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On FMC (all times eastern):
Tuesday, 10/13:
3:30 am: HOW TO STEAL A.MILLION (1966)..................................6 am: THREE CAME HOME (1950)..................................8 am: THE THREE MUSKETEERS (1939)................................9:15 am: THREE LITTLE GIRLS IN BLUE (1946)...............................11 am: SEVEN THIEVES (1960).....................12:45 pm: HOW.TO STEAL A MILLION (1966)................. .
Wednesday, 10/14:
3 am: SEVEN THIEVES (1960)...............................4:45 am: ON THE SUNNY SIDE (1942)..............................6 am: THREE LITTLE GIRLS IN BLUE (1946)..................................7:35 am: THE BLUE BIRD (1940)................................9 am: BLUE DENIM (1959).................................10:40 am: THE BLUE ANGEL (1959)..................................12:30 pm: FOREVER AMBER (1947)..............
Thursday, 10/15:
4 am: THE PURPLE HEART (1944)................................6 am: THE BLUE ANGEL (1959)................................8 am: BLACK SHEEP =1935).................9:35 am: THE PURPLE HEART (1944)...................................11:15 am: WHITE FEATHER (1955)..............................1 pm: HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (1941).............
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Doris loves ALL dogs. She would have instead got the daisies fired.
Doris made.an exception with Asta. She was miffed that his contract gave him more perks, as well as equal billing. It brought out the diva in Dodo.
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Yes they were great looking, especially when, like Gable, he put them in a jar at night.
Reminds me of a girlfriend I had that wore dentures... I didn't know about it for a long time because she always took them out at night, after the lights were out.... Oooh la la
Ooh la la is right. There was a new dimension with the bare gums in your deep throat.recreations,.I'm guessing.
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Stephan, your mustache story here has reminded me of something I've been wanting to ask this thread's OP since he started it...
And so Tom, while I've always known Errol Flynn was one of, if not your very favorite studio era actor, after now reading of TWO incidences in this thread where some cinematic action of Mr. Flynn's seemed to greatly influence your actions over the years...well...in some past efforts to further emulate your movie hero, did you ever grow one of those little pencil thin mustaches like he usually sported back in the day TOO???
(...inquiring minds want to know)
I did. When I was around 13 or 14 I tried to imitate my somewhat older cousins with a disco look. This meant a retro 1940s look.and a pencil thin mustache. So my peach fuzz on my upper lip amused my uncles, who along with my dad, had that type of stache when I was really small. I also enhanced the look with my sister's eyeliner.
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When I first tried smoking cigarettes, around 16 years of age, I had already been smoking pot for about three years. I tried inhaling the smoke deep into my lungs, like with marijuana, and ended up couphing them out. After a few attempts, I realized I didn't like it and gave up. Which was a good thing with my addictive personality.The movies certainly made smoking look cool.
A few years later,.outside of nightclubs or at parties, I tried to look cool by trying to light two cigarettes at once, a la Paul Henreid, giving one to whichever girl was with me. The effectiveness of the gesture varied with my state of inebriation.
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OH....WAIT!
Thought of something.
Nobody (or me) got HURT mind you, but thinking back, it WAS kinda dumb...
I,like a lot of kids growing up in the late '50's, had a cheap red felt "cowboy hat". White plastic string stitching around the edge of the brim.
Anyway, I recall playing in the backyard like some old sawhorse was a real horse, and, like in several western movies(and TV shows) I decided to give my STEED a drink, like cowboys did in those movies and shows by FILLING MY HAT with water for my horse to drink out of.
But, instead of magically going back to it's original shape like the hats in the movies did, it shrunk and puckered up into something that wouldn't even fit WOODY from TOY STORY!
And, well, in later years I tried to get my EX(not the ex at the time) to take some inspiration from the film "DEEP THROAT, but she wouldn't bite( NO pun intened!).
Sepiatone
So your ex refused to play secret.government.informant, giving.information to a couple of Washington Post reporters, re. the unfolding Watergate scandal? What a drop. No wonder she became your ex.
