JackBurley

Yes, the story is that Max Factor himself developed "Light Egyptian" for Miss Horne. She was annoyed, "I'm not Egyptian!" And ironically, this was the shade used on Ava Gardner, who took the part of Julie LaVerne in Showboat that seemed destined for Miss Horne.

"I have seen all of her films, with the exception of Gosta Berling, more than twice." Does this mean you have the lost footage from The Divine Woman? I'll be right over!

Someone else asked about this same movie a few weeks ago. Check it out: http://forums.turnerclassicmovies.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?messageID=7791333

The sequel to Cheaper by the Dozen was called Belles on their Toes. The original was released on DVD in 2004, but the sequel is not on DVD yet.

"On the other hand, for every bad so called blockbuster that gets all the press, there still are great, smaller plot driven films made. "ThankYou for Not Smoking", "History of Violence", Capote, Good Night and Good Luck, Mrs. Henderson, Calendar Girls, The Incredibles, The Squid and the Whale, The Proposition, The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, LA Confidential to name a few. Thank you for pointing this out. We vote with our wallets. The more money these quality films make, the more Hollywood will make them. So I hope that all the people complaining about the lack of quality films are making a concerted effort to go see the few goods ones -- and during the first weekend. It's the box office receipts of the first weekend that makes a difference to the brass. I go out to the movies every week, and only a few weeks out of the year do I have a problem finding something worthwhile at the cinema.

They don't use nitrate film stock anymore, so the issues aren't the same today. However, color in today's films seem to fade and alter much quicker than Technicolor did.

I noticed that Disney's "Spin and Marty" series has been released on DVD. My older brother watched those and I still have one of the Spin and Marty books...

And of course, Joanna Barnes, who played Brian Keith's girlfriend in the original, played the mother of the girlfriend in this remake... I'm not aware a publishing of Sid Luft's book, and I'd have my eye out for something like that... Mickey Deans was the name of Miss Garland's last husband. They were only married three months when she passed away...

Hi inglis, the original Waterloo Bridge was made in 1931 and Bette Davis appeared in it, though I believe Mae Clark was the female lead...

The "edit" button is just to the left of the "reply" button... Enjoy!

A "Picayune" was a spanish coin. Some newspapers were originally called this because that was its price. The main New Orleans paper is now called the New Orleans Times-Picayune.

gw, While awaiting Mr. Mongo, I'll dive in. I regret reporting that Sid Luft died last September. He had a heart attack at age 89. Did you know that he married the grandniece of Buster Keaton? Last I heard, Joey Luft was living in California and working as a photographer. I bet Mongo can fill in more... Regarding the elevator scene in The Parent Trap, I appreciated that Lindsay Lohan sang "Let's Get Together" (from the original version) as she steps into the elevator.

Good call, moira. I don't think Van Johnson and Jane Wyatt ever made a picture together...

Check her out in 1939's Idiot's Delight. I'd never considered her a "sex symbol" until I saw that movie. She wear a gown by Adrian that's pure allure...

Thanks! Now I'd really like to see it. The Carthay Circle was also featured in the Doris Day movie Caprice when she is spying on Michael J. Pollard and Irene Tsu. The action takes place in the balcony of the theatre. The exterior and marquee are also shown.

I believe it was actually called Tonka (no "Wakon") and starred Sal Mineo as White Bull, the Lakota indian who trains the wild colt. I don't think it's out on DVD yet.

Gee, I'd never thought of Ravel in connection with The Magnificent Seven. Bernstein was Julliard graduate so certainly would have had exposure to the great composers, but I don't hear the french tones of Ravel in this piece. However, some have paralleled the Magnificent Seven score with Jerome Moross' similar theme music for The Big Country.

