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Born this day January 24th:
Supporting actor Marvin Kaplan is 80.
Stocky, bespectacled comic actor with a Brooklyn accent.
In "Adam's Rib", "The Reformer and the Redhead", "Francis" (the mule), "I Can Get It for you Wholesale", "Behave Yourself!", "Wake Me When it's Over", "The Nutty Professor", "The Great Race", "Wild at Heart", etc.
The voice of Choo Choo on TV's "Top Cat" also on the TV series "Meet Millie". Discovered by Katharine Hepburn.
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Supporting actor Jerry Maren is 84 today.
Little person who appeared in "The Wizard of Oz" handing Judy Garland a lollipop to welcome her to Munchkin Land.
Also in "At the Circus" w/Marx Bros., "Maisie Was a Lady", "Three Wise Fools", "Samson and Delilah", "When My Baby Smiles at Me", etc.
He was Buster Brown on TV and radio. His salary for Oz was $50.00 a week.
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Lead/co-star Ernest Borgnine is 87.
Burly, gap-toothed, fog-voiced essential actor in close to 150 films. In "From Here to Eternity" as "Fatso", "Johnny Guitar", "Bad Day at Black Rock", "Marty" won best actor Oscar, "The Catered Affair", "The Vikings", "Pay or Die" good movie, "The Dirty Dozen", "The Wild Bunch", "The Poseidon Adventure", "Emperor of the North", "The Black Hole" etc.
In TV series "McHales Navy" and "Airwolf". Was married to Katy Jurado and Ethel Merman.
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Posthumous
Character actress Estelle Winwood (101) 1883-1984.
Witty elegant biddy in "Quality Street" w/Hepburn, "The Swan" w/Grace Kelly, "The Glass Slipper" w/Caron, "The Misfits", "The Notorious Landlady", "Dead Ringer" w/Bette Davis, "Camelot", "The Producers", "Murder by Death" her last.
Also appeared on the stage. Was best friends with Tallulah Bankhead.
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Former child star Ivan Landl (49) 1937-1987.
In only one film "The Search" (1948) with Montgomery Clift for which he was awarded a special juvenile Oscar and won a Golden Globe Award.
His performance in "The Search" gave so much hope to the people of Czechoslovakia that the Russian Govt. took him out of school and put him to work in a rock quarry.
He was forced to work there for a long time and never fully recoved from the strains put on him at the time. He lived the rest of his life in a sickly state and died at the age of 49.
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Mongo
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Saturday's question:
From which movie comes the following line:
"Darling, you're a mess . You should lay off the candy bars"?
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It was nice seeing Ann Miller remembered on TCM today.
The clips of her dancing from various movies are just dazzling. There is also a special tribute day being prepared. It's all for Annie. Great gal.
Mongo
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"THE PRISONER OF SHARK ISLAND"?
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And right you are antar. Congratulations!
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"FURY"?
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Afternoon Trivia:
Who was often called "The best actress who never won an Oscar"?
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Way to go feaito. Congratulations!
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Good news! The movie "The High and the Mighty" will finally be released by the Wayne family sometime this year on DVD and VHS. Let's all rejoice and go out and get a copy...soon.
Mongo
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bggalaxy your not alone in your sentiments regarding the passing of Bob Keeshan.
Watched and enjoyed by millions of kids (including mine) throughout the years he was a special human being who had a way with entertaining the small fry.
Our family is saddened knowing that he is not gonna be around anymore.
Mongo
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Born this day January 23rd:
Former child star Patsy O'Connor is 75.
In "Saratoga" w/Harlow, "I Promise to Pay" w/Chester Morris, "Too Hot to Handle" w/Gable & Loy, "It Ain't Hay" a good role w/Abbott & Costello, "Mister Big" w/Donald O'Connor, "Moonlight in Vermont" w/Gloria Jean, "Pardon My Rhythm", "Quicksand" w/Mickey Rooney etc.
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Lead/co-star Jeanne Moreau is 76 today.
