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In addition to her movie and television roles, Ms. Weldon enjoyed a career as an opera singer, performing at the opening of one of the theaters in New York's Lincoln Center. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/joan-weldon-actress-pursued-by-giant-ants-in-them-dies-at-90

I watched a film that has been much reviled through the decades, Bitter Sweet (1940). Noel Coward felt that Hollywood had destroyed his operetta and swore that he would never let Hollywood film another of his musical shows. That's what my mother used to call biting off your nose to spite your face. There was a British black & white film of Bitter Sweet starring Anna Neagle that dropped most of the songs (the few reviews of this version on imdb are not enthusiastic). Hollywood's Bitter Sweet does drop my favorite song from the show, "If Love Were All," but manages to pack a number of songs into an hour and a half. We're never far away from a song, which is how I prefer musicals. W.S. Van Dyke is not exactly known for directing musicals. The color cinematography is appealing, and Jeanette MacDonald looks lovely and has many striking costumes by Adrian. Nelson Eddy as a Viennese music teacher uses the same accent that Spencer Tracy and John Wayne used when they played Germans (i.e., none at all) and he is not the most expressive actor, but his strong and attractive baritone offers some compensation. George Sanders is a hissable villain, and he seems to be sporting a crewcut. You might expect Felix Bressart and Sig Ruman to turn up in a film partly set in Vienna, and they do. Those who don't want to try the whole movie might want to take a look at the elaborate production number of "Zigeuner" toward the end of the film. This really should have been included in one of the That's Entertainment films. The costumes are in a restricted palette of creamy white and dull gold, and Jeanette's costume has the Adrian-on-acid look of some of Joan Crawford's clothes in The Bride Wore Red. as does the enormous hat she wears in the cafe sequence. All in all, Bitter Sweet was much better than I expected. Not for those allergic to Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald, but a decent show for those who enjoy their singing and/or Jeanette's looks.

If Orson Welles had made a film with Lassie: CITIZEN KENNEL *** If Jean Harlow had made a movie with Audrey Hepburn: LET'S HAVE DINNER AT EIGHT THEN HAVE BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S *** If Joan Collins had made a movie with Woody Allen: CAN HEIRONYMOUS MERKIN EVER FORGET MERCY HUMPPE AND FIND TRUE HAPPINESS IN A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S SEX COMEDY IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING HE ALREADY KNEW ABOUT SEX BUT WAS AFRAID TO ASK? *** If Spencer Tracy & Katharine Hepburn had made a movie with Maggie Smith: ADAM'S PRIME RIB FOR MISS JEAN BRODIE *** If Andy Griffith had made a film with Dana Andrews: A FACE IN THE CROWDED SKY AT ZERO HOUR! *** If Billy Crystal & Meg Ryan had made a movie with Alfred Hitchcock: THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY AND SALLY

Eastwood, Clint

Maureen O'Sullivan

DING DONG WILLIAMS

1948

FUN WITH DICK AND JANE (1977)

CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA

BRIGITTE next: Baer, Steiner and Von Sydow

Françoise Next: Bardot, Mira, Nielsen

Barton, Blake--Frank Gorshin in Bells are Ringing

Saturday, March 6 11:30 p.m. Inner Eye (1972). Documentary short by Satyajit Ray midnight Killer’s Kiss (1955). Interesting early Stanley Kubrick feature.

I thank you very much for creating this! She was quite attractive but there is at all times a hint of her being a person whom you do not wish to cross.

JOHN LOVES MARY 1949

1947

What Thompson ol' boy? Forget this memorable line in that flick, and when they're down in that Mexico cantina?... "Why yes, yes it is Ruby Red, Jeff. Max Factor's No.5 Ruby Red, in fact. Thanks for asking."

The Prizefighter and the Lady

Arnold, Jimmy - Donald O'Connor in Get Hep to Love

Okay, I'll give this a shot here, TB. And so how about a mishmash of THREE flicks here? If Natalie Wood, Robert Culp, Elliott Gould, Dyan Cannon, Bud Cort, Ruth Gordon, Art Carney and a certain feline thespian had all been in one movie, its title could have been: Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice and Harold and Maude and Harry and Tonto (...and tell ya what...I'll take Natalie, and you can have the cat)

FATHER DOWLING MYSTERIES

Night Nurse Next: fashion show

Since this topic is currently being mentioned in the "Wow...I'm really here!" topic, I figured I'd pop it to the top so others can easily find it.

