mrroberts
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Anyone take notice, *Gaslight* is scheduled for next week.
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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. 
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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.
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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.
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Sprocket Man, don't ever go out on a cruise with Ernie Borgnine on New Years Eve.
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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.
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I always remember what Ed McMahon always told Johnny Carson, "On New Years Eve all of the amateurs are out so the professionals stay at home". --- I'll be out with Nick and Nora Charles (in spirit only).
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Liz Taylor (moment of silence) , was cute when she was young, but as she got older she got less appealling to me.
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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.
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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.
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*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.
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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.
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If there is a precode month I want a day for my gal, Noel Francis, who's career basically ended when the "code" started.
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William Powell, Edward G Robinson, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, James Cagney
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According to Mythoughts; "Richard Widmark, a guy so nice I picked him twice"
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For me one of the most endearing things about many of the old Warner Brothers films are the many supporting actors who played in those movies. Watch *The Strawberry Blonde* or *Arsenic and Old Lace* for example to see a lot of great character actors who provide great comic performances. And watching some of The Thin Man movie marathon the other night makes me think of Sam Levene, who played Lt Abrams in two of the films. He played a similar character in *The Mad Miss Manton* with Barbara Stanwyck. There are many more of course. We can compile a long long list here.
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Over the last 70+ years Social Security has built up a nice surplus fund, the money going out to today's retired is money that they put in over their lifetime. As long as the system is maintained with a little tweaking it should go on indefinitely. The people who manage the system have to be dedicated to preserving it by predicting future pay outs and adjusting accordingly. It is only proper that the future retirement age should be adjusted upward by a few years because people are enjoying a longer life span. What we have to watch out for is falling for the scammers who want to "fix" the system but are really intent on destroying it. Clearly the elderly are on average way better off then those of 70 years ago. That fact proves the system is good and should be maintained.
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Did anyone call the Duke "Little John"? Or "little Johnny, sir"?
-- Tony Curtis' real name was Bernie (Bernard)Edited by: mrroberts on Dec 23, 2011 2:08 PM
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A related question here. People who were referred to by their real birth name rather than their "stage" name. I always think of Lauren Bacall and most all her friends and associates refer to her as Betty, her real first name. Did anyone keep calling Barbara Stanwyck "Ruby" ? Some people legally changed their names but old friends may have still called them by their birth name. VP 19 may know about this; did personal friends still call Carole Lombard by her real name "Jane"? Mom certainly did but what about husbands Powell or Gable?
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It would seem that nicknames were used mostly by those who were close personal friends and on occasion they appear in the magazine columns and articles, if only to suggest that the writer was a "personal friend" too. I often read articles referring to "Bill" Powell but wonder if the man on the street used "Bill" in public conversation as in "Are you going to see the new Bill Powell movie tonight?" One guy who seems to have violated that rule is James "Jimmy" Stewart. The theatre marquis may say James but we all say Jimmy, right? Then there's Bob Hope, when do you ever hear anyone say Robert? But right from the start he was publicized as "Bob" . And I believe everyone called Hitchcock "Hitch", wonder what his wife called him? "Teddy Bear" ?
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I think Van Johnson gave one of the best performances in *The Caine Mutiny* even though Bogart and Tom Tully got the Oscar nominations. And most of the commentaries focus on it being Bogart's last big movie role, Fred Mac's playing against type (as he did in *Double Indemnity* and *The Apartment* ) and Jose Ferrer's killer performance as the defense lawyer. If I recall correctly on the Essentials R O and Alec barely mentioned Van Johnson.
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On the cartoon network the most beautiful redhead is definitely Jane Jetson (who was voiced by Penny Singleton , aka Blondie)
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Actually Paulette Goddard would have been very good as "The Lady Eve", although I don't know if anyone could have outdone Barbara Stanwyck.
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Originally known as The Staccatos.
Angela Lansbury?!?
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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 ...