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From: frankm@microsoft.com (Frank R.A.J. Maloney)
Subject: Re: Graham Greene
Date: 22 Jul 92 14:58:23 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Windows/DOS Users Ed Group

In article <1992Jul21.174351.9131@cs.ucla.edu> reiher@ficus.cs.ucla.edu (Peter Reiher) writes:
>
[deletion]
>This list misses "The Human Factor".  According to the critics I've
>read, however, missing "The Human Factor" is an excellent idea.  It
>was, I believe, Otto Preminger's final film.  It got terrible reviews,
>almost nobody went to see it, and it quickly disappeared from theaters.
>The time frame of its release is early-80's, I think.
>

After checking with a source, I discover that there were two
movies released in the 70s with this title, neither very
good apparently. The 1975 THE HUMAN FACTOR was directed by
Edward Dmytryk and starred George Kennedy, John Mills, Rita
Tushingham, Raf Vallone, and Barry Sullivan -- an
astonishingly good cast "wasted" in a "violent, bloody
chronicle of Kennedy tracking down the killers of his
family."

The film you refer to was released in 1979, so you weren't
far off the mark. The cast included Nicol Williamson, Derek
Jacobi, Robert Morley, John Gielgud, Iman, Richard
Attenborough (who, as another poster pointed out, was in
BRIGHTON ROCK 32 years earlier), and Ann Todd. Another great
cast. The script was written by Tom Stoppard, of all people.
The results are characterized as "dry, unexciting . . . 
mediocre."

-- 
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From: cczcolin@unicorn.nott.ac.uk (Colin Emerson)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Picnic at Hanging Rock
Date: 21 Jul 92 15:23:35 GMT
Organization: Cripps Computing Centre, University of Nottingham
Originator: cczcolin@unicorn.nott.ac.uk

raj@keyword.com (Raj N. (keyword)) writes:

>I recently saw this 1975 movie by Peter Weir. I welcome comments from anyone
>who have seen this movie and understood it.

"Picnic at Hanging Rock" was based on an eerie incident in Australia at the
turn of the century. From what I can remember the film makes no attempt to
solve the mystery it just presents the known facts. What happened to the missing
two girls and their teacher is still a mystery to this day. I did read a book
some years ago about the incident and remember that the girl who was found, but
remembered little about the climb, later died at quite a young age without ever
remembering anything more.
From: mst@vexpert.dbai.tuwien.ac.at (Markus Stumptner)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: TERMINATOR II
Date: 22 Jul 92 19:49:45 GMT
Organization: DB and ES Subdivision, TU Vienna

From article <64082@hydra.gatech.EDU>, by ccoprdj@prism.gatech.EDU (Jorge Diaz):
> all and putting an end to the sequels.  T2 was to Terminator what Highlander
> 2 was to Highlander (and no, I don't just mean a sequel, I mean a *bad*
> sequel).

On the contrary, T2 showed how a sequel to a great film could be
another great film - not in blatant contradiction, not by ripping off
and inflating ideas, but by widening the scope and taking off in a
different direction (sort of shows what Aliens could have been like,
if it hadn't had so much dumb stuff in it).
-- 
Markus Stumptner                                mst@vexpert.dbai.tuwien.ac.at
University of Technology Vienna                 vexpert!mst@relay.eu.net
Paniglg. 16, A-1040 Vienna, Austria             ...mcsun!vexpert!mst
From: jn@ukc.ac.uk (J.Nash)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: New Stallone Movie (was: MGM )
Date: 23 Jul 92 12:37:26 GMT
Reply-To: jn@ukc.ac.uk (J.Nash)
Organization: Computing Lab, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.

In article <1992Jul23.005958.25192@cs.ucla.edu> reiher@ficus.cs.ucla.edu (Peter Reiher) writes:
>....  Carolco has two films shooting - "Charlie" and a Sylvester
>Stallone film about mountain climbing whose title I forget.)  

I believe the Stallone film is currently called "Cliffhanger", with
Renny Harlin directing.  I saw Harlin interviewed the other day, who
said that there was as much action in the opening scene of this film,
as there was in the whole of Die hard 2.  

They are currently filming in Italy, and I understand Stallone was
injured on set sometime in the last week or so.

	Jarod
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From: gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart)
Subject: Re: TERMINATOR II
Organization: AT&T
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 22:24:48 GMT

In article <BD.92Jul24134223@fluent.UUCP>, bd@fluent@dartmouth.EDU (Brice Dowaliby) writes:
> 
> in article <Brt1I9.D5M@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> pealbers@laplace.waterloo.edu (Paul E. Albers) writes:
> 
> >Arnie plays a dual role as a skynet scientist
> 
> Great!  and Rick Moranis as a Terminator.

