Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION

[Vaughn Mann]

Wow Phil,The saga continues, doesn't it? Your analysis clearly presented, with obvious expertise, was very much enjoyed.On a lesser note, I was never a fan of Steve Martin, thus passed on "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid"! I do not doubt that I have missed many great films with preconceived notions, however will find it and watch it now. On with 2015 and the wonderful digital technology; no more 20 minute reels; platters or mono-sound; just kidding!Wishing you, and all MOPO, a great 2015, VaughnPS:I wonder if "To Kill A Mockingbird" would have been quite as great as it was, without that absolutely beautiful soundtrack? For that matter, which come first in any film, the script, the actor (acting), the Director or the soundtrack they use to enhance it?-Original Message-
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<zzz![endif]-->Vaughn,To answer your question, Miklos Rozsa died about 20 years ago. I believe his very last film score was for the Carl Reiner/Steve Martin Film Noir parody “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid”. That was a very interesting film compositionally as well. What Rozsa did there was absolutely brilliant; as amazing as anything he ever did.As most everyone on this blog knows, “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid” involved using actual clips from dozens of old films from the 30’s-50’s. Those old movie clips and all the Golden Era stars therein were all inserted as real time characters with whom Steve Martin’s detective character interacted. Therefore, as Rozsa scored “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid”, he was also composing original music for numerous clips from earlier films…many of them were even clips from movies where he had been the composer originally. Now he was writing music for some of those same scenes and actors quite differently than what he had been asked to do originally. He was helping to create and advance emotions from those same actors as they now portrayed new characters in the new film. His score totally honors that. It was brilliant work from him, even though he was quite sick and didn’t feel well enough to conduct the orchestra.BTW Vaughn, even though Rozsa and many other great film composers are gone, I think there are some fantastic composers working in film currently, it just takes more years of being in the business for many to be recognized. The advantage to the older Studio system was that many more films were being made in an era of Double Features (sometimes two different Double Feature bills each week). A given composer might often do 8 or 10 films in a year; that doesn’t happen today.Also, many of those composing jobs came as assignments from the head of a Music Department (think Johnny Green at MGM or Alfred Newman at Fox). While “office politics” could play a role, these Music Dept. heads were often more skilled at matching a composer with the right film than the Director of the film itself. Many of these early “arranged marriages” introduced certain composers to specific directors and resulted in long time successful collaborations between artistically like-minded composers and directors. Now it is all about individual composer agents and deal-making.Many more chances to work and the likelihood that your skillset as a composer perfectly met the artistic needs of at least some of those films to which you were assigned created more chances for the composer to hit a home run. Vaughn, while you correctly mention important big budget films like Ben Hur and El Cid and their large grandiose scores, Miklos Rozsa and other during his time also worked on B Films, Film Noir and Programmers. Some of those little budget films and their scores became iconic classics as we look back. Those kinds of films generally aren’t made any more. Even with the rise of Independent Film, there is either no money for a composer and orchestra, or the sensibility of many smaller films might be violated if it seemed too slick and polished per ”Hollywood”. In my opinion, what works against many blockbuster films now on the music end is in the hunger to make the Billion Dollar Gross and the next trendy franchise, rather than the best movie that you can make. Studios make far fewer films and put all their eggs in only a couple of baskets.A film can be mis-scored, over-scored and sometimes silence is also best. Even when a fantastic composer is now engaged to do a score, the composer is often more limited in scope and music use within the film than ever before. Sound effects take up more sonic space than ever before. An even bigger change is that Songs, musical performers or particular instrumental cues from other artists are often inserted into b

Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION

[Phillip Ayling]

 the film to sound dated much, much sooner. There 
are composers working in film today who are every bit as brilliant and creative 
as those of yesteryear, they are just less integral to the process in many 
contemporary films.

 

Happy 2015 to All

From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Vaughn Mann
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 5:54 PM
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Subject: Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION

 

 

 

Phil,

 

That is, indeed, an interesting story. .and I guess (?) that means no more 
magnificient sound tracks from the great composers such as  the sounds of 
Miklós Rózsa. (Ben Hur, El Cid, etc...). Who, I believe, is no longer with 
us. Truly Sad on both counts! 

Vaughn Mann 

-Original Message- 
From: Kirby McDaniel 
Sent: Dec 31, 2014 6:06 PM 
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU  
Subject: Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION 

Great post, Phil.  This is an interesting story.

 

Have a Happy New Year.

 

Kirby McDaniel

 

 

On Dec 31, 2014, at 4:34 PM, Phillip Ayling mro...@earthlink.net 
mailto:mro...@earthlink.net  wrote:





Greg,

 

Forbidden Planet is a great choice. Greg, as you are a guitarist and you also 
mention the amazing music in Forbidden Planet, I thought I would write a bit 
about the score for the film that is not well known. In 1956, MGM, which was 
the Production Company behind Forbidden Planet, had a full-time and tenured 
Symphony Orchestra on staff at the studio. During this time all of the other 
major Hollywood studios also had their own unique full-time staff orchestras 
per agreements with the Musicians Union ( American Federation of Musicians).

 

MGM also had its own group of famous composers and arrangers on staff from the 
30’s through the 60”s.  Before David Rose became famous as the composer for 
Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie, and songs like Holiday for Strings and 
The Stripper, he was doing arrangements and rehearsal piano work at MGM. In 
fact, it was during this time at MGM  that the considerably older David Rose 
became involved with the teenage Judy Garland. Though still married he gave 
Judy Garland an engagement ring on her 18th birthday, which was kept under 
wraps at the time by MGM. Later, after his own divorce from Martha Raye became 
final, David Rose then became Judy Garland’s first husband.

 

Anyway, after various composers were considered and approached about doing the 
score for Forbidden Planet, eventually the assignment fell to David Rose.  
David Rose and the MGM Orchestra recorded music for Forbidden Planet, but 
almost all of it is now lost.  Dore Schary who was head of MGM, didn’t 
particularly like Rose’s melodic approach and threw the score out. It is not 
clear if Dore Schary had ever expressed to David Rose his desire to have an 
avant-garde type of score for the film.

 

Anyway, Dore Schary had secretly engaged the husband and wife team of Louis and 
Bebe Barron who were involved in early experiments with electronic music to do 
some demos of electronic music for the film. They worked on it for many months. 
The Barron’s used early synth-type gear of their own design, ring modulators, 
reverb and tape delay effects to create the unique sonic landscape that we 
hearin Forbidden Planet.

 

When Schary decided to use the Barron’s work in Forbidden Planet instead of the 
score from David Rose and the MGM Orchestra, the Musicians Union objected 
because they felt it wasn’t ‘real music’. Their real concerns were also about 
future employment for the MGM Orchestra as well. The MGM Symphony would 
eventually be dissolved about 12 years later.

 

The Barron’s work was the very first electronic “sound design” style score and 
even they weren’t sure what to call it. Nonetheless, the original screen credit 
was supposed to read:

“Electronic Music by Louis and Bebe Barron”

 

The Musicians Union was furious and they absolutely did not want the credit to 
have “music” in it. They had an ongoing Collective Bargaining Agreement with 
MGM that gave them standing on the issue. Legal on both sides worked out a 
settlement and the Barron’s final credit on the film was as “Composer(s): 
Electronic Tonalities”.

 

While that may not seem like a big change, it was. Absence of the word “music” 
meant that this revolutionary score for this big budget and now iconic Sci-Fi 
film couldn’t even be nominated for an Academy Award for music, let alone win. 
Contrast that with the synth/sound design score of Trent Reznor and Atticus 
Ross for The Social Network, which in my opinion is far from revolutionary or 
even great in context for the needs of the film. That score was both nominated 
and won the Academy Award for music a couple of years back.

In the case of Forbidden Planet, it isn’t about the “Robber Barons”, but rather 
the BARRONS  was robbed!

 

Best Wishes and Happy New Year to All

 

 

 

From: MoPo List [ mailto:mopo

Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION

[Toochis Morin]

 perfect and fantastic music for a 
 film, more often it doesn’t.  In my opinion, the marketing/pastiche approach 
 to film music generally causes the film’s score to be less effective in 
 supporting the storyline. It can also cause the film to sound dated much, 
 much sooner. There are composers working in film today who are every bit as 
 brilliant and creative as those of yesteryear, they are just less integral to 
 the process in many contemporary films.
  
