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Off the top of my head a few in each category... An international star, who was cool, JULIO IGLESIAS. His one visit to the restaurant in my years there was quite sensational, can't recall the year but it was when he was mega-hot.. NYPD plus additional security, barricades on the sidewalk, that type of thing. He had lunch with some people, then had a performance at Carnegie Hall (maybe Town Hall, I could be wrong), then post-show we had a cocktail reception for him at 10:00PM or so, and the scene was just insane. I was inside by the entrance when he came back for the reception and he sort of shook himself like a wet dog, so many people were trying to touch him. I said something like "Very good Mr. Iglesias" and I think he smiled and said "Thank You". I also recall at lunch when he came and left, he spent 15 minutes each time at least signing autographs, chatting with his fans. Cool guy. Well-known directors? SIDNEY LUMET, ROBERT BENTON, MIKE NICHOLS were regulars! Mr. Lumet and Mr. Benton, both very nice and unassuming (casual dressers, V-neck sweater, often no jacket). Mr. Nichols was high maintenance, (I'll get to that eventually). First child or teen star I think of is JACK LARSON (Jimmy Olsen in Superman TV show). Mid 80's I think, business lunch with another guy. One of the waiters named Rob was a big Superman fan. Rob waited until they were leaving and said hi to Mr. Larson and professed his admiration for his work. Jack Larson seemed at first to think that Rob was kidding and mocking him! This was before Comic-Con, Chiller etc. But Rob was a serious fan! They did end up having a nice chat. Politicians...at the RTR I waited on RICHARD NIXON, JIMMY CARTER, GERALD FORD, JOHN McCAIN...and at other jobs I met BARACK OBAMA, HILARY CLINTON, AL GORE... and many others. If I can focus on one guy that was the nicest, it's Senator McCain. I served him and his guest dinner in the early or mid 90's. I liked his common-sense, compassionate approach to politics at the time. He was very friendly, and I was hoping to have an opportunity to chat with him. When he and his guest were done with dinner, he engaged me and I got my chance. He expressed surprise that I knew who he was! I asked him for an autograph (one of only 5 or 6 times that I did this) and Senator McCain was like, are you serious? "You want my autograph, at the Russian Tea Room, I am a nobody here." Other well-known people... DR KEVORKIAN, IMELDA MARCOS, ADNAN KHASHOGGHI....

Rest assured, mabelnormand, there is no such rule. If there was a lot of us, myself included, would have been out of here a long time ago.

I cringe when a new poster is treated rudely and shabbily. It explains why there have been so few new participants in recent years.

Irene Dunne and William Powell were so good together in LIFE WITH FATHER. I can't help but think they would have teamed well in some screwballs during the 1930's.

Robinson and Cagney only appeared in one film together - SMART MONEY in 1931.

There are few aromas on this planet that can compare with that of freshly baked bread. I'm salivating just thinking about it. Sorry for my brief digression but my passion for fresh warm bread (slathered with butter) just flared up. And now . . . back to the subject of meeting classic stars, some of whom had plenty of dough. (Sorry, couldn't help myself there either).

JACK LEMMON and LEE REMICK in DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES both nominated for Oscars.

I'm just reading an excellent new biography of Tom Stoppard by Hermione Lee. It has a lot about the play and film. Here's a quote you may enjoy, related to that year's Venice festival: "The expected winner was Scorsese's Goodfellas. After Rosenkrantz was shown on 5 September, Stoppard flew back to London and asked, breaking the rules of the Festival, that he might be told the result in advance; he couldn't face going back to Venice to see Goodfellas win. "Please return to Venice," came the message... Gore Vidal, who was chairing the panel of judges (which included Omar Sharif), described Stoppard's film as "a tribute to the force of the mind, of wit and logic in human affairs." Stoppard himself thought Goodfellas was in another league altogether, and told Scorsese he would have voted for him - 'don't blame me!'"

Well, fictional ones...

I agree. The way Cagney jabs his gun in the air almost like a knife stab I have always found unintentionally amusing. And, yes, Sheridan does steal the film from him (with the help of the best one liners).

I think this was also the year Demi Moore wore the bicycle shorts? Ah, the Golden Olden Days of Classic Hollywood.

Evil children are usually precocious: Patty McCormack in The Bad Seed (1956) Martin Stephens in Village of the Damned (1960) Jasper Newell in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)

Margaret O'Brien in everything -- MEET ME IN ST LOUIS THE CANTERVILLE GHOST JOURNEY FOR MARGARET LOST ANGEL BAD BASCOMB OUR VINES HAVE TENDER GRAPES TENTH AVENUE ANGEL THREE WISE FOOLS SECRET GARDEN

Virginia Weidler in everything -- PHILADELPHIA STORY MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKENS THE WOMEN FRECKLES THE YOUNGEST PROFESSION BORN TO SING FIXER DUGAN HENRY GOES ARIZONA BARNACLE BILL, etc

Irreconcilable Differences 1984 ( Drew Barrymore) Paper Moon 1973 ( Tatum O'Neal)

Sounder (1972) I saw this lovely film again recently, and had somehow forgotten (or maybe it never registered in my brain in the first place) that Sounder is the name of the family's dog.

