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I thought BORN TO KILL was fantastic. I know most of you have seen it before but this was my first viewing. It has moved into my top ten favorite noirs. I also enjoyed Eddie and his guest's comments before and after the film. I wish they had spent more time talking about Claire Trevor. Her performance of a woman torn between doing the right thing, her physical attraction to a strong, but violent man and her desire for self preservation was terrific. She seemed to always make the wrong choice until it was too late. Lawrence Tierney was his usual menacing self. He was an intriguing character both on and off the screen. In my humble opinion, BORN TO KILL is Eddie's finest selection in quite awhile.

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I found him extremely funny in 'Soap' where he plays a Central-American revolutionary. His partner in the band of revolutionaries was Joe Mantegna, playing 'Juan One' (of 3?). A type of joke that never gets old. I still remember ". . .my brother Darrell, my other brother Darrell", from Newhart.

Here is some background information on the restoration of Rosita (1923): https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/blogs/archival-spaces/2018/12/14/rosita-restored I'm looking forward to this one.

I discovered I Love Lucy in the sixth grade. My family also went to the library at least once a month (on Sundays) for pretty much my entire childhood. I started checking out books about I Love Lucy and Lucille Ball. I read every single book about I Love Lucy, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, and everything I Love Lucy-adjacent that I could find. Lucy's autobiography, Love Lucy is excellent. It follows her life from birth until the beginning years of The Lucy Show. Apparently she'd started writing it and for whatever reason, put it down and didn't go back to it. After Lucy passed, her daughter was going through her estate and found this manuscript stashed away somewhere in Lucy's office. Desi's autobiography, A Book, is fantastic. It's even better than Lucy's. Desi Arnaz and Errol Flynn have hands down the best celebrity autobiographies I've ever read. Unfortunately, unlike Lucy's (and Errol's), Desi's book only had one printing, back in 1976. This makes his book extremely hard to find. I have a copy that I found in a used bookstore in downtown Salem, OR (my hometown). I found it back in the mid-90s in middle school. It was $5 and I got my parents to buy it for me. I'm so happy I got it, because I have literally never seen another copy. Thankfully, it is on Audible now, with a pretty good narrator. I made my husband listen to it. Lol. As for biographies, the Desilu book by Coyne S. Sanders is good. I also liked Warren Harris' book about Lucy and Desi called Lucy & Desi: The Legendary Love Story of Television's Most Famous Couple. I remember my library only having the Large Print version available, so that took some getting used to and made the book so long! Kathleen Brady's book, Lucille: The Life of Lucille Ball was pretty good. I recall it being very accurate and interesting. I haven't read it for a long time though. I loved Bart Andrews' very comprehensive book about I Love Lucy. It is aptly titled "The I Love Lucy Book." Loving Lucy by Andrews is another good book and it's full of a lot of photos. It's similar in the vein of all those film books like "The Films of Bette Davis" or something with just photos and lots of information. Another good I Love Lucy book is I Love Lucy: The Complete Picture History by Michael McClay. That is a beautiful coffee table book. Laughs, Luck and Lucy: How I Came to Create the Most Popular Sitcom of All Time by I Love Lucy's head writer and executive producer Jess Oppenheimer is interesting. There's also a book by the main I Love Lucy writers, Madelyn Pugh and Bob Carroll Jr. that is interesting. There's a great one about Vivian Vance called The Other Side of Ethel Mertz and another one about William Frawley and Vance called Meet the Mertzes. I hated Stefan Kanfer's Ball of Fire. That was a terrible book, full of misinformation, even on the most basic of I Love Lucy and Lucille Ball knowledge. There's also a terrible Charles Higham biography about Lucy. I avoid his books like the plague. I just realized that I don't own the Vivian Vance book nor do I own the Mertzes one. I thought I had them. I also just discovered that there was a beautiful picture book of Lucy and Desi's 1956 visit to Lucy's hometown in Jamestown, NY that was released in 2018, called Lucy Comes Home. I don't know how I didn't know about this, but now I need to have it to add to my collection. I also realized that I don't have Brady's biography either. My Lucy collection has some holes in it! This is as good a place as any to post these photos: These are all the Lucy books that I have in my collection so far, all of them are good. This is my I Love Lucy doll collection. This is my Lucille Ball/I Love Lucy movie/TV collection.

