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Lemmy Caution
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by Lemmy Caution » Mon Aug 03, 2020 4:12 am
Feego wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 10:20 am
Sonia Darrin, memorable (and uncredited) as the rude bookstore clerk who spars with Bogart in
The Big Sleep before he goes across the street to Dorothy Malone's more accommodating bookstore.
Good descrip -- I can picture that scene, and her, perfectly. I like how Bogie nerds up.
Sonia Darrin's son was Mason Reese, that oompah-loompah-looking kid who made tons of commercials in the 70's.
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L.A.
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- Location: Helsinki, Finland
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by L.A. » Tue Aug 04, 2020 10:57 am
I remember Reni Santoni from Bad Boys (1983) and Cobra (1986). Don’t remember what was his role in the former though, in the latter he was the foulmouthed partner for Cobretti.
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PfR73
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by PfR73 » Tue Aug 04, 2020 3:45 pm
hearthesilence wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 4:33 am
When I was a child, I remember him primarily from Quaker oatmeal and diabetes commercials.
Bizarrely, the very first nightmare I ever remember having in my life, when I was a child in the 1980s, was about Wilford Brimley trying to kill me, stalking my family through Fredericksburg, Texas. All I would have known him from at that point was the Quaker Oats commercials; and for some reason my subconscious decided to conjure him up and give me my first nightmare.
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Dylan
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by Dylan » Wed Aug 05, 2020 1:16 pm
Composer
Billy Goldenberg, who scored such feature films as
The Last of Sheila,
Up the Sandbox,
Busting,
The Grasshopper, and
Red Sky at Morning, but is probably best known for his television work, which includes
Night Gallery,
Kojak,
Columbo,
Rhoda, and Spielberg's
Duel.
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MichaelB
- Joined: Fri Aug 11, 2006 6:20 pm
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by MichaelB » Thu Aug 06, 2020 3:34 am
Critic, playwright and translator
Eric Bentley, a few weeks short of his 104th birthday.
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Mr. Deltoid
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by Mr. Deltoid » Sat Aug 08, 2020 3:38 pm
Care to elaborate Michael? I've Googled this, but everyrhing's coming up in Dutch.
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swo17
- Bloodthirsty Butcher
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by swo17 » Sat Aug 08, 2020 3:55 pm
A large swarm of them
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FrauBlucher
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by FrauBlucher » Sat Aug 08, 2020 4:36 pm
swo17 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 08, 2020 3:55 pm
A large swarm of them
What a horrendous way to die
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CSM126
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by CSM126 » Sun Aug 09, 2020 7:50 pm
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L.A.
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- Location: Helsinki, Finland
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by L.A. » Mon Aug 10, 2020 12:58 pm
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HitchcockLang
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by HitchcockLang » Tue Aug 11, 2020 5:12 pm
Singer and guitarist Trini Lopez (who also appeared in The Dirty Dozen) died today from COVID-19.
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beamish14
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by beamish14 » Wed Aug 12, 2020 12:20 pm
Former Universal Studios chairman
Tom Pollock. A lawyer by trade who helped George Lucas' spectacularly beneficial deal on
Star Wars ancillary rights, he also greenlit
The Last Temptation of Christ (which netted him many death threats) and
Do the Right Thing.
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The Elegant Dandy Fop
- Joined: Thu Dec 09, 2004 3:25 am
- Location: Los Angeles, CA
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by The Elegant Dandy Fop » Wed Aug 12, 2020 4:47 pm
According to Vinegar Syndrome on Twitter, Wings Hauser has passed away. If you haven't seen Vice Squad, I highly recommend it. Shot by John Alcott, it's a perfect slice of Los Angeles sleaze with Wings Hauser amped up to the max as the violent, western-clothed pimp, Ramrod.
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Feego
- Joined: Thu Aug 16, 2007 7:30 pm
- Location: Texas
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by Feego » Wed Aug 12, 2020 5:03 pm
The Elegant Dandy Fop wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 4:47 pm
According to Vinegar Syndrome on Twitter, Wings Hauser has passed away. If you haven't seen
Vice Squad, I highly recommend it. Shot by John Alcott, it's a perfect slice of Los Angeles sleaze with Wings Hauser amped up to the max as the violent, western-clothed pimp, Ramrod.
Yes, his performance in
Vice Squad is ace.
Here's my write-up from the 80s list. Rest in peace to this colorful actor.