Oscarfoxtango

About the Loss of John Hughes.

2009-08-12T13:45:00.000-07:00

This is also posted on "Big Hollywood"

I read an interview with Actor Kevin Bacon today. He mentioned the one film that he did with the late Mr. Hughes, "She's having a baby". That film is almost never mentioned in Mr. Hughes body of work. Since it wasn't a big money maker, it is called a "Misfire" .
Mr. Bacon understood that it was Mt. Hughes's personal film, The film that talked about how he went from a kid, wanting to play all the time, to being a man. I love that film. And as much as I liked "16 Candles" and most of his other work, "She's having a baby" was Mr. Hughes best film.

Thank you sir. You will be missed.

Sorry!

2009-07-28T12:30:00.000-07:00

The YouTube people disabled the "Wedding Dance" video.
In it's place I give you this "Public Service" Video.

These Tips work for me! Too bad "skip" Gates did heed them

You have to smile!

2009-07-24T08:02:00.001-07:00

I saw this today and I just had to post it. It does show that white people can't dance. But these folks do it with such joy. Well, You'll see.........

Don't you just love ot!

Ike and Joe. Driven to Succeed

2009-07-20T06:36:00.000-07:00

Now that the Michael Jackson funeral and Hype show has died down for a bit. Let’s talk about ambitions for a bit.

During all the Jackson hubbub, the one person that seemed to come in for the most scorn was the Jackson Family patriarch, Joe Jackson. The reasons were as varied as the person speaking, but, they all came down to “Joe Jackson was a mean S.O.B. to his family!, That’s what made Michael into the person he was!”

I will admit that the senior Jackson may not have made the finals of “Best Dad In The World”, But Joe Jackson took his family for living in Gary Ind. to world wide fame. In fact if it hadn’t been for the senior Jackson’s ambition, Michael would not have become “The King of POP”.

Joe Jackson and Ike Turner, both have gotten a bad rap in popular culture. Ike took his lumps with the film “What’s love got to do with it?” Now don’t get me wrong, Ike was a wife beating, drug addict. Those stories were around long before Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett acted them out on the big screen. I recall one talking to a slip of a girl, whose entire knowledge of Ike & Tina Turner came from that film. She prattled on about what a great artist Tina was and what a low life Ike was. I had to tell her, that if it hadn’t been for Ike’s drive and ambition. Anna Mae Bullock (Tina Turner’s real name) would still be singing in the church choir he first heard her.

So Cut Joe some slack! Without him, Michal Jackson would never have died looking like a shriveled up white woman.

That's LOVE addition

2009-07-09T12:24:00.000-07:00

While giving this idea of "Love & Firearms more thought, I remembered the Song / Film "Frankie & Johnny" ( staring Elvis Presley and Donna Douglas) and the case of Jean Harris & Dr. Herman Tarnower. In both cases, women expressed their Love for their man by shooting him.

Frankie shot Johnny with a .44, because Johnny was "Stepping out" on her with Nellie Bly

The "Scarsdale Diet" Doctor was having it off with quite a few women until Mrs. Harris asserted her claim on him with a .38.

Ah Love!

"That's Love!"

2009-07-09T05:23:00.000-07:00

On the day the former Tennessee Titan Quaterback Steve McNair will have his memorial Service, I just want to say a word about "LOVE".

As we know, McNair was shot 4 times by his 20 year old Mistress, and then she shot herself.

Now that's LOVE!

Examining my life, I have never been in love with a woman that loved me enough to take a shot at me. Most of the woman that I have loved would never have wasted the ammo on me. But, this woman pooped him twice in the chest and twice in the head and then shot herself!

Where are those kind of women?

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. A QUESTION

2009-07-05T11:18:00.001-07:00

From time to time, TCM runs the feature, "How to read a movie". In it, they talk about how a film is made and how you can "read" a film like a book. Inthis post, I want to talk about an aspect of this film that isn't spoken of, the trial of Tom Robinson.

Tom,accused of sexual assault on the "White Trash" Mayella, is defended by the noble Atticus Finch. Lawyer Finch does a masterful job of defending his client by showing in court that due to an accident to his left arm, Tom couldn't have attacked Mayella. And then Atticus departs from the facts and starts to talk about the reason for this case is because Mayella "Tempted a Negro".

I contend that in his summation, Atticus Finch helped convict his client. Finch, did not keep the juries attention on the Facts! By appealing to their emotions, he made them come to the defense of a "white woman attacked by a N*****". at that point, Tom may as well have bolted from the courtroom and started his last desperate run for freedom. Finch helped convict his client.

If you accept my opinion, Maybe Atucus Finch isn't the hero we thought of.

I await your Opinions and comments.

Welcome back!

2009-07-05T11:05:00.000-07:00

I let this blog fall into disrepair. I started this thing as an experiment for the company I was working for. Nw. I'm not sure what I want to do with it.. For the moment, I'll post some of the things that I also post ay the TCM Film Union. My thoughts on Classic Movies.

Please tell me what you think.

Three Comrades or Who couldn’t be in love with Margaret Sullivan?

Stephen Ambrose in his book “Band of Brothers” , wrote about comrades. “Comrades are closer that friends, Closer than Brothers, their relationship is different that lovers. Their trust and knowledge of each other is Total.

