JackFavell
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The other moms I know have all been discussing this lately- third grade is definitely a sort of Jekyll and Hyde year! The kids may be well behaved at home, with only adults around, but they are like demon spawn when they get together "on their own". We just went to a birthday party this afternoon and man! I feel like I've been through a war!
I like to think my daughter is the best behaved kid in the world, and she really is, for the most part. We are strict compared to most parents we know. Maybe because we are older? I don't know. So my daughter is a good kid. She is very polite and thoughtful of others, lets little kids go first, etc. But one day this summer we invited a friend of hers over, and they were in my daughter's room. I heard one of them saying, "Ow... ow.....ow....ow....ow." Slowly and quietly, not like it was an emergency. So I open the door, and there is my daughter, with a bed pillow over the other girl's FACE, pressing it down, sitting on top of her, laughing. I grabbed the pillow, and the other little girl sat up, laughing, and she says, giggling, " We were having a pillow fight." They thought it was fun! I was horrified, and explained that a pillow fight means hitting one another GENTLY with soft pillows. NOT STRANGLING THE LIFE OUT OF ANOTHER HUMAN BEING! Now, I would have sworn my daughter knew that..... Or maybe she really just didn't think about it. This little girl she was playing with has older sisters and plays a little rough, but not like that. They thought nothing of the whole incident, but I about had a heart attack. And I was glad I was paying attention.
So anyway, my point is, when we are not watching, our own wonderful sweet children can be just as awful as that kid you thought was so badly behaved last year at the water park......or wherever.
Just thought I'd write my own little horror story to make you feel better.... Ro? Ro??? Are you still there? Hey....where'd you go? What'd I say?
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Those are so gorgeous, Jeff! I guess I am most appreciative of the Anita Page picture- wow! it is a knockout. All of them are. And you know how much I love Marie Prevost- what a cutie! Thanks so much for those!
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Fred - thanks so much for posting that wonderful tribute to Anita Page. Many of us have been waiting for TCM to do something but I fear that they have forgotten our lovely and very talented Anita, and so this was appreciated very much.....
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They Won't Forget?
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Ro- We are also stay at home types....but I am embarrassed to say I think I just found a babysitter! We went to gymnastics this morning, and one of the girls who is helping the teacher there babysits our next door neighbor's little girl. I KNOW she is good, because my neighbor is also a control freak! We asked if she might babysit and she said that would be great. I think you are my good luck charm- just mention it, and it happens (and only after seven years of looking....)
Hope I can be as much of a good luck charm for you....
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I can't help but be a little disappointed... all day yesterday I was dreaming of all night Lubitsch.... It would have been wonderful, but I'll settle for two......
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Oh man! You guys made me laugh out loud! and Bronxie- Your mom is a riot!
+I know we asked this of you before, Barbara, but is there a movie (or TV) character that
reminds you most of your Mom?+
I am curious too.
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Ro- if you have to be a control freak, this is the area to do it in- leaving the short one home with somene is not to be taken lightly- I still have no babysitter- its tough to find someone beside grandma or grandpa!
Traitor- I can't wait for your ramble-----I myself am really curious to see The Women remake- I swore I wouldn't but now I am just flat out curious to know what they changed, left in, left out ......it won't be witty, but it could be OK, it is a good story after all. Aaaagh. I feel guilty......
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When RO made the announcement I thought "I hope Goddess saw that!
Can you imagine how great a Lubitsch New Year's Eve would be? Oh, my gosh, I will be seeing the moon in my champagne.....
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Yeah, I saw The Feminine Touch during Roz month, and was disappointed to find it a pretty weak movie...I don't really mind having missed it.
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Oh wow! That's gorgeous!
After years of being here, we don't really see what's around us anymore. Autumn usually comes on so gradually that we don't notice until its in full swing. That pic made me realize how lucky we are.
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I also had an itch to include this scene - I find it uproariously funny that all Cary has to do is stand on a stage to get women cheering.
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I have been really enjoying the Kay Francis films as well- you know, she really was good! I had no idea of the range of her performances. I made it through Trouble in Paradise, which was even better the second time (I just got it on dvd), but missed the next two, which I hadn't seen before. I even downed a coke so I would stay up, but alas, it didn't work. I have no room left on my DVD-R again, so I guess I'll have to wait for Cynara and A Notorious Affair to come around again in the TCM lineup.
Francis could really shift gears - I only thought of her as a high class rich girl type, but she has surprised me, like in Mary Stevens, M.D. She and Glenda Farrell made a good team, despite the differences in type.
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Hey, I can't see the picture you posted....
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I was watching *The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer* yesterday. It is one of my must-watch-if-it's-on movies, I don't know why. It isn't the best movie ever made. It isn't the best written comedy. I guess I like it because it simply has an amiable nature, like a good friend who is fun to hang out with, not too taxing on the brain. Take a walk through *Bachelor* with me, because this will explain why I like old movies, and what watching one is like for me.
Here is Bessie, aka *Lillian Randolph*. She makes you feel at home in this movie, she is a comforting presence. She was well known on radio at the time, appearing in numerous shows, including The Great Gildersleeve and Amos n' Andy. You might just recognize her voice from Tom and Jerry cartoons- she was Tom's owner. Now might also be the time to mention how much I want to live in this house- check out the furnishings!
Why, look! Here is our old friend *Charles Halton* - I should say *Mr.* Halton, because he always plays characters of great standing in the community (at least in his own mind). How nice to see you introducing us to Cary Grant....and (yawn).....I'm starting to feel sleepy listening to your voice, Mr Halton....
