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Edie Adams was in: _Under the Yum Yum Tree_ (1963) directed by: David Swift! *NEW DIRECTOR: David Swift!*

*Very interesting info...I already knew the info about both Meryl Streep & Kate Winslet!* *But still very interesting facts!* Jan. 22, 2009 msn.com - Entertainment News. *A collection of facts, figures and trivia about this year's Academy Award nominees:* *CLOSE BUT NO CIGAR*: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," with 13 Oscar nominations, has tied with eight other films to become the second-most-nominated movie in Academy Award history. First place is still held by _Titanic_ (1997) and _All About Eve_ (1950), with 14 nominations each. *THE STREEP STREAK*: Meryl Streep continues to be Oscar's most nominated performer, with this year's nod for "Doubt" bringing her total to 15. That's three ahead of Katharine Hepburn and Jack Nicholson, who have 12 each. But Hepburn, who died in 2003, won four Oscars and Nicholson has won three, while Streep has two. *A NEW RECORD HOLDER*: Kate Winslet is now the youngest person to garner six Oscar nominations. Winslet received her sixth nomination, for "The Reader," at 33, one year younger than Bette Davis was when she got her sixth in 1942 for "Now, Voyager." *REPEAT PERFORMER*; Philip Seymour Hoffman is the only repeat Oscar nominee from last year. Hoffman, nominated Thursday for supporting actor for "Doubt," was nominated for supporting actor last year for "Charlie Wilson's War." He won the lead actor Oscar for 2005's "Capote." *POSTHUMOUS NOMINEES*: With his supporting actor nomination for "The Dark Knight," Heath Ledger joins a handful of Hollywood notables to be so honored after their deaths. Others include James Dean ("East of Eden," 1955, and "Giant," 1956), Spencer Tracy ("Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," 1967), Peter Finch ("Network," 1976), Ralph Richardson ("Greystroke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes," 1984) and Massimo Troisi ("The Postman," 1995). Only Finch has gone on to win. *UNOFFICIAL NOMINEE*: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences also lists Jeanne Eagles as an "unofficial" nominee for best actress for 1929's "The Letter," the year she died. Although only winners were announced that year, the Academy says records indicate Eagles was "under consideration" for an award. *CHANNELING A PRESIDENT*: Frank Langella, nominated for "Frost/Nixon," becomes the second actor nominated for a best actor Oscar for portraying former President Richard Nixon. Anthony Hopkins was the first, for 1995's "Nixon." *BEEN THERE BEFORE*: Five acting nominees in this year's Oscar competition are previous winners: Sean Penn, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Meryl Streep and Marisa Tomei.

*George Raft!* Scarface (1932) Bolero (1934) Some Like It Hot (1959) Johnny Allegro (1949) They Drive by Night (1940)

The 21-year-old Marilyn Novak (AKA: Kim Novak!) struck a pose on a stairway for the RKO 3-D motion picture _The French Line_ (1954) starring Jane Russell! *NEW STAR: Jane Russell!*

I loved _Alexander_ (2004) directed by Oliver Stone! But I wouldn't call _Alexander_ (2004) a remake! The film is based mostly on the book _Alexander the Great_, written in the 1970s by historian Robin Lane Fox.

Tyrone Power was in: _The Eddy Duchin Story_ directed by: George Sidney! *NEW DIRECTOR: George Sidney!*

*I really enjoyed _Lost Horizon_ (1973), as bizarre as it sounds. I only caught the last 30 minutes or so of the film one night on the Encore channel. It was strange, but I of course like Olivia Hussey. I would very much like to see the whole film, but alas it won't happen!* _Lost Horizon_ (1973) has not been available on video for years until Pioneer Entertainment released a reconstructed version of the longer cut on laserdisc. It is out of print and now fetches high prices on eBay. After derided preview screenings Columbia Pictures re-cut the film, but to no avail. Critic John Simon remarked that it "must have arrived in garbage rather than in film cans". The songs were written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, whose long partnership hit rocky ground within months of this film's release. The film was such a poor performer at the box office that it was nicknamed "Lost Investment." The soundtrack was moderately more successful than the film peaking at #56 on the Billboard Hot 200. The title song was performed by Shawn Phillips. Of the lead actors, only Sally Kellerman, Bobby Van, and James Shigeta perform their own singing. Olivia Hussey, Peter Finch and Liv Ullman were dubbed by Andrea Wills, Jerry Whitman, and Diana Lee respectively. The song "Living Together, Growing Together" was a minor hit for The Fifth Dimension. The song "Things I Will Not Miss" was covered by Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye for the 1973 album Diana and Marvin.

*Charles Chaplin classic ?Monsieur Verdoux? to be shown at Hamburg?s Palace Theatre* By: SARAH REYNOLDS Sun, NY SUN REPORTER *Charles Chaplin will make his return to the big screen next week for a showing at the The Palace Theatre, located at 31 Buffalo St. in the Village of Hamburg.* A new 35 milimeter film print of the film ?Monsieur Verdoux? will be showing at 7 p.m. starting Tuesday, Jan. 27 and running through Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009. The film is about Henri Verdoux, an unemployed banker played by Chaplin. After being laid off from his job, he tries to find another way to support his family. Verdoux then comes up with an idea and executes it by marrying wealthy widows and then murdering them. His plan later backfires when two particular widows break his normal routine. The film was supposed to be directed by Orson Welles, with Chaplin having a starring role. But Welles he backed out at the last second after Chaplin, who directed most of his films, stating he had never been directed before and was not about to start taking directions from someone else. Chaplin then bought the script from Welles for $5,000 and re-wrote the script to make it his own. Welles was credited in the film with the idea, which he did not mind since he thought it was one of his more inferior pieces of work. The film, first released in 1947, is based on a real-life French murderer named Desire Landru, who was guillotined in 1922. The dark comedy also stars Mady Correll, Allison Roddan, Robert Lewis and Audrey Betz. Palace Theatre 19 Clinton Ave # 6 Albany, NY 12207 (518) 465-3333

