JackBurley

Do you want to choose more? You can go to the "Schedule". There, in the far right column is an icon that looks like a clock. Click there and the reminder form will come up. You can also search for movie titles via the "Movie Database". Once you've searched for your movie and the results are on the screen, look to the upper right. It will tell you if the movie is scheduled for broadcast. And if so, gives you the option of having the reminder sent. Good luck. Enjoy!

"Jack, that' s from It's a Big Country (1951). Great little film. " Another on my list of unseen Gene Kelly movies. For someone who's so extraordinarily popular, it's odd so many of his movies aren't shown. I'll depend on TCM to remedy this for me. In fact, I'll go to the Suggest a Movie window now... Thanks Ayres!

"...Kelly and Rita Hayworth look amazing together, [and] they have excellent chemistry. It also features one of my very favorite songs of all time, 'Long Ago and Far Away'." You're so right, Slums. They make a gorgeous couple in Cover Girl, and it doesn't get much better than Jerome Kern's "Long Ago and Far Away". I'll have that melody playing through my head today, thanks to you. "Does anyone else loose their reply when they hit 'preview'?" Sometimes this site "times out" when we take a long amount of time to type our posts. Could that be the case? When I'm taking a longer-than-usual amount of time in a response, I always make sure to copy the text first (as a backup). It's frustrating to articulate your thoughts and then lose them! You might want to mention this in the "General Information" Forum. The TCM Web Administrator reads those and advises... "Most of the time he is too energetic, his facial expressions detract from the dancing, (check the alley scene with Dan Dailey with the garbage can lids, I don't remember which movie, 3 guys reunite 10 years after the war)." This movie is It's Always Fair Weather, a not very successful CinemaScope musical with Mr. Kelly, Mr. Dailey and the great Michael Kidd as the three reunited war buddies. When I watch this movie, it's for Dolores Gray.

Hollywood opera scenes gives a minute taste of the real thing. Although Jeanette MacDonald sang in some opera houses, her voice wasn't very large and was light in timbre. These are fine attributes when singing the soundtrack in a recording booth, but can be lacking in the environs of an opera house without a microphone as a crutch. But she prided herself on her live appearances, studied with Lotte Lehmann and made her opera debut in Montreal as Juliette in Gounod's Romeo and Juliette in 1942 (years after her famous outing in MGM's San Francisco). Marguerite in Faust was a favorite role of her's and she sang this in various houses during the 1940's and 1950's. Her MGM movies were considered "high class entertainment for the lower classes" -- opera for the masses. Mario Lanza's voice also wasn't large, but he was a tremendous influence. His popular MGM movies brought opera to new audiences and later tenors (Jose Carreras and Placido Domingo among them) stated Mr. Lanza as their inspiration. He had appeared in Nicolai's Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor) at Tanglewood in the early 1940's and later sang Pinkerton in Puccini's Madama Butterfly in New Orleans. The Great Caruso was historically inaccurate, but it's probably the most popular opera movie ever made. Mr. Lanza is handsome and so charismatic and he was given the amazing opportunity to sing alongside experienced opera singers Dorothy Kirsten and Jarmila Novotna. Blanche Thebom and Lucine Amara are also seen in this film. And of course, Ann Blyth, was trained as an opera singer and had a fine voice. Rise Stevens, of course, was a very successful opera singer; a staple of the Metropolitan opera's mezzo-soprano roles. When I was a kid, I was seriously into opera (freaky, I know...). I remember going to Tower Records and buying the vinyl lps of Bizet's Carmen featuring Marilyn Horne. As I made my purchase, the older cashier sighed, "Ah Carmen! I had my sexual awakening when seeing Rise Stevens sing this role at the Metropolitan Opera." At the time I was embarrassed by his confession, but now I giggle at the memory. Ms. Stevens, by the way, is still alive and well. She is very active on the board of the Metropolitan Opera and she looks swell!

I think my favorite number would be the "Gotta Dance" ballet, especially the portions with Cyd Charisse. I know a lot of people are charmed by his dance with Jerry, but after one or two viewings I don't need to see it again (nor his other foray into mixed-animated dancing in An Invitation to Dance). For solo dance, I think I'd choose his soft shoe with the newspaper in Summer Stock. And for collaborations, I'm always thrilled to see him dance with my favorite Nicholas Brothers in The Pirate. Query: In That's Entertainment they show a scene wherein Gene Kelly does acrobatics at a construction site. Kids are watching and cheering as Mr. Kelly dances atop a skeletal building frame. Does anyone know what movie this comes from? It's in black and white...