Yup. That's the poster I was thinking of. P.S. Now he has his own site. Good idea! https://phantomofthebacklots.com/

Them! really stands out among my early movie memories. Frightening, but thrilling, too. It helped set me on the path to enjoy good sci-fi/horror, especially 50’s - 60’s era. Sorry to hear of Joan Weldon’s passing.

白日焰火 aka Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014) International Version Chinese Polar Witten and directed by Diao Yinan. 'Daylight Fireworks' (Chinese title) produced by Vivian Qu. The film won the Golden Bear award at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. Cinematography by Jingsong Dong and Music by Zi Wen. Starring Liao Fan as Zhang Zili, Gwei Lun-mei as Wu Zhizhen, Wang Xuebing as Liang Zhijun, Wang Jingchun as Rong Rong, Yu Ailei as Captain Wang and Ni Jingyang as Su Lijuan. The Story 1999. Heilongjiang, China's Alaska, Inner Mongolia to the West Siberia to the North and East. It's got five thousand foot mountains called the Greater Khingan Range the kind that stick up out of the high plains of Montana like the Bear Paws, the Judiths, the The Little Rockies. Only these plains are of the Black Dragon River. Its a little bigger than California a little smaller than Texas. The capitol city is called Harbin. The catalyst to the tale is a dismembered hand and arm that ends up on a coal conveyor at one of the nearby power plants. Harbin Detectives Zang (Fan) and Wang (Ailei) with their squad are sent to investigate. Zang. Woman Problems. Just went through a messy divorce, he's feeling down about life. Further poking around uncovers a fragment of a shirt and an I.D. card the victim is Liang Zhijun. More body parts are discovered, in locations three days drive away. They narrow down suspects and figure its got to be a coal truck driver who has a brother who helps him on his runs. Things aren't what they seem. This is a great Noir, familiar and yet different enough to make it all fresh again. It may take you a couple of go rounds to make through the film, It's worth it. The Color Noir cinematography by Jingsong Dong is excellent. Streaming on Amazon Prime 9/10

So, a while back, I mentioned that it seems like- more often than not- bad things happen in ALL GIRL'S SCHOOLS in FILMS, citing THESE THREE, PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK, THE BRIDES OF DRACULA, BLOOD OF DRACULA. SATAN'S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, and to some degree A LITTLE PRINCESS (and by that, I meant SHIRLEY TEMPLE'S TAP DANCING.) Several posters chimed in with "oh and THE BEGUILED (1971)" and I was like "huh?" and then I was schooled on its existence (and the 2017 remake) and went on a fruitless search for it. I came across it last night by DELIGHTFUL CHANCE. I need to lay out two things before I go any further here: 1. there will likely be spoilers of some kind and you deserve to be in suspense if you do not know this movie already, so quit reading now and 2. I do not like CLINT EASTWOOD as a person or a filmmaker AND I AM ALLOWED to NOT LIKE CLINT EASTWOOD as a person or a filmmaker and- at this point- it tempers my view of him in anything. thusly, it was rather refreshing to see him starring in an early 1970's variation on THE WICKER MAN with a decidedly feminist slant, that last point is debateable, but it will not negate the fact that I was HIGHLY AMUSED in the last half. AND from the director of DIRTY HARRY NO LESS!!!!! (DON SIEGEL who also did INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS) overall, it's kind of like a FEATURE LENGTH version of the CASTLE ANTHRAX SCENE from MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL- CLINT is a YANKEE soldier in 1863 who is wounded and taken in by GERALDINE PAGE AND ELIZABETH HARTMAN in their GIRL'S SCHOOL in the wilds of LOUISIANA and all sorts of SICK SEXUAL MINDGAMES ENSUE!!!!!!!!!!! It's quite entertaining and the entire cast of actresses are great- although I have to say I am a little surprised GERALDINE PAGE took this role! (although I am thrilled she did, NO ONE plays PERIOD WOMeN quite so perfectly as she does.) it also has that delightful 1970's "let's throw it at the wall and see if it sticks" sensibility about TOPICS THAT WERE THERETOFORE VERBOTEN ONSCREEN , the lack of restraint allows for some interesting things to happen- I had forgotten how COMMON the theme of INCEST is in films about the Confederacy. THE PRINT I WATCHED had a very washed-out, VHS kind of thing going on, so I can't really comment on the cinematography, but the production design was great (there is such a feculent style in 1970's period films, it's right when filmmakers started deglamorizing historical films) NORTH CAROLINA BORN MAE MERCER has the best scene in the film:

