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Ooops...more Universal Classics this month on TCM!   Message List  
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Re: Ooops...more Universal Classics this month on TCM!

--- In sonsofkong@yahoogroups.com, "Dean" <sonofvulcan@a...> wrote:
> The Frederic March version is the best one I think. I like it
better
> than the silent classic even. I have never been able to stumble
> across a copy in any of the local stores though they do use a still
> from that later version to sell the John Barrymore version for some
> reason.
>
> Dean

I've seen the silent version (two of them actually), but I have never
seen the Fredric March version. I've seen clips from it, but I've
never had a chance to see the entire feature and I know I will enjoy
this chance to see the entire movie.

Take care,
Jon




Mon May 5, 2003 3:01 am

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Hi everyone! I'm sorry but I missed listing some Universal Classics airing this month on TCM! Here are more: Creature From the Black Lagoon: May 9 4:30am...
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May 3, 2003
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The Frederic March version is the best one I think. I like it better than the silent classic even. I have never been able to stumble across a copy in any of...
Dean
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May 4, 2003
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... better ... I've seen the silent version (two of them actually), but I have never seen the Fredric March version. I've seen clips from it, but I've never...
jfglade
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May 5, 2003
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I've never seen the silent Barrymore version, but would like to. Many fans seem to think that one is the best, with the March version a close second. I've...
markbeckuaf
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May 5, 2003
7:02 am

I don't care for the Spencer Tracy version either, and I find it too preachy and too predictable. It's almost a sanitized version, which might be why it did...
jfglade
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May 5, 2003
6:11 pm

I don't give two hoots for Spencer Tracey's take on Stevenson's classic character. I agree that the movie is almost too pristine in its tone to do justice to...
Dean
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May 6, 2003
11:23 am

Hi Dean, I would agree with that. It just seemed too...I dunno. Not really the feeling of horror that one would expect. More of a lech, sort of. Spencer...
markbeckuaf
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May 6, 2003
3:43 pm

The March version is the one in which they use a first-person camera point of view in the beginning. You see the world from out of the eyes of Dr.Jekyll until...
Dean
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