JackBurley
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"Isn't that Bell & Howell, Jack?"
*Gasp* You're right! Oh the games my mind plays... Whenever I saw his handle it took me back to being 5th Grade A/V monitor to project Hemo the Magnificent and Unchained Goddess.
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"My screen name is my real name-Ben W. Howell."
What?! I always loved your screen name because I assumed it was an homage to the Ben&Howell film projectors...
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But Contempt wasn't on TCM in July. A Very Private Affair was the only Bardot movie in July... in the U.S. at least.
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Hmmm, but you didn't mention if I was correct about the "process"...
I'm also going to guess that one of them is The Tingler. As a kid, I used to watch this on television and wonder what all the excitement was. Finally, I learned that the "tingler" was attached to the seats of the theatre chairs and would prod the audience (perhaps "prod" is too strong) at the appropriate time. Without the tingle, there was little suspense... Percepto?
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Time for a recap:
Clue # 8. - An Old Prospector
Clue # 7. - A Broken Leg
Clue # 6. - A Stolen Rabbit
Clue # 5. - A False Trail
Clue # 4. - A Dude Ranch
Clue # 3. - Awaiting a Rain Storm
Clue # 2. - An unfaithful Wife
Clue # 1. - Drunk and Impatient
Toy Story 2?
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I think Williams Castle's 13 Ghosts was in either Emergo or Illusion-O. I'd be interested in seeing this on the big screen with the glasses. You see in the movie, the characters could only see the ghosts when wearing special glasses. Audiences were given spectacles too, to aid them in seeing the ghosts...
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There were how many Popeye cartoons? Didn't they all seem somewhat alike? Don't get me wrong; I'm delighted to see they're being restored. But they could probably repeat the same one over again and we wouldn't know the difference. Or maybe my memory of Popeye is fading. I'll go eat some spinach now...
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"it's scheduled on a Premium TV Channel carried by my Cable company, in August, here in my country."
Would that be Nibiru or Urantia?
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At the risk of making us feeling older, I regret to announce the death of a second generation of classic movies: Johnny Wiessmuller, Jr.
Johnny Weissmuller Jr., son of famed actor and Olympic swimmer (featured last night on TCM) died Friday, July 28, 2006 at age 65 of liver cancer. Mr. Weismuller's mother was Beryl Scott (third of his father's five wifes). He was born in San Francisco in 1940, after his parents moved to the City so his father could perform in "Billy Rose's Aquacade", a water ballet extravaganza at the 1940 Golden Gate International Exposition.
Mr. Weissmuller, Jr. joined the Navy after graduating from USC where he was on the swim team. During college and his stint in the Navy, he acted in films and television shows. In 1973, Mr. Weissmuller moved back to San Francisco and landed a job as a longshoreman, but still found time to act on the stage. His longest-running stage role was as Chief Bromden in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest at San Francisco's Little Fox Theater. You can also catch him in movies: Andy Hardy Comes Home, THX 1138, American Graffitti among others.
In 2002, ECW press published his memoir about his life with his father entitled Tarzan, My Father.
His father, who won five Olympic gold medals in swimming and starred in twelve Tarzan movies died in 1984 of pulmonary edema.
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"how the heck can a find a copy of this movie??"
Allieharding posted the next broadcast date for it. Do you have a VCR or DVR? Feel free to tape it for you own home library. I see that she mentioned it's going to be on FMC, which is the Fox Movie Classics channel...
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The 2003 Italian movie La Meglio giovent? ("The Best of Youth") was a huge hit in San Francisco when it opened at 7 hours of length. But I think Shoah at 9 1/2 hours is probably the longest. It was normally screened in two seatings. If you count Matthew Barney's Cremaster series as one film, that would undoubtedly be the very longest. It's so long I'm sure it's still playing somewhere...
The One Second Film is in production now. Anyone who's interested can be a producer: http://www.the1secondfilm.com/
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"That was in part two, ken. I think it was called, Jolson Sings, Again! or something."
Yes that's right, Barbara Hale was featured in the sequel.
Now Garbo, you're not entirely paying attention. I mentioned below: "The movie was wildly popular at the time of its release in 1946, so a sequel was made called Jolson Sings Again which was released in 1949."
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A Very Private Affair starring Mlle. Bardot was on July 28. The quick synopsis read: "A reclusive movie star falls for her mother's former lover." Louis Malle directed it. Could that be it?
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Well done! I had one using Anthony Quinn as the bridge to American films. Your turn, wordmaster.
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Oops, of course! Your turn!
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Mr. Hitchcock usually tried to put his cameo early in his pictures so that the audience wouldn't be distracted by looking for him throughout the work. In Rebecca, he's seen walking by a phone booth.
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"Anyone hear any word on the possibility about a remake of "Guys and Dolls" with Nicole Kidman?"
I've heard that she's had discussions with Vin Diesel about remaking Guys and Dolls. According to the gossip, they're both interested, but I don't believe anything's been announce...
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Virginia Bruce will also be seen in Strangers When We Meet on October 4; Winner Take All on October 18. Supposedly she'll also be seen in Hollywood Hobbies on September 15 at 2:00pm. Hollywood Hobbies was a series of short subjects that showed movie stars during their time away from the studio. The Virginia Bruce seguement comes from this 1939 short. Check it out!
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Giulietta Masina to Jack Benny
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Detective Story to Sleuth
No deleted actors; no television.
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There were a series of Macon County movies released by American International (read: B-movies). Macon County Line was a big financial success, and the box office receipts inspired sequels. However, the story line doesn't follow your description... I don't suppose you could be thinking of Thelma and Louise?
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"I had heard some of his songs in a movie that I saw briefly (maybe the last hour) of "The Jolson Story" on cable TV. It starred Larry Parks as Al and William Demerest (Uncle Charlie on My Three Sons). I don't know the actress who played his wife but she was good in the part."
The actress who played Al Jolson's wife Julie Benson in The Jolson Story was Evelyn Keyes (perhaps better known as Scarlett O'Hara's sister). In reel life she was "Julie Benson", but in real life this role based was on Jolson's third wife, Ruby Keeler. The movie was wildly popular at the time of its release in 1946, so a sequel was made called Jolson Sings Again which was released in 1949.
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I rate your reply ****!
I had no idea that Juanita Hall was dubbed in South Pacific. And you'd think I would have noticed since I grew up hearing the original Broadway cast recording.
And I also found the Judy Garland connection with The Helen Morgan Story fascinating. She would have been great for this part. Too bad it didn't happen... And I didn't know Polly Bergen sang. It's posts like your's, markus21, that really make me appreciate this message board.
Thanks!
P.S. Do you know what the third picture envisioned for Miss Garland at Warners was?
Al Jolson Story
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"Where he was born and what year I still don't know I also think he made the transition to "Talkies" and did more pictures. I think he may have started to lose popularity in the late thirties though.
Al Jolson was born in Sered?ius, Lithuania on May 26, 1885 or 1886, and died in San Francisco in 1950. He was HUGE on Broadway and vaudeville before he ever made pictures. Today, he's widely known for speaking on film in The Jazz Singer, but he was wildly popular as a live performer. Even after his screen box office receipts slipped he continued on stage and radio. He had popular radio shows until 1949. He died of a heart attack. Broadway lights went dark for 10 minutes as a memorial to Mr. Jolson.