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Faye Dunaway (I looove Faye too!!) ....WAS IN: _Barfly_ (1987) W./Mickey Rourke! *NEW STAR: Mickey Rourke!*

It can never be one (1) film or documentary...there are so many films that have touched me through the years in 1 form or another...some films remind me of my mother before and after her death ...some are just films that touched me for what ever reasons.. ,,,other films are just my own little favorite. As for documentaries....There have been so many that I have seen. Some good...others forgettable...But I have listed the one's off the top of my head that have stuck with me through out the years...These are some of the documentaries that I recommend to my friends, and other film festivals! Enjoy!. *_Documentaries that impacted or gave me a different outlook on life_ *_One Day in September_ (1999)* - This world event happened the week I was born...and I was born in Germany at the time...Years later, mny mom & I toured the Olympic compound where the events took place. Very surreal. *_Harlan County U.S.A._ (1976)* *_Roger & Me_ (1989)* *_Super Size Me_ (2004)* *_Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?_ (2008)* *_Paragraph 175_ (2000)* - Film chronicles the lives of several men who were arrested by the Nazis for homosexuality under Paragraph 175, the **** provision of the German penal code, dating back to 1871.....Very eye opening! *_MGM: When the Lion Roars_ (1992)* *_The Thin Blue Line_ (1988)* - about a man convicted and sentenced to die for a murder he did not commit. *_The Celluloid Closet_ (1995)* - eye-opening movie serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of gay men and women on the silver screen. *_Bowling for Columbine_* *_Jesus Camp_ (2006)* *_Taxi to the Dark Side_ (2007)* *_Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood_ (2009)* *_Movies that impacted my life ...changed my view on life_:* The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980) Star Wars (1977) Schindler's List (1993) Parapluies de Cherbourg, Les (1964) Woodstock (1970) Two Weeks (2006) The Miracle Worker (1962) The Wizard of Oz (1939) The Great Santini (1979) The Last Picture Show (1971) Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) Boys Don't Cry (1999) Torch Song Trilogy (1988) Der Himmel ?ber Berlin (1987) Sunset Blvd. (1950) Dolce vita, La (1960) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

*Crime History: Robert Mitchum released from prison farm* *Staff reports 2/25/09* *On this day, Feb. 25, 1949, actor Robert Mitchum was released from a prison farm after a two-month sentence for marijuana possession.* At an early age, Mitchum had contempt for authority and spent part of his teen years adventuring around the country in boxcars. At age 14, in Savannah, Ga., he was arrested for vagrancy and put on a chain gang. He escaped and went west, where he eventually picked up acting. In 1948, Los Angeles detectives burst into a small party and found Mitchum smoking a joint. Mitchum, who two years earlier had been nominated for an Oscar in ?The Story of G.I. Joe,? reportedly said, ?This is the bitter end of everything.? Instead, it seemed to enhance his image as a rebel, and his next movies were box office smashes. Mitchum went on to define the film noir in classics like ?Crossfire,? ?Out of the Past? and in his portrayals of psychopaths in ?The Night of the Hunter? and ?Cape Fear.? Mitchum died in July 1997. He was 79. Thanks, Washington Examiner - ‎Feb 24, 2009‎

The Brain That Wouldn't Die ..... I saw it once ..a loooong time ago ..Once was enough ..I never knew there was even an uncut out in the world.! Does anyone really care!? Did anyone really notice it was on beside you!!? There are more important films than: The Brain That Wouldn't Die! All I know is the film has fallen into the public domain and can be freely downloaded from the Internet Archive. *_Interesting Bits of Trivia_:* Original plans were for last reel to be in color, with the doctor's head being cut off. Scenes were filmed with rats menacing the head. There were also several mistakes in this film which included the following: The film ends with the title "The Head that Wouldn't Die" instead of "The Brain that Wouldn't Die". After Kurt has his arm ripped off by the beast in the closet he stumbles through the house, smearing blood on everything, including the chair in the entryway. However, when the doctor is bringing in his newest "patient" she sits in this chair, which is now entirely free of blood. At the end of the movie, it is obvious that the monster's mask is tied in the back. During the "Body Beautiful" contest, the MC announces that there are five finalists, but he only brings out four. At the end of the film in the killing of the doctor by the monster, the latex skull cap on the monster is ripped and hanging loose and you can see Eddie Carmel's hair underneath!

