mrroberts

A favorite memory of my childhood. Halloween night (early evening) in my town, a parade for the kids and then going into the school basement for some cartoons and then, *Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein* . As an adult, *Arsenic and Old Lace* (for laughs) and *Bell Book and Candle* (for Kim Novak). -- by the way, *Bell Book and Candle* can also be considered a Christmas movie. Edited by: mrroberts on Oct 27, 2011 4:29 PM

I believe that the only non-cartoon shows currently on Boomerang are the original shows of The Munsters and The Addams Family. They have also been showing the very earliest episodes of The Flintstones which include the original opening and closing segments to the show. I hadn't seen those bits in many, many years.

I can only say that I purchased the Frankenstein Legacy DVD set awhile back, well over a year ago. It plays fine for me.

What was the last thing that Fauja Singh did to prepare for running the marathon? Answer: he shaved

Eden, Barbara

*Crossroads* 1942

Murchison, Dr. -- played by Leo G Carroll in *Spellbound*

Back in 1980, I should have traveled to Cincinnati (what an exotic place?) and married Bailey Quarters (Jan Smithers) from WKRP In Cincinnati. From the movies, Lee Remick in Wild River (not the Lee in Anatomy Of A Murder).

On the first regular episode of Rowan & Martin's Laugh In, which replaced The Man From UNCLE at midseason in NBC's line up, Leo G Carroll made a guest appearance. During "the party" sketch Leo was behind the bar as a bartender (in disguise). His line (talking into his UNCLE pen communicator) was something like "Mr Kuryakin, I think I 've just found THRUSH headquarters."

According to Robert Vaughn and David McCallum (on interviews in The Man From UNCLE series dvd set) "Uncle Alexander Waverly", aka Leo G Carroll , was one of the nicest gentleman you could ever meet. A lot of veteran film actors/actresses did UNCLE episodes, most had worked with Leo G. in the past on movies. He was very admired and loved by all.

Its been a very, very long time since I saw any episodes of John Forsythe in his "Bachelor Father" tv series. But didn't he play his character somewhat in the same way as his "Trouble With Harry" character? I say this because the first time I saw "Harry" in the theatre (early 80's) to me he seemed to play the part like his tv Bachelor Father character. (Of course he did the movie years before the tv show)

Just got through reading the entries on Wiki and IMDb about W. S. (One Take Woody) Van Dyke. He gets the credit for bringing together the team of William Powell and Myrna Loy. The three were all working on *Manhattan Melodrama* when director "Woody" got inspired to cast Powell with Loy for Woody's next project, *The Thin Man* . Apparently studio brass weren't keen on the idea but Woody insisted. And the rest as they say, is history. "One Take Woody" was known for being a very efficient (inexpensive) film director, but also getting great performances from his actors. He lead a very interesting life and there are many well known films he directed; I know several of them very well but was unaware HE did them. Sadly he was only 53 at the time of his death. He was very ill with cancer and took his own life. -- The next time you watch William Powell and Myrna Loy in one of their great films, remember and thank Woody Van Dyke. Edited by: mrroberts on Oct 24, 2011 1:09 PM

Windie (only 4 posts in 11 months?) , welcome to the TCM boards. -- Refer to -themave.com- for an excellent site on William Powell. There are a couple of books out , see the Wiki entry on William Powell. I have The Thin Man DVD set which has all six films and a nice little dvd bio on Mr Powell and Myrna Loy. Best of all, if you haven't heard or read, this December is William Powell month on TCM. There are a ton of Powell films on the December schedule , including the Philo Vance films (4 films I believe, all talkies). I hope that TCM has good prints of them. Christmas is the whole month of December for this little boy. Edited by: mrroberts on Oct 24, 2011 1:52 AM

Its always been the well off suburban population and their money that has driven the drug trafficing. If they weren't spending the money on this stuff, there would be no big money market for it. And the rich get to go to drug rehabs while the poor just get tossed into prison. Edited by: mrroberts on Oct 23, 2011 3:54 PM

About Raoul Walsh. They say that the scene in *High Sierra* when Bogart is driving through the desert and he and Henry Travers almost have an accident, that scene was inspired by Walsh's real life accident.

I watched *Illegal* last night (I also have the DVD) and upon further thought I would agree that it is a sign of the movies moving away from those qualities that we associate with film noir. I think the storyline and characters definitely fit the "noir" category but the movie doesn't have that gritty noir feel. Hard to put into words, I think the production is a little too slick. If an Anthony Mann or Nicholas Ray had done it, maybe it would be more dark and raw. The dialogue needed more work too. Eddie G had way better lines to speak in *Double Indemnity* right? The ending was a little lame too. Eddie gets shot, apparently seriously too. But he manages to make it to the court and give his little speech before collapsing. Now he's laying there , he should be dying but everything is so upbeat and everyone is smiling like all is now right in the world. In a true noir he would have died and maybe there would be some unresolved issues. At the being of this thread I mentioned *Five Star Final* , now that (even for 1931) was much more a noir movie.

Is DebraDancer related to April Dancer? (The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.) She may have been my first crush.

The Beaver steals the show (The Trouble With Harry).

*Highway Patrol* , the all time best cop show. -- "21-50, Bye. 10-4".

Maybe Cary thought they were blue M&Ms.

Some people can't watch silents, and I can't listen to talk radio.

BingFan, interesting to read your take on *Vertigo* . I too saw the Hitchcock "missing 5" on the big screen when they were rereleased in the early 80's. I found *Vertigo* very hypnotic to watch in the theatre, but I think that film really loses a lot of its punch when on the tv set. Even watching it uninterrupted, commercial free TCM style doesn't work well for me. Maybe the big screen experience spoiled me. I should see *Vertigo* again in a theatre. There are also a lot of other films I would like to see "big".

Fred, I think that the casting of Alan Ladd and Van Heflin is very good. Interesting to think of Clift and Holden though. Do you think those two guys would have been better? Different maybe, but actually better?. I am not a Kate basher but I don't think she would have been so good as the wife in this picture. So even if the cast was all second choices it worked out quite well I think.

In a noir film the guy who uses words like "expatiating" usually gets bumped off and dumped in the East River.

Mike Mazurki got "crushed" in *Night And The City* by the great Gregorius.