JackBurley

I've heard Ben Mankiewicz give "back-handed compliments" or let it be known, in a chiding way, that he doesn't care for aspects of a film...

"Nat "King" Cole! What a voice. Yes a very good movie idea, but who would play the lead?" Taye Diggs

'Twas clear from the beginning, Mr. Dan. Just giving you a nudge, that's all...

Isn't it one of the Gold Digger movies?

August 30 is Joan Blondell's birthday. Gee, I wish they'd devoted that day to her. I love Sidney Poitier; but couldn't they have given the 27th to him?

Two great ideas, though I have to admit I was disappointed to hear about Ms. Hutton's role in the life of Nat King Cole. I guess I idolize him, and hate to hear anything torrid. I think of him as a "father figure", and so I don't want to hear anything torrid. But there was certainly enough in his life to portray. That'd be swell. I also love Sam Cooke's music, but don't know that much about his life; so would be very interested in a biopic. And he's not a father figure to me, so it can be as torrid as you'd like.

"Pure incest? I don't see it that way." You're right: there was nothing pure about it...

La Belle et la Bete Ladri di Biciclette La Notte Bianche Les Enfants du Paradis Amarcord Wild Strawberries 8 1/2 Cinema Paradiso Ju Dou La Dolce Vita I'm ashamed that I still haven't see anything by Andrei Tarkovsky; and after seeing Seijun Suzuki's Tokyo Drifter on TCM, I want to see more of his work. I love the works of Yimou Zhang. I still have some voids to fill in Akira Kurosawa's oeuvre (another shameful fact [i allow myself to be so vulnerable with y'all]: I've never seen Rashomon).

Anyone remember her cameo in the Judy Holliday flick It Should Happen To You? In the movie, Gladys Glover (played by Miss Holliday) has gained some celebrity and is now appearing on television panel shows. She's on a panel similar to the "What's My Line?" show, and one of the other panelists is none other than Constance Bennett. She plays herself (perfect casting!) and represents the glamour and wit that was all part of being featured on these shows.

Eric Blore < Fancy Pants > Bruce Cabot Bruce Cabot < Cat Ballou > Lee Marvin

I believe that The Upside of Anger shows a snippet of The Screaming Skull...

"'Back Street' is with Susan Sullavan." Susan Hayward was in the 1961 version of Back Street. Margaret Sullavan was in the 1941 version of Back Street.

You're correct on all the major points: Carroll Baker, Roger Moore, The Miracle. You're set to go...

Never Too Late (not to be confused with It's Never Too Late a 1956 Phyllis Calvert movie) also starred Maureen O'Sullivan, Jane Wyatt, Paul Ford, Lloyd Nolan, and Jim Hutton. It was released in 1965 (my, how time flies!).

In the words of daddysprimadonna: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?messageID=7804156

I had just completed an "ode" to Giulietta Masina, but apparently took too long to complete it and lost the entire post when I hit "Post Message". Should have copied it before hitting it. Sigh. Some other time...

"It's certainly not a classic in the pre-1960 sense, but one of a handful of modern films that I do love: "Brazil"." But Brazil is most certainly a classic in the post-1960 sense. I saw this movie five times when it first came out in the theatres. Now I own the Criterion Collection DVD of it. Yup, it's a classic.

I believe the caption to that photo is, "Leave something on me - I might catch cold!".

At the risk of sounding like a poor imitation of CineSage, I think you intended to say "Croix de Guerre". "Croix de Gare" is the award bestowed upon porters.

TCM poster MGMWBRKO (or is it WBMGMRKO?) posts the shorts schedules in the Shorts Forum. Check it out: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=83254&tstart=0

"Unless of course, they were shown as double features; was that often the case?" It was my understanding the movie theatre played trailers, short subjects, cartoons, feature films in a continuous rotation throughout the day. One would enter the theatre anytime during the rotation and could stay as long as they wanted...

No Man of Her Own?

"Anybody who calls her a **** (and she could be one, apparently) doesn't know the real lady." I believe that is a paradox... But it was a sad and touching story. Thank you, Larry.

One of my opera professors had told me that Lanza's voice wasn't large; that it was better suited to European houses than the cavernous American halls. Unfortunately relatively few ever heard him sing live. I wonder if any audience members from his Tanglewood days or his Philadelphia performances are still around. Certainly those who attended his concert tour just before starting at MGM are around. Koussevitzky admired his voice and gave Cocozza a full scholarship to Tanglewood when he was only 21. He was young; male voices continue to grow into middle-age. Otello, for instance, is traditionally a role that tenors wouldn't approach until in their 40's. At any rate, all we have to go by now are recordings of his glorious tenor. It's a shame he was in such poor health. There's no telling where his career would have gone if he'd been able to fulfill his commitments at La Scala and Roma in the late 1950's and early 1960's. And it's touching that he's remembered so well today. Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures paid homage to Lanza, as the girls (anti-heroines) were avid fans and played his recordings through the movie.

GarboManiac said, "No one is introducing a thread on Constance Bennett: Love Her or Hate Her because there isn't a strong enough collective memory out there to debate her." Okay, I'm up for the challenge; this is the TCM Message Board after all. We're not movie neophytes who have only heard of Bette Davis and Cary Grant. So do tell: Constance Bennett: Take a stand! Her film career lasted 50 years. What were your favorites? What was her best role? Her least successful? Joan or Constance [or Barbara!]: pick one. What Price Hollywood? Topper? And GarboManiac: don't forget Two-Faced Woman...