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Dissenting vote to follow....well okay, kind'a sort'a anyway. Truth is, I like 'em both, and although I DO have to admit the original is a bit better overall. I've always thought Sinatra was especially good in the role of Mike the reporter. And, I think what saves this musical remake is the singing "duel" between Frank and Bing, THE two biggest recording artists of the mid-20th century at that time, in the "What a Swell Party This Is" number done in the mansion's study. Always have considered this number the real show stopper of the film. (...c'mon now, HOW can you not like it when Bing sings his signature "Boo boo boo boo" during it, and in immediate reply to it Frank sings "Don't dig that kind'a croonin', chum", and to which Bing then says "You must be one of the newer fellas"...c'mon, ya GOTTA appreciate THAT at least for cryin' out loud, RIGHT?!!!)

Pickup (1951) SPOILER WARNING Hugo Haas is the Orson Welles of this production - writer, director, star. He plays Jan Horak, a middle aged man with simple tastes, winding down his career of walking the railroad tracks and looking for maintenance issues. He's a widower who gets his pension in six years. He meets gold digger Betty (Beverly Michaels) at a local carnival. She is the aggressor here, eager for money. Eventually, she and Jan talk, they even see each other a few times. But Betty wants everything now, and Jan is a slow and steady wins the race kind of guy, so she decides to move on to more agreeable prey. Except she is being thrown out of her rooming house and the landlady is going to sic the law on her if she does not pay her back for some stuff that belonged to her that Betty hocked. In case you haven't picked up on it yet, Betty is completely bad news. Desperate, she gets Jan to marry her so she can at least have a roof and stay out of jail. The day after their wedding Jan suddenly and completely loses his hearing, so he is going to retire early due to his disability. But a car hits him and somehow that restores his hearing. He goes home to tell Betty the good news, but overhears her talking about how she wants out because she married a healthy man and now he is a cripple. So he plays deaf to find out what she is up to, and quickly realizes he has married a monster. In the meantime she becomes involved with Steve, a younger man who is going to be taking over walking the tracks from Jan since he is retiring. And this is odd because Steve knows what she is. She ruined a friend of his and tells Steve straight up she is dumping Jan because he is deaf but first she wants to empty his bank account. Subtlety is not her forte. What would happen to Steve if he runs out of health or money? So Jan hears her plotting with Steve, hears about going to a lawyer seeing if she can get money in a divorce, hears her saying she could get his money if she and Jan had a joint account - Jan refuses to sign the paperwork. And when all else fails she convinces Steve that Jan is beating her to get him to agree to murder Jan. All the time Jan is pretending to be deaf. Watch yourself and see how this all pans out. This is a very low budget film. Most of the film is three people in a couple of rooms - Jan, Betty, and Steve. The rest are shots of preexisting exteriors. Hugo Haas gives the best performance, probably because he wrote and directed this so he knew what he wanted from his character. Beverly Michaels could probably have done well in higher budget noirs, but apparently she was very hard to get along with according to Haas. This is a pretty good noir with a most unusual script, and I'd recommend it. 7/10 Source: Youtube

Sunday, November 14/15 2 a.m. The Baker’s Wife (1938). Starring Raimu who apparently was a favourite of Orson Welles. Great premise in this one. A baker’s wife leaves him and the town suffer as a result of his despondency.

Walter Reed -- The Deep Six (1958), The Carpetbaggers (1964) Elisha Cook, Jr. -- Pigskin Parade (1936), The Great Gatsby (1949), Shane (1953), Drum Beat (1954) Jack La Rue -- Paper Bullets (1941), My Favorite Brunette (1947) Macdonald Carey -- Star Spangled Rhythm (1942), Variety Girl (1947), The Great Gatsby (1949)

"Hello, Fellow Young Hippie People"....Love it. There was a brief window when showbiz types were furiously playing cultural catch-up with movies like The Magic Christian, Candy, Myra Breckinridge and this opus from Otto Preminger. When they pretty much all flopped the thrill ride was over. Thankfully, there was a new generation of filmmakers waiting in the wings to start really reflecting what was going on in American culture.

I'm pleased to see the insert at the bottom left of the poster of the monster carting off the requisite babe in his arms. So we can expect the expected. Good.