According to Enzo Siciliano's book Vita di Pasolini, on Saturday, November 1, 1975 (All Saint's Day), Pier Paolo Pasolini had dinner with Ninetto Davolo in the Tiburtino Quarter of Roma. A few hours later, at 1:30am on Sunday, the carabinieri noticed a grey Giulia 2000 Alfa Romeo GT speeding on the Lungomare Duilio in Ostia. The police went after it until the car ran into a fence and the occupant tried to get away on foot. He turned out to Giuseppe Pelosi, a 17-year-old kid with a long history of auto thefts and "juvenile delinquency". He had just been released from Casa del Marmo (a prison for minors) a couple of months previous. The car was Pasolini's. During Pelosi's interrogation, he asked for a pack of cigarettes and lighter he'd left in the car and along with a ring that was inscribed "United States". At 4:00am, he was heard crying out, "Mamma, what have I done?" before he fell asleep. At 7:00am, Ninetto received a call from the police that a body had been found in Ostia and went to identify it as Pasolini. Pelosi's ring was next to the body. By noon Pelosi had confessed to the killing. Pelosi was a hustler and was hanging out in an area frequented by hustlers when Pasolini picked him up. The story of the actual murder was brutal including Pasolini's prostrate body being run over by his own car. A friend of Pasolini's thought that maybe Pasolini had tested Pelosi for a film, but a search of all the screen tests never turned up any shots of him. There were clues that another party was involved however. A sweater was found in the car that would have fit neither Pasolini nor Pelosi. Also in the car was an orthopedic sole of a right shoe, that didn't belong to either of them. The cigarettes and lighter that Pelosi insisted he'd left in the car weren't there. So the police wondered if the third person took these items. Blood stains on the car seemed to be from a third party and were on the passenger side, yet Pelosi abandoned the body and drove away. So who's bloody hand was on the passenger side? More clues added up to others being involved -- perhaps a car of four followed them -- and Pelosi's confession started to seem suspicious. He said the ring slipped off his finger during the struggle. Yet when asked to put the ring on, it fit too tightly to "slip off". So in the end, there were theories that Pasolini's enemies framed this kid because as a minor he'd be given a lighter sentence; that the ring was planted and the kid was instructed to put it in the confession. There was an appeal in 1976, but Pelosi was sentenced for the murder. It was believed that Pelosi was lying in the confession, but it was never ascertained why. The contradicting evidence was circumstantial. So it was an enigma. The book was written in the late 1970's, and the American edition was published in 1982. In 2000, an Italian documentary directed by Paolo Bonaldi and Francesca Nesler was released: Pier Paolo Pasolini: A Purely Intellectual Murder Mystery. I have read on the internet (so take it with a bolder of salt) that last year, Italian police reopened the case. Giuseppe Pelosi had served nine years for the killing and had recanted. Pelosi said Pasolini had been killed by a politically motivated group of men, and he "had to play the game played by these people, the 'respectable' people who ordered the murder." There's a start for you, romeisburning. Let us know if you learn more...

Do you post them at "suggest a movie", sweetbaby? I'm curious what they are...

Hello Beatrice; the showing of A Birth of a Nation sparked many threads before you appeared. You might find them interesting; here are a few of them: http://forums.turnerclassicmovies.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?messageID=7796089? http://forums.turnerclassicmovies.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?messageID=7795065? http://forums.turnerclassicmovies.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?messageID=7794569? http://forums.turnerclassicmovies.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?messageID=7794524?

"But he should realize that many of us old movie buffs don't care if a movie is in color or black-and-white, and we would rather watch a good black-and-white movie than either a colorized version or a Technicolor remake of that film." Remember, even the 1936 version is a remake... That said, I thought that I'd read in another TCM thread that there were plans to release a DVD set of all three versions. Maybe that was a wish? Shearerchic, are you around? You always seem to know these things! If it comes out, I'll be first in line to buy it!

The Man Who Knew Too Much?

It's going to take place June 8 at the Film Forum (in Manhattan [and while you're there, check out the cool classic toy shop across the street]). Here's the link: http://www.filmforum.org/films/powell.html

Manchurian Candidate?

Sorry about attempting to give your prize to Mr.Write, TOOMANY! Congratulations! Call Me Madame?