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If you remember the TV show SUPERMAN, then you remember that George Reeves always flew out of windows.
Back in the 1950s the town of Ciales had no tall buildings, but it did have a baseball court with bleachers that were about three stories high. I climbed one of them, and jumped. I must have been a very elastic tyke, for I did not shatter any bones or twist any muscles, but I was shaking as if my body were full of springs. Altogether, I was proud of the feat I had accomplished, but even then I knew I would never dare to do anything so dangerous in the future.
My oldest brother jumped off the second story balcony where we lived in Tijuana, thinking he was Superman, with one of my diapers tied to his neck as the cape. He broke one leg only.
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How does everyone feel about the new slogan "Let's movie!" I don't like it at all--it sounds silly.
Not as catchy as "Gable's Back and Garson's Got Him".
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Lubitsch knew what he wanted out of the scene, but the Code wouldn't allow it.
Sooo, Lubitsch decided it would be most effective to close the scene with the phone interrupting them at the worst possible time, for the ***** lovers onscreen and the **** audience watching them.
Another example of the Lubitsch touch -with American adjustments.
It's the Lubitsch Touch touched by the Production Code.
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1. THE LAVENDER HILL.MUTT
2. THE DEVIL IS A SQUIRREL
3. WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA'S WOLF
4. STRANGERS WHEN WE SNIFF
5. HERE COMES A GROOM
6. ASTA AND DELILAH
7. WHERE THE P OOP ON THE SIDEWALK ENDS
8. MONGRELS BECOME ELECTRA
9. THE FOXES ARE HARRIED
10. DISTEMPER TRAP
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Back in the day, Asta's relationships with Ava and Liz,.and.several others, was the subject of a cover story on that dirt rag Confidential Magazine. It was titled "Asta and the MGM Cuties". Despite the truths it dealt with, Asta had his lawyers sue, and helped to successfully put that rag.out of business. Asta made some comments about a phyrric victory, acknowledging the diminishing power of the studios in the 1950s, saying that in the past the studio would have had these stories squashed.There was a general statement about his "many love affairs."
Those two names were not mentioned explicitly as I recall.
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Yes, I dont think Fox would have fired her if it werent almost bankrupt from the Cleopatra debacle that was still going on. Something's Got to Give was one of the few productions being filmed on the lot. From what I've read in The Last Take (a book about Monroe's last months and the filming of Something's Got to Give), Marilyn was really ill, but she had cried wolf so many times in the past, they didnt believe her. They wanted to teach her a lesson and use her as an example to other stars. But the publicity backfired and they wound up hiring her back and restarting the production in the fall..........
The final straw for Fox was when Marilyn, who was supposed to be sick, flew off to New York, and sang "Happy Birthday" for President Kennedy at Madison Square Garden.
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I believe it is a doc biography that is or will be shown in theaters.Tab Hunter narrates it. I haven't checked imdb yet, but you might want to google Tab Hunter Confidential, the info is probably there.
I just saw the TCM news bit on TAB HUNTER CONFIDENTIAL. It's a documentary based on his recent bio of the same name. I also checked out the website. This documentary will be showing all over the country and in Canada; it seems to be staggered. Tab will be at a few of the showings. Unfortunately, the first showing in the LA area, where he will be in person, is on October 30, the same day I will be flying to Mexico. It will still be playing in the LA area when I get back, including two showings where he will be there: 11/12 in Palm Springs, and 11/19 in Santa Barbara. Hopefully, I get to attend one if these showings.
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Linda.Darnell will be seen today on TCM, in John Ford's classic western MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (1946). It will on at 3:30 pm est, 12:30 pm pst. Linda plays the fiery mixed breed Chihuahua, clashing with Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday (Henry Fonda and Victor Mature, respectively) in old Tombstone. Also featuring newcomer.Cathy Downs as the titular Clementine, as well as many stalwarts of the Ford stock company. A great.cast in an outstanding film imho.
Also upcoming are two more films with Linda, but on FMC. First.is her blockbuster FOREVER.AMBER (1947), her biggest title, if not able to live up to the expectations of the racy bestseller. On 10/14 @ 12:30 pm.est, 9:30 am pst. Also on 10/23 @ 12:40 pm est, 9:40 am pst.
