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I gave a good friend of mine a gorgeous cheesecake photo of Angela Lansbury to gaze upon in his deathbed. Don't know what happened to it, but recall she was reclining in a gown with a leg showing. Lansbury was and continues to be an absolutely beauty-packed with brains & big talent.

What Happened to Jones? (1926)

THE BLUE DAHLIA (1946)

Pat Loud, whose family life in Santa Barbara, California was recorded by television cameras decades before the Kardashians excelled at it, has died at the age of 94. The death of the matriarch of the 1973 PBS reality series "An American Family" was posted on the official Loud Family Facebook page. She is said to have died Sunday of natural causes. In 1973, Loud, her husband Bill and their five children became celebrities when they allowed TV cameras to follow their activities for the groundbreaking public television 12-part series. Pictured below from the top left: Lance (1951-2001) and Michele (b. 1957); middle row, Kevin (b. 1953), Delilah (b. 1955) and Grant (b. 1954); and bottom row, Pat and Bill (1921-2018). Lance, who died of AIDS-related hepatitis, was one of TV's early openly gay figures. The series exposed problems with Pat and Bill's marriage that ultimately led to a breakup. They later reunited. In one episode, Grant entertained family members with his cover of a 1970 song by the British band The Kinks. The tune was written by the group's frontman Sir Ray Davies. On November 18, 1978, the Not Ready for Prime Time Players (and guest host Carrie Fisher) did a Loud Family parody (of sorts) on NBC's "Saturday Night Live." In the 2011 HBO production "Cinema Verite," a drama about the "An American Family" experience, Loud was portrayed by the actress Diane Lane. Thomas Dekker co-starred as Lance. Tim Robbins appeared as Bill and James Gandolfini was creator-producer Craig Gilbert. Thomas Dekker @theThomasDekker The incredible Pat Loud has moved on to the next place. She graced us with 94 years of charisma, power and bravery and there are so many things she championed and supported, not least her equally electric son Lance, whom I had the pleasure of portraying in the film 7:22 PM · Jan 11, 2021·Twitter for iPhone Robert Lloyd @LATimesTVLloyd I'm sad to learn of the death of Pat Loud, of "An American Family" fame, a great mother of television and (say people I know who know) in life. 11:32 PM · Jan 10, 2021·Twitter Web App GLAAD @glaad Rest in peace, Patricia Loud. Her acceptance and support of her son Lance before and after his death was an important part of LGBTQ media history. 4:32 PM · Jan 11, 2021·Twitter Web App

Smile (1975) Next - The Name of the Movie is Also a Song

1935

1969 was an interesting year. "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" from Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid" was the winner that year, I've never been a big fan of that song and it doesn't seem to fit in with the movie. "Come Saturday Morning" from The Sterile Cuckoo was my favorite of the nominees that year, it was a beautiful, wistful song about going away with friends and it worked within the movie about going away to college for the first time. The other nominees were: "Jean" from The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie title song from True Grit "What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life" from The Happy Ending I don't think "Everybody's Talkin'" from Midnight Cowboy was eligible since it was an older song not written for the film, or I would have chosen that one. One song I loved that I think would have been eligible was "Carry On Till Tomorrow" from The Magic Christian", written and performed by Badfinger.

God READY TO WEAR just EATS IT RAW! I saw it in THE THEATER!

it also features SHELLEY DUVALL as a SEX CLOWN: JULIE CHRISTIE as JULIE CHRISTIE (for no discernable reason) who apparently interrupted her PERM to be in this movie: GERALDINE CHAPLIN in a performance that must be termed INSUFFERABLE: KEITH CARRADINE (who is GORGEOUS) and should have won a second OSCAR for playing a man attracted to LILY TOMLIN: AND LILY TOMLIN as JOEY RAMONE:

THAT FORSYTE WOMAN (1949)

This was nothing like these people nowadays in the reality shows. It was actual life as these people were living it. Normal people, not media freaks. They decided to have a divorce on camera and I believe their son Lance came out on camera. This was in the 1970's, and you have to realize how negative and dangerous it was to declare yourself to be gay at that time in some areas. I love how Pat tried to be so understanding always with Lance. I read her autobiography and she was an interesting woman. This was also a time Where people for the first time were actually listening to women and seriously considering their lives being worth talking about. And undoubtedly, Pat's openness about Lance helped a lot of other mothers who had children come out at that time.

THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES 1968

Ziegfeld Girl (1941)

Not sure what the OP's point is here, it seems to be some kind of attempt at whataboutism. Not sure if the OP is saying they should be airing nazi films or saying they shouldn't be airing racist classic Hollywood films because they don't air nazi films. Or it could be some kind of veiled "Jewish agenda in Hollywood" thread. Regardless, there is little interest in Nazi propaganda films because outside of a couple rare exceptions like Triumph of the Will or Olympia they were mostly trash with no artistic value. Not the case with classic Hollywood films which were great movies even if they contained some negative depictions of black people.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (the beginning) Next: politics

Far and Away (1992) Hawaii (1966) The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

Tom Conway

IT GROWS ON TREES 1952

SORROWFUL JONES 1949

I agree with Lorna's comment of ",,,as a viable long term film star.". I think they did know how best to make use of her during the studio-era and that was as either a secondary-leading-lady or as a supporting actor. MGM used here very effectively, since she was in a lot of first rate films giving good performances like Gaslight (Oscar nom), National Velvet, The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar nom), Private Affairs of Bel Ami (loan out to United Artist), State of the Union (my second favorite performance of hers), The Three Musketeers (but I wish she had the June Alyson role), Samson and Delilah, and Kind Lady. After she wasn't resigned by MGM her career did take a down turn (but so did most actors once the studios decided they were no longer going to sign actors (expect major stars), to long term contracts, signaling the decline of the studio-era). She was the leading actress in a few crime \ noir films for independents, like A Life at Stake and Please Murder Me. These didn't make any impact and thus she ended up a supporting actor at the age of only 30, being cast in a few fine films like The Long Hot Summer, and of course, my favorite performance in The Manchurian Candidate. Then there were smaller and smaller roles and then Disney. My view of Lansbury was that she was very versatile but just not good enough (compare to her competitors) to be a major star in any specific genre. E.g. She was good in musical, but no Judy Garland. Still for a non-leading lady, there are few actresses that have had a more robust career as an actor than Lansbury. I also find something about her sexy,,,, but that is of course personal taste.

Where the Red Fern Grows (1974 )

BRIGHT LEAF 1950

Our fourth musical star is GORDON MACRAE. Known for his collaborations with Doris Day. And for his collaborations with Shirley Jones.

Iris (2001)

1933

I actually splurged recently and bought the standard DVD of DRACULA PRINCE OF DARKNESS, which is only available otherwise on BLU-RAY. I've posted and referenced this many times before, but this is audio commentary by CHRISTOPHER LEE and BARBARA SHELLEY in re: some HOME MOVIE FOOTAGE TAKEN SURING THE FILMING OF THE FINALE. They know and remember almost EVERYONE'S NAME and you get a sense of how "homey" a studio BRAY FILMS was.

HEIDI (1937)

1958

GREEN GRASS OF WYOMING 1948

the twin fairies who sang for Mothra

weird enough for ya this morning?

file under too much information dept.: this is getting weird for me because i HONESTLY kindasorta legit think my ancestry crosses with Miss Lansbury's somewhere along the line because she looks UNCANNILY like my mother- who has been told she looks like LANSBURY and to make this all even weirder, I have been told I resemble ANGELA LANSBURY by more than one person in life and I am, and have always been, A MAN. EDIT- i COULD NEVER work THOSE PUMPS like she does in the ABOVE PHOTO though.

What a thoughtful thing to do for a friend. Was this the image by any chance? I can't find her doing any other legwork in a gown.

I think you're wrong again. I had a mother and a father, but otherwise my life was very similar to "My Three Sons" in terms of the atmosphere in the house and the way things went-- dog, chaos and fun. I could say our life was similar to "Leave it to Beaver" too, but average middle-class people weren't as formal as Barbara Billingsley and they certainly didn't eat in the dining room with all that formality every night. But the episodes in the stories were very similar to my childhood.

