mrroberts

I think this issue was recently discussed on another thread, anyone who's birthday falls in February is out of luck for a "day" because of TCM's 31 days of Oscar. Apparently none of Mr Reagan's work meets that standard.

If Angela does read some of these remarks I believe the applause will definitely drown out the one or two bores in the audience.

This was an extraordinary effort filmlover, and I greatly enjoyed following along through the past year. I hope it can stay preserved on this board for a long time and we all can revisit it from time to time (and others can discover it too). I guess as long as someone posts here on occasion we can keep it active indefinitely. Look forward to any future efforts on your part.

Actor who I wish were still around today (immortal or cloned?) , William Powell.

Finance, did you see that Morrison's house was one of the ones that got torched in L A?

*Rebecca* was one of TCM's "Essentials" a few years ago. It is one of my most favorite Hitchcock films (there are so many that I really like). I am sure it will be aired in the future, but when?

*Man's Favorite Sport* also got some inspiration from the 1936 film *Libeled Lady* , a great screwball comedy with part of the storyline having William Powell trying to "impersonate" a fishing expert so as to impress Myrna Loy and her father. Powell's fishing scene is a classic. *Man's Favorite Sport* takes that premise and builds a whole movie around it.

That "dog" was Asta, aka Skippy. And William Powell taught him all of those tricks

kriegerg69, if you were referring to my comment back on the first page I hope you realize that I was being sarcastic about the original point of this thread. I certainly admire Angela Lansbury for her long, successful career in the different areas of entertainment. I don't see anything wrong with her being SOTM at all. Her resume speaks for itself. As I have always made comment on these boards, there is more than enough viewing time in each day, each week, each month , to give just about everyone something to enjoy watching. If Angela isn't your cup of tea , fine. Just take a break when she's on and something else will be on soon. The audience out there is very diverse and I think TCM does a fair job of giving each of us our moments of pleasure. I will probably watch a little of *Gaslight* when its on (seen it a dozen times) but I never tire of seeing Ingrid.

For me there is no question-- Linda in *I Am A Fugitive In A Chain Gang* is the girl for me. Edited by: mrroberts on Jan 4, 2012 5:00 PM

With all due respect to Ray Milland (who I love in *Dial M For Murder* ) when I watch *Kitty* I hardly notice him. Edited by: mrroberts on Jan 3, 2012 5:13 PM

3 film critics discuss their favorite actor ,

On the 19th, TCM is showing the Hitchcock film *Under Capricorn* , which stars Joseph Cotten and Ingrid Bergman (the 3rd and last film she did for Hitchcock). I haven't seen this one in a long, long time and I don't believe it gets shown much at all. This film always gets panned as one of Hitch's worst, but is that a fair rating? If it's only "bad" when compared to other Hitch films then its probably a decent film in its own right. Will be interesting to see what comments people will have after the 19th.

Yeah that Angela Lansbury was (is) a pretty mediocre actress. She's been fooling a lot of people over the last 60+ years. Worked in movies, television, on the stage. Obviously she can't hold a steady job but people keep hiring her anyway. I can't figure it out ...

Anyone take notice, *Gaslight* is scheduled for next week.

LillyS, welcome to the TCM Boards. I have to agree with the others here, William Powell has always gotten considerable attention at TCM, and as a big , BIG Powell fan I am very appreciative of his SOTM status just completed. There were several films shown that I had never seen , I was hoping for a few more early films, but you take what you can get. I am sure that TCM will try to show more of his early work if and when its available. Its a good thing I am not a programmer at TCM, I would have scheduled William Powell 24 hours/day , 4 days a week (a few repeats in there for sure). Mister Roberts and My Man Godfrey would have been on at least a few dozen times, then you would have seen the resident complainers go wild here. Anyway, thanks to TCM for a great December and Happy New Year to all.

As much as I am a BIG William Powell fan and love all 6 of The Thin Man films I must agree with the reviewer comments about *Another Thin Man* . The storyline in this one is the least appealing of the 6 films (and this is only #3 of the series, the rest would get better again ) but its great to see Mr Powell back and looking well. The last two years were rather tough in his personal life (what an understatement) but I believe getting back to work and doing another film with Myrna Loy and Woody Van Dyke was a dose of good medicine for Mr Powell. --- Bringing a son into the family may have seemed like a good idea at first, but they quickly didn't know what to do with him, and it put a constraint on what kind of adventures Nick and Nora could get into. So after the next film , *Shadow of The Thin Man* in 1941, the writers conveniently wrote the kid out of the stories.

finance said -- *Twelve Angry Men* has even fewer props and action. So I guess " 2 Angry Men" would be even better? Seriously, I can say , with complete impartially , that *Twelve Angry Men* is a great movie, I highly recommend it.

Arthur Hunnicut, if all he had ever done was *El Dorado* and that classic Twilight Zone episode he would still go down as one of the greats.

Liz Taylor (moment of silence) , was cute when she was young, but as she got older she got less appealling to me.

As I stated in another thread on this topic (there are several threads already, probably more to come) many of the past TCM Remembers are easily seen on youtube. As for last minute additions, some people have unrealistic expectations about this, I don't think the presentations are put together in 10 minutes or so. Gathering the clips, maybe getting permission to use them etc. takes time. There has to be some cutoff point of time, if someone passes in the last few weeks of the year its not like they're being dissed.

This sounds similiar to the recent "overrated" thread, but on a personal note, who "you" think is overrated. I can start with Marlon Brando, I don't dislike him but I can't see what the big fuss is all about. Same for Marilyn Monroe , wonderful to look at but so many other gals are more attractive to me and most were better actresses.

*Time Limit* appears to be the only time Karl Malden directed without playing any kind of role in the film (but I am sure he directed some episodes of Streets of San Francisco). In the Richard Widmark bio Karl Malden said that he and Widmark were long time good friends dating back to the forties (from the stage or radio) , and Karl had a small part in *Kiss Of Death* . Widmark, while a likeable guy with a sense of humor, did have a short fuse and wanted to work quickly. So on *Time Limit* he and Karl had some disagreement (Widmark's production company hired Karl to direct) and Widmark actually "fired" Karl . But before the day was over all was forgotten and the filming went on. Richard Basehart was great as usual in his role on *Time Limit* , that film has a "touch of noir" considering the story and the cast.

Happy Birthday to my favorite bad guy, *Richard Widmark* , born on Dec 26th, 1914 , passed away on March 24th, 2008. A fine actor who always made a character interesting to watch. Ocassionally he even got to play the good guy and get the girl.

If there is a precode month I want a day for my gal, Noel Francis, who's career basically ended when the "code" started.