murphey
Touchdown! Greaser!
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Got to love Mel.Puttin' On The Ritz is free at last! Made me think of Mel Brooks, then coffee came out my nose remembering Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles. . .
Oh, yes! Zero Mostel had it all, the physical comedy, the timing, the "rubber" face, the voice - smart guy, too!Got to love Mel.
Back when I was in residency one of the female anesthesiology staff members made us cringe when she was staffing our OR or heard her name. We called her Frau Blucher.
Hard to beat the original "The Producers" with Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel.
"Hurrah for the next man to die. . ." scene in the O club with the German pilot prisoner - saw it when I was a young teenager and was impressed. . .“Wings” has some really good flying scenes.
"Wings" was silent. Think you're remembering the Flynn/Niven/Rathbone version of "The Dawn Patrol.""Hurrah for the next man to die. . ." scene in the O club with the German pilot prisoner - saw it when I was a young teenager and was impressed. . .
The song, "Stand to Your Glasses" has an interesting history...."Hurrah for the next man to die. . ." scene in the O club with the German pilot prisoner - saw it when I was a young teenager and was impressed. . .
"Wings" was silent. Think you're remembering the Flynn/Niven/Rathbone version of "The Dawn Patrol."
Ron Wanttaja
I'm watching it piecemeal. Fascinating, I've heard if it but never watched it before.IMHO, Metropolis is weird. I tried to watch it to advance my cultural understanding but it was way different than this child of the ‘60’s could grasp.
"Wings" won the first best-picture Oscar. IIRC, it was also the last silent best picture.
About a decade ago, Wings was taken on tour by the grandson of the producer (or director, I'm not sure). One of the local aviation organizations, I think it was the 99's, booked it for NJ. So I got to watch this silent masterpiece in the beautifully-restored Jersey City Loews theater. It was incredible to see the film in such an iconic setting.
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What I remember most from the Q&A session after the film were the questions about how the various plane crashes were filmed. With the exception of the crash of a rare (I don't recall the specifics) 4-engine bomber, which was done with models, the speaker said all of the other crashes were done with real aircraft and stunt pilots. The director insisted on realism! That included the crash at the end of the movie where a WWI fighter crashes through the wall of a house, depositing the pilot inside. Stunt pilot.
Oh, yes, you're right - Dawn Patrol!"Wings" was silent. Think you're remembering the Flynn/Niven/Rathbone version of "The Dawn Patrol."
Ron Wanttaja