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| Pa Stark | Apr 16 2009, 11:46 AM Post #1381 |
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One downside to THE PERILS OF PAULINE I forgot to mention is Sonny Ray as the comedy relief. He is absolutely terrible, and one of the most annoying characters ever. No wonder he only made a few films. He is scared of everything. A real pain in the ass. |
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| panzer the great & terrible | Apr 16 2009, 11:57 AM Post #1382 |
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Mouth Breather
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I love it too, but you have to keep in mind it's a send-up, not a regular serial. It has some great fights and cliffhangers, and the later chapters are, for once, better than the first few. |
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| Black Tiger | Apr 16 2009, 09:01 PM Post #1383 |
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This serial also marks the worst appearance by "a mummy" on celluloid. |
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| KanSmiley | Apr 16 2009, 09:15 PM Post #1384 |
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Come on Pa. Was he even more annoying than me when I worked with Dick Tracy? You all pick on me for getting my hand caught in the vase.
Edited by KanSmiley, Apr 16 2009, 09:16 PM.
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| The Batman | Apr 17 2009, 05:05 AM Post #1385 |
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I was thinking the same thing, Kan. I have not seen PoP yet, but your performance with Dick was truly awful. |
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| Black Tiger | Apr 17 2009, 07:40 AM Post #1386 |
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I agree about Burnette's performance in Dick Tracy. As a matter of fact, there should be a new award - The Smiley awarded to the year's worst performance. |
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| JazzGuyy | Apr 17 2009, 11:42 AM Post #1387 |
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At least it gave you a chance to see Smiley wearing something besides western clothes and that stupid hat. I almost didn't recognize him in a suit. |
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| Laughing Gravy | Apr 17 2009, 12:29 PM Post #1388 |
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You guys need to be reminded of the absolute worst in serial "comedy relief"? No prob, I can handle that in three words: Sid Friggin' Saylor. |
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| The Batman | Apr 17 2009, 12:40 PM Post #1389 |
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Please refresh my Batbrain, LG, which serial is that? |
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| Pa Stark | Apr 17 2009, 01:11 PM Post #1390 |
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Syd Saylor was in LOST JUNGLE and MYSTERY MOUNTAIN, both Mascot 1934, but he was much better in BRENDA STARR, REPORTER. No gang, Sonny Ray is even worse than Smiley or Syd. Chapter four of PoP had a couple of interesting moments. They are in the jungles of Borneo, and arrive at a tribal village. For once in a serial, there are a lot of women in the tribe. In one scene Sonny is sent to the river to bring back water, and a lady with back to the camera walks past him. Gang, she is topless, really topless. There are course the customary stock scenes of wild animals thrown in, including hippos and zebras. Hippos and zebras in Borneo???? |
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| KanSmiley | Apr 17 2009, 01:48 PM Post #1391 |
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Personally I would have thought someone would have mentioned Oscar and Elmer. They are to me a real scene stopper. Kan Edited by KanSmiley, Apr 17 2009, 01:49 PM.
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http://www.saturday-matinee-memories.com/ intoxicated, adj.: When you feel sophisticated without being able to pronounce it. | |
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| Stony Brooke da Mesquiteer | Apr 17 2009, 02:22 PM Post #1392 |
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I liked Burnette in Dick Tracy, not so much the physical humor, but for his scenes with the kid who played Junior. |
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| Laughing Gravy | Apr 17 2009, 03:21 PM Post #1393 |
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Saylor is so awful in Lost Jungle that in my official review of that serial I suggested the possibility that I might go to Mr. Saylor's grave, dig up his bones, and kick his ass. |
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| rodney | Apr 17 2009, 06:38 PM Post #1394 |
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To say something negative finally about The Secret Code, I must say that the cliffhanger resolution for chapter 13 (the beginning of chapter 14) really, really SUCKED. |
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| The Batman | Apr 17 2009, 07:11 PM Post #1395 |
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*L* Thanks |
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