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Yes, or some of her early 60s stuff that's rarely seen, like LET NO MAN.WRITE MY EPITAPH, THE BALCONY or WIVES AND LOVERS. Those, along with late 40s,, early 50s titles of hers from Universal would have made for a special Shelley Winters tribute.

TOR CHIA SONG In which the suprisingly light on his feet Tor Johnson takes over a role once meant for Lana Turner, and is cast as.a.demanding.stage performer, singing.and dancing and wowing Broadway audiences in the process. Complications ensue when he does a number in blackface, which proves controversial, but is allowed to remain in the show. Worse, his blind piano player/bff accidentally uses a chia seed paste instead of baby oil,.and rubs it all over the star's bald countenance. Tor ends up with a.new image for the show, which is commemorated for posterity in the new promotional photos for the show. Johnson in blackface, with a.light green fuzz of a dubious nature covering his once bald ball of a head.

Here's a suggestion....mayhaps not a snappy answer, more like a borderline tongue-twister (or two)...... Tor's tremendous torso tried to twist and turn, led to lots of levity looking at the lengths lent levitating his lardnessed load.

I haven't gone through.the whole thread, so I apologize if it's been mentioned, but I really love the ooening credit sequence for MY MAN GIDFREY, the 1936 version of course; I couldn't tell you how the opening for the 50s remake goes, if my life depended on it.

Question: If Comcast owns Universal, and if they had become owners of TCM, would the Universal/Paramount library of films been made accesible to TCM?

Alice Brady as Mrs. Bullock in MY MAN GODFREY: "I am positive I didn't ride that horse here last night, because I didn't have my riding clothes on." "It's so silly to think of Godfrey with those pearls on".

The Mexican version would be a torta, but a true torta has to have the bread smeared with a bean paste, and include avocado.

Not sure, but I wouldn't put it past him to have inspired the Tory Party, from U.S. history.

For those who get FXM Retro (FMC), tomorrow, Thursday, May 28 @ 10:05 am est, they will show the 1972 crime drama, TROUBLE MAN, which came early during the Blaxploitation wave. It features the great jazzy score by Marvin Gaye (his followup to his masterpiece "What's Going On"), including the sublime title tune. I have never seen this film.

Thanks misswonderly. I did contribute awhile back, maybe a couple of years ago, but as my laptop started to give me problems, and I had to rely on my computer at work, then I could only be on for short whiles, and I guess I didn't visit as many threads as before. PS.....levity.and humor are such key ingredients.to well balanced.lives.in all endeavors, or should be, imho.Being able to apply these qualities makes for healthier outlooks, and keeps one from taking oneself so seriously. While I wouldn't go so far.as.to say nothing's sacred, I'd go fairly close.

I totally agree about this movie. Bette Davis always maintained that she felt her oscar for DANGEROUS was a consolation prize for the previous year's OF HUMAN BONDAGE, and felt her oscar should've rightly gone to Hepburn for ALICE ADAMS.

Tor Johnson stars in SUMO LIKES IT HOT. He played a WW2 Japanese fighter on awol,.and hiding out in plain sight as a sumo wrestler. When the military police finally caught up with him, and he was brought to trial, the judge asked him why he went into hiding. His defense was, "I was disgraced,.and so I had to commit the ultimate solution. And I was NOT about to commit Hello Kitty, poor thing!".

The rumor is that Brian Wilson, in a moment of self doubt, had an earlyldraft of his lyrics to "Fun Fun Fun", tested in front of a hall full of young fans. The consensus was that the proposed lyrics wouldn't fly, so we don't have line of "And we'll have fun, fun, fun, till my daddy takes the TorBird away". Most of the comments sumitted.were along the lines of....."I'd like to see him try, with Tor sitting in it!" Ba dam bam!

Yup, that's the scene alright. Thanks misswonderly.

Still yet another classic from Joseph Mankiewicz, and again no stills to post. DIVE ZINGERS, in which James.Mason makes rendezvous with Danielle.Darrieux and Michael Rennie in out of the way Istanbul.watering holes,.and.in moments of levity and mirth amid the world.war tensions, trade the latest jokes and anecdotes.secretly supplied by the British Intelligence. The most popular are about Hitler's mother. Little do the parties know thaf Mason has a lucrative trade supplying the most risque jokes about der fuhrer, copied.with a micro camera, from a safe at.the British Embassy. The gestapo privy to this classified information share in the fun.

Sorry, I did know that. It was a long.weekend, I was tired......but the funny thing is I was humming.the title tune as I was posting a different title.

Sorry, I meant the OP speedracer. Guess I must've been sleepy when I posted.

You're examples.sound.like.much needed.levity among.the horror. On.a lighter,.though related note, there's the batch of.songs.done by Phyllis Diller and others in the MAD.MONSTER PARTY. The only title I remember, sung by a band.of skeletons, is "It's the Mummy".

PINKY (1949) and IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967/. Two films where small.incremental.steps.forward happen when northerners come.to the small town.South, and.are.deemed."uppity", and they don't.accept it. GOOD.GIRLS.GO.TO.PARIS.and.THE.GREEKS.HAD A.WORD.FOR.THEM. Fun times.for.travellers.abroad.to.Europe in the 1930s.

I saw you mentioned DAYS OF.WINE.AND ROSES another.thread. I seriously doubt it will.make.this.thread on,e.you've seen it.

Awesome.additions Bogie. So many great peformances that.year, it's mindboggling.

That's.right,.I had forgotten about.that. He was known as.the Intellectual Beatle, er Monkee,.right?

I totally agree. Haven't seen it in ages. Do you know if TCM plays it?

I was just thinking of her a couple of days ago, when someone posted that Jerry Stiller, her husband, was George Costanza's father. And I tbought it funny, and said,.why not sah he was Ben Stiller's father. And of course, Meara.was.his mother. RIP lovely, funny lady.

Count.me in on.thaf wish. I love this film.