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Subject: The Misfits


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Angie
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Date Posted: 20:03:17 07/24/06 Mon
 So my wonderful mailman finally delivered me a copy of one of my favorite movies ever made, The Misfits. Having watched it again (probably for the 14th time) I realized just how amazing and eerily apropos the dialogue is.

I mean throughout the whole film!! It is just so incredibly well written and so touching the way that Marilyn and Monty and Eli and yes, even Clark Gable (who I normally find somewhat unwatchable) handle their roles.

I think maybe what I find so touching about a film about 4 very tragic figures is that 3 out of 4 of the actors actually turned out to be somewhat tragic themselves.
Monroe and Gable both died not long after the film was made and Monty Clift was clearly not the chiseled, healthy youth he was at the beginning of his film career, but they are all at the height of their talent and to watch them now, knowing what these actors had achieved is both impressive and sad.




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[> Subject: Update: Actually IMDB lists the year of death for Clark Gable as 1960 and the year of release for The Misfits as 1961. Just to give you an idea of how soon after filming he must have passed away. Very sad to watch the movie knowing that.


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Angie.... where is everybody??????
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Date Posted: 19:15:39 07/25/06 Tue

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[> [> Subject: You know, I can't remember if I have seen this one. After reading your post, I googled about CG...yes, it seemed he did passed away before the film was even released. How truly very sad indeed. I had thought he lived an old life. Sometimes, I'm surprised at how long some of them lived considering they all smoked like chimneys and drank buckets in those days! Thanks for the heads up Angie. You made me wanna see this film now.


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Miss Julie
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Date Posted: 11:00:38 07/26/06 Wed

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[> Subject: Re: The Misfits


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Kimmie
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Date Posted: 19:49:41 07/26/06 Wed
I remember this fact from my Dad's conversations with me about movies!! Clark was dead before the movie came out.

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[> [> Subject: Yeah it's true they werent really as healthy are we tend to be these days. Actually there is a bit of dialogue between Marilyn and Clark Gable when he says sthat Marilyn is the same size as his daughter, and then he guesses "size 12?" and Marilyn confirms it. I had to call my size 12 friend up (she's always feeling down about her weight) and tell her that Marilyn Monroe was a size 12 too!!!


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Ang
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Date Posted: 12:57:19 07/28/06 Fri

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[> [> [> Subject: Sizes


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Kimmie
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Date Posted: 20:04:40 07/28/06 Fri
I believe that Marilyn was actually a 14 in this movie, I thought I read that.

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[> [> [> [> Subject: It could be. The dialogue said that she was a 12, but should could have easily been a 14 in reality. Maybe 12 just sounded more graceful. Either way, she carried herself beautifully.


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Ang
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Date Posted: 20:27:25 07/28/06 Fri

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[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Yes she did!


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Kimmie
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Date Posted: 04:59:28 07/31/06 Mon

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[> [> [> [> Subject: i was just recalling how many years ago i read that the fashion industry made at least one? maybe more, changes in sizes, so that women would feel better about buying clothes (and buy more!) So a 14 became a 12, and so on. So it's possible that Marilyn's 12 or 14 might be our 10 or 8 now...just a thought..


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Judi
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Date Posted: 22:42:57 08/05/06 Sat

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[> Subject: Speaking of Marilyn...In 3 weeks, I will be off to a attend a wedding at a famous ranch where they filmed River of No Return (1954). MM played alongside Robert Mitchum. We've booked 2 nights in one of the log cabins. I will post later and talk about it along with pics, too.


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Miss Julie
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Date Posted: 09:45:15 07/31/06 Mon

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[> [> Subject: That sounds great! I cant wait to see pictures of it! What a romantic place for a wedding! Not far from where I live there is the house where the Marx Brothers grew up. It is a landmark but I havent yet been by to see it. Maybe I'll take some pictures too when I go.


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Ang
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Date Posted: 14:28:54 07/31/06 Mon

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[> [> [> Subject: i want to see photos of both!! :]


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Judi
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Date Posted: 22:48:06 08/05/06 Sat

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