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Are we allowed to vote for ourselves?

> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote} > I like Charlie Chan for the same reason I like Sherlock Holmes. Both are outstanding and distinctive characters who seem to be real people. They are smarter than everyone else in each movie, and they always solve their crimes in a very intelligent way. I could watch their films for hours, days. Agreed, Fred. If we could only get TCM to air them regularly, possibly on Saturday nights around 11:00 PM or so. We could revolve Chan, Holmes, Moto, the Shadow and other B-movie detectives, including some who may not have had their own series.

> {quote:title=markbeckuaf wrote:}{quote} > I would also love to see more of the Toler Monograms (beyond what is in "The Chanthology") and the Roland Winters films also! I have all of them from the grey market, but the quality is pretty poor. Would be great to see them on TCM or released on additional anthologies!! I have them all in fairly decent shape, as several local channels used to have "Charlie Chan Theatre" on Saturday nights back in the 80s, and I was fortunate enough to be able to get them then. But I wouldn't mind upgrading my collection!

> {quote:title=Bronxgirl48 wrote:}{quote} > Did you coin "Chanthology"? Love it too! Wish I could take the credit for that one, Bronxie, but that is the set's actual name.

> {quote:title=judycwrite wrote:}{quote} > I just saw something about volcanoes and was reminded of this. > > Question: In 1962 a US/Japanese co-production called The Manster was set loose on an innocent public. Okay, so it wasn't so innocent, in fact hippies and the counter culture were becoming more and more established. In this story, Larry a US news reporter goes to interview Dr. Suzuki (about cars?) who lives on top of a steaming volcano. (Guess this guy isn't a geologist!) The good doctor tells the story of evolution caused by cosmic rays (?) and atmosphere (?!!) but he's distilled it down to a chemical compound. He slips Larry a Toho Mickey Finn (with a tiny umbrella?) and injects the unconscious chump in the shoulder with his formula. (Isn't there always some formula?) When he wakes he discovers Tara the shapely lab assistant (in improvement over the usual Igor-type), an invitation to spa-out with Suzuki for several weeks and a strange pain in his shoulder. Suzuki keeps him plied with alcohol while Tara keeps him busy all the while enduring this pain that he never figures out. Larry's wife calls to take him home but like the good hedonist and to mirror the hippie creedo of sex, drugs and,, volcanoes?! Larry stays but discovers he has a growth on his shoulder. Horrors it's an eye!! He runs off and kills a bunch of people for no reason, returns to Suzuki to kill him and starts to split into two beings. The new critter is ripping him apart as Tara shrieks. Whaddya do? It's Ben Stein to the rescue with "Clear-Eyes" for fast-acting relief for red, itchy, watery eyes that are about to split into a separate being.

Sounds like it could be THE L-SHAPED ROOM, from 1962, with Leslie Caron.

I think movie no. 2 is THE ASPHYX, from 1973, starring Robert Stephens and Robert Powell.

John Wayne to Lee Meriwether in THE UNDEFEATED, 1969, explaining the reason for a major gunfight with some bad guys: "The conversation kinda dried up, Ma'am."

See, being the "non-partisan" type of guy I am, I actually came across this while I was at the Voyage bloopers link you provided below, but refrained from posting it!

> {quote:title=Bronxgirl48 wrote:}{quote} > I love them all. So do I. But I would like to see TCM air more than just the first six Monograms, which are still available in the "Chanthology" set released a few years back.

A very enjoyable show. I remember watching it with my father when it was originally on. Ross Martin's disguises were always a highlight. By the way, one of the show's main stuntmen, Dick Cangey, has a book out called Inside The Wild Wild West, which gives a wonderful insider's view of the making of the show and is well worth seeking out.

I remember that episode!

Thanks for the links, Bronxie. I knew that Elke had put out that album, but had never heard it. She's really not bad! I enjoyed the Voyage To the Bottom of the Sea bloopers, too. Keep 'em coming!

It's not a classic, but it is fun.

Nice pic, Rich. Thanks. She does look as though she has made use of a Thighmaster in recent years, doesn't she?

> {quote:title=ILoveRayMilland wrote:}{quote} > I know Communism was (and is) a HORRIBLE thing! They were trying to protect our country! BUT I do think that some of the stuff they did got OUT OF HAND!!! > > I am torn between the black-listed and the black-lister witnesses! I think many on both sides were RIGHT! but it is the few who were in fact Communists that made (or almost made!) all the hearings worth it! > > Message was edited by: ILoveRayMilland ILRM: For a fair explanation of what happened in Hollywood during that time, I would recommend to you the following book: Hollywood Party: How Communism Seduced the American Film Industry in the 1930s and 1940s, by Kenneth Lloyd Billingsley. You'll find it a most interesting read, and it will confirm much of what Fred told you in an earlier post.

