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PashaRu wrote:lol yes, I'd know. I have more than an entire shelf full of books about silent film. And yes, I've read them all lol

There certainly were some careers that ended with the advent of sound. One that immediately comes to mind is John Gilbert. There wasn't really anything wrong with his voice, but audiences found that it didn't match the persona they had created in their minds. There were, of course, other reasons why his career started to decline. He was heavy into alcohol and died of a heart attack in 1936 at 38 years of age. Others had very strong accents, such as Pola Negri, Emil Jannings, and Ramon Novarro. But the public is fickle, and other stars with accents, such as Garbo and Paul Muni, made the transition successfully. Chaplin refused to make the transition to sound for awhile, feeling that the Tramp shouldn't speak (I agree). So he made City Lights (1931) and Modern Times (1936), both silent "with sound effects" and featuring the Tramp. His first sound film was The Great Dictator (1940), a satire of Hitler with a version of the Tramp in a somewhat darker role (as Hitler!)

Probably more than you wanted to know. lol

Yes, I saw The Artist and liked it. I was happy that in this day and age, not only did someone have the b*lls to make a silent b&w film, but it even won an Oscar.
Yup that's it!...John Gilbert...

I was Soooo ready to like " The Artist " for the reasons you stated, but for whatever reason for me it was one big YAWNFEST...
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I saw The Artist. I liked it. Another recent one I got a kick out of was Mel Brook's Silent Movie.

Back to the subject. Anyone remember the 1956 movie Forbidden Planet with the all-electronic music soundtrack? It was very effective.
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Score from the movie Inception. Hands down :D
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JayMan2467 wrote:Score from the movie Inception. Hands down :D

Absolutely.........not my usual genre, but loved EVERYTHING about that movie.............. 8)
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Newsies ~ musical soundtrack

Repo! The Genetic Opera ~ musical soundtrack

The Devil's Carnival ~ musical soundtrack

Serendipity ~ soundtrack (introduced me to Nick Drake)

The Nightmare Before Christmas ~ musical soundtrack
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Lawrence of Arabia, Maurice Jarre
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suzy1124 wrote:Lawrence of Arabia, Maurice Jarre
Good morning Suzy-Q! Your sabbatical is over? Just couldn't stay away, could ya? :wink:

Yep, Lawrence of Arabia is one of my faves - both movie and music.
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Good morning P.R.!...Hope all is well w/you and yours...

Actually I was on a cruise w/my family, visited one of my fave places, Cozumel!
The greatest place for Scuba diving w/it's crystal clear waters...
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Awesome!! I've been to Cozumel, beautiful place! I snorkeled there, but didn't scuba dive. And I love Playa del Carmen.

Glad to have you back! :)
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Sounds fun, Suzy. Welcome back.

Hanger 18 had a good soundtrack, especially at the ending. I think the composer was John Cacavas. It was one of those films the critics said was a piece of crap, and flopped at the box office, but I liked it, it was always one of my favorites.

Another little-known film that had a great soundtrack was The Idolmaker. Loosely based on the careers of Frankie Avalon and Fabian.
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Dr. Zhivago, I love Lara's Theme...
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Newsies is my all-time favorite. I also loved all the music in Matilda--a great movie!
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Somewhere in time..
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Phantom of the Opera and Oliver
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Oliver and Company; Beauty and the Beast; Grease
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