gambling house is a 1951 crime film noir directed by ted tetzlaff and starring victor mature , terry moore , william bendix and cleo moore .

gambling house ( film )

the screen ; a cinematic changeling is the film edition of ' house of a thousand candles , ' at the center .
with the headline : the screen ; a cinematic changeling is the film edition of ' house of a thousand candles , ' at the center .
the screen ; a cinematic changeling is the film edition of ' house of a thousand candles , ' at the center . - the new york times
) , generational gambling , trans - generational learning about gambling , and normalisation of youth gambling ( breen et al .
“the house” re - teams ferrell and poehler a decade after they both starred in “blades of glory . ”
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) , the gambler’s environment , the acceptability of gambling , the increasing globalization of gambling , and gambling technologies ( perese et al .
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the highest praise one can give
the house
is that it is just barely watchable . the film is badly stitched together with hatchet - job editing attempting to mask a clear lack of coverage , and the comedy offers the suggestion of a laugh instead of the real thing . in this case , don ' t bet on
the house .
) . although some traditional aboriginal gambling includes skill and choice , for commercial gambling , the longer a gambler plays , the more they are likely lose . regular , lengthy gambling sessions on commercial gambling and long - held beliefs about gambling skill and choice are strongly associated with problematic gambling ( joukhador et al .
) . while gambling problems may be underestimated if students with gambling problems leave school at higher rates than their non - gambling peers ( wardman et al .
thanks sam . i caught it on late night tv over here . our public broadcaster has licensed the rko library for a few years , so titles like gambling house are on every weeknight .
an escaped convict tries to hide out at his former lover ' s house , but she has since married and is reluctant to help him .
will ferrell and amy poehler in the movie
the house .
( warner bros . pictures , new line cinema and village roadshow pictures )
“the house” is the rare raunchy comedy that actually could have stood to be a little longer—and not just by padding the running time with outtakes .
parental gambling behaviour affects children . intensive parental gambling may contribute to low family income and financial hardship ( hewitt
the screen ; barbara stanwyck , claire dodd and jod mccrea in the new film at warners ' strand .
bill georgaris of tspdt has finally decided to start updating his film noir page . this means the old version of…
an interview with writer / director boots riley about his incendiary new film ,
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volberg , r . , & abbott , m . ( 1997 ) . gambling and problem gambling among indigenous peoples .
) . where the term aboriginal gambling is used it refers to the gambling behaviour of aboriginal peoples ( yanicki et al .
) . therefore , if a preferred form of gambling is not available , people may incorporate gambling into their travel plans .
raylu , n . , & oei , t . ( 2004 ) . role of culture in gambling and problem gambling .
for the agent , risk factors surrounding gambling products and services are reported to include high exposure and availability in all locations but especially in deprived areas and easy access to preferred forms of gambling , particularly continuous gambling . for gambling marketing , risk factors seem tied to assumptions that community operated gambling has more beneficial effects than commercially operated gambling and that cultural endorsement is implicit when cultural symbols or figures are used with gambling products and services .
and rutger hauer , as well as some of the most emotionally intense action set pieces ever put to film . moreover , a good portion of the film’s appeal lies in its incorporation of film noir aesthetics—shadow - filled , rainy metropolitan exteriors , a brooding yet resourceful investigator hero , retro ’40s fashion—into its dreary , dystopian setting . at one point , the film even boasted a philip marlowe - esque voiceover narration that was thankfully excised from future cuts . once regarded as a failed experiment ,
) . however , some engage in high risk gambling activities and experience gambling - related harms . it is useful to examine cultural and psychological factors to help explain high risk gambling engagement .
) . yet , findings from a qualitative study with 44 health and social services workers in cree communities suggest that having both state and community gambling activities available not only increased gambling access but also legitimized or endorsed gambling . gambling had grown into a major leisure activity and gambling profits , which underwrote community development , resulted from high risk gambling by some cree people . people who had accumulated large gambling debts were being shouldered by their entire family ( papineau
) maintain that ceremonial gambling has been mostly replaced by commercial forms and that traditional gambling has largely been replaced by western forms .
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new zealand’s history of aboriginal people’s gambling commenced with gambling by visiting sealers and whalers in the early nineteenth century . from its colonization by britain in 1840 , gambling has prospered in new zealand ( dyall
) proposed that cultures that approve of gambling tend to have higher rates of problem gambling . further , minorities and immigrants who experience acculturation difficulties might be prone to problem gambling . additionally , individuals from minority groups are less likely to seek help for problems with their gambling and untreated problem gamblers then have more gambling difficulties ( raylu and oei
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in both quality of filmmaking and cynicism of spirit . this film not only announced hanson as a filmmaker well beyond his previous work (
the screen ; barbara stanwyck , claire dodd and jod mccrea in the new film at warners ' strand . - the new york times
it’s when scott and kate take a trip to vegas along with their ne’er - do - well best friend , the about - to - be - divorced frank ( jason mantzoukas ) , who’s in the midst of slipping into a sinkhole of his own , that a lightbulb goes off : in gambling , the ultimate cliché — because it happens to be true — is that the house always wins . so what if they became the house ?
will ferrell and amy poehler are bringing badassery to suburbia in the first trailer for the new line comedy “the house , ” which has a prime summer release date of june 2 , 2017 .
the house ’s limp comedic pieces are only sporadically enlivened by a game cast , particulalrly mantzoukas , who captures frank’s conflicting desires to satisfy his gambling addiction and win back his estranged wife ( michaela watkins ) with an apt mania that belongs in an altogether shrewder comedy .
) may not be appropriate , affecting estimates of gambling prevalence rates and subsequent research implications . limited published knowledge about gambling and gambling - related problems affecting aboriginal people raises challenges for policy makers , effective responsible gambling programs , gambling support groups , counsellors , and treatment providers . some in - depth understanding of gambling issues experienced by aboriginal people is required before appropriate strategic public health policies and research strategies can be developed to address these gaps .
like a fast - paced burner . it’s not fincher’s most famous film , but it’s absolutely one of the most underrated thrillers since 2000 . —
it ' s telling that warner bros . is sneaking this release out sans critics ' screenings despite its well - liked stars : this house will likely collapse under its word - of - mouth burden .
) . greater use of some products and services , such as continuous gambling , usually means higher gambling involvement and sometimes higher risks . for people who just use lotteries and instant scratch tickets weekly , their gambling risks are usually low . however for people who use continuous gambling products weekly ( table games , wagering or poker machines ) , their gambling risks rise sharply ( productivity commission
) maintains that gambling funds underwriting community events and infrastructure endorse gambling when publicised . those in receipt of gambling grants were encouraged to place gambling - related logos on their uniforms , buildings ( marae or meeting places ) and kohanga reo ( māori early childhood centers ) . additionally , dyall et al . (
aestheticizes violence without fetishizing it . bullet holes and knife wounds help color the film in dark brushstrokes—such is the coens’ wont—and careful attention to shot composition ratchets the film’s morbid elements to almost intoxicating heights . you’ll want to look away , but the coens keep your eyes glued to their somber fatalism . —
treats redemption as a cruel joke , a spell of relief that lasts only long enough for us to view its obsolescence . the film takes jabs at
) . thus , a mix of influences can underpin gambling decisions . decisions about using gambling products can depend on features and marketing which enhance their appeal .
poverty is associated with adolescent gambling . in saskatchewan , poor aboriginal youth seem more vulnerable to risky behaviors including gambling compared to poor non - aboriginals ( schissel
aim to identify & preserve the cultural significance of certain forms of gambling while raising awareness & educating people in culturally appropriate ways about the risks of gambling .
also in theory , besides being a raunchy , r - rated comedy , “the house” aims to be a movie that reflects our current economic reality , in which it’s not necessarily guaranteed anymore that our kids will go to college , build careers and establish better lives for themselves than we have . but that’s at odds with the way these characters actually live , one of the many glaring inconsistencies that plague “the house . ”
gambling activities can be a part of everyday life . although generally considered to be a form of socialising , gambling in families and with friends can lead to risks . family risks may include high exposure to gambling ( bertossa et al .
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
at times , you watch a bad comedy and see hints of the good comedy it might have been . in the case of “the house , ” a crude , slipshod , tonally uneven , once in a while chuckle - worthy farce , you have to look very hard and imagine a great many better jokes — just what the film’s co - writer and [ … ]
) . stress appears to be a catalyst for some high risk gambling involvement .
