Posted on 03/31/2022 10:34:37 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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The Night of the Iguana. Richard Burton. Ava Gardner and Deborah Kerr in a steamy drama set south of the border.
The Sandpiper. Vincent Minnelli directs Richard Burton and Liz Taylor. I've never seen it, but I assume it's good.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolfe? The BEST Burton/Taylor film ever. I've always wondered if it is really possible for someone to really drink as much as they did in one night.
Days of Wine and Roses. If you're still in the mood for booze soaked drama between married couples, then watch this move with Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick.
To Kill a Mockingbird. I think it's a little long and loses the message a time or two, but it is of course a classic. Bonus points for that guessing that nobody (at the time) who played Boo Radley.
A Patch of Blue. Meh. Can't really say. Am I the only one who's never been a big Sidney Poitier fan?
The Hustler. Can't get much better than Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason. From 1961.
Haven’t you seen the Comedians? Great adaptation of the Graham Greene novel and excellent performances of Burton and Taylor - and Alec Guinness and Peter Ustinov to boot.
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That is my problem with what was my GO TO Channel. It became a subscription channel on Comcast. Since it was one of only two reasons I had that service, I quit their entertainment service. I had to keep the internet though. It was Xfinity, none, or close to none with 3 Mbps Century Link. Of course having to pay to have wire brought to my house, for which I would have to pay.
Thanks for the recommendation. Great quality of picture and sound too.
Yes, I was actually expecting very low pic and sound quality, but was very surprised to find it is excellent.
“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” also has a lot of famous actors in it.
I’m thinking I’m about six hours myself into Melville‘s Moby Dick.
I’m not even halfway through it. I assure you, I have read and enjoy most of the classics, but not this one.
And for what it’s worth, I’ve never even attempted War and Peace.
Elizabeth Taylor in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf was only 34 when the movie came out. Being married to Richard Burton and her drinking and smoking really ruined her looks.
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Something else amazing: Taylor gained 30 pounds before filming in order to more accurately portray a middle-aged housewife.
It was a fascinating treatment of race relations in the 50s. Unfortunately, the leftists have led us right back to that era of race relations erasing all progress that was made.
I watched it on "Kanopy," some streaming service that seems to specialize in obscure and older films. I put the app on my Roku and was able to stream it to my big tv. The picture and sound quality were excellent.
I found that it won two Academy Awards (back when the Academy Awards meant something:
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen. Nedrick Young and Harold Jacob Smith. Nedrick Young had been blacklisted at the time and the Oscar went to his pseudonym 'Nathan E. Douglas'. In 1993 AMPAS restored Young's credit upon the request of his widow and recommendation of the Academy's writers branch.The cinematography was truly outstanding. Many of the scenes left me wondering "How did they film that?"Best Cinematography, Black-and-White - Sam Leavitt
It also won the Golden Globes Best Motion Picture - Drama in 1959.
It's like re-reading a Dickens novel - they just don't write 'em like that anymore.
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