JackBurley

Great news for tap and Eleanor Powell fans: Tuesday, November 21 will be Eleanor Powell day on TCM featuring: Born To Dance (1936) Broadway Melody Of 1936 (1935) Broadway Melody Of 1938 (1937) Rosalie (1937) Honolulu (1939)

"Dead link, Jack. Not as dead as Stompanato, but dead." How clumsy of me! Sorry about that. I updated the link below. "Also read that she was later the model for 'Cinderella' and 'Sleeping Beauty'. Strange career transition." Seems like an appropriate transition to me; I always found her rather animated.

Is there an update on this?

"I would very much like to see a "where are they now" film on the surviving actors of this film. I was shocked to realize that David Peel would have been in his 80's if he had still been alive." Perhaps this is a morose reply, but considering the context of the living dead, maybe it's appropriate. You see, almost all of the featured players from Brides of Dracula have passed on. You mentioned Andree Melly, who played "Gina"; and she's still around. Yvonne Monlaur ("Marianne Danielle") is still alive too. But Peter Cushing, Martita Hunt, Freda Jackson, David Peel, Miles Malleson, Henry Oscar, and Mona Washbourne are all gone.

I believe SalMarz was responding to alcr1, Mr. 1957. In her post she ended with this: "Trivia question: during the "Hurray for Captain Spaulding" number, Margaret Dumont sings, "You are the only white man to cover every acre." Groucho followed that with a "risque" line that was removed by the censors. What was the line?" We're still awaiting the answer...

I'm betting that she didn't actually play the piano for that scene. Unfortunately, I couldn't tell you for sure; but if she had that talent I'd imagine they would have included it in all her films. Did you know that Helen Stanley was once married to Johnny Stompanato, the gangster who later married Lana Turner and was killed by her daughter? Yipe! And you might be interested in this thread: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?messageID=7803578

Go here: http://tcmdb.com/title/title.jsp?stid=81501 On the right side of the screen, you'll find the place to cast your vote under "HomeVideoVote".

I had heard that Mr. Lee was making the Katrina documentary and looked forward to seeing it in the theatres. It was only last week that I learned the disappointing news that it was intended for HBO viewing (I'm not a subscriber). Hopefully, it will be released in DVD. I'm a great admirer of Spike Lee's films, so thanks for the tip on 4 Little Girls. I wasn't aware of this one. Was it also made for televison? Thank you for the reminder of The World's Fastest Indian. This was an excellent film -- based on the true story of New Zealander Burt Munro -- starring Anthony Hopkins (with Diane Ladd in a beautiful cameo). Great story and well told. I've added it to my list of favorite recent flics (earlier in this thread): http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?messageID=7804893?

I have a better method: wordmaster. He gave me the key to the whole thing. In fact, he should really be deemed the winner. He figured out most of the order, and I merely told him the song and the next movie. Yet he is too generous and modest to take credit. So I'm giving it to him now. I dedicate this answer to Wordmaster: Come September On Golden Pond Babe: Pig in the City Why Must I Die? Don't Make Waves We Three Paint Your Wagon The Twonky Town Without Pity And Then There Were None All of Me That Darned Cat! The next movie: Jazz Heaven It's from Chicago! Go Team!!

Sabrina?

When I go to the September 15 page, I don't see a "To Be Deleted". I do notice that the genre icon is missing on many of the; and of those without the icon, there's no description to the short... Maybe it was that's what was to be deleted, and they have been now?

You didn't make an **** of yourself, Mr. Road. At least you thought of something! I'm still working on this puzzle and have come up with nada, so far. I'm beginning to imagine Mr. Write giving us the entire correct order of the films and I still won't see the pattern. I'm guessing And Then There Were None will be the key; I haven't seen a musical link yet. Because there are twelve, I wondered if it had to do with calendar months or apostles (but then what would the next link be?!). I'm working on it...

Sorry Lynn, you must be thinking of someone else. Michael Ritchie and Miss Feldon were never married. Oh, by the way, Barbara Feldman is a TV writer/producer; Barbara Feldon was Agent 99. But Mr. Ritchie married neither of them. By the way, he lived in the house that was once owned by Marilyn Monroe.

Solid Gold Cadillac definitely a favorite, Mr. 1957; and it features such a colorful ending!

Addendum: Jean Hagen was Judy Holliday's understudy on Broadway during the run of Born Yesterday. The role of Singin' in the Rain's Lina Lamont was written with Judy Holliday in mind. The screenplay was written by Comden and Green, who were great friends of Miss Holliday. They would later write Bells Are Ringing for her. Oh, and today is Dorothy Commingore's birthday!

Yes, Divine Madness is available on DVD. It was directed by Michael Ritchie, the man who also brought us such disparate films as The Candidate, The Bad News Bears and the excellent and funny Smile...

Yolanda and the Thief Matter of Life and Death Garden of the Moon Gold Diggers of 1937 The Big Parade Wuthering Heights Rosalie The Great Waltz Girl Crazy Tracks in the Snow Living in a Big Way Nothing Sacred Tovarich

You might want to check in on this thread for some responses: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?messageID=7790162 Enjoy!

I imagine you're thinking of Divine Madness, Bette Midler's 1980 concert film. Ah "Dolores DeLago, the Toast of Chicago"! Yup, it was strong.

"And Matchpoint was surprisingly an enjoyable film for me. Killer ending." "Killer ending." Well put, Mr. Ranger. As for Slingblade, for me the most impressive performance was from John Ritter... Glad to see that someone else saw and appreciated Tsotsi. I listed that one too for this year: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?messageID=7804893

I'm puzzled, because I can find no evidence of a Cary Grant movie by either name. Are you sure it's not The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss? Does the box say what year it was released? Who else is in it?

"'Did stewart ever really sing in films?" He did, but not particularly well. His voice was in character, but he wasn't known as a vocalist. He sang "Easy To Love" to Eleanor Powell in Born to Dance. They dubbed Miss Powell's vocals with that of Marjorie Lane, but had Stewart perform his own vocals.

The great virtuosi Itzhak Perlman and Isaac Stern both played themselves in this movie. Members of the Guarneri Quartet also played themselves: Arnold Steinhardt (violin), Michael Tree (viola). Country violinist Mark O'Connor played himself. Jazz/classical violinist Diane Monroe played herself. New York Philharmonic pianist Jonathan Feldman played himself. This movie was a great opportunity to see all of these talents. I saw this movie on the Upper West Side, just up the street from Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. 'Twas great to watch it, and then walk outside in the milieu where it all took place...

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned yet... I ran a search and didn't see it anyway... but Universal is releasing the "Screen Legend Collection" of Cary Grant on November 14. Film titles include: Big Brown Eyes with Joan Bennett and Walter Pidgeon Kiss and Make Up with Genvienve Tobin Thirty Day Princess - sounds like an earlier version of Roman Holiday with Grant as the reporter and Sylvia Sidney as the Princess. Wedding Present screwball with Joan Bennett Wings in the Dark with Myra Loy All early, and rarely shown flicks!

I think Mr. Stewart enjoyed a wider fan base. Mr. Fonda was an excellent actor, but I'm not sure that his roles were as varied as Stewart's. Stewart excelled at more genres than Fonda, thus Fonda's fan base is restricted to those that only enjoy his particular type of pictures. Stewart has a number of pictures in so many categories: musicals, comedies, screwball comedies, drama, western, Hitchcock suspense, etc.