MissGoddess

I remember Bob Hope doing it quite often in the Road pictures and in his solo efforts. I think Groucho did so as well.

And the language! I can't believe some of the words that show up on primetime television not to mention movies. :0

Hi Anne, Yes, that's too true. There are a handful of exceptions, happily---Anthony Mann's DEVIL'S DOORWAY would be a good one to show because it's one of the first to feature a main character as a Native American coping with the infringement of settlers upon his land. It's beautifully photographed, too, in noirish black and white. Also, I would recommend Fort Apache, because along with clearly showing how the Indians were lied to by the Government and taken advantage of by its representatives, it also shows cavalry life and the positive, communal aspects of life on the frontiers---something that will be so exotic and foreign to kids because there is NO communal life at all anywhere on earth outside of a third world village perhaps---and even those are disappearing. Miss G

More beautiful covers, thanks!

Peck also has the Hemingway connection, having starred in The Snows of Kilimanjaro with one of Papa's favorites, Ava Gardner.

Indeed! Everytime I'd watch one I'd be so impressed and there in the end credits would be "Directed by Alfred Hitchcock". Not that the other directors, especially Robert Stevenson, weren't first rate. I've been impressed and surprised by every episode I've seen. One thing I noticed that separated his espisodes as peculiarly Hitch's "style" was there was invariably a longer sequence filmed entirely without dialogue and almost without any sound. His background in silents never left him and gave him such a command of the "visual". Miss G

Oh, I have to jump in with my own 'pinion. I think the movies in the last 10-15 are much too explicit and violent to show to kids---I wouldn't let mine watch them that's for sure. John Ford's westerns were pure entertainment but were most accurate depictions of human nature as it was, is and always has been and that would make them valid to show. I can't imagine movies about the west being shown without John Ford. Just my 'pinion, folks.

Maybe because there were just only so many leading roles he would have been suitable for, whereas back home in Mexico he was a Giant star and could be the central star of stories made just for him. At least John Ford loved him and gave him these memorable roles that will live on. I have a dear friend from South America, where he was also famous, and she was shocked to know he even had a career here! Miss G

Actors like these bear repeating, Anne!

I loved both Brennan and Hunnicut---they brought so much to each film, they were indispensible in my opinion.

[nobr]Oh, C, you have to see that episode of "I Love Lucy"---it's one of her most famous. Her last, explosive line: "I kissed Bill Holden!!!!!" and then faints.[/nobr] [nobr]Lucy in Disguise...with diamonds...[/nobr] [nobr][/nobr]

Have you seen any of the Thin Man movies, with Bill Powell and Myrna Loy? They are a real delight. Exciting mysteries and bouyant comedy all in one. As for Spence, he's all over the place in terms of genres but among his best I consider: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Fury (directed by Fritz Lang), Captain's Courageous (Oscar #2), Test Pilot (with Gable), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (his last), Inherit the Wind, Bad Day at Black Rock and Boy's Town (Oscar #1). You might like Gregory Peck, too---he is somewhat similar in style to Cooper, in that he says much with few words and most always was a hero: The Big Country, Yellow Sky and The Gunfighter are among his good westerns, and others excellent movies: To Kill a Mockingbird, Roman Holiday (with Audrey Hepburn), Twelve O'Clock High and an early one by Hitchcock, Spellbound.

Oooh Whoooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 If that doesn't get people to buy it JUST for the cover, I don't know what will!!!!

Hi John----I have Season I and II as well---I watch them over and over. I think they are wonderful examples of screenwriting and I study them. My favorites so far (I haven't seen the other seasons in so long) include: The very first episode, with Vera Miles and Ralph Meeker, called "Revenge." After I saw it I was completely shocked by the ending. Maybe I'm just bad at figuring out mysteries but his shows invariably surprise me with their endings. "The Case of Mr. Pellham" starring Tommy Ewell. This later inspired a movie starring Roger Moore but to me the Hitchcock half-hour version is the superior. "Breakdown", starring Joseph Cotten as a hard-driven, difficult businessman who suffers a car wreck---everyone thinks he's dead but in fact he is only paralyzed and it's truly frightening how you see everyting that's happening to him through his eyes (Cotten narrates his thoughts). "One More Mile to Go" - Starring David Wayne and Steve Brodie. Boy, this sure shows you the importance of getting your brakelights checked regularly! It's interesting that all my choices have one thing in common: they are all episodes directed by the Master himself. Miss G

Yes, one day I'd like to get that Lion's Gate collection that was just released.

That was "Lamb to the Slaughter", with Barbara Bel Geddes was the guest star. That's just about everyone's favorite. I also like "The Strange Case of Mr. Pellham", with Tommy Ewell. I don't think Andy ever guested on it, at least not the 1/2 hour show.

[nobr]Miss Piggy's my favorite muppet, and my mascot for being a TCM "board hog", especially when it comes to pictures![/nobr] [nobr][/nobr]

Yes and I liked it a lot. I just wasn't too sure about Holden's character being all that happy with Arthur's character on down the line. She seemed more interested in becoming a land baron with his help than in romance!

I think he was one of the greats of the classic era, definitely. My favorites are his more romantic films: Sabrina, Love is a Many Splendored Thing, The World of Suzy Wong, as well as his westerns like The Horse Soldiers, The Man from Colorado and Escape from Fort Bravo. He was brilliant in Sunset Blvd., but it's not as much a favorite of mine. Oh, and I thought he was really cute in An Apartment for Peggy with Jeanne Craine. Miss G

[nobr]If you like pre-codes Trouble sparkles brightly! [/nobr] [nobr]I just received my Criterion version in the mail this week. Can't wait to experience it---it's full of extras![/nobr] [nobr][/nobr]

It would be tough but just going off the top of my head: Trouble in Paradise - Lubitsch making the kind of movie that captured a spirt and time which may never have really existed, but oh! how he makes you wish it had. Algiers - An exotic location, two beautiful people with the law ruthlessly separating them, combine for a very unconventional but classic love story. How Green Was My Valley - Love, betrayal, economic upheaval and changing values put a close-knit Welsh family into turmoil---but never was such a family so lovingly and humanly portrayed as by John Ford's sensitive and sure hand. See why he is one of the greatest artists in Hollywood history. Man of the West - It was so hard for me to choose one Gary Cooper movie and I had to have one no matter what. I also wanted a western. I also wanted to pick a performance which would make the strongest possible impact on an audience unfamiliar with his work, and that narrowed it to High Noon or this one. I prefer this one but either would have been fine to show the world that westerns, and Gary Cooper westerns---could be more than just cowboys and indians. It was so hard not to include a Garbo, Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable or Errol Flynn movie, not to mention William Powell and Spencer Tracy.

I've never seen "Crime and Punishment"----is that based on the Dosteyevsky novel?

> And before anyone categorizes him under the often > narrow heading of Charactor Actor, I'd happily advise > them to take in the gem that is "You Can't Take it > With You", in which EA repeatedly wedges in between > co-stars Lionel Barrymore and James Stewart, and > quietly steals every scene he graces. I quite agree Klondike, well said. And that's why I say he's one of my favorite actors of all time! What a talent and what majestic presence he had. He should have played Henry VIII --- did he, ever?