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21 hours ago, Classic aficionado said:
TCM did choose Liv Ullmann once as part of their Summer Under The Stars. It was two years ago - 2019. She is someone whom I had hoped they would choose, for years.
Weird. I thought she might have been chosen, but not so recently!
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1 hour ago, chaya bat woof woof said:
Personally, don't think SNL was best when it first came out (Monty Python made SNL possible). One thing that really turned me off Wiig was when she played the mongoloid sister in a version of The Lennon Sisters (if you remember them). Never got Will Farrell either. My brother had Down Syndrome. Kate McKinnon looks the same no matter which Republican she's playing (and I liked Amy Poehler's version of Hillary better than hers. What helped put Tina Fey on the map was "I Can See Russia From My House!" When it first came out, SNL was more provocative - Richard Pryor and Chevy Chase yelling racial epithets at one another. Of course, there were drugs aplenty going round (and it seemed like they encouraged you to smoke a little pot while you watched). I would love to hear what Garret Morris thought as the only black cast member.
Yeah, I've gone long periods of not watching SNL and I dont think I missed much. Granted there were some good performers over the years. But it was never great, even in its salad days........The only part I watch mostly now are the news segments. Unless I like the guest star/musical group.
I should explain I switch channels when the news "guests" come on. They are uniformly AWFUL!
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20 hours ago, Vautrin said:
A shout out to all the boys in Korea. It's a police action, don't ya know. Then Anne gets that
Dear Norah letter. Losing her soldier beau because of commie shrapnel. That will do it every
time. And old Harry. Working overtime to get into Norah's pants and only getting a poker up the
side of the head. Ouch. Burr was much more of a gentlemen on Perry Mason. He might engage
in some mild flirtation, but he never went further than that and there were a lot of sexy babes
throwing themselves at him. Pretty entertaining flick with some interesting angles, though the
boy meets girl love story of Conte and Baster was pretty lame. If I recall it correctly, Eddie made
it sound like the song Blue Gardenia was a big hit for Nat King Cole, but it was the B side of a
song that was mildly successful, not that it matters much. I'd give this one a 81, adding a point or
two for the phrase commie shrapnel. Ain't no shrapnel......
I think you are mixing up the plot with another movie. Baxter's boyfriend doesn't die, he writes her a Dear Norah letter dumping her for some nurse he met. LOL. The cad!
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46 minutes ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
I ESPECIALLY HATED that character!!!!!!!!!!!!
ps- I know WIIG has a lot of fans, and if you’re one,that is just fine.
however, I just CANNOT and WILL NOT with her.
Believe me, she has many "non-fans"!
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1 hour ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
I have never seen Kristen Wiig where she was EVER more than just so so. I really don’t understand why there was such a push to make her “happen”
DITTO. Couldnt stand her on SNL. And was amazed when she left and actually had a movie career! (Needless to say, I haven't seen any of them!)
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Sorry to hear. I used to see her in many 60s tv shows (dramas). I didn't know she was also an acting teacher.
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15 minutes ago, sewhite2000 said:
I hadn't considered documentaries, but I think he's in that Newport Jazz Festival one, maybe.
I thought I'd seen him in that, but wasn't sure. Might be others.
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3 hours ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
believe it or not, IT WAS A REWARD!!!!! (for doing well on THE SWIM TEAM no less!)
one of the magical things about childhood is the BIZARRE and ANACHRONISTIC THINGS that FASCINATE and ENTHRALL us when we are children (ie, when we are not fully formed intellectually and are most open to the raw, psychological cues and subtext of certain films or shows or whatever- that SPEAK to something latent within the still-forming mind and we LATCH ON TO IT like a blankie of a sort. ) as such, we usually don't see what ALMOST EVERYONE ELSE, with their jaded (honest) worldviews and mostly fully-formed brains do- we see magic where magic most decidedly is not.
it's very much the same thing with people who have a deep and abiding fondness for, say, JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS or THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL or any number of movies and shows that I, as someone born in 1978, do not because I did not see them when I was a HIGHLY impressionable child of 6.
i have had, honestly, a lifelong obsession with JAWS 3-D even though, YES, I got the memo a looooong time back that it is NOT a good movie.
In fact, it is quite bad.
And yet I love it.
And it is dear to me. And I would sell my mother for the chance to see it on the big screen AND in 3-D and with deleted scenes.
ROFL!
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28 minutes ago, sewhite2000 said:
Louis Armstrong day is likely to feature High Society, A Man Called Adam, Paris Blues, Cabin in the Sky and The Strip. Less likely to air (but they'll need something to fill out the rest of the day!) are Hello, Dolly! (Fox), The Glenn Miller Story (Universal), Here Comes the Groom and The Five Pennies (both Paramount, I think), though all these movies have aired on TCM before, I'm pretty sure. Don't know where else I would have seen them. In many of his movies, he's largely limited to onstage musical appearances. May not be too disimilar from Lena Horne day.
Are there any jazz festival movies he's in?
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22 minutes ago, sewhite2000 said:
Hepburn has been featured nine times, tied with Cary Grant for the most ever. Basically every other year.
