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TCM On Demand for June 26, 2015 The following feature is now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 3. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963) -- Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Giuffrè, Agostino Salvietti, Lino Mattera, Tecla Scarano, Silvia Monelli, Carlo Croccolo, Pasquale Cennamo, Tonino Cianci, Armando Trovajoli, Tina Pica, Gianni Ridolfi, Gennaro Di Gregorio. Directed by Vittorio de Sica, this three-part Italian comedy won the Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film for 1964. Loren and Mastroianni play different characters in each segment. In "Adelina," Loren appears as Mastroianni's extremely fertile wife who becomes a cause célèbre in Naples when she is imprisoned (with two of her babies in tow) for her black market activities. In "Anna," Loren is a well-connected Milan businessman's fashionable wife who takes her lover (Mastroianni) along for a memorable drive in her Rolls. Finally, in "Mara," Loren stars as a Roman call girl who inadvertently tempts a young priest (Gianni Ridolfi). Mastroianni plays one of her regular clients. This was one of 17 films in which Loren and Mastroianni appeared together. Among the others: "Marriage Italian Style" (1964), "Sunflower" (1970), "The Priest's Wife" (1970), "A Special Day" (1977), "Blood Feud" (1978) and "Prêt-à-Porter" (1994, also known as "Ready to Wear"). Expires July 2, 2015.
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TCM On Demand for June 25, 2015 The following feature is now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: She (1965) -- Ursula Andress, Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins, John Richardson, Rosenda Monteros, Sir Christopher Lee. Directed by Robert Day ("Tarzan the Magnificent"), this Hammer Film Productions tale was based on the 19th-century novel by British author Sir H. Rider Haggard -- creator of adventurer Allan Quatermain of "King Solomon's Mines." The Swiss-born Andress, who became the first noteworthy Bond Girl when she emerged from the Caribbean in a white bikini in "Dr. No" (1962), stars as Ayesha -- the mysterious and immortal ruler of a lost African city. There have been many other film versions of "She" through the years. A 1935 version starred actress Helen Gahagan, who was married to actor Melvyn Douglas. In the 1940s, she became a three-term Democratic congresswoman from California, but lost a tough 1950 Senate race to Republican Richard Milhous Nixon. Hammer produced a 1968 sequel without Andress titled "The Vengeance of She." It starred an Andress lookalike -- Czech-born actress Olinka Bérová (née Olga Schoberová) -- as well as actor Richardson. Lee, who starred in many other Hammer projects, died on June 7, 2015 at the age of 93. Expires July 1, 2015.
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"Be the ball." -- Golfing advice from Bushwood Country Club member Ty Webb (Chevy Chase) to caddy Danny Noonan (Michael O'Keefe) in "Caddyshack" (1980).
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"You make me want to be a better man." -- Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson), the thoroughly dislikable novelist who overcomes his problems and finds love with Carol Connelly (Helen Hunt) in "As Good As It Gets" (1997).
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TCM On Demand for June 24, 2015 The following feature is now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 1. From Here to Eternity (1953) -- Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Frank Sinatra, Donna Reed, Ernest Borgnine, Philip Ober, Mickey Shaughnessy, Harry Bellaver, Jack Warden, John Dennis, Merle Travis, Tim Ryan, Arthur Keegan, Barbara Morrison. Uncredited actors: George Reeves, Claude Akins, Robert J. Wilke, Willis Bouchey, Don Dubbins, Joan Shawlee, Douglas Henderson. This film adaptation of James Jones' 1951 novel is about American military men in Hawaii just before the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The drama won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (Fred Zinnemann), Best Supporting Actor (Sinatra) and Best Supporting Actress (Reed). Lancaster, Clift and Kerr also received Oscar nominations for their lead performances. This was one of 15 films in history to receive Oscar nominations in all four acting categories. Sinatra's career-saving Oscar win -- for his performance as the ill-fated Pvt. Maggio -- inspired a subplot in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel "The Godfather" and Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 film version. This film was ranked No. 52 on the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the 100 greatest movies of all time. When the list was updated in 2007, the picture dropped off completely. It features one of the most famous scenes in movie history, as the characters played by Lancaster and Kerr become passionate on a beach. The scene was lampooned by Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca in a memorable parody on NBC's "Your Show of Shows." Columbia Pictures, which released the film, was not amused and sued (unsuccessfully). Expires June 30, 2015.
