mrroberts
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*Zulu*
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George Tobias was in *The Hunchback Of Notre Dame* with Edmond O Brien
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Steve Brodie
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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.
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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.
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I wonder if this ever got Carole a shoe/sneaker endorsement deal?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Raymond Massey
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Alan Hale Sr
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Isopod --- Boris Karloff in *Five Star Final*
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Elizabeth Taylor was in *Life With Father* with William Powell
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just google images for "Robin Of Locksley"
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Elaine Stewart, she just passed away this year, somehow I missed that one. She was certainly very , very attractive. Its hard to believe she didn't have a bigger career, maybe she just didn't want to pursue it that much. Another redhead to consider for this list, Senta Berger. (somebody post a picture here!)
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I don't think an apology is necessary, ennisdelmar2, and I hope you stay on the boards. I am a straight guy but it is not in my place or anyone elses to judge you. Several of my favorite actors , like Charles Laughton, are well known to have been gay but that doesn't diminish my opinion of them. I might also say quite a few of my favorite actors/actresses are well known to have been bi, again that is/was their personal business and I don't judge them on that either. So stay on and post what you like (a little good taste and civility is all that one can ask). If someone doesn't like the topic, they can just avoid that thread, there's enough room for everybody here.
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No relation to Ozzy OsboUrne, thank god.
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Not only is the much missed Robert Osborne going to make his return on Dec 1st but that is also the first day of the month long tribute to my all time favorite actor, the great William Powell. Somehow a cocktail party seems appropriate, just don't drown.
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I wonder how many movie DVDs/tapes Robert Osborne has? You can be a film buff without having a large library/collection of movies. At a rough count I have a little over 300 DVD's (some have 2 or 3 movies on a dvd). I also have a couple of hundred vhs tapes , most are my own tapings off of tv. Quite a few of the dvd's are movies that I had previously VHS recorded (Like getting CD's of record albums you already have). I often wonder, "why did I buy all of this stuff?" Obviously most are movies (or TV shows) that I like, but how often do I watch them all? I could live another 30 years and probably some of those will never be played again. But I have them, just in case they never get shown on tv again, right? I have really cut back on my purchases as of late, money is part of the reason, space is another. . Also it just seems senseless to me to keep adding to my collection, so I am now a lot more selective when buying stuff. Someday someone's going to have a nice auction getting rid of all of this.
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Is that 2 hrs of movie and 3 hrs of commercial?
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Zucco, George
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*Sherlock Holmes* 1922
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*After The Thin Man*
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Ziegfeld, Florenz -- Dec SOTM William Powell in *The Great Ziegfeld*
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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.