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Saw a guy wearing a fedora today. On the street! Almost nobody wears a hat these days. Not saying it's a loss. I couldn't bear wearing one. Used to be, almost everyone wore a hat. Would no sooner leave a house or apartment without a hat as without pants--I mean slacks. Hats even played pivotal parts in movies (evidence of criminal conduct, infidelity, inappropriate presence of an individual, presence of a person in a building). What I'm wondering is what started the cultural convention, tradition, something, of wearing hats. Did it start in Ancient Times and wend its weary way through the Dark Ages of dark hats, into the Enlightenment with airy hats that sat lightly on the head, to Impressionism that left hat-hair? And why fedora? Who was Fedora? And what ended hat hairing? I mean wat wearing? I mean--you know. Was it the Cultural Revolution of the 60s? Open honesty against the great hat cover-up? Hats could be awkward, or in the way. You could sit on them, or throw them on the bed (big no no, but Why?) . They could be in the way, or get blown off, and you'd have to chase 'em. Into traffic! Or you'd switch 'em and get the wrong size. Or they could be the style. And how the hell do you roll them up your arm onto your head? Or you rake it at a rakish angle showing your sauciness and sexuality (oh my!). Or you set it straight (classy!) and zip the brim razor even between your forefinger and thumb. You could toss your hat in the air, onto a hook, into the ring (though I've never actually seen that done). You could stuff it into your pocket, put it in a box, mute a trumpet, trap a wee beastie, bury an inopportune snork. And you could pop one on your head and step smartly out the door.

Greetings, peeps. I see THE SWARM is scheduled to air at 8:30 AM Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, October 26th. And this screening looks to be the full version Irwin Allen wanted to release in '78 before Warner Bros. had the film cut down to its 116 minute theatrical run time. Note the programming ▬ block ▬ has THE SWARM airing from 8:30 AM to 11:15 AM when "The Pack" is scheduled. I think if TCM was planning to air the theatrical version at 1 hr 56 mins the next movie would start at 10:30 AM, but it doesn't. This leads me to believe the 155-minute version will be shown. → If it is, look for it to be ▬ Letterboxed ▬. If you check out TCM's Daily Schedule for Tuesday, Oct. 26 you'll see if you 'click' on THE SWARM it'll say "1 hr 56m" but if you then 'click' on 'MORE INFO' it will say "2 hr 35m". This longer version of THE SWARM was released on LaserDisc circa 1992 and then made its way to DVD. [I honestly don't recall offhand if "The Swarm" is on Blu-Ray so, if it is, I'm not sure which version would be on the Blu disc]. • The hacked-up Theatrical Version of the movie released in 1978 ran 116 minutes. When TCM has aired the theatrical version I believe it's been shown in 'Full Frame' -- like you'd see on the old Warner VHS release. • The restored version of the movie released in the early '90s ran 155 minutes and isn't so cho/ppy. And it's LETTERBOXED. → To my mind, that's what the makes the theatrical version worse than it might be -- the cho/ppy continuity does an already below-average film no favours. The longer version at least doesn't have the feel of large hunks of plot missing.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/friends-actor-james-michael-tyler-dies-at-59 Friends" actor James Michael Tyler, who played Gunther on the hit sitcom, has died at the age of 59 years. Tyler reportedly died peacefully in his home Saturday evening. The actor was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2018, later campaigning for individuals to start testing for the disease as early as 40 years. "The world knew him as Gunther (the seventh 'Friend'), from the hit series Friends, but Michael's loved ones knew him as an actor, musician, cancer-awareness advocate, and loving husband," a representative for Tyler said in a statement sent to Fox News. "If you met him once you made a friend for life." Tyler was best-known for playing Gunther on Friends, a worker in Central Park. Many fans of the show dubbed him the seventh friend. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Tyler spent the last few years of his life attempting to raise awareness for early screening for prostate cancer. He continued to perform throughout being treated for the disease, appearing in two short films and winning best-actor awards at multiple film festivals. Tyler is survived by his wife, Jennifer Carno.

Years ago I met a stunningly beautiful blonde when I was on vacation. We talked for a while and she was a very gracious individual. I kept trying to place her, though, as if I had seen her before. It finally hit me and I told her she looked like Candice Bergen. She was not pleased with the comment. "People tell me that all the time," she said, "But I'm a lot younger than her." We should all have such problems.