NCIS Next: Ed Asner, Kathleen Beller, Mikelti Williamson

Thank you to ALL who replied with kind remarks. I'm just not familiar with this site yet. It's good to know there are nice people on here. Some I guess need to be ignored.

As for this year's Oscars, I think that it was downright insulting that Mank won for cinematography. It is one of the worst-photographed films I have ever seen, and an insult to the great black and white photography of classic Hollywood.

Fausterlitz, if you click on the first page of every thread, the OP explains how that thread is played. When it comes to threads like describe the movie, husband and wife, retro trivia and others whom ever guesses correctly gets to post the next question. You might want to read thru some of the threads to see past questions and responses to see how each is played. It won't take long for you to get the hang of it, I can already tell you'll be an excellent trivia player.

Let this be a lesson for you, especially if you have firearms in the house. Never come home with the groceries and tell your pet gorilla you forgot to pick up the bananas.

George Winslow in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

The Velvet Touch is wonderful and it is one of the few times when I don't want to hurl the remote in Rosalind Russell's face.

I forgot about that. But then, I found that movie to be forgettable. Sepiatone

I mentioned this a few years ago in some other thread, and it still bugs me I can't recall the movie(or the actors) but it's a Western, and the scene, in the typical wild west saloon, has one guy at the bar when a really mangy looking guy steps up right next to him, orders a beer and when it comes, he proceeds to drink it in such a sloppy manner there's much of the beer rolling out the sides of the mug and down his face and dripping off his chin. The first guy(a "dandy" kind of guy) says, "My good man. If you're not careful you might get some of that in your mouth." And a huge fight begins. Sepiatone

I actually loved the production and thought it worked. I'd never seen WSS on stage, though I actually produced some programs related to it. My doctor, who loves musical theater and is a bit of a purist, was scheduled to see the new production. It was known that "I Feel Pretty" had been cut, and my doctor said that, when that point in the show arrives, he was going to stand up and boo. After he saw the show, I asked him how it went. He said he and his wife loved it with all the changes, that it totally worked, pared down and modernized. I was in the orchestra, but I think the video would have actually enhanced the experience for the balcony, since some of the projections were not canned footage, but consisted of showing the live stage, on which a camera was trained, thereby giving the balcony customers a clearer view of the actors and sets, which they would not have had with a traditional staging.

Six of a Kind/We're Not Dressing/A Damsel in Distress Next: Katharine Hepburn & Adolphe Menjou

Ordway, Nancy, played by Peggy Ann Garner in "Black Widow"

I agree. "Dangerous Liaisons" should have been Glenn's year. I think she was 7 or 8 months pregnant for the "Fatal Attraction" show.

Not a bad idea. Maybe set it in Verona in the late 1500's. Very fresh.

Your memory is correct. Glenn was nominated for "Dangerous Liaisons" , Frances for "Mississippi Burning".

Ok I got TORRID ZONE from the library after all the talk about it here. Thanks, good movie! Filled with Ann Sheridan wisecracks...and yes she steals the picture from Cagney. LOL Cagney has the hilarious habit of thrusting the gun forward as he shoots as if a bullwhip - After a gunfight, Cagney says, "You get in my way next time I'm gonna shoot right through you" Sheridan: "Give you a better chance of really hitting someone"