 Happy 2015 to All
 From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Vaughn Mann
 Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 5:54 PM
 To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
 Subject: Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION
  
  
  
 Phil,
  
 That is, indeed, an interesting story. .and I guess (?) that means no 
 more magnificient sound tracks from the great composers such as  the sounds 
 of Miklós Rózsa. (Ben Hur, El Cid, etc...). Who, I believe, is no longer 
 with us. Truly Sad on both counts! 
 Vaughn Mann 
 -Original Message- 
 From: Kirby McDaniel 
 Sent: Dec 31, 2014 6:06 PM 
 To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU 
 Subject: Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION 
 
 Great post, Phil.  This is an interesting story.
  
 Have a Happy New Year.
  
 Kirby McDaniel
  
  
 On Dec 31, 2014, at 4:34 PM, Phillip Ayling mro...@earthlink.net wrote:
 
 
 Greg,
  
 Forbidden Planet is a great choice. Greg, as you are a guitarist and you also 
 mention the amazing music in Forbidden Planet, I thought I would write a bit 
 about the score for the film that is not well known. In 1956, MGM, which was 
 the Production Company behind Forbidden Planet, had a full-time and tenured 
 Symphony Orchestra on staff at the studio. During this time all of the other 
 major Hollywood studios also had their own unique full-time staff orchestras 
 per agreements with the Musicians Union ( American Federation of Musicians).
  
 MGM also had its own group of famous composers and arrangers on staff from 
 the 30’s through the 60”s.  Before David Rose became famous as the composer 
 for Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie, and songs like Holiday for Strings 
 and The Stripper, he was doing arrangements and rehearsal piano work at MGM. 
 In fact, it was during this time at MGM  that the considerably older David 
 Rose became involved with the teenage Judy Garland. Though still married he 
 gave Judy Garland an engagement ring on her 18th birthday, which was kept 
 under wraps at the time by MGM. Later, after his own divorce from Martha Raye 
 became final, David Rose then became Judy Garland’s first husband.
  
 Anyway, after various composers were considered and approached about doing 
 the score for Forbidden Planet, eventually the assignment fell to David Rose. 
  David Rose and the MGM Orchestra recorded music for Forbidden Planet, but 
 almost all of it is now lost.  Dore Schary who was head of MGM, didn’t 
 particularly like Rose’s melodic approach and threw the score out. It is not 
 clear if Dore Schary had ever expressed to David Rose his desire to have an 
 avant-garde type of score for the film.
  
 Anyway, Dore Schary had secretly engaged the husband and wife team of Louis 
 and Bebe Barron who were involved in early experiments with electronic music 
 to do some demos of electronic music for the film. They worked on it for many 
 months. The Barron’s used early synth-type gear of their own design, ring 
 modulators, reverb and tape delay effects to create the unique sonic 
 landscape that we hearin Forbidden Planet.
  
 When Schary decided to use the Barron’s work in Forbidden Planet instead of 
 the score from David Rose and the MGM Orchestra, the Musicians Union objected 
 because they felt it wasn’t ‘real music’. Their real concerns were also about 
 future employment for the MGM Orchestra as well. The MGM Symphony would 
 eventually be dissolved about 12 years later.
  
 The Barron’s work was the very first electronic “sound design” style score 
 and even they weren’t sure what to call it. Nonetheless, the original screen 
 credit was supposed to read:
 “Electronic Music by Louis and Bebe Barron”
  
 The Musicians Union was furious and they absolutely did not want the credit 
 to have “music” in it. They had an ongoing Collective Bargaining Agreement 
 with MGM that gave them standing on the issue. Legal on both sides worked out 
 a settlement and the Barron’s final credit on the film was as “Composer(s): 
 Electronic Tonalities”.
  
 While that may not seem like a big change, it was. Absence of the word 
 “music” meant that this revolutionary score for this big budget and now 
 iconic Sci-Fi film couldn’t even be nominated for an Academy Award for music, 
 let alone win. Contrast that with the synth/sound design score of Trent 
 Reznor and Atticus Ross for The Social Network, which in my opinion is far 
 from revolutionary or even great in context for the needs of the film. That 
 score was both nominated and won the Academy Award

Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION

[Gregory Douglass]

Pardon me for weighing in late on this question, but it has been the busiest 
December EVER for this self-employed guitar picker (21 live shows total, and 
that’s with no New Year’s Eve gig!) Add a recently acquired bad cold to the mix 
and you get a guy whose recreational computer time has been minimal.
Unquestionably, the film that completely hooked me on cinema, the horror/sci-fi 
genre, AND movie posters, all during one trip to the El Rey theater in Walnut 
Creek, CA when I was six, was “Forbidden Planet”. I can recall snippets of 
films that my parents took me to prior to that, but I remember every moment of 
this sic-fi classic. While some of the Freudian subtleties were obviously lost 
on me…or maybe not, come to think of it…the sheer spectacle of the film left an 
indelible impression on me. When Robbie the Robot came into the picture, my 
Freak Flag was being stitched inside my six-year old psyche; by the time the 
monster from the Id came into terrifying view, the Freak Flag was completely 
unfurled and blowing proudly in the smoke-filled confines of the little theater 
my dad lovingly referred to as “The Flea House”. 
I recently re-watched the film in HD, and it did not disappoint. Given the 
context of the time period, the special effects were beyond brilliant, and the 
“music” is still so radical that I can honestly say I’ve never again heard 
anything like it. As I walked out, I saw the 40X60” poster from the film with 
the iconic image of Robby holding Anne Francis, and I wanted to wake up every 
morning looking at it. Crap. Still have never owned any significant poster size 
from this title and, given the present price range on even a title card, it 
STILL probably ain’t gonna happen. But I still have the fabulous memory of the 
90 minute gift from MGM that permanently altered and enriched my inner 
landscape.
A belated and heartfelt Happy Holidays to all my fellow poster dorks out there. 
2014 was the best year ever for this old geek, and 2015 promises to be even 
better…..hell, maybe that “Forbidden Planet” poster will finally be in my hands 
after all!
Greg Douglass
In wet, beautiful Escondido, CA
 On Dec 23, 2014, at 11:41 AM, Susan filmfantast...@msn.com wrote:
 
 It is a great question Kirby.  For me there are so many, but two movies that 
 had a huge impact on me as a child were Them and Whatever Happened to Baby 
 Jane...just couldn't shake those movies for years.  The movie that had the 
 most impact on me overall and led to my career in writing and film was To 
 Kill a Mockingbird, which is still my favorite film to this day.  It always 
 amazes me that this southern woman, who grew up in the Depression south, had 
 such an amazing spirit to write this story and it impacts me every time I 
 watch it..it is still a film for me that, after a stressful day at work, I 
 can go home and it brings me solace...Happy Holidays everyone.Sue - 
 Hollywood Poster Frames
  
 Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 14:03:15 -0500
 From: vma...@earthlink.net mailto:vma...@earthlink.net
 Subject: Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION
 To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
 
 
 Kirby,
 
 Great Question,
 
 When I was a kid visiting my grand parents in CT while on summer vacation, my 
 grandfather to me to Town (Mancheser, CT) and he dropped me off at the local 
 theatre (single screen, of course) and I saw Wm.Wellman's The Next Voice You 
 Hear w/ James Whitmore and Nancy Reagan.(1950) I am not sure what moved 
 me,but that movie has stuck with me all these years and still now and then, 
 pick it up and watch it. Perhaps as a child it opened up a great deal of 
 questions for me and the manner it was delivered.
 
 Number two is and early film; not sure when I saw it, but it, the love and 
 generosity of the theme stuck with me again, all these years. Sunday 
 Dinner For A Soldier w/ Anne Baxter, John Hodiak, Jane Darwell and Charles 
 Winniger (1944).
 
 Let's just say, I loved the films and didn't remember them for a week or so 
 after leaving the theatre, but remember them until this 
 dayVaughn
 -Original Message-
 From: Kirby McDaniel 
 Sent: Dec 23, 2014 10:06 AM
 To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
 Subject: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION
 
 Mopolians,
 
 Is there a film that CHANGED YOUR LIFE? Maybe not in a big way, but somehow 
 affected a change in you permanently?
 