Gene Kelly is so familiar and well-liked, and yet there are many movies of his that I know little about. Sure, I love Singin' in the Rain and An American in Paris, but I'd be interested to see Living in a Big Way, Deep in My Heart and Christmas Holiday with Deanna Durbin. These are pictures I've never had the opportunity to see. I think I must be the last person who hasn't seen Thousands Cheer. But I've always enjoyed The Pirate and On the Town...

Hello Ms. Annabelle: Here's something to hold you over until Larry's return. This is a 28 page thread of Larry's reminiscences. Excellent reading!: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=62082&start=0&tstart=0

I posted this query over in "General Information" in hopes that the experts (read: TCM) can answer your question. Good luck! http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?messageID=7819827

I wonder if you might have any advice for this fellow?: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=84291&tstart=0 P.S. Have I thanked y'all lately for this terrific site?

An inauspicious movie for Ms. Leander, but it bested by route to Doris Day. Oddly enough, the Doris Day movie that was my cul-de-sac was also Please Don't Eat the Daisies, via Leo Slezak, Martha Eggerth and Spring Byington. Your move, MrWrite (and please don't forget "My Favorite Trivia". I look forward to you next post there too!).

If you've been reading anti-Kate posts, it seems appropriate to have some pro... I love her. I love her heart-breaking portrayal of the lonely schoolteacher in David Lean's Summertime; both wanting and fearing a relationship with Rosanno Brazzi. I have never tired of watching her in The Philadelphia Story and Holiday, two of the most sophisticated comedies of the century. Philadelphia Story is so beautifully written. Since she owned the property, I'm thankful that she saw to it that it made it to the big screen (and thankful to Howard Hughes for his part in that). I love her chemistry with Spencer Tracy, especially their sass in Pat and Mike and their on-edge relationship in Desk Set. I revel in her monologues in The Lion in the Winter, and I relish her humid cruelty in Suddenly, Last Summer. She reminded me of my Aunt Helen (may she rest in peace); a woman of equal beauty and similar bone structure. My aunt was also quite sporty, and "Pat" of Pat and Mike could have been my father's sister. Her films with Cary Grant fairly sparkle. What an attractive couple they made on screen. Their banter, so alive. Katharine Hepburn is my preferred Jo March, and I ache for her humiliation in Alice Adams. I am happily lulled by the timbre of her voice, and her Yankee accent is a textbook example of the regional American tongue. You could slice lamb cutlets with her cheekbones. My, she's yare.

"That's interesting about 'Wizard of Oz', wonder how history would have changed if they had gone through with that." It wouldn't have gotten annual play on television...

Come see us in the Musicals Forum, CaNaDaGiRl. We'd love to hear from you: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=17291&start=90#363758 http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=84861&start=15#7817510

Sorry for your disappointment, Ms. F. Scheduling differences between Canada and the U.S. was discussed here: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?messageID=7788707

Zarah Leander to Doris Day No deleted scenes; no uncredited roles; via actors.

Was it on TCM? What channel featured this?

Ask, and ye shall recieve...

You'll be interested in this thread: http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?messageID=7815536

No, the movie Wonder Bar wasn't released at all with the Berkeley set...

No, it received theatrical release. James Ivory directed it; and it also starred Raquel Welch and Perry King. It got some buzz when it came out. I remember that it was shot at the Mission Inn, in Riverside, California. This is/was an old 1920's hotel where Bette Davis married one of her husbands.

This was done in 1975's The Wild Party with James Coco in the "Fatty" Arbuckle role...

And no suggestions of incest in "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly"...

Sounds like The Ugly Dachshund, a 1966 Disney flick with the velvet-voiced Suzanne Pleshette.

I was too slow! Metry, how cool! I had no idea that Bessie Love was still making films in the 1980's (or '70's, or '60's, or...). A quick glance at IMDB shows me that she was quite active. I learn much from this thread. Thanks for opening my eyes!

Harold Lloyd < The Sin of Harold Diddlebock > Rudy Vallee Rudy Vallee < Slashed Dreams > Robert Englund Robert Englund < Payback: The InterActive Movie > Christopher Lloyd I'm guessing that none of these have aired on TCM...