mrroberts
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I have great memories from my childhood (early 60's) of Halloween in my town, a parade during the afternoon, and in the early evening young kids assembled in the basement of the public school for a little party, some cartoons and "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" on the "big" screen.
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Keeping in mind the recent posting by the TCM administrator concerning getting too heavy into politics (unless it pertains directly to a film role or storyline) , and I completely agree with that stance. So with no political inference on my part I must say that Ronald Reagan was definitely a mediocre actor (group him with a number of other good looking manly types who couldn't act worth a darn) but could do supporting roles or go to tv and play sitcom dads. If Mr Reagan didn't switch careers and become a successful politican would anyone be reminiscing about his past film career? Remember now, I am only commenting on Reagan the actor here.
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Webster's should revise their definition of the word
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I believe that is the first time I have ever read or heard a woman be described as having a "pneumatic" figure. She certainly was a looker though.
Edited by: mrroberts on Jan 11, 2012 5:42 PM
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Lots of young girls fainted at Beatle concerts
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Apparently when Cagney and Bogart had shoot outs they used real bullets
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To add to JonnyGeetar's comments about Bogart's rapport with other actors; he helped Gene Tierney a lot when they worked together on *The Left Hand Of God* and Gene was having her "problems". If Bogart would have worked with Marilyn Monroe he might have helped her out as many others did. It seems most people liked Marilyn personally, it was just a question of how much patience they would have with her. Finally I think that Bogart allowed Edward G. Robinson a share of the top billing on *Key Largo* mostly out of respect for Eddie. Robinson had treated Bogie well back when Bogie was the supporting guy in their films, so Bogie returned the favor. I don't believe Bogart and Cagney had a friendly relationship though.
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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.
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If Angela does read some of these remarks I believe the applause will definitely drown out the one or two bores in the audience.
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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.
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Actor who I wish were still around today (immortal or cloned?) , William Powell.
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Finance, did you see that Morrison's house was one of the ones that got torched in L A?
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Somedays I am the Cary Grant from *Arsenic And Old Lace* , somedays I am the Cary Grant from *Father Goose* . Somedays I just get confused
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*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?
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*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.
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Sprocket Man, you must have watched the James Stewart " A Wonderful Life" bio too. I was a little too casual in my comments about Fonda's painting and Stewart's use of "Pie" . Interestingly, it was during the filming of Cheyenne Social Club that Jimmy said Fonda would disappear from the set between filming scenes. What Fonda was doing was working on painting the portrait of the horse to give as a gift to his long time friend.
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That "dog" was Asta, aka Skippy. And William Powell taught him all of those tricks
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One thing that I have read that Jimmy and Hank liked to do together was build model airplanes. Fonda liked to paint and he did a nice portrait of Stewart's horse "Pie" which Stewart then displayed in his home. Consider the fact that they first met and became friends when they were poor struggling actors trying to make it in the world and never forgot those days.
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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.
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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
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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
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3 film critics discuss their favorite actor ,
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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.
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Carole Lombard
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Its 70 years today that Carole Lombard left us, she was just 33 years young at the time. What a terrible loss for us all. God bless you Carole, thanks for the memories you leave us.