Frederick, Pauline

How about Red Scare comedies? THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING! THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING! SILK STOCKINGS THE GLASS BOTTOM BOAT

THREE SECRETS

The Lamp Still Burns (1943)

Arkin, Alan

14. Happy Days

Charlton Heston was in "The Naked Jungle" with Eleanor Parker.

IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS IN COLD BLOOD ALLEY WHAT MAKES SAMMY RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP IMITATION OF LIFE WITH FATHER OF THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN SONG OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC LINER BOYS TOWN WITHOUT PITY DANG this is fun! Sepiatone

JEZEBEL (1938) Next: Paul Newman, Fredric March and Diane Cilento

Boo Moon (1954) Youtube 8/10 Casper The Friendly Ghost goes to the moon. This cartoon was originally released in 3D. It starts as a typical Casper cartoon as he tries to make friends but everybody runs in terror from him. He looks into a telescope and the man in the moon looks friendly so he goes there. There are many twists and turns in this 6 minute cartoon and it is highly entertaining, one that I remember well from my childhood days. Casper becomes a Gulliver type character as tiny moon men capture him. There is a very scary attack by some Tree-men. That scene has been burned into my memory for decades, it was great to watch it again.

Variety @Variety #Oscars: @AwardsCircuit predicts the best actress nominees: - Viola Davis, #MaRaineysBlackBottom - Andra Day, #TheUnitedStatesVsBillieHoliday - Vanessa Kirby, #PiecesOfAWoman - Frances McDormand, #Nomadland - Carey Mulligan, #PromisingYoungWoman https://bit.ly/3aNvRQw 6:01 PM · Mar 4, 2021·TweetDeck

Variety @Variety Who will win best director at the #Oscars? @AwardsCircuit predicts: - Lee Isaac Chung, #Minari - Paul Greengrass, #NewsOfTheWorld - Regina King, #OneNightInMiami - Aaron Sorkin, #TheTrialOfTheChicago7 - Chloé Zhao, #Nomadland https://bit.ly/31yZlMD 5:16 PM · Mar 4, 2021·TweetDeck

The Roaring Twenties Next: Betty Grable, Jack Haley & Judy Garland

DONNA next: Binnie, Joanna and Priscilla

Sing Hallelujah ("Summer Stock") Next: A Waltz

THE MORE THE MERRIER (1943) Next: Janet Leigh, Vera Miles and John Gavin

Joan Blondell Next: BANJO ON MY KNEE (1936) MR. MOTO IN DANGER ISLAND (1939) HOLD BACK THE DAWN (1941) GOING MY WAY (1944) THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953)

Princess, I only remembered Buff Cobb because of her strange name. Here is what Wikipedia says about her: Patrizia Cobb Chapman was born in Florence, Tuscany, Italy, to opera singer Frank Chapman, whose own father was the ornithologist and pioneering writer of field guides Frank Michler Chapman, and playwright Elizabeth Cobb, whose father was the author and humorist Irvin S. Cobb.[1] When she was young, her parents divorced and her father married mezzo-soprano opera singer Gladys Swarthout.[2] Her family moved first to New York City and then to Santa Monica, California, where Cobb graduated from high school.[1] She began her acting career with stock companies,[1] and then won bit parts in movies including Anna and the King of Siam (1946),[1] and toured with Tallulah Bankhead in Noël Coward's play Private Lives from 1946 to 1948.[1] Here are Mike and Buff. Nice work, Princess. Now you get to go next.

Clark Gable was in "Band of Angels" with Yvonne DeCarlo.

Oh. My mistake. I'll read more closely next time. Thank you for your reply