Thursday, August 10, 2023
David in TN on Executive Action (1973), and TCM’s Laddie Night, Friday, Featuring the Movies of Alan Ladd
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By David in TN
thursday, august 10, 2023 at 8:23:00 p.m. edt
Last night I watched Executive Action. About 17-18 minutes in, the “conspirators” (Ryan, Geer, and Lancaster) are conferring at Ryan’s mansion. Geer asks, “Have you researched the man’s personal history?” Lancaster answers, “If you’ll forgive me, we’re way ahead of you. If we could find some way to discredit him, believe me, we would have done it by now.”
This is an unintentionally funny line. Had the Establishment/Deep State wanted to destroy JFK they would have done so by embroiling him in a sex scandal, which wouldn’t have been difficult. [N.S.: Ryan, Geer, and Lancaster were all communists, but Ryan and Lancaster were prudent enough to refrain from joining the party.]
On Friday Night, TCM shows Alan Ladd’s most famous roles, starting with Shane (1953) at 8 p.m. ET. Following are his co-starring films with Veronica Lake; This Gun for Hire (1942), The Blue Dahlia (1946) written by Raymond Chandler, and The Glass Key (1942).
By RM
sunday, august 6, 2023 at 1:49:00 p.m. edt
Will Geer, as I recall, was Communist AND gay-a real two-fer! Like so many of the blacklisted, he was given plum roles in the ‘60s and ‘70s (admittedly, he was outstanding in Frankenheimer’s 1966 masterpiece, Seconds). -RM
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Am I wrong or was the first "sex scandal" in 1974(Wilbur Mills)?In 1960-1963,that wasn't their M.O.The "eff bee eye" and "sea eye a" didn't even try that tactic with mlk in the 60s.
At least not publicly.
--GRA
Tomorrow (Sunday) is Paul Newman Day on TCM's Summer Under the Stars. The best known Newman films are to be shown, but there is one of interest not on TCM very often.
John Huston's The Mackintosh Man (1973) Sunday Night-Early Monday Morning at 12:15 a.m. ET is called a "Cold War Thriller." Paul Newman plays a British agent who infiltrates a secret organization breaking out prison inmates. The plot is loosely based on the 1966 escape of George Blake, a traitor who had been working as a mole within British intelligence. Another plot point is the Cambridge spies.
Harry Andrews, Dominique Sanda, and James Mason also star. I once read that The Mackintosh Man is a favorite among real-life agents. The best thing, along with the location shooting atmosphere, is the ending which will delight Anti-Communists.
"Had the Establishment/Deep State wanted to destroy JFK they would have done so by embroiling him in a sex scandal, which wouldn’t have been difficult"
Otash the "detective to the stars" said he had the tapes where he recorded the JFK and Marilyn Monroe in a romantic interlude, bedroom noises and all that. But no video. Turned the tapes over to the Republican National Committee but never heard anything about the episode after that.
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