MissGoddess

CS, jr. : Right after I posted to you I found this article on a new Fay Wray documentary in my inbox! http://baltimore.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=21279

>>>I own Robert Riskin's own typed final draft copy from 1935 (on delicate onionskin paper) of the script to MR DEEDS GOES TO TOWN<<< That is indeed a treasure!

ChiO---I've really enjoyed reading your posts since you joined us, and if you say *King of Comedy* and *After Hours* are worth a peak, I will consider adding them to my Netflix queue (though Jerry Lewis directed by Martin Scorcese is a tough sell. In fact, Jerry Lewis directed by anyone except a traffic cop is a tough sell for me.). And yes, the bloodiness is exactly what turns me off in Marty's films, that and his incessant, albeit sometimes creative, use of one particular expletive.

"Men are all alike, only their ties are different!"

*The Bad and The Beautiful*

*Johnny Eager*

*Johnny Eager*

*Johnny Eager* Starring Robert Taylor, Lana Turner with Glenda Farrell and Pat Dane

Thanks, FG, for that sparkling picture of Miss Lana Turner, and of all the other lovely images. Well, here is how they line up: *Husband #1: Artie Shaw* *Husband #2: Stephen Crane* *Husband #3: Bob Topping* *Husband #4: Lex Barker * *Husband #5: Fred May* *Husband #6: Robert Eaton* *Husband #7: Ronald Dante*

*Veronica Lake*

*Ella Raines*

*I Wake Up Screaming*

"His philosophy, in addition to scaring the wits out of people, was that he had a responsibility to the millions who saw our pictures. He aimed at more than mere exploitable crook shows, and wanted their impact to result from legitimate psychological conflicts. Lewton's pictures were cheaply made, but not cheap." Director Robert Wise, from an interview in Films in Review, January 1963

*Cat People*

German + Noir = Fritz Lang? No. *Marlene Dietrich*

He is mentioned promininently in "Puttin' on the Ritz" - Have you seen the well-to-do Up and down Park Avenue On that famous thoroughfare With their noses in the air High hats and narrow collars White spats and lots of dollars Spending every dime For a wonderful time Now, if you're blue And you don't know where to go to Why don't you go where fashion sits Puttin' on the Ritz Different types who wear a daycoat Pants with stripes and cutaway coat Perfect fits Puttin' on the Ritz *Dressed up like a million dollar trooper Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper Super-duper* Come, let's mix where Rockefellers Walk with sticks or "umberellas" In their mitts Puttin' on the Ritz

*For a certain Mr. Grimes to illuminate who is the star of a certain Fritz Lang film*

>>>Although Bob started going broke at the end of the Lana marriage and Lana was supporting him and all his businesses eventually. Lana's mother finally told her, "Divorce him, you can't afford to keep a millionaire!!"<<< It seemed like no matter how promising her prospects with the next marriage looked, it turned into a disaster! Who'd think a *millionaire* would end up a pecuniary burden. A girl has always had to look sharp before she lept, that's one thing I've learned from Lana. Of course, today she would have been armed with a drawer full of Pre-nups. Love your stories, Larry, they are such a treat.

>>> I think that of all the movie genres, comedies have gotten the worst in recent years. <<< Amen to that. They all seem to be of the juvenile male variety or so off-beat they are un-funny. By the way, that was a very nice montage, Angie.

>>>Miss G(loria) -- I just love entering this thread. Do you mind if I stay the night here? Gloria & Gene are hard to leave. <<< Door's always open to you Frank. But I hope you're not too tall---the sofa gets uncomfortable for anyone over 6 feet.

TCMprogrammer indicated it will be rescheduled in January. http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=114091&tstart=0

>>>It was also very PC (the new version) there was nobody smoking in the new version, compare that to the smoke filled bar in Bisbee where everyone lights up as soon as they walk in, lol <<< Holy smokes, no smokes???? I find the efforts to be PC that are tortuously in conjunction with the self-righteous pursuit of "realism" in today's movies to be a source of endless amusement. They don't mind showing people blowing someone's insides but let them offer a guy a light for his cigarette and they call the police.

I ain't Cloak-and-Dagger copout weenie. And I can even find it in my heart to forgive anyone who can't appreciate Ford. Not everyone has to like Shakespeare, either. I'll only include those I've seen at least three major works they did, not the many who turned me off after just one opportunity: 1. Stanley Kubrick leaves me chilled to the bone, with the exception of the movies he seemed to disparage the most, his early ones, namely Spartacus and in part, Paths of Glory and The Killing. 2. Robert Altman - I just don't get his movies, what is supposed to be special about them. I would welcome insight on this. 3. Martin Scorcese - I will qualify this by saying I love this man for his passion and the wonderful, wonderful efforts he's made to save old movies and expose them to later generations. I just can't stand his slaughterhouse style. 4. Quentin Tarantino - I don't know if he's int he "Canon" yet, but I suspect he will be but not with my vote. 5. Joel & Ethan Cohen - Perhaps they too are not yet in the pantheon, but I also suspect they eventually will be, alas. The only movie they did I liked was Intolerable Cruelty, which should illustrate my appreciation of their true style. 6. Ingmar Bergman - zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz