Arturo

For me, Monterey is the perfect weekend getaway. pi,cturesquely situated on some bluffs at theo southern end of thelarge bay of the same name, it is a historic town, from its days as the capital of the Spanish Alta California, to its same role in the succeeding Mexican republic, to its later setting for many of Steinbecks stories, it and the surrounding area are relaxing destinations. Its cool climate has had Hollywood favor it, and especially neighboring Carmel, as a stand in for locales like New Zealand, Merrie olde England, and New England.of course the annual jazz festival is an Edited by: Arturo on Jul 10, 2013 11:59 AM

Nothing against Price, but I was hoping for Linda Darnell, as you know.

Tracey, what part in the Glass Menagerie did Hepburn play? *Dorothy McGuire played Laura *in the film I saw with Kirk Douglas and Arthur Kennedy. I never saw a film in which Katherine Hepburn played that role. I would be interested in seeing it because I think that a toned down Hepburn might have done it justice. While McGuire did an okay job, the film clearly belonged to Douglas. You mean Jane Wyman here, don't you. And in this version of TGM, I believe that the role of Amanda, played by Gertrude Lawrence, had been penciled in by Warner Brothers for Bette Davis. But she lost out on playing it when she fled from there upon completing BEYOND THE FOREST. PS - Davis as Scarlett would have been a grave mistake, imho, throwing the film off-kilter in her direction, as some have mentioned here. Edited by: Arturo on Jul 9, 2013 8:10 PM

Another Linda Darnell "what if"....What if Linda had joined the many stars that stayed abroad and worked fhere, for a.minimum of 18 months, in fhe late 40s amd early 50s. IM not sure how it worked, but there was a significsnt tax break on those earnings while overseas. Linda was in Europe for a couple of extended periods, which she could have extended rather easily. For instance, Linda went to Italy in mid 1953 to film the first movie she did wifh producer Giuseppe Amato, DONNE PROIBITE. She wrote to friends that she might remain there to film another movie for Amato. With her long term contract to Fox over the previous year, she had no compelling reason to return to the States. Additionally, Linda could have accepted a role she had discussed with director David Miller to film TWIST OF FATE in the French Riviera in late 1953 ~early 1954. plus if she had been given the part promised her in THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA, This could have kept her in Europe for a while longer. Her marriage to Phillip Leibmann was one that had them staying abroa CAd for long stretches. her only film in the US during this period, THIS IS MY LOVE, she did for Stuart Heisler, who woukd have waited for her other commitments to be completed, he`d done this before. In early 1955, Linda was again in Italy, filming GLI ULTIMI CINQUE MINUTI....afterwards, working on establishing a Girls Town there, she remained in Rome for some six months. again there was talk of a further Italian film project. All in all, she could have easily combined her stays and stayed away at least the 18 month minimum. This would have given her tax relief, which would be one of the pressing financial issues that would shortly rear its head soon after she divorced Liebmann in December 1955.

Oops! I don't know how to get rid of that image (I assume everyone can see it), or to edit it.

Here are a couple of stills from HOTEL FOR WOMEN. And some more early publicity shots: Edited by: TCMWebAdmin on Jul 10, 2013 8:42 AM to remove oversized images.

Here are some shots of Linda Darnell (hope it works this time), starting with her first movie role, starring in 1939's HOTEL FOR WOMEN. That's Linda and her leading man James Ellison. Here she is with the film's director, Gregory Ratoff, and Al Jolson, on the 20th lot, probably during filming of ROSE OF WASHINGTON SQUARE. And an early publicity shot that year of Linda at 15 years of age.

A WOMAN OF AFFAIRS will be on this Wednesday morning as part of the John Gilbert tribute TCM has that day.

Yes! A great spotlight on one of the biggest stars of the late Silent period, and someone who should have retained his popularity into the talkies. What a trajedy befell (was concocted to end) his career and private life. Looking forward to recording 2 or 3 I don't have on DVD.

I was still barely awake when it started here at 3:15 am, since I couldnt sleep due to heartburn from the food I ate on the 4th. I recorded it and started to watch it, bit fell asleep after 10~15 minutes. it looks like fun, so hopefullyI'll enjoy it at some point this weekend.

well that is a specious argument. Hamlet and other stage plays are supposed to be seen on stages everywhere live, and even if there is a filmed/taped version of a given production, that is available to almost nobody. A movie, on the other hand, is released and made available to the widest possible audience. So a much greater amount of people have seen and can continue to see, said movie. So I dont understand this need to remake, update, "perfect", a given piece of artisanry/artistry, when what is available is perfectly viable, and no vanity project will ever convince me of it being sound, unless.ones catering.to ones.vanity to try to outdo a classic is a sound notion.

well if Spielberg wants to honor TGOW, the best thing he could do imho is to fund a restoration of this classic, then use his clout to have it released as widely as possi ble. this will call attention to the movie and book, in the best possible way. his name will have younger viewers being a little less resishtant to the type of movies that are thee brenad and butter of TCM. A win win situation .

Here in LA, the LA Times has occasional feaures.on TCM, usually tied into one of the channels special programming, i.e the Carson shows. Others here have posted links on articles in other papers. TCM must have regular press releases sent to all the media outlets on their upcoming special programming. some will decide to run the occasional story on this.

say it ain't so....is modern day Hollywood that bankrupt for new ideas? this is one of the reasons I hate hearing Drew Barrymore on the Essentials...she's already suggested remakeing LIBELED LADY and AUNTIR MAME. Cant they leave well enough alone? wasnt the recent remake of THE WOMEN a cautionary tale for them to heed.....

