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A Star Is Born Dirty Dancing (or used sequel) Silk Stockings (made a musical out of Ninotchka) Mary Poppins Sequel In The Heights is Fame redone Sound of Music (done on TV) Turned Cats into a Movie (which wound up in the litter box) Fiddler on the Roof (did a Yiddish version on Broadway)

they added music to the 1933 film and got State Fair (1945) they moved to Texas, sucked out the charm for the 1962 version...but they kept the pig Anything Goes (1936) 20 years later, they changed the story, kept the music and Bing Crosby

Ugh, I was constantly asked for my autograph in the 80's from people thinking I was her. I even was a "lookalike" in an old House of Guitars commercial. She still looks fabulous, why do I look like an old lady? 😉 From the late 70's on I was a groupie and hung around many musicians, eventually hired as a "Rock Hostess" by the local radio station in 1982 or so. (never had sex with ANYONE, you dirty minds) The biggest stars were usually a bore, those days being the height of drug use which I also did not partake, although I did enjoy a drink or two. HUEY LEWIS- my bf's band opened for them in this small venue right as they were on the cusp of stardom. We took them out for breakfast in the wee hours of the AM after packing up. The band all wore suits and I thought they looked like accountants, made fun of their "look". (hey-I had pink hair) but they were all swell guys, very professional. I was not surprised when they had "made it". JETHRO TULL- my ticket backstage was always a piece of artwork given in exchange for an autograph. I made a really cool fantasy painting of Ian Anderson as Pan. He loved it and declared, "Got rid of those trousers years ago" but I do know he had the painting framed & hung on his wall for years, maybe still. The band played cards before going on stage & I joined them making a fun evening with cool guys. TIMOTHY B SCHMITT- met him when he was in dead end band Poco. While everyone else was doing drugs & debauchery, we hung out at the back of the bus where he showed me pix of his home & family. We kept in touch for awhile until he joined the Eagles. I was so happy for him making the "Big Time" but could only stomach seeing him once playing with the Eagles. I took my Dad to the show, he loved it. FLEETWOOD MAC- during my years as "hostess". They were all cordial, but the excessive drug use was apparent. I couldn't take my eyes off Christie McVie, she was surprisingly beautiful! Stevie Nicks was tiny, even smaller than me (I was a size 3) but she was dazed & glazed. Amazingly she was spectacular on stage. I spent most of my time with Bob Welch who opened for them. He was super nice and the only real coherent one in the room. You can always tell who is the serious musician because they tend to practice to relax.

Van is accused of murder in 1954's BLACK WIDOW. Peggy Ann Garner as you've never seen her! Ginger Rogers is terrific No one ever mentions this performance as one of her best (alongside STAGE DOOR in my opinion) Poor Gene Tierney....she was going through some personal mental health issues and unfortunately it shows George Raft trying to stay awake Reginald Gardner, that British bundle of charisma Virginia Leith, not remembered for anything except her unforgettable performance in THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE

Sherman, Bobby

Small Town Girl (Bobby Van) Next: Forbidden Romance

We're getting to the Ides of June, which makes it the halfway point of the challenge. Hope to see more soon!

My Fair Lady and Camelot were Broadway shows first then made into films. Anna and the King of Siam 1946 was turned into a musical became The King and I 1956

White, Alice

Vinton, Bobby

Scarface (1932)

Ann Dvorak

The Philadelphia Story 1940 was turned into a musical became High Society 1956

Oliver Twist 1948 was turned into a musical became Oliver 1968 A Christmas Carol 1951 was turned into a musical became Scrooge 1970

The official theatrical trailer for LOST HORIZON in HD - YouTube Lost Horizon (1973) musical version of 1937 movie In the Good Old Summertime (1949) musical remake of The Shop Around the Corner Hairspray (2007) & (2016) live TV version. Also a Broadway show. Remakes of 1988 movie

*Enjoying (theHECK) Outta Your Reparte', with Dargo, Here. 😂🥂

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer(1935)

There was also a TV musical version of Cinderella.

