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Morphine in THE SCAPEGOAT and LONG DAYS JOURNEY INTO NIGHT MK Ultra tests (LSD) in MANHUNT: UNABOMBER Cocaine in PORGY AND BESS and THE SEVEN PERCENT SOLUTION Jenny is on every drug in FORREST GUMP Rasputin was I think on opium when he died in NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA Found this on accident

In THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD (1935) Claude Rains' character is an opium addict.

Tippi Hedren is an actress who said that Hitchcock tormented her during the making of The Birds, as well as Marnie, I believe. He also made an uncharacteristic overt sexual overture towards her during the making of the latter film. However that was not the case with Kim Novak. When she appeared at TIFF in 2015 for a showing of Vertigo she made a point, during an interview after the film, to say that she got along fine with the director and the negative reports that others claimed to have had in working with him was not her own experience. In fact she said she wished that Hitchcock (as well as Jimmy Stewart) could have been in Toronto that day to share with her the special showing of Vertigo with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra performing the Bernard Herrmann score in live accompaniment with the film.

Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962) -- Vincent Price in a 60s sleaze genre film Alice (1990) -- Mia Farrow with amanita muscaria in a Chinatown opium den....sweet! McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) -- opium Blue Velvet (1986) -- nitrous oxide Traffic (2000) -- you name it, it's in there The Tender Trap (1955) -- When Joe comes to visit, Charlie leaves him home and tells him if he gets sleepy there's Benzedrine in the cabinet, if he can't sleep there's Seconal, and if he can't decide, "take one of each."

O'Brien knows it's over so his non-stop hysteria and paranoia worked for me. The scene of him running in the street out of sheer panic over the diagnosis was one of many powerful moments, like the drug store scene with insane Neville Brand. The remake was another reason not to remake classic movies.

I love Michael Caine. He comes across like a real person. There doesn't seem to be anything false about him.

a good actor. he's earned his rest.

I recall reading that in mid-2016 Michael Caine officially changed his name to . . ."Michael Caine". He had never legally changed it until he was 83. His passport had his real name "Maurice Micklewhite" and, apparently, this would throw off the security guards at airports so he could be standing around for an hour or so while he was verified as "Maurice Micklewhite". So it seems that this was the motivation for him to change his legal name "by deed poll" to his stage name: All the heightened security checks at airports.

Sounds like he means, it, though he's pretty much been in every recent Christopher Nolan film (I don't think he was in Dunkirk, unless I missed him), and maybe he would return for a one-scene cameo in one or two of those in the future? Anyway, here it is: https://www.avclub.com/michael-caine-says-hes-retiring-from-acting-1847875842

Ricardo Montalbán - Mexican Film and Television Icon I cannot recommend this interview highly enough. If you are an actor or love stories about film and theatre this is a must watch. I have seen all theses unedited "Word of Mouth" interviews. Montalban's was quite engaging. He is humble, extremely down to earth, charming and still on top of his game. You can't help but love the guy. The interview is by far the most honest of all the interviews available. He is very forthright about his career and life experiences. I only wish it could have been longer. There are some great lessons here for actors and likely anyone else in entertainment.

Corbin Bernsen Next: Rock Hudson, Lew Ayres, Lorenzo Lamas

Sammy Davis Jr. next: Warren Beatty, Steven McQueen and Robert Redford

Up in Smoke (marijuana) Annie Hall (cocaine) \ The Panic in Needle Park (heroine) Drugstore Cowboy (everything)

Always loved the original POLTERGEIST since I was a little girl. And BURNT OFFERINGS always scared the living daylights out of me. I look forward to seeing both films.

I know I'd be freaked out if I found out I was dying and had a very short time left. O'Brien's performance hit all the right notes for me.

