Mel Brooks has seen this a few times. #DuelInTheSun ##TCMParty
November 9, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Mel Brooks has seen this a few times. #DuelInTheSun ##TCMParty
Skipping out on the rest of #DuelInTheSun for #MaigretPBS.
November 9, 2026 at 5:03 AM
Skipping out on the rest of #DuelInTheSun for #MaigretPBS.
LOL the pre-Photoshop wedding photo of Lionel Barrymore and Lillian Gish
#DuelInTheSun #GemsFromTheSelznickLibrary
#TCMParty
#DuelInTheSun #GemsFromTheSelznickLibrary
#TCMParty
November 9, 2026 at 3:39 AM
LOL the pre-Photoshop wedding photo of Lionel Barrymore and Lillian Gish
#DuelInTheSun #GemsFromTheSelznickLibrary
#TCMParty
#DuelInTheSun #GemsFromTheSelznickLibrary
#TCMParty
Manalive, this thing has a prelude *and* an overture?
#DuelInTheSun #GemsFromTheSelznickLibrary
#TCMParty
#DuelInTheSun #GemsFromTheSelznickLibrary
#TCMParty
November 9, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Manalive, this thing has a prelude *and* an overture?
#DuelInTheSun #GemsFromTheSelznickLibrary
#TCMParty
#DuelInTheSun #GemsFromTheSelznickLibrary
#TCMParty
In Pearl's place I would have arranged for Lewton to meet with an "accident" long since
#DuelInTheSun #GemsFromTheSelznickLibrary
#TCMParty
#DuelInTheSun #GemsFromTheSelznickLibrary
#TCMParty
November 9, 2026 at 4:01 AM
In Pearl's place I would have arranged for Lewton to meet with an "accident" long since
#DuelInTheSun #GemsFromTheSelznickLibrary
#TCMParty
#DuelInTheSun #GemsFromTheSelznickLibrary
#TCMParty
November 9, 2026 at 3:23 AM
I like to think Butterfly McQueen's characters in #DuelInTheSun and #GoneWithTheWind are slow because they're engaging in work-to-rule and/or malicious compliance
#GemsFromTheSelznickLibrary
#TCMParty
#GemsFromTheSelznickLibrary
#TCMParty
November 9, 2026 at 4:04 AM
I like to think Butterfly McQueen's characters in #DuelInTheSun and #GoneWithTheWind are slow because they're engaging in work-to-rule and/or malicious compliance
#GemsFromTheSelznickLibrary
#TCMParty
#GemsFromTheSelznickLibrary
#TCMParty
When does #DuelInTheSun take place? I'm trying to figure out how likely it was that Laura Belle owned slaves
#GemsFromTheSelznickLibrary
#TCMParty
#GemsFromTheSelznickLibrary
#TCMParty
November 9, 2026 at 3:45 AM
When does #DuelInTheSun take place? I'm trying to figure out how likely it was that Laura Belle owned slaves
#GemsFromTheSelznickLibrary
#TCMParty
#GemsFromTheSelznickLibrary
#TCMParty
Lewt and his dad would fit right in in...I'll be kind and say several timeframes. #DuelInTheSun #TCMParty
November 9, 2026 at 4:53 AM
Lewt and his dad would fit right in in...I'll be kind and say several timeframes. #DuelInTheSun #TCMParty
I don't think it's strongly indicated in the dialogue, but Filmsite states it's set in the 1880s. #DuelInTheSun #TCMParty
www.filmsite.org/duel.html
www.filmsite.org/duel.html
Duel in the Sun (1946)
www.filmsite.org
November 9, 2026 at 4:12 AM
I don't think it's strongly indicated in the dialogue, but Filmsite states it's set in the 1880s. #DuelInTheSun #TCMParty
www.filmsite.org/duel.html
www.filmsite.org/duel.html
[six minute overture, labeled "Prelude"]
Narrator: "Ladies and gentlemen, the overture to #DuelInTheSun."
[actual overture]
[about a minute later]
Narrator: "We shall now take this to eleven. Cue opening credits...and cue bullet ricochet..."
#TCMParty
Narrator: "Ladies and gentlemen, the overture to #DuelInTheSun."
[actual overture]
[about a minute later]
Narrator: "We shall now take this to eleven. Cue opening credits...and cue bullet ricochet..."
#TCMParty
November 9, 2026 at 3:21 AM
[six minute overture, labeled "Prelude"]
Narrator: "Ladies and gentlemen, the overture to #DuelInTheSun."
