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Wow! COOL! So then it sounds like you may have Bette Davis' DNA. Ever think of cloning her? (...eeh, never mind...with the price of cigarettes today, she'd end up costing you a fortune in upkeep, wouldn't she)

For anyone that is going to go through Noir withdrawals this month with no Noir Alley here are the Noir, Transitional Noir, International Noir and Neo Noir scheduled 😎 Today - All the King's Men 1950 April 3 - Caged (1950) April 5 - Fallen Idol (1948) April 9 - Hangmen Also Die! (1943) April 11 - I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932), I Want To Live! (1958) - Transitional Noirs In Cold Blood (1967) and In The Heat Of The Night (1967) April 13 - Johnny Eager (1943) Key Largo (1948) April 14 - La Strada - Noir Italian Style (1954), Ladies in Retirement (1941) April 15 - The Letter (1940), Neo Noir - Leaving Las Vegas (1995) April 16 - The Maltese Falcon (1941) April 17 - Mildred Pierce (1945), Transitional Noir The Manchurian Candidate (1962) April 18 - Mystery Street (1950) April 19 - Brit Noir Odd Man Out (1947), Film Soleil Transitional Noir Night of the Iguana (1964) April 22 - Possessed (1947), One of the very first Transitional Noir Psycho (1960) April 23 - Hitchcock Noir- Rear Window (1954) April 25 - Hitchcock Noir - Shadow Of A Doubt (1943), Neo Noir Shaft (1971) April 27 - The Strange Loves Of Martha Ivers (1946), The Stranger (1946), Hitchcock Noir - Strangers On A Train (1951), Southern Gothic Noir A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) April 28 - Transitional Noir Sweet Bird Of Youth (1962) April 29 - The Third Man (1949)

I've lived in West Hollywood since 1985 and would be hard put to tell who I haven't seen from the film business. But as a waiter at Fred Segal's, I got to meet one of my idols and she chatted and signed a picture for me. One of my co-workers saved her cigarette stubs, which were stained with her lipstick, and gave them to me. I know...ick. But I still have them.

My thoughts on the schedules... SansFin Love "Balloon Ascension Day!" What a great idea! And like Bob, I love Gene Tierney, so that block is a joy to me. Also, I grew up along the Hudson River and that makes Dragonwyck kinda of a hoot! Oh, and "great minds" and all that. We both had "maids" in our schedules. How weird is that? Lonesome The "bad show" block is sheer genius. Curtain Call at Cactus Creek is a new one on me, so I'll have to check it out. I also love the truck drivers segment, with They Drive By Night a real fav. SpeedRacer The double trouble twins grouping is really fun. I just saw The Dark Mirror for the first time and loved it! Dan Duryea is truly one of the most frightening film bad guys ever, so he really deserves being called out in your schedule. And in a year when no one got to travel, your European segment has me thinking of long ago vacations in Italy and elsewhere. Sigh. Stevo All hail Ed Wood! The best worst director of all time. ("You humans are all idiots!) And bravo for your Dana Andrews block. I will pretty much watch anything he's in, and love it! As for the "long take," what a great idea. I have a good friend who's a Steadicam op in Hollywood and he and I sometimes chat about the best "oners" of all time! (the one in Ms. Maisel is pretty insane!) Athos Gig Young gets no love, so I'm happy to see you pick him. For the guy who named himself after a character (so weird...) these are two of his best. I'm amazed that there are so many films based in or around Berlin, one of Europe's great cities. Cool idea. You really got the B "thing" nailed both with Sol Wurtzel and Chan. And finally, in my book, Ida Lupino, no matter what studio she was at, can do no wrong! CinemaInternational Dark side of Hollywood, indeed! I remember reading Day of the Locust when I was young and not totally getting it. Now I do! Ross Hunter is also someone who I've realized is much better than I thought. Funny how age will let you get a different take on things. Finally, bravo on any schedule that includes Soap Dish - and the Hope and Goddard films are just pure fun! Great schedules all around and a VERY difficult choice. As I has indicated to the moderator by PM previously, my vote goes to Athos.

Now You See Him, Now You Don't 1972 ( Kurt Russell )

She's the terror of most anyone: her parents, siblings, acquaintances. It may come as a big surprise to some, but most go through the transition of being the center of their family's unconditional love to having to navigate relationships based on actual merit. My favorite scene is where Scarlett overhears other girls talking about her as she hides under the stairs, her first realization she's not "accepted". This is why both my Mom & I loved reading the book-we recognized that spoiled adolescent. It helps that many of her problems revolve around outdated social mores like wearing black, suffering for beauty, being coy, shy, etc. It may seem silly to us now, but the only hope a woman had was to be married/taken care of and her only asset was her beauty/manners. It's fabulous that her story is set in Civil War Georgia because of the these old fashioned ideas. The entire POINT is the slave owners have been born into a life where owning people was OK, a sign of wealth. Scarlett's personal transition mirrors the transition of the South.