PACIFIC HEIGHTS 1990

Roundtree, Richard

Cooper learned to be a comic actor, at least learning how to be deadpan in the face of everybody/everything around him. He's great in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, and possibly the best thing in his scene in It's a Big Country. And, of course, he's great in Ball of Fire, which is more traditional comedy.

I saw about the last half hour of Splendor and wished I'd seen the whole thing. This isn't one of Miriam Hopkins' best performances, but the art deco design was great, and oh my, those costumes by Omar Kiam! Forget what's going to happen next; what matters is what they're going to be wearing next. I had also seen Design for Living again when it was on recently. One of Miriam's best performances, and just as funny this time around. Eventually I was laughing every time someone said the word "Eaglebauer." In case anyone should wonder if there is something sexy going on between Gary Cooper and Fredric March, the film brings in a couple of real he-men, Edward Everett Horton and Franklin Pangborn, to restore our faith in the red-blooded American male. Fredric March has never looked this handsome--it's as if he has to compete with Cooper, and surprisingly he does. Gary Cooper turns out to be adept at this kind of comedy, which no one would ever imagine after his wooden performance in, say, Morocco--just as if Cooper knows he has to compete with March as a light comedian, and he does.

I think it might have been a little bit after that, but yes. She's apparently turned it around since then though.

Nader, George

Linden, Hal

All Fall Down (1962) Next: his sister doesn't deserve what happens to her

Glad you deleted that post because this thread was meant as a tribute thread. Big deal about the divorces, yes that's part of his history but not about his talent as a Broadcaster and that's how he should be remembered by the public. His divorces were his business, not ours and had no effect on my life, or yours. He also donated and raised tons of money for heart disease. He was responsible for hours and hours of informative and entertaining interviews and that's how I'll remember Larry King.

The real star of that movie was Allison Janney's Crimson-bellied conure.

Fleming, Rhonda

There were quite a few columnists who used this style of random thoughts peppered through their columns. One sports columnist here in Dallas-Ft. Worth called it scattershooting, and he'd run one column a week in this fashion. Gossip columnists also used this technique. Dorothy Kilgallen's Voice of Broadway column was written in this style.

I remember that SNL appearance. I tried to find a clip of Desi reading Lewis Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky" on one of their recurring "Poetry Corner" skits. Hilarious. In an interview on local movie host 's BILL KENNEDY's show, Lucy called Desi a "loser". The why of that escapes my memory. But I think it had to do with him not being able to amaintain or hold onto anything good he achieved. Like I guess, his marriage to Lucy, his clout with Desilu and the entertainment business in general or what. But their show does enjoy unprecedented longevity. My Grandmother liked I LOVE LUCY. So did my Mother. And me and my brother. and MY kids liked it too. And THEIR friend's kids like it as well. And we all still do! Sepiatone

I believe he was thanking Chapman for the interview. D'oh! Sepiatone

Stivic, Michael -- played by Rob Reiner on TV's All in the Family

Hey Vidor and Lorna, this is a tribute thread to someone who has passed. If you have nothing nice to say, then don't

Everett, Chad

The film was one of Lionel Atwill's best mad doctor roles. The following year, he would play another of his best, which is kind of a rarity: The Mad Doctor of Market Street, which was part of the old Shock Theater Universal allotment, with Zacherley.

Like him or not, he was (and is) an icon. CNN became a force after he joined the network. I wasn't a loyal viewer, but did watch from time to time. I thought his interview with Sinatra was one of his best. He obviously had issues in that he had seven (yes seven) marriages. That puts him only two short of Zsa Zsa. I think she holds the record for celebrities or at least I hope so.

Monday, January 25 12:45 p.m. Trio (1950). Short stories by Somerset Maugham. Not bad!

I don't think I can link to it on here but The Onion had a pretty funny Larry King column back in the day. His appeal escaped me. His newspaper columns were incoherent babbling (which is now twitter). He was ignorant of his interview subjects. He once said "Thank you, Mark" to the guy that murdered John Lennon. Guess people really like a deep voice and goofy glasses.

