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In January, Crawford starred with Robert Stack in The Caretakers.

According to Inside Oscar, Heathers was eligible (but not nominated) for the 1989 Academy Awards.

My complaint is that after his plane crashes in the body of water, the George Macready character is seen escaping through the top hatch. For me, it would have been more powerful not to reveal this until toward the end of the picture when he appears on the balcony. He could have explained what happened with a flash-back showing his escape.

What other Elton John songs have won Oscars? I thought he said in his acceptance that this was his first Oscar.

This is one of my favorite films of the 1950s. I do think the mutiny was justified. Bogart walked away with a Best Actor Oscar nod and he deserved it. As did Tom Tully who was nominated for Supporting Actor. All the principals were spot on. A sad sidebar: Robert Francis, who Columbia was grooming for major stardom, was killed while piloting his small plane on July 31, 1955.

I would add 1951's A Place in the Sun.

My favorite 1988 movie was The Accidental Tourist. And it did get a Best Picture Oscar nod. Geena Davis won the Supporting Actress Oscar. it also got nominations for Adapted Screenplay and Original Score, but no Best Director nom for Lawrence Kasdan or Best Actor nom for William Hurt.

That was the year Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino and John Travolta should have won.

As good as Gloria Grahame is in The Bad and the Beautiful, I thought she was even better in another 1952 movie, playing Irene Neves in the film noir Sudden Fear.

With the passing of Kirk Douglas at 103 years, classic Hollywood's last great star who is still alive is Olivia de Havilland, who, God willing, will be 104 years on July 1, 2020.

if you subscribe to HBO, just go to their Movies On-Demand and it will pop up.

Yes, I just looked it up and it's still available on HBO.

I saw Gene Reynolds this past year on TCM in 1954's The Country Girl with Bing Crosby and The Bridges at Toko-Ri with William Holden. And I do remember him as a child star in two Spencer Tracy movies: Boy's Town and Captains Courageous, plus two Andy Hardy films. A good looking talented kid who grew into a handsome talented man.

Between these two, I would vote for Roman Holiday. But I think she should have won for 1959's The Nun's Story.

Couldn't agree more. And Lemmon wasn't even nominated! Of course, he also could have won for 1960's The Apartment for which he did get an Oscar nod.

My favorite Woodward performance was in Rachel, Rachel and she did get an Oscar nod. But that was the year Barbara Streisand and Katharine Hepburn tied, and Mia Farrow wasn't even nominated for Rosemary's Baby. So tough year in the Best Actress race.

I saw King of Jazz on TCM last year. Shot in 2-color Technicolor, it's a fun musical revue with great songs and fantastic production numbers. Which means I'll be buying it.

1955

Yes. John Osborne for Tom Jones.

James Stewart Next: Favorite musical actress.

She and her husband should have taken home the Oscar for Hud. I saw it in a theater in 1963 and it knocked my socks off. Now I watch it about once a year on DVD.

In 2016, there was a big announcement that Barbara Streisand would be starring as Mama Rose in a re-make of Gypsy. Apparently STX Entertainment, which had agreed to finance the movie, backed out a few months later. It wouldn't surprise me if something similar happened to Sunset Blvd.

State Fair

Looks like you may be taking Brad Pitt off your list after this year's Oscar show.

My ex often told me I didn't have heart. But now, when I post something, I'm not getting a "Heart" in the lower right corner. Any ideas how to correct this?