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I love BONJOUR TRISTESSE. It is my (very close) second favorite Otto Preminger movie (after LAURA). Jean-Luc Godard (who directed Jean Seberg in BREATHLESS) said that Seberg's character Patricia in BREATHLESS was a continuation of her character Cécile from BONJOUR TRISTESSE. One day I think I'll watch the two movies as a double feature. Deborah Kerr's character Ann in BONJOUR TRISTESSE was, in fact, very fragile. Her very visceral reaction when she learns shortly after her arrival at the villa that David Nivens's character's younger lover Elsa is also there for the summer is a foreshadowing of her emotional reaction at end.

SAYONARA ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD 1993 THE BLIND SIDE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW — Murray adopts a kid from Vietnam

Secrets & Lies (1996) Cinderella (1997) The Wedding (1998) Hearts Beat Loud (2018) TV Show: Diff'rent Strokes

Blood Money (1933)

Giant I Married a Witch

Dynasty Blake Carrington and Dominique Deveraux ( brother/ sister) Broken Lance 1954 Flaming Star 1960

Fiddler on the Roof (intermarriage) No Way Out (the original with Widmark and Potier) I Love Lucy TV Series There is going to be a TV Movie about (two people I don't care for).. Megan and Harry Fools Rush In

No; they're sticking their fingers in their ears before the conversation starts:

Tuesday, July 6 2:30 p.m. The Earring of Madame De… (1953). Really good Max Ophuls film. I just watched this again the other night. The image above is not from the film but from an extra on the Criterion disc. It is from an interview with original novelist, Louise de Vilmorin who constantly pounds a switch in the palm of her hand while talking about how Max Ophuls ruined her story!

Hope everyone had a lovely 4th today! Just a few more days to complete your schedules. You can do it!

Of course I like Baby Jane Hudson, Julie Marsden, Regina Giddons, et. al.; but I prefer Henriette Deluzy-Desportes, Carlota, Maggie Cutler, Charlotte Vale, and Louise Elliott, et. al.

I think it WAS bad. A bland and cliched screenplay. Zachary Scott tries really hard but it falls flat. It may not be his fault. I have seen (as we all have) good actors act badly and it is often the result of trickle-down ineptitude (e.g., badly directed or something) though I'm not sure who to blame here. Zachary proves himself elsewhere and this performance can be safely ignored. Mary Boland comes near to some really fine moments but it doesn't last. I had trouble getting through it but as often happens with me, movies can rehabilitate themselves with me through a sort of retroactive osmosis, a residual positive rehashing that gives way to an overall general feeling of "not so bad." (Although I wouldn't over emphasize that in this case).

https://deadline.com/2021/07/richard-donner-dead-superman-lethal-weapon-director-1234786372/ Richard Donner, the prolific Hollywood director and producer whose helming credits include some of the most iconic movies of the 1970s and ’80s including the Christopher Reeve-starring Superman, The Goonies and the Mel Gibson-Danny Glover buddy cop series Lethal Weapon, has died. He was 91. Donner died Monday, according to his wife, the producer Lauren Schuler Donner, and his business manager. No cause of death has been revealed. The Bronx-born Donner started his career directing for television, like his film credits a laundry list of staple shows including Route 66, The Rifleman, The Twilight Zone, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Gilligan’s Island, Perry Mason and The Wild Wild West. After his debut feature, the 1968 crime comedy Salt & Pepper starring Sammy Davis Jr. and Peter Lawford, Donner segued to films full time with 1976’s spooky The Omen. That led to 1978’s Superman, the original superhero movie that starred Reeve as the Man of Steel along with Margot Kidder and Gene Hackman. The blockbuster with a budget of about $55 million grossed more than $300 million at the global box office. More to come.

PAPA'S DELICATE CONDITION

THE GOLD RUSH

I hate Jeffrey Lynn paired with anybody - Ann Sheridan in "It All Came True", Priscilla Lane in "Four Daughters, you name it. In "Four Daughters" am I honestly expected to believe that Lane prefers the scarecrow like Lynn to the enigmatic John Garfield? Seriously???

WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS (2010)

1935 - Escapade 1936 - The Great Ziegfeld 1937 - The Emperor's Candlesticks Next: Joel McCrea & Barbara Stanwyck

Who's Minding the Mint 1967

IF I HAD A MILLION (1932)

I Met A Murderer 1939 They Were Sisters 1945 Pandora and the Flying Dutchman 1951 next: Luise Rainer and William Powell

two thousand one hundred twenty-third category Multicultural families GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER (1967) LUCY & DESI: BEFORE THE LAUGHTER (1991) LOSING ISAIAH (1995)

IT GROWS ON TREES (1952)

Remember- UNDERGROUND was presumably created for the "orphans" bundled in studio rental packages. If you want to rent a classic movie package from a distributor, there's always a few stinkers thrown in. In other words, for a TV station to rent THE WIZARD OF OZ they also have to take WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH HELEN as part of the "package". And then, how often the movie is broadcast is part of the agreement, which is why you may see the same movie scheduled 2 days in a row. I for one have recorded two Undergrounds as a double feature last month-MAGIC '78 & THE STEPFATHER '87. As a young adult I was busy building my profession in the 80's/90's and rarely saw films. I love the Underground for being able to catch up with some really wild movies I had missed & aren't available at my library. Although I just borrowed SISTERS '72 & THE LAST OF SHIELA '73 from the library to catch up with the 70's, since I was still when they came out in school & never saw "adult" or "horror" movies either.