How about Danny DeVito instead, in "Terminator Twins"?

GMS
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From: trm@sactoh0.sac.ca.us (Tara R. Marchand)
Subject: Re: Fried Green Tomatoes
Organization: Sacramento Public Access Unix, Sacramento, Ca.
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 06:33:44 GMT

In article <1992Jul28.174552.19414@hubcap.clemson.edu> jayc@hubcap.clemson.edu (Jay Crawford) writes:
>haapamak@tnclus.tele.nokia.fi writes:
>
>>        Who wrote the original novel that Fried Green
>>        Tomatoes is based on ??
>
>I believe the author is Fanny Flagg.

Right.  And the full title of the novel is _Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle
Stop Cafe_.

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 |-----------------------| "I've had days, and some were better, |------------|
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 | trm@sactoh0.sac.ca.us |      And some just like today."       | |--------| |
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From: buitc.bu.edu!antoniou@overmind.mind.org
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: TERMINATOR II
Date: 22 Jul 92 18:09:00 GMT
Organization: Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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Watching this flick again...  

In the end when the Liquid-Metal-Terminator (LMT), the Terminator,  the chip,
and the arm were melted...  and they said all is destroyed....  SURPRISE!!!

Remember when the LMT shoved the Terminator's left arm into the huge sprocket
thing....  the Terminator had to ripe his arm off to break free...
well... well...  guess what they forgot to melt...  the Terminators riped
left arm...

So... T3 should be coming out soon...  hahaha...  You see the arm will still
be in the present... meaning the 'same' future will still evolve (the nuclear
holocaust)...  T3 should settle that problem... don't you think.....

giorgios [antoniou@buitc.bu.edu]
From: mst@vexpert.dbai.tuwien.ac.at (Markus Stumptner)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: TERMINATOR II
Date: 27 Jul 92 20:05:53 GMT
Organization: DB and ES Subdivision, TU Vienna

In article <92207.163231MRP105@psuvm.psu.edu>, Matt Pyson <MRP105@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
> Trusting a Terminator.... I'd say that she'd be very safe
> trusting a Terminator since they are not sophisticated enough
> to do sneaky, manipulative plotting...  they're just too
> single-minded. 

Yeah, tell that to the T1000, impersonating a police officer
throughout most of the movie.  Or the original Terminator, using the
voice of Sarah's mother on the phone.  While Terminators will not
shine in social functions, to be able to survive in disguise requires
an incredible amount of planning, foresight, and adaptation to current
needs.

-- 
Markus Stumptner                                mst@vexpert.dbai.tuwien.ac.at
University of Technology Vienna                 vexpert!mst@relay.eu.net
Paniglg. 16, A-1040 Vienna, Austria             ...mcsun!vexpert!mst
From: CCMK@LUST2.LATROBE.EDU.AU (Mark Kosten)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: George Miller
Date: 24 Jul 92 21:32:16 GMT
 <1992Jul21.173434.8789@cs.ucla.edu> <Jul.22.09.56.55.1992.17118@pilot.njin.net> <1992Jul22.165133.6344@cs.ucla.edu>
Organization: La Trobe University
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In <1992Jul22.165133.6344@cs.ucla.edu> reiher@ficus.cs.ucla.edu writes:
> >>I've heard recently that he's trying to make a film, but I don't remember
> >>what it was.
> Immediately after posting, I found out more.  The film, actually, has
> been made, and will be out this autumn.  It's "Lorenzo's Oil", and
> stars Susan Sarandon and Nick Nolte.  It's based on the true story of
> the parents of a child afflicted with a rare disease who, despite no
> previous training in medical research, become committed to finding a
> treatment for his disease.  While this may not sound like Miller's sort
> of story, given "Mad Max" and all, he is perhaps uniquely well suited
> to direct the film.  Miller is an M.D. (allowing him to beat out Francis
> Coppola's M.F.A. in the sweepstakes for the Hollywood director with
> the most advanced degree).

Doesn't Michael Crichton also have an M.D.?  Also, is there not one
director who has a Ph.D (which would be superior still to an M.D.)?

Mark Kosten
(ccmk@latrobe.edu.au)
From: giffen@cae.wisc.edu (Hilary Giffen)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Favorite musicals
Date: 22 Jul 92 17:14:54 GMT
Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering

I adore An American in Paris.  Between Gershwin music and Gene Kelly 
dancing, how can you lose?

