hamradio

How about Obama showing the rest of us mercy first?

Ever seen "The Shirley Temple Story"? The drawback in the movie is that Ashley never completed one song and she was too tall in earlier scenes. The polka dot dress scene reminded me of the old "Gong Show". Lol!

Anyone has this in mind?

Thought I add this "Interceptor" photo I came across. Shows the creativity of producers in 1969. What can't they be this creative today?

There are so many very good actors that it is hard for me to make a top ten list. Every poster so far has a great list and I noticed we don't list modern contemporary actors that deserves recognition. My list is not in order but the first 2, I wouldn't have chosen a few years back but their roles in recent movies made me out of fairness to include them. For theatrical movies 1. Nicolas Cage 2. Tom Hanks 3. Boris Karloff 4. Bela Lugosi 5. Burt Reynolds 6. Clint Eastwood 7. Harrison Ford tie with William Shatner 8. James Cagney 9. Humphrey Bogard 10. John Wayne We forget that actors in our favorite TV series are just as important, lets be fair about it. 1. Bruce Boxleitner 2. Ed Bishop 3. Buddy Ebsen 4. Andy Griffith tie with Don Knotts 5. Jack Lord tie with Mike Conners 6. Ted Knight 7. Desi Arnaz 8. Gary Cole 9. Patrick Stewart 10. Jack Webb Edited by: hamradio on Apr 19, 2010 7:07 PM.....Forgot a couple, this is tough.

With the exception of "The Little Princess" the remainder are her teenage movies, 4 are very rare... Kathleen That Hagen Girl Adventure In Baltimore (virtually an adult here) The Story of Seabiscuit Cary Grant was the first actor to steal the movie from her in "The Bachelor And The Bobby-Soxer", lol! I saw her first movie in 1979 on my local PBS station, "The Little Colonel". Whenever I see Lionel Barrymore in that getup, I get a craving for KFC. One Movietone newsreel showing her 6th birthday party and I learned later on, she was not allowed to keep a single gift, all went to charity. THAT STINKS!!! My mom always loved her because she grew up during the same time period. She has a few collectables, the last being this one. Happy Birthday Shirley

How about 1969-1970 British? I just bought this laserdisc and loved it - got it today. Gerry Anderson was ahead of his time. Very interesting that the ground control at SHADO told the space intercepters to switch to internal computers. I never heard this until the 1977 movie of "Star Wars". Look like the intercepters in 'UFO" and the X-wing fighters in "Star Wars" were built at the same factory! Even has the same red / white color scheme. Has some space hardware that looks like it could be used in our next moon mission planned very soon. Nice job Gerry! This disc was made in 1990. How about the purple hair fashion, lol! By the way the aliens used *liquid breathing* this concept too was ahead of its time in 1969! Sorry "The Abyss" fans, Gerry beat them to it! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_breathing Edited by: hamradio on Apr 17, 2010 8:11 PM

If the low quality DVD is the only thing out there, then buy it. Its better then nothing. One can always upgrade in the future. About waiting for TCM to show it, there is always hope.

Has anyone noticed there are 3 threads here alone with the heavenly theme?

Add this to TCM's collection.

I was thinking "Weekend at Bernies" and since Hitchcock is dead he's *Bernie!* On second thought if he *did* appear, I will go out the back door and if there is none, I'll make one.

Lol, should we go down that street? http://www.hammerheadpress.com/Authors/Dick_Long.html

I thought TCM was trying to attract a wider audience. If anyone's interested, Kim Jong Il's ringtones and wallpaper (even the kinky ones) are on the internet.

What, no "Heaven Can Wait" (1943), starring Don Ameche, Gene Tierney?

I have a photo of Marilyn Monroe's chest (no fooling) but I don't think the TCM Web Admin will let me post it. X-ray?? Who cares, how many times did the doctor said to her, please wait while I make final adjustments. Lucky stiff.

LOL, I love the movie posters hype. Did many men during the same time period said that after a divorce settlement?

PrinceSaliano wrote: << Gloria Stuart will be 100 on July 4th! Mine the Universal vaults! >> Gloria Stuart would be a great person for TCM to celebrate the 4th of July! Wonder will her birthday cake have a 100 Roman Candles on it? Also it be a good idea to mention people in their mid to late 90's because it takes TCM *that long* to air something after requesting it.

Miriam Seegar was born on September 1, 1907. She got her start in silent films but it was near the end of that era. Not many people left. Baby Marie Osborne will be turning 100 in 2011, born November 5, 1911

These poor kids of celebrities will have to get their names change just to have a decent life http://www.cracked.com/article_15765_20-most-bizarre-celebrity-baby-names.html And people wonder why do children kill their parents. Edited by: hamradio on Apr 14, 2010 10:16 PM

Stepin Fetchit was the better alternative??

Nathan Birnbaum was the birth name of George Burns.

wouldbester, I'm glad that photo brought back memories for you. I live in a town that still has *3* old style barber shops along with the poles. You might be glad to know they are still being made and still hand crafted (another thing of the past). http://www.nationwidebeauty.com/Equipment/Barber-Poles-Signs_2/Marvy-Barber-Pole-824-Two-Light A nostalgia site http://www.barberpole.com/

ValentineXavier wrote: << It's a giant hypo filled with peppermint candy... >> Lol, in the movie "Little Miss Marker" (1934), thats what Shirley Temple thought that was, a giant peppermint stick. I got to thinking about those 2 dopes who gave it to her, Paramount should had used that hype to make a 1930's version of "Dumb and Dumber". They were called Sore Toe and Canvas Back in the movie and would had been perfect! Another golden oppurtunity missed.

I think you should trade up. I have a policy to do everything myself. I did my own Directv, telephone and cable installations myself. I tell the cable/phone companies to only bother with the pole to house feeds and I take it from there. Same goes for electrical. None of my systems has ever given me any trouble. What I love about Directv is that there is little to worry with and I always have a spare box on hand just in case. Cable is simply a redundant backup (for thunderstorms and special events I don't care for) plus it gives me local programming. I don't like having a telephone company to handle television and vice versa, I wonder if this is the root problem with Comcast. It's not a good idea to put all your eggs in one basket. Technicians?..... I forgot what they look like. By the way, how many of you got a specially trained dog like a German Shepard to go after this most annoying technician if he comes within a 100 feet of your front door? Edited by: hamradio on Apr 12, 2010 11:31 PM