• publicising links between high risk gambling & poverty in protection & prevention messages .
taking the pulse on gambling and problem gambling in new zealand : phase one of the 1999 national prevalence survey . report number three of the new zealand gaming survey
dyall , l . ( 2007 ) . gambling , social disorganisation and deprivation .
the good and the bad times : māori women’s experiences of gambling in rotorua .
forty years before the blair witch project popularized the idea of a film being told from the camera’s perspective , actor / director robert montgomery gave this radical idea a spin with lady in the lake , his adaptation of one of raymond chandler’s philip marlowe detective stories . ultimately , the case proves to be minor marlowe and the first - person gimmick does eventually wear thin over the course of the film’s runtime . putting aside these reservations , however , the film is most certainly worth a watch if just to witness montgomery’s sheer audacity and inventiveness . it’s the textbook example of a film being ahead of its time . — m . r .
and los angeles , thus necessitating some creative uses of lighting . this commitment to realism would help perfect the film noir style we all know and love . —
was a rarity in its heyday , though if you didn’t know lupino held the reins , you might not guess the film was directed with a feminine touch .
) . for the northern territory ( nt ) , increased funds ( e . g . mining royalties ) and growing availability of gambling has resulted in increased gambling with a reported problem gambling rate of 24 % for aboriginal australians ( stevens and young
aim to guide the development of culturally effective information for gamblers on practices & strategies that prevent the development of gambling - related problems with any gambling product or service .
) . these definitions are based on western gambling concepts however williams et al . (
conducive cultural beliefs and greater rates of gambling participation have been identified as potentially contributing to higher rates of gambling problems within aboriginal populations in north america ( alegría et al .
= 216 ) reported that harm from gambling outweighed the benefits ( williams et al .
there has been a dearth of research investigating gambling by aboriginal people living in urban areas . many aboriginal populations are demographically young and youthfulness influences gambling participation ( raylu and oei
• increasing awareness , information & practical education about gambling products & chances of winning .
• legislation & industry codes of conduct restricting marketing of cultural representations associated with gambling .
) . in a convenience sample of 128 gamblers in venues , 78 % preferred poker machine gambling and only 4 % nominated cards . with average weekly gambling expenditure of aud $ 60 , half was spent on poker machines . before poker machine gambling was introduced , 29 % had never gambled . thus the expansion of commercial gambling was attractive for some aboriginal people in urban areas . for nsw where commercial gambling had been available since the mid 1950s , problem gambling rates were higher for aboriginal compared to non - aboriginal people .
in the us , increased exposure and ready access to casino gambling was said to encourage high rates of pathological gambling for both female and male aboriginal veterans ( westermeyer et al .
) . the major motivation for gambling ( 75 % ) was to escape . qualitative themes revealed that gambling provided escape from feelings of social alienation and low social cohesion ( currie
i enjoyed this film because it could be dealt with on many levels but the performance of terry moore was stunning . . . this may have been her finest . . .
plays with noir tropes more than he plays to them , deflating film noir’s inherent machismo by revealing the chief heavies of his cast as scrabbling cowards . depending on your mood ,
at times , you watch a bad comedy and see hints of the good comedy it might have been . in the case of “ the house , ” a crude , slipshod , tonally uneven , once in a while chuckle - worthy farce , you have to look very hard and imagine a great many better jokes — just what the film’s co - writer and director , andrew jay cohen , should have been doing .
investigating cultural strength and its influence on gambling in edmonton alberta , currie et al . (
aim to see benefits outweigh costs of gambling by providing genuine & accurate information to communities .
dyall , l . ( 2010 ) . gambling : a poison chalice for indigenous peoples .
the house
tells the harrowing tale of one young woman ' s struggle to attend bucknell university , despite the criminal behavior of her well - meaning — but truly incompetent , irresponsible and insane — parents .
saturday night live
alumni amy poehler and will ferrell pair up as the johansen parents in this film from
neighbors
and
mike and dave need wedding dates
screenwriters andrew jay cohen and brendan o ' brien , with cohen making his feature directorial debut . while there ' s no shortage of comedy talent on screen in
the house ,
there ' s a dire lack of actual laughs to be found in this strange shell of a movie .
is the coolest melville film of them all ; odds are , it’ll land upright , because that’s an impossible distinction to make . melville films pulse with ineffable cool . in the case of
one concern about reservation gambling is its impact on traditional aboriginal practices . oakes et al . (
this project and subsequent authorship of this article was funded by the ontario problem gambling research centre .
presentation at the 6th . european conference on gambling studies and policy issues . malmo , sweden .
) found that gambling was easily accessible and popular ; especially lottery and instant win tickets . gambling expenditure ranged from about cad $ 40 per month to cad $ 300 at a single session , with an average spend at the lower end . problem gambling ( using the cpgi ) was up to 19 % . higher rates of problem gambling were found in communities where casinos and video lottery terminals ( vlts ) were readily available . people in these communities experienced the most adverse gambling consequences ( wynne and mccready
old school with added poker chips ? perhaps . but this ferrell and poehler - powered comedy blockbuster has big laughs , an enjoyably grisly streak , and a film - stealing turn from jason mantzoukas .
) . problem gambling is defined as experiencing difficulties in limiting money and / or time spent on gambling leading to significant adverse outcomes for the gambler , other people and the community ( neal et al .
aim to educate adolescents , teachers & concerned others about gambling risks & attempt to reduce these risks .
he placement of casinos in alberta’s aboriginal communities : an interview with cheryl currie . gambling research reveals .
goodale , j . ( 1987 ) . gambling is hard work : card playing in tiwi society .
williams , r . , stevens , r . , & nixon , g . ( 2011 ) . gambling and problem gambling in north american aboriginal people . in y . belanger ( ed . ) ,
) found that first nation problem gamblers ( using the pgsi ) were less happy and felt isolated . they smoked more cigarettes while gambling to try to control negative emotions caused by gambling . in new zealand , where being of māori and pacific ethnicity is significantly associated with problem gambling , the ministry of health (
, alex proyas’ 1998 magnum opus serves up a cerebral sci - fi extravaganza as filtered through the visual tropes of film noir and german expressionism . the result is a staggering achievement in imagination that , like
) . traditional forms of gambling such as cards and housie are used to support aboriginal cultural practices . some māori women in rotorua ensure the cultural transmission of family histories by engaging in gambling at home ( morrison
) . stress appears to be closely bound to initiating and maintaining problem gambling for some aboriginal gamblers and an absence of stress appears to reduce this risk . relieving stress through alternatives may modify some problematic gambling .
some aboriginal groups experiencing high rates of gambling - related problems have common histories of colonization and dispossession . alongside gambling problems , other risks include physical and mental health problems and social concerns ( perese et al .
) maintain that people in deprived areas are targeted by a high concentration of poker machines and that ease of playing poker machines facilitates their use . high gambling participation rates due to frequent continuous gambling by māori and pacific people results in higher levels of gambling harm for them and their significant others ( walker et al .
) . new zealand research with 209 people of mixed ethnicity reported that gambling to escape from stress increased for problem gamblers but not for non - problem gamblers from initiation to their continuing gambling ( clarke et al .
) described quebec leaders in iiyiyiu aschii being concerned about gambling spending outweighing food purchasing , child neglect , declining participation at citizen meetings , and family breakups caused by gambling . in support , schluter et al . (
) . coping with racism may be a risk for developing gambling - related problems for urban aboriginal groups .
aim to support gamblers , families and friends with information & education about gambling impacts and sources of help .
breen , h . ( 2008 ) . visitors to northern australia : debating the history of indigenous gambling .
momper , s . ( 2010 ) . implications of american indian gambling for social work research and practice .
is a masterpiece . funny to think that american critics looked down their noses at the film at the time of its release . maybe they took offense at the inescapable scent of welles’ passion for rita hayworth , his wife at the time and his ex shortly after production wrapped . he captures her in close - up with a hungry , enraptured eye , the most coherent image in a film that’s built on logical incoherence .
) that conducive cultural beliefs , high rates of gambling participation and endorsement of gambling tend to be associated with higher rates of gambling problems . the extent to which gambling is endorsed seems to depend on cultural norms , such as the important role of passing on and maintaining traditional ceremonies , history and customs , meeting reciprocal obligations , beliefs in winning , luck and skill , and adaptation to new experiences that are distinctive to particular aboriginal societies .