 This is not a “best-movie-you’ve-ever-seen” question, although the best 
 movie you’ve seen may in fact qualify.  
 
 And you may have more than one - but just pick one that stands out in your 
 experience.
 
 It’s really hard to know. It’s easy to say that movies changed my life - I 
 think that collectively they help to shape us, but that’s
 not what I’m fishing for here.
 
 I mean a film that SHIFTED something in you, maybe good, maybe not-so / 
 maybe big, maybe small. So that you could say “after I saw X, I never

Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION

[Phillip Ayling]

Greg,

 

Forbidden Planet is a great choice. Greg, as you are a guitarist and you
also mention the amazing music in Forbidden Planet, I thought I would write
a bit about the score for the film that is not well known. In 1956, MGM,
which was the Production Company behind Forbidden Planet, had a full-time
and tenured Symphony Orchestra on staff at the studio. During this time all
of the other major Hollywood studios also had their own unique full-time
staff orchestras per agreements with the Musicians Union ( American
Federation of Musicians).

 

MGM also had its own group of famous composers and arrangers on staff from
the 30's through the 60s.  Before David Rose became famous as the composer
for Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie, and songs like Holiday for Strings
and The Stripper, he was doing arrangements and rehearsal piano work at MGM.
In fact, it was during this time at MGM  that the considerably older David
Rose became involved with the teenage Judy Garland. Though still married he
gave Judy Garland an engagement ring on her 18th birthday, which was kept
under wraps at the time by MGM. Later, after his own divorce from Martha
Raye became final, David Rose then became Judy Garland's first husband.

 

Anyway, after various composers were considered and approached about doing
the score for Forbidden Planet, eventually the assignment fell to David
Rose.  David Rose and the MGM Orchestra recorded music for Forbidden Planet,
but almost all of it is now lost.  Dore Schary who was head of MGM, didn't
particularly like Rose's melodic approach and threw the score out. It is not
clear if Dore Schary had ever expressed to David Rose his desire to have an
avant-garde type of score for the film. 

 

Anyway, Dore Schary had secretly engaged the husband and wife team of Louis
and Bebe Barron who were involved in early experiments with electronic music
to do some demos of electronic music for the film. They worked on it for
many months. The Barron's used early synth-type gear of their own design,
ring modulators, reverb and tape delay effects to create the unique sonic
landscape that we hearin Forbidden Planet.

 

When Schary decided to use the Barron's work in Forbidden Planet instead of
the score from David Rose and the MGM Orchestra, the Musicians Union
objected because they felt it wasn't 'real music'. Their real concerns were
also about future employment for the MGM Orchestra as well. The MGM Symphony
would eventually be dissolved about 12 years later.

 

The Barron's work was the very first electronic sound design style score
and even they weren't sure what to call it. Nonetheless, the original screen
credit was supposed to read:

Electronic Music by Louis and Bebe Barron

 

The Musicians Union was furious and they absolutely did not want the credit
to have music in it. They had an ongoing Collective Bargaining Agreement
with MGM that gave them standing on the issue. Legal on both sides worked
out a settlement and the Barron's final credit on the film was as
Composer(s): Electronic Tonalities.

 

While that may not seem like a big change, it was. Absence of the word
music meant that this revolutionary score for this big budget and now
iconic Sci-Fi film couldn't even be nominated for an Academy Award for
music, let alone win. Contrast that with the synth/sound design score of
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for The Social Network, which in my opinion is
far from revolutionary or even great in context for the needs of the film.
That score was both nominated and won the Academy Award for music a couple
of years back. 

In the case of Forbidden Planet, it isn't about the Robber Barons, but
rather the BARRONS  was robbed!

 

Best Wishes and Happy New Year to All 

 

 

 

From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Gregory
Douglass
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 8:40 AM
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Subject: Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION

 

Pardon me for weighing in late on this question, but it has been the busiest
December EVER for this self-employed guitar picker (21 live shows total, and
that's with no New Year's Eve gig!) Add a recently acquired bad cold to the
mix and you get a guy whose recreational computer time has been minimal.

Unquestionably, the film that completely hooked me on cinema, the
horror/sci-fi genre, AND movie posters, all during one trip to the El Rey
theater in Walnut Creek, CA when I was six, was Forbidden Planet. I can
recall snippets of films that my parents took me to prior to that, but I
remember every moment of this sic-fi classic. While some of the Freudian
subtleties were obviously lost on me.or maybe not, come to think of it.the
sheer spectacle of the film left an indelible impression on me. When Robbie
the Robot came into the picture, my Freak Flag was being stitched inside my
six-year old psyche; by the time the monster from the Id came into
terrifying view, the Freak Flag was completely unfurled and blowing proudly

Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION

[Doug Taylor]

Great story.  Thanks for sharing.

 

Regards

 

Doug Taylor

 http://www.linkedin.com/in/douglasbtaylor Profile

 

From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Phillip
Ayling
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 5:35 PM
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Subject: Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION

 

Greg,

 

Forbidden Planet is a great choice. Greg, as you are a guitarist and you
also mention the amazing music in Forbidden Planet, I thought I would write
a bit about the score for the film that is not well known. In 1956, MGM,
which was the Production Company behind Forbidden Planet, had a full-time
and tenured Symphony Orchestra on staff at the studio. During this time all
of the other major Hollywood studios also had their own unique full-time
staff orchestras per agreements with the Musicians Union ( American
Federation of Musicians).

 

MGM also had its own group of famous composers and arrangers on staff from
the 30's through the 60s.  Before David Rose became famous as the composer
for Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie, and songs like Holiday for Strings
and The Stripper, he was doing arrangements and rehearsal piano work at MGM.
In fact, it was during this time at MGM  that the considerably older David
Rose became involved with the teenage Judy Garland. Though still married he
gave Judy Garland an engagement ring on her 18th birthday, which was kept
under wraps at the time by MGM. Later, after his own divorce from Martha
Raye became final, David Rose then became Judy Garland's first husband.

 

Anyway, after various composers were considered and approached about doing
the score for Forbidden Planet, eventually the assignment fell to David
Rose.  David Rose and the MGM Orchestra recorded music for Forbidden Planet,
but almost all of it is now lost.  Dore Schary who was head of MGM, didn't
particularly like Rose's melodic approach and threw the score out. It is not
clear if Dore Schary had ever expressed to David Rose his desire to have an
avant-garde type of score for the film. 

 

Anyway, Dore Schary had secretly engaged the husband and wife team of Louis
and Bebe Barron who were involved in early experiments with electronic music
to do some demos of electronic music for the film. They worked on it for
many months. The Barron's used early synth-type gear of their own design,
ring modulators, reverb and tape delay effects to create the unique sonic
landscape that we hearin Forbidden Planet.

 

When Schary decided to use the Barron's work in Forbidden Planet instead of
the score from David Rose and the MGM Orchestra, the Musicians Union
objected because they felt it wasn't 'real music'. Their real concerns were
also about future employment for the MGM Orchestra as well. The MGM Symphony
would eventually be dissolved about 12 years later.

 

The Barron's work was the very first electronic sound design style score
and even they weren't sure what to call it. Nonetheless, the original screen
credit was supposed to read:

Electronic Music by Louis and Bebe Barron

 

The Musicians Union was furious and they absolutely did not want the credit
to have music in it. They had an ongoing Collective Bargaining Agreement
with MGM that gave them standing on the issue. Legal on both sides worked
out a settlement and the Barron's final credit on the film was as
Composer(s): Electronic Tonalities.

 

While that may not seem like a big change, it was. Absence of the word
music meant that this revolutionary score for this big budget and now
iconic Sci-Fi film couldn't even be nominated for an Academy Award for
music, let alone win. Contrast that with the synth/sound design score of
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for The Social Network, which in my opinion is
far from revolutionary or even great in context for the needs of the film.
That score was both nominated and won the Academy Award for music a couple
of years back. 

In the case of Forbidden Planet, it isn't about the Robber Barons, but
rather the BARRONS  was robbed!

 

Best Wishes and Happy New Year to All 

 

 

 

From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Gregory
Douglass
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 8:40 AM
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU 
Subject: Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION

 

Pardon me for weighing in late on this question, but it has been the busiest
December EVER for this self-employed guitar picker (21 live shows total, and
that's with no New Year's Eve gig!) Add a recently acquired bad cold to the
mix and you get a guy whose recreational computer time has been minimal.