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I watched "Strait-Jacket" from Sunday night. It's one of the first movies I remember seeing on the big screen as a kid...really freaked me out too! It's just as much fun to watch now as it was scary back in the early 60's. Joan Crawford at her psychotic best; sexy Diane Baker at her most devious; 5, count 'em 5 victims all beheaded! The cool part is that you never saw any of the people actually killed, as it was all shown in shadow or very dark lighting. What I really liked at the end of the picture, and it's something I never noticed until TCM started showing this film several years ago, is that the 'Columbia Lady' is headless...and her head is resting at her feet...Classic!! I'm glad I got to see this film. There have been several demon-occult movies on the TCM schedule that are not allowable to be shown on streaming services. Why this happens is beyond me. Cable and satellite providers get to show these films. Why can't YouTube TV or Hulu do it too? Their customers are paying to watch TCM programming as well, after all. I missed one of the Christopher Lee Dracula showings last week, plus Peter Cushing in "Frankenstein Created Woman". "The Devil Rides Out" and "The Devil's Own" are two others that I never can watch on TCM. It's frustrating. ☹

CAPTAIN’S PARADISE (end) MY FAIR LADY (fantasy sequence) KING AND COUNTRY

Agree that there is a wide variety of hats to wear, but most of them are designed to trap heat, which is not desirable when it's 110 in Texas. I do wear a flat cap in the winter sometimes, and when I travel to the UK. There's a time and place for everything. I don't wear one when "out on the town". I wear it running errands, or while working in the yard, or at an outdoor sporting event. And I always take it off inside.

Thanks for the memories, SweetSue! I earlier reminisced how _Walk Away Renée and _Pretty Ballerina_ were spun at the Friday night dances at my junior high school (a happier time in my life). Here is another tune that was on the dance night playlist.

TILLIE'S PUNCTURED ROMANCE (1914)

The Swarm is now heading North By NorthWest...