) described drug , alcohol , and social marginalisation problems as being linked with aboriginal problem gambling . they concluded that gambling helps some people cope with negative feelings of being unable to fully participate in society ( mcmillen and donnelly
) these studies demonstrate that some younger and poorer aboriginal youth experience higher risks with their gambling than their peer groups . efforts could be taken to integrate gambling education into school curriculums , including culturally relevant materials . early intervention programs in schools and communities may reduce gambling participation and related problems amongst aboriginal youth . strategies to educate teachers , school counselors and general practitioners about gambling risks may increase some recognition of adolescent problems and assist early intervention .
it appears that other close gamblers may heavily influence an individual’s gambling decisions , including high risk decisions , and also negatively impact non - gamblers . local cultural networks should be made aware of signs of gambling and problem gambling to try to minimize the impact of other people’s gambling . education is needed to increase awareness of sources of help for those affected by another person’s gambling , including culturally sensitive and relevant sources of help . public health policies should aim to assist communities to support gamblers and their friends and family with appropriate information , education and resources .
) found that an absence of stress appeared to be related to a reduction in gambling . in a sample of over 1 , 600 aboriginal veterans in the us , remission from a lifetime diagnosis of problem gambling ( no gambling symptoms in the past year ) , using the diagnostic interview schedule for dsm - iii - r ( apa
) . aboriginal societies evolved and adapted to colonial and then post - colonial governments . at the same time gambling participation altered . the legalisation of many forms of gambling , particularly commercial gambling ( table games , electronic , online gambling ) has broadened opportunities for all people , including aboriginal people , to gamble . like most people , aboriginal people who gamble are subject to the accompanying benefits and harms of gambling . but as aboriginal welfare is closely tied to cultural wellbeing , these benefits and harms seem likely to affect aboriginal people in distinctive yet complex ways .
australian institute for gambling research and labour and industry research unit ( aigr / liru ) . ( 1996 ) .
binde , p . ( 2005 ) . gambling across cultures : mapping worldwide occurrence and learning from ethnographic comparison .
clay , t . ( 2009 ) . measuring the impact of reservation gambling revenues on native american educational achievement .
salter , m . ( 1979 ) . games , goods , and gods : an analysis of iroquoian gambling .
in this film - essay bernardo bertolucci gives a first - hand account of cinema . it is a journey told in three languages ( italian , english and german ) across the identity of an authentic and extraordinary metteur en scène . after a two - year long project , luca guadagnino and walter fasano have produced the film - documentary bertolucci on bertolucci , patiently and passionately looking into over three hundred hours of archival footage from around the world .
) compared rates of gambling in 1992–1995 with 122 , 700 minnesota public school students between grades 6–12 . gambling frequency was higher for all cultural minority groups including native american students . similar results were found by peacock et al . (
walker , s . , abbott , m . , & gray , r . ( 2012 ) . knowledge , views and experiences of gambling and gambling - related harms in different ethnic and socio - economic groups in new zealand .
has enormous ambitions that belie its tight running time , the end result of odious studio interference that nonetheless fails to impede the viewing experience . come for hayworth and welles , stay for the film’s dizzying hall of mirrors shootout . —
pathological gambling may be a learned defence to escape , dissociate or relieve stress from childhood trauma ( dion et al .
) . in contrast , strong family influences and values , sharing alternative interests and time with family and friends outside gambling , positive relationships , and adequate education have been found to be protective factors against gambling problems ( breen et al .
) reported that the average age of gambling onset was lower than their peers . they typically had an early big win and their problem gambling was highly related to use of cigarettes , marijuana , and hard drugs . the authors speculated that their gambling may have been based in cultural exchanges or reflect hardship because of unemployment and poverty ( delfabbro et al .
aim to reveal differences between reservation & urban communities & target their distinctive gambling issues with appropriately developed public health strategies .
a gangster ( victor mature ) gets into trouble with the immigration authorities , in trouble with the police and falls out with other gangsters . he meets a lovely young lady ( lynn warren ) who works for immigration , and i wonder if the scriptwriter will have him fall in love and mend his ways ? this is definitely b - film fodder , but at just 80 minutes kept me far more interested than the enormously long 3rd hobbit film i watched earlier .
living on an aboriginal reservation or remote community has been identified as a risk factor for the development of gambling problems . the effects of gambling problems ripple through entire communities affecting many more than just the gambler . further research is necessary to focus on precise factors that mediate the relationship between community settings and gambling problems . potential strategies to minimize gambling harms include developing alternate activities and culturally - relevant support systems and networks to encourage social inclusion and offer protection to members from developing problems .
will ferrell and amy poehler are bringing badassery to suburbia in the first trailer for the new line comedy “the house , ” which has a prime summer release date of june 2 , 2017 . ferrell and poehler portray parents who lose the money intended to pay for their daughter’s college tuition and open an underground casino out [ … ]
) . many of these women had been socialised into gambling as children and believed that the money gambled remained in their social network . further they said they had their own strategies to enable them to stop or modify any problematic gambling behaviour ( morrison
) . therefore , high gambling participation rates interwoven with family support , respect for kin , beliefs about winning , and cultural transmission motivations seem to be associated with higher risks of gambling problems for some aboriginal people . to preserve the positive and protective aspects of cultural traditions , public health and research strategies should aim to identify the cultural significance of gambling within aboriginal communities . simultaneous efforts are required to raise awareness and educate communities of culturally appropriate ways to gamble and risks associated with commercial gambling .
people with prior addictions and / or mental health disorders are often at risk of developing gambling problems ( petry et al .
) . thus , links between varying psychological states , co - morbidities and gambling suggest a compounding of risk and stress .
blaszczynski , a . , & nower , l . ( 2002 ) . a pathways model of problem and pathological gambling .
breen , h . ( 2012b ) . risk and protective factors associated with gambling consequences for indigenous australians in north queensland .
research in several former british colonies , the united states of america ( us ) , canada , australia and new zealand reveals that various aboriginal groups have a higher gambling involvement and higher prevalence of problem gambling than the general population ( alegría et al .
after scott ( will ferrell ) and kate ( amy poehler ) johansen lose their daughter alex’s college fund , they become desperate to earn it back so she can pursue her dream of attending a university . with the help of their neighbor frank ( jason mantzoukas ) , they decide to start an illegal casino in the basement of his house .
) identified major risks associated with problem gambling as stress , anxiety and substance misuse . in their review , mcmillen and donnelly (
) on a great lakes native american reservation , comparing gambling activities of 185 adolescent aboriginal and non - aboriginal americans in grades 7–12 in one tribal and one public school . statistically significant relationships were found between gambling habits , parental gambling , high - risk behaviours and low self - esteem for aboriginal students . in alberta , using the sogs instrument revised for adolescents , hewitt and auger (
stevens , m . , & young , m . ( 2009b ) . independent correlates of reported gambling problems amongst indigenous australians .
) . this treaty is an example of how indigenous people can take an active and leadership role to influence gambling policy that impacts them . again māori action could influence legislation and industry codes of conduct to restrict marketing of cultural representations associated with gambling . in general , public health policy should ensure that gambling benefits outweigh any costs and genuine efforts are implemented to protect individuals and aboriginal communities .
, however , lynch took his fascination with the subgenre to a whole other level , depicting a world where a character’s interior life influences not only the film’s visual style but its narrative structure as well . in the first great performance of her illustrious career ,
) . in north québec , research with cree people found vlt’s to be the very popular , followed equally by bingo , instant win tickets and lottery . adults travelled long distances for casino gambling and engaged in casino gambling as much as their southern counterparts ( papineau
) explain that of the 192 people they interviewed in several aboriginal ontario communities , 16 % reported negative gambling effects for their community and traditions . for some , commercial gambling on reservations is perceived as replacing traditional aboriginal lifestyles , activities and values with materialism ( dyall
) . of those other affected people , 25 % were themselves at some risk with their gambling or were actually problem gamblers . poker machines in casinos ( 33 % ) and in non - casino venues ( 53 % ) were preferred gambling forms ( ministry of health
breen , h . ( 2012a ) . risk and protective factors associated with gambling products and services : indigenous gamblers in north queensland .
mcmillen , j . , & donnelly , k . ( 2008 ) . gambling in australian indigenous communities : the state of play .
schissel , b . ( 2001 ) . betting against youth : the effects of socio - economic marginality on gambling among young people .
steane , p . , mcmillen , j . , & togni , s . ( 1998 ) . researching gambling with aboriginal people .
) research with 381 aboriginal participants in edmonton where 33 . 3 % were found to be problem gamblers using the cpgi , 30 % of participants believed that their parent had a current gambling problem , and 30 % reported being negatively impacted as a child by their parents gambling , due to financial strain and neglect . almost all participants had a relative or friend with gambling problems , adding to their stress .
) , will be used to examine risk factors associated with aboriginal gambling , particularly those associated with cultural and social issues . although some strategies for harm - minimisation are suggested , this review will contribute to synthesising documented research and potentially informing appropriate gambling policy direction and implementation .
