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Of course there are, but this board is often blanketed with trolls & illiterate posts. Worse, the criticism hosts endure here are uncalled for, often personal. Most celebrities I know steer clear of internet message boards because of that.

There's some truth to this. In most of these entries, people just apply the inflation rate to an item. But there's still some value in these comparisons sometimes. If it's a plot point in a film or TV episode where someone buys an item for a certain amount, it can help to put into today's context what that item might cost in today's money. It's not necessarily saying that a 50 year old item would be worth that. Likely it would be worth less. But if it were a rare collectible, it could be worth much more. It's not an exact estimate by any means, because the way consumer goods are made today is vastly different - most things being imported and produced using cheap labor today. But it gives you an idea of how things have changed economically. But isn't it still interesting to know that if someone paid $265 for a dress back then, a similar dress might cost you $5000 in today's money? It lets someone know that it was a very pricey dress, indeed. If anything, it's a lesson in inflation for folks. As far as film production goes, there's no easy way to compare costs of productions from one era to the next, because the business has changed so much (demise of the studio system, higher actor's salaries, production techniques that didn't exist then, and production and distribution costs that no longer exist today (for example, no need to make hundreds of film prints these days). As far as IMDb goes, I don't think they have the staff and the staff doesn't have the capability to verify all those items. I've submitted trivia items that could have only been verified by watching a particular scene in a film or TV series, and the approval on most of these comes back too quickly for anyone to have located said scene to verify it. They could adopt a policy of just rejecting such items outright, but I doubt the trivia section is much of a priority for them.

Favorites? Definitely Rhubarb and The Cat From Outer Space. Some other selections for your consideration: Disney: That Darn Cat (1965) After a kidnapped bank teller uses a neighbor's wandering cat to send an SOS, the FBI assigns a cat-allergic agent to the case. Hayley Mills • Dean Jones • Dorothy Provine • Roddy McDowall • Neville Brand • Elsa Lanchester • William Demarest Gay Purr-ee (1962) A starry-eyed cat grows weary of life on a French farm and heads for the excitement of 1890s Paris, followed by her tomcat suitor, Jaune-Tom (Robert Goulet), and his furry cohort, Robespierre (Red Buttons). The Uncanny (1977) Wilbur Gray, a horror writer, has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural creatures who really call the shots. In a desperate attempt to get others to believe him, Wilbur spews three tales of feline horror. Peter Cushing • Ray Milland • Joan Greenwood The Incredible Journey (1963)

You should take the time to research D.W. Griffith the father of film. Today he's considered an evil white man. Nonsense. His time was truly interesting and meaningful, and his contributions to early silent film are tremendous and undeniable.

Here's one, Sans... (...btw, Courthouse Butte which these two characters are standing in front of here is pretty much in my backyard)

Negri, Pola

By the way, I'm always checking things like this when I hear a dollar figure thrown out, using inflation calculators (but I don't submit it to IMDb). It's interesting, to me, anyway, to know how pricey things like televisions and radios were before the rise of cheap transistors and printed circuit boards. It also explains why my parents delayed getting a color TV until the early 70s! TVs today are pretty much a throwaway item (you toss them when they stop working, as opposed to the "old" days when the TV repairman would visit to repair it) For me, it came up more in TV than movies, especially on sitcoms like I Love Lucy. When Lucy wanted a Don Loper dress that cost $500 in the mid-50s, it helped to relate to the story exactly how 'spensive it really was, and why Ricky would explode. I already knew it was 3-4 times what they paid the Mertz's for rent, but it still helped. It also can show where items have outpaced inflation. I'm sure there are many people in NYC that would be thrilled to go back to the relative price levels of apartments in the 1950s. The Ricardo's apartment in the east 60s was going for $125/month. That's pretty much in line with what I found here (might be a little low): https://ny.curbed.com/2013/11/21/10172014/what-would-50-in-1940-rent-a-new-yorker-today In this case, NYC apartment rents have far, far outpaced inflation! Same goes with housing on the west coast.

I love His Kind of Woman! It's entertaining and Vincent Price is hilarious in a part that only he could play.

Cat World Domination Day is June 24th. TCM has chosen to ignore it just as they ignored National Puppy Day on March 23rd. Cats have been important in movies since: Felix Hits the North Pole (1920). A kitten abetted a burglar in: Raffles (1939). A smiling cat confounded a lost girl in: Alice in Wonderland (1951). Cats have owned a baseball team: Rhubarb (1951), operated a spaceship: The Cat from Outer Space (1978) and practiced magic: Bell Book and Candle (1958). We will be honoring our cat overloads with private screening of: Cat People (1942), The Cat Returns (2002) and When the Cat Comes (1963). What are your favorite cat-centric movies?

