CineMaven

Are you sure it was Lugosi? I seem to remember Karloff's grey hair offsetting the dark jacket. Lugosi? Does anyone have a pix to prove me wrong?

Well done. I don't see Sinatra's pix...but well done. A pint of seven and seven for the lovely lady. Let those seconds go duel for someone else.

I could never get a handle on Paul Muni.

Cinemaven: "We'd better stay away from caning. Remember the international incident a few years ago when that American kid broke the law a few years ago somewhere in Asia?" Lafitte: "Right. Caning is not a happy thing. It was Singapore." Cinemaven: Aaaah, Singapore. Yes. -- Cinemaven: "A wet film strip will do." Lafitte: Okay, but you gotta wear the boots." Cinemaven: Thigh high baby. I'll look like Maureen O'Hara. Or maybe Mrs. Peel. Cinemaven: "Or maybe writing on the cyberspace blackboard 100 times." Lafitte: "Can I just write it once and then cut and paste?" C'mon man, no cheating or we'll go back to the caning.

Whew!

Root beer? What a sissy. Posting pictures requires a real drink. A pint of sasparilla for the frustrated Bronxgirl, please!

Uh-oh... I don't have any box set DVD of any films. I get most of my movies from viewing TCM. :-(

Lafitte: "I should probably be caned. But, uh, the wet film strip will do." We'd better stay away from caning. Remember the international incident a few years ago when that American kid broke the law a few years ago somewhere in Asia? A wet film strip will do. Or maybe writing on the cyberspace blackboard 100 times.

Sorry about the double posting. I don't know why that happened. But let me ask this: Bogey sends her away in "Casablanca." Gary Cooper sends her away in "For Whom the Bell Tolls." Cary Grant doesn't readily profess his love and keep her out of harm's way in "Notorious." Wasssup with these guys? I don't get it.

Hi there Frank: "...There are actresses more beautiful than Ingrid Bergman, but none with her beauty." I think Hedy Lamarr is the most beautiful woman in the history of movies. The informal poll (the most beautiful actress/the most handsome actor) done on the Board shows the result that Ingrid Bergman was voted the most beautiful. Who am I to argue especially with your description of Ingrid Bergman being sooo vivid and sooo dead-on, that I can almost feel Bergman's presence. Nicely put Frank. I feel faint.

Hi there Frank: "...There are actresses more beautiful than Ingrid Bergman, but none with her beauty." I think Hedy Lamarr is the most beautiful woman in the history of movies. The informal poll (the most beautiful actress/the most handsome actor) done on the Board shows the result that Ingrid Bergman was voted the most beautiful. Who am I to argue especially with your description of Ingrid Bergman being sooo vivid and sooo dead-on, that I can almost feel Bergman's presence. Nicely put Frank. I feel faint.

Hi Molo. ;-)

Five o'clock shadow.

Actually, all jokes aside, I look a little like Melvyn Douglas.

HA! I can't compete with Hedy Lamarr. Fred's waiting for Hedy to ride on the back of his chariot across the desert. I look more like the maid in "You Can't Take It With You."

I believe you're right. There's Johnny Ireland again, having another man crush like he did in "Red River." But I think this time, he bit off more than he could chew falling for rough trade Broderick Crawford. Okay okay...I was just kidding. It really is Mercedes McCambridge crushing on the beautiful Joanne Dru. She breaks that pencil in half with the thought of John Ireland trying to make a play for Dru. Yeah...yeah... that's the ticket!

The "Atonement" dress was a jaw dropper. But the movie clothes I would want (though I couldn't fit in any of them) would be: (1.) Dorothy Malone's plaid blouse in "Written on the Wind." (2.) Karloff's black velvet smoking jacket from "The Raven." (3.) Hepburn's lounging outfit (a jacket, I believe) in "Woman of the Year." (4.) Shearer's equestrian outfit in "The Women." Ohhhhh for an Edith Head or Orry-Kelly or Adrian gown. (5.) Bogart's white tux jacket in "Casablanca" and (6.) DIETRICH's naval outfit and top hat, white & tails in two of her movies. (I can't recall the films' title).

MissGoddess...you must see "Plan 9 From Outer Space" before you join the summer school film class. That's your prerequisite.

Oy!

Saaaay, who's the Black guy?

I always thought the young actress who played Teresa Wright's little sister in "SHADOW OF A DOUBT" reminded me of Hitchcock's daughter.

"Can you imagine if a guy was just walking down the street looking like that? Women would be falling down manholes, driving off the road..." I trust you're talking about Tyrone Power. P.S. Poor Ralph Bellamy...he always paled in comparison next to any of his male co- stars. Yikes! But he was attractive and had a great speaking voice.

Miss Goddess...did you ever see "StageDoor"?? Ms. Leeds appeared in that. Why her career wasn't bigger...I don't know. She reminds me of Olivia DeHavilland.

MIss Goddess, the gallery of photos of Hitchcock appearing in his own films is wonderful. It was quite clever of him to do that. And this is one of the reasons he is known better than any other director in Hollywood history. You know, seeing his films in one fell swoop this past Fourth of July Friday really is a visceral experience. You "feel" his films, you're weirded out by others...he was an amazing filmmaker. And those blondes, those blondes...those Hitchcock blondes!

Lafitte: (Disclosure-I had to google to see what he looked like. Another one of those nameless character actors but with an unforgettable face. 'Course I should probably be whipped for not recognizing this one but such as it is with us, meaning me, amateurs)." You will be whipped with a wet film strip for not recognizing classic fussbudgets! And we don't want to make up lists just for the sake of creating a list.