CineMaven

Aw gee. And I thought you were talking about FrankGrimes. I'm disappointed. :-(

YES! That was quite a Hedy experience with "WHITE CARGO" last night. I never knew she had a caboose like that. A nice discovery. Poor Richard Carlson, I almost felt sorry for him. ALMOST. A little part of me thought he deserved to be tortured. (Is that mean?) He deserved to be tortured becuz he should've known he could handle someone like Gail Russell, or Teresa Wright, or Priscilla Lane, or Donna Reed; maybe step up his game with a Frances Dee or get his feet wet with Dorothy Lamour or Linda Darnell or Lena Horne or Ava. But HEDY LAMARR?? Dude, he was so truly out-classed diving into the deep end of her dark pools of beauty...he almost drowned. I thought her best moment was being forced to take the poison (terror) and running and screaming. I never ever saw Lamarr really animated before. She was always like a statue, still...statuesque...a shrine to be gazed at and worshipped. I gushed...I mean, wrote about it in the Your Favorites thread on Hedy. Go over there and check it out. Yeah...you can laugh at me. D'ya think our boy FrankGrimes would've survived a nite of Tondelayo? Frank, if you're out there...how do you think YOU would do?

Holy mackeral. I never heard that story. Was Sarah Miles THAT much of a turnoff? Maybe Julie Christie would have had to be drugged if she had to do a scene with Jones.

Yes, it's cheating ... forty lashes with a wet noodle." Okay...beat me daddy, eight to the bar.

Ms.G., I think you hit it on the head and I agree. Christopher Jones (from "Wild in the Streets") was just a representative of an idea: "The Tragic Lover."

My kid sister's name is Lorraine. Yep, named after the Nat King Cole song.

Hi Frank, Molo: "Maybe you're more like Bogie while I'm more Franchot Tone. I dream of Grahame, Lupino, Russell and Sheridan but I'll probably end up with Alice Faye." You both write so well. Nope, I'm not sucking up. I've really been enjoying reading your exchange. Now, you've prettied up your talk on Double G becuz there are ladies reading this thread. So tell me...what are your REAL thoughts on Gloria Grahame. Gimme the locker room version. And Molo, if you end up with Alice Faye...you'd be a purty lucky man. She was a ****! Sultry alto, cotton candy hair, peaches & cream skin; not bad. Lucky man. Phil Harris didn't complain.

Cinemajestic: Perhaps stars are busy...perhaps it was a life of theirs soooo long ago they don't really want to go there. Stars today just get put on the tabloids. It was such an age of innocence when you could write a movie star and get an autographed picture. My sister & I used to write Jeri Lawrence and send in 10 cents. That company used to send us autographed pictures of movie stars. (Hmmm, looking back, I doubt the stars REALLY autographed thoses 10 cent shots we got). Arlann: I'm loving every little tidbit you share about Ms. Lamarr. I'm waiting with baited breath to see "WHITE CARGO" tonite.

"...They've given him a number And taken 'way his name!"

As a Joan Crawford minion, I think Patric Knowles looks quite dashing in that shot below. Him, Richard Greene, Jeffrey Lynn and Richard Carlson were among the very handsome boys-next-door from the 1940's. Gotta run and kiss Joan Crawford's feet. And Hedy Lamarr's a...

Hi MissG.: "I am not enraptured with Sarah Miles. She played the part well, I just would have preferred someone else---Julie Christie (of course!)." You should be a casting agent. Didn't the young man who played the soldier remind you of James Dean? I think he was married to Sybil Burton, Richard Burton's ex.

Darn it. I have a MAC.

Mother of Mercy! I hope that's far faaaaar behind. Dude, don't go giving folks ideas!!! B-)

Uh-oh...NO MORE POEMS. Let's fight. ;-)

Don Ameche was quite a looker. But how did "Ugarte" slip in there??? In a robe, no less.

Is "Viva Las Vegas" cheating?

Before I get beaten to a pulp in a tag-team brawl with Triple H & Ava, let me get back to the thread at hand. If you're naming Marc Lawrence, SCSU (was I the only one who recognized him in "The Man With the Golden Gun" playing, wait for it...a gangster?) then I'm going to name Joseph Sawyer. Totally off-topic: you haven't lived until you see John Hodiak...mustache and all play an indian in "Cross The Wide Missouri." YIKES!

BSG: I agree with you about Henie with Tyrone Power. Soooooo attractive. And didn't "Sun Valley Serenade" have the fantastic Nicholas Brothers trying to catch the Chattanooga Choo-Choo (AND Dorothy Dandridge too?) I enjoyed Henie's films many years ago. Haven't seen any from beginning to end in eons.

Coopsgirl, I watched your video...and then spent the next half hour going through some other Stanwyck tributes. Nice job there. Nice job! Can you tell, briefly, how you put that together. Clips from DVD's? VHS? Adobe Premiere or Final Cut Pro to edit and the music?? Run through your process a little or PM about your process. Thank you. BTW, there was another Missy Tribute (I believe it was scored to the song "You're Beautiful") that just about broke my heart. So young...so talented...so energetic...so pretty. Hey, I think I just answered the thread's initial question.

he rites, "cascablanca" vs. "gawn with the winde" OR "citsen kane" vs. "touch a evil." Or..."singing in the rein" vs. "the reins of ranchipur." I was happe to see a thred from him that was more than a fight card. CienaMaven :-)

Ya know Molo...there's another thread on here about scene stealing character actors (Thelma Ritter, Eve Arden, George Sanders etc). This might just put FrankGrimes on notice. Good luck. Keep writing.

Get a pre-nup. He might try to steal your hair products.

If you need a bridesmaid or made of honor...lemme know. You & Javier should be very happy (as long as he's not flipping a coin).

Perhaps that's my bad. After all, your handle is ILOVERAYMILLAND.

Will you accept a big lug? MIKE MAZURKI.