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In Reply to: Re: Postman Always Rings... Trice? posted by patrickU on September 28, 2003 at 00:19:08:
with a similar plot, was much better. For one, Barbara Stanwyck was HOT (note the little ankle bracelet and the brazen leg display, foreshadowing Ms. Sharon Stone by several decades), whereas Lana Turner was merely cheap; Fred McMurray and Edward G. Robinson were perfectly cast.
One reason the 1981 "Jack" version was strange? David Mamet adapted it...
Garfield, and I'm not much of a fan, was very good in the original.
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That is what i said...
it by name, and I didn't realize Tay Garnett directed the first "Postman...".
Hey, if you like Barbara, I'll bet you also like some Joan Crawford roles as well. I'll always love watching her in "Grand Hotel" and "Johnny Guitar." Not great films, but very strange---with some very interesting performances.
Oh, one thing I don't think I'll understand if I lived in France for 100 years: Simone Signoret. Never found her the least bit interesting. Not a tad.
No, I never liked J. Crawford she was too over mannly sexual active( can you understand that?..I can´t..)
Strange is the right word...
Simone is not my cup of tea either but in " Le casque d ´Ór" she was pretty at least one could say..she was more on the intellectual side...
She had the Parisian / Jewish stil...
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