I always wondered if there had been some early scenes that were filmed but not used. these would have been before the fateful flight, befween Dana and Linda. There are some promotional stills of them together, where she is wearing a striped blouse, which doesnt appear anywhere in the film. of course, it always seemed strange that when Andrews goes home and finds wife and child gone, the family picture has Linda wearing the suit she wears throughout ...in fact, in the promo material, this same picture seems to have been a part of the photo shoot used to advertise the film, with the only difference is that their son is between them, and not being carried.

I always wondered if there had been some early scenes that were filmed but not used. these would have been before the fateful flight, befween Dana and Linda. There are some promotional stills of them together, where she is wearing a striped blouse, which doesnt appear anywhere in the film. of course, it always seemed strange that when Andrews goes home and finds wife and child gone, the family picture has Linda wearing the suit she wears throughout ...in fact, in the promo material, this same picture seems to have been a part of the photo shoot used to advertise the film, with the only difference is that their son is between them, and not being carried.

wow dargo, your response to TB yesterday at 3:19 pm has you uncharacteristically serious minded....you don't even use parentheses once

after reading the posts on this thread, I went home to watch ZERO HOUR,of which I have a manufactured copy. I guess it doesn't help matters that the case has "Cult Camp Classics" across the top. and if I remember correctly, it is included in a DVD set with a similar title.

Here's another What If regarding Linda Darnell. what if when she divorced first husband, Pev Marley, he hadn't demanded she payhim $125,00.00. If they had had a divorce where he didnt privately seek this mo.ey, in order to keep quiet about an affair Linda was having, most likely she would never have felt compelled to seek to modify her contract at Fox. she didd this in early 1951, and while geftting substantially more per film, was amended so that she would only have one film a year under the new terms. this allowed her to begin freelancing, and began almost immediately in mid 1951, with two back to back outside films, THE LADY PAYS OFF and ISLAND OF DESIRE. Had this amended contract not had to take place, Linda would probably have done several films at Fox which had been meant for her. AND, she would most likely not have contracted the jaundice she gor while filming IOD in Jamaica, this illness and its reoccurrences would keep Linda unable to make movies for the better part of a year. So She mjssed out making at 20th such roles as LYDIA BAILEY, DIPLOMATIC COURIER, , WAIT TILL THE SUN SHINES NELLIE, and even THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO. And while she was good in both TLPO and IOD, a better scenario might`ve flipped it, where she would get to do one outside film a year. And the main thing she would have remained busy and in the spotight more, in rhe crucial early 50s. Plus, she might never have met up with Giuseppe Amato, who visited her while at a London hospital for the jaundice, and not do the two pictures with him she did later, which did nothing for her career.

Just a couple of quick comments: Paramount's MIDNIGHT is one of The Best of 1939's films. Superb cast, Great writing, and one the money direction. By your standards on this thread TB, all of Monogram's and Republic's output are forgotten films.

This is too difficult to do for a whole decade; I haven't seen the Superman thread yet, but here goes... Well if it was the early 1940s, I'd say either Tyrone Power as Batman, Elisha Cook Jr. as Robin, Basil Rathbone as Alfred, and Rita Hayworth as Catwoman. If it's in the mid 40s, Dennis Morgan as Batman, Lon MacAllister as Robin, Alan Napier (as a younger Alfred), and María Móntez as Catwoman. If it's in the later 40s, Mark Stevens as Batman, Johnny Sheffield was a good suggestion for Robin, Richard Haydn as Alfred, and Ava Gardner as Catwoman. There are a plethora of great character actors to fill in the parts of the various villains. PS - I had to restrain myself (along with the restraint of being at work), and not try to do the cast as per each studio's contract roster.

*This is a sequel, since it was made 73 years later. It was also made as a modern computer-animation film with lots of special effects in it, just like other movies with the same kind of special effects.* Fred, this movie may have followed TWOO by being made 73 years later, but it is NOT a sequel. It is a prequel, because the events take place well before Dorothy's arrival in Oz. It describes how the "Wizard" arrived in Oz and became "The Wizard" of Oz. I don't know if it is based on one of Baum's books, but it captures quite well some of the magic we've come to associate with the 1939 film.

And IMH (and highly biased) O, Linda Darnell is a whole lot more attractive than Julie Haggerty, even with Linda's added weight and unflattering makeup. Admittedly, some of dialogue Darnell is saddled with is cringe-inducing, and therefore, ripe for laughter from those that see this in the same vein as AIRPLANE.

*You're forgetting to mention the remake of ZERO HOUR!, which aired on television in the 1970s.* The name of the 1970s TV movie remake was FLIGHT INTO DANGER, just like the original Canadian TV movie of 1956. I agree that it is unfortunate that coming from the prism of AIRPLANE, ZH evokes unintended laughs. That is because much of the dialogue was exactly the same in both movies. A while back there were clips of scenes from ZERO HOUR and AIRPLANE back to back, illustrating this.

tomorrow, Monday July 1, at 6:30 pm eastern, 3:30 Pacific, TCM will show ZERO HOUR (1957). this film was the last Linda Darnell wpuld do for various years, until 1965, (with the exception of the release in some markets of the TV movie HOMEWARD BORNE in 1958). also featuring Dana Andrews ansd Sterling Hayden, among others, Linda didnt have much to do. this movie is best known today as the movie spoofed in AIRPLANE, even featuring emuch of the same dialogue, with tongue firmly in cheek.