Those words came ringing through to me when I saw the film Three Comrades recently. The story revolves around 3 soldiers, late of the German Army of World War One. Otto (Franchot Tone), Gottfried, (Robert Young) and Eric (Robert Taylor), had seen the worst of the war and were now living the worst of the peace. The Germany they came home to was in political turmoil and economic depression. But, the Comradeship that got them through the war, held them together in these tough times. They meet Pat (Margaret Sullivan) and her profiteer boyfriend at Eric’s birthday Celebration and Eric and Pat fall in love. At the same time, I fall in love with Margaret Sullivan too.

The Magisterial Robert Osborne once said in a introduction to the film (“The Mortal Storm”, I think) James Stewart said he fell in love with Margaret Sullivan every time he worked with her. You couldn’t help it. In Black & White, Margaret Sullivan was the woman you wanted to protect, and love and take care of. In the role of Pat, She was sort of a “Party Girl”. But when she meets Eric the youngest of our 3 comrades. She is wise in the ways of the world, He is rather naïve and that is what makes them a pair. His friends help him in this romance, and they too fall in love with her.

Pat and Erich marry, Soon, we find out what made her a “Party Girl”, She has Tuberculosis. On their Honeymoon, she has a near fatal attack. Eric calls his friends and they come through. Gottfried locates her doctor; Otto drives the doctor to the resort through bad roads and fog to save her. Instead of getting married to one man she has 3 of them looking after her.

She recovers, but, “Her Boys” are working harder to support her in a Germany is sliding further into political and finical chaos. They send Pat off to a sanitarium that can’t afford. The boys sell their business to keep Pat there. A sniper kills Gottfried during a political demonstration. Now Otto and Eric are supporting her. Not complaining, in fact willing to make any sacrifices for her. Otto finds Gottfried murderer and kills him. Now Pat’s care had put them in the deeper in debt. The Boys sell their last major possession to pay for it. She then takes control of the situation and …….well I’ll let you see the film.

I’m like Mr. Stewart, Who couldn’t be in love with a woman like that.

I await you thoughts and comments.

Are these women stupid?

2008-06-30T09:34:00.000-07:00

In the posting below, The CBS Morning News did what the Mainstream press always does when it comes to people defending themselves from attack.

Did you notice the the CBS Reporter kept acting surprised that these women wanted to protect themselves. In Phoenix. where the Taser party was held, the Police caught the guy called, "The Baseline Murderer". He specialized in attacking and killing women. A few women survived these attacks and how many of them would loved to have gone to a "Taser Party" before the attack.
But to the CBS people, If you are w woman, you should just sit back and allow your self to be attacked. That way they have have a story to report.

Speak to it Brother!

2008-06-20T05:13:00.000-07:00

In our system of Justice, pepple have the foolish expectation that Things should be perfect. That's why there are so many foolish people who are against the Death Penalty. They say that by killing a murder, we diminish ourselves. Mario Cumo , former Governor of New York would argue that it More expensive to Kill a murder that to keep him in jail for the rest of his life.
The people of Michigan will put themselves to the expense of keeping this ........Person depicted below alive for the rest of his life.

As you can see, if we put this guy we will be soo much less as a society and as individual people. So I say "Let him Go!" Go free to roam about and kill whom he wishes. I particularly want him to go after the Judge, the deputy and their loved ones. I just want to remind people why the death penalty is needed. In his words to the court he has spoken so eloquently as to why he should have been knelt down right there in the courtroom and shot. Speak to it Brother!

Naming a Stadium

2008-05-22T14:33:00.000-07:00

The other day, Mark Davis, Dallas radio talk show host was subbing for Rush Limbaugh. While he talked about the political subjects of the day, (This was the day that Ted Kennedy was diagnosed with cancer) he took time out to talk about Football.
The story above is from December 2007 about the construction of the new stadium for The Dallas Cowboys. Mr. Davis noted that with a new playing field comes the sale of naming rights to the stadium and how he hoped that team owner, Jerry Jones would resist the temptation to sell the name of the stadium to some large corporation. Mr Davis suggested that it be called "Tom Landry Stadium". My suggestion is that it be called "Schram / Landry Field".
Tex Schram as general Manager of the Dallas Cowboys and Tom Landry as head coach, took an expansion team that couldn't buy a touchdown and made it into "America's Team". I think that they should both be honored. But as Mr. Davis noted, neither he or I will be Lunching with Mr. Jones to give him our ideas.

Ah well!

2008-05-19T05:31:00.000-07:00

Lets talk about Civil War Re- enactments.

For the "God! I am too hip for all of this !" bunch, this is just a couple of old farts that like to dress up and play with guns. Even our "Info babe " that you seen in the clip knew just enough to get through the interview.

Now I will admit, I know much more about Civil War re-enacting that the average person, But I am a amateur historian. What our interviewer (and for that matter, most people) don't understand that these two guys are living out the dream that the men who fought it out close to 145 years ago.

At the end of Ken Burns Civil War documentary, They read the reading of an Confederate veteran. He said that he "Wished that he could do it all again". He would wake up with his comrades, answer the rool , form up with his company and march to the battlefield, Fight the battle with the same bravery as he had all those many years before.

And when the guns were silent, Johnny Reb & Billy Yank would stand up and have a party as Brothers.

If anything, That what Re-Enacting means to me. Living out a long heald dream...........

Introduction of sorts

2008-05-16T08:55:00.000-07:00

This a test bed for me to try things out, As new or re-hashed ideas come to me