The British songwriter and producer Leslie Bricusse, known for his creation of popular songs for stage and screen productions, died Tuesday at the age of 90. His death in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France was announced on Instagram by his longtime friend, Dame Joan Collins -- the actress who once was married to Bricusse's frequent collaborator Anthony Newley (1931-1999). Collins called Bricusse “one of the giant songwriters of our time.” The cause of death was not mentioned. Bricusse was nominated for 10 Academy Awards (winning twice), nine Grammys (with one win) and four Tonys, He and Newley were inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame in 1989. Briscusse is survived by his wife, the actress Yvonne "Evie" Romain, their son Adam and several grandchildren. At the fifth Annual Grammy Awards, held on May 15, 1963, Bricusse and Newley won Song of the Year honors for "What Kind of Fool Am I?" -- one of their songs from the 1962 stage musical "Stop The World - I Want To Get Off." They were the first Brits to win the songwriting Grammy. Bricusse and Newley's song "Feeling Good" -- from their 1964 stage musical " The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd" -- became a celebrated 1965 recording by Nina Simone -- and a favorite song for numerous "American Idol" hopefuls through the years. Bricusse, Newley and composer John Barry co-created "Goldfinger," the theme for the 1964 James Bond thriller starring Sir Sean Connery. It was the first of three Bond themes performed by Dame Shirley Bassey, and it became the Welsh singer's signature song. In a 2004 American Film Institute survey of the Top 100 movie songs of all time, "Goldfinger" came in at No. 53. Three years later, Bricusse and Barry created the title theme for another 007 film. "You Only Live Twice" was performed by Nancy Sinatra, and it became a No. 3 hit on Billboard's adult contemporary chart. Bricusse's first Academy Award win was for the 1967 song "Talk to the Animals" from "Doctor Dolittle." Sir Rex Harrison, who played the title character in the film based on Hugh Lofting's children's books, performed the tune in the picture. A year later, the Best Original Song Oscar went to "The Windmills of Your Mind" by Michel Legrand and Alan and Marilyn Bergman from "The Thomas Crown Affair." That song was performed in the movie by Noel Harrison, Sir Rex's son -- giving the Harrison family an unprecedented, back-to-back achievement. Bricusse's Oscar was accepted by Sammy Davis. Jr. (pictured below with presenter Barbra Streisand) who earlier performed "Talk to the Animals" during the 1968 Oscar telecast. Davis included many Bricusse-Newley songs in his repertoire. The 1969 musical remake of "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" -- which starred Peter O'Toole and Petula Clark -- earned Bricusse and John Williams an Academy Award nomination for Best Score of a Musical Picture. Among the numbers performed in the production were "What a Lot of Flowers" and "Fill the World with Love." The two songs were recorded by actor Richard Harris --O'Toole's longtime friend and sometime drinking companion -- and included in his 1970 LP "The Richard Harris Love Album." Bricusse spearheaded the production of "Scrooge," the 1970 musical version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" that starred Albert Finney in the title role. Bricusse served as the movie's executive producer, adapted the movie's screenplay and provided compositions for the music score. Directed by Ronald Neame ("The Poseidon Adventure"), the production received four Oscar nominations: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Terence Marsh, Robert Cartwright and Pamela Cornell), Best Costume Design (Margaret Furse), Best Original Song ("Thank You Very Much" by Bricusse) and Best Music, Original Song Score (Bricusse, Ian Fraser and Herbert W. Spencer). The beloved 1971 fantasy film "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" -- it's being remade for the second time -- featured an Oscar- nominated score by Bricusse, Newley and Walter Scharf. The movie's star, Gene Wilder, performed the song "Pure Imagination." Another song, "The Candy Man," was later recorded by Sammy Davis, Jr., and it became his only No. 1 hit song. Bricusse reteamed with John Williams for the memorable flying sequence in 1978's blockbuster hit "Superman," Bricusse wrote the lyrics for "Can You Read My Mind?" -- recited by Margot Kidder, the actress who played Lois Lane opposite Christopher Reeve as The Man of Steel. Bricusse and another music great, Henry Mancini, won their final Academy Awards for "Victor/Victoria," the 1982 musical comedy starring Dame Julie Andrews as a struggling British coloratura soprano named Victoria Grant who became the toast of Paris by posing as a singing female impersonator named Victor. In effect, that made her a woman posing as a man posing as a woman. The songwriters shared the award for Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score. Nancy Sinatra @NancySinatra My heart is aching today because one of the loves of my life is gone. Leslie Bricusse was my friend for more than fifty years - years filled with warm embraces, a strong shoulder & a guiding hand. Sending love to Evie, Adam & all of their friends tonight. May God treat him well. 5:55 PM · Oct 19, 2021·Twitter Web App Piers Morgan @piersmorgan RIP Leslie Bricusse, 90. Songwriter extraordinaire, and a delightful man. Penned many of the greatest movie lyrics incl Bond themes from Goldfinger & You Only Live Twice, and had one of the great showbusiness marriages to his beloved Evie for more than 60 years. 6:51 AM · Oct 20, 2021·Twitter for iPhone Brent Spiner @BrentSpiner RIP Leslie Bricusse. My next door neighbor for many years. Wrote lyrics for so many memorable songs. Love to Evie and the family. 4:15 PM · Oct 19, 2021·Twitter for iPhone Tim Rice @SirTimRice Songwriters around the world mourning the loss of the great Leslie Bricusse, creator of hit shows, hit records, many immortal standards. Music's Candy Man who ruled his world with charm and modesty. RIP. 5:13 AM · Oct 20, 2021·Twitter Web App

Looks like we're into something good here. Two prompt and excellent responses. Miles got 4 right. And Cinema gets the thread with 6 right.

Gee, I Wish I Was Back In the Army - Bing, Danny, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen White Christmas Betty Hutton sings in a movie

Dargo-you are a super hunk. Good thing you've obscured the tiny car behind you because if it was showing I may not have even noticed you. 😉 I do find it funny that as you age so does your "taste"..... I think I look like an old bat, but still turn snow-top guy's heads! Sepiatone, if you find a nice vintage hat, you can always bring it to the local hatter to be cleaned & blocked. As a collector I've had to learn how to do this myself. Just yesterday, I cleaned all my summer "straws" to store away in boxes until next summer. Even as a hat lover, I hate hate hate baseball caps. Even baseball players shouldn't wear them-instead, maybe something more protective like a hard cap? I got news for you-NO ONE looks good in them. If a man ever showed up on a date wearing one-no second date. Everyone talks about "hat hair", unnecessary. Women wear lightweight woven hair nets to hold their hair smoothly in place under the hat. Those long hat pins would spike through the secured locks to further hold larger hats in place. Once removed, your hair would be perfectly coiffed. I even wear a hair net under my riding helmet.

