clore

I've seen it, but not in 20 years. It will grab you from the very first shot. You'll see what I mean on Christmas Eve.

Yes, Henry Travers catches up to Bogart at the gas station and says that a jackrabbit jumped in front of the car and he lost control.

Saw the ads for the upcoming "Master de Baters" or something like that. Is Pee Wee Herman going to be part of that?

Everyone sounded as though he or she had been sucking helium, and were jumping around like Keystone Kops. Whew, I'm glad that someone else thought so. The motion wasn't as noticeable to me as was the Mickey Mouse sounds coming from the actors.

he kept kissing her as he slowly fell to his knees...where were the 1955 censors? According to Joseph Lewis, Cornell Wilde went ballistic when he saw that scene between Conte and Mrs. Wilde and Lewis claimed it had to be trimmed a few frames.

Based on my own experience with showing it to my son when he was 14, I'll nominate THE INVISIBLE MAN. First off, it's an effects film and in this case they hold up rather well. It doesn't take long to get to the point either since it runs about 75 minutes. There's plenty of humor in it as well as Claude Rains goes around town scaring the citizens. Sure, there's some grittier violence in it, but it's relatively tame compared to what's out there these days. Plus, if they've seen Cameron's TITANIC, you can always point out that Gloria Stuart is in it.

That's right, you're a fellow New Yorker. Darn it, my Time-Warner cable box just rebooted itself - it's really annoying as it's a five minute process at least. Just as the paddle guy was doing his thing in HOUSE OF WAX.

I remember that Ethel Griffies used to show up on Merv Griffin fairly often. Most people probably know her from THE BIRDS as the old woman in the diner. I love her in the last Fox Charlie Chan film CASTLE IN THE DESERT where she plays a psychic. The 1934 JANE EYRE used to play constantly on TV in the early 60s, I haven't seen it since then. It is out on video, but it's an Alpha release so I woldn't be expecting much in the way of a decent print.

Ethel Griffies was Grace Poole in both the 1934 and 1943 versions of JANE EYRE.

I have Time-Warner in NYC and we get about six titles. This wasn't always the case, several years ago there were perhaps fifteen titles on average. I can't even remember the last time that I've watched TCM On Demand, it had to be over a year ago. It seems that THE BIG HEAT is always there on the list. I checked a few days ago and sure enough, there it was.

I'm glad that I was able to help. I saw that one when it came out, I was seven years old at the time and barely remember any of it. But as it was the first talking baby film that I ever saw, I figured that it had to be the one.

Could it be BOBBIKINS with Shirley Jones? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053661/

I talked to a service representative yesterday & they said it's not considered late until the 25th. Six days away from the end of the month which the magazine covers is what they consider late? I'd demand an extra issue at the end of the subscription.

Thanks, clore. I see that Shirley Booth was also in that production, playing the role that Ruth Hussey would later assume in the film version. You're welcome. It's a great site, the Broadway equivalent to the IMDb. Speaking of Shirley Booth, look at who appeared on stage with her in her first Broadway play: http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=8946

I assume that Kate Hepburn was in the production with him, but I'm not certain. Yes, Hepburn was also in the play. As she had a piece of the action, the movie was not going to be made without her being in it. That was not for negotiation. As an added note, it was Van Heflin who played Macaulay Connor. Here's the opening night cast: http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=12441

It's interesting that you mention Bogart as when the play SABRINA FAIR was filmed, it was Bogart who inherited what was the Joseph Cotten role on stage.

If it's to be a woman, I wouldn't mind it being Cari Beauchamp who impressed me in her contributions to MOGULS AND MOVIE STARS.

*Abbott & Costello Meet Invisible Man* is coming in January along with replays of the Frankenstein and Mummy hook-ups.

Quite the opposite, it weakens the movie a little bit. Actually, though, I really can't agree with you that Harry Powell is a "dunce" since he does fool everybody in this film except the little boy, and Lillian Gish. I agree with you - Powell was smart enough to realize that by claiming a pipeline to God, you can just about get away with murder. It's just a matter of exploiting the weaknesses or beliefs (which are not necessarily the same thing) of others can be empowering.

He was rather stiff the first night that I watched him, but as the days progressed, I found him settling into a very comfortable and likeable presence.

The title of the song is "Saw You First." Kyle has already named the group.

You're probably right. That's one I am not familiar with. Never heard of it. Thanks for adding it to the filmography. Now I know. The only reason that I know of it is because Boris Karloff is in the film. It was thought lost until about a decade ago when a print turned up in some archive. I've seen only the first Elmo Lincoln serial among the silent screen adaptations. Having just done some checking, I find that 1920's THE REVENGE OF TARZAN was also a feature, but this one does seem lost to the ages. Too bad as Estelle Taylor has the top female part in it - she always makes somethng worth watching.

Wasn't 1927's TARZAN AND THE GOLDEN LION a feature film? While its star James Pierce never played the role again, he did marry the daughter of Edgar Rice Burroughs.

TARZAN THE MAGNIGFICENT in full screen - ugh. Hey guys, there is a widescreen DVD out there from your sister division, the Warner Archive.

old volumes of the "B.I.B. Books Wow, have you got some of them? I used to have some from the early 80s, probably still do have them in storage, I just haven't looked for them in ages. "The Feature Film Directory" I believe was the title of the big book, thick as a phone book for Manhattan. One of Leonard Maltin's first jobs was on the BIB staff helping to compile the info. I remember it used to have the dates and ratings for any movie that had a network run and it listed the syndication packages that a title may have been part of.