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TCM On Demand for June 24, 2015 The following features are now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 2. The Last of Sheila (1973) -- Richard Benjamin, Dyan Cannon, James Coburn, Joan Hackett, James Mason, Ian McShane, Raquel Welch, Yvonne Romain, Pierre Rosso, Serge Citon, Robert Rossi, Elaine Geisinger, Elliot Geisinger, Jack Pugeat. Uncredited: Vito Scotti (various voices). Written by the Tony Award-winning composer Stephen Sondheim and actor Anthony Perkins, this stylish and witty murder mystery was directed by Herbert Ross ("The Goodbye Girl," "The Turning Point"). The story revolves around a millionaire movie producer named Clinton Green (Coburn) whose gossip columnist wife (Romain) was killed in a hit-and-run accident after a party in Southern California. A year later, with the homicide still unsolved, Green decides to ferret out the culprit himself. He invites six of the partygoers -- Hollywood insiders -- to a yachting trip in the south of France, where he hosts a very special parlor game. The players/suspects: Mason, Welch, Hackett, McShane, Cannon and Benjamin The players/suspects are a director (Mason), a high-powered agent (Cannon), an actress and her husband (Welch, McShane) and a screenwriter and his wife (Benjamin, Hackett). Memorable quote: "Well, I think I'll turn in. I'm almost dead on my feet." -- Philip (Mason), excusing himself after one of the other players tries to kill him. Expires June 30, 2015. 3. A Place in the Sun (1951) -- Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, Anne Revere, Keefe Brasselle, Fred Clark, Raymond Burr, Herbert Heyes, Shepperd Strudwick, Frieda Inescort, Kathryn Givney, Walter Sande, Ted de Corsia, John Ridgely, Lois Chartrand. Uncredited: Kathleen Freeman, Kasey Rogers, Ian Wolfe. George Stevens' drama -- derived from Theodore Dreiser's 1925 novel "An American Tragedy" -- was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Clift) and Best Actress (Winters). It won six Oscars: Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay (Michael Wilson, Harry Brown), Best Black-and-White Cinematography (William C. Mellor), Best Black-and-White Costume Design (Edith Head), Best Film Editing (William Hornbeck) and Best Original Score (Franz Waxman). In 1998, the American Film Institure ranked the film No. 92 on its list of the 100 greatest movies of all time. When AFI updated the list in 2007, the film did not make the Top 100. By the way, George Stevens, Jr., the son of the director, was a founder of AFI and its driving force from 1967 to 1980. This was the first of three films that paired Clift and Taylor, who became great friends. They also co-starred in "Raintree County" (1957) and "Suddenly, Last Summer" (1959), both of which yielded Best Actress nominations for Taylor. It was after a visit to Taylor's residence that Clift sustained serious facial injuries as the result of an automobile accident on May 12, 1956. Taylor and George Stevens, Sr. worked together again on the screen project that earned the director his second Academy Award -- "Giant" (1956), based on the novel by Edna Ferber. His last film, the 1970 drama "The Only Game in Town," also featured Taylor. Stevens directed Winters to her first of two Oscars for Best Supporting Actress in "The Diary of Anne Frank" (1959). Memorable quote: "I love you. I've loved you since the first moment I saw you. I guess maybe I’ve even loved you before I saw you." -- George Eastman (Clift) to socialite Angela Vickers (Taylor). Expires June 30, 2015.
