JackBurley
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"Not only is he one of Hollywood's most prolific character actors, he's also one of the few remaining survivors of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake."
Interesting that this tidbit would come up today, as it was just announced here in San Francisco that Elisa Meyer Vargas passed away. She was born in 1905 in San Francisco. I believe this only leaves three or four earthquake survivors left...
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Wow, the Betty Grable contract release sold for such a small amount, and is one of the most interesting pieces. Go figure.
Thanks in advance for the theremin disk and bed jacket. Those portuguese nuns must go blind, what with all the detailed needlework and ruching.
Ms. Cutter, the very notion of a tour gets me very excited. Just the parking lot would be enough,as I can see myself picking up each pebble in the gravel and muttering "do you suppose this dropped out of the treads of Gale Sondegaard's Buick?"
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For those in the area (or interested in coming to the area), the Fifth Annual Noir City Film Festival opens Friday, January 26, 2007 in San Francisco with Raw Deal and Kid Glove Killer on the double-bill. Marsha Hunt will make a personal appearance with an on-stage interview between the two movies. Raw Deal will be seen using the pristine archival print from the Library of Congress.
Saturday, January 27 will feature Cry Danger with featured player Richard Erdman making a personal appearance. He'll be interviewed between the feature and its screen mate Abandoned. This latter movie with Dennis O'Keefe, Gale Storm, Raymond Burr and Jeff Chandler has never been transferred to VHS nor DVD, and will be seen in an archival print from Universal Pictures.
Also featured:
Sunday, January 28
99 River Street (Never on VHS nor DVD)
Hell's Half Acre (Never on VHS nor DVD)
Monday, January 29
The Threat (Never on VHS nor DVD)
Roadblock (Never on VHS nor DVD)
Tuesday, January 30
Framed (Never on VHS nor DVD)
Affair in Trinidad
Wednesday, January 31
I Love Trouble (Never on VHS nor DVD)
Pushover (Never on VHS nor DVD) Seen last week on TCM!
Thursday, February 1
Scarlet Street (Archival print from the Library of Congress)
Wicked Woman (Never on VHS nor DVD)
Groundhog Day
The Big Combo
The Spiritualist New print.
Saturday, February 3
I Walk Alone (Never on VHS nor DVD) Recently discovered archival print courtesy of Paramount Pictures.
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (Never on VHS nor DVD) New print from Universal
Sunday, February 4
The Damned Don't Cry
Possessed
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Oh that! That was a vaudeville routine? I thought that was the fodder of old silent melodramas; based in turn on even older stage melodramas and operas. Was it performed as a skit in Vaudeville?
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For those who do not believe that Linda Darnell can play the Blessed Virgin Mary, and that by doing so would render Werfel's concept pointless, no explanation is possible. For those who do believe, no explanation is necessary.
For those who don't believe, they get to that's say, "Bah, that's Carmen Espinosa from Blood and Sand" or "She's crazy; just seeing things". Believers get to see her as a beautiful vision. Seems the same conundrum as putting a bare light bulb on the screen.
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Well there's a bunch of women heading west on a train in The Women too; but this isn't it either. Can you describe a little of the routine? It might ring a bell...
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Is it possible that the most seemingly innocuous document can hold a treasured bit of information for the scholar researching, for example, Yul Brynner? I hope that Twentieth Century Fox is at least scanning copies of the paper ephemera that they're selling and keeping a catalogue of this. It seems a little disheartening to me.
P.S. My birthday is in June, and that will be here before you know it.
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"By the way, why have they ended Jean Arthur films already? When Lucille Ball was SOTM, her films would usually go until the following morning!"
I believe it was mentioned in another thread that only 17 of Ms. Arthur's films were included in this Star of the Month tribute. It would have been interesting to see some of her earlier movies, but I wonder how many even exist. She appeared in many silent films, but they were often over at Paramount and there've been several discussions about this studio's [lack of] commitment to their older works. A majority of silents don't even exist any longer; I wonder how many of hers do? Is there a copy of The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu in existence? Has anyone seen the later film Paramount on Parade? This movie used all the stars on their lot, with several two-strip color segments. I'd love to get ahold of this one.
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I see that Die! Die! My Darling is playing on TCM tomorrow. I wonder if it's playing in Germany too, so that Mr. Me. can see it...