Yul Brynner WAS IN: _Morituri_ (1965) with Marlon Brando and directed by Bernhard Wicki with music by Jerry Goldsmith *Music Composer: Jerry Goldsmith!*

Douglas Sirk (I looooove Douglas Sirk!!!) directed _There's Always Tomorrow_ (1956) reteaming Barbara Stanwyck & Fred MacMurray! NEW STAR: Fred MacMurray!

I just love the dialogue in Double Indemnity. The dialogue just crackles..it's like a verbal volleyball match! Phyllis (Stanwyck): There's a speed limit in this state, Mr. Neff. 45 miles an hour. Walter: How fast was I going, officer? Phyllis: I'd say around 90. Walter: Suppose you get down off your motorcycle and give me a ticket. Phyllis: Suppose I let you off with a warning this time. Walter: Suppose it doesn't take. Phyllis: Suppose I have to whack you over the knuckles. Walter: Suppose I bust out crying and put my head on your shoulder. Phyllis: Suppose you try putting it on my husband's shoulder. Walter: That tears it... I put _Double Indemnity_ (1944)...right on my list of the 5 best "film noirs"....Right next to Out of the Past (1947) .... Violent Saturday (1955) & The Woman in the Window (1944).! Hey I also love _His Kind of Woman_ (1951) too! Double Indemnity has great sets ...great cast...I mean Fred MacMurray really knocks it out of the ball park. Just like Stanwyck& Robinson ..top of their game! Fred MacMurray should have always been nomianted for an Oscar for "Best Actor"!

I just found this great book in a used book store: The Bad and the Beautiful: Hollywood in the Fifties by Sam Kashner, Jennifer MacNair! While Fifties Hollywood meant Disney films, the Legion of Decency, and pious epics like The Ten Commandments, it was also the era of Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard, the blacklist, the scandal sheet Confidential, and the "lavender closet" as the authors note, homosexuality was considered "a kind of sexual equivalent of Communism." This popular, subjective history is a series of vignettes capturing a Hollywood in transition, pressured by television, the studio system's decline, and the postwar emerging permissiveness. Topics include: The influence of the short-lived but much-feared Confidential; the clout of aging gossip queens Louella Parsons, Hedda Hopper, and Sheila Graham; and the uproar over an interracial romance between Sammy Davis and Kim Novak. Journalist Kashner and MacNair, a writer for The Jim Lehrer Newshour, write most perceptively on the era's classics (Sweet Smell of Success), and the best chapter describes how director Nicholas Ray forged his timeless portrait of teen-age angst in Rebel Without a Cause. The book is a brisk read but not the last word on Fifties Hollywood (though other, better books on the subject are out of print). The chapter on the misdeeds of the children of Hollywood stars could apply to any era, and chapters on Oscar Levant, Mae West, and Grace Metalious seem of dubious relevance. Despite its flaws, this book is recommended for film book collections.

