Episode One: John Wayne.

It's sorta sweet, isn't? All these middle-aged directors reliving their childhoods by remaking all the movies and TV shows they loved as little kids.

It's sorta sweet, isn't? All these middle-aged directors reliving their childhoods by remaking all the movies and TV shows they loved as little kids.

I've nothing significant to add to the many great comments here, Marlene seems to have brought out the best in you guys, except to agree with the praise heaped on The Scarlet Empress , as well as her work for Wilder and Lang.
Hey, was all her best work done with fellow Germans?

I've nothing significant to add to the many great comments here, Marlene seems to have brought out the best in you guys, except to agree with the praise heaped on The Scarlet Empress , as well as her work for Wilder and Lang.
Hey, was all her best work done with fellow Germans?

You're right about Kramer but I will say about 'Judgement', that the performances by Garland and Clift are heartbreaking. Last gasps for both of them. Dietrich's okay, Widmark's his usual self and poor Spence looks worn out. But as a bonus you get a very young Bill Shatner.

You're right about Kramer but I will say about 'Judgement', that the performances by Garland and Clift are heartbreaking. Last gasps for both of them. Dietrich's okay, Widmark's his usual self and poor Spence looks worn out. But as a bonus you get a very young Bill Shatner.

He's a little touchy, isn't he?

He's a little touchy, isn't he?

Heh, my dad does the same thing much to my mother's annoyance but he's into James, not Richard North.

Heh, my dad does the same thing much to my mother's annoyance but he's into James, not Richard North.

Yeah, my local record store had a Cold Fact poster on it's wall, well into the 80s and 'Sugar Man' played all the time on the radio. I'm a little cheesed off that we've been written out of the story as it was an Australia record company that started the whole ball rolling. Without the Aussie and Kiwi success, I…

Yeah, my local record store had a Cold Fact poster on it's wall, well into the 80s and 'Sugar Man' played all the time on the radio. I'm a little cheesed off that we've been written out of the story as it was an Australia record company that started the whole ball rolling. Without the Aussie and Kiwi success, I…

Goldie Hawn, Lorraine Gary, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr and Dee Wallace.
They could be sisters! Then he ends up married to Kate Capshaw.
[ In a German accent ] : "Very interesting…"

Goldie Hawn, Lorraine Gary, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr and Dee Wallace.
They could be sisters! Then he ends up married to Kate Capshaw.
[ In a German accent ] : "Very interesting…"

When my brother saw it he laughed out loud when ET 'died' and the rest of the audience almost beat him up. He's still a surly bastard all these years later, god love him.

When my brother saw it he laughed out loud when ET 'died' and the rest of the audience almost beat him up. He's still a surly bastard all these years later, god love him.

Let's just forget about all this and rewatch Young Frankenstein.
That's pretty much a good idea at any time, actually.

Let's just forget about all this and rewatch Young Frankenstein.
That's pretty much a good idea at any time, actually.

Actually Paul Muni was in the original. Cagney's big gangster flick was The Public Enemy which is just as good. Muni was such a big deal in the 30s but hardly anyone remembers him now.