http://survivorsucks.com/topic/53863/t/Black-White-Old-Timey-Films-a-Few-Questions-from-a-Heathen.html en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:48:37 GMT Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:08:15 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://survivorsucks.com/topic/53863/t/Black-White-Old-Timey-Films-a-Few-Questions-from-a-Heathen.html Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ http://survivorsucks.com/reply/4605379/t/Black-White-Old-Timey-Films-a-Few-Questions-from-a-Heathen.html#reply-4605379 Beefcake wrote:

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I saw a documentary on Cecil B. DeMille the other day that alluded to this question.

The 'talkies' started in 1927 and became common by around 1930. Before then, films were a strictly visual medium, so the stories had to be told by visual effects (eg Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin comedies, or DW Griffith and CB DeMille epics) and the (what we now think of as) over-acting style that we... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Je Fa) http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/4605379 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:08:15 GMT http://survivorsucks.com/reply/4605370/t/Black-White-Old-Timey-Films-a-Few-Questions-from-a-Heathen.html#reply-4605370
Then I tell them what the future will be like and they all laugh at me and call me a "kookie kid with loose shoes" or something... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (pecker) http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/4605370 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:04:01 GMT http://survivorsucks.com/reply/4605360/t/Black-White-Old-Timey-Films-a-Few-Questions-from-a-Heathen.html#reply-4605360






*anyone who wants high quality 8x10/11x14s of old time celebs/legends, no matter how obscure...I'll hook you up at cost. REALLY cheap but very high quality. Great for framing..pm me.*
]]> feeds@yuku.com (Baby Jesus Jr) http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/4605360 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:00:01 GMT http://survivorsucks.com/reply/4605343/t/Black-White-Old-Timey-Films-a-Few-Questions-from-a-Heathen.html#reply-4605343 Baby Jesus Jr wrote:

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for bern..
I thought he was terribly miscast in GWTW. Why would Scarlett & Melanie be daft over this lightweight? And to EVER choose him over Rhett? Fiddle de dee!

]]> feeds@yuku.com (SmrtAss) http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/4605343 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:51:51 GMT http://survivorsucks.com/reply/4605334/t/Black-White-Old-Timey-Films-a-Few-Questions-from-a-Heathen.html#reply-4605334


There's no account for taste ( Bing Crosby)..

ring a ding ding, der bingle's bungle.
]]> feeds@yuku.com (Baby Jesus Jr) http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/4605334 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:48:12 GMT http://survivorsucks.com/reply/4605328/t/Black-White-Old-Timey-Films-a-Few-Questions-from-a-Heathen.html#reply-4605328 feeds@yuku.com (minerva) http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/4605328 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:44:56 GMT http://survivorsucks.com/reply/4605314/t/Black-White-Old-Timey-Films-a-Few-Questions-from-a-Heathen.html#reply-4605314
Best black and white old timey film filled with smoking and romance. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (SmalltownBoy) http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/4605314 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:36:48 GMT http://survivorsucks.com/reply/4605298/t/Black-White-Old-Timey-Films-a-Few-Questions-from-a-Heathen.html#reply-4605298

It's gonna be a bumpy night!

Am I the only one who thought she was awful yet I couldn't stop watching in Of Human Bondage? ]]> feeds@yuku.com (khnum) http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/4605298 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:28:07 GMT http://survivorsucks.com/reply/4605295/t/Black-White-Old-Timey-Films-a-Few-Questions-from-a-Heathen.html#reply-4605295 feeds@yuku.com (Sloansalad) http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/4605295 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:26:16 GMT http://survivorsucks.com/reply/4605293/t/Black-White-Old-Timey-Films-a-Few-Questions-from-a-Heathen.html#reply-4605293
The 'talkies' started in 1927 and became common by around 1930. Before then, films were a strictly visual medium, so the stories had to be told by visual effects (eg Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin comedies, or DW Griffith and CB DeMille epics) and the (what we now think of as) over-acting style that we associate with silent movies was necessary to convey the story. When sound came along,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Beefcake) http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/4605293 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:24:53 GMT http://survivorsucks.com/reply/4605263/t/Black-White-Old-Timey-Films-a-Few-Questions-from-a-Heathen.html#reply-4605263 Lila Fowler wrote:

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3. Would someone like Bette Davis make it today? Bitch could put Al Pacino/Ed Harris to shame when it comes to chewing scenery. I just saw Petrified Forest, a good adaptation if only for my fave Leslie Howard. But that ending --> blargh.