Director Chloé Zhao's drama "Nomadland" won the Best Feature award at the 30th annual Gotham Awards, held Monday night in a part-virtual New York City ceremony. In addition, the picture, also co-produced, written and edited by the Chinese-born filmmaker, received the Audience Award. It was another big night for Zhao at a Gotham Awards ceremony. Two years ago, her contemporary Western tale "The Rider" won the Best Feature award over such highly touted nominees as "The Favourite" and "If Beale Street Could Talk." Here is the list of winners (in bold): Best Feature "The Assistant": Kitty Green, director; Kitty Green, Scott Macaulay, James Schamus, P. Jennifer Dana, Ross Jacobson, producers (Bleecker Street) "First Cow": Kelly Reichardt, director; Neil Kopp, Vincent Savino, Anish Savjani, producers (A24) "Never Rarely Sometimes Always": Eliza Hittman, director; Adele Romanski, Sara Murphy, producers (Focus Features) "Nomadland": Chloé Zhao, director; Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Chloé Zhao, producers (Searchlight Pictures) "Relic": Natalie Erika James, director; Anna Mcleish, Sarah Shaw, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riva Marker, producers (IFC Midnight) Best International Feature "Bacurau" (Bra-Fr): Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles, directors; Emilie Lesclaux, Saïd Ben Saïd, Michel Merkt, producers (Kino Lorber) "Beanpole" (Rus-US): Kantemir Balagov, director; Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergey Melkumov, producers (Kino Lorber) "Cuties" (Fr): Maïmouna Doucouré, director; Zangro, producer (Netflix) "Identifying Features" (Mex-Sp): Fernanda Valadez, director; Astrid Rondero, producer (Kino Lorber) "Martin Eden" (It-Fr): Pietro Marcello, director; Pietro Marcello, Beppe Caschetto, Thomas Ordonneau, Michael Weber, Viola Fügen, producers (Kino Lorber) "Wolfwalkers" (Ire-Lux): Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, directors; Paul Young, Nora Twomey, Tomm Moore, Stéphan Roelants, producers (Apple) Best Documentary "76 Days": Hao Wu, Weixi Chen, Anonymous, directors; Hao Wu, Jean Tsien, producers (MTV Documentary Films) "City Hall": Frederick Wiseman, director; Frederick Wiseman, Karen Konicek, producers (Zipporah Films) "Our Time Machine": Yang Sun, S. Leo Chiang directors; S. Leo Chiang, Yang Sun, producers (Passion River Films) "A Thousand Cuts": Ramona S. Diaz, director; Ramona S. Diaz, Leah Marino, Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, Carolyn Hepburn, producers (PBS Distribution | Frontline) "Time": Garrett Bradley, director; Lauren Domino, Kellen Quinn, Garrett Bradley, producers (Amazon Studios) Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award Radha Blank for "The Forty-Year-Old Version" (Netflix) Channing Godfrey Peoples for "Miss Juneteenth" (Vertical Entertainment) Alex Thompson for "Saint Frances" (Oscilloscope Laboratories) Carlo Mirabella-Davis for "Swallow" (IFC Films) Andrew Patterson for "The Vast of Night" (Amazon Studios) Best Screenplay "Bad Education," Mike Makowsky (HBO) "First Cow," Jon Raymond, Kelly Reichardt (A24) "The Forty-Year-Old Version," Radha Blank (Netflix) "Fourteen," Dan Sallitt (Grasshopper Film) "The Vast of Night," James Montague, Craig Sanger (Amazon Studios) Best Actor Riz Ahmed in "Sound of Metal" (Amazon Studios) Chadwick Boseman in "Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom" (Netflix) Jude Law in "The Nest" (IFC Films) John Magaro in "First Cow" (A24) Jesse Plemons in "I’m Thinking of Ending Things" (Netflix) Best Actress Nicole Beharie in "Miss Juneteenth" (Vertical Entertainment) Jessie Buckley in "I’m Thinking of Ending Things" (Netflix) Yuh-Jung Youn in "Minari" (A24) Carrie_Coon in "The Nest" (IFC Films) Frances McDormand in "Nomadland" (Searchlight Pictures) Breakthrough Actor Jasmine Batchelor in "The Surrogate" (Monument Releasing) Kingsley Ben-Adir in "One Night in Miami…" (Amazon Studios) Sidney Flanigan in "Never Rarely Sometimes Always" (Focus Features) Orion Lee in "First Cow" (A24) Kelly O’Sullivan in "Saint Frances" (Oscilloscope Laboratories) Breakthrough Series -- Long Form "The Great": Tony McNamara, creator; Tony McNamara, Marian Macgowan, Mark Winemaker, Elle Fanning, Brittany Kahan Ward, Doug Mankoff, Andrew Spaulding, Josh Kesselman, Ron West, Matt Shakman, executive producers (Hulu) "Immigration Nation": Christina Clusiau, Shaul Schwarz, Dan Cogan, Jenny Raskin, Brandon Hill, Christian Thompson, executive producers (Netflix) "P-Valley": Katori Hall, creator; Katori Hall, Dante Di Loreto, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Liz W. Garcia, executive producers (Starz) "Unorthodox": Anna Winger, Alexa Karolinski , creators; Anna Winger, Henning Kamm, executive producers (Netflix) "Watchmen": Damon Lindelof, Creator for Television; Tom Spezialy , Nicole Kassell , Stephen Williams, Joseph E. Iberti, executive producers (HBO) Breakthrough Series -- Short Form "Betty": Crystal Moselle, Lesley Arfin, Igor Srubshchik, Jason Weinberg, executive producers (HBO) "Dave": Dave Burd, Jeff Schaffer, creators; Dave Burd, Jeff Schaffer, Saladin K. Patterson, Greg Mottola, Kevin Hart, Marty Bowen, Scooter Braun, Mike Hertz, Scott Manson, James Shin, executive producers (FX Networks) "I May Destroy You": Michaela Coel, creator; Michaela Coel, Phil Clarke, Roberto Troni, executive producers (HBO) "Taste the Nation": Padma Lakshmi, David Shadrack Smith, Sarina Roma, executive producers (Hulu) "Work in Progress": Abby McEnany, Tim Mason, creators, Abby McEnany, Tim Mason, Lilly Wachowski, Lawrence Mattis, Josh Adler, Ashley Berns, Julia Sweeney, Tony Hernandez, executive producers (Showtime) Gotham Audience Award "Nomadland" Gotham Tributes (previously announced) Chadwick Boseman (actor) Viola Davis (actress) Made in New York Award Jeffrey Wright (actor)

