Richard Kimble

IMHO this is not a well done poster. Cooper's jaunty smile is totally unconnected to the theme of the film, and the body language of the drawing is very stiff and uncomfortable. Note how this German poster emphasizes Rommel.

IMHO it wasted Bogart and was directed by JLM in his worst characters-pace-back-and-forth-while-giving-speeches manner (see Kirk Douglas in A Letter To Three Wives -- the director Oscar for that may be the most inexplicable ever). Special mention must be made of Warren Stevens as the Howard Hughes-ish millionaire, one of the most embarrassing performances of the 1950s.

I can't give specifics about films, but I do know commercials employ "hand doubles" to handle the product in closeups. TV Guide ran an article about the practice when I was a kid. The only time this ever stayed in my mind was an episode of MASH. Alan Alda's Hawkeye wrote many letters home, but the one I'm talking about was the time Wayne Rogers as Trapper wrote one. We hear the contents of the letter in his narration while we see him writing on a pad (but do not see what he's writing). Rogers' hand movements clearly do not match his narration... Alda was much more skilled at the technique.

It isn't bad, and actually has a few classic jokes. Well, since Veidt died in '43 and Ruman was still doing it 10 years later in Stalag 17...

I never came back because I was never there in the first place Are the threads over there oldest-post first? I could go for that.

On a related note, I'll mention Rod Steiger, Jerry Orbach, Valerie Harper, George Steinbrenner, and Garry & Penny Marshall, of whom I assumed were Jewish -- but weren't. And of course throw in Norman Jewison.

"We need a leading man -- get me Elliot Reed!!!" ranks high in my personal pantheon of great Hollywood notions. Although nothing in Vicki can approach Reed's masterpiece The Whip Hand -- watching Elliot battle commies is a bit like seeing Tony Randall as Wyatt Earp at the OK Corral -- it's still an impressive achievement, my fave moment being the climax when our hero gets all macho with psycho killer Richard Boone.

Nick was also an on air host for AMC for several years back in the '90s. IIRC he ran for congress a few years ago, but lost.

You find Loretta Young, Linda.Darnell, Eleanor Parker and Gene Tierney funny?

What are you asking for? Good stories about nepotism, or examples of nepotism? William Wyler got his start through being a distant relation of the Laemmle family. Is that a good or bad example?

I like the first half of Bringing Up Baby. But IMHO it falls apart afterward, aside from Charlie Ruggles.

I wouldn't go that far, but in middle age he developed a quite adept comic touch, in Teahouse Of The August Moon keeping pace with Brando and even experienced light comedians like Paul Ford and Eddie Albert.

Not sure I would call William Powell gorgeous, but anyway... Paula Prentiss She was the one good thing in Man's Favorite Sport, and was hilarious as the existentialist stripper constantly attempting suicide in What's New Pussycat, more than holding her own with Peter Sellers and Woody Allen.

I remembered the first but didn't think of the second lol But I still woulda won $3M and all you losers wouldna got squat -- that's the way I prefer to look at it

While the studio photographer may be trying for a glamor boy effect in this mid-sixties publicity shot of an unknown NY stage actor (and former CW Post basketball star -- but that's another story), the subject seems intent on establishing his bona fides as a glaring heavy. Ed Lauter never became a star, but after his death last year he was universally remembered by friends as one of the nicest guys in the business.

From the Port Light, yearbook for Port Washington (NY) High School (1947): "'Cassy' is always ready with a wisecrack, but he does have a serious side. A 'sensational' personality. Drives his 'heap' all over."

You can make a strong case that Roy Huggins was, in his field, something of a genius. His three masterpieces -- Maverick, The Fugitive, and The Rockford Files -- have thrilled, chilled, amused, entertained, and fascinated me much more than many bloated blockbusters with a bank vault full of Oscars.

I don't know if this title was actually on the film itself, but it was definitely used in ads

An in-depth look at the shooting locations of Rosemary’s Baby: http://www.scoutingny.com/halloween-in-ny-rosemarys-baby/

Franklin Canyon Park is a public park located near Benedict Canyon at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains. The park comprises 605 acres, and is located at the purported geographical center of the city of Los Angeles. The park features a 3-acre lake, a duck pond and over five miles of hiking trails. The lake and pond are visited by birds in the Pacific Flyway. The park was used for the hitchhiking scene in It Happened One Night, and the opening credits of The Andy Griffith Show.

Jack Moss was unforgettable as an unspeaking killer in Journey Into Fear. L-R: Eustace Wyatt, Joseph Cotten, Jack Moss Moss produced several films, including classics like The Biscuit Eater and Shepherd Of The Hills. But he's best remembered as Orson Welles' business manager during the RKO period. Supposedly Welles offered him the JIF role, and Moss accepted -- on condition he didn't have to speak. This page paints a very negative portrait of Moss and his influence on Welles: http://www.wellesnet.com/?p=125 We won't go into the Freudian aspects of someone casting his business manager as a vicious killer.

A thread to pay tribute to people who made an impact appearing in one -- and only one -- film. The Safety Last posts in the Interesting Pic thread reminded me of "human fly" Bill Strother, who not only doubled for Lloyd in the climb's long shots but also played a large supporting role as Harold's friend. According to IMDb Strother never made another film. I guess his human fly personal appearances paid better than any film offers he got (if any). This page http://www.alwaysmorequestions.com/?p=166 gives some info on Strother's later life. He was injured in a fall around 1930 -- about the time Harvey Parry was doubling for Lloyd in Feet First -- and moved to Virgina, where he operated a boarding house and also worked as a Santa Claus. Bill Strother died in an automobile accident in 1957. He was 61.

Photoplay, July 1923:

I would say it's better in at least one area (Keel is preferable to Jones)

That was very good. Maybe too good -- even as late as '36 the cutting in trailers was often rather choppy (especially sound matching). Also there would have been text on the screen throughout the footage, e.g.: "Never before!" "Music! Romance! Laughter!" "Universal's Sensational Songster of 1936!" "Entertainment as big as the Mighty Mississippi!"