Johnny Guitar

I haven't seen it in decades. Many online comments about the film indicate that it might have been inspired by Pierce's career. It's an AIP picture, and the studio mentioned in the movie is American International Studios, so perhaps many references and homages. I wonder if Sven's print will have the color final reel.

two thousand one hundredth category Musical remakes GOOD NEWS (1947) THE WIZ (1978) WEST SIDE STORY (2021)

Marple, Jane -- Margaret Rutherford in Murder She Said (1961), Murder at the Gallop (1963), Murder Most Foul (1964), Murder Ahoy (1964)

Night of the Living Dead next-- a new neighbor

My hands are full at the moment, I'll be with you right after. . .

Well . . .howdy sailor. . . in port for long??? *wink*

Well you know what they say . . . James Coburn is the poor man's Lee Marvin.

I don't know if TCM sells it but there is a box set. I bought one on eBay and had my own Matt Helm festival. I'm a huge Matt Helm fan primary because it so closely resembles my everyday life!

Actually I think they would try to get into Canada. And then we could listen to Bogie whine about illegal immigration for a change rather than lecture Americans about it from the safety of Canada. I'd rather look forward to that.

And which NOW reminds me of another song that my WWII veteran father who was originially from Indianapolis used to occasionally sing whenever the topic of Texas would come up during my youth. It was a little ditty he said he used to march to while being stationed in Fort Bliss, TX during the Spring of 1942 for his basic training in anti-aircraft gunnery. It's to the tune of "Mademoiselle from Armentieres" and it went like this: Texas is a hell of a state, parlay-voo Texas is a hell of a state, parlay-voo Texas is a hell of a state, the armpit of the 48 Hinky-Dinky, parlay-voo (...of course "the armpit" wasn't really the body part he said they'd march to, but I felt I better clean it up a bit for posting this here) LOL

BILLY ROSE'S JUMBO The Tarzan movies THE ROOTS OF HEAVEN WINNIE THE POOH ("Heffalumps")

EACH DAWN I DIE (1939)

Octopussy (1983) Smokey and the Bandit II (1981)

Good News 1947

OPERATION DUMBO DROP BABAR THE ELEPHANT Disney Silly Symphony character Elmer the Elephant THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN has elephant friends ALADDIN - Abu turns into an elephant JUNGLE BOOK

Susan Hayward was a fine actress but also, for me, a difficult person to ever warm towards. That's because of the hardness of the characters she played, particularly during her heyday, the '50s. And that hardness, I have always felt, was a reflection of the ambitious actress herself. I read an anecdote once of the time that she was filming The Garden of Evil on location in Mexico in 1953 or 54. At one point some of the cast members were sharing a drink at a small local bar in some rural spot where they were filming. Hayward then entered the place by herself, went to the bar where she consumed a drink then left the place. The point is that, even though this was a well known actress, not to mention an attractive woman, not a single male in the bar approached her. Everyone was leery of her (including fellow cast members) because of her tough independence (which you can say, in turn, helped her survive as long as she did in the film business). One of her Garden of Evil co-stars, Cameron Mitchell, was enamoured with her and made the mistake of coming onto Hayward during production and got his face scratched up for the effort. It does sound, admittedly, like perhaps Mitchell got a little too physical in his attempted come on. Ironically his character in the film did the same thing with her character with the same end result. I wonder if one incident inspired the other.