I also can't get enough of Into the Woods, but I've only seen this on PBS,
never on video even.

Hilary Giffen
giffen@cae.wisc.edu
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From: wildman@athena.mit.edu (Timothy Worsley)
Subject: Re: TERMINATOR II
Summary: Didn't like the soundtrack either.
Keywords: frogs evil
Reply-To: eprice@sql.sybase.com
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 05:27:30 GMT

In article <5613@vexpert.dbai.tuwien.ac.at>
mst@vexpert.dbai.tuwien.ac.at (Markus Stumptner) writes:
>From article <1992Jul24.002152.14229@eecs.nwu.edu>, by kaufman@eecs.nwu.edu (Michael L. Kaufman):
>> This is interesting, but not particularly illuminating. What elements of the 
>> first film did you feel were missing from the second one? I can tell the
>> difference between the New Kids and Slayer on my own, but I need you to tell 
>> me what disapointed you.
>
>Well, apparently it's a problem with the soundtrack :-) :-)

In fact, that *is* another thing I prefer about the original...  :-)
The soundtrack to The Terminator is not one of my favorites -- for
reference, some of my favorites might be Diva, Koyaanisqatsi, A Better
Tomorrow III, Bullet in the Head, La Femme Nikita (Victor's "theme
song" is great!), Wild at Heat, The Russia House (sort of a guilty
pleasure; I generally loathe Jerry Goldsmith), Thief, Suspiria, any
John Zorn soundtrack... these are just off the top of my head.  The
Terminator would not make it onto that list, but I thought the
soundtrack was pretty good, and pretty effective.  I really didn't
care for the soundtrack to Terminator 2 at all.

At least four of the movies I mentioned would be in my Top N (for some
value of N that I am not certain of, maybe 25) film list.  So, yeah,
the soundtrack to a film is important to me.

Ed Price              (not Tim Worsely) `Fame requires every kind
eprice@sql.sybase.com (not wildman@...)  of excess.'
From: nschultz@polyslo.csc.calpoly.edu (Ned W Schultz)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Trading Terminator2 cards
Date: 23 Jul 92 03:12:10 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CSc Department


I'm looking for people who would like to trade$T2 cards.  Here is my list:

Terminator 2: Judgment Day  Impel 1991	
--------------------------------------
Need: 
	7, 9, 14, 23, 31, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 51, 54, 55
	66, 67, 70, 75, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86
	94, 96, 98, 101, 108, 109, 119, 123, 125, 127, 139, 140
 
Extras:
	1, 3, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 25, 27, 28, 32, 34, 35
	48, 49, 52, 53, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 65, 69
	71, 72, 73, 74, 78, 83, 87, 88, 89, 97, 102, 104
	110, 111, 113, 115, 116, 117, 122, 124, 126, 129
	130, 131, 132, 133, 136, 137
 
Please email if you'd like to trade.

Ned Schultz
nschultz@polyslo.calpoly.edu
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From: cyg1431@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Who needs to know )
Subject: Jungle Book Question
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 22:46:07 GMT

Does anyone know who did the voices of the main
characters in the Jungle Book, or where I can
get this info?  Any help is greatly appreciated.
Send email please.

Chris
cyoung@uicsltc.csl.uiuc.edu
From: ficus.cs.ucla.edu!reiher@overmind.mind.org
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: BOOMERANG
Date: 22 Jul 92 20:29:00 GMT
Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department
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In article <1992Jul21.181527.1@lucy.claremont.edu> lmiller@lucy.claremont.edu
 writes:
>> lmiller@lucy.claremont.edu writes:
>> 
>> Eddie has become one with the sensitive 90's, and it just makes me sick.  
Sorry kids, but if I want to see a black Cary Grant, I'd rather watch Denzel.
>
>I am delighted that Eddie Murphy has decided to join the world of mature
>adults.  If you want the immature antics of Raw, then so be it.  It's a 
great
>thing for young men to see someone realizing his mistakes and bettering his
>life.  As a plubic figure, I think that Mr. Murphy has made a move in the 
right
>direction.  
>
>No one has to grow up, but it's nice.

