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JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

0 posted 2011-08-08 09:29 AM

Okay, I miss all you guys and dames
You made me feel every emotion in the book
On that beautiful silver screen
I walked down the tough streets with
Mitchum, Bogart, et al
No nonsense guys on and off the screen
Slinky dames made my temperature rise
You betcha
Rita and Marilyn, Sophia, Jane
They were the teasing sirens
As tough as Charles Bronson
Robert Ryan or Clint (Make my day) Eastwood
In their own way
The dames
Ah, tough guys didn’t stand a chance
When they slinked through the door
Faye Dunaway and Chinatown
Whew!
Yeah, I miss the guys and dames
They come to me at night
In my dreams
I’m Richard Widmark checking out the angles
Trying to stay outta trouble
But Widmark, like me, usually found it anyway
I miss those movies
The noir days
Bigger than life characters
The “Come on, Buster, show me what you’ve got,” dames
Lauren Becall
Ultra sultry, with that husky, throaty voice
Bogart succumbed to her style
In film, in life
I flashback to those old black-and-white days
And smile

~ If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay you to do it. ~

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

1 posted 2011-08-08 10:29 AM

We can honestly say...

they don't make them like that
anymore.

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2011-08-08 11:30 AM

Yep, and Amen, Sunshine . . .

~ If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay you to do it. ~

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

3 posted 2011-08-08 12:26 PM

I agree.
Ida

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

4 posted 2011-08-08 12:58 PM

Thanks Ida, appreciate you being here,

~ If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay you to do it. ~

ebonygirl
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since 2011-07-14

Posts 2000
California U.S.A

5 posted 2011-08-08 01:55 PM

Loved those days.
Well done JP2.
ebonygirl

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

6 posted 2011-08-08 01:57 PM

Thanks, ebonygirl, yeah, those were some good times on the silver screen.

~ If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay you to do it. ~

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

7 posted 2011-08-08 01:58 PM

quote:
I’m Richard Widmark checking out the angles
Trying to stay outta trouble
But Widmark, like me, usually found it anyway

Oh, how I relate to that. You got me feeling all nostalgic now, JP. Time to spend a day watching oldies... Well done, my friend.

Michael

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

8 posted 2011-08-08 02:11 PM

Haha! Yeah, Michael, a lot of us can relate to Widmark. Appreciate you being here. I've been battling the shingles for over two months, that's why I not around as much.

~ If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay you to do it. ~

Martie

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Posts 28049
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9 posted 2011-08-08 06:00 PM

Yep!

"If someone's dumb enough to offer me a million dollars to make a picture, I'm certainly not dumb enough to turn it down."
Elizabeth Taylor

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

10 posted 2011-08-08 06:12 PM

If Elizabeth Taylor was anything, it wasn't dumb, except maybe in the later years, even that may not be dumb, but misguided.

~ If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay you to do it. ~

JL
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since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

11 posted 2011-08-09 01:23 PM

Too bad we don't have movie producers and actors of that caliber any longer
An era of true entertainment.
Nice write!
Oh yeah, "Thanks for the memories..."

JL

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

12 posted 2011-08-09 03:08 PM

I lost my satellite dish a few months ago and so I watch a LOT less TV. But one of the channels my rabbit ears pick up plays old B&W movies. I'm loving the nostalgia there and here! *S*

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

13 posted 2011-08-09 05:00 PM

JL, you are right about the actors and producers, and I will add directors of that long ago era. Thanks for stopping by.

~ If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay you to do it. ~

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

14 posted 2011-08-09 05:03 PM

I gave up the cable two years ago when I moved, *S* and do not miss it one bit. Appreciate you stopping by.

~ If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay you to do it. ~

Prasad Nataraj
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since 2008-05-29

Posts 1149
Bangalore,India

15 posted 2011-08-10 06:41 AM

I had to google up few of those names, Jerry. True, black and white days of cinema were magical indeed.

"The secret behind survival of mankind is kindness and love within our hearts"

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

16 posted 2011-08-10 07:57 AM

At least you took the time to check those names out, thanks a lot. Thanks a lot, Prasad.

~ If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay you to do it. ~

BluesSerenade
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since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

17 posted 2011-08-12 12:49 PM

Oh wow, what a wonderful flashback it is.

Thanks for previewing the past in such a special way.

Good stuff, JP~

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

18 posted 2011-08-12 01:04 PM

And I thank "you," Blues for stopping by and reading my effort . ..

~ If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay you to do it. ~

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