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Not a bad guess, feaito, but the answer is someone who was a little more serious on screen: Warren William.
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By the way, I think it's interesting that the Bette Davis and Joan Crawford sets are being released on the same day, June 14. Even in death, apparently, the two of them are still slugging it out . . .
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I think one reason that so many catalog titles are turning up in the new sets is repackaging. Up till June of last year, Warner Home Video released all of their product in snapper cases, which many of their customers have complained about (including me).
But starting with the Cary Grant box, their releases have been in standard keepcases. The artwork I've seen for the upcoming Bette Davis and Joan Crawford boxes shows all the films packaged in keepcases.
I think that's also why the prices on so many WHV back titles were lowered and the movies sold in two- and three-packs recently -- to get the old product in the old packages off the shelf, and to make way for new product. I blow hot and cold on this issue -- I too think that there are other worthy films that could be included in these sets, yet I'm glad to see the old product in the more convenient keepcases.
For those reasons, I think the upcoming Clark Gable set will include MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY as well as DANCING LADY, since it's the only other Gable film WHV has released on DVD besides GONE WITH THE WIND.
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Paty, I've just seen the artwork for the Bette Davis Collection on the DVD Times website, and you'll be glad to know that DARK VICTORY has been newly restored and remastered for this release! Alas, there are no extras mentioned for this disc.
By the way, I also heard that JEZEBEL is being restored for a future release as well.
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Garboloygrant, you won't have to wait till September. TCM has a whole day of Garbo films scheduled on May 31!
And I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts the upcoming Garbo set includes GRAND HOTEL, too.
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Wednesday's question: What film actor, by habit a relentless tinkerer, built his dog a revolving doghouse and once attended a seminar on the uses of sawdust?
(Hint: He spent the best part of his career at Warner Brothers.)
Good luck!
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You sure did, feaito! It was Walter Huston's last line in DODSWORTH (1936).
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Tuesday's question: In what movie does Walter Huston say, "[L]ove has got to stop some place short of suicide"?
Good luck!
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Good guesses all . . . but, alas, none correct.
Yesterday's answer: Joan Crawford had the aforementioned clause in the second contract she signed with MGM in 1930.
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Thought I'd resurrect this thread to announce that the original 4-disc set of TREASURES FROM AMERICAN FILM ARCHIVES, long out of print, will be re-released on May 10.
The MORE TREASURES collection created such a big demand for the first collection that Image Entertainment is releasing an Encore Edition with updated liner notes. And it's loaded with goodies like:
HELL'S HINGES (1916), William S. Hart's seminal Western
THE TOLL OF THE SEA (1922), the earliest surviving all-Technicolor feature and the film debut of Anna May Wong
THE LONEDALE OPERATOR (1909), an early D.W. Griffith production for Biograph, starring Blanche Sweet
THE CHICHAHCOS (1924), a Klondike gold rush adventure filmed entirely in Alaska, newly restored from a recently discovered 35mm print (the source on the first edition was a 16mm reduction print)
THE BATTLE OF SAN PIETRO (1945), John Huston's famous combat documentary
SNOW WHITE (1916), the first film adaptation of the fairy tale, starring Marguerite Clark
BLACKSMITHING SCENE (1893), the first publicly-exhibited film, and several other Edison short films
And there's many more, 50 films in all, spanning almost a century, from 1893 to 1985. The price has been reduced as well, from the original list of $99.95 to $69.95, though many online merchants will probably sell it cheaper. And all proceeds from the sale of the set will go toward film preservation.
More information, plus a complete list of the contents, is available at www.filmpreservation.org.
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Monday's question: What legendary film actress once had a morality clause in her contract so strict it even set the time she had to be in bed at night?
(And she was a married woman, to boot!)
Good luck!
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Greetings, everybody! It's a rainy day in the Queen City, a perfect day for walking down the street to the Esquire for a day of movie watching. And I do mean a day -- sometimes it takes me that long to catch up with the latest independent releases.
But first, let's get started with this week's movie trivia . . .
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I know this one -- it's HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY GAL (1952) starring Charles Coburn.
This comedy is set in the 1920s, and Coburn is a millionaire trying to decide who to leave his money to, and he decides on the family of his first love. However, he wants to see what kind of family they are before he commits himself, so he rents a room from them, posing as down-and-out. To keep up the ruse, at one point he gets a job at a drug store soda fountain.
Rock Hudson and Piper Laurie are in it too, and in a small part, James Dean is one of Coburn's soda fountain customers.
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Sorry folks, had a little domestic emergency to iron out . . .
Friday's question: What was the name of the diner owned by Nick Smith (Cecil Kellaway) in the 1946 film THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE?
Good luck!
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Thursday's question: What common fate befell Katharine Hepburn, Joan Crawford, Marlene Dietrich, Mae West, and Fred Astaire in 1938?
Good luck!
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Feaito, you're right, buddy! It's Clint Eastwood.
The filmographies I consulted are evenly split on what Eastwood's first film was -- some say REVENGE OF THE CREATURE, some FRANCIS IN THE NAVY. But I heard Eastwood himself say on NPR several years ago that he "started out with Francis," so that works for me.
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Wednesday's question (really): What actor and Oscar-winning director made his debut in a film with Francis the talking mule?
Good luck!
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This one's a squeaker. According to my sources, it's Kathlyn Williams in THE ADVENTURES OF KATHLYN, which premiered in 1913, almost a year before Pearl White in THE PERILS OF PAULINE. It also was the first film to be adapted into a novel, rather than the other way around.
In fact, according to Variety in 1927, it was Kathlyn's success that inspired the producers of PERILS OF PAULINE to change their approach to the series.
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Oops -- that should be TUESDAY's question!
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Wednesday's question: Who was the first female star of a cliff-hanger film serial?
Good luck!
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Good guesses, yes, but incorrect!
Yesterday's answer: Milt Gross, the Jewish dialect humorist and cartoonist, designed the opening credits for ROXIE HART. In fact, he covered the original Chicago murder trial that inspired the play and movie CHICAGO for the New York Daily News.
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Monday's question: What popular cartoonist designed the opening credit sequence for the 1942 comedy ROXIE HART?
Good luck!
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Greetings, everybody! Once again, I want to thank you all for your appreciative comments on The Private Life of Marie Dressler over the past four weeks. This was something new for me and the TCM boards, and I wasn't sure how it would go over. But your posts told me I was on the right track, and kept me going all through the project. I've had a good time bringing it to you, and I'm glad so many of you enjoyed it. Somewhere Marie must be smiling . . .
Out of necessity, I had to do some gentle editing of the series, both to streamline the story (there was some repetition from week to week) and make it easier to post. This last thing was critical, because the longer the posts got, the more unwieldy they became. Several times the system locked me out, and I thought I lost everything I typed -- but thank the Lord for temporary Internet files! I learned a lot about recovering lost files over the last four weeks, believe me!
But I have a few things edited out from the series that can stand by themselves or with a little set-up, so I'll be posting those over the next few days. I've also been looking for the original Liberty review of EMMA, since that film was mentioned more frequently than any other MD film in the articles, and was crucial to her No. 1 box-office standing at the end of 1932. I'll be posting that, too, as soon as I find it.
But right now, our main concern is movie trivia, so let's get right to it . . .
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Friday's question: What is the real first name of Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) in the 1961 movie BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S?
Good luck!
Trivia -- Week of March 28, 2005
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Thursday's question: What singing cowboy rode a horse named White Flash?
Good luck!