I used to think Tubi was a low-rent service, and only went wallowing there when I wanted to find psychotronic B-movies on Saturday night (ie., "If Amazon is that mom-and-pop VHS rental with the rare tapes on the back shelves, Tubi is that dirty one by the gas station with the horror, WWE and Sports Illustrated tapes"), but they've been getting better-- They're still as random as Amazon Prime, but the random has been getting more interesting: They've always been my go-to stop for finding Shout Factory's streaming titles (MST3K, rare cult reruns), but a handful of Universal back-catalog movies (Duck Soup? The 30's Mummy? Pre-rehab Richard Pryor comedies?) show up occasionally, and random "real" movies show up briefly every month and again, as Tubi wants to pretend it's one of the big-boy services. Haven't looked at Netflix in months (and only came back when The Movies That Made Us had another season), but I'm having fun cleaning off my Tubi list. The fact that they got both Fantasy Island series away from Sony, in promotional preparation for the Fox reboot, along with vintage Jeannie reruns, and some Hanna-Barbera, including the entire run of The Flintstones, away from HBOMax, helps considerably. 😁

Vacation from Love (1938)

Sunday October 17, 2021 Scary on TCM poltergeist burnt offerings

(SNORTS) Yes, a few. That said, MICHAEL CAINE is one of the best actors of the last 100 years, and honestly, I have come to love him as much for his- how shall I say it?- "all serious offers accepted" policy, compiled with the fact that he always gives 110%- basically the hardest working hooker on the docks- no matter what the project. I've sometimes wondered though that if you offered SIR MICHAEL $20 million to star in a snuff movie, whether he'd even stop to consider before asking that you send the contracts 'round to his people.

I thought someone posted that Frank Loyd Wright house that Ken (Richard Egan) and Sylvia(Dorothy McGuire) moved into in A SUMMER PLACE already, but going back over the posts, didn't spot it, but it's worth mentioning again. But as I can't post pics, I'll offer this... I think it'd be cool to live in that place! https://franklloydwrightsites.com/california/walker/walker_house.html Sepiatone

Reefer Madness (1936) (marijuana) The Man With the Golden Arm (1955) (not specified, but presumably heroin) Bigger Than Life (1956) (cortisone) The Tingler (1959) (Vincent Price on LSD) The Trip (1967) (LSD) I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (1968) (marijuana brownies) Easy Rider (1969) (marijuana, LSD, cocaine) Altered States (1980) (mescaline, ket*mine, LSD) Trainspotting (1996) (heroin) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) (LSD, mescaline, diethyl ether, adrenochrome)

The Beragon beach house from Mildred Pierce would be nice to live in!

Caine has had a long and distinguished career that he deserves to enjoy the rest of his life as he wants. He's had a few clunkers in his career, but what actor hasn't? Caine's record of many respectable performances speaks for itself. I always enjoys his performances

From October 16-22, the Poli ran The Old Nest, starring T. D. (“Dwight”) Crittenden as Dr. Horace Anthon and Mary Alden as Mrs. Anthon. The film was released on June 27, 1921, at eight reels. The Cinematheque Francais in Paris holds a complete copy. Plot: Dr. and Mrs. Anthon raise a large family of children. One of their sons dies in a train accident. The others slowly leave “the old nest” and find their lots in life. Tom, the oldest, becomes a successful lawyer. Frank becomes an artist. Jim is the black sheep, always needing money. Kate and Emily find husbands. They all fail to write home or visit, even forgetting Mrs. Anton’s birthday. Mrs. Anthon accepts this philosophically, recalling the past. When she sees a mother bird feeing its young, she remarks “feed them now, shove the food down their throats, mother bird, they will soon leave you and fly away!” Then Tom is appointed Attorney General of the United States, and in his happiness, remembers “the old nest” and returns home. Jim sees the light. All the siblings eventually return home for a visit. The still below could not be placed in context. It shows Louise Lovely (as Kate) and Mary Alden: The second still shows a train scene being filmed, with Helene Chadwick (as Emily) at right, about to fall out: Although I could not find a description for this scene, one review did mention a “dream sequence” involving a train wreck, so this could be from that sequence. There is another incident involving a train wreck, but that involves the son who is killed earlier in the film. Every review I read was positive. Wid’s Daily called the film “a splendid presentation of home life and mother love,” adding “the success of this production is due entirely to the happy combination of director, author and players.” Motion Picture News called the movie “a story of richly human episodes which invites us to look in on a typical American family and watch the divine mother love in its eternal song.” Moving Picture World remarked that the film was “real homespun stuff, the kind of a picture that appeals to all that is dearest and most tender, and does it without resorting to time-worn theatrical effects.” Finally, Exhibitor’s Herald called the film “a story of everyday life, filled with incidents so human that each spectator cannot avoid taking one home to himself, now and then.”

