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Yancey, I love Laurel and Hardy but The Boyfriend Series is unfamiliar to me, I was going to say that it was probrably before my time but so was Laurel and Hardy.Anyway, I love anything w/ L&H and how about Abbott and Costello?

Unfortunately the title brings nothing to mind......Give me a little more info. to refresh my mind.

It all comes back to the same thing, the classics are a way of basking in the familiar, the more black and white the better,the more soothing background music the better.We can, with TCM and DVDs, reminisce at any given moment.WAY BACK THEN IT WAS AN EAGERLY AWAITED EVENT! ONLY TO BE SHARED WITH THE ONES YOU CHERISH.A ritual that bonded any and all who chose to participate.Each movie is a treasured memory.

CCerini.Though I hadn't been born for the time of Pearl Harbor, I can only imagine the utter shock, kind of like 9/11 for my kids and Nixon's resignation for my generation, not to mention The hostages of 1980,The boycotted Olympics of 1980.I know that the last few I mentioned do not compare to Pearl Harbor or 9/11 but they do classify as out of the ordinary.

Susanlenox,is the Nancy Walker you mention the one who was big on sitcoms in the 70's, namely "Rhoda" (the mother).Thanks for your information.This thread has been very informative.

Have you checked out the listing for tonight on TCM? I already cried my eyes out w/ Madame X earlier and I'm now watching "Mogambo" which will be followed by two other Clark Gable movies, "Boom Town", and "China Seas". As far as my family, my kids are in their teens as well but we are very close and open with one another.My kids are my all......they are what it's all about.

Wow! I'm jealous!! I would have absolutely loved to have been able to attend such an event.At least with these first hand accounts I feel as though I were there, and boy was it great!

That's awesome, sounds like an idyllic childhood.

Ah! Great movie! made Cathy Moriarty famous and Robert DeNiro even more famous, I believe he won the Academy Award for his portrayal.Martin Scorsese has a winner w/ that one.

I thought all of this was my monitor............I was on in the afternoon and was suddenly shut off more than three times, I gave up trying after about 30 minutes.As for the color, it's hard for me to tell because mine is funky and always changing color.

CCerini and I were talking about this movie just yesterday on the Dorothy McGuire thread.Great movie, great actors, even better song, ulta famous!

Sorry, doesn't even sound familiar to me.Maybe someone else will be able to figure it out. Good luck!

I recently read "Kate Remembered".It was written in her later years by a confidante named Scott Berg who shared many happy and not so happy moments with her.I read another one about Spencer Tracy/Katharine Hepburn but I'm not sure about the name, I'll have to look for the book in my 'library'. Wasn't Jean Arthur from the 30's or 40's?I vaguely remember her.

Welcome Normandie7: If you liked "High Noon" I gather that you are a fan of Gary Cooper? What other movies and or artists do you like?

Movieman: I say that you've got to love a man who appreciates "It's a Wonderful Life". Sounds like you have an enriched life if, as you say, you have the love of your friends and family.I figure that no matter how bad a given situation might be there is always someone else worse off .I always try to find the positive in everything and that seems to pull me through. I think the movie "Spencer's Mountain-1963"is a really good ,stand by your family and sacrifice for them type of movie, it gives you a warm feeling .Henry Fonda and Maureen O'Hara play the parents and I just love both of them.If you have'nt seen it you should.It teaches the importance of family and education.This movie was written by Earl Hamner Jr.(wrote The 70's show -Waltons), this is a supposed spinoff for that precise show.

I really like Bette Davis as an actress but there are two reasons why I would not want to have lunch w/ her;(1) she was a chain smoker (yuk!) and (2) she was too bossy and opinionated.I never miss seeing her movies though.

I understand both your and Tamika's point of view.Sometimes reality is hard to face.Racism is alive and well all over the globe and if we don't see it we don't believe it exists.Sometimes it takes a movie or documentary or a short to get the point across, no matter how hard it may be to watch.

Since you mentioned war movies the one that quickly comes to mind is the "Deer Hunter" from 1979 w/ the great Robert DeNiro, none the less great Meryl Streep (always a pleasure to watch)and Christopher Walken. That movie is the one that made me realize the realities of war. Another is "Coming Home" w/ Jon Voight, Jane Fonda and Bruce Dern (Laura's father).I believe that both Jon and Jane won the oscar that year for their great performances.

Wow! Thanks for reminding me of Sherlock Holmes, I used to watch a lot of those movies myself.........Does anyone remember the Charlie Chan movies???? I bet those bring back memories.

I must make it a point ot watch the whole movie. I just love both Hepburn and Brazzi.Thanks for the info.

I can't think of any other actress who could have played Melanie better than Olivia. She is a real pro in my book.

Ok Jack, you've got me again....................Who are these people you mentioned?

Hey Jack, I'm so glad that you mentioned the great Vincente Minnelli, He was genuinely a great director, he brought out the best in several actors, such as; Elizabeth Taylor and Spencer Tracy in both Father of the Bride and its sequel, Father's Little Divdend,Judy Garland (this one was more personal) in Meet Me In St. Louis.I know there are other ones they just don't come to mind as easily.

Oh yeah! That is the movie where the old man travels on a tractor to see his brother. If I'm not mistaken, Sissy Spacek plays his daughter or something,right?

For some reason the movie "The Imitation of Life", Claudette Colbert version comes to my mind.Where I grew up there was a lot of racism, I was never a racist but my parents certainly were and I used to argue w/ them about how bad that was and how I didn't want to be a part of it.One night my mother and I saw that movie and we both cried, that moment I knew that my mother had the ability to change. I came to the conclusion that maybe her idea of racism was just an attitude passed down from generation to generation.