mrroberts
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Another one of those great character actors who always brought a little something special to his roles, he didn't overact his parts but still you can always remember him being in a movie. I took a little look at his IMDb movie bio, very impressive, do I see a worthy candidate for a day in August? His last major movie appearance was in *The Shootist* as the local sheriff who wanted the Duke to leave town and die somewhere else. One of my favorite Harry Morgan characters was the town sheriff in *The Flim Flam Man* with George C Scott. Harry played a lot of cops, judges, mayors, etc in the movies.
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*Holiday Affair* , isn't that the one where Janet Leigh kills Robert Mitchum and throws his body off the "train" to make it look like an accident?
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Doesn't look like there are any film noir pictures on the horizon at TCM or FMC, guess its the time of the year, no Christmas themed noirs made.
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From what I have read part of the deal that former Browns owner Art Modell made with the city of Cleveland and the NFL was to give up his rights to the team name , colors, etc when Modell took his business to Baltimore. So essentially the Baltimore Ravens are a "new" franchise and the recreated Cleveland Browns inherited all of the previous Browns history and imagery. No such arraignment was made when the Colts left Baltimore to move to Indianapolis (which was years before the Browns deal). Cleveland didn't have an NFL team for 3 years while Baltimore waited 13 years before getting its new franchise. By the way its now over 15 years that Los Angeles doesn't have an NFL team. --
Edited by: mrroberts on Dec 6, 2011 3:25 PM
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I was looking through several entries for DeForest Kelley last night and several sites claim he almost got the lead part in *This Gun For Hire* in 1941 (the role went to Alan Ladd). Kelley was only 20/21 at the time and he had just moved out to Hollywood to try acting. He then went into the service during the war years. What if Kelley had gotten the movie part and done reasonably well in the role? He might have gone on to big things from there, look at what happened to Alan Ladd. And what about Ladd, if he didn't get that part his career may never had gotten off the ground.
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Since Kelley wasn't a big star (excluding the Star Trek series and films) it would seem entirely possible that he may have been an extra on a number of movie or tv shoots and doesn't show up in the credits. I looked at the IMDb for the movie's cast and actor Jim Davis is credited as "gunman at Boot Hill". Looking at images of Davis he does bare a resemblance to Kelley. Maybe thats who you are seeing .
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William Powell -- 10, James Cagney -- 9, James Stewart -- 8, Ronald Reagan -- 3
Edited by: mrroberts on Dec 6, 2011 1:18 AM
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Tobias, George
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George Tobias
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A Deanna Durbin movie that I really want to see again is *It Started With Eve* which costarred Charles Laughton and Robert Cummings. Been a long time since I saw that one but I remember it as being very good (I am a big Laughton fan). I know they made at least one other picture together but I am sure I never saw it.
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That may be more impractical than you think. A movie you may want to see, even one that was just recently broadcast, may not be shown again on TCM for many months , even years. The only thing I can say is every month or so do a search for the title, if it is on the schedule in the next month or two it will say so. Then set up the email reminder function. I read that the reminder service doesn't work for some people sometimes so I always mark a calendar as a back up. The few times that I have asked for an email it has always worked for me.
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You guys must have taken lessons from Sherlock Holmes or Nick Charles. So it appears that Helen Coburn wasn't finding satifaction as an actress and took her life in a different direction. Good for her, I hope she had a happy life.
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John Williams was in *Witness For The Prosecution* with Ian Wolfe
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Look him up on Wiki, under his real name Valia Valentinoff. As Paul Valentine he was also in the Edward G Robinson film *House Of Strangers* playing the youngest brother. Eddie called him "dumbhead" .
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Now I know how Ensign Pulver felt when Doc and Mr Roberts made him a bottle of scotch, thanks fellas. Meanwhile we still don't know anymore about poor Helen Coburn. The internet appears to have nothing, someone may have a 1931/32 period book with some info.
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Another Powell fan , glad to read that. Welcome to the boards mswright2928, hope you join in whenever possible. Some of the posters get a little out of hand, don't let that bother you. -- Sherlock Holmes was Powell's first movie -- I hope you are getting the full set of 6 Thin Man films because there's also a Nick and Nora dvd that bios William Powell and Myrna Loy. It costs more then the 4 movie set (the first 4 Thin Man movies) but I think that getting the last 2 films and the bonus bio dvd are worth the price. I printed out the IMDb page of all of Powell's films and am checking them off one by one, hope to see as many as possible. TCM is just about the only outlet for us to enjoy these old classics, I hope that its around for a long time, and keeps the format as pure as possible.
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Appreciate the help people, but I keep making a bad post worse. I'll get it eventually, maybe in the meantime someone will find out more about our mystery gal, Helen Coburn. In the meantime I'm back to thinking about "Linda", aka Noel Francis. I'm still trying to learn more about her.
Edited by: mrroberts on Dec 4, 2011 12:07 AM
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*Thunder Road*
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Laugh-In was very period oriented, so look at it like a history lesson. I watched it when new, I was a little young so some stuff was over my head, but now I get it. It was, still is, a very funny show. You can see a lot of celebrities of the time doing cameos on the show . I do remember Alan Sues on the Twilight Zone episode and on occasion you see him in small roles on tv shows and even movies.
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Thanx Fred, I don't know what I'm doing wrong here.
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I notice that Paramount got the U.S. rights to release the Hitchcock film *Jamaica Inn* , starring Charles Laughton and Maureen O'Hara. *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* , done at RKO, isn't getting released until the end of this year. Paramount must be trying to profit from the public anticipation of the new movie (RKO's Hunchback).
Edited by: mrroberts on Dec 3, 2011 11:15 PM
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Fred , I was able to capture a still of Helen Coburn from the movie Skyscraper Souls and post it on my photo page in the CFU. I don't know how to post pictures here.
RIP Harry Morgan (1915-2011)
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