Unquestionably, the film that completely hooked me on cinema, the
horror/sci-fi genre, AND movie posters, all during one trip to the El Rey
theater in Walnut Creek, CA when I was six, was Forbidden Planet. I can
recall snippets of films that my parents took me to prior to that, but I
remember every moment of this sic-fi classic. While some

Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION

[Kirby McDaniel]

Great post, Phil.  This is an interesting story.

Have a Happy New Year.

Kirby McDaniel


On Dec 31, 2014, at 4:34 PM, Phillip Ayling mro...@earthlink.net wrote:

 Greg,
  
 Forbidden Planet is a great choice. Greg, as you are a guitarist and you also 
 mention the amazing music in Forbidden Planet, I thought I would write a bit 
 about the score for the film that is not well known. In 1956, MGM, which was 
 the Production Company behind Forbidden Planet, had a full-time and tenured 
 Symphony Orchestra on staff at the studio. During this time all of the other 
 major Hollywood studios also had their own unique full-time staff orchestras 
 per agreements with the Musicians Union ( American Federation of Musicians).
  
 MGM also had its own group of famous composers and arrangers on staff from 
 the 30’s through the 60”s.  Before David Rose became famous as the composer 
 for Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie, and songs like Holiday for Strings 
 and The Stripper, he was doing arrangements and rehearsal piano work at MGM. 
 In fact, it was during this time at MGM  that the considerably older David 
 Rose became involved with the teenage Judy Garland. Though still married he 
 gave Judy Garland an engagement ring on her 18th birthday, which was kept 
 under wraps at the time by MGM. Later, after his own divorce from Martha Raye 
 became final, David Rose then became Judy Garland’s first husband.
  
 Anyway, after various composers were considered and approached about doing 
 the score for Forbidden Planet, eventually the assignment fell to David Rose. 
  David Rose and the MGM Orchestra recorded music for Forbidden Planet, but 
 almost all of it is now lost.  Dore Schary who was head of MGM, didn’t 
 particularly like Rose’s melodic approach and threw the score out. It is not 
 clear if Dore Schary had ever expressed to David Rose his desire to have an 
 avant-garde type of score for the film.
  
 Anyway, Dore Schary had secretly engaged the husband and wife team of Louis 
 and Bebe Barron who were involved in early experiments with electronic music 
 to do some demos of electronic music for the film. They worked on it for many 
 months. The Barron’s used early synth-type gear of their own design, ring 
 modulators, reverb and tape delay effects to create the unique sonic 
 landscape that we hearin Forbidden Planet.
  
 When Schary decided to use the Barron’s work in Forbidden Planet instead of 
 the score from David Rose and the MGM Orchestra, the Musicians Union objected 
 because they felt it wasn’t ‘real music’. Their real concerns were also about 
 future employment for the MGM Orchestra as well. The MGM Symphony would 
 eventually be dissolved about 12 years later.
  
 The Barron’s work was the very first electronic “sound design” style score 
 and even they weren’t sure what to call it. Nonetheless, the original screen 
 credit was supposed to read:
 “Electronic Music by Louis and Bebe Barron”
  
 The Musicians Union was furious and they absolutely did not want the credit 
 to have “music” in it. They had an ongoing Collective Bargaining Agreement 
 with MGM that gave them standing on the issue. Legal on both sides worked out 
 a settlement and the Barron’s final credit on the film was as “Composer(s): 
 Electronic Tonalities”.
  
 While that may not seem like a big change, it was. Absence of the word 
 “music” meant that this revolutionary score for this big budget and now 
 iconic Sci-Fi film couldn’t even be nominated for an Academy Award for music, 
 let alone win. Contrast that with the synth/sound design score of Trent 
 Reznor and Atticus Ross for The Social Network, which in my opinion is far 
 from revolutionary or even great in context for the needs of the film. That 
 score was both nominated and won the Academy Award for music a couple of 
 years back.
 In the case of Forbidden Planet, it isn’t about the “Robber Barons”, but 
 rather the BARRONS  was robbed!
  
 Best Wishes and Happy New Year to All
  
  
  
 From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Gregory 
 Douglass
 Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 8:40 AM
 To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
 Subject: Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION
  
 Pardon me for weighing in late on this question, but it has been the busiest 
 December EVER for this self-employed guitar picker (21 live shows total, and 
 that’s with no New Year’s Eve gig!) Add a recently acquired bad cold to the 
 mix and you get a guy whose recreational computer time has been minimal.
 Unquestionably, the film that completely hooked me on cinema, the 
 horror/sci-fi genre, AND movie posters, all during one trip to the El Rey 
 theater in Walnut Creek, CA when I was six, was “Forbidden Planet”. I can 
 recall snippets of films that my parents took me to prior to that, but I 
 remember every moment of this sic-fi classic. While some of the Freudian 
 subtleties were obviously lost on me…or maybe not, come to think of it…the 
 sheer

Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION

[Greg Douglass]

: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 8:40 AM
 To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
 Subject: Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION
 
  
 
 Pardon me for weighing in late on this question, but it has been the busiest
 December EVER for this self-employed guitar picker (21 live shows total, and
 that's with no New Year's Eve gig!) Add a recently acquired bad cold to the
 mix and you get a guy whose recreational computer time has been minimal.
 
 Unquestionably, the film that completely hooked me on cinema, the
 horror/sci-fi genre, AND movie posters, all during one trip to the El Rey
 theater in Walnut Creek, CA when I was six, was Forbidden Planet. I can
 recall snippets of films that my parents took me to prior to that, but I
 remember every moment of this sic-fi classic. While some of the Freudian
 subtleties were obviously lost on me.or maybe not, come to think of it.the
 sheer spectacle of the film left an indelible impression on me. When Robbie
 the Robot came into the picture, my Freak Flag was being stitched inside my
 six-year old psyche; by the time the monster from the Id came into
 terrifying view, the Freak Flag was completely unfurled and blowing proudly
 in the smoke-filled confines of the little theater my dad lovingly referred
 to as The Flea House. 
 
 I recently re-watched the film in HD, and it did not disappoint. Given the
 context of the time period, the special effects were beyond brilliant, and
 the music is still so radical that I can honestly say I've never again
 heard anything like it. As I walked out, I saw the 40X60 poster from the
 film with the iconic image of Robby holding Anne Francis, and I wanted to
 wake up every morning looking at it. Crap. Still have never owned any
 significant poster size from this title and, given the present price range
 on even a title card, it STILL probably ain't gonna happen. But I still have
 the fabulous memory of the 90 minute gift from MGM that permanently altered
 and enriched my inner landscape.
 
 A belated and heartfelt Happy Holidays to all my fellow poster dorks out
 there. 2014 was the best year ever for this old geek, and 2015 promises to
 be even better...hell, maybe that Forbidden Planet poster will finally be
 in my hands after all!
 
 Greg Douglass
 
 In wet, beautiful Escondido, CA
 
 On Dec 23, 2014, at 11:41 AM, Susan filmfantast...@msn.com
 mailto:filmfantast...@msn.com  wrote:
 
  
 
 It is a great question Kirby.  For me there are so many, but two movies that
 had a huge impact on me as a child were Them and Whatever Happened to Baby
 Jane...just couldn't shake those movies for years.  The movie that had the
 most impact on me overall and led to my career in writing and film was To
 Kill a Mockingbird, which is still my favorite film to this day.  It always
 amazes me that this southern woman, who grew up in the Depression south, had
 such an amazing spirit to write this story and it impacts me every time I
 watch it..it is still a film for me that, after a stressful day at work, I
 can go home and it brings me solace...Happy Holidays everyone.Sue -
 Hollywood Poster Frames
  
 
 
   _  
 
 
 Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 14:03:15 -0500
 From: vma...@earthlink.net mailto:vma...@earthlink.net 
 Subject: Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION
 To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU 
 
 
 Kirby,
 
 Great Question,
 
 When I was a kid visiting my grand parents in CT while on summer vacation,
 my grandfather to me to Town (Mancheser, CT) and he dropped me off at the
 local theatre (single screen, of course) and I saw Wm.Wellman's The Next
 Voice You Hear w/ James Whitmore and Nancy Reagan.(1950) I am not sure what
 moved me,but that movie has stuck with me all these years and still now and
 then, pick it up and watch it. Perhaps as a child it opened up a great deal
 of questions for me and the manner it was delivered.
 
