JackBurley

"...referring to the movie "Wrestling Ernest Hemmingway". I love that film. Does anybody here know if TCM ever broadcasts it?" Sorry Bob1955, I don't know if TCM has ever played it in the past. I haven't seen it played here during the last three months; and I know that it's not scheduled for the upcoming three months.

"...They should have did what the gutless Hollywood voters did for 1968 with Streisand ('Funny Girl') and Hepburn ( Who really deserved it! in 'The Lion in Winter')..." It's not as if Academy members get together in a committee and decide on the winners. Each member fills out his/her own ballot. They didn't plan for a tie...

I have the DVD of The Good Earth, and agree that Luise Rainer's performance is the best of the year. Unfortunately that's not enough: Garbo's Camille was the best of the decade; it's one for the ages. Ms. Rainer received her Oscar the previous year for a bit part; it's shocking to me that they gave it to her again the following year. Garbo's performance is a reflection of the artistry of the first half of the 20th century. A delicate balance, it's a textbook example of understated grand drama. It's heartbreaking. Almost as heartbreaking as her not receiving an award for a specific performance.

Comedy The Awful Truth is one of the best comedies of all time, with or without Mr. Grant. Philadelphia Story, Holiday, Bringing up Baby, My Favorite Wife; oops, I'm already at five... Drama None But the Lonely Heart is often said to be his best performance. A moving dramatic performance. Only Angels Have Wings, Notorious, Gunga Din, North By Northwest.

TCM is magical. Somehow they seem to know the movies I'd most like to see and play them between 1am and 8am. The magic continues. On this Jane Powell day, the features I'd most like to see are Three Daring Daughters, A Date With Judy, Athena and the "Private Screenings". Yup: 3am, 5am, 1:15am and 7am. Sigh. Anyway, I mustered the strength to get out of bed at 7:20 this morning, inspired by the notion that Miss Powell was chatting with Mr. Osborn. So I only caught the last half; and I enjoyed every second of it. I was surprised the show didn't take the full hour. I had a good fifteen minutes worth of questions to lend! P.S. Thank you for your kind words!

Today is Jane Powell day as part of this "Summer Under the Stars" month; so we'll get our share of opera scenes on screen, I suppose. Presently Lauritz Melchior and Marina Koshetz join in a duet from Aida in Pasternak's Luxury Liner. Ms. Koshetz was a third generation opera singer!

I wonder why they don't choose Joan Crawford, Marion Davies, Bessie Love, or others who were in silents and musicals for Sundays during "Summer Under the Stars"? Then they could continue with "Syncopation Station" and "Silent Sundays" by playing their features under those categories; and fill the rest of the day in with their other movies...

"My sister told me about this site, and she told me that if I put a certain genre in I could search over the next three months to see what films will be played under that genre." I'm not aware of the feature you mention using genres as a search indicator. But you can search for a specific movie title, and it will tell you if it's scheduled during the upcoming three months. Also, check the schedule for Sunday nights, as they show silents every Sunday (except August, when the "Summer Under the Stars" supercedes silents)...

I was only aware of two sons that he had with his second wife, Jean Wallace (before she married Cornel Wilde)...

You remembered the maxim better than Tonetti! "Give me a name for chance and I am a fool... Chances are that fate is foolish... Fate is the foolish thing. Take a chance..."

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Pearl White (the Perils of Pauline gal) made serials in the 19teens. Some were self-titled: Pearl's Admirers, Pearl as a Detective, Pearl and the Tramp, etc.; she also did some with the character named "Elaine": The Exploits of Elaine, The New Exploits of Elaine were both made in 1915...

I believe one of them is Richard Rogers' "Lover", which is from Paramount's Jeanette MacDonald vehicle, Love Me Tonight...

Sorry for the delay; I was on a little "Classic Movie Tour"... Well done, wordmaster! Your route from Moore to McCormack was better than the example I had in mind. Please wordmaster, feel free to offer a query...

Harry Warren: America's Foremost Composer featured Harry Warren, himself; Gladys Brittain and Margie Hines; and the dancers Marguerite and LeRoy. For the schedule of upcoming shorts, keep an eye on this thread: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?messageID=7817912

I think the last one with any punch was seeing Judy Davis in Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows... Another biopic with punch was A Beautiful Mind, also from 2001.

This Forum is far to mercurial to give a location of a thread. Let's give her a link. This one should help: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?messageID=7817411

Sadly, much of it is public record. Franchot Tone was married to Barbara Payton in 1951; they divorced in seven weeks later and she returned to Tom Neal. Hospital records from Sept. 13, 1951 show that Tone was badly beaten; he was in a coma and required plastic surgery to repair his broken jaw, etc. Neal's story is worse: he was later imprisoned for murdering his wife Gale Bennett. Dreadful, tragic story.

P.S. I think that Nat King Cole was very handsome, with a smile that could act as a beacon. Maybe not at the Tyrone Power-level of Taye Diggs, but Taye can sing and act. He'd be swell in the part! And he can look goofy (or Mickey) when he wants:

Doris Day introduced the song in The Man Who Knew Too Much, and she also sang it in The Glass Bottom Boat.

As if Madame Curie, Eddie Duchan, or Queen Christina were attractive? This is Hollywood, Bill! Here's Queen Christina, let me know if you see any resemblance to Garbo:

Grace Moore to Patricia McCormack No television; no uncredited; no delete scenes.

When we were kids, I had a pal who could perform a great imitation of a theremin. When we'd sit at the dinner table, I'd "draw" the lines with the dinner fork on the table linens as my pal would make the sounds of the theremin. Then we'd explode with laughter and pretend we didn't see the disapproving looks of the adults. My parents must have been so bewildered; I was reenacting Hitchcock movies while other kids were experimenting with drugs...

I just tried looking into this and discovered all sorts of things I'd never known. I wasn't aware that Franchot Tone was seriously injured in a brawl with Tom Neal over the affections of Barbara Payton. Apparently a new book is being published about Ms. Payton this year: http://www.hollywoodstarletbarbarapayton.com/index.html

What a timely question! I'm about to embark on a road trip and am to bring the cds. I collect soundtracks (and say my nightly prayers that soundtracks of The Apartment, Jezebel, Wuthering Heights will one day be released), and just added a couple to the stack for this three day trip. Today, we'll be going to San Juan Batista: better known as the mission where Kim Novak falls from the [non-existent] tower in Vertigo. So this soundtrack will be played as we approach there. On Tuesday, I'll be at Hearst Castle in San Simeon; William Randolph Hearst's venerable estate -- so I'm bringing along my Citizen Kane disk to remind us of Xanadu...