*I love any Non-Fiction books on Hollywood...... I just stumbled across this article....this is a another book that I will go and look for. Enjoy!* *The Prints Of Classic Hollywood, Another Must Read* Posted by Julia Herriott Mar 14, 2009 With full disclosure here, I tell you that I have known Tommy Lightfoot Garrett for several years now. After he appeared on the cover of a magazine that I once published, we became instant friends. Despite the fact that Tommy plays in the Hollywood game, he is one of the nicest and most genuine people I?ve ever known. His latest celebrity book, "The Prints of Hollywood," was recently published. It follows publication of his other non-fiction books, "Letters from a Known Woman: Joan Fontaine," "So, You Want to Be in Pictures: The Making of Hollywood Idols," "The Making of Hollywood Stars" as well as a science-fiction novel, "Cosmic?s Adventure," and its sequel, "Cosmic?s Battle in Salt Lake." *"The Prints of Hollywood" features behind-the-scenes stories about such legendary stars as Bob Hope, Doris Day, Charlton Heston and Loretta Young. It?s amazing how Tommy is able to separate his personal relationships and beliefs in these great stars and make an honest appraisal of their work and place in our lives?and in history itself.* *This 300-page tome is filled with hundreds of one-of-a-kind, personally autographed photos from many of the stars highlighted in the book. Each chapter places our beloved icons in various categories, which include Child Stars, Funny Stars, TV Stars, Actresses who Exude Class on the Screen, Cult Classic Films and Legendary Leading Men Who Cannot Be Replaced. This wonderful book is very much an encyclopedia of Who?s Who in Hollywood, which is what Tommy Garrett knows best.* One of my favorite chapters in the book is about Cowboys in Hollywood. While he is able to give us the goods on current big stars like Clint Eastwood, Tommy also dishes on some of the stars of yesteryear who made Westerns in the 1950s that we all grew up loving and admiring. From Lena Horne to Elizabeth Taylor to Anthony Quinn, Tommy Garrett has pretty much known them all. And even the few stars he didn?t meet personally, Tommy is generous enough to include them in this book. He shares some of the background that continues to make these stars the iconic figures they are on the big screen. Film is forever. Though I thought Tommy hit the ball out of the park with "So, You Want to Be in Pictures," I believe his new book will become one of my top favorites. I enjoyed reading it over a long, quiet weekend and found his stories about such obscure stars as John Agar as fascinating as his descriptions of Farley Granger and Angela Lansbury, for instance. What is great about Tommy?s writing (and all of his previous work) is that he never belittles, demeans or hurts the people featured in the book. He always tries to give people credit for what they did, and if he ever has to criticize someone, it?s not personal. He doesn?t write tabloid-type attacks on celebrities, realizing that someone?s career and hard work is to be respected. That being said, Tommy is also quite honest in his reportage. I enjoyed his revealing anecdotes about such stars as Tony Curtis and Mickey Rooney, for example. I learned a lot about his Hollywood friends in that chapter as well. No matter who your favorite star may be, chances are that he or she is featured in this great book. Phyllis Diller, Eileen Fulton and Constance Towers are just a few of Tommy?s friends he discusses within its pages, sharing amazing things with the reader about what makes each of these stars so special, so fascinating to watch on the screen. Tommy Garrett has had a taste of much of what he writes about in this book, having produced and starred in his own TV series. Every week Tommy writes about the stars in print, commenting on celebrities on the radio, both stateside and internationally, as well. He will be making his motion-picture debut in Henry Jaglom?s "Queen of the Lot" later this year. For readers looking for great entertainment, honest reporting and all those juicy tidbits that only Hollywood insiders can share, "The Prints of Hollywood" is the book for you. "The Prints of Hollywood" is available on Amazon. Tommy Lightfoot Garrett has been a collector of classic era photographs for years. The difference between Tommy and the people who collect classic photos, is that Tommy over the years has become friends with many of these stars and he also has represented many of them over the years as well. This photo book is one that the reader and admirer of classic stars can enjoy some of the great studio and candid shots of the past century, with Garrett's historical knowledge of Hollywood and the icons who made the entertainment industry so great. There are even some shots signed by stars who are either no longer with us or no longer signing autographs. This book is warm, well put together and offers the reader some new insights into what made the classic era so grand in Hollywood's history. "This book of unique classic Hollywood photographs is an invaluable addition to any film buff's library. Tommy Garrett is not only one of the most knowledgeable of Hollywood historians, but a man whose passion for the movies and the personalities who made them great is limitless and downright addictive. Enjoying this book and the wonderful photographs of many of the famous people Tommy has personally known and admired is a true trip down Hollywood memory lane!" - Stone Wallace, author of George Raft: The Man Who Would be Bogart "Mining the riches of several celebrity photo archives across the world, author and esteemed industry historian Tommy Lighfoot Garrett has culled a treasure trove of rare images that lovingly depicts the class and glamour of Old Hollywood. Tommy should be cherished for his loyal diligence in keeping the flame of Classic Hollywood burning brightly." - John O'Dowd, author of Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye: The Barbara Payton Story

Bonnie Bedelia was in: _Heart Like a Wheel_ (1983) directed by: Jonathan Kaplan! *NEW DIRECTOR: Jonathan Kaplan!*

*Home - A Christmas Story House - Ralphie?s House Restored to its A ...* The house used as the set in the movie A Christmas Story, now serving as a fund raising facility. www.achristmasstoryhouse.com http://www.achristmasstoryhouse.com/ _A Christmas Story House_, now restored to its movie splendor, is open year round to the public for tours. Directly across the street from the house is the official A Christmas Story House Museum, which features original props, costumes and memorabilia from the film, as well as hundreds of rare behind-the-scenes photos. Among the props and costumes are the toys from the Higbee?s window, Randy?s snowsuit and zeppelin, the chalkboard from Miss Shields? classroom and the family car. After reliving A Christmas Story at Ralphie?s house don?t forget to visit the museum gift shop for your own Major Award Leg Lamp and other great movie memorabilia. You can even shop through our online gift shop here. Proceeds from the gift shop help support and maintain A Christmas Story House and Museum.

