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"In the Land of the Setting Sun" (1919), a lost silent historical shot around Portland, Oregon. A script and stills exist which would cost a mint to have copied from the Library of Congress. Maybe nowadays with digital scanning not so bad as in past times. If ANY footage turns up, I would be DELIGHTED. Ditto the epic serial "The Oregon Trail" (1923). If any of this still exists, it isn't the episode I want. (For all I know, these things have been discovered since I asked and no one told me, which I wouldn't put past some people.) Silent films are still uncovered when renovating old theaters and cleaning out collector's vaults. The first full-length drama shot in America even turned up under some dude's bed a few years back.
"Carolina," a Shirley Temple Civil War drama with Lionel Barrymore, (before "The Little Colonel,") Robert Young, (before "Stowaway,") and Delmar Watson, (before "Heidi.") Shirley's acquaintance with Delmar from this film prompted her to choose him as Peter in "Heidi." Robert Young also claimed it was during this film, and not "The Little Colonel," where Barrymore went after Shirley with violent intent when she remarked on his forgetting lines. Young said he was the one who grabbed Shirley before Barrymore could inflict serious harm. This film was long said to be lost, but I have since learned two copies are in existence but are being suppressed due to some racially offensive material. Run it with a disclaimer and suck it up, snowflakes! Perhaps I should tell TCM this--it's what they did with the first episode of the Walt Disney TV show.
Since 1992 I have been trying to watch as much of Dean Stockwell's work as possible and have viewed vehicles from the sublime to the truly awful. I am particularly interested in anything from 1945 - 1975 which I haven't seen and if anyone wants to know I can make a list.
"The Mickey Mouse Club." The original 1955 - 1959 program was rerun for the 20th anniversary in 1975, but the hour-long episodes were cut to half an hour. The other half of each program is sealed in the Disney vaults along with "Song of the South," (which incidentally I also haven't seen and would like to,) and of course I haven't seen any of it since 1975, though as I understand it has since been available somewhere...a friend has seen it who was not born until 1978.
"John and Julie," fun 1955 film about two British kids running off to see Queen Elizabeth's coronation
Sometime after the 1969 Disney movie of Sterling North's "Rascal," a Japanese cartoon of over 50 episodes was produced, which, although it adds many characters and incidents not in the book, might still blow the Disney version out of the water. It is forbidden to air or transport any copy of it to the U. S. due to Disney owning U. S. rights. If they are going to be like that, "Rascal" is a movie which probably SHOULD be remade, instead of cranking out endless sequels to, and inferior versions of, films they got right the first time!
"The Curiosity Shop," an early 1970s children's program created by Chuck Jones. Supposedly lost when the video masters were taped over, but if I understand correctly what went out to TV stations were 16 mm prints some of which may still exist--I sure hope so.
"Oregon Bound," a two-part episode of an obscure children's TV series, "Go-USA." I'd be pleased to see ANY episode of "Go-USA," but this one I want BADLY--I would welcome even a script or production stills. I have gone so far as to contact three of the actors, two directly and another through another actor. Two answered, one contacted me directly hoping I had a copy, the other said through his friend that he remembers being in it but nothing else. A copy of this actually does exist, but only in the Museum of Broadcasting in California. Again, I hope a 16 mm film of it turns up!
A number of older TV-movies rarely see the light of day, which really should. A film of Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory" is hailed as a classic. It might have run on PBS years ago but I've never seen it. The Addie Mills series by Gail Rock, "The House Without a Christmas Tree," "The Thanksgiving Treasure," "Addie and the King of Hearts," and a fourth one, "The Easter Promise" or something. Great movies. One from the late 1970s of "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever," said to be a perfect adaptation of the book. All of these books are readily available but I've either not seen the movies in 45 years, or never.
Scary movies which have stuck with me since childhood, "Something Evil," with Johnny Whitaker possessed, (before "The Exorcist,") "Crowhaven Farm," "The Screaming Woman," "The Failing of Raymond," and "A Little Game." All (as I remember) awesome, but doomed, because they did not happen to be born theatrical, to moulder in obscurity. This must be remedied. Run them again and see how they hold up!
Keep the suggestions coming! This has the potential to be one of the best sites online!
Perhaps people posting on movie and actor boards could either post in this thread or we can start a special thread for people to let everyone know on which subjects they commented. Then anyone interested in that subject could go see the new comments and add their own, instead of just hit and miss.
The Movie Database does not let users delete accounts. When I asked that mine be deleted, they wanted to know why and questioned my answer.
https://www.themoviedb.org/talk/583b1879c3a36862fd007ec5?page=1
Although at least one source mentioned some use of Facebook, according to this, Saroo actually did proceed with his Google Earth search alone, as depicted in the movie. http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/lion/
Perhaps he was too emotionally involved, too nervous about the outcome, or simply felt that due to the nature of his memories only he could make the search, but it seems the movie did not depict his six-year effort as a lone quest to be dramatic but to portray how it actually took place.
Personally I feel only obvious troll posts should be deleted and then not necessarily entire threads, though posts referring only to deleted posts should probably be removed along with them. All threads should have a Report button for members to flag material they feel should not be preserved which can then be brought to the attention of a moderator to decide what *really* needs to be gone. All else should be kept--even "Good-bye, I'll miss you guys!" has nostalgic and historic if not current value. As for the boards being cluttered, the problem will take care of itself as new posts are added, bumping the old ones down.