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TCM On Demand for June 23, 2015 The following feature is now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: Jeanne Eagels (1957) -- Kim Novak, Jeff Chandler, Agnes Moorehead, Charles Drake, Larry Gates, Virginia Grey, Gene Lockhart, Joe De Santis, Murray Hamilton. Uncredited: Shelley Fabares, Myrna Fahey, Will Wright, Eleanor Audley, Michael Dante, Eugene Jackson, Theo Marcuse, Joe Turkel, Tommy Nolan, "Snub" Pollard. Novak stars in a heavily fictionalized film biography of Eagels (1890-1929), the celebrated American stage and screen actress who died at the age of 39. Eagels starred in "Rain," the 1922 stage play in which he played W. Somerset Maugham's Sadie Thompson -- a character later tackled onscreen by Joan Crawford and Rita Hayworth. After her death, it is believed that Eagels received strong consideration for the 1928-1929 Best Actress Oscar, although there were no official nominations for the awards ceremony. She starred in "The Letter" as Leslie Crosbie -- the role that earned a Best Actress nomination for Bette Davis in a 1940 remake. The Eagels biopic, directed by George Sidney ("Young Bess," "The Eddy Duchin Story"), focuses on the actress from her early days as a Kansas City, Missouri beauty contestant to her rise to stardom in New York City. Chandler and Drake co-star as two of her love interests. Moorehead appears as Madame Neilson, the renowned drama coach who helps advance Eagels' career. Memorable scene: In a nice touch, Novak's penultimate appearance in the movie ends with two falling stars. Expires June 29, 2015.
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"Yeah, there's one thing I gotta say, though. Nicely packed, that kid...Not much meat on her, but what's there is 'cherce'." -- Sports promoter Mike Conovan (Spencer Tracy) in "Pat and Mike" (1952), admiring his client -- the multi-sport athlete Pat Pemberton (Katharine Hepburn).
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"Dad, you're my father. I'm your son. I love you. I always have and I always will. But you think of yourself as a colored man. I think of myself as a man." -- Dr. John Wayde Prentice, Jr. (Sidney Poitier) to his father (Roy E. Glenn, Sr.) in Stanley Kramer's "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967).
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"The calla lilies are in bloom again. Such a strange flower, suitable to any occasion." -- The first lines spoken by Terry Randall (Katharine Hepburn) in the play that makes her a star in "Stage Door" (1937). The "calla lilies" line became forever associated with Hepburn.
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TCM On Demand for June 22, 2015 The following feature is now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 1. The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (2011) -- TCM Movie Camp hosts William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg won Oscars for this fanciful film short created in Shreveport, Louisiana. The production, which received Best Animated Short Film honors at the 84th Academy Awards, was inspired by the silent era works of Buster Keaton. The title character was modeled after Keaton. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9rme79ptdA Expires June 28, 2015.
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Although he played Tarzan a couple of times in movies, Jock Mahoney also is remembered for his starring role in the CBS adventure series "Yancy Derringer," which aired during the 1958-1959 season.
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"I wish I had a dime for every dime I have." -- Multi-millionaire Arthur Bach (Dudley Moore) in "Arthur" (1981), after he's asked by a dinner companion (Anne De Salvo) about his wealth.
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TCM On Demand for June 22, 2015 The following features are now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 2. L'eclisse (1962) -- Alain Delon (Piero), Monica Vitti (Vittoria), Francisco Rabal (Riccardo), Lilla Brignone (Vittoria's Mother), Rossana Rory (Anita), Mirella Ricciardi (Marta), Louis Seigner (Ercoli). Uncredited: Cyrus Elias (Intoxicated Man). Titled "Eclipse" in English, this was one of four early 1960s films by Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni that starred Vitti, his onetime muse. The others: "L'avventura" (1960), "La notte" (1961) and "Red Desert" 1964). Vitti stars as Vittoria, a bored young woman who breaks off a relationship with an older man (Rabal). She eventually becomes involved with Piero, a stockbroker in Rome -- but their coupling also appears to be doomed. Expires June 28, 2015. 3. Red Desert (1964) -- Monica Vitti (Giuliana), Richard Harris (Corrado Zeller), Carlo Chionetti (Ugo), Xenia Valderi (Linda), Rita Renoir (Emilia), Lili Rheims (Telescope operator's wife), Aldo Grotti (Max), Valerio Bartoleschi (Giuliana's son), Emanuela Paola Carboni (Girl in fable), Giuliano Missirini (Radio telescope operator). This drama from Italy's Michelangelo Antonioni -- titled "Il deserto rosso" in his native language -- was the director's first Technicolor film and his last collaboration with Vitti as a leading lady. They previously had worked together for the films "L'avventura" (1960), "La notte" (1961) and "L'eclisse" (1963). Set in the historic northern city of Ravenna, the film stars Vitta as a petrochemical plant manager's wife who becomes romantically involved with a visiting engineer (Harris). Expires June 28, 2015.
