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[struth]

top comedy now..

....Some Like It Hot, 1959...




When Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon first put on the female makeup and costumes, they walked around the Goldwyn Studios lot to see if they could "pass" as women. Then they tried using mirrors in public ladies rooms to fix their makeup, and when none of the women using it complained, they knew they could be convincing as women. There is a scene on the train recreating this moment.

A preview audience laughed so hard after Daphne's announcement of the engagement to Osgood, that a lot of the dialogue was missed. It was re-shot with pauses (and the maraca gimmick) added to allow for this.

Supposedly when Orry-Kelly was measuring all three stars for dresses, he half-jokingly told Marilyn Monroe, "Tony Curtis has a nicer butt than you," at which point Monroe pulled open her blouse and said, "Yeah, but he doesn't have tits like these!"

Upon its original release, Kansas banned the film from being shown in the state, explaining that cross-dressing was "too disturbing for Kansans."

[Macca]

top comedy now..

....Some Like It Hot, 1959...




When Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon first put on the female makeup and costumes, they walked around the Goldwyn Studios lot to see if they could "pass" as women. Then they tried using mirrors in public ladies rooms to fix their makeup, and when none of the women using it complained, they knew they could be convincing as women. There is a scene on the train recreating this moment.

A preview audience laughed so hard after Daphne's announcement of the engagement to Osgood, that a lot of the dialogue was missed. It was re-shot with pauses (and the maraca gimmick) added to allow for this.

Supposedly when Orry-Kelly was measuring all three stars for dresses, he half-jokingly told Marilyn Monroe, "Tony Curtis has a nicer butt than you," at which point Monroe pulled open her blouse and said, "Yeah, but he doesn't have tits like these!"

Upon its original release, Kansas banned the film from being shown in the state, explaining that cross-dressing was "too disturbing for Kansans."

I watched that again a couple of weeks back. I've been to the hotel where they filmed, it was the next one down the beach to where I was staying. Still looks exactly the same outside, not sure about inside or if that was just a set on a soundstage - it's very beautiful and ornate inside.

[struth]

I watched that again a couple of weeks back. I've been to the hotel where they filmed, it was the next one down the beach to where I was staying. Still looks exactly the same outside, not sure about inside or if that was just a set on a soundstage - it's very beautiful and ornate inside.

its called Hotel del Coronado.. lots of the rich and famous used it as well as films.. looks like its some place
https://hoteldel.com/history/

think its owned by the chinese now

[Macca]

its called Hotel del Coronado.. lots of the rich and famous used it as well as films.. looks like its some place
https://hoteldel.com/history/

think its owned by the chinese now

This is the one I was staying at:



It looks pretty flash but it was quite cheap - think I paid $65 a night although that was 20 odd years ago and well out of season.

Most amazing bath of any hotel room I ever stayed. Sunken and lined with marble with the steps down into it.

[struth]

The Jungle Book, 2016... i really like this. photography/cgi is wonderful as is the dialogue

[Pigmy Pony]

Anita was at the dentist's on Friday to have a tooth out, which broke in two and made the procedure extra painful and she's been dosed up on painkillers since. So last night we had a quiet night in with Netflix, and watched this. Bit of an unfortunate title.



Then we followed it with Extraction 2. Oh the pain!

[Macca]

At least you didn't watch 'Marathon Man.'

[Pigmy Pony]

At least you didn't watch 'Marathon Man.'

No, that definitely wouldn't be 'safe'.

[Barry]

To celebrate my finishing Phase 1 of redecorating my partner's flat about three weeks ago, we went to see 'Back to Black', a film about Amy Winehouse which had just been released.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_Black_(film)

We both like her singing, and being from Camden, where my partner lives, we had the additional pleasure of recognising many of the places where filming took place.

The film has been panned by critics both professional and amateur. No doubt they were expecting a documentary - but it's not a documentary, it's a 'biopic'. Biopics are often pieces of fiction, loosely based on truth: for example Oliver Stone's film of the Doors, was hardly a documentary!

Only Mark Kermode 'got' it. He rightly describes the film as fantasy - seeing Winehouse's career and her relationship with others (notably her boyfriend) through her eyes, and her eyes only.

“This is a fairytale about a love story in a chaotic destructive environment. Whether you think or not Amy Winehouse's story should be told in this way,” says Mark Kermode in his video review. “I have seen some, I think, foolish one-star reviews, which have taken objection.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzDZ-CwPHvI



Anyway we enjoyed it and were very impressed with Marisa Abela, who not only looked like Winehouse, but sounded like her

[Pigmy Pony]

'Minder', series 5 ep. 8 - "The Balance of Power", sees Arthur running for election as a councillor. Decent enough episode, but never mind that - cast includes the lovely Caroline Langrishe as the journalist Julie Waters I couldn't find any pictures of her from Minder, but she did appear in many episodes of 'Lovejoy'. Proper posh totty. She's 66 now, nine days younger than me. But ageing a lot better

Caroline's the one on the left.