Blondie (1938) Next: Tillie the Toiler (1927) -- two more based on comic strips

They are all films with Asta the Fox Terrier in them. Thanks

Some belated bathtub scenes: One Week (1920) Pickup on South Street (1953) Splendor in the Grass (1961) Charade (1963) Little Big Man (1970) What's Up, Doc? (1972) Marathon Man (1976) Arthur (1981) Places in the Heart (1984) American Beauty (1999)

The last episode of Perry Mason has one plotline where the star of a TV program is murdered while filming a scene. There are actually two murders in this episode. I only know about it because it was just on a week or two ago on MeTV. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0673265/?ref_=ttep_ep30 I think others on this thread have commented on several movies with a variation on this plot point.

The most ridiculous thing I've ever seen. Totally appropriate in a Museum of the History of Native Americans but absolutely inappropriate in a museum purportedly about the history of movies.

The narrator of "The Invaders" was William T. Woodson, who also provided the memorable narrations for the 1980s ABC miniseries "The Winds of War" and "War and Remembrance."

You want to go to the dentist after Marathon Man? Just the thought of it scares me.

I don't wear a baseball cap everywhere, but if I'm going to be out in the sun for more than 20 or 30 minutes, I have one on while outside. Sorry if that offends, but those of us without hair on top have to protect our heads from the sun. I have a friend who got melanoma, and had a silver dollar-sized chunk of of skin removed from the top of his head. I'd rather not go through that.

I agree. HATE them ball caps. Never could stand them, even as a kid in little league . And I only wore it during games 'cause the coach said I had to. The ones now have the same design as the cap my Dad wore that was called a "golf cap". I thought back then they looked goofy on old men, but for the last 30 or more years, men and boys of all ages took to wearing those stupid looking things. So, when and WHY did that trend start? With GEORGE BURNS wearing that cap in OH GOD? Plus, what made those cap wearers assume the rules of etiquette doesn't apply to those caps? Miss Manners will gladly inform any "gentle reader" that it's good manners to remove one's hat in public, or upon entering anyone's home. But those fools NEVER remove them no matter what or where. I recently went to a RED ROBIN restaurant for a family gathering celebrating a grand nephew's 13th birthday. The only people NOT wearing a ball cap were the ladies(except another nephew's wife) my grandniece and me. And I was perplexed at trying to find a place to place my Fedora while dining. I was about to take it out to my car when the waitress suggested she take it to the counter just inside the door and I can ask for it when I leave. One of my nephews asked me, "Why don't you just keep it on?" And with a sharp look i replied, "because it's bad manners to wear a hat at the dining table." Heh... They looked at me like I was nuts! And too..... I agree with George Carlin who once said---- "Any white guy over the age of TEN who wears a baseball cap backwards, is an ABOMINATION!" Well, as I just vented about, those ball caps DO seem to be "obligatory" these days. Once, when showing up at a family function with my Fedora, someone asked me, "Why do you wear one of those kind of hats? Why not a baseball cap like everyone else wears?" And I had to tell her.... "There's two words in the English language that save me from buying or doing just about anything. 'Everybody else' " Sepiatone

"Hats", ya ask?! This old weathered greybeard here usually only sports this number when it he knows he's going to be out in the rain or the snow... And yes, we do get snow here in the higher altitudes of northern Arizona. Otherwise, the only other time the old f*art here wears something on his head would be a baseball cap while he's out playing tennis or driving his little sports car around with its top down. Oh AND of course, ALWAYS a helmet when he's ridin' one of his motorcycles around, too. (...btw, don't ya just HATE IT when someone refers to themselves in the third person?...how pretentious is that, RIGHT?!!!) LOL

Halloween (1978)

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Quote I came up with that I have to share: "Be a Fedora in a world of Baseball Caps." They stand out in a crowd for sure.😉

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND HIS MAGIC BAND Safe As Milk

...and that kittenish voice.

When I was a kid, it sounded to me that the guards were chanting about..... Sepiatone

Gooch, Agnes--Peggy Cass in Auntie Mame

MARGIE (1946)

Yes , with Alan Alda , Vic Morrow ...Havent seen it since..

Long, Richard

Seems no different than the Director's Cut of films released after theatrical production. I seen the theatrical released in 1978 and got a coupon to get the soundtrack LP for .50 It's one of those type of films you can't watch more than a couple of times. One thing I remembered was the projectionist had to pull the aperture plate out for a few seconds because something caught caught in it - saw the soundtrack on the left. It was during the picnic scene. Too long ago since I saw "Star Wars" in 1977 but after buying the CED release back in the early 1980's, movie on disc is missing something in certain scenes. Wasn't exactly the same as on the screen - not referring to not being presented in widescreen.

