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Let's start with Lucille Ball. She considered THE BIG STREET (1942) her best film. Critics considered MAME (1974) her worst. Leonard Maltin said it was a: "hopelessly out-of-date musical...will embarrass even those who love Lucy." Let's move on to Katharine Hepburn. I enjoy her as the title character in ALICE ADAMS (1935). But it's a chore to watch her in THE IRON PETTICOAT (1956). Next, James Stewart. A lot has happened in your career if you head from MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)... ...to the abysmal FIRECREEK (1968). Ouch, this movie is painful to sit through. Someone should have fired the hair stylist on that set!

Pat and Mike The Odd Couple The Major and the Minor The Owl and the Pussycat

BURT REYNOLDS Best- Deliverance (1972) Worst- Stroker Ace (1983)

Lady and The Tramp Shop Around the Corner You've Got Mail Guys and Dolls Letter to Three Wives (original)

Beauty and the Beast (1946) In the Heat of the Night (1967) Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) Green Book (2018)

Woman of the Year (1942) All About Eve (1950) Deception (1946)

Woman of the Year (1942) Born Yesterday (1950) (Holliday/Holden) The African Queen (1951) The Producers (1968) Minnie and Moskovitz (1971) What's Up, Doc? (1972) Rooster Cogburn (1975) Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987) Midnight Run (1988) Lady Bird (2017)

"you are my man for all eternity! so accustom yourself to it, my dear devoted husband."

Madonna. Great in DICK TRACY (1990). Terrible in BODY OF EVIDENCE (1992).

So glad you added that "IMO" to this final sentence of yours here, sewhite. And because you see, I've always thought Mature's Doc Holliday in this film was a very fine piece of acting. In fact IMO, I've always thought it might be one of, if not, the best piece of acting he ever did. (...and yes yes, I know...even he would jokingly admit he wasn't that good of an actor, but I think he was being self-deprecating when he said that and maybe even a little too modest in fact)

Redford's Gatsby was truer to Gatsby in F. Scot Fitzgerald's famous novel but honestly, no film version of Gatsby is near as good as reading the book.

Pillow Talk (1959) 😆 I had to include my favorite TV apartment Remington Steele (1982-1986) ( Notice the movie posters on the wall ? That's where I got the idea. )

Whoever owns this one has the right to be called a celebrity. There are some incredible photographs if you click on the article. On the top of the world! Stunning six-story apartment in the spire of the Woolworth Building - once the tallest in the world - hits the market for $79million The suite, known as 'The Pinnacle' sits on 2 Park Place, in Tribeca, and spans 9,680-square-feet through floors 50 to 58 within the building's pyramid spire, and a spiral staircase is located at the very top to allow the suite's future resident to go from their apartment to the cupola terrace that overlooks the city. Renderings from famed architect David Hotson transform the unfinished suite into something akin to a yacht in the sky.

Hmm, I'm not sure... Ian Fleming created James Bond & Leslie Charteris (born Leslie Charles Bowyer Yin) created The Saint Oh, I just saw this: Ian Fleming's wife was Ann Fleming (nee Anne Geraldine Mary Charteris).

Gosh, I really wish that Noir Alley wouldn't be preempted by other "festivals." More than a few of us look forward to that movie each week! I'm sure that Eddie needs a vacation every now and then - but I hope he knows how much we miss his show when he's gone!

I think this is the danger of casting 2021 sensibilities onto films made many decades ago. In those days, men did marry women much younger than themselves.(William Powell for example). Why wouldn't that carry onto the screen. And remember, this is entertainment. Guys want to imagine themselves with much younger women. They would pay to see that. Especially in those days(and right now), movies were/are escapism. Not meant to be totally real. Some people want to see their favorite stars on the screen regardless of age. Well, Famke Janssen and Rebecca Romijn certainly got removed from the X Men franchise. So I would imagine her tenure to end up quite short.

