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The Fox (1967) Next: Sunflowers

Thanks for reviving this thread. It's a pleasure to post in a thread created by Prince Saliano! I saw Daughter of Shanghai for the first time recently. Anna May Wong and Philip Ahn are the leads. It's refreshing to have two Asian protagonists who are portrayed so well. Spoilers: The most evil of all the villains in the film is a Caucasian women, well played by Cecil Cunningham. A scene near the beginning is terrifying and tragically timely: the trap door in the plane.

Sweet Charity

Judith Anderson Next: Centenarian still living

Jon Hall (Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944) -- "Open sesame!" Next: Closed

I used to watch telethons. My friends and I (as teens) went to the Jerry Lewis Telethon. It was held that year at the Americana Hotel on 53rd Street/7th Avenue. We were allowed to stay for an hour or two, sitting at a big round table. Then we had to leave, so that other people could come in. They collected donations from the audience as well. I think, in terms of performance, I preferred the Steve & Eydie/Dennis James/James Pickens telethon. And I vaguely remember enjoying the Martha Raye Telethon.

Playwrights edit all the time. Tennessee Williams did it. Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest was originally a four-act play, until he cut it (losing at least one character). With films, sometimes you need to shoot more, before you realize what you want to edit.

Very interesting idea, hope they consider it for next year!

I just remembered I have the DVD of My Darling Clementine. It's not a new release, but it says it has the "Alternate Pre-Release Version of Movie," as well as other extras, including a behind the scenes featurette about the alternate version.

Yes! Yours, Arsan.

Ethel Merman was in We're Not Dressing with Leon Errol.

Blonde Venus is interesting for many reasons, one of which is that it's the woman, played by Marlene Dietrich, who is unfaithful to her husband (Herbert Marshall). She has an affair with Cary Grant, who gives her money for the medical treatment her husband needs. I think this is a rare example of a woman's infidelity, for which she suffers. A great film, famous for the "Hot Voodoo" number, but so much more than that. "I'm going to blazes, I want to be bad!"

Think Shakespeare's Lysander's buddy.

Paul Robeson as Othello, with Uta Hagen as Desdemona, appeared in a production of Othello which opened in 1943 and which to this day remains the longest-running production of a Shakespeare play ever on Broadway. There is an audio of the production. Robeson and Hagen were not pleased with the recording, but it's a treasure for those of us who couldn't see their performances. Margaret Webster (the daughter of Dame May Whitty and Ben Webster) directed. Here's an excerpt. Btw, the stories of the tour of that production are hair-raising and can be read about in Martin Duberman's biography of Paul Robeson.

Cliff Robertson Next: New Yorker who played a southerner

That is the punch line of a very dirty joke! Google the line and dirty joke, and you'll find it.

Night Tide (1961) Next: Bad meal

Elisabeth Risdon was in Random Harvest with Margaret Wycherly.

Phil Silvers Next: Acted amid art deco settings

Gypsy Rose Lee Next: Involved with a mobster

Ruth Donnelly (whose uncle was Mayor of Trenton, NJ) was in Footlight Parade with Claire Dodd.

Shirley you've heard of the aria "Largo al Factotum" from The Barber of Seville? OK, I'll post it in the the opera thread.

"Gore Gore O Banke Chore" sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Amirbai Karnataki in Samadhi (1950). I love this scene, good as anything from the MGM musicals! Next: Another song with a connection to India

To paraphrase: Face covering for Lysander's buddy.