record those I like.
It's actually quite astonishing the topics they covered back then, ≈100 years ago. For example, the 1916 movie, Where Are My Children?, is about abortion!
But silent comedies are my favorite; I highly recommend Marion Davies in The Patsy and Buster Keaton in The Cameraman.
Yes indeed!
Milo Willamson
Android Expert
My great-grandfather owned/managed a number of theaters, I spent a ton of time at them with him (I was his favorite!
My niece was in a play a few years ago at that theater, I took some horrible phone pics but you get the idea. The end/aisle seats still have the wooden RKO seal on them!View attachment 138950
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Over here, we have our infamous Virgina Theater that looks close like that one, it is the best kind to see all kinds of killer movies, like any type of movie that is out there, from Jaws to Mircale on 34th street.
Milo Willamson
Android Expert
Think there is a few down south of where, its like a half hour drive down.
In old TV shows, why did they constantly refer to regular, well-known characters by their full names? For example:
I Love Lucy - Vivian Vance was 1/4th of the cast listed in its opening credits. Her character, Ethel Mertz, and her character's husband, Fred, were best friends with Ricky and Lucy Ricardo. They lived in neighboring apartments, which each person freely, and frequently, entered without knocking or being invited over. And yet, they routinely said things, like Lucy to Ricky: "I'll bet Ethel Mertz thinks this furniture is old." There were no other characters named Ethel.
Leave it to Beaver - Wally's best friend throughout the series was Eddie Haskell. But virtually any time he was mentioned, they'd say his whole name. Like if Wally's parents asked whose house he was going to, or told him there was a call for him, they'd say "Eddie Haskell." There were no other characters named Eddie.
So why?? Why did they do this?
I Love Lucy - Vivian Vance was 1/4th of the cast listed in its opening credits. Her character, Ethel Mertz, and her character's husband, Fred, were best friends with Ricky and Lucy Ricardo. They lived in neighboring apartments, which each person freely, and frequently, entered without knocking or being invited over. And yet, they routinely said things, like Lucy to Ricky: "I'll bet Ethel Mertz thinks this furniture is old." There were no other characters named Ethel.
Leave it to Beaver - Wally's best friend throughout the series was Eddie Haskell. But virtually any time he was mentioned, they'd say his whole name. Like if Wally's parents asked whose house he was going to, or told him there was a call for him, they'd say "Eddie Haskell." There were no other characters named Eddie.
So why?? Why did they do this?
Milo Willamson
Android Expert
That is pretty wild, now these days the charater saids their full name at random times.In old TV shows, why did they constantly refer to regular, well-known characters by their full names? For example:
I Love Lucy - Vivian Vance was 1/4th of the cast listed in its opening credits. Her character, Ethel Mertz, and her character's husband, Fred, were best friends with Ricky and Lucy Ricardo. They lived in neighboring apartments, which each person freely, and frequently, entered without knocking or being invited over. And yet, they routinely said things, like Lucy to Ricky: "I'll bet Ethel Mertz thinks this furniture is old." There were no other characters named Ethel.
Leave it to Beaver - Wally's best friend throughout the series was Eddie Haskell. But virtually any time he was mentioned, they'd say his whole name. Like if Wally's parents asked whose house he was going to, or told him there was a call for him, they'd say "Eddie Haskell." There were no other characters named Eddie.
So why?? Why did they do this?
I think this is one reason I'm quite fond of Scandinavian crime shows (sorry, realise that's no longer your genre): you can't half watch them while doing something else or let your attention wander because you have to read the dialogue.
And yeah, when I was a kid the TV here still showed silent films quite often, even though they hadn't been made for several decades. These days it's rare they'll even play anything black and white.
I'm the same way with French movies, though they're comedies or romantic comedies. My favorite, Amélie (or its original title, which I just copied from IMDb, Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain), I know so well--and still remember a little French from school--I watch without subtitles. Anything else, though, I'd be lost without subtitles!
Although I drove past it many times, I never actually went to the Silent Movie Theatre in Hollywood. It opened more than a decade after the last silent was made. It showed silent movies for years, despite change of owners, murder and, finally, a sex scandal that resulted in its closing a year ago. It's a beautiful theater and I hope it will be revived again. Luckily, TCM continues airing silent movies, and not limited to their dedicated Silent Sunday Nights.
That's such a shame. There are many wonderful movies, including classics like Casablanca, that deserve to be seen by new generations.
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Indeed there are. But at least here they'll probably have to watch at well off-peak times or minor channels in order to find them.
Actually I think the last one I watched was "12 Angry Men", but that was on DVD (one of my daughter's teachers recommended it so I bought a copy). Or possibly "It's a Wonderful Life".
Milo Willamson
Android Expert
How many watch television with subtitles?
Even English speakers tend do not annoucinate every little word.
I watch everything in subtitles.
Even English speakers tend do not annoucinate every little word.
I watch everything in subtitles.