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Reminder: I will be adding newer posts to Sue Sue II in the TCM Festivals Forum.
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Wouldbestar, Angela Pleasance was Donald's daughter, and did a creditable job portraying Catherine Howard.
Irene Papas was excellent at portraying Catherine of Aragon, but it is true that she did not bear much actual physical resemblance to her as the real Catherine had auburn hair and fair skin, according to all contemporary reports and documented contemporary portraits, but her performance was closely related to the attitudes and actions of historical record.
Check out some of Alison Weir's books, if you haven't already.
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Dear Sandy,
Considering airfare, level of pass, dining, travel vouchers, duration of stay, and souvenirs, festival costs for some passholders I visited with were as little as $1,200 and as much as $3,800 depending upon where you eat, how long you stay, and level of amenities. I am sure some passholders spent more, but they also took excursions and tours, as well as shopped-till-they-dropped at the TCM Festival Store.
Festival support staff are courteous and helpful, and since the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel is prepared for guests who need extra help navigating, and have several handicapped rooms available for guests, you should be well taken care of. The films, however, are screened at several different locations, and that might be a serious consideration for you. Contact hotel staff at the Hollywood Roosevelt Reservations for more detailed information.
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel : 1-800-950-7667
The Matinee Pass was $299, Classic-$499, Essential-$599, and Spotlight-$1199. For a full list of FAQs, follow this link: http://www.tcm.com/festival/about/457357/faq.html
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Jackie, Cate Blanchett is amazing, and she certainly is one of the finest actresses actively plying her trade at this time, as well as Judi Dench.
Wouldbestar, I also loved Keith Michell in his tour de force as Henry the VIII. Dorothy Tutin, as Anne Boleyn, was also wonderful. One of my most favorite depictions of Catherine of Aragon is Irene Papas in *Anne of the Thousand Days*. She may not have looked much like the real Catherine of Aragon, but she came closest to her in spirit. I highly recommend the latest incarnation of her biography that gives a fresh assessment of her diplomatic qualities and her personal philosophy,*Catherine of Aragon*, by Giles Tremlett.
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Cinemave, lovely photo. Jean did leave us much too soon.
Wouldbestar, I have to agree with your comment about Robert Vaughn. He was robbed! I thought his performance as Chet Gwynn should have cinched the race, but Hugh Griffith took home the statuette for his work in *Ben Hur*. Vaughn was so touchingly poignant and reeked of desperation in that role.I also felt that Alexis Smith should have been nominated for Best Supporting Actress in that role.
Jackie, completely agree with your comments about E and E. Flynn was at his best in this film, and I think, like Robert Osborne stated in the outro, Bette Davis came to appreciate him so much more than she ever had before during a screening of *Elizabeth and Essex* in the 70s.
My personal favorite is *Young Bess* because Jean Simmons is so spunky and adorable at the same time. But Glenda Jackson was remarkable in her ruminations and characterization of the unmarried monarch, and I find I watch that series at least once a year. For sheer beauty and lush costumes and sets, I can't ever stop watching Cate Blanchett in *Elizabeth*. Just so fetching on many different levels.
Her profound abilities to interpret character idiosyncrasies, from Petal in *The Shipping News,*
to Katherine Hepburn in *The Aviator,* reveal how clever it was for Shekhar Kapur to cast her
as the woman who helped put England back together again after the bloody Marian years.
But when she won for *The Aviator*, it seemed like Hepburn actually won her 5th Oscar.
I think that Cate Blanchett probably captured the youthful, cautious Elizabeth, and Glenda Jackson came closest to what Elizabeth was actually like in her later years.
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Thank you all for your email comments concerning the last post.
Software glitches or wireless gremlins made it impossible for me
to correctly post the previous article and all the accompanying
photos, so this is an addendum adding the last two paragraphs
and final photo:
On Saturday, April 14, at the Egyptian Theatre,
Mameaholics were lined up and ready to be mesmerized again,
but this time by the lush colors, the bravado of the original
soundtrack, and the lovely depth of field we just don't see from a dvd.
Passholders buzzed with phrases from the film like "How vivid!",
"Nuts, Mr.Babcock?,""Topdrawer!","Doyoulikeginfinethenwe'llplay-
someafterdinner " and "Life is a banquet at the TCM Film Fest 2012!"
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Happy 15,017th Post! Today we celebrated with homemade fried chicken, homemade potato salad, and brownies whipped up from my favorite scratch recipe.
Hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend at the Villa Vronksgirlia near Lake Como....
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He's BBBBBAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKK and the Message Board's got 'im!
These Memorial Day Posters are lovely, Kyle. Thank you for sharing them with us!
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He either swallowed a key or that's a map of the secret passageways in the Death Star...
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Top O' The Mornin' to you all!
Miss G, Thank you so much for posting this link. I do hope it makes an appearance on TCM very soon.
I have an Irish Heritage Travel Magazine that includes a lengthy article about the making of *The Quiet Man* and I treasure it, just like the film. It's endearing qualities do still resonate with film lovers more than 60 years later.
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Historian and costume designer Deborah Nadoolman Landis
( *Raiders of the Lost Ark, Animal House, Coming to America* ),
and costume designer Bob Mackie ( *The Carol Burnett Show,*
*The Sonny and Cher Show* , Cher Tour Ensembles) in his
understated best with bowtie to match, launched the second
formal film discussion on the Festival calendar on Thursday evening
at 9:30 p.m. in the Chinese Multiplex.
A gathering of Banton fans waited with anticipation in order to see
those art-deco inspired designs that might never have sprung to life if
Claudette Colbert hadn't stood her ground in her tiny little pumps and demanded
Banton and his muse as "emperor of the bangle" so Colbert could walk like
an Egyptian.
Claudette Colbert in one of her most iconic roles,*Cleopatra (1934).*
Mackie shared with audience members his recollection of the first time
he saw *Cleopatra* as a 13-year-old youth in Ingewood, California, at
a revival in the 1950's, and marveled at the slinky satin outfits from the
30's, which were much different than the molded, pointed forms of women
in foundation garments popular in the 50's.
Nadoolman Landis also revealed information about her upcoming exhibit
that she is curating for the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and
reminded passholders that many of the costumes created by Travis
Banton were done in color. One of Colbert's gowns, appearing as a white
satin sheath onscreen, was actually rendered in a shade of mint green satin,
and both presenters agreed that many outfits completed in colorful shades like
pink and yellow often appear in various shades of gray in a black and white film.
Nadoolman Landis also lamented the lack of an in-depth biography of Travis
Banton, often seen as the stylist who transformed Marlene Dietrich's image as much
as director Josef Von Sterberg.
For more information on Deborah Nadoolman Landis' Victoria and Albert Museum Exhibit in London, follow this link:
http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/exhibitions/exhibition-hollywood-costume/
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How about Michael Caine and Sean Connery introducing The Man Who Would Be King directed by John Huston and also starring Caine's wife Shakira Baksh ? Then Michael Caine might introduce Zulu or The Ipcress Files and Sean Connery might introduce a Bond film or Darby O'Gill and the Little People.
Any Sean and Michael fans out there? Plus, they're buddies so they could share a suite, and TCM could have two for the price of one.
(O.K. They probably want their own space, but it's still a good idea!)
Edited by: TCMWebAdmin on May 21, 2012 9:44 PM
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At the Turner Classic Film Festival 2012 in April at the Hollywood
Roosevelt Hotel, authors Shannon Clute and Richard Edwards were
interviewed at a passholders event about their latest collaborative
work, *The Maltese Touch of Evil* (Dartmouth College, 2011), which is a
thoroughly up-to-date reference work for all readers who love to ponder
the spectrum of film noir, and is a literate and highly documented
source for fans of movies like *Gun Crazy* , *The Maltese Falcon* ,
*The* *Grifters* , *The Killers* , and the iconic *Out of The Past*.
A compendium of Clute's and Edwards' popular podcasts enitled *Out of*
*the Past: Investigating Film Noir* , selected by Australian Broadcasting
Corporation as part of their Top of the Pods series, and years of
scholarly research, the detailed reader includes chapters detailing the
void in film noir studies, conflicting definitions of what noir means
to different focus groups, specific examples of universally accepted
standard scenes, and how noir films appeal as constrained texts.
Black and white photos specifically illustrate topics like how a "noir
childhood ain't pretty" and what a flawed charater like Walter Neff
( Fred MacMurray) in *Double* *Indemnity* can illuminate with his sweaty,
imperfect voiceover. Each entry is documented with number of the
specific podcast episode for current reference.
Both Clute and Edwards heartily agreed that film noir is a distinctly
American creation even though the process emerged from emigre
European directors like Jacques Torneur, Billy Wilder, Edward Dmytryk,
and Robert Siodmak. Clute also revealed his interest in film noir evolved
from his love of "hard-boiled" fiction..