French actress in some American films. In "5 Branded Women", "The Victors" great war film, "The Train" w/Lancaster, "The Yellow Rolls-Royce", "Monte Walsh", "The Deep", "The Last Tycoon" etc.
Was maried to director William Friedkin (The Exorcist).
She walked off the set of TVs "E.R." in 2002. Also directed a film about Lillian Gish.
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Posthumous
Co-star Ernie Kovacs (43) 1919-1962.
In "Operation Mad Ball", "Bell Book and Candle", "It Happened to Jane" w/Doris Day, "Our Man in Havana", "Strangers When We Meet" good role, "North to Alaska" very good role, "Pepe", "Sail a Crooked Ship" etc. He died in a car accident. Married to Edie Adams.
A TV comice genius ahead of his time.
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Co-star/support Dan Duryea (61) 1907-1968.
Mean-spirited, weakling and wonderful he appeared in "The Little Foxes" as Leo, "Ball of Fire" w/Stanwyck, "The Pride of the Yankees", "Sahara", "None But the Lonely Heart", "Mrs. Parkington", "Valley of Decision", "Scarlett Street" good stuff, "Woman in the Window" great stuff, "Criss Cross", "Winchester 73", "Thunder Bay", "Foxfire", Kathy O'", The Flight of the Phoenix" etc. Was really a swell guy.
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Lead/co-star/support Bob Steele (81) 1907-1988.
Was in close to 200 films mostly westerns. Also in "Of Mice and Men" as Curly, "City for Conquest" w/Cagney, "Revenge of the Zombies", "Killer McCoy" w/Mickey Rooney, "The Enforcer" w/Bogart, "Rio bravo", "Pork Chop Hill", "The Longest Day", "McLintock", etc. He was on the TV series "F Troop" and was married close to 50 years.
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Lead/co-star Randolph Scott (89) 1898-1987.
Popular star in over 100 films including "Roberta", "So Red the Rose", "The Last of the Mohicans", High, Wide and Handsome" w/Irene Dunne, "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" w/Temple, "Jesse James" w/Power, "My Favorite Wife", "Belle Starr" w/Gene Tierney, "The Spoilers", "Pittsburgh", "Colt .45", "Man in the Saddle", Ride the High Country" very good swan son for him and Joel McCrea etc.
His best friends in Hollywood were Cary Grant and Fred Astaire.
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Mongo
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Stella the mini bio's are a plus. Keep up the good work. By the way this weekend I'm gonna try Bogart's Spaghetti Loaf. Wish me luck.
Mongo
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I think it's a good idea to repeat cetain movies in the event that you missed the first showing and at a different time of day. We all can't stay up till 2 in the morning.
Besides I have the major movie channels and they are loaded with repeat showings. If I see XXX scheduled again I'll cancel my subscription. By the way I never even watched the movie whatever it is.
I'll take TCM anyday with a few repeat showings.
Mongo
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feaito you are right on the nose. Congratulations!
I just hope that there were fries with that steak.
Mongo
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Annie was a swell gal, a regular gal, a sweet gal and most of all a talented gal. I adored her in interviews since she was so cordial, up-front and honest. She would speak from her heart genuinely praising those that worked with her. A vavacious true blue Texan she proved to be the most devastatingly fast tap dancer since Eleanor Powell. She had vim and verve and although didn't expose her waist those fabulous legs were almost always in evidence in her musicals.
I'll miss her bright smile and brassy sweetness. Ann Miller was one of a kind.
Mongo
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Afternoon Trivia:
When asked about the subject of adultery which top actor said "Why fool around with hamburgers when you have steak at home"?
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feaito you are indeed correct. Congratulations!
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patypancake I recall some films when Grable danced with Dan Dailey who was a pretty good hoofer.
Also there is nothing to compare with the musicals made at MGM.
Mongo
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Tonight on TCM at 8:00 is a real treat. The movie is "Come Back, Little Sheba" with Burt Lancaster and Shirley Booth in her memorable Oscar winning performance.
It looks like TCM is getting some Paramount Pictures, at last.
Mongo
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I hear that Harrison Ford has to pork over about 90 million to his ex-wife. Those mid-life crisis' can be a pain in the old arss.
