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Next weeks Noir Alley is Los Tallos Amargos. I recommend one doesn't let subtitles cause them to miss this film.

Of course Anthony Perkins was considered a sex symbol-on stage/film he was a handsome, intense leading man. Succinctly stated. I will also add when we showed PSYCHO to our daughter when she was about 17-18, she mooned over him throughout the movie saying how cute he was, and so sad he was lonely. She actually did not believe he was the killer at the end, she was so enamored with him. I thought this side of his acting came out very well in GOODBYE AGAIN '61. He was outstanding in it and absolutely believable as the shy, sweet lovesick younger man infatuated with Ingrid Bergman's charactor. Heartbreaking, actually.

From starsandletters.blogspot.com: "Gregory Peck, Fred Astaire and Anthony Perkins starred together in Stanley Kramer's On The Beach (1959) and during production of the film they realized they had all been leading men to Audrey Hepburn. Peck was Audrey's romantic lead in Roman Holiday (1953), Astaire in Funny Face (1957) and Perkins in Green Mansions (1959). While filming on location in Australia, the men decided to send Audrey a message via this fun picture, autographed by the three of them. I'm sure Audrey must have been thrilled to receive this." Or possibly just as confused as the rest of us...

It didn't look so smooth in her later years. Maybe she wasn't getting any.

I'd like to know what the backstory is here. This is from On the Beach...

Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) A couple who have been married for three years are shocked to learn that their marriage is not legally valid. Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) A bored married couple is surprised to learn that they are both assassins hired by competing agencies to kill each other. Suicide Squad (1935) Larry Baker is a young fireman whose daring exploits have led him to receiving a lot of newspaper publicity which goes to his head. Suicide Squad (2016) A secret government agency recruits some of the most dangerous incarcerated super-villains to form a defensive task force. Their first mission: save the world from the apocalypse. Notorious (1946) A woman is asked to spy on a group of Nazi friends in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them? Notorious (2009) The life and death story of The Notorious B.I.G. (a.k.a. Christopher Wallace), who came straight out of Brooklyn to take the world of rap music by storm. Iron Man (1931) Prizefighter Mason loses his opening fight so wife Rose leaves him for Hollywood. Without her around Mason trains and starts winning. Rose comes back and wants Mason to dump his manager Regan and replace him with her secret lover Lewis. Iron Man (2008) After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil. The Fast and the Furious (1954) A trucker framed for murder breaks out of jail, takes a young woman hostage, and enters her sports car in cross-border road race hoping to get to Mexico before the police catch him. The Fast and the Furious (2001) Los Angeles police officer Brian O'Conner must decide where his loyalty really lies when he becomes enamored with the street racing world he has been sent undercover to destroy.

Three Godfathers (1948) The Magnificent Seven (1960, 2016) The Outrage (1964) Stagecoach (1966)

If Eddie pointed this out in his teaser I missed it "At the 2016 TCM Classic Film Festival, attendees were treated to a special screening of LosTallos Amargos (translated in English as The Bitter Stems), a 1956 Film Noir from Argentina. Eddie Muller of the Film Noir Foundation introduced the film and regaled us with the fascinating story of how this little known Noir, never before screened in English, made it from Argentina to the US." Added Bonus; Sat 5:20 (AM) PST Glimpses of Argentina - Travelogue will show for some background info.

Always liked this one, Mid 1980s fun. Soundtrack by funky techno pop Wang Chung and one of the best car chases. My sister in law who worked in production used to share a story which is told on Wikipedia's page on the film. "Over one million dollars of counterfeit money was produced but with three deliberate errors so that it could not be used outside the film. The filmmakers burned most of the fake money but some leaked out, was used, and linked back to the production. The son of one of the crew members tried to use some of the prop money to buy candy at a local store and was caught".