THIS GUN FOR HIRE ASSASSIN FOR HIRE SUDDENLY THE PUMAMAN MURDER BY CONTRACT THE KILLERS DIAL M FOR MURDER AL CAPONE

Some of the stunning head dressings Vivien Leigh wore in THAT HAMILTON WOMAN: http://www.frockflicks.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Viven-Leigh-That-Hamilton-Woman-Romney1.jpg This veil is my favorite. In the film, it catches all the lighting from the camera and shoots out little sparkles from the sequins.

Also THE COMPUTER WORE TENNIS SHOES

Back To The Future 1985

Invasion of the Saucer Men Village of the Giants Teenagers From Outer Space

Ivers, Old Hag -- played by Judith Anderson in THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS (1946)

Zapped! (1982) "A high school science nerd gains telekinetic powers after a laboratory accident and uses them for revenge upon bullies." The Space Between Us (2017) Teen born on Mars travels to Earth for first time The Blob (1958)

Thanks to everyone who recommended Go Naked in the World. Fortunately, Ernest Borgnine did not take the title literally. As several imdb reviewers noted, this is another version of Camille or La Traviata. Gina Lollobrigida looks great. Some details I loved: 1) At the restaurant Gina is taken to a banquette the color of which can only be described as "*****house red." 2) Gina gets to wear some fancy clothes, especially a blue fox fur. 3) When Anthony Franciosa tells Borgnine he's going to marry Gina, it looks like Borgnine's eyes are actually going to pop out of his head (a ROFL moment for me). 4) Gina's line: "I'd like to live on a cloud. A little pink cloud." An extra scoop of would-be poetic dialogue makes the melodrama sweeter. Because there is some on-location footage of Acapulco, I tried to imagine a director's cut of Go Naked in the World that would include Ava Gardner, the houseboys, and Grayson Hall from Night of the Iguana and Lana Turner from Love Has Many Faces.

"Playtime", Jacques Tati

King Kong (1933)

you mean ? well, every picture tells a story.😎

Executive Action 1973 Death Wish 1974 Contract On Cherry Street ( tv movie with Frank Sinatra ) 1977 The Terminator 1984

LOL Why is it I'm now envisioning Humphrey Bogart juggling around a couple of little steel balls in his right hand??? (...hey Moe...you wouldn't happen to look like Jose Ferrer, would ya?)

And the winner is: Lonesome Polecat!!! Congratulations to LP on her wonderful schedule and well-deserved win. LP now has the honor of conceiving and hosting TCM Programming Challenge #45! Can't wait to see what you come up with. Final voting tally: Lonesome Polecat: 4 Sans Fins: 3 Over Easy: 2 Athos: 2 Stevomachino: 1 Speedracer5: 1 CinemaInternational: 1 P.S. As previously discussed, I have a "Thank You" gift for each of the participants and Lonesome Polecat is the winner of the Noir City Poster. When you get a chance, please message me your mailing addresses and I'll get those things into the mail next week. Thanks so much for participating and for all of your hard work and creativity. Lydecker

I would also except a slow scroll of text across the bottom of the screen every 30 to 40 minutes that says “just in case you’re still watching this movie under the impression that surely it must get better, trust us: it does not.”

Since many of the recent offerings have been repeats, I won't miss NA too much. Wise Blood~neo-Southern Gothic, Body Wounding, Weird Preachers noir. The Wizard of Oz~Kansas Dust Storm Rouge Shoe Wear noir.

Mmm yes. Disclaimers please for The Oscar, The End of Violence, Baby Geniuses, Captain Fantastic, etc in my own personal cases. Plus one for Raise the Titanic marked "Do not drive or Operate heavy machinery if you are watching this movie"

THE GOOD DIE YOUNG

I'm thinking "Psycho" revisited with gender reversal reversals.

I love that in A Summer Place, Constance Ford's character never went through any sort of changes. She was a horrible, contemptible, disgusting woman from beginning to end. There was absolutely nothing sympathetic about her. She was awful before, but she veered into pure witch territory for me when she forces Sandra Dee to endure a physical to check that her virginity was still intact. I even feel sorry for Arthur Kennedy's character to an extent, because while awful, he's also battling feeling like a failure for allowing his demons (alcoholism) to take over, causing him to lose his family's wealth and status on Pine Island. I feel like he still has some potential to turn it around and not be such a jerk. But Constance Ford's character deserves to live alone and never see Sandra Dee and her new grandchild, ever again. It's not often in a film when you root for characters to commit adultery, but I definitely did in this one.

Fraser, Brendan

There's Always Tomorrow (1955)

Violent Saturday

Anything on yahoo is not worth reading. I mean, It’s even right there in the name and everything.