Have you seen Meryl Streep in Doubt or The Manchurian Candiate remake?

Now that's Chewing Scenery.
]]> feeds@yuku.com (GnarlsInCharge) http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/4605263 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:09:22 GMT http://survivorsucks.com/reply/4605253/t/Black-White-Old-Timey-Films-a-Few-Questions-from-a-Heathen.html#reply-4605253

for bern..
]]> feeds@yuku.com (Baby Jesus Jr) http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/4605253 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:59:59 GMT http://survivorsucks.com/reply/4605249/t/Black-White-Old-Timey-Films-a-Few-Questions-from-a-Heathen.html#reply-4605249
and the there's very little quick and witty dialogue going on in films nowadays - on the other side of the coin, most movies back then didn't have much action either

I loved the African Queen and most Katherine Hepburn movies ]]> feeds@yuku.com (CBRetriever) http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/4605249 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:57:54 GMT http://survivorsucks.com/reply/4605248/t/Black-White-Old-Timey-Films-a-Few-Questions-from-a-Heathen.html#reply-4605248 feeds@yuku.com (ArchIbald NiBs) http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/4605248 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:56:42 GMT http://survivorsucks.com/reply/4605243/t/Black-White-Old-Timey-Films-a-Few-Questions-from-a-Heathen.html#reply-4605243 ]]> feeds@yuku.com (airshowpilot) http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/4605243 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:51:10 GMT http://survivorsucks.com/reply/4605242/t/Black-White-Old-Timey-Films-a-Few-Questions-from-a-Heathen.html#reply-4605242 feeds@yuku.com (ArchIbald NiBs) http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/4605242 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:50:58 GMT http://survivorsucks.com/reply/4605236/t/Black-White-Old-Timey-Films-a-Few-Questions-from-a-Heathen.html#reply-4605236

leslie howard, omg what a little mincer. if you want bogey at his best watch treasure of sierra madre.

1. the old actors talked fast for three reasons. First, in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s people valued and admired certainty. Especially in the 30s and 40s, times were uncertain, but most people could remember calmer, more stable times. Talking fast conveyed certainty, confidence, clarity. Sometimes it even conveyed... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Bernard Wrangler) http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/4605236 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:48:11 GMT http://survivorsucks.com/reply/4605195/t/Black-White-Old-Timey-Films-a-Few-Questions-from-a-Heathen.html#reply-4605195

I deal in old time memorabilia..FIND a publicity pic that doesn't have Bogey smoking in it. He ages before your eyes.

Here's a young one:

... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Baby Jesus Jr) http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/4605195 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:55:44 GMT http://survivorsucks.com/reply/4605182/t/Black-White-Old-Timey-Films-a-Few-Questions-from-a-Heathen.html#reply-4605182 ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Baby Jesus Jr) http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/4605182 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:39:42 GMT http://survivorsucks.com/reply/4605173/t/Black-White-Old-Timey-Films-a-Few-Questions-from-a-Heathen.html#reply-4605173
I think maybe coos were flatfoots because a man who didn't go to war probably had a physical reason like that. Total guess. Never thought about it.

I'd like to think Bette Davis would make it today. But probably not.

Humphry bogart was very old even when he was young. And never remotely... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (TC) http://survivorsucks.com/sreply/4605173 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:08:21 GMT http://survivorsucks.com/topic/53863/t/Black-White-Old-Timey-Films-a-Few-Questions-from-a-Heathen.html
1. WHY do they talk so fast? Is it an economy thing --- the faster the dialogue the less film used?

2. Why don't we still use the term "flatfoot"? It's a great word, e.g. "You'll never catch me, copper! You bunch of flatfoots couldn't catch a cold, so cheese it Gumshoe. I've got a dizzy dame with gams up the wazhoo... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Lila Fowler) http://survivorsucks.com/topic/53863 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:48:37 GMT