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The Song of Bernadette is available on DVD now. I have a copy of it and believe it is uncut; at least Ms. Darnell is seen as "the Lady" aglow next to the grotto...
Addendum:
Ah, I see Mr. Vallo has already linked you to it. I recommend it. It includes the A&E Biography of Jennifer Jones, a newsreel, and audio commentary. Additional note, Alfred Newman's wonderful score is also available as on a two-disc cd set.
Enjoy!
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Wow! Cool! Thanks Mr. Flub. That means he's also the guy who sings "Broadway Melody" in the opening number of Broadway Melody of 1936.
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"Jack, what was different in the film version of Carousel from the stage version? I've read the libretto for the stage musical, albeit a long time ago, and I don't remember any major differences. Please enlighten!"
Sorry it took me so long to respond, Ms. Pax. I just searched for my Broadway program of Carousel. It was a frustrating search because, well because I couldn't find it. Did I put it in storage? Anyway, it beautifully detailed the differences. And it's been many years since I've seen both, so I can't muster the details right now. But I remember the results: Billy Bigelow's character in the movie is reduced in a way as to make it seem a little unbelievable that Julie Jordan would care for him. Domestic violence is given twisted play here (his slap that "felt like a kiss", for example); he's a thoughtless lout. In the play, we see more layers to his character. And the main focus of the play is the concept of the male's difficulty in communicating his feelings. "If I Loved You" is the key song in the play, its melodic theme reentering throughout, and its heartbreaking lyrics are put in the spotlight. Everything goes sour [not because of a robbery gone wrong, but] because of Billy's inability to express himself; to simply say, "I love you". I remember the program pointing out some aspects that were necessarily cut from the film because of censorship enstated by the movie code of the time, thus reducing him to a wife beater who finds regret only after he's dead.
And on this anniversary of Gordon MacRae's death, I say
Viva MacRae!
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But it's your memories of an earlier Hollywood that has us curious, Mr. Fender. We have no idea of your age, of course, so don't know whether to ask about Chasen's, the hat shaped Brown Derby restaurant, Mike Lyman's Grill; or going to school at Hollywood High. Or if you're younger you could share impressions of the Viper Room, that summer job at Capitol Records, or the time you dined at Vermont and discovered Ross Hunter was supping with Joe Dallasandro at a neighboring table... you know. We're hungry for this kind of stuff. Have an appetizer for us?
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If you're selective, then I must be a movie "****" (if you'll pardon the expression). I see 1 to three movies every week. Tonight will finally see Little Children; have plans for Curse of the Golden Flower and another romp to Dreamgirls later this week...
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"Has anyone seen "Volver" and, if so, would you recommend it?"
I've seen Volver and would recommend it to most people. I really enjoyed it. But if you're one of those only-go-to-one-movie-per-year people, I'm not sure this is the one I'd pick. That puts a lot of pressure on the flick!
It made my list of favorite recent movies:
http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?messageID=7868755?
I was surprised to see that Borat received the best adapted screenplay. Is this because the concept was adapted from his television show?
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And the actual Nominees are:
Film:
Babel
The Departed
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
Actor:
Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
Peter O'Toole - Venus
Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness
Forest Whitake - The Last King of Scotland
Actress:
Pen?lope Cruz - Volver
Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Meryl Streep - Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet - Little Children
Supporting Actor:
Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond
Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
Mark Wahlberg - The Departed
Supporting Actress:
Adriana Barraza - Babel
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Rinko Kukuchi - Babel
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Now, now; no need to start throwing sod into the grave. Placido Domingo is still going strong. I saw him sing in Die Walkure at the Metropolitan only last year, and he was strong, virile, confident, and in great voice. Flicka (Frederica von Stade) is still quite active and is presently on tour with baritone Samuel Ramey. Though Kiri Te Kanawa has retired from the operatic stage (with the 2004 production of Barber's Vanessa), she's still singing in concerts and recitals. Sr. Carreras? Well, he hasn't been the same since his illness in the early 1980's anyway. All those who discovered him as one of the "Three Tenors", never heard the real Carreras; and it's true that Sr. Pavarotti is not well enough to sing anymore. But he cancelled so often over the past decade plus, he seems more of a glittering memory of an opera era gone by.
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"Why, then, have a link for requesting films?
