Filmbrain's Screen Capture Quiz: Round 11, The Winners!

George Marshall was certainly no stranger to the Western genre, but his 1954 musical Red Garters is a bit of a dud. Visually it's a stunner, and its brightly colored soundstages and obvious architectural artifice are fascinating to behold, but it never rises above its stylistic conceit. Songs like With a Whoop and a Holler and a Dime and a Dollar or The Robin Randall Song never became standards, and it's not difficult to see why. Lead actress Rosemary Clooney does give it her all, and it's her performance that makes the film tolerable. (Well, that and the chance to gaze at the gorgeous Pat Crowley). As for the connection to Twin Peaks (the second season of which just happened to come out on DVD yesterday - huzzah!) in two hops or less, it's very simple: Rosemary Clooney (George Clooney's aunt) is the mother of Miguel Ferrer, who played gruff but loveable FBI agent Albert Rosenfield on the groundbreaking series. Some of the routes suggested were indeed clever (Clooney to Stephen Tobolowski to Lara Flynn Boyle...) but the only other one to meet the two hops or less requirement was Rosemary Clooney starring with Russ Tamblyn in Deep in My Heart. (Nice one Mike!) And with this a dozen weeks of celluloid song and dance comes to an end. Congratulations to all who participated, especially the many first-time entrants. The average score was an impressive 9, though only the following three individuals managed to score a perfect 13 (12 weeks + the bonus question): Mike F, JK M, and Dominic T. Well done! As usual, any DVD used in this round is yours for the asking. (That new release of All That Jazz looks pretty sweet, by the way.) Be sure to check back next week for the start of Round 13, which is guaranteed to be musical-free!

Comments

[filmbo]

So close, but not close enough. Next time I'll take the prize, for sure.

Though the new ALL THAT JAZZ disc looks slightly worse than the original release, believe it or not.... at least according to DVD Beaver's screencaps.

[Filmbrain]

That's a real shame -- I was looking forward to this release, thinking it would be an improvement over the original cheapie disc.

[Noel Vera]

Coulda sworn it was Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, with Russ Tamblyn as the connect. But those were lumberjacks, weren't they...?

[Envious]

What program do you use for your screen grabs? I'm looking for a good program but can't find any freeware for doing this.

[Filmbrain]

Envious --

I use the built-in capture tool in WinDVD, but then I massage the images in Photo Shop.

[filmbo]

Envious, I use a free program called DVD capture, which is pretty decent, but there are probably better programs.