Fab, gear and CarnabyStreet--how many of you remember the British Invasion and Swingin' London of the 1960s? Whether you're a mod or a rocker, it should be fun. Identify the performer(s) described. Brownie points for one of their hit records. Ready, Steady, Go-- 1) This singer is nearly forgotten today, but she had a big hit with a song written by Mick and Keith. Today she is known for her acting, as well as her singing. 2) This popular duo road to fame on songs written by a Beatle. 3) This duo wrote most of their own soft rock, type folk songs, but they did chart with a Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway tune. 4) This singer ended up a popular presenter on British TV, but she started out checking hats at the Cavern Club. 5) This singer had a lot of experience before becoming a British Invasion phenomenon. She appeared in British movies and was a popular recording artist in France before taking America by storm. 6) This group, which had the good fortune of coming from Liverpool and being managed by Brian Epstein, consisted of four guys--two of which were brothers. 7) This singer accompanied himself with an acoustic guitar, wrote many of his own folk-pop songs, which were eccentric and philosophical, leading some to compare him to America's Bob Dylan. 😎Eight) This singer was as famous for her tremendous voice and versatility as she was for her stylish makeup and fashions. She recorded soul music in Memphis, Bacharach-David covers and was in a successful pop-folk trio before the Invasion. 9) In the early days of the Invasion, this group of five members, who were associated with a working class district of London, were considered to be rivals to The Beatles--before The Rolling Stones. 10) This group of four plus one lead singer was in the second wave of the British Invasion and extremely popular with teeny boppers and parents. Their music was light, non-controversial and extremely sweet. They covered a gamut of songs from English Music Hall to Country and Western, and even included doowop and a Sam Cooke hit. Yet all their covers were distinctly soft, mellow and saccharin. The lead singer remains a nostalgia star today.

Suzanne Pleshette as a stripper!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HStZUgKcB0

You got it, C-Man! (Apparently his real name was Skippy, but at least in the Thin Man films he was credited as Asta, since that was his name in the scripts.)

Foxworth, Robert

Ditto. But then, none of Quinn Martin's TV shows ever grabbed me.

I think DONALD SUTHERLAND or ALBERT FINNEY would've been better for the part of THE FATHER in BURNT OFFERINGS than OLIVER REED....I love OLIVER REED, but he brings a certain amount of dark and stormy baggage with him to the part...the same could be said four years later with JACK NICHOLSON in THE SHINING- a story and film which are- I am sure- oft compared to BURNT OFFERINGS (more favorably than not) I haven't read the book OFFERINGS is based on, but I think we needed some back story as to whether and why the father was in his mental state, what he did before, what their life in the city was like. etc.

It was SET in San Fernando Valley, but mostly filmed at the Desilu studios. I kinda had a "crush" on Lydia Reed(Hassie) Sepiatone

Thanks Peebs next; These two James Bond stars were paired together in a Sixties comedy . 1. please name the movie 2. Tiffany Case (character clue) 3. Jill Masterson ( character clue) Thanks

Thank you. I too wear a Fedora. But not always exclusively. I switch over to a "Newsie" six section cap on occasion. I've got four of those, but working at getting more Fedoras. I've got three, but only one fits well and looks what I call "right". My lust is(despite bufoon Eddie Muller's thoughts) for a couple on the order of the one VICTOR MATURE wears in KISS OF DEATH. Or like the one HUGH MARLOWE has in THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL. Oh, and I do have a funky looking old STRAW Fedora I wear all summer, but need to replace it with a newer light colored straw. There's only one good long standing hatter here in the Detroit area, and Henry doesn't deal in "vintage" hats. And if I'm lucky enough to reach a more advanced age, I might invest in a classy looking Homburg for holidays. But I'm undecided as to mid-grey or black. Sepiatone

My apologies! I corrected the title of this post to "Rodgers and Hammerstein". How could I have not included the great composer Richard Rodgers.

Gershwin’s ”Do it again “ —used in many films such as THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE Next another song that starts with D

And next to Anthony Newley, Sammy Davis Jr was the main performer of "Stop the World-- I Want To Get Off." That's why he became associated with those numbers like, "What Kind of Fool Am I?" Sammy did a Broadway revival in 1978, along with a national tour. The failure of the musical "Goodbye, Mr Chips" buried so much of the great music that Bricusse had written for the film. One particularly beautiful song "You and I", was recorded by Shirley Bassey and became part of her repertoire. Richard Harris also recorded a number of these songs.