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And don't forget how great she was in The Parent Trap.....hott! (well once she let her hair down) She played quite the range of charactors.

Eh, all those choices have been on TV ad nauseum. If I were guest programmer, I'd choose films not often seen, to try to open up the movie lover's horizons. 1. Hum Dil De Chuke Sanaam A sweet film that showcases typical Bollywood themes of destiny, honesty, plot twists and plenty of music and beautiful costumes & locations. 2. Free Enterprise Another "newer" coming of age type film. Very humorous look at sci fi geeks and how they cope with adulthood. William Shatner in his best role. 3. Targets Bogdanovitch is my personal favorite filmmaker, interesting to see his talents early on. 4. The Jungle Princess Dorothy Lamour/Ray Milland flick that is perfectly described by title. Just cute, fun & rare to see. Oh yeah, plus I'd have assorted rare shorts & cartoons sprinkled in between....just like the real theater experience! The SNAFU cartoons & Houdini serials come to mind. Message was edited by: TikiSoo

I spent my salad days as a framer and my walls are filled with movie stars publicity photos. One of my favorite pics of Maureen, it's a large scale file and someday I'll print it & frame it.

I second "Tis Herself" as a great read. You should be able to find good used copies on abebooks.com discounted. I absolutely love the little TCM "Word of Mouth" filler shown of her telling the story about stopping in the strangers home with Duke for a drink. Notice she says "tought" for "thought". She also drops her "th" in her diologue in Miracle on 34th St. I never knew this was part of Irish brogue. Why TCM hasn't done an in depth interview with her I'll never know. She is so well spoken & interesting. Such a beautiful lady, seemingly never aging! That is a testiment on how she has lived her life.

> And unpopular opinions are fine as long as you're not seeking negative attention I just always get flamed by people whenever I state my opinion that Tom Hanks is a lousy actor. That is, from anyone except for those in "the industry" who have actually worked with him. Nice guy, just way overrated as an actor. I felt the same way about uber popular Kevin Costner a decade ago. The rest of the world has caught up to me on that one. Is it any wonder I'm glued to TCM? Movies were a vastly different medium a scant 30 years ago. But funnily enough, (re Davis/Tierney) stars beauty is timeless!

With all the hype over Audrey these days, I have always felt Jean Simmons to be just as beautiful and elegant. Maybe a little more sexy & womanly beautiful and less boy-like than Audrey. Go ahead & flame me, I'm used to my opinions being unpopular. And I've always thought Gina Davis had the same appeal as Gene Tierney. (sadly, scant few pics of Gina out there...she's really dropped out of acting. "Sex sites" have pics of her in undies from Tootsie, sad) And please don't compare talentless homely Tom Hanks to gorgeous hunko William Holden. Painful.

I am really enjoying this spotlight "Asians in Film". I can only stay up for the first 8pm movie and the opening of the 10pm one. Although "Go For Broke" was kind of a typical rah rah war film, "Bridge To The Sun" was most unusual in theme & story telling. What an eye opener to view WW2 from their side, albeit from an American's pov. TCM has never shown these films before and it's been a real treat! I'm really enjoying it & I hope they put these films into their regular rotation.

Sorry. I "lifted" this pic just because I thought it was so cool. Just had to share it with you.

Very interesting..... Isn't it funny that at one time there was a prejudice about b&w film vs color film? I remember the disdain in people's voices that "Paper Moon" was b&w. Kind of akin to the whole "Ew that movie has black bars on the top and bottom of the screen!" we are hearing these days. It was so bad that at one time classic b&w movies were COLORIZED! I still give Ted a lot of credit....he saw the value in those movies and tried to overcome the gp's prejudice against b&w by colorizing them, at great expense I might add. I am thankful enough people have come around to just loving the films the way they were made. Mmmm, could there be a lesson in there somewhere?

Thanks for giving me the heads up on it. My Cinefile Society is screening this as our season finale in 3 weeks. (we run FILM-yay!) I will be coming back from an intense 17 day business trip, overnight flight, complete with jet lag. If I can take a nap and stagger in by 7 pm, I'll probably get a standing ovation for attending. Anything is worth watching on film with an audience whooping & clapping when stars appear on the screen.