The "Jaws" era is full of nostalgia for me. Back then, I was fond of themed birthday parties. 1974, 13th birthday: "Little House on the Prairie." 1975, 14th birthday: "Jaws." 1977, 16th birthday: "Star Wars."
Of these, "Jaws" was the only one of which I had neither read the book nor seen the movie--for the others, I did both. As a matter of fact, I don't even know whether my sisters (whose idea it was) had seen the movie, only that when they suggested it as a birthday party theme I lunged at it as great. Nowadays whole packs of themed-party merchandise are available, but the only commercially-produced items we had were the t-shirts. The "Time" Magazine cover of the shark served as a model for the cake we ordered at the bakery and also as a party decoration. Everything else--ice cream, cups, napkins--we did entirely by ourselves. We even teased Mom, who was fond of willowware and not so much of sharks, "Look, blue and white, just like you like!" After 42 years, I still have some of our hand-decorated styrofoam cups and a poster my sister drew. When this forum gets picture posting capability, I should share some pictures.
1975 fell during the thirty-year stretch when our town had no movie theater. Anyone who didn't drive had to ride with a friend 30 miles to a town which had a theater, or wait to see, after a movie was out for some time, whether it would play at the local drive-in, which also required a car. If my sisters did go, I was either not invited, or declined. When "Jaws 2" came out, they went to see it with our cousins. I was welcome to accompany them, but declined as, at the time and for many years thereafter, I was hesitant to say the least to view any film the highlights of which consisted of people being eaten by a shark. They came back from "Jaws 2" laughing about how fake some parts looked--the younger sister, in particular, described one victim as looking "like a Barbie doll being splashed around in a bathtub," with sound effects as bad as the visual, and I was still not inclined to see it even for laughs.
When my uncle and his Netflix account were here, we watched a string of Richard Dreyfuss films, but, strangely enough, "Jaws" was not among them. I actually did not see it complete, start to finish, until TCM's 2017 Oscar marathon, by which time I had been to Universal Studios and personally seen Bruce the Shark twice! At several points I was genuinely surprised--by the graphics in the shark video game near the beginning--at a time when people still played real (not video) pinball, and games which were all the rage a few years later looked primitive in comparison. Hair and clothing styles, music, everything enhanced a mostly very suspenseful and well-told story. After all this time, I was delighted to finally see this!
That occurred to someone, so there was a sequel.
It was certainly implied that Shondeep was. Why else was he removed from the orphanage in the middle of the night with instructions to "have him back by morning"?
Try checking Mantosh Brierley on Facebook for a good indication.
While staring out the back door at the field, she wished the earth would swallow her up. The vision of the brown-skinned boy, which some might take as a mental breakdown, gave her life purpose. She said biological children might be no improvement or more of the same though she didn't specifically say she feared alcoholism might be hereditary--just that having one's own children was no guarantee and didn't make enough difference in the world. She felt destined to help certain other children. The whole film gives a feeling of providence, destiny, and purpose.
Saroo's adoptive mother said in an interview that she waited sixteen years for her kids so even if she married at 20 that would make her 36.
His real girlfriend at the time was named Lisa, in the movie changed to Lucy.
Skepticism engendered over the demise of the Internet Movie Database Message Boards has given rise to entertaining conspiracy theories. No one bought the lame and bogus excuse that troll posts were to blame. Sure, let the situation run rampant for years and then decide to pull the plug on practically no notice a week before the Academy Awards? The dimmest among observers could sense something extremely rotten in Denmark. Many said, Follow the Money, which proves true in 99% of all cases of just about everything. Theories were bandied about that actors, film studios, or powerful corporations were unhappy that unfavorable talk and ratings dimmed the luster of expensive and glitzy PR campaigns. Others went further afield, suggesting terrorists or other criminal gangs were somehow using the boards to communicate by code. Best is that Jeff Bezos, Col Needham, or both, were themselves involved in criminal activity (child sex trafficking was suggested, with or without pizza parlor involvement) and some of the movie boards (no one knows which, or exactly what was said) were being used by whistleblowers exposing their wicked, depraved, and vile corruption. Word has it that such activities on the part of Bezos were seriously harmed by Trump's travel restrictions cutting the supply of sweet innocent young refugee flesh, and the boards fell victim, sacrificed ere they expose his excesses. I offer no suggestions, only a sampling of the suppositions.
A system must seriously be implemented whereby to grind their noses in disgrace at every opportunity.
You are WONDERFUL! We bow and bestow blessings on your superiority, acknowledge your extraordinary efforts, and humbly honor your awesomeness. I trail tidings of your achievements far and wide and encourage others to do the same.
Just checked it out and between it and the torrent it's great how many posts have survived! Possibly a combination of these sources can preserve all remaining posts from IMDb! Once Jim has fixed the 9-post problem and missing posts can be added from other sources it seems that such a site may prove redundant, though. The person who made it did a good thing and might perhaps like some position here if a rewarding one can be arranged. Good work.
Me, too--deleted my IMDb2 account and should probably delete my TMDb account as well. Thanks, Jim. Great work so far and please continue to build this site!