For those interested in Murphy and "Boomerang", the LA Times' review of
the film was rather negative.  The LA Times entertainment section has
a regular feature where they run rebuttals to reviews and articles,
generally written by those associated with the production.  A recent
LA Times Calendar section had rebuttals to the Times' review from both
Reginald Hudlin, the director, and Eddie Murphy.  The Times reviewer,
and some other reviewers, have commented negatively on the relative
absence of white people from "Boomerang".  Hudlin correctly pointed out
that there are probably more white people in "Boomerang" than there are
black people in almost all of Woody Allen's films, put together.  Yet
critics never complain about an unrealistic absence of blacks from
Allen's films.  Murphy's article was a well written, rather mature
statement on the fact that there are substantial black businesses, and
successful black businessmen and businesswomen, and that there's nothing
wrong with a film that concentrates on them.

I basically agree with the points that Murphy and Hudlin made in these
articles.  Unfortunately, I thought their film stunk.  The cast and
the production design were about the only points of interest in the film,
and you know there's something wrong when the production design begins
to upstage that kind of cast.  I thought the film was desperately unfunny,
poorly paced, and very badly written.  On the other hand, it wasn't the
same old junk we keep seeing out of Hollywood these days, which is
something.

--
  Peter Reiher
  reiher@ashby.cs.ucla.edu
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From: jreece@sousa.intel.com (John Reece)
Subject: Re: MGM (was: Myths or Movies? (Evil Dead 3, X-MEN))
Reply-To: jreece@sousa.intel.com
Organization: Intel - Information Technologies
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 17:29:45 GMT

 reiher@ficus.cs.ucla.edu (Peter Reiher) writes:

> There are only three studios in serious trouble - MGM/UA, Orion, and
> Carolco.  Of these, only MGM/UA is a major, long time player, and they
> are sort of in the least trouble of the three, as best as I can tell. 

MGM is really just a letterhead and a post office box, these days.
 
 
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From: jlkim@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Justin Kim)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: The Hunger (semi-spoiler alert)
Date: 25 Jul 92 03:15:05 GMT


Spoiler alert!



















In article <1992Jul24.204734.11702@sactoh0.sac.ca.us>, trm@sactoh0.sac.ca.us (Tara R. Marchand) writes:
> 
> What do you mean you don't understand why Sarah was still alive at the end of
> the film?  Well, Miriam was a vampire, and she bit Sarah, so...I figured that
> Sarah became a vampire as well.  I don't recall the last scene, so I couldn't
> tell you what city it is.  It's been a while since I saw the movie and read
> the book, but I seem to think that the story took place in New York--I could
> be wrong, though. 
> 
	At that point, Sarah was already a vampire.  The vampire in
The Hunger were a real departure from the traditional.  In The
Hunger, one became a vampire by having vampire blood transfused into
you.  That's what happened during the love scene between Sarandon
and Catherine DeNeuve (I also don't know how to spell her name :-)).
	The Hunger's vampires were also not immortal in the same
sense as traditional vampires.  The spilling of blood was very
dangerous to them in some unspecified way.  I don't know how this
jives with the transfusing blood thing, but this was explicitly
stated in the novel.
	Also, humans that were turned into vampires couldn't remain
alive indefinitely.  They eventually declined and died (well, not
quite *died*) rather swiftly.  This is what happened to John (David
Bowie).  Miriam (DeNeuve) was an altogether different species.
Again, this was explicitly stated in the novel.
Spoiler for the ending of the NOVEL _The_Hunger_ follows:






















	The endings of the book and movie are quite different.  The
positions of Sarandon's and DeNeuve's characters are reversed.  In
the book, Sara kills herself and the Miriam places her in a coffin
then leaves her with all her previous lovers.  Sara is still aware,
but unable to move and at peace that she managed to retain her
humanity.

	I'd recommend the book to anyone who wants an alternate view
of vampirism.

Cheers,
Justin

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---------->jlkim@sdcc3.ucsd.edu
------------->Graduate School of International Relations/
---------------->Pacific Studies-University of California, San Diego
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From: kmrc@ellis.uchicago.edu (Melanie A. Miller)
Subject: Re: Christopher Walken
Reply-To: kmrc@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 17:23:08 GMT

An incredibly nice change from the usual psychos he plays is "Who
Are We This Time," with Susan Sarandon.  Sarandon plays a telephone
operator who moves to a small town just in time to be recruited as
Stella in a community theater production of "Streetcar Named
Desire."  Walken played the extremely shy hardware store clerk who
only came alive on stage--I especially liked the way Sarandon
finally courted him (with a copy of "Romeo and Juliet").  Sweet,
sweet movie.