Back in Noir Alley again. When the A.F.I. chose the 100 bests cinematography of all time, this Argentine movie was in the list among titles so it should look pretty good. Los tallos amargos (1956) was directed by Fernando Ayala. Carlos Cores portrays a journalist who forms an unlikely alliance with a Hungarian immigrant, played by Vassili Lambrinos. They open a fake journalism school. Hopefully I'll be able to catch it, We start traveling across the country on Thursday so trying to find TCM may be a problem along with the time zone changes. If it shows up On Demand all should be Jake

I just remembered that back in the day Rolling Stone did an article on Bob Mitchum while he was filming The Friends of Eddie Coyle in 1973. It's available on the internet. It's fairly long but interesting and funny. Some of his co-stars are also in it. Apparently part of the cast spent a good amount of time listening to Mitchum's tales of old Hollywood. Yep, Bob Mitchum made the cover of the Rolling Stone.

Tall Story was released in April 1960, and at that particular moment, Perkins was still regarded as a sympathetic, gentle, boy next door type in films. Psycho was released two months later. Everything changed.

Little Caesar (1931): Rico Bandello Angels with Dirty Faces (1938): Rocky Sullivan Brighton Rock (1948): Pinkie Brown The Godfather (1972): Michael Corleone

1939's 1959's

Oh most definitely. Alpacas too. I can hear FitzPatrick's voice now: "And here we have a few odd but charming animals grazing on the pampas..."

During the interview Ben did with James Caan on Sunday Morning, Ben said that Honeymoon In Vegas was a very underrated film. I couldn't agree more. It's such a funny comedy. the whole cast is great and Caan was great as a mobster type in it. I was so happy Ben mentioned the film. I said this before, Ben did a good job with this interview.

Something one would wear around the house like Joan did.

"And here are some of the locals dressed up in their colorful, picturesque costumes doing a native dance" FitzPatrick says this for every country, lol.

Especially considering they're the ones fated to die in a post-nuclear apocalypse--shouldn't they be asking for her help??

No, no, no, let's be fair! The wig only weighed 38 pounds and the necklace 27...!

Yes. They are both western remakes of Japanese films. TopBilled didn't specify western remakes of westerns. The 2016 version of The Magnificent Seven is a remake of the 1960 version rather than of Seven Samurai per se.

Paramount is releasing A Place in the Sun on August 10th. Some new unconfirmed officially titles for Warner Archive in August. One Crazy Summer (08/10) Shadow of the Thin Man (08/17) In The Good Old Summertime (08/17)

I read somewhere (and probably shouldn’t be repeating it) someone said he had cancer. But I never could find anything else to confirm that. The story on CBS Sunday Morning lead viewers to believe it was because he had split with Asia Argento. Of course, we’ll never know because those that knew him best either aren’t talking or they really don’t know.

Friday the 16th's Neo Noir The first up Pulp was a real snooze fest the only reason to watch for me was to see what a 50 year old Lizabeth Scott looked like 20 years after her last Noir. PULP (1972): A pulp fiction novelist (Michael Caine) fights to survive an assignment to ghost write a controversial star's memoirs. Mickey Rooney plays Preston Gilbert, the gangster film actor with real life mob ties. Noir goddess Lizabeth Scott plays his flirtatious ex-wife. Dir. Mike Hodges If you really dug Get Carter you'll hate this Some appropriate review Quotes from IMDb: "An OK idea falls flat long before end" "Limp..." "A neat idea that loses steam after a while...and then it just drags." "Somewhat inept" "Not bad but somewhat disappointing" "Off-the-wall misfire" "What went wrong?" "Three-Quarters Baked" Well you get the idea..... lol (I sure TCM has the rights to show this mess without any additional fees hence its inclusion) . Anyway don't despair it's followed by one of the best of the 80s Neo Noirs. Body Heat. It should have been set more appropriately in the late 1950s-early 1960s to explain the lack of air conditioning in private homes, lol. Just think of it as a parallel universe without AC, lol BODY HEAT (1981): Shyster Ned Racine (William Hurt) begins a passionate affair with Matty Walker (Kathleen Turner), wife of a wealthy Florida businessman (Richard Crenna). She wants her husband’s money and Ned wants her. Things go badly for Ned. He should have paid attention when she told him, “You aren't too bright. I like that in a man.” Dir. Lawrence Kasdan. Body Heat Followed by another great 80s Neo Noir. TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. (1985): U.S. Secret Service agent Richard Chance (William L. Petersen) vows revenge when his longtime partner on the force is killed. He sets his sites on his murderer, master counterfeiter Eric Masters (Willem Dafoe) and nothing will stop him. Dir. William Friedkin To Live And Die in L.A.