) reported a national gambling prevalence rate for australian aboriginal gamblers as 13 . 5 % . although limited to secondary analysis of one gambling question in a health survey , this rate is about six times higher than that of the general population . māori and pacific island peoples living in new zealand are also at - risk for developing problem gambling , estimated at about four times that of the general population ( ministry of health
: 182 ) maintain that the construct of problem / pathological gambling has some cross - cultural validity for several first nations groups in canada .
) . gambling outcomes are perceived to be influenced by supernatural forces but these forces can also be controlled by man ( mcgowan et al .
aboriginal cultural traditions appear to have profound historical , secular and sacred connections to gambling for some groups . these connections support raylu and oei (
) found that as gambling escalated and financial difficulties increased , their mood swings , guilt and shame also increased . in alberta , currie (
) reporting young aboriginal males more at risk with their gambling , others found aboriginal women to be more at risk ( mcmillen et al .
) conducted a school - based study of gambling with 926 students aged 13–18 years , including 32 aboriginal youth , using a combination of gambling screens . aboriginal students gambled more than others and comprised a large proportion of the problem gamblers . more problem gamblers ( 90 % ) said that their parents gambled compared to their peers ( 71 % ) . students with gambling problems were more likely to have impoverished personal relationships , be poorly adjusted and socially alienated . their friends were much more likely to gamble and approve of gambling than others ( delfabbro et al .
dyall , l . , tse , s . , & kingi , a . ( 2009 ) . cultural icons and marketing of gambling .
hunter , e . , & spargo , r . ( 1988 ) . what’s the big deal ? aboriginal gambling in the kimberley region .
this review has identified research directly and indirectly examining issues pertaining to aboriginal gambling and problem gambling . using a public health approach this review has analysed research results from canada , the us , australia , and new zealand with various groups . it is clear that some aboriginal people face both common and distinctive risks with their gambling . these risks need addressing to reduce adverse consequences for individuals , families , and the wider community .
) , in longitudinal research with aboriginal communities in north dakota , suggested that rising rates of pathological gambling increased community problems by adversely affecting tribal culture , social collectivism , and the role of elders . social dysfunction associated with gambling affected economic development by constraining partnerships and reducing infrastructure development .
“a beautiful femme fatale saunters into an unsuspecting man’s life and entices him into committing murder for her . ” this logline could be used to describe any number of classic film noirs . most of this can be traced back to author james m . cain , who wrote two books—
in québec and labrador , a regional health survey of 4 , 000 first nations adults self - assessed problematic social issues for their families . after alcoholism , drug use , and verbal / psychological abuse , gambling problems were ranked as the fourth most significant problem . these adults had experienced minor ( 14 % ) and major ( 7 % ) gambling - related problems . although no gambling screen was used , the reported proportions of gambling - related problems were higher than that of the general population ( first nations of québec and labrador health and social services commission [ fnqlhssc ]
) . one consequence is a likely increase in the difficulties faced by aboriginal people with gambling - related concerns in seeking and obtaining appropriate assistance .
additionally , these cultural factors may contribute to a belief in skill and luck in winning with commercial gambling . gambling products such as poker or slot machines have been designed to produce random outcomes even when programmed and presented to make skill and luck appear to influence the outcomes ( parke and griffiths
) reported that problem gambling patients admitted to hospital following a suicide attempt were more likely to be māori and more likely to have alcohol problems .
cozzetto , d . , & larocque , b . ( 1996 ) . compulsive gambling in the indian community : a north dakota case study .
elia , c . , & jacobs , d . ( 1993 ) . the incidence of pathological gambling among native americans treated for alcohol dependence .
. in a . blaszczynski ( ed . ) , proceedings of the 11th . national association of gambling studies conference . sydney , pp 241–255 .
while we ' re chuckling about the state of america ' s middle class , the couple ' s friend frank ( jason mantzoukas ) — enjoying his own comic value as a gambling - and porn - addicted burnout whose wife has left him — has a brainstorm : the three should transform his emptied - out house into an underground casino , inviting bored neighbors over and milking them for a few hundred grand . ( he even installs five wall safes , explaining exactly how much each holds , so we can track their progress toward their goals . )
) . an important motivation for some aboriginal gambling is reported to escape from stress and problems or to cope with difficult lifestyles ( dion et al .
korn , d . , & shaffer , h . ( 1999 ) . gambling and the health of the public : adopting a public health perspective .
peacock , r . , day , p . , & peacock , t . ( 1999 ) . adolescent gambling on a great lakes indian reservation .
zitzow , d . ( 1996b ) . comparative study of problematic gambling behaviors between american indian and non - indian adults in a northern plains reservation .
, which centers on two treasury agents who must go undercover to infiltrate a notorious counterfeiting ring . while not boasting any big - name actors or even a particularly novel story , the film is noted for its inventive cinematography , with mann and cinematographer john alton deciding to shoot several scenes on location in
) with surveys with 222 aboriginal people ( 103 women , 119 men ) in two urban and two regional towns in nsw . about half the sample gambled weekly and they experienced significant negative gambling impacts . nearly one - third of the participants reported family members as experiencing problems with their gambling , twice the rate reported by the nsw population . an evaluation of the introduction of poker machines into qld clubs and hotels revealed that , in the city of cairns , poker machines quickly became popular and gained favor over traditional card gambling ( australian institute for gambling research and labour and industry research unit ( aigr / liru )
) . however few culturally viable public health options have emerged to assist aboriginal gamblers in identifying and ameliorating any gambling - related problems ( breen et al .
) . benevolent spirits are expected to help the gambler win , while mean spirits obstruct the same . secular aspects of gambling include entertainment and winning ( gabriel
mcgowan , v . , & nixon , g . ( 2004 ) . blackfoot traditional knowledge in resolution of problem gambling : getting gambled and seeking wholeness .
) . their review indicates that varying psychological states , including stress , grief and loss , co - morbid mental disorders , such as depression , high alcohol , and drug use , and social isolation are often related to , or underlying high - risk gambling . these risk factors appear to play a role in the development and maintenance of problem gambling . resources dedicated to screening those in treatment for problem gambling and for psychological disorders may help in identifying early intervention strategies appropriate for aboriginal groups in need of further assistance . efforts to assist communities to develop healthy coping skills to manage negative emotions may also reduce gambling - related harms .
) . a public health approach uses concepts and language that are meaningful and useful for explaining multi - dimensional influences . a classic public health model based on communicable disease control can be applied to analyse and explain gambling phenomena and its consequences . elements within this model include a host ( the person and individual factors which influence their gambling ) , the agent ( gambling exposure and its influence ) , and the environment ( physical , social and cultural settings ) ( korn and shaffer
in australia , aboriginal gamblers were found to prefer poker machines , followed by , tab or pari - mutuel gambling , keno and bingo ( dickerson et al .
) . generally , men preferred tab gambling on racing and sports events , while women preferred poker machines , bingo , and traditional cards ( breen et al .
thomas , s . , & jackson , a . ( 2004 ) . influences on gambling behaviours and outcomes : a model for the design of effective interventions .
zitzow , d . ( 1996a ) . comparative study of problematic gambling behaviors between american indian and non - indian adolescents within and near a northern plains reservation .
the big sleep unintentionally subverts its own downbeat noir fantasy by having the dick and the potential film fatale get together . she isn’t a siren beckoning him to his doom like mary astor in the maltese falcon , or like carmen would have been if he gave in to her advances ( which is more or less the gist of the grimmer literary big sleep and perhaps the original edit of this film before reshoots ) ; vivian is his peer and every bit as acid - tongued in her retorts as bogie . it is a bizarre courtship by way of insults , bogart’s aloofness , bacall’s disaffection , and hawks’ rapid fire , dry humor .
we’ll start with the following 100 titles . some 70 years after the term “film noir” was first uttered , take a trip through the screwed - up terrain of the mid - century psyche , with all its sex , lies , and crime scene tape . let’s get going—don’t say we didn’t warn you . — amanda schurr
it may shed some light on
the house of a thousand candles
to report that it uses the title but not the plot of the novel written some thirty years ago by the hoosier diplomat , meredith nicholson . to the title , republic pictures has added a story which might have been dashed off by e . phillips oppenheim , but comes , instead , from h . w . hanemann and endre bohem . view full article in timesmachine »
that said , it’s mantzoukas ( recognisable veteran of the league and countless other sitcom bit - parts ) who , as kinetic , fast - talking frank , is the house ’s not - so - secret - weapon . when the casino owners tangle with local criminals ( including jeremy renner in a brief , bloody cameo ) and ineptly torture a card - counter , it’s frank’s queasy retching and failure to play the tough guy that truly sells it .