I recently purchased the classic movie Out of the Past 1947 for my dvd collection. It was the first time, I have seen this movie. I really enjoyed the movie and Jane Greer was an really bad lady. The performances of Robert Mitchum, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming and Richard Webb were very good. Thanks

The Out of Towners (1970) wonderful film....disgraceful remake

To each his own. My parents adored Jackie Gleason and never missed an episode of THE HONEYMOONERS. They recently got THE HONEYMOONERS on DVD and I started watching them, if only for Art Carney, who's hilarious. I found myself laughing at Jackie too. Nowadays the politically-correct crowd would have a fit over Ralph threatening to send Alice to the moon, but he was all bark and no bite. He'd never do it and Alice knew it. If Jackie had a big misstep in his career it would be SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT PART III. The first 2 were watchable but without Burt Reynolds, the magic just wasn't there anymore.

What a lineup! Can't get much better than that.

Sunday August 22, 2021 Tyrone Power Summer Under the Stars on TCM marie antoinette the rising of the moon the long gray line witness for the prosecution the razor's edge the black rose blood and sand the mark of zorro nightmare alley a yank in the r.a.f. abandon ship

Dave the Dude--Warren William in Lady For a Day

CRUISING (1980) had a 39-year-old Al Pacino playing a naive 28-year-old policeman. Highly unconvincing. Stick with Al in "Serpico".

It's easier to pick 'BEST' and 'WORST' when you have an actor and actress who weren't in very many films! Try picking JOHN CARRADINE's worst and your head will explode.

Well, what'd you expect? He was a crook after all.

Doris was stuck with some lousy scripts near the end. Marty wasn't always looking out for her best interests.

I actually thought FIRECREEK was quite a good flick. True, it's no MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON or THE OX-BOW INCIDENT (Now THOSE are classics), but I can still sit it and watch be able to enjoy it for what it is, a watchable time passer. MAME was absolutely a chore to watch. Lucille Ball simply wasn't right for the role, no matter what the director or casting directors may have thought otherwise. THE IRON PETTICOAT is definitely one of Katharine's worst. Madonna was watchable in DICK TRACY, but she's definitely a better singer than an actress overall.

Reading about Don Briscoe post-Dark Shadows was rather sad. This huge, brief period of intense fame and interest, followed by very little. Combined with some other issues. In my misspent youth I recall articles like this. One was a visit to Don's bachelor pad. To show what was in his refrigerator I think the photo showed only a bottle of vodka!

Can't argue with those. Especially the JIMMY STEWART "Mr. Smith"/"Firecreek" thing. This might take some thought time for me on this very good thread idea, but off the top of the head.... MARLON BRANDO. This is open to subjective differences on his best, as many would be divided by ON THE WATERFRONT('54) and probably THE GODFATHER('72). But for me.... There can be NO argument that his worst and most wasted effort was A COUNTESS FROM HONG KONG('67) Neither Brando's talent, Chaplin's brilliance nor Sophia Loren's beauty could turn this swill into something swell. Sepiatone

Then maybe I'll give it a chance. I had the impression that practically the entire film is a ballet. I have no problem if Kelly wants to go all artsy in one number like "The Broadway Melody" number in Singin in the Rain. But lots of his schtick wears out its welcome in a hurry as far as I'm concerned.

When I was younger Bankhead reminded me of an older Bette Davis.

Alberghetti, Anna Maria

The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976) A very good psycho killer movie set in the 1940s. A killer in a sack mask terrorizes Texarkana, based on a true story. Ben Johnson is the Texas Ranger after him. From the director of The Legend Of Boggy Creek (1972).

So many fabulous examples yesterday! two thousand one hundred seventieth category Total opposites MIN AND BILL (1930) HAROLD AND MAUDE (1971) THELMA & LOUISE (1991)