Wilder shot an alternate ending to the film (to appease censors), featuring Neff paying for his crime by going to the gas chamber. This footage is lost, but stills of the scene still exist

*"Double Indemnity House", 6301 Quebec Drive, Los Angeles,CA* Note: Private residence - don't bother the residents, don't trespass or go anywhere near the house! The house featured in what was perhaps the greatest film noir classic, "Double Indemnity". Nothing terribly special about the architecture, but the house certainly fit the mood of the film. I don't suggest trying to find places like this in the Hollywood Hills in a Hummer. The streets are so narrow and winding they don't seem very safe, although I'm sure most residents of the area are extremely careful. Please use extreme caution. Thanks, oldschoolla.com Also see: http://www.seeingstars.net/ImagePages/DoubleIndemnityHousePhotos.shtml

*_The Postman Always Rings Twice_ (1946) - Fri. Mar. 13, 2009 @ 9:00pm (PT) Arizona Time!* *_Stars_:* Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway, Hume Cronyn, Leon Ames, and Audrey Totter. *_Directe by_:* Tay Garnett. *The Postman Always Rings Twice - 1934 - crime novel by James M. Cain.* The novel was quite successful and notorious upon publication, and is regarded as one of the more important crime novels of the 20th century. Fast-moving and brief (only about 100 pages long, depending on the edition), the novel's mix of sexuality and violence was startling in its time, and saw the book banned in Boston.

Lilian Bond WAS IN: _Man in the Attic_ (1953) (Strange fun film!) in which she starred with Jack Palance..... & she was directed by Hugo Fregonese! *NEW DIRECTOR: Hugo Fregonese!*

*Don't forget tonight, Friday, March 13th, 2009: TCM PRIME TIME FEATURE: BASED ON JAMES M. CAIN!* In 1944, Billy Wilder teamed with Raymond Chandler (seen above) to adapt James M. Cain's Double Indemnity (1944) for the screen.

*New, Rare Photo Of Screen Icon Marilyn Is Released* LOS ANGELES (CBS) ― CBS 2 - ‎Mar 11, 2009‎ *A new, previously unseen photo of screen legend/icon/goddess/sex kitten/ Marilyn Monroe has emerged.* The photo was found in the "Lost Collection" of clothing designer William Travilla's, an Oscar-winning costumer who dressed nearly 300 starts in his illustrious career. The new photo shows Marilyn, circa 1952, with Travilla and an unidentified Black man. The photo, coming on the heels of Marilyn's controversial nude photos, was scandalous at the time...a white starlet being photographed with a black man!) The man was often cropped out of the little seen photo. And the mystery remains...who was that man? http://cbs2.com/entertainment/Marilyn.Marilyn.Monroe.2.956746.html

Veda Ann Borg WAS IN: _Mildred Pierce_ (1945) directed by Michael Curtiz which was was Joan Crawford's first film for Warner Bros. after leaving MGM and won her the Academy Award for Best Actress!!!!!!!!! *NEW STAR: Joan Crawford!*

*Cult Classic ?Heathers? To Become A Musical!* Icon Vs. Icon - All Things Pop Culture 2 March 2009 It seems that musicals are becoming the new remake. On the heals of such classics as Point Break and Ghost going from the big screen to the stage, comes the news that the 1988 dark comedy Heathers will be getting the musical treatment. Heathers, which launched the careers of Winona Ryder, Christian Slater and writer Dan Waters, being developed for stage by Andy Fickman, director of Race to Witch Mountain says The Hollywood Reporter. Fickman, who helmed the musical ?Reefer Madness,? is working with partner Kevin Murphy, who is writing the ?Heathers? lyrics and the book, and composer Larry O?Keefe, who earned a Tony nomination for best score for the Broadway version of ?Legally Blonde.? The readings saw ?Veronica Mars? star Kristen Bell playing the lead and Christian Campbell as J.D., with Jenna Leigh Green (?Wicked?), BrokeDown Cadillac lead singer Corri English and Christine Lakin (the CW?s ?Valentine?) as the three Heathers. The actors doing the reading will not necessarily do the musical; that depends on their availability when the play is mounted. Denise Di Novi, who produced the movie, is executive producing the musical. Lakeshore Entertainment also is creatively involved. The project has the blessing of Dan Waters (the original screenwriter), who controls the underlying rights to the material. Fickman said he sat down with Waters early on ?to make sure we were on the same page? and that Waters has seen the readings. ?He understood that our goals were to be creatively attuned to his original work,? said Fickman, who is repped by Endeavor and Evolution. The film offered many over-top-moments as well as choice lines, something Fickman is eager to bring out musically. ? ?I love my dead gay son,? Fickman quoted. ?If you can get that into a song, then that is just perfect.? The creative team hopes to have a fully mounted regional production ready for 2010, followed ideally by a Broadway run. The next step would see the stage show adapted for the big screen ? the way John Waters? 1988 film ?Hairspray? became a Broadway musical that was then adapted into a hit movie musical. Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Gigi Perreau WAS IN: _The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit_ (1956) directed by: Nunnally Johnson! *NEW DIRECTOR: Nunnally Johnson!*