More celebrities (almost classic era) that I recall serving at The Russian Tea Room... A few that I annoyed: Jennifer Grey came in on a date with Johnny Depp about 1990. Every food course or beverage she ordered was very minimal. A waiter's job is to upsell, which I tried to do but she rebuffed me every time, gradually becoming increasingly curt with me as the meal progressed. Johnny Depp seemed to be amused by this, but did not comment. When I tried to hand them the dessert menus, Ms. Grey told me (paraphrasing) "no, no we don't want dessert, like I didn't want soup, like I didn't want another glass of Champagne..." In a slow flat monotone, I said something like, "Strawberries Romanoff are refreshing and light..." Jennifer Grey: "Just two double espressos!" As I walked away from their table I heard her imitating me, speaking to Johnny Depp (she affected a deep monotonous voice): "Strawberries Romanoff yecch yecch blah blah blah". From that point on, I pretty much shut up. Johnny Depp continued to look amused, he was pretty cool. Don Johnson came in for lunch in the late 80's or early 90's. He arrived first, and I recall I had to remove place settings from the table, or add place settings. Or some task that caused us to be close up for a minute or so. At first he was smiling, eye contact, cordial, how are you, etc etc. I asked him how he was doing, etc. etc. He had a movie out at that time (I wish I could remember which one but I can't, I did not know if it was flopping) and I asked , "How's the new movie, Mr. Johnson?" His smile turned to an severely annoyed look... 'Just get me a Diet Coke." Arnold Shwarzenngger (spelled incorrectly, who cares) came to the restaurant a number of times and each time left his mark, with some bad interaction with staff or with another customer. In my case, I was serving his group dinner and there was heavy business discussion going on. At one point I was refilling wine glasses at his table. So I hold the bottle over each guest's wine glass and each guest nods or shakes their head or in some way tells you non-verbally what to do. Schwarzenwhatever actually shoved my arm away to prevent me from pouring wine. Some that I did not annoy: Sigourney Weaver had lunch one day with mega-agent Sam Cohn. Ms. Weaver wore an awesome-looking white dress. When she sat at the table the front part of the dress bunched forward and exposed a lot of her...... self (I could look right down to her belly button). During the lunch I had to prepare a dish at the table for Ms. Weaver... Rather than cover herself up, she looked me in the eye and chatted while I was rolling her blini, or whatever I was doing. Very a propos by her, I thought at the time. Smart lady. E.G. Marshall, I recall serving lunch one day. I happen to speak with a slight Brooklyn/NY accent. Mr. Marshall, as lunch is concluding asks me if I was from Minnesota (he liked my accent). It was a good joke, my accent is a anything but Minnesotan.

The Academy Awards are just a marketing event manufactured by the studios to promote their products. During the studio-era were most actors and directors were under contract with a specific studio, the awards were not intended to reflect who was the best, but instead who to promote so the studio could make more money off the actors \ directors they had under contract. Actors like Stanwyck were largely independent, signing short term contracts (e.g. 3 picture deals), instead of 7 year contracts. Same goes for Cary Grant and some others. Mitchum was under contract for RKO early in his career but after that made films with multiple studios. For me that is the primary reason for their lack of nominations.

DUKE ELLINGTON Mood Indigo

The Scarlet Pimpernel(1934)

I hope you realize I was just joking with my scratching comment, TikiSoo. I didn't really mean it.

Looking forward to this one, don't think I've ever seen it before. It would float my boat if it was a movie about Jack Pierce: Stay tuned...after Svengoolie the STAR TREK episode afterward should be The Trouble With Tribbles episode with Scotty uttering the very best episode closing line ever-