Jalna (1935)

1935 - The Gilded Lily 1935 - The Bride Comes Home 1943 - No Time for Love Next: Robert Montgomery & Helen Hayes

Burt Lancaster (The Killers, Seven Days in May, The Cassandra Crossing) Gregory Peck (The Great Sinner, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, On the Beach) James Mason (East Side, West Side; Pandora and the Flying Dutchman; Mayerling) Edmond O'Brien (The Killers, The Barefoot Contessa, Seven Days in May) Stewart Granger (Bhowani Junction, The Little Hut) Robert Taylor (The Bribe, Knights of the Round Table) Howard Keel (Show Boat; Ride, Vaquero!) Charlton Heston (55 Days at Peking, Earthquake) Anthony Perkins (On the Beach, The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean)

Yesterday I watched: Judge Hardy and Son (1939) A darker film in the long series when it looks like the mother is going to die. I've seen maybe 5 of the films now and glad to see TCM play them somewhat regularly. How to Steal a Million (1966) Am I the only one to get bored during the heist scene?

A friend of mine who owned a bar once said "the problem with having a public place is sooner or later the public shows up". I go to several golf forums and have found that one has to wade through a lot of idiotic banter as well. Actually, this site has less venom that some of those golf forums. People are entitled to their opinions . As the saying goes "free speech ain't free". I just try to ignore the negative posts and sift through them to find the good stuff. BTW I really like SABOTEUR.

Wagon Master(1950)

Laugh In

When it comes to Force of Evil, I would also make mention of Thomas Gomez's powerful performance as Garfield's anguished brother, essentially a decent man who is forced to get mixed up with gangsters in the numbers racket. One of the interesting aspects of this film is its unexpected use of clever, at times even lyrical dialogue, the latter in Garfield's scenes with the girl (Beatrice Pearson). ("A man could spend the rest of his life trying to remember what he shouldn't have said.' "I didn't have enough strength to resist corruption but I was strong enough to fight for a piece of it.") Garfield was maturing as an actor and he had masterful delivery of that dialogue. The final scene in this film is about as bleak as you will find in any film noir. I agree, TikiSoo, that Marie Windsor looks spectacularly sleek and sexy in this film. It's a shame it wasn't a bigger role for her. Force of Evil died at the 1948 box office but has acquired a cult following among many noir buffs over the years. I think it remains one of Garfield's best films and performances, along with Postman Always Rings Twice, Body and Soul and, arguably his masterpiece, The Breaking Point.

Here's an old ad photo of me from an ad: Hair not quite as big, she's wearing a wig. But just as skinny & crazy clothing.

My crystal ball said this was where we'd go. Pantera in 1973 = $10k Today $100k

Salome 1953

Here's another good reference source for ya here, Sue. If, that is, you've never run across it before. It's Rich's (long time TCM board member 'scsu1975') "Now Playing 100 Years Ago" thread that he's had running for over 2 years now in the "Films and Filmmakers" forum section of this website: NOW PLAYING (100 YEARS AGO) - Films and Filmmakers - TCM Message Boards

This thread ALSO reminds me of what JUST the transaxle off James Dean's Porsche 550 Spyder that he died in went for recently on the 'Bring a Trailer' online classic and collectable car auction site... A cool $382,000. And whereas in 1955, Dean paid around $6,800 for the entire car. (...yes, a lot of money for any car back then, but still, put $6,800 in 1955 dollars in an inflation calculator, and it would "only" be about $68,000 in 2021 dollars)

The Jack Benny Program

THE RAINS OF RANCHIPUR (1955)

Paul Newman

Is there no end to their perfidy?

This thread reminds me of an Oscar Wilde quote: "The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing." (...NOT that I'm calling anyone here a cynic, mind you)

Also the US was taken off the gold standard in 1971, which eventually correlated to no more decent cars for $6000, among other things. Some people in Europe are already looking forward to something called Basel III, which would initially put Europe onto some sort of a gold standard or a gold-backed currency. I personally don't trust anything that the powerbrokers say who have a vested interest in keeping everyone except themselves in debt. I think it would be better if it came from a different source... Stay tuned.

I believe that the average person understands that the prices given reflect the cost of equivalent merchandise today. I find it interesting how the cost of merchandise changes as technology and manufacturing volume changes. My very first flat-screen television was slightly smaller than the one I most recently purchased and it was more than twice the price of today's model with no adjustment for inflation/deflation. It is slightly more difficult to wrap my head around the differences when comparing prices of goods over longer time scales. I have a notation that a Medieval lord wishing tables built paid more for one hundred suitable nails than he paid in salary to the carpenter who built them. The cost of one hundred such nails today is approx. one dollar and a carpenter would have to be paid more than three hundred dollars. To add confusion is that such 2d nails were originally so named because one hundred of them cost two pennies and they are now approx. a penny each. It complicates things to no end that a penny is no longer a penny.