) reported that just living on a reservation was perceived to encourage gambling . in research with 156 alberta first nations people who identified themselves as heavy gamblers , hewitt (
dyall , l . , & hand , j . ( 2003 ) . māori and gambling : why a comprehensive māori public health response is required in new zealand .
stevens , m . , & young , m . ( 2009a ) . betting on the evidence : reported gambling problems among the indigenous population of the northern territory .
, an adaptation of novelist / screenwriter scott b . smith’s 1993 thriller about three working - class men who end up stumbling upon a crashed plane filled with millions of dollars in cash . seeing this as the answer to their financial woes , the men divvy up the money only to quickly find their close - knit group torn apart by greed and paranoia . while not ostensibly film noir in its construction , the story nevertheless touches upon classic noir themes—namely , the corruptive power of greed and the folly of man in attempting to control life’s chaos . whatever its designation , the film presents an absorbing , if unmistakably devastating , modern - day morality tale . —
lawrence kasdan’s directorial debut remains , to this day , one of the sexiest movies ever to grace the big screen—not to mention , the rare occasion where the phrase “erotic thriller” can be appropriately uttered without the slightest hint of a snicker . boasting a star - making performance by kathleen turner , the film takes the standard double indemnity / the postman always rings twice premise ( femme fatale hires lover to kill husband ) and grafts it onto the humid nightmare that is florida in the midst of a heat wave . memorable sex scenes aside , however , the film is also a master class in how to build suspense and escalate tension . — m . r .
, p . 12 ) noted “grief and loss were often identified as contributing factors to gambling for aboriginal people” . from qualitative interviews with 60 aboriginal australians in queensland ( qld ) , living with grief and loss from the death , suicide and incarceration of family and community members is reported to contribute to some committed high risk gambling ( breen
carl franklin’s excellent early ’90s neo - noir walks a razor - thin tightrope of suspense : you get the sense from one minute to the next that any step out of place could send the entire narrative into violent anarchy . franklin’s film has great aspirations , delving into the complexities of modern american race relations just a few years after
a story of unintended connections and one woman’s spiraling descent into paranoia and terror , sorry , wrong number gets sort of a bum rap next to double indemnity in barbara stanwyck’s catalogue of awesome performances . the film alternates between flashbacks and the present , and so too does stanwyck’s spoiled , shiftless heiress to a drug - store empire go from lethargy to hysteria . turns out she’s the center of a murder plot , though she doesn’t quite realize it at first and must piece together the architecture of her own demise as she lies bedridden and alone in her opulent manhattan digs . stanwyck gives sorry , wrong number a pulse , while anatole litvak’s direction soaks her growing terror in shadows so deep , the intruder sneaking through her house can’t help but bump into the furniture . — a . c .
) contend that māori artwork and culture are exploited in marketing gambling . the overt use of the māori poi on poker machines , māori carvings in gaming venues , and māori elders being invited to open gaming venues with traditional rituals seemed to promote gambling as a safe māori activity , one associated with cultural and spiritual values ( dyall et al .
) . family problems arising from high risk gambling can include absence and neglect , marriage / family problems , abuse and violence , and isolated children ( schulter et al .
) conducted health surveys and found a range of community and environmental issues , including gambling , as contributing to the risk of illness . more recently , stevens and young (
, flopped at the box office only to be revived later as a beloved cult classic . the film casts rufus swell as an amnesiac who wakes up one night to discover that his city is ( quite literally ) being manipulated by a band of mysteriously pale men in jet - black trench coats and fedoras . along for the ride is


fingers is a 1941 british drama film directed by herbert mason , produced by a.m.salomon for warner bros and starring clifford evans , leonora corbett and esmond knight .

its plot involves a london jeweller and fence for stolen goods who falls in love and tries to reform .

fingers ( 1941 film )

in 1941 , a mysterious somaliland native woman helps the british against the nazis .
for this cartoon , goofy has five fingers on each hand instead of the customary four .
betsy ross 1941 . old glory is turned out en masse by busy fingers at an eastern navy yard . national and signal flags are needed in abundance for expanding navy | library of congress
photo , print , drawing betsy ross 1941 . old glory is turned out en masse by busy fingers at an eastern navy yard . national and signal flags are needed in abundance for expanding navy
madison ( n . c . ) and mayodan ( n . c . ) , circa 1939 - 1941 ( reel 2 ) ( rl10075dvd0016020 ) - h . lee waters film collection - duke libraries
lc - use6 - d - 000476 ( b & w film neg . )
“i’m peter tewksbury , and i want to make a film of esmé . ”
1 . the film was initially patched together from different ideas for separate movies .
14 . an international flight into lax inspired one of the film’s later scenes .
madison ( n . c . ) and mayodan ( n . c . ) , circa 1939 - 1941 ( reel 2 )
united states office for emergency management , palmer , a . t . , photographer . ( 1941 ) betsy ross . old glory is turned out en masse by busy fingers at an eastern navy yard . national and signal flags are needed in abundance for expanding navy . brooklyn brooklyn . new york new york state united states , 1941 . ? . [ photograph ] retrieved from the library of congress , urltoken
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salinger agreed to allow tewksbury to make the film on one condition : salinger would cast esmé .
11 . harrison ford appeared in one scene , but it was cut from the final film .
united states office for emergency management , palmer , alfred t , photographer . betsy ross . old glory is turned out en masse by busy fingers at an eastern navy yard . national and signal flags are needed in abundance for expanding navy . brooklyn brooklyn . new york new york state united states , 1941 . ? . photograph . urltoken
the snakerama gas station seen in the film also appears in spielberg ' s 1979 world war ii comedy , 1941 , with actress lucille benson again appearing as the proprietor . the two elderly people weaver tries to flag down in a car also appear as helpless motorists in close encounters of the third kind .
in november 1941 , american news photographer johnny ' bugsy ' williams manages to escape from the japanese and finds himself back in burma where he meets the beautiful miss haoli young . . . . see full summary »
tewksbury left washington . he’d been hired to direct an m - g - m film , “sunday in new york , ” starring jane fonda . but he kept working on the “esmé” script . after more back - and - forth , he acceded to salinger’s demands . he told schuyler , “we’ll just film this exactly as he wrote it , because if we don’t , we won’t be doing this film . ”
the film was nominated for a total of ten awards and walked away with five oscars : best picture ( darryl f . zanuck for 20th century fox ) , best director , best supporting actor ( donald crisp ) , best cinematography ( arthur miller ) , and best art direction . its other nominations were for best supporting actress ( sara allgood ) , best screenplay ( philip dunne ) , best editing , best score and best sound . the most controversial aspect of its best picture / director win was that it defeated two of the greatest pictures ever made : orson welles ' citizen kane ( 1941 ) and john huston ' s the maltese falcon ( 1941 ) .
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united states office for emergency management , photographer by palmer , alfred t . betsy ross . old glory is turned out en masse by busy fingers at an eastern navy yard . national and signal flags are needed in abundance for expanding navy . ? . photograph . retrieved from the library of congress , < urltoken > .
for the lowly protagonist , david mann , spielberg hand - picked character actor dennis weaver because he loved his performance as the jittery and feeble hotel night manager in orson welles’s 1958 film touch of evil .
as the truck rams the car over the cliff and falls off in the final film , there is a low roar sound effect that the filmmaker included to emphasize the death of the truck . spielberg , who wanted the truck to seem
this film is part of a series of films taken by h . lee waters titled movies of local people . the series captures residents of small towns across north carolina , south carolina , and virginia between 1936 and 1942 . digitized from dvd .
when the project was shelved , spielberg moved on to another big budget film , 1941 , but the basic idea stayed with him . around the same time , columbia pictures demanded a sequel to close encounters . spielberg wanted no part of that , though he had a small idea about what would have happened if an alien didn’t go back to the mothership at the end of that movie . to ensure they didn’t make the sequel without him , he instead commissioned writer / director john sayles to create a script for a pseudo - sequel called night skies , about a suburban family terrorized by a group of aliens with one befriending the family’s son .
eagle - eyed viewers will catch the word “flammable” scrawled across the back of the truck , yet when it careens off the cliff at the end of the movie it doesn’t go boom . the studio wanted a big explosion , but the director wanted a slower demise for his film’s villain .
the remarkable outdoor set , with a row of houses sloping uphill toward the mine colliery , was convincingly realistic , although it was part of a set built in southern california ( the hills of malibu ) . originally , 20th century fox had planned for the film to be a four - hour technicolor epic , akin to gone with the wind ( 1939 ) , filmed on location in south wales , but the war made that an impossibility . the welsh tone of the film , from director ford ' s recollections , is buoyed by welsh singers ( vocalizing as themselves ) performing much of the choral work .