From June 12-15, 1921, the Poli ran Reputation, starring Priscilla Dean in the roles of Laura Figlan and Pauline Stevens. The film was released on May 2, 1921, at seven reels, and is presumed lost. Although I found quite a few stills, I could only place a few of them in context. Plot: A young girl living in a New England town runs away from her husband and child to join a theatrical company. Several years later, she is now a leading woman on the stage. She returns to her hometown to find her daughter Pauline is in an orphanage. She plans to take the child, but is advised against doing so, as it would inconvenience her career. So the mother goes to Paris and London, changes her name to Laura Figlan, and becomes a great star and begins a relationship with Dan Frawley: After a series of scandals, Laura cancels a contract which would have had her appear on the New York stage. The manager of the show is in a frenzy because he has promised his customers Laura Figlan. Meanwhile, Pauline has become an actress, and is in love with her agent, Jimmie Dorn. While seeking employment among producers, she notices that she resembles Laura Figlan, not realizing the actress is her mother. Pauline impersonates her and gets the job in New York. On opening night, Pauline gives a bad performance out of fear of being found out. Laura, who is wasted from drugs and alcohol, shows up at the theater. She enters Pauline’s dressing room, intending to punish the woman who has stolen her name and reputation. She hides in a closet, then shoots her own manager, who was responsible for her downfall. Pauline is accused of the murder. Only later does Laura discover that Pauline is her daughter. Laura leaves a confession and commits suicide by gas. Pauline is cleared of the crime, and marries Jimmie Dorn. In the two stills below, Dean (as Figlan) is choking out some guy. Perhaps this is one of the “scandals” referred to in the synopsis. I could not positively identify the “chokee,” but it may be William Welsh, who plays Figlan’s manager Max Gossman: The next still shows Dean with Harry Von Meter, who plays Monty Edwards, one of her “paramours” in the early scenes: The final series of stills show Dean in various poses and costumes: Moving Picture World wrote “combine a tensely dramatic story, fine direction, a well planned scenario, an extremely talented star and a competent supporting cast and there can be but one result. “Reputation” is a great picture.” Praising Priscilla Dean’s performance, the magazine added “her dynamic personality, genuine appeal, and distinct talent in registering the complete gamut of emotions results in a performance that is among the outstanding pieces of acting on the screen.” Photoplay Magazine wrote that the film was “melodramatic, its discrepancies are glossed over with casual titles, and an extraordinary amount of credulity is demanded of the audience. Miss Dean, however, through her unusual portrayal of a difficult dual role, reveals talent that would do credit to an older and more experienced actress.” Wid’s Daily also heaped praise on Dean, noting that the actress “steps forward in her latest Universal, and probably does the best character work of her career in “Reputation.” An excellent vixen, hoyden type, she goes into character in this, and in the closing reels as the drug satiated mother gives a performance that is going to be liked and well remembered by those who see her.” Picture Play Magazine called the film “a dazzling picture, principally because Miss Dean does some dazzling acting.” The magazine added a humorous note, remarking that in the climax, the mother “dies muttering a few well-chosen lines from “A Tale of Two Cities.” Other reviews noted that many of the titles were quotations from Shakespeare and Dickens. Universal cooked up a great scheme to promote the film. They created a “scandal sheet,” with the top headline in red ink, detailing the confrontation between Laura Figlan and Pauline Stevens:

Griffith Next: Slezak, Huston, Pidgeon

The Blues Brothers (1980) -- "Who wants an Orange Whip? Orange Whip? Orange Whip? Three Orange Whips!" Next: rye

It's so cool hearing this version of the song! She's a great vocalist wow. I mostly know the song from the 1929 film Marianne when Lawrence Gray plays it on Uke, I think this is also where it originated. Plus the lovely Marion Davies is amazing as well😄

I really like those Cara Emerald songs. Yes, the singer of the Zippers, Katharine Whalen and Cara have a similar voice and style of singing. The Zippers put out some nice records, but my favorite is a solo album by Whalen call Jazz Squad. Here is one track, the old standard Just You, Just Me.

MIRACLE IN THE RAIN (1956)

There ARE no "many" Frank Langella Dracula films, plural--He made one, not-necessarily-based on his big 70's stage hit, and it's Universal, so probably no. (But, it's nice to know somebody watched the "I Love NY" clip from the Broadway discussions on the I Just Watched thread.)

RE: DOG PATCH and MUSICAL THEATER I feel compelled to note that the 1959 film musical of LIL ABNER is (as I recall it) FUNNY AS HELL and more than a little subversive (it's a little like SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS meets DR STRANGELOVE) Just treat JERRY LEWIS's cameo as an ENTRE'ACTE and go use the can or something. TCM, PLEASE SHOW THIS ONE AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!