  
 
 Number two is and early film; not sure when I saw it, but it, the love and
 generosity of the theme stuck with me again, all these years. Sunday
 Dinner For A Soldier w/ Anne Baxter, John Hodiak, Jane Darwell and Charles
 Winniger (1944).
 
  
 
 Let's just say, I loved the films and didn't remember them for a week or so
 after leaving the theatre, but remember them until this
 dayVaughn
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Kirby McDaniel 
 Sent: Dec 23, 2014 10:06 AM
 To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU 
 Subject: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION
 
 Mopolians,
 
 Is there a film that CHANGED YOUR LIFE? Maybe not in a big way, but somehow
 affected a change in you permanently?
 
 This is not a best-movie-you've-ever-seen question, although the best
 movie you've seen may in fact qualify.  
 
 And you may have more than one - but just pick one that stands out in your
 experience.
 
 It's really hard to know. It's easy to say that movies changed my life - I
 think that collectively they help to shape us

Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION

[Vaughn Mann]

Phil,That is, indeed, an interesting story. .and I guess (?) that means no more magnificient sound tracks from the great composers such as the sounds ofMiklós Rózsa. (Ben Hur, El Cid, etc...). Who, I believe, is no longer with us. Truly Sad on both counts!Vaughn Mann-Original Message-
From: Kirby McDaniel <movieartaus...@gmail.com>
Sent: Dec 31, 2014 6:06 PM
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Subject: Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION

Great post, Phil. This is an interesting story.Have a Happy New Year.Kirby McDanielOn Dec 31, 2014, at 4:34 PM, Phillip Ayling mro...@earthlink.net wrote:Greg,Forbidden Planet is a great choice. Greg, as you are a guitarist and you also mention the amazing music in Forbidden Planet, I thought I would write a bit about the score for the film that is not well known. In 1956, MGM, which was the Production Company behind Forbidden Planet, had a full-time and tenured Symphony Orchestra on staff at the studio. During this time all of the other major Hollywood studios also had their own unique full-time staff orchestras per agreements with the Musicians Union ( American Federation of Musicians).MGM also had its own group of famous composers and arrangers on staff from the 30’s through the 60”s. Before David Rose became famous as the composer for Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie, and songs like Holiday for Strings and The Stripper, he was doing arrangements and rehearsal piano work at MGM. In fact, it was during this time at MGM that the considerably older David Rose became involved with the teenage Judy Garland. Though still married he gave Judy Garland an engagement ring on her 18thbirthday, which was kept under wraps at the time by MGM. Later, after his own divorce from Martha Raye became final, David Rose then became Judy Garland’s first husband.Anyway, after various composers were considered and approached about doing the score for Forbidden Planet, eventually the assignment fell to David Rose. David Rose and the MGM Orchestra recorded music for Forbidden Planet, but almost all of it is now lost. Dore Schary who was head of MGM, didn’t particularly like Rose’s melodic approach and threw the score out. It is not clear if Dore Schary had ever expressed to David Rose his desire to have an avant-garde type of score for the film.Anyway, Dore Schary had secretly engaged the husband and wife team of Louis and Bebe Barron who were involved in early experiments with electronic music to do some demos of electronic music for the film. They worked on it for many months. The Barron’s used early synth-type gear of their own design, ring modulators, reverb and tape delay effects to create the unique sonic landscape that we hearin Forbidden Planet.When Schary decided to use the Barron’s work in Forbidden Planet instead of the score from David Rose and the MGM Orchestra, the Musicians Union objected because they felt it wasn’t ‘real music’. Their real concerns were also about future employment for the MGM Orchestra as well. The MGM Symphony would eventually be dissolved about 12 years later.The Barron’s work was the very first electronic “sound design” style score and even they weren’t sure what to call it. Nonetheless, the original screen credit was supposed to read:“Electronic Music by Louis and Bebe Barron”The Musicians Union was furious and they absolutely did not want the credit to have “music” in it. They had an ongoing Collective Bargaining Agreement with MGM that gave them standing on the issue. Legal on both sides worked out a settlement and the Barron’s final credit on the film was as “Composer(s): Electronic Tonalities”.While that may not seem like a big change, it was. Absence of the word “music” meant that this revolutionary score for this big budget and now iconic Sci-Fi film couldn’t even be nominated for an Academy Award for music, let alone win. Contrast that with the synth/sound design score of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for The Social Network, which in my opinion is far from revolutionary or even great in context for the needs of the film. That score was both nominated and won the Academy Award for music a couple of years back.In the case of Forbidden Planet, it isn’t about the “Robber Barons”, but rather the BARRONS was robbed!Best Wishes and Happy New Year to AllFrom:MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU]On Behalf OfGregory DouglassSent:Wednesday, December 31, 2014 8:40 AMTo:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDUSubject:Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTIONPardon me for weighing in late on this question, but it has been the busiest December EVER for this self-employed guitar picker (21 live shows total, and that’s with no New Year’s Eve gig!) Add a recently acquired bad cold to the mix and you get a guy whose recreational computer time has been minimal.Unquestionably, the film that completely hooked me on cinema, the horror/sci-fi genre, AND movie posters, all during one trip to the El Rey theater in Walnut Creek, CA 

Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION

[Alan Heimann]

I'm in Israel for the holidays so happy Chanukah and merry Christmas to all
From the  holy  land ...  Glad nobody picked a porn movie as a life changer
lol and while I can't say there was a movie for me that was a life changer
...now don't laugh .. But after seeing the wizard of oz I had a recurring
nightmare for years and while I can't remember most of the dream i do
remember the ending cause it ended the same way every time a mini  wicked
witch on a broomstick would fly into my ear and when the tip of the stick
touched my ear I would wake up ..no freudian analysis please .. This went
on for a few years so I guess a true physical temporary life changer ..alan

On Tuesday, December 23, 2014, Kirby McDaniel ki...@movieart.com wrote:

 Mopolians,

 Is there a film that CHANGED YOUR LIFE?  Maybe not in a big way, but
 somehow affected a change in you permanently?

 This is not a “best-movie-you’ve-ever-seen” question, although the best
 movie you’ve seen may in fact qualify.

 And you may have more than one - but just pick one that stands out in your
 experience.

 It’s really hard to know.  It’s easy to say that movies changed my life -
 I think that collectively they help to shape us, but that’s
 not what I’m fishing for here.

 I mean a film that SHIFTED something in you, maybe good, maybe not-so /
 maybe big, maybe small.   So that you could say “after I saw X, I never
 liked this, or I loved this, or I never felt the same about thus and such.”

 Think about it.

 I’m not necessarily asking you to post your answer, either.  This could be
 something private for you.  It’s just a question I thought about recently.


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[Kirby McDaniel]

Mopolians,

Is there a film that CHANGED YOUR LIFE?  Maybe not in a big way, but somehow 
affected a change in you permanently?

This is not a “best-movie-you’ve-ever-seen” question, although the best movie 
you’ve seen may in fact qualify.  

And you may have more than one - but just pick one that stands out in your 
experience.

It’s really hard to know.  It’s easy to say that movies changed my life - I 
think that collectively they help to shape us, but that’s
not what I’m fishing for here.

I mean a film that SHIFTED something in you, maybe good, maybe not-so / maybe 
big, maybe small.   So that you could say “after I saw X, I never liked this, 
or I loved this, or I never felt the same about thus and such.”

Think about it.

I’m not necessarily asking you to post your answer, either.  This could be 
something private for you.  It’s just a question I thought about recently.


Kirby McDaniel
MovieArt Original Film Posters
P.O. Box 4419
Austin TX 78765-4419
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[walter reuben]

 For me, this would go back to when I was 13 and my family had just
moved to the suburbs of Philadelphia, where, in a short period of
time, I saw two films which, together, changed my life: THE BATTLESHIP
POTEMKIN and THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI.  The experience of seeing
these two films inspired my lifelong passion for films and for film
history.
Walter

On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 7:06 AM, Kirby McDaniel ki...@movieart.com wrote:
 Mopolians,

 Is there a film that CHANGED YOUR LIFE?  Maybe not in a big way, but somehow 
 affected a change in you permanently?