From August 21-24, 1921, the Poli fan Man of the Forest, starring Carl Gantvoort as Milt Dale, Claire Adams as Helen Raynor, Robert McKim as Harvey Riggs, and Jean Hersholt as Lem Beasley. The film was released in June of 1921 at six reels. The Filmmuseum in Amsterdam holds a complete copy. Plot: Harvey Riggs and Lem Beasley plot to get possession of Al Auchincloss’ ranch. Auchincloss, in poor health, sends for his two nieces, Helen and Bo, to whom he intends leaving his property. He also sends for Mitt Dale, a man of the forest. Lone Wolf, a faithful Indian, is Dale’s friend. The women arrive, and Helen falls for Dale. This infuriates Riggs, who intends to marry Helen and take the ranch. Beasley’s gang kidnap the two women. Lone Wolf tracks the women to a cabin, notifies Dale, who forms a posse and rescues the women. In the ensuing fight, Riggs is killed. Beasley is also killed while trying to poison Auchincloss. The two stills below could not be placed in context. The first shows Charlotte Pierce (as Bo), Claire Adams, Robert McKim, and Harry Lorraine (as Auchincloss): The second shows McKim with an unidentified actor: A few other stills are available at the IMDb site. The film was based upon a Zane Grey novel of the same name. Several other versions have been filmed since. Wid’s Daily gave a positive review, writing “at first the action is just a bit slow, covering the introduction of the characters and the establishment of a premise, but the latter reels contain all the excitement that anyone will expect in one picture, with a smooth-running story that accumulates suspense as it goes, finally reaching a genuinely effective climax. There’s much shooting and bloodshed, to be sure, but then it’s a real Zane Grey western and you expect it.” Exhibitor’s Herald called the film “a first-class audience adventure,” with “beautiful shots of forest exteriors, photographed with excellent lighting effects.” Motion Picture News wrote “the scenario has been so written that, even with the end foreseen, an audience will be seated on the edge of their chairs until the hero utters a happy sigh of contentment in his sweetheart’s arms in the fadeout.” Sam Sax, of the New Grand Theatre in Portland, Oregon, wrote “oh, what a clean-up this feature did for me, second run. Advertised Zane Grey and business was wonderful. Made my front look like the great outdoors.” When the film was scheduled to be shown at the Orpheum Theatre in Baker City, Oregon, a problem arose. The film was shipped to Portland, but arrived too late to be sent to Baker City by conventional means. This meant patrons in Baker City would be, a best, disappointed, in not seeing the film. Instead, the film was flown from Portland to Baker City (a distance of 357 miles), across two mountain ranges. The film arrived on time. Carl Gantvoort is not a household name, and his filmography is short. He was the son of Arnold Gantvoort, an Amsterdam native who was once the manager of the College of Music of Cincinnati. Carl attended the University of Cincinnati, and also studied music abroad. A baritone, Gantvoort performed with the Boston Grand Opera, and made appearances at the Hollywood Bowl. In late September of 1935, Gantvoort was found unconscious at the intersection of Melrose and Normandie Avenues in Los Angeles. At first, foul play was suspected because he had a fractured skull. Gantvoort’s father said that his son had suffered fainting spells in recent years, and believed his son had collapsed and struck his head on the pavement. The actor/singer died a few days later at General Hospital. His fall was attributed to a heart attack.

Night Gallery - Certain Shadows on the Wall (1970) The episode didn't call for screaming. If anything, she was the stability character in the horror thriller chiller story.

Sunday, August 22 Tyrone Power SUTS 12:45 p.m. Witness For the Prosecution (1957). Great cast in this Billy Wilder, Agatha Christie film.

Voit provided gear in exchange for product placement. It was Connery's Bond in Thunderball (1965), and it was David Hedison's Captain Crane in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964-1968). Ricou Browning was second unit director of the underwater sequences in Thunderball. As he was responsible for all the staging/choreography of underwater scenes -- the cave scene, the battle -- he brought in his own team of divers. Browning had already made a name for himself in Hollywood, most notably as the Gill Man in Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), and as co-writer and producer of Flipper (1963). He's a cool guy, still with us at 91 years of age.

TELEVISON YES. MOVIES NO.

I'm excited about Lucy being SOTM. Her first star of the month was in 1998, I was in 8th-9th grade. My parents didn't subscribe to a cable package that carried TCM at that time. During Lucy's second go-around in 2006, I was in college and also didn't have a cable package with TCM. Finally, I can watch a Lucille Ball SOTM on TCM. I hate this idea that someone can't be SOTM because they were already SOTM 20 years ago. Eventually TCM would run out of people to honor. Who is going to attract more new viewers? SOTM Lucille Ball or SOTM Bess Flowers ? I don't mind TCM tying their programming to their upcoming podcast. I listen to a lot of podcasts while driving to and from work. Both of the recent TCM podcasts (Peter Bogdanovich and "Bonfire of the Vanities") were excellent. They were well-researched, well-written, and well-produced. I am looking forward to their Lucille Ball podcast. I am also excited about TCM mixing up their October SOTM with someone other than a horror movie person. Horror movies are one my least favorite genres, so I'm excited to see the October schedule a little more balanced with some other programming other than the usual horror suspects.

