Swithin
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I'm waiting to see *Every Day's a Holiday* and *Klondike Annie* on TCM. Favorite lines from Every Day's a Holiday:
Mae (as Mlle. Fifi, in black wig and French accent): "You know me, take a good look. We've had dealings before."
Lloyd Nolan (as the villain): "SO! Mlle. Fifi is Peaches O'Day!"
Favorite lines from Klondike Annie:
Harold Huber (as Chan Lo) to Mae: "Languor becomes you, o pearl of lotus blossoms..."
Mae: "Can't you ever say anything the short way?"
Later on, Mae, to her maid:
"Fah Wang, turn back the bedsheets. I'm headed for the arms of Morpheus!"
And of course one of Mae's best songs opens Klondike Annie:
Happy Birthday, Mae!
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One of my favorites. *Helen Westley* was born Henrietta Remsen Meserole Mannay. Two streets in Brooklyn (Remsen annd Meserole) are named for her distinguished NY ancestors.
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*Good Neighbor Sam* ?
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I don't think it was the executives fault. Too easy to blame them. It was sadly the convention of the times for people of color to work as maids and for writers to depict them thus. Lillian Hellman's works had lots of maids; however she endowed them with the same (if not more) humanity than many of her other characters. How do you feel about Irish policemen?
(I apologize for this response, not for the content, but because these conversations come up alot and go on forever!)
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*Auntie Mame*
Chinese religious statuette
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Before they start showing too many musical films of my youth, like Woodstock, I'd like TCM to show more musical films of my parents' youth, e.g. *Gay Love* (1934) with Sophie Tucker and Florence Desmond. While Ms. Desmond does not sing one of her greatest hits, "The Deepest Shelter in Town," in Gay Love -- the song was written later, during World War II -- the film does sound intriguing and appropriate for TCM Underground. I've never seen it, but Sophie evidently shines in it (as when does she not?).
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Right, Finance, your thread.
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Well, Edythe, that clue sort of limits it to one film, doesn't it?
*All This, and Heaven Too*
Next: hobo with dogs
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It's one of my favorite Bette Davis films. Great film with a great cast. I think it's going to be on in November.
Your thread, Lavender.
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Further hint: Think MOST patriotic song's writer.
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Another hint: A tired, desperate woman returns home to her apartment, unable to find her drunken sportswriter husband. Her blowzy neighbor/friend comforts her,"he'll be back." The next morning, the San Francisco earthquake strikes.
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Tiki, Check Dunne out in I Remember Mama sometime, you might like it, it's a beautiful film. I think if they ever remade that, only Meryl Streep could do it. (I'm scared to ask what you think of the great Streep!)
I guess you must really hate Roberta, which has both Dunne AND Randolph Scott. I like the film, and Dunne's renditions of "Yesterdays" and "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" are beautifully done.
I agree with you about today's Hollywood. I love British and Indian films also. Regarding Mr. Hopkins, I prefer him on stage. He was the most brilliant King Lear I ever saw -- one of the truly monumental performances; and equally good as Antony with Judi Dench as Cleopatra. So perhaps his knighthood was based to a great extent on his theater work.
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Watching *Eric Blore* in the brilliant "Susquehanna Street Jail" telephone scene in Shall We Dance, I started thinking about my other favorite scenes with that great actor. He was in five (at least) Astaire and Rogers films and was great in each of them. He has one of his best scenes as Sir Alfred in The Lady Eve, when he warns Henry Fonda, ""Sh! Do you want to bring the walls tumbling down about our ears! Silence to the grave! And even beyond." And of course he has some very funny and odd scenes in Shanghai Gesture -- a kind of surreal side of his usual persona.
What's your favorite Eric Blore scene?
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Hint: think major patriotic song; and a musical movement.
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Further hint:
The election ball takes place in Silver Bow, Montana, in 1904, celebrating TR's election. Another hint: a later scene in the film features a rather cataclysmic event that took place out west, two years later.
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Very enjoyable post, Tiki! I totally agree about the Road movies -- hate Bing, love Bob and the films. Agree about Powell and MacMurray, to a degree, but like many of their films. But I disagree with you about Irene Dunne. How do you feel about her in I Remember Mama ? I was watching it again recently and think her's is one of the great performances. How do you feel about her in that film? Her voice had mellowed a bit, as she was older; also the accent may have made it more pleasing to you.
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Sorry, no. The election ball in question takes place in 1904.
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That's a great dance. While I was watching them today, I was trying to think which is my favorite romantic Astaire and Rogers dance. I think I would pick "Let's Face the Music and Dance" from Follow the Fleet, followed by "The Waltz in Swing Time" from Swing Time. Or the dance that follows Fred's solo song "Never Gonna Dance," also from Swing Time.
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You are cruel to those who have had the misfortune to be pretty! I only had two on my list -- Bing Crosby and Gene Kelly. I forgot about Robert Taylor, I don't like him, I think he's a lousy actor, but I don't agree with you that he's good looking. I also think the was the weakest link (and totally miscast) in Waterloo Bridge.
Among the ladies, I don't care for Loretta Young. (That's been discussed to death on these boards. Whenever the anti-Loretta hordes express their disdain for the lady and her acting, there's always someone who says, "but in the pre-codes..." )
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A pharmacist, dressing to go to an election ball, is interrupted by a doctor who needs to have a prescription filled for a child with diphtheria.
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He set new words to a popular drinking song, in a very slow tempo.
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Yes, I edited it almost immediately, but I think you were online and had already pounced! Back shortly with a new one.
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*A Hole in the Head* ? (I have "High Hopes" that I'm correct!)
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*Journey to the Center of the Earth* was my favorite film as a boy, and it's still on my top ten list. I have the DVD -- the aspect ratio is 2.35:1 throughout.
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