 This is not a “best-movie-you’ve-ever-seen” question, although the best movie 
 you’ve seen may in fact qualify.

 And you may have more than one - but just pick one that stands out in your 
 experience.

 It’s really hard to know.  It’s easy to say that movies changed my life - I 
 think that collectively they help to shape us, but that’s
 not what I’m fishing for here.

 I mean a film that SHIFTED something in you, maybe good, maybe not-so / maybe 
 big, maybe small.   So that you could say “after I saw X, I never liked this, 
 or I loved this, or I never felt the same about thus and such.”

 Think about it.

 I’m not necessarily asking you to post your answer, either.  This could be 
 something private for you.  It’s just a question I thought about recently.


 Kirby McDaniel
 MovieArt Original Film Posters
 P.O. Box 4419
 Austin TX 78765-4419
 512 479 6680  mobile 512 589 5112
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[Toochis Morin]

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 On Dec 23, 2014, at 7:06 AM, Kirby McDaniel ki...@movieart.com wrote:
 
 Mopolians,
 
 Is there a film that CHANGED YOUR LIFE?  Maybe not in a big way, but somehow 
 affected a change in you permanently?
 
 This is not a “best-movie-you’ve-ever-seen” question, although the best movie 
 you’ve seen may in fact qualify.  
 
 And you may have more than one - but just pick one that stands out in your 
 experience.
 
 It’s really hard to know.  It’s easy to say that movies changed my life - I 
 think that collectively they help to shape us, but that’s
 not what I’m fishing for here.
 
 I mean a film that SHIFTED something in you, maybe good, maybe not-so / maybe 
 big, maybe small.   So that you could say “after I saw X, I never liked this, 
 or I loved this, or I never felt the same about thus and such.”
 
 Think about it.
 
 I’m not necessarily asking you to post your answer, either.  This could be 
 something private for you.  It’s just a question I thought about recently.
 
 
 Kirby McDaniel
 MovieArt Original Film Posters
 P.O. Box 4419
 Austin TX 78765-4419
 512 479 6680  mobile 512 589 5112
 www.movieart.com
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[Alan Adler]

It was Star Wars!

I think I was the only professional comic in NC back in 1977 -
Had a live comedy TV show on the local CBS affiliate in Charlotte, N.C.
We also showed old tv shows and Flash Gordon serial chapters, ran crazy events 
like a MING THE MERCILESS LOOK ALIKE CONTEST and Beat Carson in the ratings.
I was also the station’s on air movie reviewer.
One day I got three small 16mm clips in the mail (how it was done in those 
days) from this new movie no one knew anything about - STAR WARS.
Those clips completely flipped me out - I watched them over, and over, and over 
- they were prophetic - a call to action - a change in the wind - then when the 
movie cam out - 
I could’t hold myself back - Star Wars put together everything I was thinking 
and dreaming - 
I quite my jobs - packed a box of books and a typewriter and moved to the 
Hollywood Hills just north of Hollywood and Vine -
I figured his was my shot to write sci-fi movies - all I ever really wanted to 
do - and I also figured I had 7 years to do it since that’s how long the cycles 
were in those days.
P.S. - I lived on movie posters.

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[Jay Nemeth-Johannes]

It was M*A*S*H for me.

I was in the military, stationed in Kansas.  At the end of the film I got
in my car and headed north toward Canada.  This did not please the three
guys riding with me, and eventually they convinced me to turn around and
head back to the base.

Still, it was at that point I decided I did not want a military career and
decided it was time to grow up and make something of my life.  Finished my
4 year commitment and went back to engineering school 

  Jay

On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 09:06:02 -0600, Kirby McDaniel ki...@movieart.com
wrote:
 Mopolians,
 
 Is there a film that CHANGED YOUR LIFE?  Maybe not in a big way, but
 somehow affected a change in you permanently?
 
 This is not a “best-movie-you’ve-ever-seen” question, although the best
 movie you’ve seen may in fact qualify.  
 
 And you may have more than one - but just pick one that stands out in
your
 experience.
 
 It’s really hard to know.  It’s easy to say that movies changed my life
-
 I think that collectively they help to shape us, but that’s
 not what I’m fishing for here.
 
 I mean a film that SHIFTED something in you, maybe good, maybe not-so /
 maybe big, maybe small.   So that you could say “after I saw X, I never
 liked this, or I loved this, or I never felt the same about thus and
such.”
 
 Think about it.
 
 I’m not necessarily asking you to post your answer, either.  This could
be
 something private for you.  It’s just a question I thought about
recently.
 
 
 Kirby McDaniel

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Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION

[Vaughn Mann]

Kirby,Great Question,When I was a kid visiting my grand parents in CT while on summer vacation, my grandfather to me to Town (Mancheser, CT) and he dropped me off at the local theatre (single screen, of course) and I saw Wm.Wellman's "The Next Voice YouHear" w/ James Whitmore and Nancy Reagan.(1950) I am not sure what moved me,but that movie has stuck with me all these years and still now and then, pick it up and watch it. Perhaps as a child it opened up a great deal of questions for me and the manner it was delivered.Number two is and early film; not sure when I saw it, but it, the love and generosity of the theme "stuck with me" again, all these years. "Sunday Dinner For A Soldier" w/ Anne Baxter, John Hodiak, Jane Darwell and Charles Winniger (1944).Let's just say, I loved the films and didn't remember them for a week or so after leaving the theatre, but remember them until this dayVaughn-Original Message-From: Kirby McDaniel Sent: Dec 23, 2014 10:06 AMTo: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDUSubject: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTIONMopolians,Is there a film that CHANGED YOUR LIFE?  Maybe not in a big way, but somehow affected a change in you permanently?This is not a “best-movie-you’ve-ever-seen” question, although the best movie you’ve seen may in fact qualify.  And you may have more than one - but just pick one that stands out in your experience.It’s really hard to know.  It’s easy to say that movies changed my life - I think that collectively they help to shape us, but that’snot what I’m fishing for here.I mean a film that SHIFTED something in you, maybe good, maybe not-so / maybe big, maybe small.   So that you could say “after I saw X, I never liked this, or I loved this, or I never felt the same about thus and such.”Think about it.I’m not necessarily asking you to post your answer, either.  This could be something private for you.  It’s just a question I thought about recently.Kirby McDanielMovieArt Original Film PostersP.O. Box 4419Austin TX 78765-4419512 479 6680  mobile 512 589 5112www.movieart.comhttps://www.facebook.com/movieart.austin.texashttp://www.pinterest.com/movieartaustin/ Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com   ___  How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List   Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.eduIn the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-LThe author of this message is solely responsible for its content.


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Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION

[Susan]

It is a great question Kirby.  For me there are so many, but two movies that 
had a huge impact on me as a child were Them and Whatever Happened to Baby 
Jane...just couldn't shake those movies for years.  The movie that had the most 
impact on me overall and led to my career in writing and film was To Kill a 
Mockingbird, which is still my favorite film to this day.  It always amazes me 
that this southern woman, who grew up in the Depression south, had such an 
amazing spirit to write this story and it impacts me every time I watch it..it 
is still a film for me that, after a stressful day at work, I can go home and 
it brings me solace...Happy Holidays everyone.Sue - Hollywood Poster 
Frames
 
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 14:03:15 -0500
From: vma...@earthlink.net
Subject: Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU


Kirby,

Great Question,

When I was a kid visiting my grand parents in CT while on summer vacation, my 
grandfather to me to Town (Mancheser, CT) and he dropped me off at the local 
theatre (single screen, of course) and I saw Wm.Wellman's The Next Voice You 
Hear w/ James Whitmore and Nancy Reagan.(1950) I am not sure what moved me,but 
that movie has stuck with me all these years and still now and then, pick it up 
and watch it. Perhaps as a child it opened up a great deal of questions for me 
and the manner it was delivered.
Number two is and early film; not sure when I saw it, but it, the love and 
generosity of the theme stuck with me again, all these years. Sunday Dinner 
For A Soldier w/ Anne Baxter, John Hodiak, Jane Darwell and Charles Winniger 
(1944).
Let's just say, I loved the films and didn't remember them for a week or so 
after leaving the theatre, but remember them until this 
dayVaughn
-Original Message-
From: Kirby McDaniel 
Sent: Dec 23, 2014 10:06 AM
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Subject: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION

Mopolians,

Is there a film that CHANGED YOUR LIFE?  Maybe not in a big way, but somehow 
affected a change in you permanently?