The book signing was a popular event with noir buffs as passholders
formed a long line to have their tomes personally autographed by Clute and Edwards,
and was the second official panel offering on Thursday in the popular Club TCM,
located in the Blossom Room, the site of the first Academy Awards banquet on
May 16, 1929.
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Thank you, Bronxgirl, for the kind comments.
Last night on TCM...
Tuesday evening's screening of *Gun Crazy* on TCM was a delight, and Robert Osborne's introduction included comments that I heartily agree with. When Peggy Cummins attended the Turner Classic Movies Festival 2012, Mr. Osborne stated that she was "beautiful, trim, and a great guest." And I completely concur.
Ms. Cummins was amiable and well-liked, often signed autographs, and even attended the final party at Club TCM, sitting with Eddie Muller in one of those sexy little red booths where folks can truly schmooze. Also seated with Muller and Cummins was Eunice Gayson, the first Bond girl, who appeared at the festival screening of *Dr. No.*
Muller was busy extolling the virtues of one of the loveliest prints at the festival, *Cry Danger*, and his co-host for that introduction was none other than the lovely Rhonda Fleming who revealed several personal behind-the-scenes moments that added to the exciting, but tense scenes in the film, and which also starred the multi-talented Dick Powell. Unfortunately, Ms. Fleming did not attend the Club TCM celebration.
Muller, an enthsiastic guest and director of the Film Noir Foundation, was impressed with the clarity of the print of *Cry Danger* and proclaimed it one of the best prints of all the fillms that he screened at the third annual Turner Classic Movies Film Festival.
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Mr. Osborne also claimed that *Gun Crazy* was one of the most popular screenings at the festival, and I hope that my earlier column helped to contribute to that film noir fervor.
I was lucky enough to visit for a while with Ms. Cummins, and she was friendly, and enjoying every moment of her visit to L.A. I am glad I was able to see her one last time at the always poignant farewell party at Club TCM. A very lovely lady, and I felt privileged to have met her. Ms. Cummins flew home to London on Tuesday.
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Thanks for the kind comments about Mom, Bronxie! I always felt like she looked like a movie star, and at times, certainly acted like one!
And for linking up the food chain:
Well, veal parmesan, a basket of rolls, and cheesecake...at least you are being sensible about what you eat!
And Sans, I hope Mr. Sansfin is doing well! Let us know about the secret Fedex surprise!
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Bronxie, just keep "singing in the sunshine," and we'll laugh every day-hay-hey-hey...
SansFin, I like Jeeves and Wooster. I thought Stephen Fry (the butler) was also very good in it.
Happy Mother's Day, everybody! (I posted a picture of my sweet Mom on Sue Sue II in the Festivals
Forum. She actually made the hat she is wearing in the photo.
I'll be posting more Sue Sue blogs soon.
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Love that Carole Lombard, loaded for bear!
Mongo, did you see that photo I posted of my Mom on Sue Sue II on the Festivals Forum? She actually made the hat she's wearing.
Happy Mother's Day, everybody!
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Happy Mother's Day!
Dorothy Ruth loved the movies, and she passed that passion on to her children.
Thanks, Mom, for everything!
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Loved Flora Robson as Q.E. One, and that adorable Doug Mc Clure. I can't believe you hadn't run across that great Doris and doggie photo op before.
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Thanks, Miss G., for some treasures!
I second the Maven kudos...
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Bronxie, glad to hear you might be back to your "Briezy" self soon!
I make a killer mango salsa which is delish and extremely healthy...
Lynn, loved that fabulous story and intriguing photo. More! More!
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That's a cute one, Mongo. I have never, ever seen it before.
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Thanks, Mongo. George Lindsey was a lovable character, and fondly remembered by Andy Griffith, who issued a press release from the memorial home saying that the last words they had spoken to each other on the phone had been "I love you."
I appreciate your memorial, Mongo.
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Kyle, thank you so much for the lovely photo of Bob and Dolores Hope's cozy cottage. I think I could be quite snug in such a sweet abode. Coop's place is probably entirely too roomy and extravagant for me, prompting distant family members to engage in increasingly lengthy forays into my foyer....
Barb, I missed that episode. I will have to keep an eye out for it. Anything close to Lake Como and George Clooney's favorite home away from home is on my list. Sorry to hear about the Brie prohibition...
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