Uh .... then why is he attached to star with Glenda Jackson in THE GREAT ESCAPER?

Sunday, October 17 2 p.m. Marsha Hunt’s Sweet Adversity (2015). Documentary about Hunt and McCarthyism.

Brian Keith's beautiful luxurious home in Disney's The Parent Trap. you can see the stone decor interior from the windows of the kitchen. and he gives that up for a new york penthouse apartment in Family Affair.

Merton of the Movies

For the Grayson Hall fans, here's a bit of Grayson ephemera -- an ad for the Philadelphia theatrical premiere of SATAN IN HIGH HEELS.

WHAT!! A son resembling his Father?? Who'da THUNK! Sepiatone

The two theatrical films based on the television series DARK SHADOWS were filmed at the Lyndhurst Estate in Tarrytown, NY. The house is open for tours and well worth visiting. https://lyndhurst.org/ I'm also partial to the Frank Lloyd Wright home in A SUMMER PLACE.

Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms - Home Alone Lost in New York Brenda Lee sings a song that's used in a movie

Hope he doesn't see a gremlin through his window!

the inspiration this great actor gave to millions around the world in his heyday should never be minimized. to us as kids he was space.

Pulp Fiction (1994) -- Mrs. Mia Wallace...

THE THREE MUSKETEERS (1973)...THE TOWERING INFERNO (1974)...CASANOVA (1987) Next: Audie Murphy & Dan Duryea

McCabe & Mrs. Miller 1971 Shampoo 1975 Heaven Can Wait 1978 next: Faye Dunaway and Richard Chamberlain

Tonight at 10:30 pm Pacific, 1:30 am EST "A psychologist tries to analyze the criminal who's taken him hostage." I'll be watching.☺️

Part of the Dupont Show of the Month anthology series. This episode aired live from NYC, and also featured Marion Lorne, Elizabeth Montgomery, Charlotte Rae, Larry Blyden and Fred Gwynne (who was also in the Jimmy Stewart TV version) IMDb entry: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0352389/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_76 The kinescope is available on YouTube:

The film is The Dark Past with William Holden, Nina Foch and Lee J. Cobb.

Vertigo Next: A Surprise Visit

Bates Motel

"I was talking to Lou Reed the other day, and he said that the first Velvet Underground record sold only 30,000 copies in its first five years. Yet, that was an enormously important record for so many people. I think everyone who bought one of those 30,000 copies started a band!” -- Brian Eno* * Whether or not this quote is accurate, only Brian Eno can say. The Web -- as usual, as always -- is an unreliable source of accurate and complete information.

https://zagria.blogspot.com/2012/01/david-wilde-1917-2001-writer-publisher.html#.YWmjxxrMIdU LOL. I came across this by accident about Joan's last hubby. Talk about WILDE!

3) Star Burt Lancaster was stunned by the movie being nominated, saying it was "the biggest piece of junk ever made."

Furnish your house with TCM! Alicia Malone bedroom sets! Eddie Muller dark dens! Ben Mankiewicz great room suites!

Yes, I think the use of the word "heroic" may be far over the top. Maybe a better word to use would be adventurous, or a phrase like "he has guts", considering doing something like this where even the slightest malfunction could have ended in disaster.

I like that he can poke fun at himself. I just don't know that 'heroic' is the right word to describe him though as in the OP.

Well, not every actor is well liked during their careers. He was known to keep his co-stars on the original Star Trek series from getting additional scenes by conferring with the series directors to give him more screen time. Of course he has said over his career that he had little knowledge that he was guilty of that. Was not until he interviewed his old co-stars for his Star Trek Memories books that he found out that that just was not the case. But I have found him to be a very good actor when he wanted to be.