Swithin
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27 minutes ago, DougieB said:
William Lanteau in particular as Available Jones cracks me up as Julie Newmar's "handler". And Ted Thurston as Senator Jack S. Phogbound. ("There's no Jack S. like our Jack S.") There were so many great hambones in the cast keeping old vaudeville traditions alive, but the beating heart of the cast was Billie Hayes as Mammy. ("I has spoken!") May she rest in peace.
Peter Palmer and Leslie Parrish (Abner and Daisy Mae) are still with us. It would be nice if they introduced a TCM screening of the film. Edie Adams played Daisy Mae on Broadway, but couldn't play it in the movie, due to her pregnancy. Parrish is the only principal in the film whose singing is dubbed.
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"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" -- Sung by Constance Bennett in Moulin Rouge (1934)
Next: Another song sung by an American using a non-American accent
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James Cagney was in The Roaring Twenties with Gladys George.
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On 5/5/2021 at 12:19 PM, Sepiatone said:
The only person from that movie( and wouldn't it be cool if TCM showed it once in a while?) whose name I ever knew and remembered was STUBBY KAYE.
But at 96 she did have a good run. I hope she is resting in peace.
Sepiatone
Along with Stubby, many of them (Peter Palmer, Billie Hayes, Joe E. Marks, Howard St. John, Al Nesor, Ted Thurston) came from the Broadway production, but surely you've heard of Stella Stevens and Julie Newmar, who played Appassionata Von Climax and Stupefyin' Jones? (Newmar was in the Broadway production as well.) Donna Douglas and Valerie Harper were also in the film, as chorus/dancers.
Yes, it would be great if TCM showed it!
That's Diki Lerner as Lonesome Polecat, far left front. Third from the left is Robert Strauss as Romeo Scragg, then Carmen Alvarez as Moonbeam McSwine (sleeping out with pigs is her line), Al Nesor at far right, next to Stella Stevens, with Julie Newmar with outstretched arms, in the center.
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Billie Hayes has left us at the age of 96. She played Mammy Yokum in the musical Li'l Abner on Broadway, then went on to play the role brilliantly in the 1959 film. She went on to play many other memorable roles, but she'll always be Mammy Yokum to me.
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10 hours ago, lavenderblue19 said:
Thanks Swithin. I wish TCM would air Make Mine Mink more often. Love this comedy.
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She was an Oscar nominated actress. She appeared on the stage, in films and on tv. Many times she'd play motherly type roles. She did play a homely looking woman ina film that's shown on TCM, although she was a lovely looking woman. Besides her impressive film career she had an important role in a very successful tv mini series. She was married to a succesful photographer and theatrical producer. Couple and her Oscar nominated film and a few of her other famous films and that tv mini-series ?????????
Tried to send you a PM, but you're full up!
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On 5/3/2021 at 3:26 PM, Bogie56 said:
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A Tale of Springtime (1990) Eric Rohmer
Another tale of two strangers who suddenly become girlfriends. And boy do these girls like to talk! Not as good as Boyfriends and Girlfriends (1987) but better than Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (1987).
I love Rohmer's Tales of the Four Seasons! My favorite is A Tale of Summer. And yes, they do love to talk, and I love their conversations. I guess the characters are like Mantan Moreland in King of the Zombies:
Samantha: "You ain't no zombie, zombies can't talk!"
Jeff: "Can I help it cause I'm loquacious?"
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10 minutes ago, Hibi said:
Must be around the sixth time. Has rerun season started with Sven?
Maybe. An old friend returns this coming Saturday:
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24 minutes ago, lavenderblue19 said:
OY! I should have known this. Hattie Jacques and John Le Mesurier ?? Both in The Carry On movie series. Hattie was in one of my favorite of all British comedies Make Mine Mink based on Kander and Ebb's play 70 Girls 70 starring Mildred Natwick. Hattie had a role in the horror movie Mother Riley Meets the Vampire, the horror icon was Bela Lugosi ?????
Eureka, you are right Lavender! Both Make Mine Mink and later 70, Girls, 70, are based on the same play: Breath of Spring. Hattie played Matron in four Carry On movies, and appeared in several other Carry On movies. John was in many movies, including an uncredited role in Ben-Hur.
Pronunciations: Le Mesurier is pronounced Le Measurer (like someone who measures); Jacques is pronounced Jakes.
One of their sons, Robin Le Mesurier, is a guitarist who played with Rod Stewart.
Your turn Lavender!
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Cary Grant was in I'm No Angel with Ralf Harolde.
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21 hours ago, Det Jim McLeod said:
Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962) VHS Tape 8/10
An early 20th century family deals with addictions and illness.
After viewing The Iceman Cometh a few days ago, I was on a Eugene O'Neill kick so I pulled out my old VHS of this one. Katherine Hepburn gives one of her best performances as the drug addicted matriarch. Also excellent are Ralph Richardson as her miserly actor husband, Jason Robards as the alcoholic older son and Dean Stockwell as the younger son seriously ill with TB. Many great scenes of confrontation between this dysfunctional bunch, and it quietly concludes.
