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Billie Hayes has left us at the age of 96. She played Mammy Yokum in the musical Li'l Abner on Broadway, then went on to play the role brilliantly in the 1959 film. She went on to play many other memorable roles, but she'll always be Mammy Yokum to me. https://deadline.com/2021/05/billie-hayes-dead-obituary-witchiepoo-h-r-pufnstuf-actress-was-96-1234749037/

Under the Same Moon (2007) Nothing Like the Holidays (2008) Coco (2017)

Gale, Dorothy, played by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz"

"Miss Soft Shell Crab wasn't handed to me on a silver platter !"

Perhaps she foresaw the need. You must admit it is perfect for social distancing.

The High Chaparral Manolito Montoya ( Henry Darrow) Victoria Cannon ( Linda Cristal) and Don Sebastian Montoya ( Frank Silvera)

1934

Real Women Have Curves (2002) Tortilla Soup (2001) Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

Hartley, Cassie -- Ann Sheridan in They Drive By Night (1940)

Arachnophobia

Flaemmchen was played by Joan Crawford in Grand Hotel 1932

I find Lorna's posts to be always invigorating, both visually and content-wise. Veritable flowerbeds in the mundane oasis of lowercase conformity and banality.

Thursday, May 6 8 p.m. West Side Story (1961). This year’s TCM film festival goes virtual and kicks off with the original WSS.

Utah Wagon Train (1951)

LADY FROM LOUISIANA

The Fallen Idol 1948 next: Michele Morgan, Claude Rains and Humphrey Bogart

A TASTE OF HONEY (1961)

Many Happy Returns next: James Garner, Amy Davidson and John Ritter

🎶 “HEY GIRL! whatcha doin over there?” 🎶 “CAN’T YOU SEE?! I’m spraying my hair!”

Ham and Eggs at the Front (1927)

In case it hasn't been mentioned already, I thought folks here might want to know that Eddie Muller's excellent book Dark City is being reissued in a revised and expanded edition. The publication date for the new edition is July 6, 2021. Here's the description found on a prominent online retailer's site: "This revised and expanded edition of Eddie Muller's Dark City is a film noir lover's bible, taking readers on a tour of the urban landscape of the grim and gritty genre in a definitive, highly illustrated volume. "Dark City expands with new chapters and a fresh collection of restored photos that illustrate the mythic landscape of the imagination. It's a place where the men and women who created film noir often find themselves dangling from the same sinister heights as the silver-screen avatars to whom they gave life. Eddie Muller, host of Turner Classic Movies' Noir Alley, takes readers on a spellbinding trip through treacherous terrain: Hollywood in the post-World War II years, where art, politics, scandal, style -- and brilliant craftsmanship -- produced a new approach to moviemaking, and a new type of cultural mythology." (Apologies if folks who keep up with this thread more thoroughly than I do have already mentioned the book's reissue.)

I just noticed we have exceeded 300,000 views on this thread. Thank you everyone!

Georgy Girl (1966) Next: Girl with Green Eyes (1964) more with Lynn Redgrave

1963 -- From Russia with Love Next: Ursula Andress emerges from the ocean in an iconic white bikini

I always enjoyed watching him dance, whether it was in a film or a documentary about dance. He was a great soloist who also was an unselfish partner. I love that he gave so much back to the dance community. RIP, Mr. d'Amboise.

SUNNY SIDE UP

Desperate ploys for publicity. And trying to justify it as if they are doing the public some sort of community service. Disgraceful. Thumbs down TCM.

The LA Times These are the 18 'problematic' classic films TCM will examine in a new series Christie D'Zurilla 1 day ago Turner Classic Movies has decided not to throw the baby out with the bathwater when it comes to timeless but troublesome movies. The result is "Reframed: Classic Films in the Rearview Mirror," a new series that kicks off Thursday and runs throughout the month. Along with screening 18 classics, TCM hosts will discuss what the network calls the "troubling and problematic" aspects of the much-loved flicks, which were released in the 1920s through the 1960s. "The goal is never to censor, but simply provide rich historical context to each classic," the network said in a statement. Among the problems: racism, sexism, portrayals of LGBTQ issues and more. “We’re not saying this is how you should feel about ‘Psycho’ or this is how you should feel about ‘Gone With the Wind.’ We’re just trying to model ways of having longer and deeper conversations and not just cutting it off to ‘I love this movie. I hate this movie.’ There’s so much space in between," TCM host Jacqueline Stewart recently told the Associated Press. Read More >> https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/these-are-the-18-problematic-classic-films-tcm-will-examine-in-a-new-series/ar-BB1efCgR?ocid=uxbndlbing Totally NUTS ...

POPI SELENA MCFARLAND USA

Kovalenko, Vinka Captain was played by Katharine Hepburn in The Iron Petticoat 1956

Beetlejuice (1988)

I remember her mostly for HR Pufnstuf, one of my favorite Saturday morning shows, I have it on DVD. She was great as Witchiepoo.

In the book, the victim was a homosexual. Even in the film, if you read between the lines, it comes off a a botched bar pick up. Come up to my place!

Singin' in the Corn (1946)

GOLDEN HARVEST

VACATION DAYS

I hope she breaks one out for her next Oscars.

Musso & Frank's is like a step into the 1950s with the red leather banquettes. The menu is retro, too. You might check and see what's playing at the Egyptian, which is very close to Musso and Frank's. They often show classic films on the big screen.

Montez, Maria

Wednesday May 5, 2021 Diabolical on TCM les diaboliques

The Interns Next: John McGiver, Elinor Donahue, Mark Goddard

Yepper, not on the soundtrack.

Barker, Dapper Dan -- Louis Calhern in Blonde Crazy (1931)

. . . and then there was one. Jacques d'Amboise's passing leaves Russ Tamblyn as the last surviving Pontipee brother from MGM's Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), although four of the "brides" are still with us --- Jane Powell, Julie Newmar (Newmeyer), Ruta Lee (Kilmonis), and Nancy Kilgas.

Jack Palance later voiced the villain in the animated The Swan Princess (1994), and, uh...

My name is Mark and I was named after his character on The Rifleman. I met him once at 1one of the autograph collector shows. He signed a photograph for my mother and mentioned how touched he was to have someone named after his character! What a wonderful man he was.

BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S is included. Earlier in the thread I posted the list of films for the Reframed series.

What happened with showing Three Cheers for the Irish movie you used to show on St. Patrick’s Day? I always enjoyed this movie. It is a good old fashioned movie.