MAM
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From: wbarnes@sura.net (Bill Barnes)
Subject: Re: terminator ii
Organization: SURAnet, College Park, MD, USA, NA, Earth, Milky Way
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 19:49:52 GMT

In article <1992Jul31.200705.25840@iitmax.iit.edu> thssapk@iitmax.iit.edu (<[{((|-|))}]>) writes:
>[OBLIGATORY T2 PLOT HOLE]
>Why did the T-1000, with a police car AND Connor's address, not
>make it to Connor's house until AFTER Arnie (with neither car nor
>address) did?

My guess would be that John in the future programmed his home address
into Arnie.  He did obtain a bike, after all, so it's not like he was
transportationally impaired.  What *I* wondered was why the hell it took
them until the next day to get to John's home.  How big is LA anyway?!

>5)  However, the cops start to look pretty good, when 
>    you compare them to the portrayal of the mental institute 
>    commmunity.   They could sue Cameron's ass, and win! 8)    

I dunno, they weren't that bad.  Didn't do much good, but it wasn't like
they regularly beat the prisoners or anything like that - none of them
took liberties with the prisoners (except for the chubby white guard).
-- 
Bill "Whassamatter?!  Can't you take a joke?!" Barnes   wbarnes@sura.net
Disclaimer:  The author apologizes for any thought-provoking material he may
	     have accidentally included and promises not to do it again.
Datclaimer:  My employers wouldn't WANT to share some of my opinions.
From: jmd@bear.com (Josh Diamond)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Comfort of Strangers
Date: 22 Jul 92 20:52:51 GMT
Organization: Bear, Stearns & Co. - FAST
In-reply-to: dabbott@augean.eleceng.adelaide.edu.AU's message of 22 Jul 92 04:59:27 GMT


In article <1992Jul22.045927.19410@augean.eleceng.adelaide.edu.AU> dabbott@augean.eleceng.adelaide.edu.AU (Derek Abbott) writes:

   Has anyone seen the movie "Comfort of Strangers" with screenplay by
   Harold Pinter?

   If you understood the movie, please explain. It was too cryptic for me.

Yes, I have seen this and loved it.

Have you ever been in a social situation where you feel uncomfortable,
and really want to leave, but feel trapped?  Like you couldn't leave
in a pleasant way; or don't want to upset your host?  Or are afraid
of your host?  Or are there because a friend really wants to be there
but you don't?  

It seems to me that this film explores just such "trapping" situations.  

Scary, eh?


					Josh Diamond
					AKA Spidey!!!



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From: kwilliam@maclab15.seas.ucla.edu (William Kuan)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Russia House - good espionage movies?
Date: 24 Jul 92 15:21:08 GMT
Reply-To: kwilliam@maclab15.seas.ucla.edu (William Kuan)
Organization: SEASnet, University of California, Los Angeles


	 I just saw the movie Russia House starring Sean Connery and Michelle
Pfeiffer and found it to be a fascinating movie. It's not your typical
spy movie in the sense that there are no action sequences, no weapons
whatsoever in the film. Just a well-crafted plot with relationships between
characters that you care about. I also enjoyed the way that British and
American intelligence cooperated with one another. Another nice little twist
is the way that the KGB is almost non-existent in this movie which takes
place inside the now-separated USSR. In fact, this movie has made me think
of reading a LeCarre novel soon. And how can I forget the incredible
cinematography involved in filming the buildings in Russia, breath-taking!
In fact, if I remember correctly, this was the first American movie to be
filmed entirely inside the USSR.
	I mention this movie, because it is one of the few espionage movies
to totally captivate my attention. The last one that comes to mind may have
been No Way Out. Right now, I can't think of any other spy movies that I
care about. Any suggestions on the best espionage movies that you've seen?
Recommendations will be appreciated.
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From: ficus.cs.ucla.edu!reiher@overmind.mind.org
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Re: Favorite musicals
Date: 23 Jul 92 05:03:00 GMT
Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department
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In article <1992Jul22.185659.6121@colorado.edu> citrin@boulder.Colorado.EDU 
(Wayne Citrin) writes:
>In article <92204.114318JIW2@psuvm.psu.edu> JIW2@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>>    Another related subject that might be worth bringing up is
>>the movie that isn't really a musical, but contains a lot of
>>music all the same.

A lot of the Hollywood films of the 1930's and 1940's might contain two
or three songs, despite not being musicals.  "Gilda" is one example that
springs to mind.  Back then, the value of having a hit song in your film
was even greater than now, at least as far as boosting film attendance
was concerned.  (The potential payoff from selling soundtrack albums is
much greater now.)

--
  Peter Reiher
  reiher@ashby.cs.ucla.edu
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