I noticed a gentleman as we were passing through the courtroom, I am sure he was a lawyer- he has that look. He could be Cary Grant's best friend. Oh! He looks so familiar. That's right, it's *Dan Tobin*, he's got that charming moustache...Wasn't he in Woman of the Year?
Hey! I'm screaming at the TV- it's *Pat Flaherty!!!* I am even more convinced that he is in every movie ever made....
*Veda Ann Borg* - she is so great here, as a man hungry dame with the sensitivity of a bull moose. Her date is *Don Beddoe*, who was either a fast talking salesman or a mousey type- like here.
*Gregory Gaye* is the unflappably perfect and dapper Russian(?) maitre d' during the Happy Birthday scene. I love a Slav or a middle European thrown into the mix, don't you? Especially when they have such a nice accent and really speak Russian. He reminds me of Conrad Veidt. He is the straight man who, after Cary's been yelled at, spilled on and accused of blue murder, asks Cary if there will be anything else.
He also has this wonderful scene in which he simply knows Myrna Loy is Grant's date.
Busybody *Ray Collins* and Cantankerous *Harry Davenport* are wonderful as Uncle Beemish and Great Uncle Thaddeus. I love watching Harry Davenport dump the chess set on the floor.
One of my favorite character actors is *Rudy Vallee* . Rudy is just so stuffy, and I long to see him get his chair pulled out from under him every time. It's my favorite part of the movie. Vallee is gleefully spiteful and jealous, but his demeanor is always placid. He is a solid citizen, but soooo boring. He is teeming with insecurities. I find him screamingly funny for some reason. It's also fun watching Cary Grant try NOT to beat Vallee in the obstacle course- Grant is in such obviously better condition that it makes it even funnier for me. Vallee must have had a sense of humor to let himself be made fun of in picture after picture, but he was a genius at playing humorless fellows.
*Shirley Temple* is just so much fun here. I think that her character is marvelous.She truly rates as a character actor in this one. She has a kind of pouty phoniness that just shines out of her pores. She is dreamy, but she is also snooty, pretentious, and full of herself. You know that she is really a nice girl who just wants to be grown up, but she is so horrible, especially to her boyfriend Jerry, that you can't help but laugh. She plays the perfect teenager. I love Loy's line at the beginning, "You know I'd die for you, but sometimes it's awfully hard to live with you."
Have I mentioned yet how much I want a robe with pockets on the outside?
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Thanks guys! I am so glad I found the message boards.You all have gotten me through some tough times. I really appreciate it so much.
I remember Tang spice tea! My mom used to make it and keep it in a jar on the counter.... It sounds awful, but it is really super good! Time to go buy some Tang.....
And we have the best orchards around here- one on a high hillside that is just beautiful. Makes you feel like you are in *The Trouble with Harry*....except no dead bodies. They have quinces and pears though, so maybe I will actually make a quince tart this year like I keep saying I am going to every year....
And we have a corn maze nearby as well, that is fun for a while. Unfortunately, it takes a couple hours to find your way out....
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MissG- I love your description of the unchanging Mr. Stone- the name sort of fits, doesn't it?
One of these days I am going to get a copy of the 1922 *Prisoner of Zenda* in which Stone plays the Rudolfs (!) I was supposed to get it a couple months ago, but it fell through. I am dying to see what Stone brings to the movie- I have such a hard time imagining him in this role! Ramon Navarro plays Rupert of Hentzau, so there will be some sex appeal there. In glancing at IMDB, I notice that most of his silents have names like "What Fools Men" or "Why Men Leave Home" hinting at a more dapper or exotic character for him in that time period.... In trying to think of roles that were slightly different from Judge Hardy, I remember I liked him in Suzy. Well, I guess that one was actually a father as well. I am getting a copy of "Red Headed Woman" this week, so I will check him out in that one too..
Have you seen "Three Godfathers" (1936)? What was his character like in that one? I am dying to hear him sing "Boola Boola".
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*Scarlett is right!
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Thanks MissG.
I feel better already!
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Aaaaaahh. I love that.... I picture a nice little love nest, just for three.....
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Yes, I thought those songs both had a sort of sad quality to them, although french techno has it's fun aspects.....
I admit I am feeling sorry for myself now that summer is going- but remember a couple years ago, we didn't get winter till December! I am in a doldrum. School starting is always a time for me to take stock of where my life is going.... yuck. I feel like Mary Boland. An unnecessary character....a bore. Oh, well, fiddle dee dee. Let's just think about that tomorrow!
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It has been five days now. I don't mean to gripe, but really, she deserves at least a TCM Remembers... Perhaps they should call it TCM Forgets ???
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Gerr! I am starting to grow quite weary of the lack of a traditional "TCM Remembers" segment airing for Anita Page???
I agree. Anita Page deserves at least a 30 second tribute - if not a few movies shown.....
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I actually prefer the top one this time.... he IS young and so handsome....
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Don't worry, MissG. I am sure there will be another heat wave before we're done.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDOXkDFr35M
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I would love to go out there myself- can you see it, Ro?
I am on the tour and say to no one in particular, "I have always wanted to see John Ford country." The woman on my right turns and looks at me with a big smile and says, "Oh, did you see The Searchers?" and I say "I love that movie!" and she says, "I like The Quiet Man juuuust a little bit better." I turn to her and say, "Kathy????" and you turn and look at me and say, "Wendy???" and we both just bust out laughing......