Comments on: The other one. http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/the-other-one/ David Cairns' wilfully eccentric film blog Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:57:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: dcairns http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/the-other-one/#comment-2557 dcairns Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:09:37 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=585#comment-2557 She's from the planet Mental Loony. She’s from the planet Mental Loony.

]]> By: chris schneider http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/the-other-one/#comment-2554 chris schneider Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:42:00 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=585#comment-2554 One explanation did occur to me for Ida Lupino's bulging forehead. Perhaps her character's from the planet Metaluna (cf. "This Island Earth")? One explanation did occur to me for Ida Lupino’s bulging forehead. Perhaps her character’s from the planet Metaluna (cf. “This Island Earth”)?

]]> By: dcairns http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/the-other-one/#comment-2552 dcairns Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:19:03 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=585#comment-2552 Good! But not in the UK, so it may have to wait until my birthday, when some relative with a credit card can get it for me! Good! But not in the UK, so it may have to wait until my birthday, when some relative with a credit card can get it for me!

]]> By: David Ehrenstein http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/the-other-one/#comment-2551 David Ehrenstein Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:40:59 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=585#comment-2551 It's on DVD. It’s on DVD.

]]> By: dcairns http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/the-other-one/#comment-2550 dcairns Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:32:42 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=585#comment-2550 I had heard that Warners were apt to graft one old movie plot onto another to create something new. In this case I would think separating out the two stories and extending them to feature length would get better results. I love the thought of Eugene Pallette's plate. I bet it WAS a great improvement over a) the old set or b) the gummy maw. Hope to see the Bezzerides doc sometime, I'd heard about it and thought it sounded terrific. I had heard that Warners were apt to graft one old movie plot onto another to create something new. In this case I would think separating out the two stories and extending them to feature length would get better results.

I love the thought of Eugene Pallette’s plate. I bet it WAS a great improvement over a) the old set or b) the gummy maw.

Hope to see the Bezzerides doc sometime, I’d heard about it and thought it sounded terrific.

]]> By: chris schneider http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/the-other-one/#comment-2549 chris schneider Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:58:10 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=585#comment-2549 I feel obliged to mention "Bordertown" as the source of the Lupino-goes-crazy subplot. In that one, of course, it was young Bette Davis as the adulterous woman of unstable mental state who was linked to "underclass" Paul Muni (playing Latino). It's been decades since I've seen "Bordertown," and I remember very little of it -- although one bit does stick with me where Eugene Pallette, as the wealthy husband, tries to be affable by showing off his new false teeth. HOW romantic! I feel obliged to mention “Bordertown” as the source of the Lupino-goes-crazy subplot. In that one, of course, it was young Bette Davis as the adulterous woman of unstable mental state who was linked to “underclass” Paul Muni (playing Latino).

It’s been decades since I’ve seen “Bordertown,” and I remember very little of it — although one bit does stick with me where Eugene Pallette, as the wealthy husband, tries to be affable by showing off his new false teeth. HOW romantic!

]]> By: David Ehrenstein http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/the-other-one/#comment-2547 David Ehrenstein Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:53:17 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=585#comment-2547 A marvelous dcumentary <a HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0799962/" rel="nofollow">about Bezzerides</A> was made in 2005 -- two years before he died.Quite an amazing man. I confess to loving Lupino in <i>They Drive By Night</i>, frequently using "the doors made me do it!" in conversation. A marvelous dcumentary about Bezzerides was made in 2005 — two years before he died.Quite an amazing man.

I confess to loving Lupino in They Drive By Night, frequently using “the doors made me do it!” in conversation.

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