Oh yeah, I have to add....wanna talk about unattractive physiques........? Find me a major actor of the past that has a nicely shaped bum. Even my beloved William Holden (and actually all on my last post list) had horrible flat ****. Gables was the WORST!

Wow sounds like we're all in agreement here....I also think SLS is over the top but love Liz's dramatic acting in the end monologue scene. To address the post who thought our gals were "fat".....well, I hated Butterfield 8 (showing this week!) when I first saw it as a teen. I think it's great now. I think stories (and attractiveness) can have different meanings for you at different ages. This also address the poster that asked why I don't see all movies at once. Sometimes you just have to wait until the time is right. Re: Essentials Jr won't show SLS, what kid would understand it? When I was a kid I couldn't understand the appeal of William Holden, Van Johnson or Robert Taylor. I was smitten with Gable, Cary Grant and William Powell. As I got older, so did my tastes. How could I NOT see William Holden's appeal? And hopefully, the super thin look for women will go out of favor in our lifetime. Everyone talks about how "elegant" Audrey Hepburn is, and for a girl under 20, it's ok. But as a mature woman, the super thin look is unrealistic and sickening. You just matured in your tastes and understanding as you aged. Wow - Clift was in Judgement@Neurenberg for such a short time? What an impact! I think one of the keys to his performances being realistic is his somewhat stilted voice within a sentence. It just sounds natural.

I think she's gorgeous. I may be the only one who thinks so, but I hated her blonde hair in Double Indemnity. I even like the way she looked as an older woman on The Big Valley better. I don't know about you, but I am very sick and tired of all these pretty pretty faces I see these days in magazines or the movies. They are so perfectly pretty, they look downright plain. What ever happened to unusual looks like Cher, Barbara Streisand, Goldie Hawn and Faye Dunaway? Stanwyck had an unusual face that allowed her striking personality shine through. As for her figure, I've read many costume designers hated fitting her. They complained she had a long torso, short legs and "low bottom". (Heh, I'd trade my body & face in a millisecond!) It just goes to show you, beauty is really the whole package, and talent and personality are stronger than face & figure. And what about Claudette Colbert? Now there's a non traditional beauty. I recall Osbourne saying about Bette Davis in Mr Skeffington, "She was such a great actress, she made you believe she was beautiful".

>Presently, I haven't seen so much of their work, so I figured this would be a great opportunity Eh, I wish I could say the same. I purposely hold off watching some classic movies because I feel like I've already seen everything. One in particular is "Network" whick TCM only shows late at night for some reason. Still waiting for the right opportunity to view that one. I think Liz is an extrordinary actress, most likely absorbed from observing the greats she worked with; Tracy, Newman, Clift. If you liked those films, you're going to love A Place In The Sun & Cat On A Hot Tin Roof. It doesn't seem like she (or Clift) made many films, but the ones they did make are real stand outs. It's funny that an audience can identify with her vulnerability & charactor since she's such an outstanding beauty. And whenever I see Clift, he just looks so tiny and skinny to me. He worked very well next to tiny skinny Sinatra in From Here To Eternity. They rarely are seen standing next to hunky Burt Lancaster.

I am a big Frank Morgan fan too. He is so handsome and elegant, and he uses his voice so well as part of his acting. I have seen his brother Ralph Morgan in films and he is just as handsome and talented, but Frank had some special spark that set him above most others. I am happy that one scene survives with Frank as Buffalo Bill in Annie Get Your Gun. Upon his death, Louis Calhern replaced Frank in the part. What great casting choices, eh? I love Calhern for the same reasons I love Frank, so elegant. Every time I have a martini, I raise my glass and salute Frank Morgan. His family distributed Angostura Bitters, essential to the martini.

Something to be said about repeats.....it sometimes gives you a chance to see the end of a movie you fell asleep halfway through in a timely manner. I don't know how many movies I've seen the second half of and couldn't WAIT until it aired again so I could watch the complete version.

