CineMaven

Poor baby. I saw their daughter at a Q & A at the Apple Store in SoHo (NYC) for a short movie she contributed to the TriBeCa Film Festival. Gosh, she was gorgeous. And it was really like looking at Ingrid Bergman again.

Wellllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!! I'm no Bo Derek, Linda Evans or Ursula Andress...but hey now. How YOU doin'?????

Jack: "Last night, while battling insomnia, I thought of Selznick and Jennifer Jones..." Well I'm wide awake now and thinking of Douglas Sirk with Rock Hudson. Quite a team, I'd say. BTW, didja ever get to sleep?? Dreaming of Jennifer Jones, perhaps.

Lafitte...don't mess up the Gloria Grahame flow with talk of Will Rogers. It's very jarring and ruins the fantasy. A couple of pages back, someone kindly consolidated a list of Grahame films scheduled for TCM 3/11: "The Cobweb" 3/22: "Crossfire" 3/27: "The Greatest Show on Earth" 3/28: "A Woman's Secret"[/u] 4/8: "Merton of the Movies" 5/11: "It Happened in Brooklyn" and 5/28: "Not As A Stranger." You'll have to play catch-up...but I can think of worse things than looking for a slew of Gloria Grahame's films to watch in one fell swoop. You'll get weak in the knees.

#1: DRAMATIC ACTOR: Laurence Olivier Spencer Tracy Can't get anymore dramatic than these two. ILRM: You sure spend a lot of time counting up our crazy votes. Got a 9-to-5?

Miss Goddess, molo, lzcutter...your choice of actress and director are spot on. Skimpole: "While one can think of great director/actor relationship with no real erotic current (Ford/Wayne, Scorsese/De Niro, Truffaut/Leaud, Kurosawa/Mifune).." I wouldn't be soooooo sure about that. I thought Ford & Wayne were a pretty erotic duo as was Truffaut & Leaud...in a manly way, of course. ;-) Let's not leave out Billy Wilder and Jack Lemmon.

ILRM: "...the top ten will be decided from the second vote." I guess I got the answer to my question, by just re-reading your initial post on this thread. Now please...wax on about the Angelic Ingrid. You & others are sooo right. There was absolutely something 'intangible' about Ingrid Bergman that makes others pale in comparison. I'm a big big Hedy Lamarr fan. And her face is prenaturally perfection. But geez there's something about Ingrid Bergman that I can't put into words. The other day at the Apple Store in SoHo (NYC) as part of the TriBeCa Film Festival, I waited five hours (through MAC program demonstrations and film director Tom Kalin) to see and hear a Q & A with Isabella Rossellini. Yes, she is older now (56) but she is STILL beautiful. And as the direct descendant of Ingrid Bergman...whew!!! it felt like looking at Ingrid Bergman.

Hello Molo: "Well now I'm hurt. I thought I had it goin' on with that Lauren Hutton tooth gap, Errol Flynn like sparklin' eyes, Jennifer Jones' cheekbones, Dumbo's ears and Joan Crawford's freckles. I guess it just doesn't all come together in quite the right way." I'm sorry but you're right. It really didn't come together in quite the right way. Send me another photo of yourself. Women are chromosomically predisposed to changing our minds often. Frank to the G Power: "Thanks for getting me going this morning, Molo. I'm sticky with Double G now." Well well Mr. Grimes. What a confession; a morning man, ey? "Nag? Hardly. Yappin'? Heartily. Gable could take your flappin', but Mitch may think to slappin'. Not all men are equipped to deal with a lively gal who speaks her mind. Ya feel me?" Yessiree...I'm feeling you. But you know...on second thought, I might be like Rhonda Fleming who didn't mind Mitchum grabbing her arm roughly. ("Out of the Past") But I know when to speak and when to be quiet. My exes can attest to that. "Don't tell me you were on the fence before. Of all the women on this board, I thought you would understand the language Gloria Grahame spoke the most." Dammit! You caught me! I was being a tad coy there, I guess. Yeah. I understand the language.

Molo & Frank: OMG!!! Those shots of Gloria in the black outfit AND the white outfit made me jump out of my seat. And I'm at work. I'm starting to really agree with you guys...there's something about the way Gloria looks into the camera. I'm not a guy, but WHOA!!!!!

Hi Metsie...I was kind of kidding about Conrad Veidt...but he does look rather dashing. Theresa

ILRM: I can't believe that Elizabeth Taylor is not in the top ten. Her looks could stop traffic. And again I ask, aren't we one vote short? Wasn't there to be a vote for THE MOST beautiful...and not the top TEN most beautiful actresses. I'm just asking.

