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| Jun-03-16 | | zanzibar: Maybe mentioned before, definitely good enough to be mentioned again: https://www.icu.ie/articles/57
A nice profile of Mason. The bio probably should also mention his contributions to BCM. (And as far as chess is concerned - James Mason is good enough, he used it his entire lifetime) |
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| Nov-19-16 | | TheFocus: Happy birthday, James Mason. |
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| Jul-10-18 | | Whitehat1963: A damned fine actor. I liked him in The Verdict. |
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Jul-10-18
 | | HeMateMe: My favorite Paul Newman movie, after 1) cool hand luke and 2) the sting. |
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Jul-10-18
 | | plang: The Verdict is very under-rated
of course Butch Cassidy
and A Long Hot Summer |
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Jul-10-18
| | plang: getting back to James Mason I liked Pandora and the Flying Dutchman |
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| Jul-10-18 | | Count Wedgemore: And Lolita, he was great in that film, although the film is not as good as the book (is it ever?). |
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Jul-10-18
 | | WannaBe: bunchapervs. =)) |
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Jul-10-18
 | | saffuna: <And Lolita, he was great in that film, although the film is not as good as the book (is it ever?).> Feel free to disagree, but I thought much of the power of the book was the contrast between the proper, arch, almost academic way Humbert described events and the truly tawdry things he was describing. That was lost in the movie. |
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| Jul-10-18 | | Count Wedgemore: <saffuna> Agreed. That is an aspect of the book that the film doesn't convey. In fact, the Humbert in the book is very different from the movie character. I don't know if you remember that but the chronology of events is messed up in the film, too. And, of course, censorship limitations prevented Kubrick from making the film as he originally intented, as well. |
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Jul-11-18
| | HeMateMe: Forgot about butch and the sundance kid, an all time great. There was a time when Redford's movies weren't boring and preachy. |
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| Jul-11-18 | | Whitehat1963: The Bridges of Madison County. The movie was FAR BETTER than the book. The book is garbage, a trifle. The movie features Meryl Streep and is well directed. |
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Jul-12-18
| | plang: If we are going to talk about movies directed by Clint Eastwood they deserve their own thread - too many to mention. |
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Jul-12-18
| | HeMateMe: I think the chimp in the biker movies should havebbeen nominated for an Oscar. |
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| Jan-19-19 | | Caissanist: <Every pawn is a potential queen> - James Mason. Quite right, just as I learned by reading <Chess in 30 Minutes> when I was nine. This seems rather less profound than most of the other quotes I've seen on here. |
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Apr-21-19
 | | John Saunders: Some of us at the English Chess Forum have been conducting further research into James Mason recently - <https://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopi...> Still nothing regarding his real name but we now know he was married to Annie (born around 1855 in Swanage, Dorset, England) and that in 1901 he tells the census enumerator that he was born in Ireland but an American citizen. I did speculate that the tantalising reference to his name being "infernally Milesian" (as said by Mason to RJ Buckley) might point in the direction of John Byrne, one of the possibilities rejected by Jim Hayes in his excellent biography. My reasoning was that 'Byrne' and 'burn' are homophones, and 'burn' is what happens to people in an inferno. It has the ring of a cryptic crossword clue about it. |
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Jun-05-19
 | | mifralu: < BOW STEEET. A Chess Player in his Cups.
James Mason, 38 was charged by Police-constable 55 E with being drunk the previous night in Bedford-street between seven and eight, and breaking a pane of glass in the window of the British Chess Club. A gentleman, who was a member of the club, said the defendant was one of the greatest chess players in the world, and lately had, unfortunately, given way to drink. The members of the club had made him an honorary member, but he made himself offensive, and was ordered to leave by the steward. On the way out he broke a pane of glass, and was given into custody. They relied upon the defendant to vindicate them in international contests, and were extremely sorry at the condition into which he had fallen. Mr. Bridge told defendant chess-players were generally men of intellect, but inordinate drink turned them into beasts. Fined 5s. > Reynolds's Newspaper, London, Greater London, England
01 January 1888, Page 8 |
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| Sep-02-21 | | Whitehat1963: “I know how you feel. You don't believe me, but I do know. I'm going to tell you something that I learned when I was your age. I'd prepared a case and old man White said to me, "How did you do?" And, uh, I said, "Did my best." And he said, "You're not paid to do your best. You're paid to win." And that's what pays for this office... pays for the pro bono work that we do for the poor... pays for the type of law that you want to practice... pays for my whiskey... pays for your clothes... pays for the leisure we have to sit back and discuss philosophy as we're doing tonight. We're paid to win the case. You finished your marriage. You wanted to come back and practice the law. You wanted to come back to the world. Welcome back.” |
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| Jul-01-23 | | Caissanist: <According to Chessmetrics, he was the strongest player in the world from August 1877 through June 1878> This is only because Steinitz did not play any "serious" chess between 1876 and 1882. He had clearly been the best when he dropped off the list in 1876, and quickly re-established himself at the top when he resumed in 1882. |
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Aug-11-24
 | | gezafan: Jose Capablanca praised Mason's books. You can't get a better recommendation than that. |
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Feb-08-25
 | | dorsnikov: They note that his real name is unknown as he was adopted at a young age. Yet, i remember reading that a review of church records shows that his original last name was Dwyer. |
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Feb-08-25
 | | Sally Simpson: Patrick Dwyer as a possible name is here; James Mason (kibitz #46) Also see https://www.chesshistory.com/winter... |
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| Feb-09-25 | | sudoplatov: EDO has Mason ranked around 10th to 12th during the 1876-1800 era. |
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Feb-11-25
 | | MissScarlett: <This is only because Steinitz did not play any "serious" chess between 1876 and 1882.> Mason challenged Steinitz to a match in 1882 (their two games at Vienna (1882) were drawn); Steinitz gave the impression he wanted no part of the hard-drinking Irishman! |
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Feb-21-25
| | MissScarlett: Gunsberg in his <Evening News & Post> column of July 12th 1890, p.4: <I hear that Mason is soliciting subscriptions for playing me a match. I am not concerned now with Mason's motives in pursuing that course. My object in mentioning the matter is merely to put myself right with the public, by reiterating that I have distinctly refused to play anyone just now, and by stating that with Mason in particular I should not play a match now under any circumstances whatever.> What can it mean? I understand Gunsberg was focused on arranging a title match with Steinitz, but this sounds personal. Gunsberg - Mason H2H: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... |
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