Maybe later sometime. If it was Kurosawa I would for sure, but I wouldn't be less annoyed, maybe even more. *** NEW RULE No more intros. Just start the movie. Let the host/hostess do an outro. Then they can say whatever they damn well please. ***

I'm a fan of Lucille Ball , she is a multi talented star ( act, sing and dance) I like her work with Henry Fonda and Bob Hope. Lucille turned out to be an great television executive , she helped to found Desilu Studios. Desilu Studios produced shows like The Untouchables, Mannix and Mission Impossible. All Star Trek fans owe a great deal to Lucille Ball, as she approved the concept for the show . Star Trek the Original Series was filmed at Desilu Studios. Lucille Ball was an iconic figure in the world of television.

JUDY (2019)

Another Suggestion Ride Beyond Vengeance I saw this unsung 1966 shoot-em-up during its initial theatrical release, and two vignettes were permanently seared into my 11-year-old brain-pan: A hysterical, fear-crazed Johnsy Boy Hood (Bill Bixby) grabbing a red-hot branding iron and ramming it deep into his belly. Frank Gorshin's twitchy histrionics as he hauntedly describes the grisly sight of Johnsy Boy Hood's gizzards hangin' out of his body ("look like crawlin' blue snakes"). As far as I'm concerned, a really good western has really good-really bad villains. Ride Beyond Vengeance has three, all distinctly and colorfully different from one another: urbane, respectable banker Brooks Durham (Michael Rennie), permanently blotto town drunkard Elwood Coates who perpetually jabbers to his D.T. pal "Whiskey Man" (Claude Akins), and dandified ladies man and sadist Hood. As vengeful anti-hero Jonas Trapp, Chuck Connors delivers the movie's best line: "I just rose up from hell with my hair on fire!" Glenn Yarbrough tremulously serenades us with a wistful folk tune imparting rueful folk wisdom and the soul of the plot.

Green Dolphin Street has always been a favorite of mine. When my sister and I were young girls, we always watched Green Dolphin Street together. They use to show the film on The Early and Late Show in NY. It's a chick flick. Maybe a little too gushy for guys but I always thought all the performances were great.This one has a special place in my heart and always brings back wonderful memories for me. I do agree though, I love the song too.

I'm watching Green Dolphin Street. Not one of Lana Turner's best performances! But I love the song so here is a version that I try to copy (but without much success!).

