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The Star 1952 The Party 1968 Hollywood Boulevard 1976 I Ought To Be In Pictures 1982 Postcards From The Edge 1990

Jeanne Eagels The Oscar Inside Daisy Clover Frances Once Upon a Time..in Hollywood Cabaret The Dresser The Day of the Locust Day for Night Frances Morning Glory Jailhouse Rock The Hard Way (1943) A Chorus Line Quiz Show The Player The Front Valley of the Dolls

Bombshell (1933) All About Eve (1950) 8 1/2 (1963)

Right, and we should all prefer steamed kale to fish and chips, because it's healthier. Very virtuous.

Esterhazy, Brunhilde (Hildy)--Betty Garrett in On the Town

The Rose (1979) A Face in the Crowd (1957) What Price Hollywood? (1932)

Zelig (played by Woody Allen in ZELIG)

The Thrill Of It All (1963) TCM-7/10 A doctor's wife becomes a TV spokeswoman which disrupts her household. The first time I have seen this all the way through, it was a funny 1960s domestic comedy with some satire on TV. Doris Day is as funny as ever with her shocked expressions and line delivery. She has great chemistry with James Garner, who turns in one of his best comedic performances. He is probably Day's best leading man right after Rock Hudson. Carl Reiner co wrote this and has some amusing cameos as a TV actor. There are several old pro characters in this. Edward Andrews and Arlene Francis play an older couple expecting a baby. Zasu Pitts plays a live in maid and has one of the funniest scenes when she finds Garner in her room at night. Reginald Owen is a an irascible soap company tycoon, 25 years after he played Scrooge in A Christmas Carol.

One of the original songs for Yellow Submarine:

I only had to communicate through an assistant to serve a celebrity in two instances that I can recall- Bob Dylan, not because he was aloof. He showed up to some big dinner event, feeling so good that I couldn't understand what he was saying. Because what he said, was not words. Luckily his wife or girlfriend was there to translate- (Me) "Good evening Mr Dylan, may I bring you a refreshment or something from the bar?" Bob Dylan- "Duuumaah vaaa kkkk splatonnnyyyy... ska llehhhh mmmaaa" (I thought, is this a missing verse from "Positively 4th Street"?) Dylan's girl: "Double vodka on the rocks splash of tonic squeeze of lime". "Coming right up!" Dinner? "Beeeaaaaa Strraaaaggghh ghhh ghh" "He'll have the Beef Stroganoff". In 1997-98 I was a manager at the New York Palace Hotel. The hotel of choice of Michael Jackson. He would stay in two triplex suites with just himself and a valet (each suite was $10K per night). One of the best hotel suites in the world, each of them essentially a three bedroom, three-story apartment occupying a quarter of an immense building, 50 stories above the street. His staff would occupy the other two triplexes. The bill for a weekend with F&B I am guessing, about $120,000. The entire hotel was under order, among other things, to not utter his name. He was to be referred to as "the special guest". The other important order to the staff, was that no one could look at him. His comings and goings were coordinated with the NYPD who would close off Park Avenue, East 50th and East 51st streets when he would come and go. We knew when this was happening well in advance so each mgr. in each department would make sure that the loading dock, service elevators, and triplex pantries were empty of workers. In spite of the meticulous planning, I did wind up on an elevator with him once. As I saw his group coming I just turned around and faced the elevator wall, as we were committed to do, I never actually saw him.

Carroll Baker next: A Hard Day's Night 1964

The Last Emperor Next: Peter O'Toole, Alistair Sim, Coral Browne

Adams, Kay, played by Diane Keaton in "The Godfather"

7} He did not attend the Academy Awards or pick up his Oscar for Patton, when asked what he did on Oscar night, he said he watched a hockey game on TV and went to bed.

