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September 12

Alfred Hitchcock's "Lost" Movies

A few days ago, I was reading a Wiki article which mentioned that some (I believe, 5) of Hitchcock's movies are known for being the "lost 5" or words to that effect. It had something to do with legal ownership, rights, copyrights, etc. for all of his movies. Somehow, five certain films (I want to say Rope and Vertigo, among them) "belonged" legally to someone else and, as such, these 5 were not available to the general public as the rest of the Hitchcock library collection was. Eventually, all the legal hurdles and ownership rights were cleared up -- but not until like the mid-1980's or so. And that explains why these lost 5 took so long in becoming publicly available on VHS / DVD / etc. Does anyone know anything about this? And/or ... does anyone know which Wiki article mentions all of this? I can't seem to find it. Thanks. (Joseph A. Spadaro 00:57, 12 September 2007 (UTC))

According to this, the five are: The Man Who Knew Too Much, Rear Window, Vertigo, The Trouble With Harry and Rope. They went out of circulation in 1973. Hitchcock bought the rights from Paramount and bequeathed them to his daughter Pat, who, after some court case (no details provided), agreed to let them be restored and rereleased in the 80s. Clarityfiend 03:41, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

In days of old, when knights were bold

One of the questions above (regarding The Streets of Cairo, or the Poor Little Country Maid) has me thinking about a little ditty that I (partially) recall from childhood. It went something like this:

In days of old, when knights were bold

And fought for lady's honour

They something-something-something

But crapped inside their armor.

Truly a heartwarming old hymn, I know, but what's bugging me is the missing line there. Anyone care to fill it in? I've done searches, but quoting too much text returns no hits and leaving stuff unquoted gets me a lot of medieval recreationist sites. Any help appreciated! Matt Deres 02:38, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Hm, and I remember three lines of another quatrain:

In days of old when knights were bold

and ladies weren't particular,

...

and ----ed 'em perpendicular.

—Tamfang 06:15, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

In days of old, when knights were bold,

And condoms weren't invented,

They would stick a sock, upon their c*ck,

And f*ck 'til their hearts contented.

That is as far as my memory stretches. Lanfear's Bane 11:14, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

This search should help. --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 17:49, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

It should, but it doesn't. I mentioned that I'd done searches. Did you notice that the links Google returned are for the "condom" version or are medieval recreation pages? Matt Deres 03:11, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

I recall the following quatrain:

In days of old, when knights were bold

And men wore woolly vests

There was a maid named Razor Blade

Who shaved their hairy chests.

Same ditty, I think, but still not answering your missing line! SaundersW 16:52, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Well. here is my version that I cannot recal the whole thing. It went like this:

In days of old, when knights were bold and women knew it. Sir Arthur and his court were gathered at the Round Table playing camel, crap for horse shit hadn't been invented yet. Just then the King cried SHIT! Fifty thousand assholes sweat and strain cuz the Kings's word was law.

Is the Shadow Of The Beast series acceptable for children?

I'm just wondering...is the great video game series Shadow Of The Beast acceptable for children? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sirdrink13309622 (talk • contribs) 03:06, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

not for young children, maybe teenagers.87.102.16.32 08:45, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

It scared the bejeesus out of me when I was little. I wouldn't play it. I would say not for young children, as above :) Capuchin 08:47, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

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Citing a DVD commentary

Does the MLA say anything about citing an audio commentary from a DVD? The most recent MLA Handbook I own is from 1999, and doesn't help much. Thanks! Zagalejo^ 06:00, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

The 2003 MLA Handbook, 6th ed., does not give specific advice for how to cite audio commentaries. But extrapolating from the "Film or Video Recording" section, I'd use this:

Lee, Ang, and James Schamus. Audio commentary. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Dir. Lee. Perf. Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh, and Zhang Ziyi. 2000. DVD. Sony Pictures Classics, 2001.

--zenohockey 04:12, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

E-Reader© cards

Anyone know where I can find E-Reader© cards on the cheap? Ash "Gotta Catch Em' All" Ketchum 14:30, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Pretty much anywhere. eBay, etc. I'm not sure how much of them are still around but I'd guess quite a few as Nintendo pushed that accessory pretty hard. -Wooty [Woot?] [Spam! Spam! Wonderful spam!] 09:20, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Mandarin Music Video

Hi, I am looking for the title and artist of a music video where the storyline is like this:

A young woman (who already has a race car driving boyfriend) has her picture taken by a photographer who begins to have a large crush on her, and who asks her to continue modelling for him. Eventually, they enter a relationship and one day at the guy's apartment, he asks her to grab something from the dark room. She accidentally spills some chemical into her eyes, and goes blind from it. After being rushed to the hospital, it is found that she needs a transplant if she will ever see again. (To me, this following ending is a little foggy, but I think this is how it goes). Her boyfriend at the beginning of the story gives her his eyes because of his love, and at the end she is walking at the track and sees the driver sitting with his guide dog.

I believe that this is by a Taiwanese artist, but that is all that I remember. Any help would be appreciated. Crisco 1492 23:29, 12 September 2007 (UTC)