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Subject: Re: Soldiers Three Author: Eva D [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 17:15:31 09/09/06 Sat In reply to: Susan 's message, "Soldiers Three" on 23:28:38 08/02/06 Wed I watched Soldiers Three on TCM, and recorded it to a DVD with my new (this year) DVD recorder, even though I've had it on tape for years. My @#&^%!&*^$ cable company interrupted it TWICE with those obnoxious "emergency messages". If I had just been watching, it woudn't have been so bad, but to have it on an otherwise perfect DVD . . . So, I stayed up all last night to re-do it. Got it! PERFECTO! Last night I noticed something totally irrelevant. Not only are the horses seen in the movie NOT the kind of horses they have in India (no big surprise there, though a bit annoying), but I actually recognzed the horse the Colonel was riding! I hadn't noticed in earlier viewings, but it is Ol' Pie, the horse James Stewart rides in most of his westerns. Audie Murphy rides the same horse in some of his earlier films as well. It was a pretty strange feeling, considering the miles and miles between a James stewart or Audie Murphy western and a Robert Newton film. I thoroughly enjoy Soldiers Three; it has some absolutely hilarious scenes. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: Soldiers Three Author: Susan [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 02:19:44 09/10/06 Sun Did you catch it on TCM on Saturday morning at 6 a.m.? (I put it on the calendar, but I didn't think to mention it here.) The one I taped on the 21st had at least one glitch in it that I caught--not a public service announcement, but the cable going out completely for a few seconds--so I re-recorded it yesterday. Hope I got it this time! Interesting about the horses. It never occurred to me that they would use the same horses over and over in different movies! I wonder if there's an animal-actor version of the IMDb! If not, there should be. I guess Ol' Pie would have a longer filmography than some humans. Glad to find another person who likes Soldiers Three. I really don't see what's so bad about it (unless you've read the Rudyard Kipling story and expected the movie to have anything to do with it!). So what do you think is the funniest scene? I especially love RN and Cyril Cusack in it, but Stewart Granger is pretty funny and makes some great facial expressions. (I love his line, "Bit of an engagement with a cactus, sir.") David Niven, with his usual persnicketiness, is funny as well. ("Easy on the oxen!") Heck, it's just an all-around good time, and to me it's more down to the acting than the script; although there are a lot of cute lines in it, it's really the delivery that makes them so funny. All those guys worked really well together. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Re: Soldiers Three Author: Eva D [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 09:15:04 09/10/06 Sun > Did you catch it on TCM on Saturday morning at 6 a.m.? Yes, except that it was on at 3 AM here. > So what do you think is the funniest scene? Hmmmm . . . That's not easy; there were many funny bits. Maybe: RN dancing a jig in the pub. The Rupee 'blister' on RN's foot The pheasant "Mooooo" RN in dress and fur The guys riding the steer David Niven and the steer. Just to mention a few. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]