The original "Airport" movie is a classic and has aged very well- but the sequels are another story "Airport 75" might be the funniest disaster movie ever made- Karen Black is always good no matter the role but Charlton Heston seems to be sleep walking. Gloria Swanson looks great playing herself in a role they had offered to Garbo ?! The best is Linda Blair and singing nun Helen Reddy. I think this was made of a made for tv movie and released theatrically- and let's not forget a young Erik Estrada- playing a woman crazy Latino! a must see for laughs free on Tubi

https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/11/entertainment/jerry-douglas-dead/index.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Douglas_(actor)

Worse than you can possibly imagine. Did Otto think he was putting regular sugar cubes into his kaffee mit schlag?

Might have the quality of a made-for-TV movie, but it wasn't. It was number 7 at the box office in 1974. Earthquake and The Towering Inferno were also in the Top 10 that year, ahead of this one. You'd think with everything else going on at the time (Vietnam, Watergate/Nixon resignation, oil crisis, inflation, etc.) people wouldn't want to see even more destruction and death on screen, but I guess you could always point to that and say, "Well, at least I'm not on that plane or in that burning building..." Carol Burnett spoofed it on her show in December of that year, and called it "Disaster '75"

I was lucky enough to see PHIL COLLINS at the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island, around 1986. Great seats, exactly opposite the stage, same level as PHIL and the end of the section immediately behind us. I mimicked PHIL through most of the show - opposite him in the amphitheater - and he knew it and enjoyed it!

Speaking of epic drum moments😂:

I know, it's not like somebody has a copyright on that name. And the main character is not Bugs Rabbit

James Coburn in Charade (1963), The Great Escape (1963), Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid Next- Oddball Hawkeye Pierce Paul Gauguin

The epic drum moment on Led Zeppelin IV arguably occurs when the Stick Man enters the following story, announcing one of the greatest lines ever written for a rock song:

From November 13-16, 1921, the Poli ran Bob Hampton of Placer, starring James Kirkwood as Bob Placer, Marjorie Daw as The Kid, Pat O’Malley as Lieutenant Brant, and Wesley Barry as Dick. The film was released in May of 1921 at seven reels, and is presumed lost. Fortunately, I was able to find plenty of stills. Plot: Bob Hampton is a gambler in the town of Placer. While en route to another town, Bob joins a caravan which is attacked by Indians. Bob and an orphan girl, whom he calls “the kid,” are the only survivors. In reality, Bob was formerly Army Captain Robert Hampton Nolan, who had served under George Armstrong Custer, had been unjustly convicted of murder, and had escaped from prison. When Bob sees a picture that the orphan girl carries, he realizes she is his daughter. But he does not want to reveal the truth to her until he can clear his name. The girl falls in love with Lieutenant Brandt, son of the man Bob supposedly killed. A waif named Dick is befriended by Bob, his daughter, and the lieutenant. Bob finds a clue to the identity of the real murderer. Meanwhile, Custer is preparing to fight the Indians, and allows Bob to join his company in a civilian capacity. Dick accompanies him. During Custer’s Last Stand, Bob and Dick perish in each other’s arms. After his death, Bob is cleared of murder. He has left a note for his daughter, confessing that he is her father, and giving his blessing to her marriage to Lieutenant Brandt. The following stills could not be placed in context. The first shows Frank Leigh as a character named Silent Murphy: The second shows Marjorie Daw: The third shows Daw with two unidentified actors: The film was based upon a novel of the same name, written by Randall Parrish. Picture-Play Magazine raved about the film, writing “it is just the kind of picture that the whole neighborhood turns out to see,” adding that the movie had “romance, pathos, thrills, and plenty of action … the Indian fights are enough to drive a small boy crazy with joy.” Motion Picture News wrote “men will like this picture, the boys will eat it up and the women will accept it because of the comedy and clever work of Wesley [Barry].” Wid’s Daily remarked “the entire atmosphere of the out-of-doors is no small factor in the entertainment which the picture affords. The long shots of the battle formation and the troops in the distance have been excellently photographed. There are many unusually pretty scenes and the western locations all told are the real thing.” Director Marshall Neilan used a blimp to film overhead scenes at Glacier National Park, Montana: To film one sequence, Neilan, along with his cameraman and some actors, flew to a mountain ledge which was inaccessible by foot. There, the actors were dropped on the ledge, and the blimp flew about 200 feet away, at which time the engine was stopped. With the blimp stationary, Neilan and his cameraman filmed the scene on the ledge. While on the ground, Neilan (shown below in center foreground) used an ex-sailor to transmit directions to the blimp: Neilan recruited members of the Blackfeet nation, and used 1,000 of them to film the Little Big Horn sequence: Pictured below are three members of the tribe who were used in the film. From left to right, they are Chief Two Guns White Calf, Medicine Owl, and Chief Eagle Calf: Some trade journals reported that it is Chief Two Guns White Calf whose likeness appears on the buffalo nickel. Even the Chief’s obituaries in 1934 make this claim; however, other sources cast doubt upon this. In the still below, Pat O’Malley talks things over with Chief Two Guns White Calf in between scenes: T. Dwight Crittenden portrayed George Custer: According to some trade journals, the actor was the nephew of Captain J.J. Crittenden, who fought alongside Custer at the Little Big Horn. (I could not confirm the relationship, although I did find a Lieutenant J. J. Crittenden who died at Little Big Horn.) The actor later became a deputy in Los Angeles. In 1938, he and another deputy were shot and killed in the line of duty while trying to enforce an eviction order.