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TCM On Demand for June 21, 2015 The following feature is now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: Vigilante (1983) -- Robert Forster, Fred Williamson, Richard Bright, Rutanya Alda, Don Blakely, Joseph Carberry, Willie Colon, Joe Spinell, Carol Lynley, Woody Strode, Vincent Beck, Bo Rucker, Peter Savage, Frank Pesce, Steve James, Randy Jurgenson, Henry Judd Baker, Dante Joseph, Vincent Russo, Donna Patti, Mike Miller, Hyla Marrow, Frank Gio, Ray Serra. Directed by William Lustig ("Maniac," "Maniac Cop"), this drama stars Forster as a New York City factory worker who experiences personal tragedies tied to criminals. Fed up with widespread illegal activity, he joins a mini-army of vigilantes dedicated to cleaning up the streets. Expires June 27, 2015.
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Mother Delores was a Guest Programmer, not a co-host of The Essentials.
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When "Norma Rae" (1979) is aired as one of The Essentials on Saturday, November 7, 2015, will that be the first time a sitting co-host gets a chance to discuss her own movie?
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"After all, tomorrow is another day." -- The ever-optimistic Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh) at the end of "Gone With the Wind" (1939), believing she'll find a way to get Rhett Butler back.
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TCM On Demand for June 20, 2015 The following features are now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 1. Border Incident (1949) -- Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, Howard Da Silva, James Mitchell, Arnold Moss, Alfonso Bedoya, Teresa Celli, Charles McGraw, José Torvay, John Ridgely, Arthur Hunnicutt, Sig Ruman, Otto Waldis. Uncredited: Knox Manning (narrator), Georgiana Young. Anthony Mann, known for his Western sagas starring James Stewart, was behind the camera for this drama about U.S and Mexican operatives out to stop the illegal smuggling of Mexican migrants into California. This was one of Murphy's final films as actor. A two-time president of the Screen Actors Guild, he retired in 1952 and developed an interest in politics. In 1964, he was elected to a United States Senate, representing California as a conservative Republican. He was defeated for re-election in 1970, losing his seat to Democrat John V. Tunney, son of former heavyweight champion Gene Tunney. Murphy died of leukemia on May 3, 1992 at the age of 89. Expires June 26, 2015. 2. Gilda (1946) -- Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready, Joseph Calleia, Steven Geray, Joe Sawyer, Gerald Mohr, Robert Scott (Mark Roberts), Ludwig Donath, Donald Douglas. Uncredited actors: Eduardo Ciannelli, Ruth Roman, Rodolfo Hoyos, Jr. Hayworth's most iconic film role features her as the title character, a glamorous singer at a Buenos Aires casino owned by her much-older husband, Ballin Mundson (Macready). Complications arise when Gilda is reunited with an old flame, American gambler Johnny Farrell (Ford), who winds up working for the duplicitous Mundson. Although their earlier relationship ended badly, Gilda and Farrell eventually rekindle their old magic. Memorable quote: "If I'd been a ranch, they would've named me the Bar Nothing." -- Gilda. Born Margarita Carmen Cansino on October 17, 1918, Hayworth became a star in musicals thanks in part to her considerable skills as a dancer. She performed opposite Fred Astaire in "You'll Never Get Rich" (1941) and "You Were Never Lovelier" (1942), and with Gene Kelly in "Cover Girl" (1944). But it was her sensuous performance in "Gilda" that made the red-haired beauty a superstar -- and enhanced her desirability as a dramatic actress. Twelve years after her death in 1987 from the ravages of Alzheimer's Disease, the American Film Institute ranked Hayworth at No. 19 on its list of the Top 25 female screen legends of all