This is not a “best-movie-you’ve-ever-seen” question, although the best movie 
you’ve seen may in fact qualify.  

And you may have more than one - but just pick one that stands out in your 
experience.

It’s really hard to know.  It’s easy to say that movies changed my life - I 
think that collectively they help to shape us, but that’s
not what I’m fishing for here.

I mean a film that SHIFTED something in you, maybe good, maybe not-so / maybe 
big, maybe small.   So that you could say “after I saw X, I never liked this, 
or I loved this, or I never felt the same about thus and such.”

Think about it.

I’m not necessarily asking you to post your answer, either.  This could be 
something private for you.  It’s just a question I thought about recently.


Kirby McDaniel
MovieArt Original Film Posters
P.O. Box 4419
Austin TX 78765-4419
512 479 6680  mobile 512 589 5112
www.movieart.com
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Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION

[daniel strebin]

when i was 5 or 6 or so, i started conning my mom into falling asleep on the couch so i could stay up really late and watch the saturday night double feature monster/ sci-fi show, which in my little market of boring, oregon (yes there really is such a place) was called "the cat creeps" with a really sexy girl in a full black cat suit with ears and tail, pre-dating josie and the pussycats, who came on screen doing a sexy sneaky cat crawl. as if that wasn't enough to change my life in and of itself, the one night that certainly did chose to pair "i walked with a zombie" with "the day the earth stood still", which both burned their unique images and other-wordly philosophies into my hungry brain permanently, in fact it took me years later to figure out what movie emblazoned the voodoo seduction dance into my subconscious, while it it was easy to identify where gort and patricia neal came from (am i the only one who always found her sexy?) so i have always credited those 2 films with the naissance of my fascination with great, terrible, unique, indecipherable, redeeming, hopeless, etc films, as long as they are memorable, that is the one defining quality for me in film, memorable. and of course, i must also credit those first 2 memorable films for my passion to possess something tangible and definitive from every one of those thousands of unforgettable films i have seen along the way. daniel strebin aka dan the posterman -Original Message-
From: Vaughn Mann <vma...@earthlink.net>
Sent: Dec 23, 2014 11:03 AM
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Subject: Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION

Kirby,Great Question,When I was a kid visiting my grand parents in CT while on summer vacation, my grandfather to me to Town (Mancheser, CT) and he dropped me off at the local theatre (single screen, of course) and I saw Wm.Wellman's "The Next Voice YouHear" w/ James Whitmore and Nancy Reagan.(1950) I am not sure what moved me,but that movie has stuck with me all these years and still now and then, pick it up and watch it. Perhaps as a child it opened up a great deal of questions for me and the manner it was delivered.Number two is and early film; not sure when I saw it, but it, the love and generosity of the theme "stuck with me" again, all these years. "Sunday Dinner For A Soldier" w/ Anne Baxter, John Hodiak, Jane Darwell and Charles Winniger (1944).Let's just say, I loved the films and didn't remember them for a week or so after leaving the theatre, but remember them until this dayVaughn-Original Message-From: Kirby McDaniel <ki...@movieart.com>Sent: Dec 23, 2014 10:06 AMTo: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDUSubject: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTIONMopolians,Is there a film that CHANGED YOUR LIFE?  Maybe not in a big way, but somehow affected a change in you permanently?This is not a “best-movie-you’ve-ever-seen” question, although the best movie you’ve seen may in fact qualify.  And you may have more than one - but just pick one that stands out in your experience.It’s really hard to know.  It’s easy to say that movies changed my life - I think that collectively they help to shape us, but that’snot what I’m fishing for here.I mean a film that SHIFTED something in you, maybe good, maybe not-so / maybe big, maybe small.   So that you could say “after I saw X, I never liked this, or I loved this, or I never felt the same about thus and such.”Think about it.I’m not necessarily asking you to post your answer, either.  This could be something private for you.  It’s just a question I thought about recently.Kirby McDanielMovieArt Original Film PostersP.O. Box 4419Austin TX 78765-4419512 479 6680  mobile 512 589 5112www.movieart.comhttps://www.facebook.com/movieart.austin.texashttp://www.pinterest.com/movieartaustin/ Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com   ___  How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List   Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.eduIn the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-LThe author of this message is solely responsible for its content.


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Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION

[Kirby McDaniel]

Great response, Daniel.   Apparently, Gary Cooper found her very sexy.

Kirby
On Dec 23, 2014, at 2:27 PM, daniel strebin posterman...@earthlink.net wrote:

 when i was 5 or 6 or so, i started conning my mom into falling asleep on the 
 couch so i could stay up really late and watch the saturday night double 
 feature monster/ sci-fi show, which in my little market of boring, oregon 
 (yes there really is such a place) was called the cat creeps with a really 
 sexy girl in a full black cat suit with ears and tail, pre-dating josie and 
 the pussycats, who came on screen doing a sexy sneaky cat crawl. as if that 
 wasn't enough to change my life in and of itself, the one night that 
 certainly did chose to pair i walked with a zombie with the day the earth 
 stood still, which both burned their unique images and other-wordly 
 philosophies into my hungry brain permanently, in fact it took me years later 
 to figure out what movie emblazoned the voodoo seduction dance into my 
 subconscious, while it it was easy to identify where gort and patricia neal 
 came from (am i the only one who always found her sexy?) so i have always 
 credited those 2 films with the naissance of my fascination with great, 
 terrible, unique, indecipherable, redeeming, hopeless, etc films, as long as 
 they are memorable, that is the one defining quality for me in film, 
 memorable. and of course, i must also credit those first 2 memorable films 
 for my passion to possess something tangible and definitive from every one of 
 those thousands of unforgettable films i have seen along the way. daniel 
 strebin aka dan the posterman 
 
 -Original Message- 
 From: Vaughn Mann 
 Sent: Dec 23, 2014 11:03 AM 
 To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU 
 Subject: Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION 
 
 
 Kirby,
 
 Great Question,
 
 When I was a kid visiting my grand parents in CT while on summer vacation, my 
 grandfather to me to Town (Mancheser, CT) and he dropped me off at the local 
 theatre (single screen, of course) and I sawWm.Wellman's The Next Voice You 
 Hear w/ James Whitmore and Nancy Reagan.(1950) I am not sure what moved 
 me,but that movie has stuck with me all these years and still now and then, 
 pick it up and watch it. Perhaps as a child it opened up a great deal of 
 questions for me and the manner it was delivered.
 
 Number two is and early film; not sure when I saw it, but it, the love and 
 generosity of the theme stuck with me again, all these years. Sunday 
 Dinner For A Soldier w/ Anne Baxter, John Hodiak, Jane Darwell and Charles 
 Winniger (1944).
 
 Let's just say, I loved the films and didn't remember them for a week or so 
 after leaving the theatre, but remember them until this 
 dayVaughn
 -Original Message-
 From: Kirby McDaniel 
 Sent: Dec 23, 2014 10:06 AM
 To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
 Subject: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION
 
 Mopolians,
 
 Is there a film that CHANGED YOUR LIFE? Maybe not in a big way, but somehow 
 affected a change in you permanently?
 
 This is not a “best-movie-you’ve-ever-seen” question, although the best 
 movie you’ve seen may in fact qualify. 
 
 And you may have more than one - but just pick one that stands out in your 
 experience.
 
 It’s really hard to know. It’s easy to say that movies changed my life - I 
 think that collectively they help to shape us, but that’s
 not what I’m fishing for here.
 
 I mean a film that SHIFTED something in you, maybe good, maybe not-so / 
 maybe big, maybe small. So that you could say “after I saw X, I never liked 
 this, or I loved this, or I never felt the same about thus and such.”
 
 Think about it.
 
 I’m not necessarily asking you to post your answer, either. This could be 
 something private for you. It’s just a question I thought about recently.
 