mamoulian’s sole screwball comedy is a delightful confection starring a radiantly young gene tierney as a girdle salesgirl lured into the world of two con artists intent on fleecing a hapless accountant , played by henry fonda , who they mistakenly take for a millionaire . fueled by lighting quick and sexually sparked comic dialogue , rings on her fingers is a charming and little - known late entry into the screwball cycle . mamoulian’s flair for theatrical fantasy is wonderfully embodied in the figures of the con artists vividly rendered by the unforgettable pairing of bold character actors laird cregar and spring byington . print courtesy of 20th century fox .
everything i ever learnt as a small boy came from my father , and i never found anything he ever told me to be wrong or worthless . the simple lessons he taught me are as sharp and clear in my mind as if i had heard them only yesterday . in those days , the black slag - the waste of the coalpits - had only begun to cover the side of our hill , not yet enough to mar the countryside nor blacken the beauty of our village . for the colliery had only begun to poke its skinny black fingers through the green . i can hear , even now , the voice of my sister angharad .
spielberg got his start directing for tv at the age of 21 , helming episodes of such shows as night gallery and marcus welby , m . d . but the aspiring filmmaker was desperately searching for a property he could turn into a feature film . it was spielberg ' s secretary , nona tyson , who found matheson’s story in playboy and first sent it to her boss to potentially adapt into a movie .
a puppet can only do so much , so to breathe a little bit more balletic life into his creature , spielberg hired professional mime caprice rothe to provide fluid and naturalistic hand motions . each time the puppet was meant to interact with elliott or pick certain things up during a scene , rothe would have to lay horizontally underneath the puppet and extend her hands vertically , for take after take . she wore sleeve - length gloves that were made up to look like e . t . ’s leathery skin , and mimicked his long , slender , four - fingered hands with her ring and pinky fingers sneakily tucked away in the fourth digit . in the final cut , she was credited as the “e . t . movement coordinator . ”
the project was too dark in tone for spielberg , though , and ultimately , he had columbia just re - release close encounters in a special edition with additional scenes . but he still recognized the potential of a film like night skies , so he and screenwriter melissa mathison then combined spielberg’s semi - autobiographical story with the benevolent alien visiting a boy on earth to create e . t . the idea of the terrorized family was refashioned as another eventual spielberg production : poltergeist .
with his newfound success following the back - to - back smash hits of jaws in 1975 and close encounters of the third kind in 1977 , director steven spielberg wanted to tell a smaller , more personal story for his next film . entitled growing up , the proposed movie was inspired by the divorce of his parents when he was 15 years old . it included the feelings of alienation spielberg felt being jewish in an all gentile neighborhood in arizona and was told from the perspective of three children .
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tyson helped track down whether the movie rights to matheson’s story had been optioned , and eventually discovered that a teleplay was in development at abc and universal with producer george eckstein . spielberg took a meeting with eckstein , and brought a rough cut of his legendary 73 - minute series premiere episode of columbo , “murder by the book . ” eckstein was impressed , and gave spielberg the job to direct duel after a follow - up meeting where the filmmaker laid out how he envisioned the film from matheson’s screenplay in full .
both spielberg and mathison wrote a story treatment for a potential sequel to e . t . during its initial theatrical run . dated july 17 , 1982 , the treatment is titled “e . t . ii : nocturnal fears , ” and takes place the summer after the events in the first film . the story describes a plot in which elliott and his friends are abducted by a mutated race of e . t . s led by an evil entity named korel who is looking for zrek , another alien stranded on earth . eventually , e . t . manages to save the group of kids and helps them back to earth . ultimately , spielberg decided not to do a sequel because doing so
would do nothing but rob the original of its virginity . ” you can read the 10 - page treatment by clicking here . a novelized sequel by author william kotzwinkle—who also penned the novelization of the original film—was published in 1985 . e . t . : the book of the green planet was set on e . t . ’s home planet , which kotzwinkle dubbed brodo asogi .
most films go through several drafts before a final shooting script is locked into place , but melissa mathison’s first draft is what spielberg used during the shoot of the film . instead of constantly revising individual drafts , spielberg gave mathison the general narrative plot for her to round out . she would write for five straight days and then collaborate with him for five successive days of feedback . this process went on for eight weeks , and spielberg later called the resulting screenplay “the best first draft i’ve ever read . ” in order to maintain a spontaneous and streamlined shoot ( and unlike
visual effects supervisor dennis muren and his team at industrial light and magic were tasked with creating organic special effects to surround the potentially inorganic looking e . t . puppet . surprisingly , the iconic shot of the boy and alien flying across the full moon was mostly a
real
shot . it took muren and his team weeks to find the right spot to film a low moon among trees , so they used maps and charts to coordinate the scene once they found the right spot . in the shot , elliott and e . t . are puppets that were added with special effects in post - production , but the rest is photo - real .
have to say this but i do : she’s too old . so there will be no film . ” in july , 1964 , salinger wrote jan a rambling , three - page letter of explanation—a tangle of regret , apology , and misdirection . “a long talk on the phone with peter tewksbury , ” he began . “what he mainly said to me was that at this point in your life you would have to act your way through the part of esmé , and he felt certain in his own mind that there was something not really suitable about that . he really meant , i think , that you’ve grown up into a full - fledged ingénue . ” she was distraught .
by bringing together beautiful prints and recent preservations of his complete feature film oeuvre , this retrospective is offered as a rebuke and challenge to those who have sighed and glanced past mamoulian’s films and career . together , mamoulian’s sixteen features , we argue , make clear his status as undoubtedly one of the most talented and versatile filmmakers working within the studio system , an artist not accidently trusted with some of the greatest performers and stars of his era . ultimately , mamoulian offers an important challenge to manicheistic ideas of auterism as a battle of director against “the system” by suggesting another and subtler mode of auteur—a changeling voice and identity expressed across a wider range of genres and themes and stylistic tendencies than can fit into any easy categories . - haden guest
the two friends and collaborators had hidden little nods to each other’s films in their work before , but for e . t . , spielberg didn’t need to hide anything at all . in one of the film’s cheekiest jokes , e . t . sees a child dressed up as yoda for halloween , prompting the little alien to exclaim , “home ! home ! ” spielberg didn’t tell lucas about the joke until he held a personal screening for his friend at his skywalker ranch , which lucas approved of with laughter . when he went on to make the phantom menace , lucas returned the favor and made e . t . ’s race of aliens part of the galactic senate . you can see them acting uncharacteristically hostile in the video above .
ford was already an iconic spielberg alum , so to play with that image , the filmmaker cast his raiders of the lost ark star as the principal of elliott’s school . other than elliott’s mother , another adult ' s face wasn ' t shown until the third act , so ford was always filmed from behind . ford reprimands the youngster after the scene where elliott frees all of the frogs about to be dissected ( when he passionately kisses his classmate in an homage to john ford’s 1952 film the quiet man ) . in another example of elliott ' s and e . t . ’s consciences melding , he’s seen levitating just out of his principal’s view until his mother barges in to take him home . these scenes were ultimately cut for time .
this is one of the scariest movies i ever saw . it really plays with your mind . i admit that i first saw this movie as a kid int the back seat of my parent ' s car at the drive - in , and for years , i was very afraid of the hand coming out from under sofas , beds and anywhere dark . it connects with something deep in the subconscious as the hand is the part of the body that does all things and in this movie it is a power all unto itself . the black and white film makes this movie a perfect expression of the subconscious , fearful and malevolent . definitely one that i hope would eventually make it to dvd , and one to own if you ' re into the classics of this genre .
meanwhile , tewksbury was waging a campaign to save “it’s a man’s world . ” he called the network’s decision a slap in the face of newton minow . he put together a press release , amassing evidence of the show’s popularity with high - school and college students . he wrote to hundreds of newspaper editors , called critics , and took out classified ads . he insisted that the ratings were meaningless . bessel and boone drove across the country in wes’s jeep , stopping at college campuses and at rallies , where protesters carried signs that read , “no cancellation without representation . ” bessel said , “look , it’s everything everybody’s been yelling about , minow and the rest . we’re the first film show that put improvisations on the air . ” tens of thousands of fans wrote letters of protest to nbc .