Mongo
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Born this day January 22nd:
Lead/co-star John Hurt is 64.
Versatile actor in over 100 films since the 1960s. In "A Man for All Seasons", "10 Rillington Place" a chilling film, "The Ghoul", "Midnight Express" supporting actor Oscar nominee, "Alien" a graphic shock when the alien came out of his stomach, "The Elephant Man" Oscar nominee best actor, "Spaceballs" parody of his Alien role, "The Field", "Rob Roy", "Contact", "Captain Corelli's Mandolin", "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" etc.
He has two sons Nicolas and Alexander.
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Lead/co-star Piper Laurie is 72.
On screen from the 1950s proved a strong actress. In "The Prince Who was a Thief", "Mississippi Gambler", "Ain't Misbehavin'", "Until They Sail", "The Hustler" Oscar nominee best actress, "Carrie" Oscar nominee best supporting actress, "Tim" w/Mel Gibson, "The Glass Harp", "Ruby" w/Stuart Whitman etc. Also a TV and stage actress wed 40 years.
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Posthumous
Co-star/support Bill Bixby (59) 1934-1993.
In "Lonely Are the Brave" w/Kirk Douglas, "Irma la Douce", "Under the Yum, Yum Tree", "Clambake" & "Speedway" with Elvis, "Ride Beyond Vengeance" w/Gloria Grahame" etc.
Directed many TV shows. Was in TV series "My Favorite Martian", "The Courtship of Eddie's Father" and "The Incredibla Hulk". First wife Brenda Benet committed suicide a year after their son died of a rare infection.
Mr. Bixby fought a long, hard battle against cancer.
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Lead/co-star Ann Sothern (92) 1909-2001.
Sparkling and appealing star who appeared in "Trade Winds", "Masie" so popular it became a series of films, "Lady Be Good", "Panama Hattie", "Cry Havoc", "April Showers", "A Letter to Three Wives" good role, "Nancy Goes to Rio", "The Blue Gardenia", "The Best Man", "Lady in a Cage", "The Whales of August" best supporting actress Oscar nominee etc.
Had her own TV series as Susie in "Private Secretary" also the voice of the defunct "My Mother the Car". She was married to Roger Pryor and Robert Sterling.
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Supporting actor/singer William Warfield (82) 1920-2002.
If only for his presence in the 1951 musical "Show Boat" as Joe in which he sings a stirring rendition of "Ol' Man River".
Was married to Leontyne Price.
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Lead/co-star Conrad Veidt (50) 1893-1943.
Suave and sinister actor in "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" excellent horror, "The Man Who Laughs", "A Woman's Face" w/Crawford, "Escape" w/Shearer & Taylor, "The Thief of Bagdad", "Whistling in the Dark", "The Men in her Life" w/Loretta Young, "All Through the Night" w/Bogart, "Casablanca", "Above Suspicion" etc.
Died of a fatal heart attack while playing golf.
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Mongo
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Johnny Weissmuller's Stuffed Frankfurters
10 hot dogs about 5" long
10 long pieces of bacon
Stuffing for hot dogs
1 can (16oz) pork and beans
2 tbs of relish or sweet pickle
2 tds chili sauce
Put the beans in a mixing bowl and mash slightly.
The mix in the relish and chili sauce.
Split the hot dogs lengthwise, leaving one side attached.
Open and fill with one spoonful of stuffing.
Close and wrap each hot dog in a piece of bacon and fasten with toothpicks.
Put in baking pan and bake in a hot (400 F) oven for 20 to 30 minutes.
Mongo
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Addition:
I failed to mention that Telly Savalas was nominated for a supporting actor Oscar in "Birdman of Alcatraz".
Mongo
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Classicsfan you happen to favor the same seafood as I do except that I do like a nice flounder filet once in a while.
Mongo
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
in Staff Discussion Forum
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Correction and addition:
The correct spelling of the former child actor's last name is Jandl and not Landl.
Also another source has his age of death at 46.
He also kept in contact with actress Jarmila Novotna who played his mother in "The Search".
Mongo