time. A poster of the actress figured prominently in Stephen King's 1982 story "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption." The tale was turned into the 1994 Oscar-nominated film "The Shawshank Redemption," which starred Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins. In the screen version of the prison story, a Hayworth pin-up is replaced over time by images of, first, Marilyn Monroe and then Raquel Welch. Hayworth and Ford starred together in four other motion pictures: "The Lady in Question" (1940), "The Loves of Carmen" (1948), "Affair in Trinidad" (1952) and "The Money Trap" (1965). Expires June 26, 2015. 3. Hollow Triumph (1948) -- Paul Henreid, Joan Bennett, Eduard Franz, Leslie Brooks, John Qualen, Mabel Paige, Herbert Rudley, Charles Arnt, George Chandler, Sid Tomack, Alvin Hammer, Ann Staunton, Paul Burns, Charles Trowbridge, Morgan Farley. Uncredited: Jack Webb. Benny Rubin, Norma Varden, Vera Marshe, Amzie Strickland. Directed by Steve Sekely ("The Day of the Triffids"), this drama stars Henreid as John Muller, an ex-con who masterminds a Southern California casino robbery. When the heist doesn't go off 100 percent as planned, Muller decides to go on the lam. To throw the minions of a powerful gambler off his trail, he disguises himself as a lookalike psychiatrist named Victor Bartok. The film, which was titled "The Scar" in the United Kingdom, was produced by Henreid. Expires June 26, 2015.
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"Mongo only pawn in game of life." -- A philosophical thought from former bad guy Mongo (Alex Karras) in Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles" (1974).
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TCM On Demand for June 20, 2015 The following features are now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 4. Mystery Street (1950) -- Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett, Elsa Lanchester, Jan Sterling, Marshall Thompson, Betsy Blair, Edmon Ryan, Wally Maher, Ralph Dumke, Willard Waterman, Walter Burke, Don Shelton. Uncredited: King Donovan, Frank Overton, Ned Glass, Robert Foulk. Fifty years before "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" became TV's most-watched police procedural, this drama -- once titled "Murder in Harvard" -- showed how forensics could help solve a baffling criminal case. Montalban stars as a Cape Cod-area investigator who teams with Boston police and a Harvard Medical School professor (former Tarzan portrayer Bennett) to solve a sketchy murder mystery. The movie was directed by John Sturges, whose credits included "Bad Day at Black Rock," "The Magnificent Seven" and "The Great Escape." The screenplay was written by Richard Brooks and Sydney Boehm based on material by Leonard Spigelgass, who received an Academy Award nomination for Best Story. Expires June 26, 2015. 5. The People Against O'Hara (1951) -- Spencer Tracy, Pat O'Brien, Diana Lynn, John Hodiak, Eduardo Ciannelli, James Arness, Yvette Duguay, Jay C. Flippen, William Campbell, Richard Anderson, Henry O'Neill, Arthur Shields, Louise Lorimer, Ann Doran, Emile Meyer, Regis Toomey, Katherine Warren. Uncredited: Charles Bronson, Strother Martin, Jack Kruschen, Lee Phelps, William Schallert, Mae Clarke, Michael Tolan, Celia Lovsky, Frank Ferguson, Ned Glass, William Self. Directed by John Sturges ("The Magnificent Seven," "The Great Escape"), this crime drama stars Tracy as a once-respected defense attorney whose career was ruined by his alcoholism. He comes out of retirement to defend young murder suspect James O'Hara (Arness). But when he loses, the attorney seeks redemption by trying to prove his client's innocence. Expires June 26, 2015.
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"Anti-American eagle. It's diabolical." -- Superspy Derek Flint (James Coburn) in "Our Man Flint" (1966) after he's attacked by a bald eagle trained by the international terrorist organization Galaxy to spot and harass Americans.
