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Of course there's the famous Jimi Henxrix line from Purple Haze, "'scuse me.while I kiss this guy".

On FMC (all times eastern): Saturday, 5/23: 4 am: CINDERELLA LIBERTY (1973).............6 am: THE BROKEN LAND (1962).............7:15 am: WHITE FEATHER (1955)..............9 am: BIGGER THAN LIFE (1956)..............10:40 am: CINDERELLA LIBERTY (1973)............ Sunday, 5/24: 6 am: THE GIFT OF LOVE (1958)..............7:45 am: HOUSE OF STRANGERS (1949)..............9:30 am: PRINCE OF PLAYERS (1955)..................11:39 am: KINV OF THE KHYBER RIFLES (1953).................1:20 pm: CIRCLE OF DECEPTION (1961).......... Monday, 5/25: 3 am: KING OF THE KHYBER RIFLES (1953)..............4:45 am: 13 FIGHTING MEN (1960)...............6 am: ALL HANDS ON DECK (1961).................7:45 am: CIRCLE OF DECEPTION (1961)..............9:30 am: IN LOVE AND WAR (1958)...............11:30 am: A YANK IN THE R.A.R. (1941).............1:10 pm: FIVE FINGERS (1952)............

Yeah, but not as smokin' as Marilyn Monroe's in her bit in that film.

Did anyone mention.Tor's turn as a peglegged, rip roaring, ay matey spouting, eye patch wearing, swashbuckling privateer in PIRATES OF TORTUGA? That there is a good un.

Date rape.......I don't know if the term or the concept are "softer".

Vera Ellen probably didn't get much because she was third on the totem pole of the three little girls; she wasn't under contract to Fox, so...... First up was June Haver, the studio's up and coming blonde, which Fox was promoting as a possible successor to Betty Grable, their top star. Second was Vivian Blaine, for which Fox had hoped would replace another of their musical blonde stars, Alice Faye, who had just left the studio in a huff, and was rejecting scripts and overtures of forgiveness left and right. However, Blaine saw the writing on the wall, when Haver was billed higher, and left after this movie. Of course she later found success and immortality as the stage.and.screen Adelaide. Btw, THREE LITTLE GIRLS.IN BLUE is a period musical remake of MOON OVER MIAMI, which was a musical remake of the 1938 comedy, THREE BLIND MICE. The plot of three girls looking for rich husbands was a plot near and dear to Fox; there were variations prior to and after the aforementioned three films.

I'm looking.forward.to the night of Paul Newman/Joanne Woodward films.on June 1, starting off with three movies they did at Fox in the late 50s. The following day's primetime schedule also starts off with two Fox films.

I really like THE PRINCE.AND THE SHOWGIRL; maybe like you, I wanted to really like it, but I ended up really liking it. THE STRANGER also has a very good performance from Loretta Young as the hapless wife.

Ok, so I finally broke down and purchased a film to stream from Amazon, BLACK SPURS (1965) As the only Movie with Linda Darnell for which they offer this service which I don't have, I have despaired that BS will ever be released on dvd. This movie was Darnell's first film in several years, and her last film. She .filmed it a few months before she died, and it was released posthumously May 1965. This lowbudget western was one of A. C. Lyles economy features he did during the 1960s, featuring many old timers. This one is no exception; besides second billed Linda, there is top billed Rory Cahoun, Terry Moore, Scott Brady, Lon Chaney Jr.,.Bruce Cabot and Richard Arlen. The story has Linda as a saloon hostess, with not much too do; despite being billed lower, Terry Moore had a more substantial part. As for her looks,.she is definitely heavier than her last screen appearance, although it is not clear by how much. With the picture going from my laptop to my tv, it might suffer from the full.widescreen of anything on the laptop. She is more mature looking, but still.very attractive, and she looks good in most of her costumes. except for one, with a train or tail, which seems to emphasize her girth. However, as mentioned, it may be due to screen distortion. Overall, I am glad I made this purchase.

Claude Rains had two very good, very different roles, in a couple Bette Davis vehicles: NOW VOYAGER and MR. SKEFFINGTON. It is to his credit that he is as well remembered as Davis is in each.

I can't believe everybody here overlooked Tor's English language American film.debut, Tor-Rent, in which Greta Garbo had to sumit to his desires once a month, in order pay for her housing.

Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell and Sterling Hayden repeating their roles in ZERO HOUR in the rethink that was AIRPLANE. Of course, they would have to play it tongue in cheek, and Darnell would have had to somehow survived another 15 years.