It looks that way! IMDB also says that she is a blonde now, and that she is a real estate broker. Interestingly, she was born in 1940, as were Jill St. John and Elke Sommer.

She also appeared on THE TIME TUNNEL and LOST IN SPACE and according to IMDB, occasionally appears at Lost In Space conventions.

Thank you!

You'll hear no complaints from me if you do.

Yes, but it would be hard to lose sight of Vitina Marcus (the "native girl") also, even though she did not wear pink pants (or pink anything else) during the picture.

> {quote:title=CineSage_jr wrote:}{quote} > A. That Paul, a Jew himself, could be considered the "Father of modern anti-Semitism" is nonsense. > > Oh, yeah? Read some of Paul's inflammatory invective against the Jews sometime. I quote from Paul himself in the book of Romans, chapter 9, starting at verse 1: "I speak the truth in Christ - I am not lying, my conscience confirms it in the Holy Spirit - I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, those of my own race, the people of Israel..." And again, from Romans, chapter 10 and verse 1: "Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved...." This is hardly the "inflammatory invective" you call it. > B. The commandment of Christ to "preach the Gospel" to every creature pre-dates Paul's assertion. Not only so, but the first Church council, held at Jerusalem, the story of which is recounted in Acts 15, indicates that the "door" to preaching to the Gentiles was actually first opened by Peter, again in obedience to a vision given to Him by God. This is recounted in Acts 10 and 11. > > C. There is no law in this country prohibiting the preaching of the Gospel. If you don't want to hear it, as I stated earlier, you don't have to. > > Sure there is, on public property, in government buildings, and private property where the owner says he or she says he doesn't wish that kind of activity to take place. And funny how it's the religious who're always saying that there are "higher laws" than those enacted by men and women, and that it's their duty to obey them, when convenient, and not what's on the nation's books. Well, there are notions of respect for the beliefs of others that transcend any lack of a specific prohibition that calso constitute a "higher authority." The laws you mention may place some limitations as to time and/or place, but do not prohibit the proclamation of the message itself. As to the matter of civil obedience, again, I quote from Paul, this time from Romans 13, starting at verse 1: "Everyone must submit to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves..." I would merely add that one should recall that it was Emperor Nero who was ruling the Roman Empire at the time Paul penned these words. As for respecting the beliefs of others, there are limitations there as well. Of course, people are free to exercise their free will and believe or reject the Gospel, but again, the Christian has the responsibilty to obey God, even at the risk of his own life, if need be. In Acts 4, Peter and John were charged by the Sanhedrin not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. Their response: "Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God's sight to obey you rather than God. For we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard." As a result, in Acts 5, the disciples were beaten severely and narrowly avoided death because of this stand.

> {quote:title=CineSage_jr wrote:}{quote} > It actually goes back to the assertion by Paul (the father of modern anti-Semitism) that the Gospel should be preached not just to Jews, but to the Gentiles. But, what legal standard upholds your assertion that a religion has a "right" to preach to those who don't care to be preached to? A. That Paul, a Jew himself, could be considered the "Father of modern anti-Semitism" is nonsense. B. The commandment of Christ to "preach the Gospel" to every creature pre-dates Paul's assertion. Not only so, but the first Church council, held at Jerusalem, the story of which is recounted in Acts 15, indicates that the "door" to preaching to the Gentiles was actually first opened by Peter, again in obedience to a vision given to Him by God. This is recounted in Acts 10 and 11. C. There is no law in this country prohibiting the preaching of the Gospel. If you don't want to hear it, as I stated earlier, you don't have to.

Now, Bronxie, you know what they say about saying "never"... Jill St. John was in DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, a not bad James Bond flick with Sean Connery and TONY ROME with Sinatra. It's not too bad, either. SITTING TARGET, a thriller with Oliver Reed is okay. As for Elke, she was actually in several good films: THE VICTORS, THE PRIZE, one of the best "Pink Panther" movies: A SHOT IN THE DARK, a pretty good German western FRONTIER HELLCAT and the Mario Bava horror film LISA AND THE DEVIL. Probably the film of hers I enjoy the most is THE MONEY TRAP, with Glenn Ford.

Tony and Sophia do make an...interesting couple, as they would in FIVE MILES TO MIDNIGHT in 1962, but this is far from Eugene O'Neill's finest hour.