Quintero, Inez - Gale Sondergaard in The Mark of Zorro

I've watched this interview before. It was a great interview and Johnny's rhinestone suit is hilarious. There's another excellent interview from the early 80s and Desi appears on David Letterman. I don't think Desi is promoting anything, it's more of a "This man is a legend, lets invite him onto the show" and you can tell that Letterman is in complete awe of him. Desi even sings at the end of this show.

late Sun., 1-24 Silent Sundays............... (times ET) 12:00 am Rosita (1923) 1h 57m | Adaptation The King of Spain falls in love with Rosita, a Spanish streetsinger, who in turn loves Don... Director Ernst Lubitsch Cast Mary Pickford, Holbrook Blinn, Irene Rich 2:15 TCM Imports............ am Kika (1994) 1h 55m | Comedy When Nicholas, a famous American author, brings in a cosmetologist named Kika to prepare t... Director Pedro Almodóvar Cast Victoria Abril, Mónica Bardem, Karra Elejalde, ... 4:15 am The Flower of My Secret (1995) 1h 40m | Comedy A Spanish writer who pens romance novels as Amanda Gris, Leo Macias is successful but unlu... Director Pedro Almodóvar Cast Abraham Garcia, Kiti Manver, Rossy De Palma ============================== -STILL having to play detective to find decent synopsis & articles......

I was sorry to see this. I was just reading about Welles's The Other Side of the Wind a few days ago and found Gregory Sierra was part of the cast. (It is currently streaming on Netflix and I'm planning on having a look in the next few days.) I also remember him from The Laughing Policeman, a cop movie shot in San Fransisco in '73 or so, where he is featured in one segment playing a biker who deals in guns and dynamite. And of course his role as Chano on the best tv sitcom of all time probably, "Barney Miller." Wherever he turned up, he was always a standout. This is one of those losses that feels like it took a part of my youth with it.

The one I remember most vividly was Tammy Faye Bakker's last interview with Larry. Here's a clip:

It's the closest thing we have to a theater communal experience-knowing others are watching along too. (all over the continent) I know many of you have great disdain for Sven's corny jokes, but just think of the kids who otherwise might be frightened of the monsters. Lots of different people are watching, right? Sven gives kids something fun & friendly to relieve tension. He just reminds me of the classic local movie host, especially Saturday afternoon kiddie movies. No matter what the movie, I enjoy getting into the spirit of it. Old lady Saturday Nights.

James "Mark" Wilson (11 April 1929 – 19 January 2021) was an American magician and author, who was widely credited as the first major television magician and in the process establishing the viability of illusion shows as a television format. He was so very popular that he appeared as himself in several television movies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Wilson_(magician)