Well my paternal grandfather was Native American and he sold Indian Motorcycles. Don't know if he was the business owner, but he was the salesman. The lot was a gas station (extant) that sold bicycles, motorcycles & washing machines-imagine that mash-up! ...AND because my grandmother was a Dutch "society" gal, grandpa passed himself off as Italian (reverse of Iron Eyes Cody!) The VanDeWalkers didn't like his Italian heritage but most likely would not have consented to the marriage if he had admitted Native American ancestry. Amazing. My grandfather made the cover of this book-he's the little guy right in the center wearing the dark jacket looking at the camera: He strongly resembled George Raft.

Oscar Levant next: Follow The Leader 1930

Jayne Mansfield next: Marnie 1964

Christmas in Connecticut (1945) Next: attractive male lead

Warren, Robert -- Lawrence Tierney in Kill or Be Killed (1950)

Jane Austen is another source for bonnets, seen here from SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Here are some from the wonderful PRIDE AND PREJUDICE miniseries:

It's very concerning how rabidly angry Twitter mobs seem to have so much power. They can get people fired, ruin the lives of anyone they deem to be out-of-step with their own self-righteous views, and, apparently, get an entire television channel (a non-commercial one at that !) extinguished. I loathe those people who seem to spend half their lives posting angry nasty Twitter comments, often without even looking into the details of whatever they're so furious about.

It's A Living next: Richard Chamberlain, Christopher Plummer and Barbara Stanwyck

Valentino, Rudolph -- voiced by Anthony Dexter in VALENTINO (1951)

with Vic Damone Athena 1954 Hit The Deck 1955

with Frank Sinatra The Tender Trap 1955 Pepe 1960

Agnes Moorehead What's the Matter with Helen? (1971) The Singing Nun (1966) How the West was Won (1962) Charlotte's Web (1973)

4) His first Oscar nomination was for Anatomy Of A Murder (1959).

Warlock (1959) Next: Shirley MacLaine, Yves Montand, Edward G. Robinson

Korman, Harvey

I’m trying to adhere to TCM’s SUTS practice of honoring classic film stars with an African American heritage, foreign (non-American) heritage, stars from the silent film era, as well as no recent SUTS repeats. In addition, I’d also like to see more character actors and actresses honored. (I do not know if TCM has rights to films with some of my listed SUTS choices.) Ronald Colman Donna Reed Robert Taylor Billie Burke Richard Widmark Gloria Grahame Mickey Rooney Loretta Young WC Fields Ethel Barrymore Howard Keel Jennifer Jones Tyrone Power Jane Wyman Donald Crisp Clara Bow Frank Morgan Elsa Lancaster Jack Carson Romy Schneider Robert Young Margaret Sullavan Don Ameche Ida Lupino Robert Ryan Edward Everett Horton Thomas Mitchell Fay Bainter Eddie Anderson Joan Bennett Abbott and Costello

YOUNG next: Betty, Jesse and Vanna

Singing Guns (1950)

Sylvia Sidney Next: Another Country (1984)

MARLA next: Como, King and Mason

Wednesday March 31, 2021 Adventure on TCM treasure island

All but 2402 and 2407

Ethel Merman Next: BROADWAY NIGHTS (1927)

Xiu Xiu -- played by Xiaolu Li in XIU XIU: THE SENT-DOWN GIRL (1998)

ADAM HAD FOUR SONS (1941)

Rich Man, Poor Man next: Ed O'Neill, Katey Sagal and Christina Applegate

2.) He won an Oscar for "Patton".

Why, TIKI! I'm shocked, SHOCKED to find you admitting to being such a...such a...well..."equestriCIST"!!!!

