mrroberts

I believe that the "full plot synopsis" is written for people who are too cheap to buy a tv or pay for any cable/satellite service. This reminds me of when I did book reports in high school by reading the Classics Illustrated comic books. I got an A for my report on "House Of The Seven Gables", don't forget to take the actual book out of the school library.

Thursday, Dec 22nd, TCM is running all 6 films in The Thin Man series. Watch the original film, you will want to see the rest.

Clark Gable as General K C Dennis in *Command Decision* . Struggling with balancing the costs of human life and the objective of winning the war.

Finlander, Captain Eric as played by Richard Widmark in *The Bedford Incident*

Dan Duryea was in *Winchester 73* with Shelley Winters

Lombard, Carole

I like *Crossroads* a lot, like many other earlier (pre *Double Indemnity* ) films it does have some "noir" elements. This could have been a good Hitchcock film too. If *Crossroads* had been made in the late 40's it might have been done a lot darker, grittier, like a true film noir.

I get the sense that William Powell set the standard for those other guys , no disrespect to them but Powell was the best.

Nice reading this RO interview. Sounds like all is well with our great classic film host. Now all we need is to wait for the reviews on Bob's dental work.

Maybe it wasn't a wedding ring? I'm thinking of one of those Cracker Jack prizes in the box.

I second Virginia Bruce !

Eli Wallach was in *The Lineup* with Robert Keith

I would like to see an emphasis on stars not yet honored and many character/supporting actors/actresses could be on that list. Oh, and yes, if he doesn't get a SOTM honor, *Joel McCrea* , at least give him a day!!

Keep some ice near the DVR to keep it from overheating.

Interesting reading about the Errol Flynn accounts here, it would be nice to know a little more about the "facts" but I don't see anything wrong with a little "storytelling" if that's what Mel Brooks has done. There's nothing malicious with Mel's story. Sadly its true that Flynn's later years were not very flattering. -- As for Basil Rathbone, he had a reputation for being a fun loving character, not anything like his usual screen persona. I'm surprised that Basil didn't do a few more film roles in a comedic way, maybe he just didn't think that the public would buy into it.

We tend to give the men a little more leeway then the women in the beautiful department. Leading men don't have to look like a Cary Grant, Errol Flynn, or Tyrone Power to be successful, think of Clark Gable (ears), Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne, etc , etc. The man's looks can be rugged and even scarred, but he must be interesting and carry himself well. William Powell scores with his charm, wit, he's kind of "cool" (long before "cool" was a term I think). He's self confident without being overly arrogant in his manner. Other men respect, maybe even admire, him and women find him charming and gallant.

*Zulu*

George Tobias was in *The Hunchback Of Notre Dame* with Edmond O Brien

Steve Brodie

Bob Hope was a big time star on the big screen (40's/50"s) but he jumped on the tv bandwagon early on too. While Hope never had a regular tv series he was a big presence on the small tube for many years. In his later years I believe he was thought of as more of a tv star , unless you were old enough to remember his movies from the 40's and 50's. In retrospect Bob's later movie career (60's) was not so hot. -- In a similiar way, Jack Benny enjoyed a brief but very successful career in the movies, then gave that up and became a big tv star too.

Many thanks to you VP19 for such a nice page on William Powell, I hope a lot of people get to see it, if not right now then sometime soon. I can't say enough about how I am looking forward to "Powell Month" on TCM, there are a number of these films that I have not seen, but will make every effort to see now. IMDb lists 94 films for William Powell so 39 puts a nice dent into that. By my count 34 films are silents, I guess some of those are lost. Then there are a bunch of early Paramount talkies around 1928/32 that are not available to TCM right now. So I suppose that a "mere" 39 films for the December salute is what I can reasonably expect, hopefully in the future a few more Powell films will be shown. -- I am also very pleased at the return of Robert Osborne , I am certain he is a big William Powell fan and I look forward to hearing Bob's intros for some of these movies.

I wonder if this ever got Carole a shoe/sneaker endorsement deal?

Its only a few days before the start of the month long salute to William Powell. *Jewel Robbery* with Kay Francis starts things of on Dec 1st at 8pm est followed up with 9 more Powell films. They go on until 10 am the following morning finishing with the original 1922 silent *Sherlock Holmes* starring John Barrymore. Its William Powell's first film , he's in a key supporting role too. Lots of good stuff here including Powell's last Philo Vance film , *The Kennel Murder Case* , two Nick Charles type detective films *The Ex Mrs Bradford* and *Star of Midnight* , and *Crossroads* , an interesting suspense story with Powell being blackmailed by Basil Rathbone.

Raymond Burr and William Conrad both had established careers as supporting "heavies" in the movies but later got to enjoy considerable success on tv series. Both guys were also very good guests on variety shows like Carol Burnett and they could be quite funny.

Rhonda Fleming Alert! This Saturday, Dec 3rd. starting with *Out Of The Past*, a great film but Rhonda's only in a supporting part and its in black and white. *While The City Sleeps* is another goodie, again unfortunately in b/w. *Alias Jesse James* and *Gun Glory* are both color films, and I don't know what to say about *Instant Love* . There should be another Rhonda "color" film like "O K Corral" , "Slightly Scarlet" or how about *Inferno* ? Rhonda is very nicely showcased in that one.