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11:11 Ah the glorious few are all the fewer here In the cold November air The crowd draws silent Their collars raised To the edges of the square The children's choir sings "In Flander's Fields" The band plays "Over There" The old heroes still try to dress the line As the...

According to this evenings news---they are relatively sure who it is based on the metal name tag found on his person. But the military requires a second source of ID so they are sampling his DNA for comparison against family of the four crewmen. The results will not be divulged until after the...

If you are basing your take on this film on Miller's Year One that is a mistake. Some elements were taken from Miller but for the most part only the parts other writers kept in the mainstream mythos. It was never intended to be Year One. I actually feel that Caine did a good job of playing...

Just took this little quiz and the results? Francis Albert Sinatra

Thanks MK, I'll keep that in mind. That's the one I was most concerned with because it is billed as a Truman Capote comedy and I wasn't really sure how well that description went with Bogie.

Hello gentlemen, Hope you all had a great holiday and that the new year finds you well. Santa (in the guise of my lovely bride and my two sons) was very good to me this year. I received a few books I had been looking for and a couple newer films. But to the point. My in-laws got me the...

Actually Marlowe, Hammett knew exactly what gusel meant when he used it. Cairo, Gutman and "the kid" were in fact homosexuals in the book. When the film version with Bogie was made the censors pulled all references to homosexuallity out of the script, even though the lines were lifted directly...

Thanks Rab! That was always one of my favorite Calvin bits.

Perhaps we should call you "young Stamford".;)

It breaks the heart

We Irish know quite a bit about alcohol. After all the good Lord gave us alcohol to keep the Irish from taking over the world.;)

MK, As I said in another thread the new place looks great!

Hello All, MK the new place looks great!:) And as long as we're talking drinks, I'll have a Scotch and coke, please.