with Dorothy Lamour Star Spangled Rhythm 1942 Duffy's Tavern 1945 Wild Harvest 1947

Clue actually did air on TCM last year.

Offering my (totally unasked for) opinion. My original interpretation was also that Aristothenes was calling Dougie B.'s post "weird", but I think now that Aristothenes was referring to his (?) own response of saying thanks as weird. So, nobody is insulting anybody! Sha la la la ....

Green Dolphin Street 1947

Didn’t one reviewer call it “SKIDOO-DOO?”

The TPS cast just seemed more at ease with one another, so the dialogue was livelier and their interactions were more natural. The High Society cast seemed more remote; they often seem to be just saying lines instead of conversing with one another.

This film is so bad it's not even good.

Quinton, Russell, played by Vincent Price in "Leave Her to Heaven"

Everything about it seems bizarre.... The LSD trips... The end credits that are sung completely aloud by Harry Nilsson ... Groucho Marx as a gangster named "God".... Jackie Gleason on acid... Carol Channing running around braless in a see-through blouse... Dancing trash cans... Groucho's head on the top of a nail.... It makes Lylah Clare seem normal by comparison.....

...At no time did Duff have his hands anywhere near Ida's neck as depicted. Jennifer (1953) Director "Joel Newton" Stars Ida Lupino, Howard Duff Mystery 73 min. Synopsis: Agnes Langsley gets a job as caretaker of an old and vacated estate. The owner's cousin, Jennifer, was the last occupant and mysteriously disappeared. Agnes soon begins to believe that Jennifer was murdered and that Jim, whom she has fallen in love with, is responsible. Ida plays a skittish woman who badly needs a job, and 'caretaker' seems right up her alley. Other than that we know nothing about her or why she's so nervous even before learning about Jennifer's disappearance. With James Wong Howe on board I was looking forward to a great thriller. I can't fault the acting or camerawork but it's a bad sign when the director appears to be a one-time pseudonym. They must have blown the budget on the SoCal mansion because it's otherwise a low budget bare-bones affair with an over-reliance on comically creepy music to create suspense. Mainly notable for introducing the song "Angel Eyes" performed by Matt Dennis in a shoe-horned but welcome jazz scene. It has since been recorded by many artists from Ella Fitzgerald to Sting. The mystery is what happened to Jennifer, but really the bigger mystery is what went wrong here. YMMV 6/10 full movie

Dodsworth

Anyone Here For Love? - The Olympic Team and Jane Russell - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes movie song the performer (s) combine dance and calisthenics

BEAUTY AND THE BOSS (1932) Next: Maureen O'Hara, Ally Sheedy and John Candy

Stars in My Crown 1950 Broken Lance 1954 Man in the Wilderness 1971 Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid 1973 Maverick 1994

DRYLONGSO (1998) Next: lots of screen time for Sidney Poitier

The Pope of Greenwich Village 1984

Strangers on a Train (1951) next: pajamas

It came from the menu on this forum. I never use emojis ever but I did in this case since the OP has a fondness for them and I wanted to signal that all was well after we had a go-round. To me it meant a thumbs up and that's all. If there's a whole other realm of meaning attached to it I'm just as in the dark as you are.