I just want to mention this was the full near 3 hour version. I had taped it years ago on TCM, it even has Robert Osbourne's intro and outro. My VCR has been giving me trouble recently and I have not used it in months. However I put it in and it played perfectly and it even rewound all the way to the end. I was glad because I was afraid the tape would get ruined like a few other ones I have tried to watch.
Fredric March originated the role of James Tyrone on Broadway (1956-58), His wife Florence Eldridge played Mary Tyrone. Jason Robards, Jr. played James, Jr., the older son. Bradford Dillman was the younger son. The play and March won Tony Awards.
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9 hours ago, Princess of Tap said:
Swith, Give us another clue. Maybe somebody else can answer this one, because I don't have a clue.LOL
Princess, when I don't have a clue, after one of you has provided many hints, I sometimes use Google. Google my last hint ("Ooh Matron"), and that should lead you to the answer.
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Nashville (1975)
Next: Unusual rock formations
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Helen Chandler was in Outward Bound with Tempe Pigott.
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More hunchbacks (played by Jane Adams and Dwight Frye)
House of Dracula (1945)
Frankensein (1931)
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19 hours ago, johnpressman said:
My Dad owned The Gourmet and Gift Center at 153 W57th Street, right across the street from the Russian Tea Room. We sold imported fancy foods such as caviar, pate', truffles, coffees , teas, chocolates, etc. Many celebrities were regular customers including Gig Young, Harry Belafonte (whose office was next door) Igor Stravinsky, Bobby Short, Tony Randall, Barbara Walters, Al Pacino, Cary Grant, Fred Astaire, Louis Armstrong ( to whom we would deliver as his modest house was just a few blocks from our home in Queens), and many of the Broadway, Metropolitan Opera and the Ed Sullivan Show crowd, including Stiller and Meara as well as a young Ben Stiller.
I used to deliver regularly to the Osborne apartment building.
Charles Strouse also lived in the Osborne. (Perhaps he still does.)
I worked with Tony Randall and Bobby Short. They both had an air that could be referred to as pomposity, but I enjoyed working with them. Tony lived in the Beresford, on West 81st Street. Bobby lived in the Osborne.
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"I Can't Give You Anything but Love" -- sung in numerous movies by Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Judy Holiday, Marlene Dietrich, right up to more contemporary films. Here's a version sung by Lena Horne in Stormy Weather (1943):
Next: Another Dorothy Fields/Jimmy McHugh song used in a movie
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8 hours ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
so, i watched a filme we have all been discussing in another thread
DANGEROUS LIAISONS (1988)
I was tidying up today -- having my first dinner party in more than a year tomorrow (everyone vaccinated) -- and came across my programme for the RSC production, which I saw in London in 1986. Programme includes some interesting articles about Laclos, who wrote the novel. Loved the play. Not sure if I've seen the film.
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4 minutes ago, Dargo said:
Yep, good example, Swithin.
And, along with Madam X (both the Gladys George and Lana Turner versions) and Stanwyck in Stella Dallas.
Jenny is more tragic, it's an inverted Madame X. Madame X is acquitted by her son, the lawyer. Jenny is sent to be executed by her son the prosecutor.
Stella's pretty tragic, though.
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2 minutes ago, Dargo said:
Btw, of all the various character types in movies and literature, it's been the tragic hero, the type who sacrifices all for another or others, and often including their own life, that's always pulled at my heartstrings the most. Someone dying from a disease, not so much.
(...I think this all goes back to when I was a little kid watching Son of Kong holding up Robert Armstrong in his hand and above the water as the island sank into the ocean)
If we think of sacrifice to save/protect someone else as tragic, then this lady is top of the list.
Ruth Chatterton as Frisco Jenny (1932)
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On 4/29/2021 at 9:09 PM, Swithin said:
When I first saw this thread, Ratboy came to mind immediately, not just because he is indeed one of the most tragic characters, but because the film's poignancy is forgotten. If you look at the users reviews on IMDB, they range from: "Ratboy: Why Movies Should Never Have Been Invented;" to "Much Maligned Misunderstood Masterpiece." The truth is probably somewhere in the middle, but the character of Ratboy is certainly one of the most tragic I can recall.
Someone posted Ronald Colman as Sydney Carton as a tragic character. I don't find him tragic: he's heroic! If he didn't make his great sacrifice, he may have ended up tragic.
Quote from a user review: Ratboy is, quite simply, one of the finest motion pictures ever made. It certainly earns its status amongst cinema's greatest achievements. Like It's a Wonderful Life and Freaks, Ratboy was a critical and commercial failure during its time, but will no doubt one day receive the accolade and recognition it so richly deserves."
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Today's hint: "Oooh Matron!"
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On Svengoolie tomorrow, May 1, 2021:
Not again!
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Billie Hayes (1924-2021) -- played Mammy Yokum in the 1959 film musical "Li'l Abner"
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I stand corrected! At least I didn't say "Kranmar," which is a "delicious mystery appetizer!"