It's nice to see The Day of the Locust as a premiere on Stevo's schedule. Maybe TCM will show it someday! If there's any film that cries out to be shown on TCM, that's it!

Hombre

I see that you know what went down in that series. Sorry if I got a little defensive since I've been a Dodger fan since I was a kid. Clearly Roberts should have pitched Alex Wood more. As for Darvish: Wasn't he one of the pitchers that was most impacted by the sign stealing (or did this wind-up motion give away his pitches and one doesn't need to steal signs against him? Yea, bat control is an issue with Cody; He is young so hopefully he can improve his eye and get more patience.

O. HENRY'S FULL HOUSE (1952)

Have to include German expressionism if you're going to study silents, and I've already mentioned the influence that had on creating MTV music videos, or on introducing special effects or new camera techniques (like slow-motion or light-and-shadow) into a US industry that was still basically shooting a static camera at vaudeville stage plays. The French also threw a few ideas into the works, with Georges Melies and Abel Gance.

But. .. . but . . she SMOKED in The Trouble With Angels, that is naughty! Plus she LIED and said her name was Kim Novak!!! *whew*. I need to sit down now.

The magic of the silent screen, illuminated by the recollections of those who created it.

Blithe Spirit (1945) TCM 8/10 A man and his wife are haunted by the ghost of his first wife. A first time viewing for me, I loved it. Noel Coward brings his acerbic wit to this version of his play. It was well directed by David Lean, prior to his becoming known for his epics. Rex Harrison is at his witty best and Constance Cummings is fine as his exasperated current wife. Kay Hammond is deliciously catty as the ghost. Margaret Rutherford steals every scene she is in as the eccentric medium who contacts the spirit. The humor is surprisingly adult for the 1940s. The final gag is hilarious, and ends in kind of a ghostly ménage a trois!

Thursday, June 17 Ralph Bellamy birthday tribute 6 a.m. Picture Snatcher (1933). I was reading in James Cagney’s autobiography of how he and Ralph Bellamy became lifelong friends.

Odd that you're limited to recent sources, which will likely be politically loaded. There are decades of scholarship to draw from.

When Hayley Mills was at one of the early TCM Festivals, she said that the producer offered her parents a Matisse if they would let her play Lolita. The Pollyanna-to-Lolita switch would have made for huge publicity. Her parents refused. As she said, she can't know if her life and career would have been better or worse had she played Lolita, but they certainly would have been different. By the way, Hayley Mills, who introduced Whistle Down the Wind at the festival, seemed delightful, with an excellent head on her shoulders and a sense of perspective.

Alan Young Next: Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)

The Voice of the Turtle (1947) Next: The Year My Voice Broke (1987)

Katie had a line I thought was really stupid, and very 70s, when she said she would wait for Robbie to come back when he wanted to, not because he had to. I mean a job, a wife and three kids? Yeah, he kinda has to.

Mad Men (2007-2015) DVD TV drama set in the 1960s world of advertising. I went through every episode over the last couple of months. I think it was the third time I have done this. The only way to watch this series is to do it completely from beginning to end. It can be hard to follow at times and you really have to pay attention when watching. It also can be frustrating because it doesn't always give you answers to everything. One thing I liked about it was it gives a different side of the decade, not the counter culture but the corporate world at the time. The dialogue seems very realistic . I would imagine most people spoke this way at the time, it avoids the "groovy" or "far out" expressions which other period pieces seem to do. I also wondered if the this was an actual movie made in the early 1960s, who would been a good cast for it. Here is what I think: Rock Hudson as Don Draper Diane Varsi as Peggy Olson Keir Dullea as Pete Campbell Carroll Baker as Betty Draper Barry Sullivan as Roger Sterling Edie Adams as Joan Holloway

with Deborah Kerr The Hucksters 1947 The Night of the Iguana 1964 with Richard Harris The Bible In the Beginning 1966 The Cassandra Crossing 1976

Patrick Stewart was in "Conspiracy Theory" with Julia Roberts, who was in "Steel Magnolias" with Sally Field, who was in "Absence of Malice" with Newman. Next: Jimmy Durante

I guess the only historical reference in McARTHUR('77) that WAS actual fact was when ED FLANDERS, as president Harry Truman, called McArthur a "Prima Donna sonofab!tch." An American history teacher in high school told us about that. Ten years before that movie came out. Sepiatone

Clifford Odets didn't write a lot for films, seven credited screenplays according to IMDB, but this General Died at Dawn, Deadline at Dawn, Humoresque, and Sweet Smell of Success (cowriter with Ernest Lehman from Lehman's novelette) are exceptionally well done. Sharp dialogue without being too stagy-talky, interesting characters. I remember especially the ending of General, didactic but eloquent. His last credited screenplays was the Elvis Presley movie Wild in the Country, and he wrote three teleplays for the Richard Boone Show before he died.