tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post1678900690280041448..comments2024-03-24T21:42:48.278-04:00Comments on Another Old Movie Blog: Bogie on the Big ScreenJacqueline T. Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-27770777810454403422011-08-20T19:37:18.584-04:002011-08-20T19:37:18.584-04:00Thanks so much, Becky. Boy, I wish I'd seen a...Thanks so much, Becky. Boy, I wish I'd seen all those movies you've caught on the big screen. You've got quite a resume of classics there. <br /><br />I like your toy switchblade idea. Trick knives are used in theater a lot. (A community theatre production of "Wait Until Dark" I can recall had several stagehands giddily "stabbing" themselves with a trick knife backstage. Something about a retractable blade just makes you want to gut yourself.)<br /><br />I had no such prop when watching "Key Largo". I suppose I could have leaned back and clubbed the ladies mercilessly with a half-eaten bag of popcorn. It's just not the same, though.<br /><br />Small screen and all, there's something to be said for watching a favorite classic film in your own living room by yourself.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-86184445933509920312011-08-20T17:41:40.744-04:002011-08-20T17:41:40.744-04:00Jacqeline, what a wonderful article. You really t...Jacqeline, what a wonderful article. You really told the movie, the history and the locale in such an interesting way. Key Largo is a favorite Bogie of mine. The cast so superb - that's one I would also like to see on the big screen.<br /><br />I've been lucky enough to see a few wonderful classic films on the big screen. You are so right, it is a whole different experience than on TV or disks. I remember Gone With the Wind, the first one I saw at the theatre, just stunned me. You could see so much of the beauty of the sets and design you just can't see on TV. And Lon Chaney's Phantom of the Opera. A very special experience. Everybody in the theatre had seen his unmasking sequence 100 times, but when it occurred on the big screen, every one of us screamed.<br /><br />I too wanted to smack some teenagers sitting behind me in a theatre showing West Side Story. I love it so much, and they were giggling through the whole thing. I remember, like you, thinking part of it was the old-style slang and such that teens always think so dumb-sounding. But when they laughed at the rumble scene, I wished I had a toy switchblade that I could just hole up, without turning around, and click open! That would have been such fun!<br /><br />You can tell I really enjoyed this article!ClassicBeckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03591715859057540467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-6348178542209803932011-08-19T21:28:51.164-04:002011-08-19T21:28:51.164-04:00Thank you, Kendra. I hope I can see more classic ...Thank you, Kendra. I hope I can see more classic films on the big screen in future. "Key Largo" was a great one to start.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-88495015383635793672011-08-19T15:22:16.660-04:002011-08-19T15:22:16.660-04:00What a great opportunity! It's so fun to see o...What a great opportunity! It's so fun to see old films on the big screen the way they were meant to be seen. I love the photos you included, as well!Kendrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249077643561441898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-20004795651788284522011-08-18T21:04:53.911-04:002011-08-18T21:04:53.911-04:00Thanks, Meredith. I hope you get to see Bogie'...Thanks, Meredith. I hope you get to see Bogie's Big Screen adventures, too. Love your avatar, by the way. Thanks very much for the award, that was Irresistably Sweet of you.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-10357487425982574202011-08-18T20:22:34.077-04:002011-08-18T20:22:34.077-04:00By the way, I just tagged you for the Irresistibly...By the way, I just tagged you for the Irresistibly Sweet Blog Award on my blog!Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10970672739061727677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-88703032729782924102011-08-18T19:58:01.957-04:002011-08-18T19:58:01.957-04:00Great post. I hope I get the chance to see some of...Great post. I hope I get the chance to see some of Bogie's films on the big screen someday.Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10970672739061727677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-55914247225332629572011-08-18T18:51:00.275-04:002011-08-18T18:51:00.275-04:00Yvette, I envy your experience of seeing lots of t...Yvette, I envy your experience of seeing lots of these great films on the big screen first time around.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-32864786117350913842011-08-18T17:43:57.010-04:002011-08-18T17:43:57.010-04:00How I wish I'd been able to see this on the bi...How I wish I'd been able to see this on the big screen too, Jacqueline. I haven't seen a classic film on a huge screen in years. <br /><br />But I grew up watching what we now call 'classics' up on the big screen. So you could say I saw them the first time around.<br /><br />Though not, I don't think KEY LARGO I would have been too young.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing the experience.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-88915022653036589582011-08-18T14:35:49.185-04:002011-08-18T14:35:49.185-04:00Thanks, CW. My first time seeing a classic film o...Thanks, CW. My first time seeing a classic film on the big screen. The slow camera techniques are so much more powerful. The modern quick cuts of today don't hold half as much punch, no matter how many explosions or CGI you throw in.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-78320765311759216492011-08-18T13:21:22.949-04:002011-08-18T13:21:22.949-04:00You make me ache to see "Key Largo" as i...You make me ache to see "Key Largo" as it was meant to be seen.<br /><br />And thanks for the history lesson. It will mean a lot on my next small screen viewing of the movie.Caftan Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-2282706072612541052011-08-18T10:11:57.241-04:002011-08-18T10:11:57.241-04:00Hi, John. Yes, I think the ladies just misinterpr...Hi, John. Yes, I think the ladies just misinterpreted the scene. You'd like the drive across the Keys. Stop for key lime pie at Crabby Dick's in Key West. So good, you want to slap yourself upside the head.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-52816178755474528022011-08-18T09:17:58.464-04:002011-08-18T09:17:58.464-04:00Now this is a favorite of mine, but I've never...Now this is a favorite of mine, but I've never seen it on the big screen. Loved your description as well as your shots of Florida. I suspect that the laughing women probably misunderstood the intention of the scene, as you suggested.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.com