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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by M.10rda - September 04, 2026, 08:49:34 AMF13.6 is my favorite.
FLAMING YOUTH (1923):
Yet another fragment -
- of a full-length feature that was a critical and box office hit in its day. Star Colleen Moore was so proud of it - rightfully, I'd guess from the surviving 12 or so minutes - that she donated her own complete print of the film to some preservation society in her will. Apparently they didn't actually preserve it! 
In the surviving sequence, the absolutely freakin' a-dor-able Moore plays a young socialite who runs into her mom's former globetrotting boyfriend at a mansion soiree. He's a serious, even depressed fellow who looks a little like Liev Schreiber, and Moore certainly perks him up a bit. Both of them are doing what I will now start to call "Real" Silent Film Acting, which is essentially the same as Good Acting in Talkies: though you can't hear what they're saying, you might as well be able to. I have watched many
romances with Madame 10rda and if this were one of them, it would be one of the ones I'd be able to stomach, as the stars have chemistry and you actually believe they're attracted to one another.
I should probably mention the (already implied) age difference aspects of the plot. The globetrotter is 40something and Moore appears to be at least half his age, maybe in college. In the novel that the film was adapted from, she's 14 or 15! To make matter pervier, when he pursued her mother (prior to Moore's birth) the mother encouraged him to marry her future daughter instead. That's almost some Is It Porn? business right there. Ah well, the 20s were a... different time? Apparently later in the film Moore's character has a disastrous affair w/ a real lothario and tries to throw herself off a yacht and then the globetrotter saves her and they live happily ever after....... goooooood for them! 3/5
FLAMING YOUTH (1923):
Yet another fragment -
- of a full-length feature that was a critical and box office hit in its day. Star Colleen Moore was so proud of it - rightfully, I'd guess from the surviving 12 or so minutes - that she donated her own complete print of the film to some preservation society in her will. Apparently they didn't actually preserve it! In the surviving sequence, the absolutely freakin' a-dor-able Moore plays a young socialite who runs into her mom's former globetrotting boyfriend at a mansion soiree. He's a serious, even depressed fellow who looks a little like Liev Schreiber, and Moore certainly perks him up a bit. Both of them are doing what I will now start to call "Real" Silent Film Acting, which is essentially the same as Good Acting in Talkies: though you can't hear what they're saying, you might as well be able to. I have watched many
romances with Madame 10rda and if this were one of them, it would be one of the ones I'd be able to stomach, as the stars have chemistry and you actually believe they're attracted to one another.I should probably mention the (already implied) age difference aspects of the plot. The globetrotter is 40something and Moore appears to be at least half his age, maybe in college. In the novel that the film was adapted from, she's 14 or 15! To make matter pervier, when he pursued her mother (prior to Moore's birth) the mother encouraged him to marry her future daughter instead. That's almost some Is It Porn? business right there. Ah well, the 20s were a... different time? Apparently later in the film Moore's character has a disastrous affair w/ a real lothario and tries to throw herself off a yacht and then the globetrotter saves her and they live happily ever after....... goooooood for them!
3/5 #32
Entertainment / Re: What have you been listeni...
Last post by Rev. Powell - September 04, 2026, 08:48:31 AM
Seven black opera singers in a live concert performing everything from Brahms to "Santa Ain't Black."
#33
Bad Movies / Re: 100 Movie titles that are ...
Last post by bob - September 04, 2026, 07:21:13 AM81
#34
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Last post by HappyGilmore - September 04, 2026, 04:48:20 AM80.) Enola Holmes
#35
Bad Movies / Re: 100 Movie titles that are ...
Last post by zombie no.one - September 04, 2026, 03:25:24 AMone number ahead again
76. Brannigan(1975)
77. Edward Scissohands
78. Beetlejuice
79. GIDGET (1959)
(Francine Elizabeth Lawrence to her parents, but only ever called by her nickname - which is an abbreviation of 'Girl Midget' dontchaknow...)
76. Brannigan(1975)
77. Edward Scissohands
78. Beetlejuice
79. GIDGET (1959)
(Francine Elizabeth Lawrence to her parents, but only ever called by her nickname - which is an abbreviation of 'Girl Midget' dontchaknow...)
#36
Bad Movies / Re: 100 Movie titles that are ...
Last post by Dr. Whom - September 04, 2026, 12:39:31 AM79? Beetlejuice
#37
Off Topic Discussion / Re: Picture of the day, part I...
Last post by lester1/2jr - September 03, 2026, 11:52:51 PM
#38
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by lester1/2jr - September 03, 2026, 11:30:53 PMThe Pact (2012) - Here's another one I liked a lot more the first time I saw it. Back in the DVD days, if I got something in the mail and it was horror of any kind I was ready to watch it. Now, there are so many immediate options, I'm less likely to stick it out though bad acting and dialogue which this one has.
One thing I remembered from the first viewing was the memorable performance by Dakota Bright. Upon Googling, I was surprised to see she was a totally normal actress who was dating someone from the LA Lakers or something. https://www.instagram.com/kokocbright/?hl=en I figured she'd be a hardcore goth or Angelina Jolie type.
I'll give it a 3/5 on the basis of her performance mainly, but I'd rather watch some found footage or old school crime thing.
One thing I remembered from the first viewing was the memorable performance by Dakota Bright. Upon Googling, I was surprised to see she was a totally normal actress who was dating someone from the LA Lakers or something. https://www.instagram.com/kokocbright/?hl=en I figured she'd be a hardcore goth or Angelina Jolie type.
I'll give it a 3/5 on the basis of her performance mainly, but I'd rather watch some found footage or old school crime thing.
#39
Off Topic Discussion / Re: And I quote...
Last post by indianasmith - September 03, 2026, 09:54:53 PM"The Bible is the greatest of books; to study it, the noblest of pursuits; to understand it, the highest of goals."
- Dr. Charles C. Ryrie
- Dr. Charles C. Ryrie
#40
Entertainment / Re: What have you been listeni...
Last post by Allhallowsday - September 03, 2026, 09:51:02 PMBEATLES FOR SALE
