CineMaven

"Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" is one of the great film titles of all time. I wish I could see that film. Anyone know where I could get it for free (gulp!) perhaps? Let me imdb Barbara Payton; see what her story was.

"A big league blonde..." "Born to Kill" "Two Weeks in Another Town" "Key Largo" "Murder My Sweet" one of the great voices of the movies.

Aaaah, thank you for that tip. I am faithful to TCM...but it's Jeanne Crain for goodness sake. She has my heart & soul. Just before "Separate Tables" came on they showed a bit of "Mrs. Miniver" and talked to Teresa Wright. She's gone too...and my heart is doubly broken. "Hot Rods to Hell" "State Fair" and "Madison Avenue." I'll make a note of that.

Eeeeww! What a backhanded way to

Frank...again, I commend you on the time you spent to put this thread together. Magnificent job and it's great seeing these women. It does help me relive the film (and sadly remind me that I am but a mere mortal). My favorite Hitchcock blonde is the warm and supple Kim Novak. "Vertigo" is the sickest , most romantic movie of all time. And she's the perfect fantasy to torment you. (She-monster? Ugh! Get bent, will ya!) Doris Day is positively **** in the scene where she is drugged when she is told that her little boy has been kidnapped. Loved her in "...Knew Too Much." I tell you the queen can do comedy, music and drama. What MORE does the *&%!@ Academy need. Oops, I digress. Let me go back to gushing: Karin Dor looks stunning. I remember her as a redhead in a James Bond film. Now I MUST see "Topaz." 'Tippi' and Eva Marie are positively lovely and alluring. (Isn't that a great word?) And kudoes to Ruth Roman and her intense dark looks. (Why didn't she go further in her career?) But I must say that though she's not my favorite (and I am not rude as some who resort to name-calling) it is UNDENIABLE that Grace Kelly is the penultimate Hitchcock blonde and I can see why her image dominated the 1950's (Marilyn notwithstanding). Her image fairly pops off my computer monitor as though in 3-D. Or was it that my eyes nearly popped out of my head. Would it be fair to say Hitchcock was obsessed or possessed...or is that bewitched, by her. If she looked like this in "Mogambo" instead of that staid, vanilla little wifey...she'd have REALLY given Ava a run for her money. Thank you soo much Mr. Grimes for this thread. One last question for you...or for anyone out there if you care to respond: if you were casting a Hitchcock film...tell me some of today's actresses you would use in a movie (and they do NOT have to be just blondes). I'm curious. Thanxx Frank.

Frank what a time consuming and hell of an undertaking. Thank you!!! It was wonderful reliving these films via Hitch's lovely ladies. Among my favorites are: Lombard (so gorgeous...such a tragic end), Priscilla Lane (honeydew), Ingrid (see...without the habit) and my favorite favoriteTeresa Wright. (Lockwood reminds me of Joan Bennett), Fontaine looks fetching in her negligee. I always thought Mary Anderson had an interesting face and voice. Too bad her career never really took off. I'm about to go to your other thread. Frank...this is an amazing job. Hitch pulled more babes than 007. WoW!! Now totally off-topic, I've got to watch "The Brain That Wouldn't Die." Virginia Leith was an interesting actress.

Good movie. Everyone played their part so well. HEFLIN: I've never been a Heflin fan, but I did enjoy him in this film. He laughs at folks, and takes nothing seriously except his attraction to Missy. CYD: Nice girl, real regular. And so pretty NANCY: Ronnie's girl was very good, sincere as the best friend. Said a great line that could STILL apply to us women today about how folks say women are incapable of real affection for each other. AVA: Oh my God. She's hotter than 451 F. Was she even acting when she was basically saying "you want me and you know it...you can't even insult me 'cuz you know you're a low down dirty dawg and I like you that way. Now let's do this thaang." The camera just lingered on her. As it should. As it must. STANWYCK: And just so folks knows that Missy can tone it down, here she is...toned down. There's always a truth about Stanwyck. She's so hurt and holding her tongue. I shudder to think what would happen to Mason if she let out Phyllis Dietrichson or Martha Ivers. I liked Stanwyck here...and to face the full blast of Ava's sexuality...she didn't wilt. She didn't win (who could?) but she didn't wilt. She also didn't unleash her all-out fury. But my money was on Ava in this one. Love Gale Sondergaard (remind me to imdb the ages on both 'mother & daughter' in "East Side-West Side") no matter WHAT she does. Gale worked with both Bette & Barbara. What stories could SHE tell? Enjoyed this film. All the archetypes are there: long suffering wife, hot mistress, nice girl, egotistical husband and good guy waiting in the wings. (No comment on James Mason. Just too arrogant for my tastes. Yeah he was acting but I've NEVER been able to warm up to him though he has one of the great speaking voices in Hollywood. He did well in the part. He finally could end his affair with Ava,now that she was dead.Ugh!) OOOooooh and that big blonde, I laughed when Cyd called her an Amazon. Great flick.

YOWZA!!! What is it about these nuns ("The Bells of St. Mary" "The Nun" and below) that makes us want to rip off those habits and see what fires lie beneath... Cashette, you should enjoy Kerr in "The Sundowners." She is very down-to-earth in that film.

Been reading about Kay Francis in an article and seems like she was a good-time gal. Lots of affairs, love spending money and had a dark beauty that wouldn't be duplicated until Linda Darnell, Yvonne DeCarlo and Ava came on the scene. She was luscious. I've got to see more of her films.

