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Youu got thrown out of your virtual "celebratory" party?! That's drastic.

So, you can get a movie onto a disc from netflix? Not too savvy here, but O thought you couldn't do this with streaming.

I missed it this time, but I usually try to watch it when it's on. Also a favorite of mine.

Zither met.Kazoo in a bar Dazzled, he asked,"Who you are?" Kazoo started to play And drove Zither away Quite drunk he fled in his car

In theory, view counts and post.counts are innocuous. But they have been used to clog the boards with meaningless threads which serve no purpose other than to call attention to the op, so yeah, removing them is infinitely better than having that continue.

Totally agree. I am Old School when it comes to technology, resisting new formats as long as I can. Unfortunately, with this approach, when I finally jump on a bandwagon, it may already be phasing out. But I too like the physical dvd, as opposed to streaming, etc. Just a couple of weeks back, I bought my first streaming movie through Amazon Prime, only because I dispaired of finding it on dvd, never mind it being an upcoming release. I also just bought my first bluray player, in the (possibly mistaken) understanding that they play all region dvds. So I also bought my first European Region2 dvd, through Amazon, and hoping it'll play when it arrives. Not surprising to anyone who knows me, the streamed film I bought, BLACK SPURS (1965), and Region 2 dvd, GLI ULTIMI CINQUE MINUTI/THE LAST FIVE MINUTES (1955), both feature my favorite actress, Linda Darnell.

One thing is the post counts, which in and of themselves are not a bad thing. Another is to start threads gloating about how many post counts a thread has, or a poster has. This is shamelessly self-serving, ans has NOTHING to do with discussion of classic film, TCM, etc.

The interesting thing about the musical remake of MY SISTER EILEEN is that there had already been a long running Broadway hit musical version of this story, "Wonderful Town". This had opened in 1952, and had made the star of the original film, Rosalind Russell, the toast of Broadway in her first musicsl stage hit. The second, musical film version was a different incarnation, with none of the songs from the stage show. MY SISTER EILEEN, in each film version, had been intended for one of Columbia's top stars.and comedic talents. In the earlier, it was earmarked for Jean Arthur; in the latter, Judy Holliday. I don't know why neither did it, but It could have been interesting if either had done the role.

Fred, don't give up your day job lol.

I had always thought that WOMAN ON THE RUN had been Ann Sheridan's first film under her Universal contract, and wondered why there was a gap of over.a year between that one and the next. But Eddie Miller's comments that it was done independently, with Ann becoming involved on the production end, made some sense of the situation. Her contact with Universal bigwigs probably had one party approach the other about more pictures. In this case, she signed for two pictures a year. This was Anne's second studio berth since leaving her long-term home at.Warner.Brothers. She had done the huge hit I WAS A.MALE WAR BRIDE in 1949 at Fox, but the next.movie she did for them,.STELLA, got mediocre reviews and did poor business. No more offers we're forthcoming from Fox. She also was to have made CARRIAGE TRADE for RKO, but Howard.Hughes decided he wanted It Girl du jour Ava Gardner; Ann would successfully sue over this. So the opportunity to work regularly at Universal came at a crucial time for Ann. Despite some good films.however, she never returned to the prominence she had enjoyed during the 40s.

Many studio era films, even those with big budgets, used process shots for some backgrounds. It was standard procedure, even when most of a film.might've been done on-location. The trick, I guess, us for it to not call attention to itself, because then it becomes obvious and distracting. I got home late and.started to watch WOTR, but fell asleep about halfway through. Hope to see the rest this morning.

On FXM Retro, tomorrow Saturday, 6/6: 7:40 am est: THREE CAME HOME (1950): Very good film featuring an excellent performance by Claudette Colbert in this tale of a woman in a Japanese war camp in Borneo during WW2. Taut and harrowing, and highly recommended. Big of trivia: Colbert hurt her back while filming this, thus losing the paet of Margo Channing in ALL ABOUT EVE. Also on Sunday, 6/7 at 3 am est. 1:05 pm est: CRASH DIVE (1943): Technicolored flag waver with Tyrone Power and Dana Andrews as submarine servicemen, competing for pretty teacher Anne Baxter. I believe it won oscars for special effects (or something). Also on Sunday @ 11:50 am est.

On FMC (all times eastern): Saturday, 6/6: 4 am: THE GIFT OF LOVE (1958)....................6 am: CIRCLE OF DECEPTION (1961).....................7:40 am: THREE CAME HOME (1950)................9:30 am: A YANK IN THE R.A.F (1941).................11:15 am: IN LOVE AND WAR (1958)..................1:05 pm: CRASH DIVE (1943)......... Sunday, 6/7: 4 am: CIRCLE OF DECEPTION (1961).................6 am: THREE CAME HOME (1950).....................7:50 am: THE SONG OF BERNADETTE (1943).............10:30 am: WHERE DO E GO FROM HERE (1945)....................11:50 am: CRASH DIVE (1943).....................1:45 pm: THE DAY MARS INVADED EARTH (1963)................ Monday, 6/8: 3:30 am: THE DAY MARS INVADED EARTH (1963)................4:45 am: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE (1945)...................6 am: LLOYDS OF LONDON (1936)......................8 am: I WAKE UP SCREAMING (1941)...................9:30 am: TAMPICO (1944)......................11 am: FIVE FINGERS (1952)...................... 1 pm: THE QUILLER MEMORANDUM (1966).................

Going to my niece's graduation this afternoon. Better set the DVR now, who knows if it'll be shown again anytime soon.

I second THIEVES HIGHWAY. Absolutely riveting, with Richard Conte the protagonist, being weaseled out of a load of apples by crooked produce middleman Cobb. He gets a very sexy Valentina Cortese as Rica, to tempt Conte, and forget about hearth and home and Barbara Lawrence. That scene in the room where she rakes her nails down his back is sizzling. There is even Jack Oakie in a surprisingly small role as comic relief/villain.

Wow, Thanks Fred. Great shots, as were the earlier ones. Thanks again.

Fred, thanks for the pictures of Lucero and Thalia (I had mentioned her in the Brush with Greatness thread). Since I can't seem to post pics, can you find before and after pics of Lucia Mendez,.say, from her 1980s heyday, and post-plastic surgery, and post them here. Thanks.

Many of those places won't let you use the facilities unless you're a paying customer, in the name of keeping out the.riff-raff.

TCM could feasibly have Booth featured for SOTM, in a month with several performers, where none have enough credits by themselves, not enough even for SUTS. James Dean could also be included. They could each have one night.

Well, maybe between JFK and Howard Hughes.

Thanks for the reminder Tom. I too hope that this effective film is shown restored.

CGI was employed radically yet most tastefully in the making of AVATOR, the ground-breaking 3D fable of ecology on another world. And for the record, no horses, chickens or ducks were hurt in the making of this epic. You ain't seen Tor until you've seen Tor in 3 dimensions!

More Tor filmography: TOR BE OR NOT TOR BE THE AWFUL TORUTH THE SHANGHAI GESTOR FLYING DOWN.TOR RIO INTORLERANCE

Not at the same time. He dated Gene Tierney around 1946-47. Hepburn was an unknown teenager in England then.

The limited.edition Tor Johnson bathrobe is fetching small fortune on ebay as we speak.