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TCM On Demand for June 19, 2015 The following features are now available on TCM On Demand for a limited time: 1. Mothra (1961) -- Frankie Sakai ("Bulldog" Fukuda), Hiroshi Koizumi (Dr. Shin'ichi Chûjô), Kyôko Kagawa (Michi Hanamura), Yumi Itô, Emi Itô (Twin Fairies), Jerry Itô (Clark Nelson), Ken Uehara (Dr. Harada), Akihiko Hirata (Doctor), Kenji Sahara (Helicopter Pilot), Seizaburô Kawazu (General), Takashi Shimura (News Editor), Yoshio Kosugi (Ship Captain), Yoshifumi Tajima (Military Adviser), Ren Yamamoto, Haruya Katô (Ship Survivors). Directed by Ishirô Honda ("Gojira," "Rodan," "King Kong vs. Godzilla"), this sci-tale revolves around the mysterious Infant Island, once the site of atomic testing. Among its inhabitants are teeny twin fairies who can communicate telepathically with the title creature. a moth-like giant. Expires June 24, 2015. 2. Solomon and Sheba (1959) -- Yul Brynner, Gina Lollobrigida, George Sanders, Marisa Pavan, David Farrar, John Crawford, Finlay Currie, Harry Andrews, José Nieto, Maruchi Fresno, William Devlin, Jack Gwillim, Jean Anderson, Laurence Naismith, Julio Peña.Uncredited: Alejandro Rey, Virgilio Teixeira. Directed by King Vidor ("Duel in the Sun," "War and Peace"), this Biblical tale always will be remembered for what might have been. On November 15, 1958, Tyrone Power -- cast as Solomon, David's successor as king of Israel -- died of a massive heart attack after filming a fight scene with co-star Sanders. He was 44. Brynner replaced him and refilmed many scenes that Power had done, although Power still can be seen in several shots. The film focuses on the rivalry between Solomon and his older brother Adonijah (Sanders). The conflict deepens when King David (Currie) chooses Solomon as his successor. The Italian bombshell Lollobrigida, who will observe her 88th birthday on July 4, 2015, co-stars as the Queen of Sheba -- Solomon's ally and love interest. The film re-creates the dispute that best exemplified Solomon's legendary reputation for wisdom: This was the final feature-length film in the career of Vidor, who began making movies in the silent era. He was nominated for competitive Academy Awards six times -- five Best Director nods and one as a producer -- but he never won. On April 9, 1979, he was presented an honorary Oscar "for his incomparable achievements as a cinematic creator and innovator." Expires June 24, 2015. 3. The Wasp Woman (1959) -- Susan Cabot, Anthony Eisley (billed as Fred Eisley), Barboura Morris, William Roerick, Michael Mark, Frank Gerstle, Bruno VeSota, Roy Gordon, Carolyn Hughes, Lynn Cartwright, Frank Wolff, Lani Mars, Philip Barry. Uncredited: Aron Kincaid. This sci-fi film from independent moviemaker Roger Corman stars Cabot as cosmetics queen magnate Janice Starlin -- a woman obsessed with a youthful appearance. When she begins tampering with the laws of nature to reverse the aging process, she lives to regret it. This was Cabot's final motion picture -- and one of the last for Eisley before he became a star of the ABC television series "Hawaiian Eye" (1959-1962). Be sure to look for Corman as a doctor in a hospital scene. In 1995, the film was remade as a cable television production for Showtime, directed by Jim Wynorski ("Not of This Earth") and starring Jennifer Rubin, Maria Ford and Daniel J. Travanti. Expires June 24, 2015.
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"You keep bringing it up, but I don't want to live in a city where the only cultural advantage is that you can make a right turn on a red light." -- Stauch Manhattanite Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) in "Annie Hall" (1977), putting down Los Angeles in a conversation with his best friend Rob (Tony Roberts). By the way, they call each other "Max."
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HEAVEN CAN WAIT's Don Ameche for Star of the Month
jakeem replied to Arturo's topic in General Discussions
My favorite Ameche performance was in one of his last movies -- David Mamet's 1988 drama "Things Change." The actor stars as a Chicago shoeshine operator who agrees to take the rap for a murder committed by a lookalike Mafioso. If Ameche hadn't already won an Oscar for "Cocoon" (1985), he might have been a strong contender for the 1988 Best Actor award.