Where the Boys Are (1984) Next: Ice Castles (1978) - Two w/ Lynn-Holly Johnson

Ender's Game (2013) Divergent (2014) Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

Balakireff, Countess Olga - Kay Francis in A Notorious Affair

Tol'able David (1930)

The ❤️Doris Day❤️ Show

NOW AND FOREVER

I feel weird defending "Gone with the Wind" because I don't like the movie! First, it really actually is pretty darn racist. Second, why are we supposed to root for Scarlett? You can have an anti-hero (heroine) but there needs to at least be a reason to care about them. But this idea that movies should be "retired" is loathsome. It's an important film. It should be available for people to see. A channel like Turner Classic Movies, which is nominally dedicated to, you know, "classic movies" (at least the ones from MGM and Warners), should show it. I think that this series is a good idea. If you find "Gone with the Wind" troubling, listen to our hosts talk about it. If you don't want to think to hard about racism in Hollywood, fast-forward. If you think the movie should be "retired", well, turn the channel.

The Trial of Vivienne Ware 1932

Young, Brigham was played by Dean Jagger in Brigham Young 1940

I believe controversy grows the audience, particularly when people speak in such moral tones. The more people come down on GWTW, the more curiosity is piqued. The film opens everything to discussion and I love it when people get impassioned about it. The old statement "Hope it IS gone,"... etc. has a beard, and still it is a film that draws audiences in a way other classic films do not: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-gone-wind-sets-record-fathom-1195914 As Elizabeth Bennet says (at least via MGM in 1940), " Perhaps the wish is father to the thought." Just the same, who would expect the film to be the hot brick it became just this year, because Mr. Ridley started kicking it? The name recognition has grown stronger at the hands of those who would suppress it. https://variety.com/2020/digital/uncategorized/gone-with-the-wind-amazon-best-seller-hbo-max-1234630577/

Well, let's hope no one listens to you.

1930

I Married a Witch

Wilkinson, Martha, played by Barbara Stanwyck in "The Violent Men"

RANDOM HARVEST (1942)

American Sniper (2014)

I know you were probably thinking 'hit man' like: Foreign Correspondent but my first thoughts were different: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Apocalypse Now I Want to Live!

The Naked Archaeologist (2005–2008) This is a quite wonderful and engrossing series! I have no particularly deep interest in archaeology but I found this quite fascinating. It is hosted by Simcha Jacobovici who has won more than twenty awards for his documentaries. This is his investigation into Biblical archaeology. It covers a wide range from the clothes worn at the time to locating Mt. Sinai to why there is a huge slab of ancient glass in the middle of a Holy cemetery. It explores also the many ways that archaeology provides evidence to support stories in the Bible and how the Bible has led to many important archaeological discoveries. The information is serious but he presents it in an often whimsical way. Of particular interest to me is how he incorporates micro-clips of old movies into his narrative. These are not just scenes from Biblical epics. His speaking of the gold and silver looted from King Solomon's Temple is backdropped by pirates finding treasure. Cartoons, 1930s musicals and madcap comedies are all fodder for his mill. I believe he used this to prevent the soul-deadening travelogue-and-talking-heads format of many documentaries. That his method of presentation does not detract from the integrity of the research is evidenced by one episode of this series winning the Special Jury Prize at the 8th International Archaeological Film Festival. 8/9.4 It is available with no additional fees on Amazon Prime Video and with advertisements on TubiTv and is listed as being available on several other streaming services.

The mentioning of Michael Jackson by Herman up there is now reminding me of the times as a boarding gate supervior for Northwest Airlines at LAX, I'd have occasion to "special board" another Rock/Pop superstar who lived (and died) in Minneapolis. We'd board Prince and his entourage after everyone else was onboard the aircraft, and who'd always have the first two rows in first class booked. Prince and his entourage was allowed access to the security "sterile" tarmac area and from where he and they would walk up the jetway's outer stairs. The guy was SO freakin' paranoid that someone might recognize him that he'd usually be wearing a hoodie with its drawstrings pulled tight around his face and with only a small opening enough so he could see out of it. And then of the FLIPSIDE of these freakin' wacko "eccentrics", I had the great pleasure to occasionally talk to one of the NBA greats at the gate area. During one of these little chats with him about the latest Lakers goings-ons (the man in question had retired from playing by this time), two little old ladies walked up to him and asked him if he was Magic Johnson, and to which he replied, "Why yes, ladies. That me." They then asked him if he'd mind signing a couple of autographs for their grandchildren, and to which he said he'd be happy to. I then popped out a couple of empty/non printed boarding passes for this purpose and handed them to Magic along with my pen. After he had asked their grandchildren's names and finished writing out his autograph, he handed them to the ladies and they thanked him and turned to walk away. This was when Magic said, "Wait a second, ladies. Don't I at least get a hug before you walk away?" (...and as I watched how ALL celebrities SHOULD treat their adoring fans, I thought what a nice counterpoint this was to all the damn paranoid types and/or all the "I'm a very special person and so treat me accordingly"/nose-in-the-air types I had to deal with in that job)