Aaah Ava. I think she has themost perfect name in show business. It expresses it all. P.S. She's gorgeous.

" A Place in the Sun " I also thought Shelley Winters was great in this flick. Of course Montgomery Clift. yum yum. This just came on the other nite. It is quite a textbook motion picture of how a movie should be done. And then you one can have a swoon fest over Liz & Monty. Now for my NEW 5W's (we don't have to have just one do, we?) WHO: Deborah Kerr WHY: Graceful, quiet, and a smoldering sexuality one wants to peel back to discover. WHAT: "From Here to Eternity" "The Sundowners" "The Chalk Garden" "An Affair to Remember" "Beloved Infidel" etc. WHERE: Television WHEN: the 1950's

Bringing up this ol' chestnut from back in April,ey? Well let me expose my heart to all of you TCM-ers. Tyrone Power has my heart, but the lovely Jeanne Crain has my heart & soul.

Deborah Kerr. I've said it before and I'm saying it again, the news of her passing brought tears to my eyes. She & Doris Day were the two celebrities I've always wanted to meet. The YouTube clip on British beauties was wonderful!!Among them: Vivien, Deborah, Susannah, Lansbury, Redgrave, Bisset, Mirren, Rampling, Weisz, Beckinsale, Diana Rigg and the most striking: Jean Simmons & Julie Christie (for me). My my, the English roses were in full bloom. It's soooo sad that Deborah Kerr has gone. I hope she's in peace and now, pain-free. Frankly, it's hurt my heart.

Wanda Sykes is up there with Thelma Ritter and Eve Arden and Connie Gilchrist in the scene-stealing, line reading genre of actresses. Sexless, but with a line delivery sharper than a ginsu knife. Jennifer who?

Remember John Randolph played Rock Hudson as an older man in Frankenheimer's "Seconds"??

Sounds yummy. Whydon't we make ita new American Thanksgiving staple. Uh...I think you'll need more rum.

I'll briefly weigh in on this...I think Jennifer Lopez is good in some roles. Her voice though is a little strident. She IS being given chances to work with top actors (Fonda, Redford). She was very good in "Selena" but Hollywood tries to take over a good natural thing. She's not picking good challenging parts. An actress friend of mine says Lopez always plays pretty. No ethnicity? You're kind of right here...(but basically inlater years neither did Rita Moreno--but she's a better actress too). J-Lo's kind of a light-weight, not very weighty, meaty. (Now for a good Latina actress d'ya remember the actress who was in "Lone Star" and "Blue Steel"?? Too bad she doesn't get much parts lately). Jennifer Lopez is a beautiful woman,no doubt...her video where she dances with a flamenco dancer could rival Ava Gardner. Jennifer doesn't have a great singing voice (but few of them do these days). Think about who'd she be in the 30's or 40's...she might've been a stalwart "B" tier of movie actress. I think with her thin talent she should thank her lucky stars she's become very successful...and I say that liking her. I write screenplays and I've written something that would be perfect for Lopez becuz of her (confound it) box office appeal. But the character I wrote goes through a couple of layers of emotions that I, frankly, don't think Jenny from the block could play. And I'm no body famous or anything. Just my humble opinion. Now can we get back to the old days and talk about luscious gals like Alice Faye or Ann Sheridan or Linda Darnell or gals like that? Can you imagine calling Carole Lombard C-Lo, or Ginger Rogers: G-Ro. Say, why'd you even bring this up? Deborah Kerr died. Again...this is just my humble opinion.

Why on earth is that Oscar being auctioned off instead of sitting in a museum on Hollywood somewhere?? Yeech! No sense of history. I have mixed feelings about "Citizen Kane." One of the last times I saw it I enjoyed and lauded it. Then other times I'm annoyed that I'm supposed to like it becuz it's considered the best film of all time. I can't explain why I feel that way. I'm thinking if you like a film..you like it. Go figure!!

Oh yes..."The Chalk Garden." Deborah has a secret too in that film. She was wonderful trying to help a mixed up child (Hayley Mills) who liked to start fires. I remember being impressed with the score too. Geez, this is sad news.

You have hit it on the head and described very well what I've seen throughout all the threads on Deborah Kerr: "She exuded an alluring sexiness while maintaining a ladylike demeanor that few actresses could match..." Yes there are others whose time will soon come being up there in age...but I think the death of Deborah Kerr is one of the major losses of old Hollywood. Sad indeed.

Okay. I guess I understand...intellectually...logically. Wish you could jump through hoops on Kerr's behalf. She was quite an icon and our hearts are broken.

I agree with you on the cast. And Ella Raines...oh boy, my favorite. I could write a thread about her. I think I will.

My heart is broken. I've always wanted to meet Ms. Kerr and Doris Day. I hope the Academy takes note of this to honor Ms. Day. I thought Deborah Kerr was quite a lady, and sexy...not in a Lana-Rita-Ava way, but quiet..smoldering. I've enjoyed her work immensely and wrote about her in two other threads. Gosh, this hurts. TCM...step up to the plate. Jump throughhoops, but step up to the plate with more than just two films. Deborah Kerr...this threw me for a loop. :-(

Gale Sondergaard and Hillary Brooke. "Watson, the needle."

Whew!!! Marion Martin... now wasn't THAT a big brassy blonde?!