It's my 5000th post too! Oh wait, it's only my 3,784th.

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How to Marry a Millionaire

Actors who immediately come to mind for me: Dustin Hoffman, Henry Daniell and the aforementioned Claude Rains. Actresses: Piper Laurie, Patricia O'Neal and for a very good chunk of her incredibly long career Katharine Hepburn.

Couldn't disagree more, but his recent perf in THE FATHER is as good as he has ever done and perhaps one of the finest ever. Remarkable screen presence adds to his abilities as an actor. In DECEPTION he is nothing less than stellar. ...and often achieves it. JOAN CRAWFORD, her great rival, eclipses her in one important respect. Bette seems very conscious of herself but that does not necessarily detract from her performance. It's amazing how she can overcome that. Joan seems so dedicated to being her character that she has no time for self-glory on screen, surprising in one who is ultra conscious of her fan base and of being the biggest star ever. Sometimes it's hard to escape the "overrated" thing when you've a long career and practically a legend. Almost never gives a bad performance, I would say ; she can really chew the scenery at times (e.g., the Aunt in Pride and Prejudice). ** Kate Winslet and Emma Thompson are at least two who IMO have never made a false move on screen---ever! Gwyneth Paltrow might be added in this category. (oh no, I may have to yank good Kate, I just saw recently about 20 minutes of a miniseries where she plays an investigator cop where she apparently found it necessary to lower her voice an octave, presumably to sound tough, ugh! Oh Kate ... !!! that is a false move. Henry Fonda, Jack Lemmon (mentioned above), and Robert de Niro are candidates for top drawer excellence (as opposed to just ordinary excellence.) ...to may a few.

The real Frank Nitti took over the Chicago Outfit after Capone and later committed suicide to avoid prison. He was going to be indicted for an extortion scheme targeting Paramount, MGM, RKO, 20th Century Fox and others. I always thought it a nice touch that Paramount got some measure of fictional revenge in the end. 😂

Let me put it this way: I was always jealous of Joanne Woodward.

I guess I'm puzzled by why a discussion over what all parties assume to be a disaster is supposed to be an attraction. I saw it in the theaters, it was a disappointment. Something I'd rather put in the real view and leave it. It's on TCM on Monday if anyone wants to relive it. I might be interested in the 3rd episode if it's on Lucy as indicated by the graphic. (edit) 30 years can make a difference. This movie would be ripe for cancel culture because of truth.

So . . . good ears, right?

I don't consider Audrey Hepburn a very good actress. So maybe she works with Holden in those two movies because she was basically emoting how she felt about him in real life, at the time.

I stated in another thread quite some time ago that I never found Wendell Corey to be a convincing romantic partner in any film where he's supposed to be one. As far as real life goes, I've never gotten why Bogart and Bacall are supposed to be the great Hollywood love story. For tragic you've got Gable and Lombard, and there are any number of very long-term romances out there.

Follow the Fleet (1936) Ship Ahoy (1942) Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) On the Town (1949) The West Point Story (1950) South Pacific (1958)

MILK MONEY (1994)

WE'RE IN THE MONEY (1935)

I don't feel the chemistry between James Garner and Sally Field in Murphy's Romance (1985). I also don't feel the appropriate "unchemistry" between Brian Kerwin (who plays the ex-husband who is something of a rounder) and Sally Field. I like Garner, and he has the right amount of sex appeal in the movie as a mature man who still has interest in romance, but for me, the other two fall flat in their respective roles. I also never felt any heat between Alan Alda's Hawkeye Pierce in M*A*S*H (1972-1983) and any of the nurses he kissed. Maybe because it was television in the 70s, maybe because (in my view) Alda has the sex appeal of a codfish. No disrespect to Alda. No disrespect to codfish.

I Agree.

SMART MONEY (1931) with Cagney and Robinson

YEAH?! So, you think Ben is pretty clever with his takes on these J-D flicks, do ya Doug? Well, Ben couldn't/can't hold a candle to our own Rich (scsu1975) around here when it comes to this sort'a thing, ya know! In other words, I'm sure you've been around here long enough to have caught Rich's old Juvenile Delinquent movie thread that he used to update every month or so, haven't you. Now THAT was ALWAYS funny and very clever, and never "sometimes". (...couldn't wait for his next installments back then...boy, I miss that thread of his)

Jaekel, Richard

I was gonna say - while there, beware of fly fishing hooks !!!! 😄

I used to be a park ranger at the national park - Rocky Mountain National Park - in Estes, and was in the area when they filmed the movie. However, the hotel in the film was actually the Timberline Lodge, near Mount Hood in Oregon. The opening scenes of the film (title credits) -- where the car is winding up the mountain road -- are actually Going to the Sun Highway in Glacier National Park, Montana, not Colorado. But I think King used the Stanley as his template for the book. I wouldn't "worry" either ! 😄

Ipswich, Samuel - Gregory Ratoff in Professional Sweetheart