Another excellent choice, TopBilled. I've really enjoyed all the stars you have highlighted. Gordon MacRae was a sensational singer and created movie magic with Shirley Jones. Carousel (1956) is my favorite of their two movies and I think MacRae's defining moment is his performance of "Soliloquy". I haven't seen Oklahoma or Carousel in several years, so here's hoping they air some time in the future. I also like MacRae in a Fox musical called The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956) with Ernest Borgnine and Dan Dailey.

Well the Academy is a film institution, designed to promote those in the industry. The awards are marketing instruments. Only makes sense that members would "chose to ignore everyone outside the film establishment".

The Falcon Out West

FEDERAL AGENT 1936

She had no chance because Ball bought the rights to it...

Miss Julie (1951) Sweden

INTO THE WOODS (2014)

Birdie--Thelma Ritter in All About Eve

TITANIC (1997)

2020 was a rough year, to put it mildly, and new movies were a major casualty of the upheavals. I managed to see only a few with a 2020 release date, and most of those were unremarkable or worse. However, I do have a couple of lists from critic Steve Prokopy. While I usually disagree with his rankings, and even dislike a few of those he chooses, his lists still manage to include enough interesting titles to warrant a look, and from a wider variety of genres and countries than many of the leading critics. Here are his choices for 2020, in separate lists for narrative and documentaries. Narrative Nomadland Never Rarely Sometimes Always First Cow Small Axe The Assistant One Night In Miami Promising Young Woman Sound of Metal Da 5 Bloods The Nest Minari Beanpole I'm Thinking of Ending Things The Climb Soul Possessor Another Round The Invisible Man She Dies Tomorrow The Dark and the Wicked On the Rocks Martin Eden Mank Swallow Emma. The Vast of Night Palm Springs Bad Education The Trial of the Chicago 7 Bacurau Documentary Collective David Byrne's American Utopia City Hall Boys State On the Record The Dissident Dick Johnson Is Dead Time Crip Camp Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets Zappa The Painter and the Thief The Way I See It Beastie Boys Story MLK/FBI The Truffle Hunters Assassins I Am Greta Creem: America's Only Rock'n'Roll Magazine Vinyl Nation Please feel free to mention other 2020 films of note that you may have seen. Personally, I've only seen 20 titles from 2020, and I rated none of them above a 7/10. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (7/10) Host Lost Girls Have a Good Trip (documentary) Horse Girl Scare Me (6/10) Underwater #Alive Vampires vs. the Bronx Extraction Dracula (5/10) You Should Have Left Evil Eye (4/10) Hubie Halloween Fantasy Island (3/10) The Clearing The Babysitter: Killer Queen Coffee & Kareem Penance Lane Toys of Terror (2/10) I've also seen both Bad Education (I liked it) and The Vast of Night (not so much), but I have them listed as 2019 films.

Not really, British "Til Death Do Us Part" was the original germ, but JOE influenced the Archie Bunker charactor. I just requested this from the library. I love Peter Boyle & want to see everything he's in. Let's hope I can stomach the violence/tawdry situations.