[actual overture]
[about a minute later]
Narrator: "We shall now take this to eleven. Cue opening credits...and cue bullet ricochet..."
#TCMParty
Narrator: "Ladies and gentlemen, the overture to #DuelInTheSun."
[actual overture]
[about a minute later]
Narrator: "We shall now take this to eleven. Cue opening credits...and cue bullet ricochet..."
#TCMParty
Like #GoneWithTheWind, #DuelInTheSun has some racial context to consider. Pearl Chavez, a biracial woman, wants to go straight but has internalized so much bigotry that she thinks she's "trash" (because of her racial makeup). Therefore, she pursues a doomed love affair with Lewt. #TCMParty
November 9, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Like #GoneWithTheWind, #DuelInTheSun has some racial context to consider. Pearl Chavez, a biracial woman, wants to go straight but has internalized so much bigotry that she thinks she's "trash" (because of her racial makeup). Therefore, she pursues a doomed love affair with Lewt. #TCMParty
Okay. My Dad always said that my Godfather was in the opening scenes of this movie as a guy who takes a girl up to a room and closes a shade and assaults her. But I never recognize him. I’ll try again. #TCMParty #DuelInTheSun
November 9, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Okay. My Dad always said that my Godfather was in the opening scenes of this movie as a guy who takes a girl up to a room and closes a shade and assaults her. But I never recognize him. I’ll try again. #TCMParty #DuelInTheSun
I hate #DuelintheSun. Pearl is a humiliation ritual more than a person, the Senator is a malignant bully, Lewt is cruelty incarnate enabled by everyone. The beauty of the color and those febrile, saturated vistas aren't enough to save the story for me, so why do I watch it?
#TCMParty
#TCMParty
November 9, 2026 at 5:39 AM
I hate #DuelintheSun. Pearl is a humiliation ritual more than a person, the Senator is a malignant bully, Lewt is cruelty incarnate enabled by everyone. The beauty of the color and those febrile, saturated vistas aren't enough to save the story for me, so why do I watch it?
#TCMParty
#TCMParty
[two minutes later]
...aaaaaand Lewt derails a damn train. Before riding off to go see "his" girl, whom he made a widow.
#DuelInTheSun #TCMParty
...aaaaaand Lewt derails a damn train. Before riding off to go see "his" girl, whom he made a widow.
#DuelInTheSun #TCMParty
Man in Trash Garbage Pile
ALT: Man in Trash Garbage Pile
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November 9, 2026 at 4:57 AM
[two minutes later]
...aaaaaand Lewt derails a damn train. Before riding off to go see "his" girl, whom he made a widow.
#DuelInTheSun #TCMParty
...aaaaaand Lewt derails a damn train. Before riding off to go see "his" girl, whom he made a widow.
#DuelInTheSun #TCMParty
I can't help myself. Every time I see Butterfly McQueen I always think of the prison scene in the Golden Girls where Rose recalls losing a Butter Queen competition and Blanche replies, "Oh, yeah. She was so good in Gone with the Wind." #DuelInTheSun #TCM #TCMParty
Golden Girls: Blanche's Skeptical Glance
ALT: Golden Girls: Blanche's Skeptical Glance
static.klipy.com
November 9, 2026 at 4:05 AM
I can't help myself. Every time I see Butterfly McQueen I always think of the prison scene in the Golden Girls where Rose recalls losing a Butter Queen competition and Blanche replies, "Oh, yeah. She was so good in Gone with the Wind." #DuelInTheSun #TCM #TCMParty
May 28, 2025 at 4:32 AM
For all its faults the costuming in this is outstanding #duelinthesun #tcmparty
May 28, 2025 at 2:48 AM
For all its faults the costuming in this is outstanding #duelinthesun #tcmparty
My favorite red is Technicolor red #duelinthesun #tcmparty
May 28, 2025 at 2:37 AM
My favorite red is Technicolor red #duelinthesun #tcmparty
I’m here for “Lust in the Dust” #duelinthesun #tcmparty
May 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I’m here for “Lust in the Dust” #duelinthesun #tcmparty
May 9, 2026 at 3:41 AM
I like how we've possibly all sort of run out of things to say for a bit... perhaps because this movie is a bit nuts. 😂 #DuelInTheSun #TCMParty
May 9, 2026 at 3:33 AM
I like how we've possibly all sort of run out of things to say for a bit... perhaps because this movie is a bit nuts. 😂 #DuelInTheSun #TCMParty
May 9, 2026 at 2:38 AM