Moving away from GWTW for a moment, I watched the TCM commentary (before and after the film) about "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner." I was fine with a lot of the insights but the interpretation of the "real meaning" of Spencer Tracy's final speech to the young couple I completely take issue with. It was suggested that Spencer Tracy's speech giving "approval" to the marriage of his daughter to a black man was akin to the "white master" having the final say in the matter. Wow. Never, ever got that. I find that interpretation completely over the top. In truth, Dr. Prentice (aka Sidney Poitier) dictates HIS terms to the parents: "Either you give whole-hearted approval to this marriage or I won't marry your daughter." So, Tracy giving this speech (in addition to the fact that Stanley Kramer wanted to give Spencer Tracy his last great screen moment) essentially states his feeling that: "Love must triumph over any 'societal BS' an interracial couple may have to deal with" and is completely in response to Prentice's demand. Poitier's character literally says: "I want you to state, in the clearest possible terms, what your attitude is going to be" which is exactly what Tracy does. This is a flawed film in many ways -- my biggest gripe is the patronizing reference to the character Tillie -- "Been a member of this family for over 22 years" -- No, she has worked for you for 22 years . . . but I have never, ever seen Tracy's character as a "white master." Realistically and legally (and it is said a few times in the film) Tracy (and Hepburn) don't have to give "permission" to their daughter to get married but, from a plot standpoint, if there wasn't some "conflict" set up at the beginning of the film (Dr. Prentice says he won't marry Joanna if they don't approve) there would pretty much be no reason for us to sit there for nearly 2 hours. Much has been made of the Joanna character being painted as clueless regarding there being any "problems" with an interracial marriage. I've listened to Katharine Houghton discuss how much she wanted Joanna to have at least one speech in the film where she acknowledged that she "got it." But, Kramer clearly wanted the character to be somewhat of an "innocent," untainted by the prejudices of the people around her. I've always liked the character and I also never had a problem with Dr. Prentice being "too perfect," either. " Joanna was college-educated, obviously, from an extremely well-to-do, influential family and it made sense to me that she would be attracted to and marry a successful, professional man. Poor Spencer Tracy. Bet he had no idea that 50+ years after his very last film, folks would be insinuating that the character of Matt Drayton was a closet bigot.

I'm shocked! shocked! to find that cross-promotion is going on here!

Indeed. Categorizing Norman as transgender just seems to me to be a fundamental misreading of "Psycho". "Transvestite"--well, Norman clearly isn't a transvestite as we normally imagine them, but can one connect the unease that viewers feel when they see Norman (I've seen this film several times and the reveal of Norman in the dress and wig still freaks me out) with the unease that some folks feels when they see a man in a dress? Hm, seems like good fodder for a TCM host roundtable!

What this statement sounds like is that to be "black on the inside" is to be a violent thug? Ouch! Yeah, like all Irish people act the same way or all politicians are the same or any other dumb stereotype. Sorry, after reading Poitier's books his film portrayals seem very much like the man he is in real life. I could see why he'd be attracted to those roles, maybe even challenged by them. My favorite criticism of Fred Astaire's "Mr Bojangles of Harlem" number is how loose wristed Fred dances-oh my! Horrid Black stereotype! But Bill Robinson sometimes incorporated his hands this way for fluidity & emphasis and Astaire was simply imitating him. (not unlike Cagney imitating Cohen's weird dancing style in Yankee Doodle Dandy) I very much liked TCMs spotlight on Gays in Film, Asians in Film and most enjoyed the Native Americans in film spotlight. They were thoughtful & had different POV from the cohosts. When the common factor is "exploitation", the conversation itself become exploitative.

My problem with this comment is that it indicates a paradox in thought. For what we may really know, Poitier may have been drawn to many of his roles because they WEREN'T of "Aggressive, thuggish" black characters, which both then and now might have seemed as negative stereotypes. THEN the complaints today would be in a different light. Like it's almost as if you're complaining that Poitier's "non-aggressive, non thuggish" black characters were some kind of Hollywood deception. That the truth was that black people were the opposite of how Poitier portrayed them in his movies. It's like when Poitier's character in GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER says to his character's Father, he could almost be talking to you when he says( and a favorite line in the flick)-- "You still think of yourself as a colored man. I think of myself, as a MAN!" Your "Oreo" comment seems too, to indicate a belief that all black men should be seen as all behaving identically. As in a way that white people can identify as "black behavior". Like not only do they all LOOK alike, but ACT alike as well. For shame. Sepiatone