From January 23-26, 1921, the Poli ran While New York Sleeps, a trilogy starring Estelle Taylor in three unnamed roles. The film was released on August 23, 1920, at eight reels. The Museum of Modern Art and the UCLA Film and Television Archive hold complete copies. Plot: The first story is entitled “Out of the Night.” The opening title reads “A story of the suburbs, where love builds its dream-dust future without reckoning on the ashes of the past; where birds come to rest and vultures to seek prey.” A happily married woman lives with her husband and child. One night while her husband is away, she is surprised when her previous husband, a scoundrel she thought was dead, reappears. He demands money to keep quiet. A burglar, who is hiding on the scene, shoots and kills the former husband. The wife allows the burglar to escape. She takes the gun, and when her current husband arrives, tells him she has shot a burglar. The second story is entitled “The Gay White Way.” The opening title reads “The supple bodies of women put seductive messages into their glances, and their red, red lips give silent invitations – where plots and counterplots hide behind paints and tinsel, and the order is always ,’On with the dance!’” Two con artists aim to set up a married man. The “vamp” entices him at a party and becomes his mistress. The man says his wife is going to sue for divorce, so he decides leaves his mistress. His mistress fires a pistol as he leaves. He returns to find her motionless on the floor. The second con artist arrives, claiming to be the woman’s husband. The married man gives him money to remain silent. The supposed husband leaves. But the tables are reversed on the pair when the married man returns, identifying himself as a detective. The final episode is entitled “A Tragedy of the East Side,” “where civilizations veneer is thinnest; where men do not weigh and measure but give and take; where impulse is stronger than reason and laws are defied; where love and lust and foe and woe play together in the game of life.” An elderly paralytic lives in a room by the edge of the East River. His son’s wife is a lowly person with no scruples. She takes up with the leader of a criminal gang. In the attic above his room, the paralytic realizes his son’s wife is carrying on with this man. There is a fight over the woman. The police arrive and kill the gang leader. But the young husband is dead. During the second episode, the film audience was treated to a scene involving Ziegfeld’s Frolic show, for which the famed impresario gave his permission to be shown. As one reviewer described it, “in this scene appears the famous Dolores, said by authorities of feminine pulchritude to be the most beautiful formed woman in the world.” Photoplay heaped praise upon the production, writing “you will gasp, you will shudder all the way through this three-ring circus. For once the advertisements have not been exaggerated. The suspense is well-sustained – so well that you could hear the proverbial pin drop if it ever did, not to mention smothered shrieks from the women and soft-profanity from the men. William Fox will make money with this one, as he has with so many others. But this time he earns it. He has not attempted here to sugar-coat his sex-theme or veil his violence or mask his melodrama. It is as frank and unashamed as the above alliteration.” Wid’s Daily noted “the second story will likely offend the family trade, although in out-of-town houses fathers and mothers can point it out as a striking reason why their children shouldn’t venture to the big city.” Motion Picture News wrote “the city is held up the light and depicted in all its sordiness during the hours between midnight and dawn. … Every detail is rich in its color and atmosphere and the ideas are perfectly constructed so that every ounce of action and suspense is squeezed out, thus keeping the interest and holding it to the conclusion.” However, Picture Play Magazine slammed the first two episodes, stating that there were “among the most disgusting presentations which have been shown on the screen as well as the stupidest. That part of New York represented by the audience on one evening at least seemed to feel that it might better have slept than spent its time witnessing the first part of the picture. Doubtless the censors in smaller communities will spare theatergoers there the boredom and unpleasantness of watching the two stories which might better have been omitted.” However, the magazine did praise the third installment, noting the fine acting of Marc MacDermott as the paralytic, Harry Sothern as the son, Estelle Taylor as the wife, and Earl Metcalfe as the gang leader. Based upon contemporaneous reports, audiences turned out in droves for this film. In the photo below, crowds are lined up outside the Boston Opera House, where the film ran for four weeks: Earl Metcalfe, who only appeared in the third episode of the film, amassed a large number of film credits during the silent era. At the outbreak of World War I, he enlisted in the Army, eventually attaining the rank of Captain. In the late 1920s he entered real estate, but was not successful. Then he began taking flying lessons. On January 26, 1928, Metcalf was flying with his instructor, Roy Wilson, near Glendale, California. During the flight, the plane started to climb and turn over. Wilson turned from his front seat, and saw the rear seat was empty. The plane went into a dive, and Wilson managed to recover and land safely. Metcalf’s dead body was found a few blocks from the airport. An investigation later determined that Metcalf had not been wearing his safely belt.

RED SONJA for the win.

I think it probably has to do with the Will and Grace tribute to Lucy. Messing was spot on perfect. She might not be first choice to play Lucille Ball, but she’s a perfect Lucy Ricardo.

O'Mara, Kate

The Scarlet Pimpernel - 1934

Morgan, Harry

Leave Her to Heaven

Barry Fitzgerald Next: Was in a movie with Barry Fitzgerald.

The Legend of Hell House (1973) Next: Philip Francis Nowlan

Sunday January 24, 2021 Expensive on TCM mr. blandings builds his dream house

Potts, Professor, played by Gary Cooper in "Ball of Fire"

Sad. I actually checked google yesterday to see how Larry King was doing. I watched most times when Larry had his CNN talk show over the years. He was a great interviewer. Wish he could have survived. I remember his Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando interviews and the 100's of others that I watched. over the years.Thank You Larry for years of informative and entertaining tv watching. RIP Larry King

Friday January 22, 2021 1979 on TCM the champ kramer vs. kramer great santini