*Gloria Grahame - March 2009 - (MT) Arizona Time - Check Local Schedule Times!* *_Crossfire_ (1947) - Sat, Mar 14, 7:30 AM* *_Oklahoma!_ (1955) - Sun, Mar 22, 1:00 AM* *_DID U KNOW?_:* _Oklahoma!_ was the first feature film photographed in the Todd-AO 70 mm widescreen process. It was simultaneously shot in the more established Cinemascope 35 mm format to allow presentation in theaters lacking 70 mm equipment. In 2007, _Oklahoma!_ was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". *_Crossfire_ (1947)* In an era of social-problem films, no studio wanted to touch the evil of anti-Semitism until Fox decided to film Gentleman's Agreement. RKO, however, beat them to the punch with this low-key but powerful indictment of religious prejudice that leads to murder. Robert Ryan stars as a sadistic soldier who, in a drunken rage, beats a Jewish civilian to death. Robert Young is the detective who, aided by GI Robert Mitchum, investigates the sordid case. In the novel Crossfire the central issue is not race or religion but sex--a homosexual is beaten to death by other Marines. However, in 1947 this subject matter was still taboo, and producer Scott convinced RKO to buy the book on the proviso that anti-Semitism would replace homophobic intolerance. Dore Schary had just taken over the reins at RKO, and this thriller--which grossed $1,270,000 at the box office, a whopping amount in 1947--was his first production. It was also the last film director Dmytryk and producer Scott, long a duo, would co-create for the studio: after CROSSFIRE's completion, both men were brought before HUAC and became enmeshed in the Communist witchhunt. *_Oklahoma!_ (1955)* OKLAHOMA! was actually shot outside of Nogales, Arizona, where the cast and crew put in nearly eight months of work, delayed by flash floods, one of which washed away a car containing a week's worth of film. Easy come, easy go.

*_The Friends of Eddie Coyle_ starring Robert Mitchum & Peter Boyle is one of the 1970's lost crime/cop movies of it's era...& NOW... 'FINALLY" IT GETS RELEASED ONTO DVD!* *I have been wanting to see this Robert Mitchum forever it feels like. I have heard nothing but good thing about this film. I can't wait to snatch up this film once it hits DVD in May of 2009!* *I know The Friends of Eddie Coyle has been on a lot "Films that need to be released onto DVD" lists.* Eddie Coyle (Robert Mitchum) is an aging, low-level gunrunner for the Irish Mob in Boston, Massachusetts. Facing several years in prison for a truck hijacking and hoping for a sentencing recommendation, he informs on a non-mob gun buyer - only to learn that is not enough. *_Directed by_:* Peter Yates *The movie will be released on DVD by the Criterion Collection on May 19, 2009.* The Friends of Eddie Coyle Theatrical Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WtR-

*On Sat, Mar 14, 7:30 AM (AZ) Time (Check Local Times!) _Crossfire_ (1947)!* *_Crossfire_ (1947) received five Academy Award nominations, including Ryan for Best Supporting Actor and Gloria Grahame for Best Supporting Actress.* *_Crossfire_ (1947) is a film noir drama film which deals with the theme of anti-Semitism, as did that year's Academy Award for Best Picture winner, Gentleman's Agreement.* *_Difference from the novel_* In the novel, the victim was homosexual. As told in the film The Celluloid Closet and in the documentary included on the DVD edition of the Crossfire film, the Hollywood Hays Code prohibited any mention of homosexuality because it was seen as a sexual perversion. Hence, the book's theme of homophobia was changed to one about racism and antisemitism.

*Robert Mitchum - TCM Schedule - March 2009 - Check Local Times.* *Sat, Mar 14, 7:30 AM - _Crossfire_ (1947)* Crossfire (1947): This unusual and worthwhile black-and-white film noir was one of the first movies to deal with issues of anti-Semitism. Crossfire received five Academy Award nominations, including Robert Ryanfor Best Supporting Actor and Gloria Grahame for Best Supporting Actress. *Sun, Mar 15, 2:00 AM _Story of G.I. Joe_ (1945)* The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Mitchum's only nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

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