Then, DAYTIME.WIFE (1939), on 10/16 @ 6 am est, 3.am.pst, in which Darnell costars.with Tyrone Power for the first of four times, playing his wife in this enjoyable screwball comedy. She was not even 16 when she filmed this. NOTE: Asta MAY be featured, at least.that's what memory tells me, but in a publicity still on ebay with Linda and the pooch it appears to be another dog.
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On FMC (all times eastern):
Saturday, 10/10:
3:30 am: WILD ON THE BEACH (1965)......................................4:50 am: SURF PARTY (1964).....................................6 am: LLOYD'S OF LONDON (1936).................................8 am: THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM (1944)................................10:30 am: THE SWEET RIDE (1968)...........................12:30 pm: SURF PARTY (1964).....................................1:40 pm: WILD ON THE BEACH (1965).......................
Sunday, 10/11:
3:30 am: KEYS OF THE KINGDOM (1944)................................6 am: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE (1945)...................................7:15 am: THIS IS MY AFFAIR (1937)...................................10:45 am: THE REWARD (1965)...................................12:20 pm: WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS (1950)....................
Monday, 10/12:
3 am: THE INN OF THE SIXTH HAPPINESS (1958).................................13
6 am: 13 FIGHTING MEN (1960).................................7:15 am: TWELVE HOURS TO KILL (1960)...................................8:40 am: FIVE FINGERS (1952).................................................10:30 am: THREE CAME HOME (1950).................................12:20 pm: THE INN OF THE SIXTH HAPPINESS (1958).....................
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Asta was to star in the film GUNFIGHT AT THE O K KENNEL but he wouldn't share top billing with Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas.
This is true. However, Asta had earlier starred in a version of the same gunfight, in 1938's FRONTIER MASCOT. Later, John Ford adapted this story in the masterly MY DOGGIE CLEMENTINE; a role.for Asta was written especially for him.
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I wonder why this little factoid wasn't mentioned during the E! HOLLYWOOD TRUE STORY about Asta.
Probably because of the time.limit of that program. Asta has so.many wild adventures that the producers focused on some of his more scandalous stories. A couple of his biographers did mention it, but strangely enough, Asta did not in his racy bestselling autobiography, "'Scuse Me While I **** This Guy".
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Arturo--it's a talk & clips of his movies, it's to be in New York City--but it's sold out. There is also a showing of his first film with Divine, 1981's "Polyester"--that is sold out online but limited tickets were available at the box office, for however long they last. For more information, go to:
edit: link works. Scroll down to "Coming Soon", & you'll find the events.
Thanks both of you for the answers. Maybe they can do something similar here in LA, perhaps at the next TCM Film.Festival.
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We now have two competing Asta threads, both going strong.
Well, they are not competing threads, as they have different intents. One.is trying to get.TCM to.select Asta for their monthly star.tributes, the other is reflective of interest.in his movies.as.they make the Top Ten.most.searched titles,.basically due to the interest this thread has.engendered in him. Complementary.threads is more.accurate.
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Not sure if this is the right thread for this, but yesterday I overheard.a.part of the monthly News segment (or whatever its called) on TCM. It.mentioned Tab Hunter's biography "Tab Hunter Confidential". From.what.I heard, it sounds like.maybe a.documentary based on his story, especially since the book,.both hardback and soft cover, came out a few years ago. Can anyone shed light on this?
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John Hodiak was never a Fox contract player, although he starred there more than once in the mid 40s. He was under contract at MGM then, and was loaned to 20th. Hitchcock saw a test of Canada Lee, and liked Hodiak, who was in the test. Hodiak was borrowed by Fox for LIFEBOAT, and borrowed him twice more in rapid succession, SUNDAY DINNER FOR A SOLDIER, where he met future wife Anne Baxter, and A BELL FOR ADANO, with Gene Tierney; this film made him a star. He was one of a number of leading men that got a toehold on stardom during WW2 due to many male stars being away at war. Unfortunately for him, he was doing second leads shortly after the war ended, as returning stars bumped him from his incipient stardom.Thought I'd start off a topic on Fox player John Hodiak by posting this frame of Hodiak in 1938 as a member of the Jewel Players at WXYZ radio. Hodiak was one of the stock company of THE LONE RANGER during this period and he appeared in this Chevrolet industrial short. Hodiak is in the back. The balding bespectacled chap is John Todd, who played Tonto for over 20 years on radio.