Fonda Next: Karloff, Johnson, and Pasternak

Johnny Eager

Such a great album.

Santo vs. Frankenstein's Daughter (1972) Mexico/Dir: Miguel M. Delgado - Santo the masked wrestler (Santo the masked wrestler) returns, this time battling Frankenstein's daughter Freda (Gina Romand), who has a formula that reverses the aging process. The only problem is her formula require more and more blood. She realizes that the ultra-powerful blood of Santo will make her formula even more effective, so she sends her goons, including a squad of red-shirt-clad revived crooks, as well as a "half-man/half-beast" that is usually kept locked in a cage, out to kidnap Santo and those he loves. Also featuring Roberto Canedo, Carlos Agosti, Anel, Sonia Fuentes, Carlos Suarez, and Gerardo Zepeda. These films are starting to repeat themselves, and this one borrows heavily from the earlier Wrestling Women vs the Robot Assassin. Santo was in his mid-50's by this point, but still full of energy, apparently. The movie is still a bit fun in that Saturday-morning matinee sort of way, even if it's not too memorable. (5/10)

Gavan is Dan's son, I believe...

I'm still trying to parse your words, but I think what you're saying is that it seemed Weird and Off Kilter to you to be thanking me for expressing my thoughts, because of the gravity of the subtext of death? You seem to have a lot going on in your mind at all times, so maybe it escaped you that starting your reply with "Weird Response" would seem to me like a comment on my response to your post, rather than a self-reflective comment on your own unease, which I now see it apparently was. I get that you exist in a cyclone of language, but language isn't always our friend if it doesn't make our intentions understood. You be you, but I just wanted to give that feedback. Anyway, I'm happy to see you start a conversation about Grace Kelly.

JOHNNY O'CLOCK (1947)

Just heard this on the radio. Gavan O'Herlihy passed away. If that name's not familiar to you, he played the disappearing eldest Cunningham sibling on Happy Days, Chuck. His character on that show is mentioned rather frequently in various threads on here. I never knew that it was recast in the 2nd season before they dropped the character. He also had roles in many other properties, such as Superman III, Twin Peaks, Lonesome Dove and Willow. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/gavan-o-herlihy-missing-chuck-201921138.html

THIS the one? Hilarious. Notice the woman sitting behind Jonathan trying hard to hold it together! Sepiatone

Last night it was my turn to watch VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS 1970. I was braced to see a kind of HAUSU crazy foreign horror film so that helped, assuming this wasn't going to be a strong linear story. The movie is kind of a gathering of nightmarish scenarios that involve vampires, sex, religion, demons...the usual coming of age story. Valerie is a young innocent girl who just transitioned into womanhood, cleverly illustrated by blood dripping onto daisies as she walks by. The rest of the movie pretty much follows that kind of symbolism, often hard to decipher, but visually arresting in the short 76 minute run time. There were a LOT of birds depicted in this movie; chickens, doves, songbirds, often caged and recipients of violence. The ferret "polecat" was the animal manifestation of the demon, who alludes to being a vampire & Valerie's Father (like Darth Vader) who preys on the birds. Most notable is the young woman playing Valerie's grandmother in ghostly white make up, hair & clothing. Seemed like she was dressed & colored to match her teeth, since her teeth would have really stood out otherwise. Teeth are bone, so she was "bone white". She sells herself for eternal youth & beauty so you see this actress as she really looks-as a dominatrix-woo-hoo. I watched the commentary afterwards, something I don't normally do, but found it interesting & somewhat enlightening. It was suggested the movie is Valerie's inner feelings about sex, becoming a woman and her role as an adult. This makes a lot of sense when you watch the wedding of neighbors and worse, their wedding night. Much of the actual story is a mystery but I'm guessing the more you watch this movie, the more sense you can make of it. But much is left up to the viewer to decipher, an aspect of some movies (most notably Kubrick) that I really enjoy.

THE MOON'S OUR HOME (1936)

MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)

WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (2011)

Harpo Marx in Duck Soup (1933), A Day At The Races (1936), Go West (1940) Next Jesus Green Goblin Vincent Van Gogh