Wow! Yay! I think that's exciting! I am a huge MST fan and have every episode available on DVD (plus a hundred boots) which later brought me to collect the AVGeeks DVDs, who provided all the PD educational film archives. MST3K offers me a rare right brain/left brain entertainment not found anywhere else. *None* of my film friends share my enthusiasm feeling the "riffing" interrupts perfectly watchable films. The best MST's are the ones with fairly good films that stand on their own like Girl In Gold Boots or Time Chasers, but I couldn't get through some stinkers like Girl In Lovers Lane without bot companionship. Whew! Thanks for letting me know I'm not the only serious film fan who loves MST3K.

^^^ Wow, that's one heckuva long run on sentence ^^^ I can't quite decipher what you're saying, but I'm very curious to see what TCM does with the Asians in Film spotlight. As a caucasian, I am often turned off by seeing non-Asians playing Asians in film. Sure, it's ACTING, but it just looks weird to me, almost akin to adults playing children as in Jennifer Jones in "Portrait of Jenny". The only thing that makes that example easier to take is that her screen time is short and it's a fantasy. I loathe stereotypes and absolutely cannot stomach horrible performances such as Mickey Rooney's in Breakfast At Tiffany's. It just ruins an otherwise great movie. In contrast, "Flower Drum Song" although a rather weak movie, impressed me the first time I saw it because it portrayed Asians as, well, just Asian people. I think Asians in Film is a worthwhile topic, worth exploring. There was a time when all actors were men and men played the female roles. Film is a visual art and I just enjoy it better when roles are cast appropriately. But film is also a reflection of cultural history. Hopefully, we'll learn from our past mistakes.

I have a friend who shows "movies with a theme" for his summer film schedule. Being the classic movie fan I am, he'll often ask me, "What movies do you know that are about movie making"? and I send him a list. This got me to thinking of "movies on a theme" How many can you think of? Make a catagory title so we know what you're thinking..... ? FLIM FLAM MAN Night of the Hunter/Elmer Gantry/Face in the Crowd/Music Man ? KEPT MEN Breakfast at Tiffanys/Pal Joey/An American in Paris

> {quote:title=hamradio wrote:}{quote} > I like to take a twist on the subject, imagine having ones name misinterpeted at birth. This happens more often than you think.... Oprah was really named "Orpah" derived from the bible. No one could pronounce it correctly. I knew a gorgeous woman whose Mom named her brother Daniel and her Danielle. Except she pronounced it "Dan - ille" like the fabric chenille. I grew up with a Deborah pronounced "De - BORE- ah" And in my own family there is a Lucienne pronounced "Lu - scene"

Mildred Pierce & Imitation of life are both great "guilt" movies about Moms. But Now Voyager and White Heat are both great "hate" Mom movies.

I thought I caught another segment of reflections of her father just by Nancy. I am really glad TCM is putting the spotlight on Frank. As a kid in the 60's I thought he had the worst singing voice and I just couldn't understand the appeal. Now that I've heard his recordings circa the Dorsey years, I am amazed how gorgeous his voice was. But what is really impressive to me is this guy never had an acting/singing/dancing lesson in his life. I am amazed by his range and talent as an actor. I *know* I'm watching Frank Sinatra, but he projects such a range of emotion, so subtlely, I forget he's acting. And when I see him dance with Gene Kelly.....oy! Frank seemed to take all his assignments seriously and work hard to do the best job he could. He was much more than a *singer*, he was an overall talent. It reinforces my belief that people don't get to the top by just being pretty, or by chance.

> the one I can't say is FEBRUARY.... Yes you can. Say slowly, "Feb then brew, then airy And keep going. Eventually, you can speed it up and combine the two B sounds and say it properly. It is very common for people to have trouble with "brewery", but never "brew". You just gotta start out slowly to retrain yourself. Now, "The rain in Spain...."

I just think of Robert Osbourne as having a west coast accent. I love to hear him say, "Tray-sure of the Sierra Madre and "for your viewing play-zure" instead of "pleh-sure" like us east coasters. Call me a modern Henry Higgins, but I delight in US regional accents. But I dislike hearing him say, "Call one eight hun-durd....." because he sounds like an uneducated dope, which I'm sure he's not. How many people say li-barr-y instead of "li-brar-y" and the most common, tem-pe-chure instead of the proper "tem-per-a-ture" or pitch-er instead of "pict-chure"?

Isn't it amazing that Lionel's performance was so great it transcends the chair? That guy could act while covered in a Hefty bag and it would still touch the audience.