CineMaven

Didja see young (7-year old) Beau Bridges in it?

Micketeeze...thank you for the YouTube Clip and book citations. It felt like reading an autopsy the de-struction of Penn Station. I have very very vague memories of it. Geez. As I've said, other countries have pyramids; we have Starbucks. lzcutter: "For the record, I am not (nor have ever been and I don't mean that in a bad way) a New Yorker but these books make me wish I could have been and yet remind us that we are connected by the history of where we grew up and came of age be it NYC, Los Angeles, Las Vegas or many cities in between." I guess everyone has city-pride (or hubris). But you have so very eloquently stated it...what shapes us whether we were raised in the big city or the hinterlands.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXMXUaCWF3Q Doctor, I'm quoting from the Your Favorites thread, Calling Gene Tierney Fans to show you that you are in excellent company. http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?threadID=106111&start=15&tstart=0 Go onto this thread and you'll see comments on "Sundown." I'm sorry I missed the movie when it came on. Seeing Tierney in the YouTube clip from "Sundown" made my jaw drop.

Aaah, Molo. Thank you for the pictures of my girls. I always thought there was more of a vulnerability about Lizabeth Scott that got to me. SCSU...great shots; Glenda / Claire. Jesse & Howard. Nice job folks! Nice job!!!

BRONXGIRL: "Hi, CM! You'll keep me on the non-redundancy track. Like if I say "sexy Gloria Grahame". Uh...hmmmm...well...there ARE exceptions to ev'ry rule. Keep up the redundancy, BG. ;-)

Excellent idea Stephen.

Egypt has THE PYRAMIDS. Rome has THE COLISEUM. America has...STARBUCKS? To paraphrase O.J. Judge Ito..."something wrong here." I have a vague recollection of that fight as a kid. Penn Station was quite a devastating loss. Soon Yankee Stadium will know the feeling. A damned shame!!

RV: "...and what was it with Geraldine Fitzgerald? How could she change so much in one year?" Easy, Violets. She was in love. She married a man who did not love her. That'll change your looks. Heathcliff murdered her soul. JF: "I think Gene Krupa is cute too. Watch him in Ball of Fire. He plays a matchbox with matchsticks as his drumsticks. Is that the coolest thing ever?!" Krupa did look very cute with his dark hair falling over his brow; made me think of Elisha Cook Jr. playing in his hopped up state in Ella Raines' "Phantom Lady."

Hi Ladies: Miss Goddess: "One really terrified me -- "The Unlocked Window", with Dana Wynter among fellow nurses in an old house, and a serial killer is loose." BronxGirl: "I watched 'The Unlocked Window' recently and it scared me silly, too..." I have a vague memory of this episode. So as not to spoil it for others...would one of you please P.M. me with a bit of a synopsis that episode. Who, in fact, was the serial killer? Dana Wynter (along with Barbara Rush) is one of my favorite actresses.

That shot you posted of Clark Gable (in color as Rhett) is the best photo of him ever taken. He's the personification of Man, especially in that shot below.

Seeeee...now you're talkin', LaBelle. SCSU...not that there's anything wrong with that!!

...for a man.

;-)

That picture of La Loren in "El Cid" is fantastic. I saw her in person, while she was filming a scene for a movie: "Mortadella" in Lower Manhattan. She almost caused a riot among us bystanders. Gee! What a way to die!

Personally, I'm a sucker for Victor Mature (or Primo Carnero). Love me some beefcake!

Bronxgirl: "Jack Weston (formerly known by me as Fat Jack Weston until CineMaven correctly pointed out how redundant that is)..." HA!!! HA!!! WoW! SCSU...is the Munch picture below mocking "Home Alone"??? And yes, you're absolutely right (yet again) about Constance (not Doris) Dowling. Thanks much for the correction

Doris Dowling and Veronica Lake ??

As history shows us, Chaplin wasn't a one-woman man. He'd have broken poor Edna's little heart. She escaped alive.

Hmmm...Gene Kelly. I loved watching him dancing and looking at his...talents.

Hollywood. A treacherous place. Always pitting the veteran against the new comer. Bacall needed a threat from Lizabeth Scott; Alice Faye and Jean Harlow were the blondes of the 30's...then Betty Grable and those gorgeous gams came on the scene and blew away Faye (who, admittedly, left voluntarily not to look back for twenty years). Grable was the bees knees, especially with those legs until Marilyn came on the scene and obliterated everyone and anyone else within 3000 miles of Culver City. Rudy Vallee-to-Bing Crosby-to-Ol' Blue Eyes-to-ELVIS-to-the Beatles. It's evolution...it's the history of the world...it's Hollywood, a treacherous place, especially for women.

LaBelle: Sometimes...silence is golden.

Hello Frank: "Thanks for providing a link for that article on Gloria. I thought the author captured the essence of Double G quite well, although in rather vulgar terms." Hope all's well and you're enjoying the weather. NYC's beautiful right now. I just read that article over breakfast. It was a rather tawdry read and didn't make me feel good for Gloria. Hope to read us put her into our own words very soon. "In A Lonely Place" is coming up Wednesday morn. I was born when I met her...

TikiSoo: "I purposely hold off watching some classic movies because I feel like I've already seen everything." Still want to know what you meant by this... As for flat ****, I'm kind of busy looking at actors' faces.

Hi-de-ho there Bronxgirl: "Hello, dere, CM! I'm recovering from Bob Mitchum's bare chest in NOT AS A STRANGER. Woo-woo." Always loved the barrel-chested Mitchum. He's one of the few actors that always gave me the impression that you'd be shown a great time in the boudoir. I love my pretty boys (Rock, Tyrone, Erroll etc.) but there's something about Mitchum. Hmmm...a woman knows these things. Yeah, Dr. Mitchum could 'operate' on me anytime; just go easy with the scalpel. "Gloria just walks to the door in a modest looking blouse, sweater and skirt, and still she looks sexier than most other actresses half-naked. I like the way her eyes size him up." I think you can see Gloria's soul through those almond shaped eyes of hers. I taped the movie last night, (which I've seen before), but must watch it again to refresh it in my mind. Your assessment of Gloria is quite accurate. She didn't need to be naked to express her sexuality and sensuality. There's just sumthin' sumthin' about her... Might I ask that you please be on the lookout for "Screaming Mimi" which should be on in the next night or so? (Check the listings). I've been touting this film around the boards and my caveat is that it isn't a great movie...but it's a hell of a lot of fun and Anita Ekberg (though her measurements are more obvious than the subtle Gloria) looks spectacular!!! "A fat Jack Weston look-a-like tried to pick me up in front of Walgreens. You just can't get more romantic than that." A fat Jack Weston???? Isn't that redundant? (Liked him in "Please Don't Eat the Daisies" though). You could do worse, girlfriend. What if a Zero Mostel wanted to carry your bags to the car?? And by the by...congratulations on your 7K posts. I still think you oughta write a book of essays. Peace out!

"Thanks...I think. Maybe I'll hold out for a Barbara Billingsley type. Oh Molo!...the Beaver has his head stuck in the drainpipe again Yes now that sounds like a nice calm lifestyle." Molo...you're right. A nice, calm, boring, vanilla, missionary lifestyle. That doesn't sound like the life for a librarian. Beaver's dad should be a swinger this time around.