From April 28-30, 1921, the Poli ran Ducks and Drakes, starring Bebe Daniels as Teddy Simpson and Jack Holt as Rob Winslow. The film was released in February of 1921, at five reels. The Library of Congress has a complete copy. The film is available on DVD, produced by one of our long-time posters, Ed Lorusso. Plot: Teddy Simpson is a rich young girl. She is engaged to Rob Winslow, who doesn’t provide enough adventure for her. Her strait-laced aunt tries to keep her under wraps. Teddy decides to entertain herself by randomly phoning men and flirting with them. When she ends up unknowingly phoning some of her fiancé’s friends, Winslow overhears them flirting. So he arranges to give Teddy a scare. One of her “admirers” coaxes her into a visiting a hunting camp, where an adventure with an “escaped murderer” is staged. Teddy is abducted and taken to a houseboat. Winslow comes to her “rescue,” only to discover she has escaped. After this incident, she marries Winslow. But she rejects his attentions until he climbs into her room from outdoors. Relieved that he is not a burglar, she willingly allows him to stay. The stills below could not be placed in any context, but they show Bebe Daniels with her co-stars (respectively) Jack Holt, W. E. Lawrence, and Edward Martindel: Exhibitor’s Herald called the film “a piquant comedy-melodrama, surprisingly good in every way. … It sparkles with unexpected situations and incites curiosity from beginning to end.” Wid’s Daily remarked that the film was “another step up the ladder for Bebe Daniels. Not that it gives her anything particularly new to do, but it establishes her more firmly as a first class purveyor of light and frolicsome entertainment. The whole thing is almost entirely Bebe Daniels, and she contrives to make herself wholly enjoyable from start to finish.” Motion Picture News wrote “as an entertainment it will bring shekels to the exhibitor and chuckles to the patron.” Variety weighed in with their assessment of Daniels’ wardrobe, noting that she “favored the short skirt in nearly all her dresses, but as she is the possessor of a trim ankle, which was incased in dainty hose, the high skirt line is becoming. One of the frocks worn was made rather full of silver and velvet bands alternating. Two handsome fur coats were displayed by Miss Daniels, during the pictures. The first was moleskin, made cape fashion, while the other was sealskin, squirrel forming a deep half way down the coat, matching the bell shaped cuffs and choker collar. The star wears an exquisite evening gown of silver sequins as her wedding dress. It has a sweeping train. A huge bow of net was the only trimming, its ends joining the train.” Okay.

I'm thinking a complete resetting might work. Make it a period piece from a few hundred years ago. Give it an other-worldy feel. Make it about feuding families instead of rival gangs to take the racial edge off. That would be something really fresh.

Thursday, April 29 8 p.m. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948).

KELLY AND ME (Kelly is a dog)

I know the Belmont/Mt. Carmel neighborhood well! When my family moved, I lived on the Fordham campus, but even before that (and after), a trip to Arthur Avenue for the restaurants and bakeries was among the pleasures of living in the Bronx. Btw, My Junior High School and High School graduations took place at the Loew's Paradise.

THE KILLERS

CLEOPATRA 1963 next Sam Neill gets shot in a Russian nuclear submarine

1961...LOVER COME BACK Next: Elizabeth Taylor kicks asp and takes names.

Likely what you saw were transcription discs... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_transcription#:~:text=A transcription disc is a,among radio professionals.

Since we have been speaking of Oscar disasters in other threads, it occurs to me that I once met Eileen Bowman. "Who's that?" you might ask. Remember John Travolta dancing with Snow White on the Oscar telecast? Eileen Bowman was Snow White. What must have seemed like a fabulous career break turned out to be a career disaster. However, she seemed very nice. A terrific singer with tons of energy. Some friends did a performance workshop with her and loved working with her. If any of you know the musical Ruthless--a mashup of The Bad Seed and All About Eve--Eileen was hilarious singing a song about a Broadway star who laments that she can't be a simple housewife ironing her family's clothes.

Thursday, June 3rd is the day for me. I have 7 I would like to record Before Dawn 1933 While the Patient Sleeps 1935 The Case of the Black Cat 1936 Murder by an Aristocrat 1936 Mystery House 1938 Nine Lives Are Not Enough 1941 High School Confidential 1958

A MESSAGE TO THE TCM PROGRAMMERS: Just in case you ever check out this thread and while you are working on the schedule for July how about doing your loyal Canadian viewers a turn by celebrating Canada Day on July 1st? Thursday, July 1 What about featuring some of these people on July 1: Jack Warner, Louis B. Mayer (landed), Norman Jewison, Marie Dressler, Walter Pidgeon, Mary Pickford, Fay Wray, Walter Huston, John Candy, Glenn Ford, Deanna Durbin, Colleen Dewhurst, Lorne Green, John Ireland, William Shatner, James Doohan, Martin Short, James Cameron, Michael J. Fox, Keanu Reeves, Norma Shearer, Christopher Plummer, John Colicos, Matheson Lang, Donald Sutherland, Leslie Nielsen, Gordon Pinsent, Laura Linney, Eugene Levy, Chief Dan George, Jay Silverheels, Graham Greene, Gary Farmer, David Cronenberg, Denis Villeneuve, Denys Arcand, Francis Mankiewicz, Joanna Shimkus, Hume Cronyn, Yvonne De Carlo, Maude Eburne, Arthur Hiller, Brendan Fraser, Brent Carver, Alexis Smith, Alexander Knox, Genevieve Bujold, Ryan Gosling, Barry Pepper, Catherine O'Hara, Jim Carrey, Mike Myers, Craig Russell, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Ellen Page, Anna Paquin, Bruce Greenwood, Raymond Massey, Ivan Reitman, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Rody Piper, Kate Nelligan and Raymond Burr.

From Winchester 73, when Lola Manners (Shelley Winters) first meets Waco Johnny Dean (Dan Duryea). Lola: "Yeh, I know who you are, Waco Johnny Dean, the fastest gun in Texas." Waco Johnny: "Texas? Lady, why limit me?"