I totally agree. While first choice for Waldo Lydecker, Laird Cregar, by first choice for director, Rouben Mammoulian, was apparently physically closer to Vera Caspary's text, I'm so happy that producer, before becoming director, Otto Preminger pushed for Webb. Bessides Cregar instantly telling contemporary audiences that he was probably the guilty party, the upshot is a new character actor star was born.

They could have bridged the two segments tomorrow, first Doris Day, then shipboard disasters, with Day's film debut, ROMANCE ON THE HIGH SEAS. Oh wait, the ship stays afloat and suffers no more than a few broken hearts aboard.

MR. SCOUTMASTER has.been on FMC in the last year or so. It may be repeated again. Webb had had great success in films.where he deals with kids,.i.e. the Belvedere movies.and.CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN. The concept for.MS probably started as.another Belvedere sequel. But as the third of these films, MR. BELVEDERE RINGS THE BELL (1951), did not do nearly as we'll.as the first two, maybe the studio decided the series had run it's course, and revamped the scout concept, gave Webb a wife (Frances Dee), and released it as Webb's next standalone vehicle. At least two other planned Belvedere films were scrapped; one predated this film, and the other, would have reteamed him with Maureen O'Hara and Robert Young from the first film,.presumably.

THE LAST GANGSTER features Rosa Stradner, MGM's latest Austrian import, which they used as a backstop/implicit threat to Louise Rainer, who was already displaying temperamental behavior towards her movie roles. Stradner met Joseph Mankiewicz while both were under contract at.the studio, and they shortly married. Speaking.of temperamental behavior, the highstrung, bipolar Stradner gave Mank some moments during their approximately 20 years of marriage (not that his philandering with his leading ladies didn't give her cause), until she committed suicide in 1958, after.many threats, and maybe an attempt or two. She was a good actress though, if not featured often enough. Perhaps her last good role was in KEYS OF THE KINGDOM.

Two very good films.featuring James Mason imo, will be shown on FMC in the next few days: Saturday, 5/23 @ 9 am.est: BIGGER THAN LIFE (1956): Mason produced this story of a schoolteacher becoming addicted to cortizone. Monday, 5/25 @ 1:10 pm: FIVE FINGERS (1951): Espionage and intrigue based on a true story. With the gorgeous Danielle Darrieux, in a rare venture doing a Hollyeood film.

Today at 5 pm eastern, as.part of TCM's daytime.tribute to James Stewart, they will show POT O'GOLD, an enjoyable 1941 comedy with big band music, and the always delectable Paulette Goddard. This was one of several Paramount features that the studio sold to UA around the time we got involved.in WW2, due to the plethora of product of the one, and the dearth of same of the other.

Lookswise, Rathbone always reminded me of the great Mexican actor/singer Jorge Negrete, down to the thin moustache, who was one of the stalwart staples of the Mexican Cine de la epoca de oro, or golden era. Except that Negrete almost always played the romantic hero.

I was cooking when I first saw this thread, so of course I thought of the herb (spice?). Anyway Tom, what a great, heartfelt writeup.

Crawford felt this was (one of) the nadir(s) of her career at MGM. After being labelled "boxoffice poision", and having it proven with the tepid boxoffice of her 1938 releases, it seems the studio threw her into this with little regard for her or her strengths, as they tried to contemporize her image. So they gave her a Sonja Henie plot (who was doing great at the boxoffice), and a Hedy Lamarr black wig (who had just caused a sensation in ALGIERS). It can be fun, but it had no lasting impsct on Joan's career, either vood or bad. Luckily, Joan next set her sights on a choice role, Crystal in THE WOMEN, despite its limited screentime, and scored a personal triumph. Her career was back on top.

Well in many remote parts of Northern Mexico, many Jewish families settled. Outwardly Catholic, they continued many of their original tradition, and religion, behind closed doors.

I think you have your year wrong, Dargo, because in 1803 the Inquisition was still in force throughout the Spanish empire. So unless they renounced any faith other than Roman Catholic, they might not have survived too long.

Actually, the term.Paddy came up in the above conversstion when the Asian coworker referred to the white coworker as a TP. I asked her what that meant and she said, "Typical Paddy".

I was definitely a Ginger man (boy) in the Ginger vs. Mary Ann debacle. Of course Dawn Wells was cute, with a sexy body. But Ginger's glamor (or something) did wonders for me growing up. Too bad Tina Louise wasn't able to parlay that gig into a bigger movie career afterwards. She might've got.caught in the shift from the 50s sexpots (GG wax nothing if not MM with red hair) to the more down to earth late 60s free love free spirits.l