It's really unfortunate she insisted on doing her own make up....she was not good at it and along with that awful hair-do, absolutely ages her beyond her years. I would guess she didn't want anyone to discover her secret skin "lifting" appliances similar to what Dietrich/Stanwyck routinely used. Don't know why, every make up artist employed them as well.

You know that I love these questions with extra credit. I think that the answer is Hans Conried. He had the recurring role as Uncle Tonoose on "The Danny Thomas Show" and he was a voice actor on "The Rocky And Bullwinkle Show" providing the voice of Snidely Whiplash in the Dudley Do-Right cartoons among others. He was also a regular panelist on "Pantomime Quiz". For Disney, he voiced Captain Hook and Mr. Darling in "Peter Pan". He also did voice work in "Sleeping Beauty". He appeared on Broadway in "Can-Can", as well as "70 Girls, 70" and "Irene".

I have never heard of Fresno the parody series, despite being an avid TV watcher of that era. Carol Burnett, Dabney Coleman, Terri Garr, Charles Grodin? A lot of comic genius on that show. I'm grateful for the link above, though I clicked on it, saw the time bar that read four hours and 15 minutes and immediately exited. But maybe someday I will build up the strength to watch enough to at least get a sense of it.

TEN GLAMOROUS MINUTES ...

The Public Enemy 1931 Scarface 1932 Johnny Apollo 1940 Al Capone 1959 St. Valentine's Day Massacre 1967 Goodfellas 1990 Billy Bathgate 1991 Casino 1995

MICKEY ROONEY and SAMMY DAVIS, Jr. remind me of one another because neither man could ever sit still for long. Always busy doing something . . . in Mickey's case by the 1970s it was appearing in a number of low-budget, low-grade movies just to keep moving and get a paycheck -- even if just a small ticket at the pay window.

From what I read, Fonda was very attracted to him in real life. He was also nice looking in THE ACTRESS (1953) and THE LONELY MAN (1957). He had a substantial career as a young romantic lead in the 50s, before PSYCHO typecast him.

Just finished THE WOMEN IN WHITE On-Demand. We saw the play in London back in the late 90s. I never realized there was a movie made in 1948. It can be a little hard to follow because there are so many characters, but I really enjoyed it. Sydney Greenstreet is as good as ever in another role as the villain and a very young (no pun intended) Gig Young excels as the hero. However, Eleanor Parker turns in the best performance in a dual role IMHO.

Most people think he was an original cast member on Night Court but I believe he joined at the start of the second season. He was very memorable playing the "straight man" clerk to Harry Anderson's wacky judge. Great delivery of zingers and deadpan expressions. As the bartender on Love & War he was once again in his element. Rest in peace.

Here's a quote from a letter from John Gielgud to his mother, 9 August 1952: "Brando is a funny, intense, egocentric boy of 27, with a flat nose and bullet head, huge arms and shoulders, and yet giving the effect of a lean Greenwich Village college boy. He is very nervous indeed and mutters his lines and rehearses by himself all day long. Very deferential to me, and dragged me off to record two speeches of Antony on his machine, where he listens to his own voice and studies records of Larry, Barrymore, Maurice Evans, etc. to improve his diction. I think his sincerity may bring him to an interesting performance -- his English is not at all bad, and he is obviously very clever and ambitious. He tells me he owns a cattle ranch, and after two more years filming, will be secure financially altogether!! He belongs to a students theatre in New York and is desperately serious about acting, but I think he has very little humour and seems quite unaware of anything except the development of his own evident talents. It will be rather fun to watch him." -- from Sir John Gielgud, A Life in Letters

Before he featured on the hit TV series NIGHT COURT he had all kinds of parts -- large and small -- in various movies and television productions. I remember Charles Robinson had a miniscule part in the 1982 TVM "Rehearsal For Murder" as a policeman. However, in the 1975 movie THE BLACK GESTAPO he had quite a big part. I just saw Mr. Robinson in an episode of CANNON last week from 1975. He played a drug dealer (with wild mutton-chop sideburns).