TikiSoo I'm new here and was unaware someone had already mentioned Sal Mineo. Is there a rule saying you can't post about someone twice?

Looking at some Season 1 episodes of Cannon today. Here is my review for S1 E12 "Death Is a Double Cross" The story, which was adapted from a 1953 novel by crime writer Thomas B. Dewey, has a lot going for it and probably could have been expanded into a two-parter. William Conrad gets to demonstrate his range as tough cop-turned-investigator Frank Cannon, who just so happens to have a softer side. There are some charming scenes where he accompanies a woman named Cynthia Swanson (Marianne McAndrew) and her two young children Roger & Amy (real-life siblings Leif Garrett & Dawn Lyn) on a train from Chicago to Los Angeles. He bonds quickly with the trio and even becomes friendly with the kids' father when Carl Swanson (Ken Scott) joins them for part of the trip to Albuquerque. Initially Frank is unaware that Carl Swanson is a crook. It seems Carl won't give his wife a divorce unless she transports some counterfeit bonds for him to L. A. I enjoyed how relaxing the scenes on the train seemed with some nice scenery whizzing by in the background. Frank and Cynthia have several thoughtful exchanges, and the dialogue seemed realistic and sincerely played. One thing that occurred to me as I watched the episode, especially when I learned Cynthia's fate midway through the story, was just how important Frank's kindness and friendship must have been to her. Imagine making a doomed woman's last days meaningful in that way, then later helping to facilitate her kids' reunion with their long-lost grandfather (Simon Scott). Of course part of the irony is that if Frank Cannon had known more about Andy Carver's involvement in the stolen certificates, he wouldn't have revealed to him the whereabouts of Mrs. Swanson and her kids, which led to her murder and their being kidnapped. So in an interesting set of developments, Frank is the one who inadvertently sets the stage for tragedy but also has the power to make things right at the end. Probably my favorite scene in the episode is the one where Frank is getting off the train with the Swansons at L. A. Union Station and is hugged by the kids. The shot of them having a group hug with the little girl's Snoopy doll is very precious and endearing. It's nice to keep in mind that Frank Cannon is a decent and honorable guy who plays a special role in this particular family. On another note, actor Ed Nelson does an admirable job playing Andy the villain, though I think if the story had been expanded into a two-parter we would have understand his character's motivation better. Why did he think he was entitled to his boss's wife (Charlene Polite) and why did he think he could get away with the scam he had been perpetrating with Carl Swanson? Also, it would have been interesting to see how he actually harmed Cynthia Swanson at the motel and managed to whisk Roger & Amy to his place without others hearing the commotion. Furthermore, if we had seen Andy push the kids' father to his death out a hotel window a bit later on, we might have observed a much more chilling type of man becoming more and more desperate to get away with his crimes. That would have made the scene near the end where Frank kills him on the dock that much more powerful and just. I haven't read Dewey's novel, but I am guessing Cynthia Swanson is killed in the book and that is why the scriptwriters allowed this development to occur on screen. But I don't think her death was altogether necessary. She could have lapsed into a coma, with the kids still having been kidnapped. But after Frank rescues the children and they are united with their grandfather, we could have cut to a scene a short time later where Cynthia has come out of the coma, learned the children are safe because of Frank, learned her husband had died and the culprit was dead too...and then she reconciled with her estranged father as Frank looked on. That would have been a much more fitting and happy ending. I don't think the kids had to become orphaned. The original story would have worked fine without them losing their mother.

A Brief Vacation (1973) Florinda Bolkan, Renato Salvatori, Daniel Quenaud. One of the last films of director Vittorio De Sica. Bolkan plays Clara, a worker in a noisy, dirty, very un-modern factory in Milan. Back at home she has an unsympathetic hubby, a bumptious brother-in-law, and a whinny mother- in-law. The only saving grace are her three young children. Clara begins to feel sick at her job and is sent for a check up. She is found to have small spots on her lungs and is sent for treatment to a TB clinic in the mountains, a kind of Italian version of The Magic Mountain. Away from her family she is able to relax, rest, and do a little reading. She also falls in with a group of well off TB patients who take her into their group and show her a new world of possibilities. She also falls in love with a fellow patient she had met before back in Milan. She is clearly enjoying her new life. The doctors tell her she is now cured and can go back to Milan. She hesitates a bit and then, somewhat reluctantly, gets on the train back home. The final shot of the movie shows her in the train, entering a rundown section of Milan with her future unresolved, but not looking very appealing. De Sica weaves in themes like class, capitalism, and the Italian health care system into Clara's personal story and the two mesh in interesting ways. (There is also a good joke about Marx's beard). It's difficult not to feel sorry for Clara as her brief vacation ends and she heads back to her status quo. All in all, a very well done film.

FRANCIS IN THE NAVY