 
 Kirby McDaniel
 MovieArt Original Film Posters
 P.O. Box 4419
 Austin TX 78765-4419
 512 479 6680 mobile 512 589 5112
 www.movieart.com
 https://www.facebook.com/movieart.austin.texas
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Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION

[Michael Danese]

First, Kirby what an amazing question! Second, Walter I didn't know you grew up 
in suburban Philadelphia  - so did I!
 But when I was in high school I stayed up late one night to see the fighting 
69th with James Cagney. That did it for me. From that moment on I knew my 
future was in motion pictures and James Cagney was my favorite actor. I've 
collected Cagney for 40 years. And have been a producer for about the same. 
So great question and happy holidays to everyone in MOPO land!

Thanks,
Michael Danese

 On Dec 23, 2014, at 10:06 AM, Kirby McDaniel ki...@movieart.com wrote:
 
 Mopolians,
 
 Is there a film that CHANGED YOUR LIFE?  Maybe not in a big way, but somehow 
 affected a change in you permanently?
 
 This is not a “best-movie-you’ve-ever-seen” question, although the best movie 
 you’ve seen may in fact qualify.  
 
 And you may have more than one - but just pick one that stands out in your 
 experience.
 
 It’s really hard to know.  It’s easy to say that movies changed my life - I 
 think that collectively they help to shape us, but that’s
 not what I’m fishing for here.
 
 I mean a film that SHIFTED something in you, maybe good, maybe not-so / maybe 
 big, maybe small.   So that you could say “after I saw X, I never liked this, 
 or I loved this, or I never felt the same about thus and such.”
 
 Think about it.
 
 I’m not necessarily asking you to post your answer, either.  This could be 
 something private for you.  It’s just a question I thought about recently.
 
 
 Kirby McDaniel
 MovieArt Original Film Posters
 P.O. Box 4419
 Austin TX 78765-4419
 512 479 6680  mobile 512 589 5112
 www.movieart.com
 https://www.facebook.com/movieart.austin.texas
 http://www.pinterest.com/movieartaustin/
 
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Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION

[Richard Del Belso]

I DID, TOO.
SHE HAD A SEXY ATTITUDE AND A SEXY VOICE...
 
HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL MOPOERS!
 
Richard DB
 
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 14:43:36 -0600
From: movieartaus...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU

Great response, Daniel.   Apparently, Gary Cooper found her very sexy.
KirbyOn Dec 23, 2014, at 2:27 PM, daniel strebin posterman...@earthlink.net 
wrote:when i was 5 or 6 or so, i started conning my mom into falling asleep on 
the couch so i could stay up really late and watch the saturday night double 
feature monster/ sci-fi show, which in my little market of boring, oregon (yes 
there really is such a place) was called the cat creeps with a really sexy 
girl in a full black cat suit with ears and tail, pre-dating josie and the 
pussycats, who came on screen doing a sexy sneaky cat crawl. as if that wasn't 
enough to change my life in and of itself, the one night that certainly did 
chose to pair i walked with a zombie with the day the earth stood still, 
which both burned their unique images and other-wordly philosophies into my 
hungry brain permanently, in fact it took me years later to figure out what 
movie emblazoned the voodoo seduction dance into my subconscious, while it it 
was easy to identify where gort and patricia neal came from (am i the only one 
who always found her sexy?) so i have always credited those 2 films with the 
naissance of my fascination with great, terrible, unique, indecipherable, 
redeeming, hopeless, etc films, as long as they are memorable, that is the one 
defining quality for me in film, memorable. and of course, i must also credit 
those first 2 memorable films for my passion to possess something tangible and 
definitive from every one of those thousands of unforgettable films i have seen 
along the way. daniel strebin aka dan the posterman 

-Original Message- 
From: Vaughn Mann 
Sent: Dec 23, 2014 11:03 AM 
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU 
Subject: Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION 


Kirby,

Great Question,

When I was a kid visiting my grand parents in CT while on summer vacation, my 
grandfather to me to Town (Mancheser, CT) and he dropped me off at the local 
theatre (single screen, of course) and I sawWm.Wellman's The Next Voice You 
Hear w/ James Whitmore and Nancy Reagan.(1950) I am not sure what moved me,but 
that movie has stuck with me all these years and still now and then, pick it up 
and watch it. Perhaps as a child it opened up a great deal of questions for me 
and the manner it was delivered.
Number two is and early film; not sure when I saw it, but it, the love and 
generosity of the theme stuck with me again, all these years. Sunday Dinner 
For A Soldier w/ Anne Baxter, John Hodiak, Jane Darwell and Charles Winniger 
(1944).
Let's just say, I loved the films and didn't remember them for a week or so 
after leaving the theatre, but remember them until this 
dayVaughn
-Original Message-
From: Kirby McDaniel 
Sent: Dec 23, 2014 10:06 AM
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Subject: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION

Mopolians,

Is there a film that CHANGED YOUR LIFE? Maybe not in a big way, but somehow 
affected a change in you permanently?

This is not a “best-movie-you’ve-ever-seen” question, although the best movie 
you’ve seen may in fact qualify. 

And you may have more than one - but just pick one that stands out in your 
experience.

It’s really hard to know. It’s easy to say that movies changed my life - I 
think that collectively they help to shape us, but that’s
not what I’m fishing for here.

I mean a film that SHIFTED something in you, maybe good, maybe not-so / maybe 
big, maybe small. So that you could say “after I saw X, I never liked this, or 
I loved this, or I never felt the same about thus and such.”

Think about it.

I’m not necessarily asking you to post your answer, either. This could be 
something private for you. It’s just a question I thought about recently.


Kirby McDaniel
MovieArt Original Film Posters
P.O. Box 4419
Austin TX 78765-4419
512 479 6680 mobile 512 589 5112
www.movieart.com
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Re: [MOPO] My 2014 MOPO THINK-ABOUT-IT QUESTION

[Michael Danese]

Small world Walter! I grew up in upper Darby.

Thanks,
MD

 On Dec 23, 2014, at 9:00 PM, walter reuben wal...@walterfilm.com wrote:
 
 Yes, Michael, when I was 13, my family moved to Wynnewood, in the
 suburbs of Philadelphia.  And there were then a few movie theaters
 that showed all kinds of older films.  Within my first year of living
 there, I had seen THE BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN, THE CABINET OF DR.
 CALIGARI, CHILDREN OF PARADISE, Murnau's TARTUFFE, Bergman's THE
 MAGICIAN, SHOULDER ARMS, THE GREAT DICTATOR, the Lon Chaney version of
 PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, and anything else that happened to be screened.
 Mind you, in those early days, this was one of the few ways in which
 one could see older films, and, as a kid, I saw everything that I
 could.
 
 On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 4:54 PM, Michael Danese danes...@ptd.net wrote:
 First, Kirby what an amazing question! Second, Walter I didn't know you grew 
 up in suburban Philadelphia  - so did I!
 But when I was in high school I stayed up late one night to see the 
 fighting 69th with James Cagney. That did it for me. From that moment on I 
 knew my future was in motion pictures and James Cagney was my favorite 
 actor. I've collected Cagney for 40 years. And have been a producer for 
 about the same.
 So great question and happy holidays to everyone in MOPO land!
 
 Thanks,
 Michael Danese
 
 On Dec 23, 2014, at 10:06 AM, Kirby McDaniel ki...@movieart.com wrote:
 
 Mopolians,
 
 Is there a film that CHANGED YOUR LIFE?  Maybe not in a big way, but 
 somehow affected a change in you permanently?
 
 This is not a “best-movie-you’ve-ever-seen” question, although the best 
 movie you’ve seen may in fact qualify.
 
 And you may have more than one - but just pick one that stands out in your 
 experience.
 
 It’s really hard to know.  It’s easy to say that movies changed my life - I 
 think that collectively they help to shape us, but that’s
 not what I’m fishing for here.
 
 I mean a film that SHIFTED something in you, maybe good, maybe not-so / 
 maybe big, maybe small.   So that you could say “after I saw X, I never 
 liked this, or I loved this, or I never felt the same about thus and such.”
 
 Think about it.
 
 I’m not necessarily asking you to post your answer, either.  This could be 
 something private for you.  It’s just a question I thought about recently.
 
 
 Kirby McDaniel
 MovieArt Original Film Posters
 P.O. Box 4419
 Austin TX 78765-4419
 512 479 6680  mobile 512 589 5112
 www.movieart.com
 https://www.facebook.com/movieart.austin.texas
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