They BOTH should be put on hiatus then!
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23 minutes ago, sewhite2000 said:
Hibi, who is "Livvy"? Liv Ullman? I've already forgotten who was featured last year.
Sorry, Olivia De Havilland. Since she had died, they preempted Bette's day for her. I WISH they'd choose Liv Ullmann! She's surely deserving.
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I think K. Hepburn should be put on hiatus for at LEAST 5 years. How many times has she had a SUTS day? Seems like almost every year!
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11 hours ago, slaytonf said:
Here's hoping.
Ditto.
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12 hours ago, HoldenIsHere said:
Glad to see Jane Fonda has a day this year. I recently re-watched KLUTE. Wow! Her performance in that movie is one of the best ever captured on film. At one point she asked director Alan Pakula to let her out of her contract and get Faye Dunaway for the role instead because Fonda didn't think she could pull it it off. But, man, did she ever! I also hope TCM airs BARBARELLA on her day. I never get tired of that one.
It's good see Robert Redford is being honored. I think this is the second time he's had a day. If TCM is able to get BAREFOOT IN THE PARK, I wouldn't be surprised if it airs on both Fonda's and Redford's day.
I won't be surprised if WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF is shown on both Richard Burton's and George Segal's day.
Ramon Navarro is also a favorite. I much prefer the silent BEN-HUR with Navarro to the later sound version.
I missed Richard Burton in the list! I'm glad he's being honored this year too. It's too bad Klute is always shown in the overnight hours due to the language/sex scenes.
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14 hours ago, Classic aficionado said:
Probably. "Paris Blues" (an MGM-owned United Artists title) and "High Society" (a Time-Warner-owned pre-1987 MGM title) will very likely turn up. TCM seems to air both of them at least once a year. That's good news since they're both good movies.
I wouldn't be surprised if, for Louis Armstrong's Summer Under the Stars day, TCM includes "Hello Dolly" as well. TCM has aired it from time to time over the years. I'd be happy to see that one on this August's line-up.
Hello, Dolly would be a surprise. I doubt it, but we'll see!
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14 hours ago, kingrat said:
Louis Armstrong is in quite a few movie bios of musicians. The audience is assured that the guy was of top quality because Louis Armstrong shows up and gives his seal of approval. Louis usually plays himself, although he is the fictional Wild Man Moore in Paris Blues. I'm guessing Paris Blues and High Society will turn up.
Yes, for sure, those two.
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Yes, glad about George Segal esp. as he didn't get a tribute. But Louie Armstrong? Wonder how many films he has been in? I guess enough to fill up a day (musical roles, I assume).
Glad about Ramon Navarro too.
I don't think I could take a whole day of Margaret Rutherford. A little goes a long way.......
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3 hours ago, ElCid said:
She had a fairly active career right up until she died at age 66. She was on General Hospital soap at the time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Donnell
Sad her last role was a maid in that soap. I can't imagine she had major storylines........
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1 hour ago, cigarjoe said:
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The usual suspects so far. Glad Bette is included since she got replaced by Livvy last year. Glad Kay Francis is included too. Thanks, Speedy!
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18 hours ago, Polly of the Precodes said:
Could you be thinking of Housewife (1934)? In this movie Dvorak pours herself and her husband (George Brent) a few and urges him to go into business for himself.
Yes, Ann and I worked well together!
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On 6/17/2021 at 10:19 PM, misswonderly3 said:
Good point, TikiSoo, but I venture to guess that trolling and illiteracy is not limited to this TCM discussion site. In fact, I would not be at all surprised if Twitter and Facebook were at least equally blanketed with such undesirable behaviours. Can't say for sure, though, since I never visit Twitter or Facebook. Maybe they are havens of intellectual sophistication and decency.
Hardly! LOL.
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8 hours ago, Bronxgirl48 said:
Eddie immediately got defensive at the top of his intro to THE BLUE GARDENIA by telling us that many Lang fans (and I include myself) think it's one of the director's lesser efforts, and I must unfortunately agree. The only interesting thing Muller could drum up to say about it was that hipsters who are into "Tiki culture" would enjoy the kitschy Polynesian mise-en-scene at that Chinese restaurant where Baxter has her fateful meeting with Burr.
Waste of a fine cast -- Conte (his role was woefully underwritten), Sothern (blossomed into a wonderful character actress; I've always liked her), Baxter (not a part she could sink her teeth into) , Burr (just not believable to me as any sort of ladies man) and Donnell (she impressed me with realistic performances in SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS and IN A LONELY PLACE but here Jeff's pulp mystery book lover seems almost like a cartoon.
I don't think Fritz had his heart in this one, I truly don't. Plodding all around, even dull in spots.
Agree. Have seen this before several times. Conte seemed too gullible believing Baxter was NOT the woman. LOL. Oh, it was a friend. Yeah, right.....I also found Baxter too over the top.
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1 hour ago, nakano said:
I agree and they plugged the title song 3 times during the film....
And it wasn't that good!
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I wouldn't count on that.