Ok Uncle Leo, a little background on your sig...

[creditnob]

Uncle Leo,

Can you fill us in on the history or background of your sig. I know it shows my age, but I actually remember watching some of these movies, films, etc. Dark under the eyes, etc. --LOL

 

Anyway, I can't place it at all.

 

Don't know if I should say it is weird, neat, inspiring, funny or all the above, but I like it....

[Uncle Leo]

I wish I could, but I can't. Someone e-mailed it to me awhile back, IIRC. I'm guessing it's from a cheesy B-movie horror movie that may be as old as 50-80 yrs old, but am not sure.

[creditnob]

I am guessing you are right regarding the age. However, I think the movie is probably more main stream and just an animated gif of a scene at just the right moment of an angry mob or argument, etc.

I am thinking maybe even one or two of the actors may be well known and the movie well known. Just need to find the right person to look and identify it.

Ok---calling all really old folks--we need your help---LOL

[Nemeweh]

I want to know who/what it is too!

[creditnob]

Ok Uncle Leo here is an update about your signature. I asked about it on a classic movie forum. I will post answer here and a link to the site for your viewing. I have not verified this answer or got the movie yet, but I plan to try to rent the movie soon.

 

 

It looks very much like the scene in "Metropolis" when the "False Maria" (robot made to look like a human woman) is doing an "exotic dance".....the camera cuts from her dancing to the faces of the men watching.

 

Before you all get too impressed with my Classic Movie Knowledge, I rented and viewed "Metropolis" about two weeks ago. The scene stuck in my mind because it showed how much can be conveyed by simply seeing the expression on these men's faces without any sound.

Faye

 

Post located here: http://forums.delphiforums.com/classicmov/...+Reading+%3E%3E

 

Main Site here: http://www.classicmovies.org/

[Nemeweh]

:mellow:

 

 

Great job, C-nob!

[PHRoG]

That nailed it:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNVbFLaO2jQ...feature=related

 

1:20 into it!

 

:mellow:

 

ETA: I think the sig is probably from 2:08 though.

Edited November 25, 2009 by PHRoG

[jettavwdrvr]

Great info! I, too, have been enthralled by his siggie!

[Nemeweh]

 

awesomeness

 

 

ETA - I have to wonder if there are some of us who were more interested in Leo's sig than he was

Edited November 25, 2009 by Nemeweh

[jettavwdrvr]

I'm a big fan of old B&W movies and his siggie has been bothering me. ALOT. I have been racking my brain trying to figure out where that animated gif was from. I didn't know who or what to even begin to Google. I just didn't think anyone else was as interested as me, so I never asked. I'm so glad that someone else did!!

[jettavwdrvr]

I just had to go look up this movie on imdb and enjoyed reading these facts about it. This pleases my innergeek, especially about C-3PO.

 

# Film included more than 37,000 extras including 25,000 men, 11,000 women, 1,100 bald men, 750 children, 100 dark-skinned people and 25 Asians.

 

# Reportedly one of Adolf Hitler's favorite films.

 

# Being one of the most expensive movies of the time, costing around 5,000,000 marks, this film nearly sent UFA (Universum Film) into bankruptcy.

 

# The restored version of 2001 is based on a digital restoration at 2K resolution from the best available sources. The image quality far surpasses anything seen since the original release of the film.

 

# No optical printing system existed at the time, so to create a matte effect, a large mirror was placed at an angle to reflect a piece of artwork while live footage was projected onto the reverse. To expose the projected footage, the silvering on the back of the mirror had to be scraped off in strategically appropriate places. One mistake would ruin the whole mirror. This was done for each separate shot that had to be composited in this manner. This procedure was developed by Eugen Schüfftan and is known as the "Schufftan Process."

 

# This was the first film ever to be registered in the "Memory of the World-Register" of the UNESCO in 2001.

 

# When Rotwang shows Fredersen the robot, it is Brigitte Helm, not a stunt performer, inside the robot costume.

 

# For decades, all that survived of "Metropolis" were an incomplete original negative and copies of shortened, re-edited release prints; over a quarter of the film was believed lost. However, in July 2008 Germany's 'ZEITmagazin' reported the discovery of a copy of the original, full-length print which had been sent to Argentina in 1928. Examining the reels in Buenos Aires, cinema experts realised that they contained the missing sequences (predominantly those involving the Thin Man who spies on Freder, and worker 11811 in Yoshiwara). Additionally, in October 2008 it was announced that another (hopefully) early copy in the obsolete 9.5mm format had been held in the University of Chile's film library, intentionally mislabelled to avoid destruction during 1973's military coup. It is as yet unknown if this holds any further viewable footage. After almost 80 years, the film is now hoped to be complete.

 

# The multiple-exposed sequences were not created in a lab but right during the filming on the set. The film was rewound in the camera and then exposed again right away. This was done up to 30 times.

 

# This film took 2 years to shoot.

 

# Adjusting for inflation, the budget for Metropolis ran around $200 million (June, 2007).

 

# The robot of this film inspired the look for C-3PO in Star Wars (1977).

 

# In the novelization, the robot is described as a woman "of glass and metal," and her name is Parody; Maria's features are sculpted onto its face by Rotwang itself, using Maria as a guide.

[creditnob]

 

 

Great job, C-nob!

 

Well thanks, but I have to give all the credit to Faye491 over at ClassicMovies.org Good thing she saw the movie recently. I will now have to rent and view the movie.

 

I spent wayyyyyyyyy too much time looking up old movie stars, photos, etc. in my quest before realizing I should just ask the dang question from someone who would most likely know or find out the answer.

 

We have our expertise and classicmovies.org has theirs. Maybe some of their members will see the post and we can help them out with a little of what we know.

 

Now I understand why some of us were so intrigued---ROFLMAO

 

I just knew something was up with that scene.---heheeeeheheee

[PHRoG]

Yeah...I noticed sometime ago that the longer you look at it...The more it starts to get to you!

 

[creditnob]

That nailed it:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNVbFLaO2jQ...feature=related

 

1:20 into it!

 

 

ETA: I think the sig is probably from 2:08 though.

 

 

sweeeeeeeeeeeettt find.

[Uncle Leo]

Excellent.

 

I gotta admit some of y'all were a little more intrigued than I was, but your enthusiasm piqued my interest. I think I'm going to have to put this on my "watch" list.

 

Thanks.

[creditnob]

I'm a big fan of old B&W movies and his siggie has been bothering me. ALOT. I have been racking my brain trying to figure out where that animated gif was from. I didn't know who or what to even begin to Google. I just didn't think anyone else was as interested as me, so I never asked. I'm so glad that someone else did!!

 

You too, huh!!!!! LOL

Edited November 25, 2009 by creditnob

[PHRoG]

I've never, ever watched a silent film before. But now reading about it's history and thumbing through all those vids to find the scene. I think I'm gonna get it!

 

[creditnob]

Exotic dancer gal got some moves--heheeheee

[PHRoG]

I got around halfway through it last night...I'm loving this thing!!!!

 

 

I'm simply amazed at everything they went through...The music is perfect and does a fantastic job or relaying the emotions they are trying to convey.

Edited November 26, 2009 by PHRoG

[clutchcargo]

For some reason the guy in the foreground is how I picture JosephC

[creditnob]

Alright Leo,

Where the sig go?

[Uncle Leo]

Alright Leo,

Where the sig go?

It's in hiatus.

 

I like to switch 'em out from time to time. It was quite popular, I plan to bring it back sometime.