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following the film’s resounding worldwide success , a claim of plagiarism arose when indian director satyajit ray alleged that spielberg had stolen the idea from a script he wrote in 1967 , titled the alien . columbia pictures had optioned the concept with peter sellers and marlon brando in the lead roles , but legal troubles forced ray to abandon the project . when e . t . broke the bank in 1982 , ray felt certain that the similarities weren’t mere coincidence . ray told the press ,
e . t . would not have been possible without my script of the alien being available throughout america in mimeographed copies ,
but spielberg denied plagiarizing the script , saying , “i was a kid in high school when his script was circulating in hollywood . ” no further legal action was taken , and ray would continue to make films until his death in 1992 .
this is a pretty good goofy film from the early days - - just after goofy got his own series of cartoons . in this installment , you see a five - fingered version ( a rarity ) of goofy working as a baggage handler for the railroad . there is a magician ' s trunk that needs to be loaded on the next train but this is easier said than done , as things from inside the trunk keep popping out and make the job practically impossible . at first , it ' s the expected magician ' s top hat and rabbits but later the menagerie gets pretty weird and definitely taxes goofy ' s talents to the max . the cartoon is the same beautiful quality you ' d expect from this era and the whole thing is quite fun . while not among the best goofy films , this is solid fun from start to finish .
for a long time , salinger had the same policy for “esmé . ” a month after the story appeared , “an english film maggot , ” as salinger called him , said he wanted to make a movie out of it ; salinger wasn’t interested . in 1953 , “esmé” was reprinted in salinger’s “nine stories , ” a collection whose u . k . edition was titled “for esmé—with love and squalor : and other stories . ” the following year , the bbc tried to acquire the rights to adapt “esmé” for a radio drama series hosted by laurence olivier . salinger said no . in 1958 , salinger’s u . k . publisher sold paperback rights to the story collection to a publishing house that issued a cheap pocketbook whose flashy cover pictured esmé as a dishy blonde , with the tagline “explosive and absorbing—a painful and pitiable gallery of men , women , adolescents , and children . ” salinger never spoke to the publisher again .
spielberg brought his idea to mars incorporated , the company that owns m & ms , to ask if they could use their little candies in a scene where elliott attracts the inquisitive alien back to his house . universal studios legally barred the company from seeing the final script , so mars passed on the cross - promotional opportunity . spielberg and company then brought the idea to the hershey company to see if they could use hershey kisses , but the company was looking to get more exposure for their newest creation , reese’s pieces , and suggested the peanut butter filled treats instead . hershey agreed to spend $ 1 million for the rights to promote the use of their product in e . t . , and reese’s pieces became the little alien ' s candy of choice . the agreement certainly paid off for hershey , as the company reported a 65 percent increase in profits on reese ' s pieces just two weeks after the film premiere .
an east end criminal falls in love with a socialite but after failing to reform , he starts a relationship with a working class girl .
the ghost and mrs . muir ( joseph l . mankiewicz ; january - april ; fox ) 1947
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the lunch - time whistle blows and workers file from an eastern navy yard . . .
tooled up
with somewhere to go . part of the vast machine shop at an eastern navy . . .
metal for munitions . hot brass pours into moulds at an eastern navy yard , rush foundary operations . . .
work for steady hands . carelessness does not mix with molten brass as the concentration of workers . . .
putting on the heat . brass ingots are brought to the
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atlas of the brooklyn borough of the city of new york : originally kings co . , complete . . .
includes index . available also through the library of congress web site as a raster image . vendor : john carbonell acquisitions control no . 2008 - 021
perspective map not drawn to scale . lc panoramic maps ( 2nd ed . ) , 541 . 2 available also through the library of congress web site as a raster image . aacr2 : 651 / 1
bird ' s - eye - view of the borough of brooklyn showing parks , cemeteries , principal buildings , suburbs .
perspective map not drawn to scale . dealers annotated title . lc panoramic maps ( 2nd ed . ) , 541 . 1 available also through the library of congress web site as a raster image . lc copy annotated in . . .
73846 u . s . copyright office available also through the library of congress web site as a raster image . low - angle aerial view . oriented with north toward the lower left . lc copy brittle , torn , and . . .
map of valuable property in the 6th ward of the city of brooklyn belonging to john . . .
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brooklyn . city surveyor - graves , roswell - franklin & jenkins - miller & co .
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special features : karen kramer introduction ( 2 : 11 ) dr . t on screen ( 14 : 33 ) a little nightmare music ( 11 : 45 )
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silent films documenting communities in north carolina , virginia , and south carolina , from 1936 to 1942 .
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although ford was better known for his westerns , including such films as stagecoach ( 1939 ) , my darling clementine ( 1946 ) , his celebrated cavalry trilogy and the searchers ( 1956 ) , this was another of ford ' s non - western films that won him the best director academy award - in addition , he set a record by becoming the first director to win two consecutive oscars with this win . [ his win was his third in six years - he had won earlier for the informer ( 1935 ) and the grapes of wrath ( 1940 ) . ]
i am packing my belongings in the shawl my mother used to wear when she went to the market . and i ' m going from my valley . and this time , i shall never return . i am leaving behind me my fifty years of memory . memory . strange that the mind will forget so much of what only this moment has passed , and yet hold clear and bright the memory of what happened years ago - of men and women long since dead . yet who shall say what is real and what is not ? can i believe my friends all gone when their voices are still a glory in my ears ? no . and i will stand to say no and no again , for they remain a living truth within my mind . there is no fence nor hedge round time that is gone . you can go back and have what you like of it , if you can remember . so i can close my eyes on my valley as it is today - and it is gone - and i see it as it was when i was a boy . green it was , and possessed of the plenty of the earth . in all wales , there was none so beautiful .
the ten year old boy characterizes his stern and firm but respected father gwillym morgan ( donald crisp ) . they slowly climb up a hill in the attire of 1890 ' s residents . he is the youngest of six sons and one beautiful seventeen year - old daughter angharad ( maureen o ' hara ) in the morgan family :
angharad and huw sing a greeting to each other across the mountainside . the morgans are one of many hard - working coal mining families :
coal miners were my father and all my brothers and proud of their trade .
the five other morgan sons , in descending chronological order , are introduced as they collect their weekly wages ( gold coins ) - with less earned by the younger boys - from a paymaster in a booth : ianto morgan ( john loder ) , ivor morgan ( patrick knowles ) , davy morgan ( richard fraser ) , owen morgan ( james monks ) , and young gwilym morgan ( evan s . evans ) . huw remembers welsh voices singing in the valley as the blackened - faced men leave the colliery and happily march down the hill past stone cottages to their own homes :
someone would strike up a song , and the valley would ring with the sound of many voices - for singing is in my people as sight is in the eye .
mrs . beth morgan ( sara allgood ) , sitting on a stool at the gate to the morgan cottage , spreads her white apron - each morgan family member , beginning with the father , tosses his wage coins into her lap and passes into the house . huw also describes the evening washing ritual - his father and brothers stripped to the waist and scrubbing coal dust from their backs with buckets of water . a close - up of grimy hands being washed opens the sequence :
then came the scrubbing - out in the back yard . it was the duty of my sister angharad to bring the buckets of hot water and cold . and i performed what little tasks i could as my father and brothers scrubbed the coal dust from their backs . most would come off them , but some would stay for life . it is the honorable badge of the coal miner - and i envied it on my father and grown - up brothers . scrub and scrub , and mr . coal would lie there and laugh at you .
in the morgan kitchen / dining room for the evening meal , huw is impatient to eat and eagerly reaches for a piece of bread . restrained with playful frowns , the patriarchal morgan offers grace at the head of the table - his lips move . at the table with bountiful food , mr . morgan carves the meat and angharad serves soup . a rule was obeyed and observed during meals :
there was always a baron of beef or a shoulder or leg of lamb before my father . there was never any talk while we were eating . i never met anybody whose talk was better than good food .
his gentle , wise and loving mother , mrs . morgan doesn ' t escape notice either :
my mother was always on the run - always the last to start her dinner and the first to finish . for , if my father was the head of our house , my mother was its heart .
another ritual occurs in the parlor following dinner . a box from the mantelpiece is set down on a table before pipe - smoking mr . morgan . with everyone gathered around , coins are distributed to each of the children as they step up in order of their age . the youngest boy huw is the last in line to receive one coin - it clinks noisily on the plate he holds out :
after dinner , when dishes had been washed , the box was brought to the table , for the spending money to be handed out . no one in our valley had ever seen a bank . we kept our savings on the mantelpiece . my father used to say that money was made to be spent , just as men spend their strength and brains in earning it - and as willingly - but always with a purpose .
huw rushes from the house , respectfully slowing down in front of the chapel (
softly now , for chapel was the first thing my father taught us
) , and then running straight to mrs . tossall ' s bakery and confectionary shop . huw pauses outside and eagerly looks in the window of
the shop for that toffee which you could chew for hours , it seems to me now , and even after it had gone down , you could swallow and still find the taste of it hiding behind your tongue . it is with me now , so many years later . it makes me think of so much that was good that is gone .
