mrroberts

Jesse White was in *Its A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World* with Paul Ford

A few nights ago, Cinemax aired *Fargo* . I haven't seen that in a long time, I even have it on DVD. Just caught it in the middle of broadcast, had to watch to the end. I love that movie.

If you're talking Otto and great noir, don't forget *Angel Face*. And a great near noir *Anatomy Of A Murder* , my favorite Jimmy Stewart film starring another "angel", Lee Remick.

I don't believe I have ever seen the name "Captain Queeg" and the word "sexy" in the same sentence.

"do something Sept. 16 for Miss Entwhistle" --- Next time you have a suggestion for TCM's programming, try giving more than an 8 day notice.

Arthur Kennedy was in *Too Late For Tears* with Lizabeth Scott

Tough choice, where to go tomorrow? James Cagney and George Raft, Cary Grant and Carole Lombard, or Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce? I hope the theaters are near each other, maybe it will be a triple feature for me.

Those first 3 Kirk Douglas films on Sept 6th ( *Martha Ivers* , *Out Of The Past* , and *I Walk Alone* ) make for a killer noir lineup. Edited by: mrroberts on Sep 7, 2011 2:43 PM

I guess "nerd" is one of those terms that is still being defined in our culture. "stupid, irritating, etc." , I think that definition is way off base. The second one is more my way of defining the word. "Nerds" are always very bright, intelligent people but they are tunnel visioned , very specialized in their thinking. Sometimes thats a good thing. If I need brain surgery I want my doctor to be totally into that subject, he probably can't use a hammer or set the timer on his video recorder but he can do brain surgery and do it well. I want that guy to do my surgery. --- I believe some people on this site are definitely "movie nerds", the ones who watch 24/7 and are concerned about the programming so much that if TCM has one day of "silents" they're screaming bloody murder. They count how many times *North By Northwest* is on this year and then want to lynch the programmers. --- I try very hard not to be too obsessed with anything, its good to get away for awhile. Besides I must rest up for William Powell month in December, I guess I am a "nerd" anyway.

I guess the point I should have made is that I believe Carole Lombard had the potential to do many things in the future, she was a multitalented woman who could have taken her career in several directions. I think of Carole as being like Barbara Stanwyck, who adapted herself into different roles as she got older. Carole could have done comedies at times, she could have done serious roles, could you imagine Carole in a femme fatalle role like Stanwyck (Double Indemnity)? I think Carole could have pulled it off. Carole was quite the "tomboy", how about Carole in a Western (again like Stanwyck)? Would Carole have considered a move into TV? Look at Lucille Ball (whose only a few years younger than Carole). Couldn't Carole have done a "Lucy" type sitcom? Of course other factors come into play, good timing, getting the right roles and scripts. --- I don't think Carole Lombard would have been content to just retire and sit back and watch the world go by. Edited by: mrroberts on Sep 3, 2011 5:29 PM

Perhaps "General Discussions" should be reworded "Not So Hot Topics". Actually I think the original intentions of the people who put up these categories was to give a little structure to our postings. But many people don't seem to give much thought about what goes where so we end up with a free for all. "Hot Topics" implies read this now, tomorrow may be too late , ie: "North By Northwest is on tonight!"

One role Elvis could have played was a "singing insurance salesman", they already had Barbara Stanwyck.

*Remick, Lee*

I agree, the first thing any movie has to be is entertaining. The movies were made to entertain the audience, which was (is?) huge. Apparently they did something right. In a few instances Elvis showed he really could be a credible actor, if only he had had more opportunties to do so.

Ilsa must have heard about Rick's winning lottery ticket.

Henry Fonda -- *The Ox-Bow Incident* , *12 Angry Men* , *Fail-Safe* . Edited by: mrroberts on Aug 30, 2011 3:57 PM

Ireland, Jill

Don Rickles ( run silent, run deep movie was 1958)

Just had to do a little back checking. It was in December 2009 that TCM aired *Sherlock Holmes* with John Barrymore and William Powell (his first film). That was part of a great Sherlock Holmes tribute (including all of the great Rathbone/Bruce films) that was over the Christmas holiday. And then on New Years Eve 2009, TCM aired all 6 of The Thin Man movies. So December appears to be a William Powell month on TCM. And my birthday is in December, so thanks again TCM.

Love the 3 --- Gene, Jean, Jeanne. Might have caused some confusion at the studio at times.

Its got to be tough for those who don't get Fox Movie Channel to view. So many fine stars who did a lot of movies for 20th Century Fox (like Linda Darnell, Tyrone Power, Richard Widmark, etc). Hopefully TCM will be able to keep accessing more of these films that are held by various ownership. We as movie fans don't have any special allegiance to any studios or who owns the rights to what. But apparently some "owners" are very guarded about their holdings or want some outrageous fees to show their films. And many of us don't have ready access to all of the different channels out there. So we have to be patient or suffer.

Just as I thought, a *cad* and a *scoundrel*. George would like you two guys

Van Johnson was in *The Caine Mutiny* with Fred MacMurray

I'm sure TCM will show *Sherlock Holmes* again (WP's first film). I hope a few other silents will be in the mix. I have some rather crude tapings of the Philo Vance films, I hope TCM can secure some decent copies of those. Maybe, just maybe, *Mister Roberts* will be promoted to the Essentials status this year.

Burt Lancaster didn't do well in comedies, I have to believe the roles were never well written for him. *The Hallelujah Trail*, now there's a picture I should really love. Its got Burt and Lee (how I adore her) Remick, how can it miss? Somehow it just doesn't click for me, although I can just watch and look at the stars (a group of still photos could do as well). I do enjoy watching *Tough Guys* with Burt and Kirk spoofing their "tough guy" images and its a "buddy" film , kind of like "O K Corral".