Smartie's Bar & Grill #68

Who are you talking about?

 

the 90's were a great time

 

Speaking of which plants { Flowers } to eat or Not to Eat.
In the Movie { Comedy } from Roger Corman :
- The Little Shop of Horrors - { 1960 } when Corman regular
Dick Miller takes to eating flowers in the shop.
Even breaking out a small salt shaker from his coat pocket
to sprinkle for added taste.
What kind of flower {s} was Dick Miller { Burson Fouch }
munching on.?

 

Duck and run Bro!

 

Yet another thought crime.

 

Nah, not that hot yet. We are only in the mid to high nineties.

 

I dunno.Who is available.

 

Whoever was available when that came to your mind.

 

Was it carnations, nasturtiums or daisies? I saw the movie but I don't remember what he was eating.

 

I was Listening to my new Bob Dylan CD. I felt inspired to
add it into my Posting repertoire.

 

I could check and get back with you.
Gotta find my copy of said flick.

 

Oh heck, I thought you knew the answer.

 

I found the Video and will post in a few minutes.

 

Since the Movie is not in color it makes it harder.
On one scene I'd have to say a Carnation.Because there's a
guy selling flowers right next to where Dick Miller is sprinkling
salt or pepper on his flower.I say it's a Carnation

 

What do you think of William Powell? I like his old movies especially Life with Father.

 

Terribly stuffy and boring like Myrna Loy.
Powell had a nice role in the wacky movie
- Mister Roberts - { 1955 }

 

I binge watched The Thin Man movies recently. Very entertaining - the first ones better than the last. Have watched a lot more of Powell's work since then - always entertaining.
Powell clones continue to appear.

 

Mister Roberts has resonated with anyone who has had to put up with an obnoxious incompetent boss - most of us. Hence its enduring popularity.
The Dolly Parton movie did the same thing - same result.

 

He was charming but that style acting never appealed to me.
I like strong performances.That is why Melvyn Douglas was
correct to do - Hud -. He,too,was a charmer in his early golden
days.In - Hud - where he won Best Supporting Actor,he had a
persuasive.commanding presence.
In the Early days of the Golden Age certain vehicles as in light
comedy and light drama were en vogue.But you still had yer
sassy types like Jean Harlow and Better Davis.Even old bags like
Marie Dressler.Then came the 40's and those like Barbara Stanwyck
who personified both serious and affected dramatic underpinnings.
Barbara Stanwyck was the hardest working actress in Hollywood.
But I never appreciated her style dramatics.Joan Crawford was possessed
and demanded certain lighting to give her face a highlighted look of
purpose.- Double Indemnity - { 1944 } might have been Stanwyck's best
movie,but I would prefer another - Clash by Night - { 1952 } and a favorite
of mine - Titanic - { 1953 } far and away The Best Titanic movie.
The Drama is so real and effective you can feel it.

 

Will keep an eye out for those titles. Clash by Night is excellent.
Douglas was perfect in Hud.

Were any of those great old stars Democrats - other than Davis?

 

That is why a supporting cast is critical.The way Andy Griffith did
one War Movie that was Great - No Time for Sergeants - { 1958 }
which was a hoot and a real movie treat.Then that same year,a
bit of a flop in - Onionhead - { 1958 } which did have a nice role for
Walter Matthau who also has a small but nice role in a true classic
- A Face in the Crowd - { 1957 }.
Jack lemmon of - Mister Roberts - married Felicia Farr who starred
in - Onionhead -. The 2 were near inseperable throughout Jack's career.
Like Joseph Cotton was with Patricia Medina.

 

Melvyn Douglas was such a huge Liberal he was thought to be
a Commie.But he wasn't.His wife ran for office,often.
Henry Fonda of - Mister Roberts - was also a huge Democrat.
You'd be surprised as to who in Old Hollywood was a Democrat
and who was a Republican. That is why I started the Acting Thread and
name this actor.
Adolphe Menjou was a notorious Conservative.A Big Republican.

 

Douglas was probably around when Lenin was pushing Communism, and Lenin was probably closer to Reagan philosophically than to any modern Democrat.

Jane Wyman apparently had to push Ronnie to the right. The woman makes the man.

 

Could not get through No Time for Sergeants will try again on your recommendation. Ditto A Face In the Crowd - have heard that Griffith was essentially playing himself- supposed to be good - will try to sit through it.

Stanwyk was a Repub - right?

 

OH no.Griffith was playing the best version in that era of a
Megalomaniac.His Lonesome Rhodes character was Pure
Ego and unrestrained compulsion.A true classic in that type
character portrayal.
The key to watching movies seriously is picking the right time
to see a movie.If yer in the mood for a Comedy,by all means don't
pick a serious War movie.Or if in the mood for a Horror flick don't
decide on a serious Drama.
BTW ... Andy Griffith got his Big Break in Acting with his
" triumphant Broadway debut in 1955 as the star in :
- No Time for Sergeants - It was said of " Sergeants " that a
" sows ear is turned into a silk purse " with this unique presentation and
effort via the Elia Kazan/Budd Schulberg collaboration.
My all time Favorite and Best-Ever movie is - On the Waterfront - {1954 }
Written by Schulberg.