Hello Frankie & Molo: I have mixed emotions right now. I thought I was being too insecure about my looks to go out with the intimidatingly good looking Tyrone Power. But after seeing the photos of you both (one of you looks suspiciously like George Bush) I want to rescind my offer of a possible Jules & Jim assignation with you. CM:"Errol Flynn might not take "no" for an answer; (remember that statutory thing?)" FG: "Were you planning on trying some "no's" on him?" Well...you know on second thought...I'm just a girl who can't say no. CM: "Message was edited by: CineMaven: (Had to cross off Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum and Hedy Lamarr off my list)." FG: "I would have thought Mitchum with you, CM. But after a little thought, I don't think he'd show the patience with you like Gable would." Saaay Frank, are you saying that patience would be needed with me??? Am I a nag, a nudge? Whattup wit' dat?

Lynn, So sorry to hear about your upcoming surgery. Good luck with that. Looking forward to the class whenever it comes about. Please make it obvious so I'll find it.

ILRM, forgive me for beating a dead horse...but are we to vote for THE MOST BEAUTIFUL actress from the list compiled below and pick one?

Helloooooooo Molo: "I'd definitely consider myself lucky to end up with Alice Faye. We could have Cesar Romero and Carmen Miranda over for pinochle and cocktails. What a fun time that would be! Hopefully we could meet up with Frank and Gloria at the Mocambo later in the evening. CineMaven just out of curiosity who would be your date? I'm guessing from your answer in the handsome guy thread that maybe it's Power, Flynn or Gable. Care to clue us in?" Thanxxx for asking my taste in men. It could be you & Frank. Aaah, what a Jules & Jim scene that would be. But to meet up with you guys at the Mocambo, the choice is easy. No...not Tyrone Power. He is absolutely gorgeous to look at, but maybe too pretty. Errol Flynn might not take "no" for an answer; (remember that statutory thing?) I'd have to go with the King. Gable and I will join you guys for drinks at the Mocambo, after we come from the Brown Derby. Message was edited by: CineMaven: (Had to cross off Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum and Hedy Lamarr off my list).

Just gotta put the ladies on top...

I didn't think I would like it but I watched it. And it was fantastic. I wonder what Ava Gardner thought of it...

...always thought Conrad Veidt was sexy.

A-Haaaaaaaaaaaaaa...the power of beauty. After all, who wants to smell like Marjorie Main, or Marie Dressler though I don't think I'd mind smelling like Jane Darwell. ;-)

Hmmmm Molo...I'm ready to bring my box of Raisinets to your theatre right now. Saaay, how much is admission and is your theatre here in NYC?? (Got to LOVE that NOIR). Message was edited by: CineMaven

Hey Poinciana: "And I agree abt Anne Francis, saw her in a play once and she was gorgeous. How abt Barbara Rush? Perfect face and enviable figure. (Saw her in many plays, saw her in The Supporting Cast three times, once in Blithe Spirit and Steel Magnolias.)" WOW!!! I ENVY YOU!!! You've just named two of my favorite actresses. I loved Anne Francis ("HONEY WEST") and really was a big big fan of Barbara Rush: ("The Young Philadelphians" and when she let her hair down in "Strangers When We Meet" aaah!) A fine fine actress!! Did you get to meet either one of those ladies? If I had a successful career as a director, I'd hire them both on the spot.

"Duel At Diablo" "Experiment in Terror" Steiner, Tiomkin, Waxman, Korngold, Bernard Hermann, Raksin, "Laura" I could go on and on...

But tried and true is so comfortable and cozy. But I would like to see "The Rains Came" which I ordered from TCM. Let's face it...I just want to drool at Tyrone Power.

Rachelectro: "I also like that the film shows that the Civil War wasn't all about slavery - I mean, only the extremely wealthy could afford slaves, and we in the south have always been, uh, below the normal income level, so to speak. It shows that people were fighting for a way of life, not the right to have slaves, and also the aftermath of war." Yeah...a way of life that included owning slaves. Only the rich had slaves?? Since there were more poor folks than rich, those odds don't explain why so many owned or used slaves. I won't go off on a racial tirade since this IS about the great Vivien Leigh. But some of your comments did give me pause. That said, Vivien Leigh is incomparable as Scarlett and Blanche and in "Waterloo Bridge." She exhibited steely fragility to me, and she was gorgeous. She must have fainted when she saw her image in "GWTW." Saw a little of "Wuthering Heights" and Olivier was dashingly painfully handsome. I can see Viv's obsession with Larry. No doubt I am giving my shout out to the great Vivien Leigh.

I third that emotion!! She was a sultry luscious brunette and can lead the dark beauties populated by Ava and Darnell. I would add Hedy but she was very patrician. I would add Gail Russell but she was very fragile. Awww hell...Let me re-phrase that. Lamour leads the dark beauties populated by Ava and Darnell and Hedy and Gail. Ooops! Lemme throw in Gene too. Bing & Bob must've had a ball working with her but others did too. Let's out her. Let's take her out of the vault and put her flicks on TCM. Didn't she wear a sarong like nobody's business??! L'amour...l'amour. Toujours LAMOUR!!