Here is the short, BACK OF THE MIKE
By the way, the old timer shown driving the jalopy in the western footage is Lafe McKee.
Hodiak became a contract player at 20th Century-Fox and starred in many fine pictures including Alfred Hitchcock's LIFEBOAT.
At the height of his career, John Hodiak starred on Broadway in THE CAINE MUTINY COURT-MARTIAL with Lloyd Nolan. Scheduled to appear in a live CBS Colorcast of the play in 1955, Hodiak suffered a fatal heart attack and was replaced by Frank Lovejoy. At the close of the telecast, Charles Laughton - who had directed the play - came out to pay tribute to his friend John Hodiak.
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I never realized Asta made so many movies. A very busy pooch!
The thing is, Asta's money making abilities had his studio cater to his whims and tantrums. It was worth the thrashed sofas, chewed furniture, and soiled carpets, whether on the set, in his dressing room bungalow, or the mogul's office.
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You were edited again! Naughty Arturo!
Obviously, the perfectly legitimate term for a female dog cannot be used to describe a female dog.
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Lord have mercy no. I don't think Susan ever sang with her real voice- I know she's dubbed in WITH A SONG IN MY HEART and I'LL CRY TOMORROW, and maybe SMASH-UP too....
VALLEY OF THE DOLLS makes for an intriguing double bill with TORCH SONG (1953) as they share similarly audacious storylines wherein numerous characters put up with the leading lady's sadistic temperament under the pretense that "she's such a talent she's worth it"- and in both cases both actresses are obviously dubbed when demonstrating said "talent", which sort of undercuts the validity of the whole thing even more (and the story in both examples is on shaky ground to begin with...)
They also share two similarly ludicrous scenes wherein two preview audiences enthusiastically lap up the sort of musical number that in the real world would elicit a SPRINGTIME FOR HITLER-level reaction from an actual audience. (TORCH SONG- the TWO-FACED WOMAN number, I'LL PLANT...in VALLEY.)
Is "Two-Faced Woman" the number where Joan Crawford performs in black-face?
Where is the "Upcoming Classic 20th Century Fox films" thread?
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On FMC (all times eastern):
Friday, 10/16:
4 am: WHITE FEATHER (1955)....................................6 am: DAYTIME WIFE (1939).....................................7:15 am: MOLLY AND ME (1945)........................8:45 am: HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (1941)....................................11 am: FROM THE TERRACE (1960).............................................1:25 pm: MADISON AVENUE (1962).........................
Saturday, 10/17:
3:30 am: FROM THE TERRACE (1960).........................................6 am: HOUSE OF STRANGERS (1949).....................................8 am: PRINCE OF FOXES (1949)......................................10 am: A FAREWELL TO ARMS (1957).........................................12:45 pm: MODESTY BLAISE (1966)....................
Sunday, 10/18:
4 am: HOUSE OF STRANGERS (1949)...........................................6 am: PRINCE OF FOXES (1949)...........................................8 am: A FAREWELL TO ARMS (1957)...........................................10:45 am: MODESTY BLAISE (1966)...........................................1 pm: HOLIDAY FOR LOVERS (1959)...............
Monday, 10/19:
4 am: HOLIDAY FOR LOVERS (1959)..........................................6 am: WAY DOWN EAST (1935)....................................CALL OF THE WILD (1935)............................................8:50 am: SUSANAH OF THE MOUNTIES (1939).......................................10:15 am: THE SECRET OF CONVICT LAKE (1951)...............................................11:40 am: WHITE FEATHER (1955)......................................1:25 pm: THE REWARD (1965)..........