JackBurley
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"Howard McNear played 'Floyd, the Barber'! Walter Baldwin was in 'The Best Years of Our Lives',..."
Actually, we were both correct, ken. Walter Baldwin was the original "Floyd the Barber", but only did one episode. Then Howard McNear took over...
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Yes, I don't paste it into Word. I just copy it [to the clipboard]. Just hit Control-C. Then if the message doesn't work, I go back to the posting window and paste it back in...
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"thanks ... i'll check 'em out."
And how are you doing on your "homework assignment"? Have you seen The Awful Truth, Philadelphia Story, The Major and the Minor, Some Like It Hot or Dogfight yet?
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I visited Hearst Castle yesterday while on a road trip of the California coast. It was a heady experience to walk the same corridors as Marion Davies. I saw her bedroom and imagined what life would have been like for her there. There was an exhibition featuring some of her story (and I bought her memoires in the giftshop -- have any of you read them?), and I was surprised at some of the errors or missed information. For example, there was a photo of Miss Davies and Polly Moran on the set of Show People with a caption that read, "Marion Davies and unknown". The caption of a group shot misidentified Myrna Loy as Marion Davies. Maybe I should apply for a job there?
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Boys' Town?
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"'It's A Most Unusual Day'. I believe the songwriter was Jimmy Van Heusen (not sure)..."
That's definitely the song, ch; but it was written by Harold Adamson (lyrics) and Jimmy McHugh (music)...
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Just to clarify, when you say Cool World, are you referring to the Ralph Bakshi animated feature or the mondo movie from 1964?
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The Narrow Margin < Marie Windsor > Freaky Friday
Freaky Friday < Marc McClure > Superman
Superman < Gene Hackman > Narrow Margin
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"I like him especially in 'Mildred Pierce'. He was good at being vindictive that movie."
For a vindictive Jack Carson, check out Cukor's A Star is Born. He kicks Norman Maine while he's down, and it's hard to watch.
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Her wheelchair co-stars Glenn Ford? Oh wait, I see... That's Interrupted Melody about the Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence. I'd like to see this one (here I go to the "Suggest a Movie" page again). And Walter Baldwin is in it ("Floyd the Barber"!).
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Yes, you did very well. And now I expect to see lots of Garbo and Lamarr suggestions...
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And for those who would like to suggest such a day on the "Suggest a Movie" page, her birthday is November 21. So we're under the gun for the November schedule:
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Please meet me at the "Suggest a Movie" page, where I submit Eleanor Powell movies every day...
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"...I would have liked to add something with the plight of American/Japanese but couldn't think of anything altho I've seen a couple..."
If you can stretch your rules a bit to include television movies you could take Farewell to Manzanar, and excellent tv movie from 1976...
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"...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.
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"...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...
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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!
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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...
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"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)...
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I was only aware of two sons that he had with his second wife, Jean Wallace (before she married Cornel Wilde)...
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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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