SueSueApplegate
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I enjoyed reading all of these clever comments.
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True. I had just read the Hodel book right before I had seen the Murder By The Book
episode, and didn't know much about Ellroy at the time.
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Good points, Matt Helm. I also enjoyed seeing Betty's energy and
survivor attitude. Thank goodness she found someone to help her
deal with her reality.
I must give kudos to Robert Osborne. He kept feeding questions to her,
and I think helped her to come to terms with her Hollywood years in front
of an audience that revere and adore her. I also think whoever edited the
film clips to reflect the onscreen comments made the interview one
of TCM's and Osborne's best.
It was a great piece of reporting because Robert Osborne was so well prepared,
and an humble and moving tribute to the courageousness of Betty Hutton.
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Bingo!
You're up next, jdb1!
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The new book sounds interesting, Miss Goddess. Thanks for the Hayley photos.
And Johnm, I think a Hayley Day is a good idea.
I do think the initial premise for The Parent Trap was a little
heartless, but it played out so well, though. I loved Gladys Cooper
Leo G. Carroll and Una Merkel in it. Carroll's role was one of his most
guileless and charming. Charlie Ruggles -
Who didn't want a grandfather that sweet?
And it was one of Keith's sexiest.
But Maureen was still the queen of technicolor comebacks in that one!
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Don't know where Gilda went.
I'm thinking of a movie that has no less than two remakes and whose screenplay
was written by someone whose cremated remains were unclaimed by
the executrix of the deceased's estate.
What was the movie and who was the screenwriter?
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mrsl, I can't wait to see the interview again, later.
Perils of Pauline was the first Hutton movie I remember seeing, and that
snagged my attention for all things Betty later on.
My second was The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, and I can remember my
mom being upset with my questions about it, and she couldn't explain
why the girl was having a baby, but she could't remember who the
"daddy" was.
I am very grateful that TCM is honoring her today.
Thanks, MRSL.
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Viva, Las Vegas, GI Blues, Kissin' Cousins and Speedway, with Nancy Sinatra, and his acting forte in King Creole.
I think I loved Speedway because WIlliam Schallert and Bill Bixby were in it, as well as Victoria Meyerlink who was the cute little girl who often appeared on the Danny Kaye show, and she reminded me so much of my little sister.
Speedway was kind of a knock-off of Viva Las Vegas.
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Good job, jdb1! That one was Diff-EEEE-cult.
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Stalag 17, then Sunset Blvd. I also enjoyed him in Dear Ruth with Joan Caulfied.
His Sefton role in Stalag 17 had such presence and the rhythm of his
retorts and replies just resonate for me. It's also my teenage son's favorite
classic era film.
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What great stories! I love Patricia Neal. I think The Fountainhead
was also one of her best, but her role in Hud is so moving
because she nailed Southern brass.
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May the road rise up to meet your Gaelic tootsies, Ms. Finnie!
I'll be there iffen I can find the bridle to the old mare and
she don't be shyin' away from me come time to take me leave....
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It was wonderful reading about all the ideas and choices for this
year's challenge.Yes, lzcutter, Benwhowell deserves honorable mention for his
creative ideas. Allieharding, kudos! Dewey, great DVD choices.
filmhistorian and Fedya, sterling suggestions!
I enjoyed reading all the entries and found something to love about all of them.
Thank you , filmlover, for all the hard work!
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Your turn, Gilda.
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Works for me!
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Thanks for the info, lzcutter.
Shame to treat Wambaugh so cavalierly because I admire him so.
But Ellroy's MBB was very self-absorbed.
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Is it Olivia de Havilland?
I know she was born in Japan.
Both she and Vanessa have sisters who have also won Oscars..
But I can't make the Anita Page connection.
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This is a great thread idea.
I saw James Ellroy on his Murder By The Book installment.
He also wrote the intro to the Hodel book entitled Black Dahlia
Avenger. I'll bet he and Wambaugh made for an interesting
evening. The Ned Doheny business is intriguing.
I never realized that John Huston might have been such a frequent visitor to the Franklin Avenue house scene until I read the Black Dahlia Avenger...
Intriguing....
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Evocative photo! Thanks.
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"You know, if you'd do a little sewing with that needle, you'd be a much happier woman"
Robert Mitchum to Jane Russell in His Kind of Woman
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I thought that the harmony, song titles, and song melodies were amazing on the song from the Carol
and Julie Carnegie special.
Carol, Lucy, and Julie - what a romp that would be!
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Great sculpture! Hey, everybody, check it out!
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You might want to check out Freedom Writers.
Several of the actors do a creditable job spanning the age gaps,
and it is a hip, new take on The Blackboard Jungle.
BTW:
Veteran comedienne/actress Pat Carroll plays the role of Miep Gies,
the woman who helped the Otto Frank family.
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The Ghostbreakers was my favorite, too!
any ray milland fans
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I loved him in The Major and The Minor!
His autobiography he wrote, though, made him appear a little narrow-minded
and stuffy, but it didn't turn me away from some of his great performances.
Lost Weekend was also a good one, but I am most partial to
his Tony Wendice in Dial M For Murder.