Arturo

Great clip Holden. THanks for sharing.

On FMC (all times eastern): Thursday, 7/23: 3 am: WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS (1950)......................4:45 am: JUST OFF BROADWAY (1942)..........................6 am: NO HIGHWAY IN THE SKY (1951)............................8 am: A YANK IN THE R.A.F. (1941).......................... 9:45 am: THE GIFT OF LOVE (1958)...........................11:30 am: BOBBIKINS (1959)..............................1 pm: DECLINE AND FALL.........OF A BIRDWATCHER (1968)................... FRIDAY, 7/24: 3:30 am: CINDERELLA LIBERTY (1973)........................6 am: THE GIFT OF LOVE (1958).........................8 am: BOBBIKINS (1959)..........................9:30 am: DECLINE.AND.FALL.........OF A BIRDWATCHER (1968)...........................11:25 am: JOHN AND MARY (1969).........................1 pm: CINDERELLA LIBERTY (1973)................. Saturday, 7/25: 3 am: JOHN AND MARY (1969)........................1:35 am: INFERNO (1953)...........................6 am: WEE WILLIE WINKIE (1937).........................7:45 am: ISLAND IN THE SUN (1957).......................9:45 am: TOGETHER BROTHERS (1973).........................11:30 am: TROUBLE MAN (1972)...............................

On FMC (all times eastern): Tuesday, 7/21: 3 am: MADISON AVENUE (1962)..................4:45 am: ON THE SUNNY SIDE (1942).................6 am: DAYTIME.WIFE (1939).................7:15 am: CLAUDIA AND DAVID (1946)......................8:35 am: MY WIFE'S BEST FRIEND (1952)..................10:05 am: BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL (1956)......................11:40 am: BLUE DENIM (1959)....................1:15 pm: MADISON AVENUE (1962)............. Wednesday, 7/22: 3 am: BLUE DENIM.(1959)......................4:45 am: DAYTIME.WIFE (1939).....................6 am: JUST OFF BROADWAY ........................7:10 am THE SECRET OF THE PURPLE REEF (1960)........................8:30 am: NO HIGHWAY IN THE SKY (1951)......................... 10:15 am: FORBIDDEN STREET (1949).........................11:50: WHERE TUE SIDEWALK ENDS (1950)...................1:30pm: MAN IN THE ATTIC (1953)......

Yeah, the characters were irritating at best, ALL of them. Plus, as with noirs and crime dramas, if you think about them too long ,you'll find holes in the plot and the logic as big as the Holland Tunnel. Just sit back and enjoy the ride. PA. I believe the hotel is in Mexico City, not Acapulco. At least, the introductory shot of the facade was of one in the capital.

That hairstyle is part of an homage to Marlene Dietrich's femme fatale image (Dietrichson). It was inspired by a Dietrich hairstyle worn a couple of years earlier, in one of her Universal actioners (SEVEN SINNERS?).

You would think this was an occupational hazard, that must have happened occasionally. It would seem thst they would have some flunkie whose job was to make sure actors and.actresses did not wear wedding rings, if inappropriate, or other inappropriate articles.

PENELOPE was.a.movie I saw when I was really young on The Fabulous 52, or a similar show; it left.a strong impression on me, but couldn't remember the title or stars. Thanks to TCM, I reconnected with this vivid childhood memory.

TCM has even shown the Fox film CLUNY BROWN, I believe, with Una O'Connor hilariously enigmatic.

Great.story. I too love seeing classics on the big screen. This evening, I plan to see DOUBLE INDEMNITY, although I have see it on the big screen before.

Tor Johnson for Star.of the Month......words to live by......a.goal to strive for.

Just a mish mash of titles.with no.discernable pattern,.although this data CAN be used to discern TCM viewing trends and patterns. 1. TOR LATE FOR TORS 2. YOUNG TORLESS 3. 4. THE TOR ALSO RISES 5. THE TOR FROM ANOTHER PLANET 6. I WAS A MALE TOR BRIDE 7. THE TORK HORSE 8. GABRIEL TORVER THE WHITE HOUSE 9. SINCE TOR WENT AWAY 10. THE PRINCE AND THE TORPER

TCM could have taken a little more time, done a few more films,.not used these overplayed.ones, and not have done it on the Carole Landis tribute. Unforunate planning and choices.

What if he's wearing Toreador pants?

Well during the silent era, Valentino and just about ALL male actors wore tons of eye make up, rouge, etc.

Tor Johnson could play any part Which helped the career he did chart Success had him boastin' Never boxoffice poison America's big new sweetheart

On FMC (all times eastern): Saturday, 7/18: 6 am: THE SECRET OF THE PURPLE REEF (1960)...................7:21 am: HALF ANGEL (1951)......................8:40 am: FORBIDDEN STREET (1949)..................10:15 am: INFERNO (1953).....................11:40 am: WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS (1950)............... Sunday, 7/19: 6 am: HALF ANGEL (1951)....................7:20 am: THE FORBIDDEN STREET (1949).....................8:55 am: WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS (1950)....................10:35 am: THE SONG OF BERNADETTE (1943)...................... Monday, 7/20: 6 am: ON THE SUNNY SIDE (1942)....................7:15 am: THE SONG OF BERNADETTE (1943)........................10 am: THE GIFT OF LOVE (1958)....................1:30 pm: BOBBIKINS (1959)...............

I wonder if she has ever been chosen. TCM seema to have access to enough of her RKO and MGM titles to be do-able.

Then there's the episode where Barbra wanted to reteam with Tor again, as the fans felt they had plenty of sexual chemistry coming off the screen, so she hired him as her leading man in the remake of A STAR IS TOR-N. But then she realized there was only room for one megalomaniac on the movie, and since it was her movie.......well, Tor was dumped and Kristofferson was a poor substitute.

I think this is done to approximate the original dimensions of the tv shows and non-widescreen movies, since most tvs today are elongated sideways, unlike the more nearly square screens of old. If you change the view to "Zoom", the whole screen will fill up, but might crop off the top and bottom of the image.

I prefer seeing.ANY movie on the big screen. As a kid in the 70s, besides the kids films, some that made an impression at the movies included all the blockbusters, THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE, THE EXORCIST, JAWS, EARTHQUAKE, STAR WARS, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, etc. Another a bit later, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, had that amazing first scene with that huge round boulder triggered by Indy taking the gold Inca idol.

Ok right. I didn't go far enough in that thread to see it, I guess. Thanks for the kind words; maybe I can next do columns by Walter Winchell's Donuts, or Sheila Graham Crackers.

I never saw this film, but it sounds interesting, and reunited Patricia Neal and Richard Thomas, who had costarred in the tv movie, THE HOMECOMING (?), which became the pilot for The Waltons.

Thanks for the idea. I was trying to find your post, to thank you.

Both that.and another overplayed.David Lean/Tor Johnson film, TORRENCE.OF TORABIA, bubbled under the top ten.

Reminds me of John Cryer in some 1980s John Hughes movie, with Molly Ringwald, PRETTY IN PINK, I think.