I looked through this thread to see if anyone answered your question, Ms. Here; and didn't it. If I missed it, apologies. Here's the link for requests:
http://www.tcm.com/suggestamovie/index/
P.S. I put in many requests for Garden of the Moon and Yolanda and the Thief, and sure enough, they both appeared on this month's schedule. I'm a believer.
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It's my understanding that Treasure Island was previously used as an airport. We were just talking about this the other day at work...
Ah, I just found this clarification:
"After the World's Fair 1939?40 exhibition, the island was scheduled to be used as an airport when the Navy stepped in and offered to exchange Mills Field on the San Francisco Peninsula near the city of Millbrae for the island. The City and County of San Francisco accepted the swap and the airport was built at Mills Field."
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Mezzo-soprano Joan Morris is Mr. Bolcom's wife. They did a series of recordings together. I'd love to hear the cabaret recordings. Last year I had the honor of seeing Kitty Carlisle Hart perform, and one of her cutest numbers was "Lime Jello Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise". One could see that the song tickled her as much as it did the audience. Mr. Bolcom, by the way, has written an opera called McTeague that uses the same source material as that for the silent classic Greed...
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... where were we? Oh, I just tried to buy that new old ("old" is the new "new", by the way) Clara Rockmore album at Amoeba. It seems they're sold out. Sometimes I hate this City. There are Brittany Spears albums to spare, but a theremin album sells out. Anyway, I picked up Lydia Kavina's (who is featured on the Ed Wood soundtrack) theremin cd from the late 1990's, which comes with the caveat, "The extreme frequency range of the theremin may damage some speaker systems." How suspenseful!
Thanks Mr. K!
[suddenly feeling as if I've just found myself standing naked on stage]: I'm so sorry if I've hijacked this thread down the theremin trail. Let's see... Oh I know. I wonder if a theremin recording of "The Snake Charmer's Song" has ever been recorded? There's a similar song used in the opening prologue of Footlight Parade. Does anyone know the name of this song?
[Whew!]
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Sounds like a Kerwin Matthews movie, doesn't it?
By the way, do we have the same mother? My parents were always sending me to bed when something terrific was playing. I'd plead, "but it's a classic!". And they'd roll their eyes and retort, "You say that about every movie. Now get between the sheets." Like you, there are instances when I'm still convinced it was far more important to see that piece of celluloid than it was to arrive on time for algebra class the following morning...
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Ms 38, please report to the following thread immediately:
http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=81072&start=15#7798045
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Well, let's see... Maureen Forester was considered a contralto, but I don't think she's singing anymore. I saw her perform though, so in my lifetime anyway... Sara Mingardo is a contemporary contralto... Yvonne Minton was sometimes billed as a contralto, but like Shirley Verrett she considered herself beyond the fach. Contralto Nathalie Stutzmann does a lot of concert work. So there's a few to chew on...
That said, you're right; they seem to be a rare breed these days.
There's hope though: Mark Adamo wrote the character of Jo to be a contralto in his recent opera Little Women. And someone has to sing La Cieca and Azucena!
Now, speaking of singers with extensive ranges and colors (like Verrett and Minton above), we haven't mentioned Yma Sumac yet! Said to be raised by the animals of the Peruvian jungle, this Incan princess was speciously[?] exposed by a journalist who said she was actually Amy Camus (Yma Sumac, in retrograde) from Brooklyn. She was outraged by the accusation and denied it vociferously. In the meantime, her low rumbling voice could glissande like the whistle of a teapot to the upper stratosphere. She claimed 5 octaves. She made her film debut in Secret of the Incas. I'll defend her history to the death.
Your "Marathon" Day Line-Up
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A Formative Judy Marathon:
Pigskin Parade
Broadway Melody of 1938
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
Everybody Sing
Love Finds Andy Hardy
Listen, Darling
The Wizard of Oz
Babes in Arms
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Strike Up the Band
Little Nellie Kelly
Ziegfeld Girl
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
Babes on Broadway
Include the following shorts between the main pictures:
A Holiday in Storyland
Bubbles
The Wedding of Jack and Jill
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
Hollywood Goes to Town (1938)
The Miracle of Sound
If I Forget You
We Must Have Music
Mamoulian Marathon:
Applause
City Streets
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Love Me Tonight
The Song of Songs
Queen Christina
We Live Again
Becky Sharp
The Gay Desperado
High, Wide, and Handsome
Golden Boy
The Mark of Zorro
Blood and Sand
Rings on Her Fingers
Summer Holiday