I previously posted about some favorite Robert Redford movies in the I Just Watched thread so if anyone feels like they're having a déjà vu moment when you're reading this, you are . . . I really like ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN. It’s one of the most engrossing movies about journalists, mostly because it plays out like a detective story, with two young newspaper reporters uncovering clues that link members of the Nixon administration to the 1972 Watergate break-in. (The burglary and the administration’s attempts to cover up involvement in it grew into the scandal that ultimately led to the President’s resignation.) I especially like Robert Redford’s performance in the early parts of the investigation. There’s something very real and engaging in those scenes where Redford (as journalist Bob Woodward) is interviewing leads on the phone and taking notes and doodling. I also like the sequence where Woodward and his Washington Post colleague Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) try to locate and interview workers for the Committee to Re-elect the President (CREEP *haha!*) from a personnel list they obtain. The different reactions the reporters receive outside the doors of the committee workers’ homes are compelling. A favorite moment is when they finally find someone who is eager to talk but soon learn that she is not the CREEP worker they’re looking for, just someone with the same last name who is upset by the threat to the Constitution. I haven’t seen THE CANDIDATE (another politically themed movie) yet, but I want to. I like THE WAY WE WERE quite a bit. Some of my fondness for it is rooted in nostalgia: it’s favorite movie of both my mother and grandmother so I have memories of them watching it during my childhood. But I’ve also enjoyed watching it as an adult even though it is an imperfect movie. Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand play two people who are “wrong for each other” but who fall in love and marry. The biggest problem with the movie is that the couple’s split when Streisand’s character is pregnant with Redford’s character’s child makes no sense, despite his one-night stand with the Lois Chiles character. Apparently, there were some scenes that were cut from the movie that were political in nature (the break-up occurred during the time of the Red Scare/Hollywood blacklist period --- Redford’s character is a screenwriter at this point on the story) which provide more plausible reasons for the characters' divorce. The version with those scenes tested poorly with a preview audience while the version without the political scenes tested well. Even with the plot holes in the released movie, there are a number of magical scenes that consistently move me. One is the scene where the college professor reads one of Redford’s stories in class as an example of great writing. The way Redford’s face reveals his character’s both modesty and pride is amazing to watch. (Streisand is also very good in this scene: she conveys her character's heartbreak that her story wasn't chosen by the professor as well as her genuine awe of the writing talent of Redford's character.) Another magical scene is the final “years later” one at the end, where the divorced Redford and Streisand meet by chance. Redford’s look when he tells Streisand he can’t have drinks with her and her current husband! And Streisand’s when she responds “I know.” I’ve never seen THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR in its entirety. I tried watching it a few years ago (I think when it shown on TCM as part of Faye Dunaway’s Summer Under the Stars tribute). I couldn’t get into it then even though I’m a fan of Redford, Dunaway and director Sydney Pollack. Maybe it’s time to give this one another try. This movie was one of the inspirations for CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER, which is streaming now on Disney+ . . . Another Robert Redford movie I like is BAREFOOT IN THE PARK, adapted from the Neil Simon play. Redford plays the strait-laced newlywed that he also played on Broadway. In the movie adaptation, his free-spirited wife is played by Jane Fonda, who is fantastic in the role and so beautiful. Redford’s non-verbal reactions are hilarious! This was not a movie I expected to like. I had the pre-conceived idea that it would be an un-funny gag-fest. However, when I saw it for the first time last year with my sweetie, we literally laughed out loud throughout it. We loved Mildred Natwick as the wife’s mother, who like Redford reprised her role from the original stage production. The three actors’ comic timing is impeccable and they play Simon’s dialogue “for real” rather than trying to hit the jokes. Charles Boyer plays a bohemian neighbor of the newlyweds that Jane Fonda’s character tries to set up with her mother. As a fan of 1960s fashions, I loved the wardrobe Edith Heath designed for Jane Fonda, especially her long-sleeved orange top with brown slacks and her sleeveless pink sheath (or was it a shift?) dress. I had a major OUCH! moment when one of the characters slipped on an icy stoop. By the way, because the movie is set in New York City, I had previously thought that the “park” in the title was Central Park, but I discovered that it was actually Washington Square Park (the newlywed couple’s apartment is in Greenwich Village).

I am sure Dorothy Dandridge fans appreciated her tribute.

I've always thought Eric Portman... ...could have easily been Tallulah Bankhead's... ...brother. (...and heck, they even sounded alike when they talked)

A couple blocks west of the Chaplin Studios (was A&M Records, now Jim Henson Company) on La Brea, there's a group of small bungalows where Chaplin and other stars lived while working at the studios. They are known as The Chaplin Cottages 1328 N. Formosa Ave. For a while I lived between the two locations and at that time there were 4 or 5 more cottages that were smaller and considerably more dilapidated. They didn't survive but this group has been refurbished and available for rent. One of them is listed on AirBNB. Chaplin built a couple more, The Charlie Hotel at 819 N. Sweetzer Ave. and the Normandie Towers at 7219 Hampton Ave. The list of names who lived and partied at these locations reads like an early Hollywood who's who. More info; https://patch.com/california/westhollywood/charlie-chaplin-s-courtyard-cottages-leave-their-mark-west-hollywood https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/9363080?source_impression_id=p3_1629151230_X5BUX2NwtEKYSKK%2B&guests=1&adults=1