huw is awed at the appearance of bronwyn ( anna lee ) , ivor ' s fiancee , who is walking down steps with a double basket held by her hip and a pretty bonnet on her head :
it was on this afternoon that i first saw bron - bronwyn . she had come over from the next valley for her first call on my father and mother .
speechless , huw falls immediately in love with her and gazes dreamily and wistfully at her :
i think i fell in love with bronwyn then . perhaps it is foolish to think a child could fall in love . but i am the child that was , and nobody knows how i felt , except only me .
bronwyn and ivor were to be married by the new preacher , mr . gruffydd ( walter pidgeon ) , who had come from the university at cardiff . this was my first sight of him .
with the preacher ' s entrance , angharad takes a sudden interest - and like huw with bronwyn - instantly falls in love with him with an adoring gaze . at the conclusion of the ceremony , celebrants line the steps singing and tossing rice at the couple , as the chapel bell rings . the interior of the morgan household is filled with the happy wedding guests - a wide - eyed huw watches from the staircase as an enormous wedding cake is brought into the throng of people . outside , beer gushes from an opened tankard . everyone joins in vigorous singing - both angharad and rev . gruffydd , isolated by the camera , burst into gales of laughter at each other . the echoes of happy voices will soon give way to the gradual collapse and disintegration of the idyllic vision and simple way of life and its tragic breakup over a fifty year period .
through his eyes , huw witnesses all the transitions , tragedies , and events as he grows toward manhood - wage reductions , unionization , strikes , mine accidents , and family struggles . a notice is posted at the mine of a wage reduction by greedy mine owners :
notice beginning august 3 , the scale of wages will be reduced 1 shilling , 2 pence the shift for all labor in this mine . c . evans , prop .
huw ' s old - fashioned father reacts non - chalantly :
come on , boys , back to work .
mr . morgan thinks
this is a matter for the older men
- accompanied by two older miners dai griffiths and idris john , he consults with the mine manager and represents them as a spokesman . when he returns home , he is tensely confronted at the door by his sons - he tells them :
the cut is only a few shillings . there will still be plenty for all of us . . . it is because they are not getting the old price for coal .
the eldest son ianto explains the
real reason for this cut
- the workers from the closed down iron works at dowlais
have come to the colliery , willing to work for any wage - so all our wages must come down .
the sons fear further cuts , but their father disputes with them :
nonsense , a good worker is worth good wages , and he will get them .
to gain power and
stand together
to deal with the owners , the morgan sons suggest
a union of all the men .
restoring mastery over his boys , mr . morgan rejects talk about the move toward unionization following the cut in wages , calling their ideas
socialist nonsense .
union , is it ? i never thought i ' d hear my own sons talking socialist nonsense . . . i have had enough of this talk .
on a rainy day at the colliery , mr . morgan stands in the pouring rain , checking out the trams with their loads of coal . he makes a check mark and waves one son ' s tram past . in another dinner scene , now tense and silent , davy suddenly jumps to his feet , angered that his father is being humiliated by the mine owners :
do you think i will let them make my father stand like a dog in the rain and not raise my hands to stop it ? . . . this matter is too important for silence . they ' re trying to punish you . . . but what are we going to do about it ? you will die of the cold when it comes to snow .
ianto pipes up for worker solidarity :
let us all stand together and see how they will act , then .
the authoritarian morgan steadfastly refuses to succumb to their political agenda and will tolerate no more discussion :
you will not make me a plank for your politics . i will not be the excuse for any strike .
the older sons owen , young gwilym , davy and ianto stand and challenge their father , leaving him isolated at the table . only huw , the youngest , remains at the table with his father and loudly indicates ( by clearing his throat ) that he hasn ' t deserted him . his father finally acknowledges the impotent yet admiring presence of his dutiful son :
yes , my son . i know you are there .
the five sons move out of the house because of the disagreement , finding other lodging accommodations in the village .
the reverend , beth , angharad , and bronwyn emerge from their houses and look anxiously up toward the colliery as the men slowly trudge home , without singing :
the men have struck .
huw asks mr . gruffydd the meaning of what is occurring , and is told in a somber tone :
it means that something has gone out of this valley that may never be replaced .
a miner ' s strike lasts many months , causing tremendous tension and bitterness in the valley as winter approaches and snow blankets the town . huw walks hand in hand with his father past a group of shivering men with scarfs and overcoats who stand idly in the streets :
twenty - two weeks the men were out , as the strike moved into winter . it was strange to go out into the street and find the men there in the daytime . it had a feeling of fright in it . and always the mood of the men grew uglier as empty bellies and desperation began to conquer reason . any man who was not their friend became their enemy . they knew that my father had opposed the strike and now it was they who opposed him .
a rock is thrown crashing through the front window of the morgan home , as mr . morgan sits quietly in the parlor smoking before the fireplace . in a secret union meeting of a menacing mob of men in the hills that night during a driving , howling snowstorm , mrs . morgan courageously confronts the men who might harm her husband :
i have come up here to tell you what i think of you all , because you are talking against my husband . you are a lot of cowards to go against him . he has done nothing against you and he never has and you know it well . how some of you , you smug - faced hypocrites , can sit in the same chapel with him i cannot tell . to say he is with the owners is not only nonsense but downright wickedness . there ' s one thing more i ' ve got to say and it is this . if harm comes to my gwilym , i will find out the men and i will kill them with my two hands . and this i will swear by god almighty .
returning home , huw helps to rescue his mother from a slippery fall down a steep embankment into an icy pond . he keeps her head above the freezing water , until his brothers ( returning from the meeting ) see them and pull them out . the next day , dr . richards ( frederic worlock ) diagnoses that the sensitive boy will suffer paralysis of his frozen legs for many months - a fate that huw overhears :
his legs were frozen to the bone . a year , two years , quiet like that . but i can ' t promise that he ' ll ever walk again . nature must take her course .
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directed by rouben mamoulian . with helen morgan , joan peers , fuller mellish jr .
city streets is a relatively early example from the gangster genre , but so imbued with poetry that it more closely resembles the rough beauty of sternberg’s early crime films than the more violent works that would follow in the wake of scarface ’s success the following year . paramount star gary cooper is the kid , a sweet , roguish naïf working at a shooting gallery when he falls in love with a mobster’s daughter . her ambivalence towards her father’s life of crime and the kid’s resistance to becoming a gangster present obstacles to the consummation of their love in this touching romance with exquisite cinematography by the great lee garmes . print courtesy universal pictures .
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salinger was always saying no to movie deals . but a tv producer got a yes .
the woods , someone had built a labyrinth , a maze edged with stones . it began where a spoked handwheel , rusted red , had been pressed into the dirt as if it were a sundial , a clock , stopped . the path was overgrown with ferns . it twisted and turned and snaked around in a coil until it ended at a murky well fed from a spring where a person , quiet of heart , is meant to meditate . that person is not me . nearby , a stone buddha the size of a small girl watched from the crooked stump of a fallen birch .
usually , i need to know who lived in an old place or else the curiosity bores through my bones . i pore over deeds . i dig up gardens . i once found , beneath the floorboards of a three - story queen anne , an issue of “the golden library of choice reading for boys and girls , ” from 1886 . i figured out the name of the little girl who must have owned it , and when i found her gravestone i read her a story . everyone has a labyrinth . history is mine .
i discovered that the man who built the farmhouse , in 1779 , felled trees and hewed timbers in a wilderness where an alarming number of settlers quite entirely lost their minds . one filled his house with thousands of books , declared it a college , and then tried to beat his brains out with an axe ; a surgeon saved him by drilling a hole in his skull , but the poor man later cut his throat with a razor and lay down to die between two hemlock logs . another man left town , cut his throat in a field , regretted it , and tried to stuff grass into the wound but was unable to stanch it .
more recently , there was henry . he lived in the farmhouse , very happily , until his death , in 2003 , when he was nearly eighty . “henry used to have a big vegetable garden over there , ” neighbors told me , pointing to a cleared field . the woodstove in the barn ? that was henry’s . the labyrinth ? built by henry’s wife . henry had been a miller . henry once had a cow . henry made cheese . people called him henry the cheeseman . henry read stories to schoolchildren ; he did all the voices . he wrote and performed in a one - man play about thoreau . henry wasn’t his real name ; he may have taken it from thoreau . henry , when he was younger , and in hollywood , was named peter tewksbury . he directed elvis , fred macmurray , danny thomas . and , when he was peter tewksbury , henry the cheeseman persuaded j . d . salinger to make a movie of “for esmé—with love and squalor . ”