I’m floored! If you get a chance, please do watch Obsession if for no other reason then it’s another fascinating performance from our favorite Geneviève Bujold. (I was surprised by how much I liked the entire film and not just her performance.) Wow I am unbelievably proud of my voice transcription for correctly hearing Geneviève Bujold. (Even got the accents and everything!)

It's getting SOMETHING flowing...oh wait, that's bile. The veterans of the studio system did some STRANGE things after the implosion of the Hays Code.

He was definitely memorable (and completely believable) as Colonel Bat Guano in Dr. Strangelove ("I think you're some kinda deviated pre-vert"; "You're gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola company"): Also, singing "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" with James Whitmore in Kiss Me, Kate:

Very close titles: Kicking & Screaming (2005) Family man Phil Weston, a lifelong victim of his father's competitive nature, takes on the coaching duties of a kids' soccer team, and soon finds that he's also taking on his father's dysfunctional way of relating. Will Ferrell vehicle. Kicking and Screaming (1995) A bunch of guys hang around their college for months after graduation, continuing a life much like the one before graduation. Directorial debut of Noah Baumbach. (and one of my top 100 films)

Three, count them three Black Widow movies. All different. One is with Scarlett J. (got so so reviews), one with Gene Tierney and Ginger Rogers and 1 with Debra Winger and Theresa Russell. There are 2 The Uninvited (though both horror flicks - the 1st is a classic) Nobody's Food with Paul Newman and Nobody's Fool with Tiffany Haddish There are also 2 In and Out. I like with one with Kevin Kline the other is not a remake and was made in 2017

Pocketful of Miracles High Sierra The Petrified Forest

HEAVEN CAN WAIT 1943 Fantasy starring Gene Tierney & Don Ameche where a womanizing man dies and tells in flashback scenes why he belongs in h ell for all his past deeds. 1978 Fantasy remake of Here Comes Mr Jordan starring Warren Beatty where he's wrongfully deceased & needs to find a body to live his natural life through.

No casting director will ever say, "get me a William Smith type", because there is nobody like William Smith. Not now or in any other era of Hollywood films. If half of the legends he is known for are true, or if the legends about him are half true, he was still incredible. Like if he spoke four languages instead of eight? Could only reverse-curl HALF his own weight? Or if he only had a Bachelors' in Intl Affairs from UCLA instead of a Masters' ? Still awesome! He was one of the most legit tough guys ever in Hollywood. In most of his fight scenes, you will notice that he usually has no double (who could double a 6'2" 240# bodybuilder in the 60's or 70's?). I would have enjoyed hanging out with him and his LAREDO co-star Neville Brand... or maybe not, those are two dangerous dudes. In CC AND COMPANY and HAMMER he brawls with Joe Namath and Fred "the Hammer" Williamson, respectively... and in the fight scenes with these pro athletes, he is by far the most athletic. BTW, he appeared in films for nine (9) decades, who else did that?

His horror films are crazy but he started out making serious black and white gay theme movies like "Vapors"

Detour on off Noir Alley Some of the following tunes might be too "over produced" to qualify as Garage Band Rock (which, I must confess, is not my favorite musical style). I don't have a problem categorizing them as such, but YMMV. 30 Days in the Hole by Humble Pie. From the 1972 album Smokin', which describes this lean, mean, totally pristine track. 7 and 7 Is by Love. According to Wikipedia, the rapid-fire percussion work overtaxed drummer Alban "Snoopy" Pfisterer. Get your heart in synch with the beat . . . and you might wind up with a heart attack. Blue's Theme by Davie Allen & The Arrows. A popular hit from Roger Corman's biker flick, The Wild Angels. Distinctive by the "angry hornet" buzz of Davie Allan's electric guitar. Fine Jung Thing by The Electric Prunes. Groovy guitar licks and bluesy-jazzy keyboards accompany a stoned-out-of-his mind Peter Fonda in another Roger Corman classic, The Trip. Hey Joe by The Leaves. Roll over, Jimi Hendrix? You Really Got Me by The Kinks. Although Ray Davies & Co. might not have been The Original Garage Band, the raw, spare rhythm and "primitive" beat of this 1964 hit prefigured Punk Rock. 60s Garage Bands

Jack Palance next: The Night Walker 1964

Vera

The whole soundtrack sounds like it was lifted from Hazel. It was AWESOME !

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (1971)