John Payne was in: _Week-End in Havana_ (1941) with Alice Faye! *NEW STAR: Alice Faye!*

*_NYC SCREENING_:* *The Museum of Modern Art is screening _The Unknown_ at 6pm on Friday, January 23, 2009.* The New Yorker gave the film a little blurb in this week's issue: There's no odder number on Tod Browning's boulevard of broken nightmares than this supremely creepy descent into the pits of masochistic romance. It stars Lon Chaney as Alonzo the Armless, a circus knife-thrower who is virtuosic with the daggers between his toes but all thumbs with the sexy yet man-fearing Nanon (Joan Crawford), the target in his act and the object of his desire. Nanon hates male hands because she hates being pawed, but despite Alonzo's evident handlessness the partnership is made in Hell. Browning and Chaney were masters at exploiting fascinating freakishness; this sixty-one-minute flight of horrific fancy depends on a series of grotesque switcheroos that jolt the nervous system and instill a long-lasting queasiness. Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) 11 W 53rd St New York, NY 10019 (212) 397-6980

Felix Bressart was in: _Iceland_ (1942) W./Sonja Henie! NEW STAR: Sonja Henie!

I'm surprised that _The Dark Knight_ (2008) didn't get more love! *_My Picks_:* Best Motion Picture of the Year - Slumdog Millionaire Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler (2008) Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Kate Winslet for The Reader (2008) Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight (2008) Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler (2008) Best Achievement in Directing - Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

*_SPOILERS:_* Gillian uses her magic to make Shep lose interest in Nicky and Redlitch's book and then confesses her identity as a witch to Shep. He becomes angry, believing that she enchanted him just to spite Merle, and the two fight. Gillian threatens to cast various spells on Merle (such as making her fall in love with the first man that walks into her apartment and sending her around the world), but finds that she has lost her powers because of her love for Shep. Meanwhile, he finds that he literally cannot leave Gillian, because of the spell. To escape, he turns to another witch, Mrs. Bianca de Passe (Hermione Gingold), who breaks the spell. Shep confronts Gillian and leaves her heartbroken. He then tries unsuccessfully to explain to Merle that Gillian is a witch. Months later, Shep returns and discovers that Gillian has lost her magic powers because of her love for him. The two reconcile.

_The Stepford Wives_ (2004) was joke...a very bad joke and a waste of a cast and crews time and money!! I never thought Nicole Kidman could act, & well, this film proved that!! Ohhhh BTW, I never ever wasted a dime on it in theaters or even rental...I waited till it came on late night cable, then I watched 1/2 hr of it, laughed and then turned it off! Very forgettable! Poor director Frank Oz, I guess the rent was due!??.

WOW...OK this is for "BOTH" the Joan Crawford "&" Gary Cooper fans! _Today We Live_ (1933) will be shown on March 23, 2009 @ 6:30am Eastern Standard Time. So check your local schedule for times! _Today We Live_ (1933) *_Stars_:* Joan Crawford, Gary Cooper, Robert Young, Louise Closser Hale, Rollo Lloyd, and Franchot Tone. *_Directed by_:* Howard Hawks & Richard Rosson *_Cinematography by_:* Oliver T. Marsh *_Costumes by_:* Adrian _Today We Live_ MGM, 1933. Joan Crawford stars as "Diana Boyce-Smith," a young, wealthy, playgirl Englishwoman during WWI. This is Joan's first film with future husband Franchot Tone, whom she would marry in 1935; _her only film with Gary Cooper_; and her first of three films with Robert Young.) The film is based on _Turnabout_ by William Faulkner, who also provided the dialogue for the film. Which BTW didn't include any women, so a few changes had to be made!

OK THE WORST REMAKES: Halloween (2007) -Why a remake!?? The Fog (2005) -Why a remake!?? All The Asian Horror films that are "remade" into American Horror films which are then translated into laughable crap- The Ring (2002), Dark Water (2005) Etc...Crap! Poseidon (2006) -Why a remake!?? The Stepford Wives (2004) -Why a remake!?? The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) -Why a remake!?? Friday the 13th (2009) -Why a remake!?? Planet of the Apes (2001) - I still can;t forgive Tim Burton for this mess!

*_Elsa Lanchester_* *_Bride of Frankenstein_ (1935)* - Elsa plays both Frankenstein's mate and Mary Shelley! *_The Spiral Staircase_ (1946)* - Elsa is the comedy in the dark. *_Come to the Stable_ (1949) -* Elsa Was nominated for an Academy Award for: Best Actress in a Supporting Role. *_Bell, Book and Candle_ (1958)* - I love her as Aunt Queenie Holroyd! *_Blackbeard's Ghost_ (1968)* Elsa as Emily Stowecroft is a a Disney treasure. Or try Elsa in: _That Darn Cat!_ (1965) - She makes me laugh every time.

None...since most Re-makes suck!!

Ernest Borgnine was in: _Ice Station Zebra_ (1968) (1 of my fav Rock films!) W./Mr. Rock Hudson! NEW STAR: Rock Hudson!

*Power to the people who punish bad cinema!*

Lionel Barrymore was in: _Grand Hotel_ W./Joan Crawford! *NEW STAR: Joan Crawford!*

*WOW!!! This lQQks like a lot of fun!!* *WOW! _North by Northwest_ (1959) is 50 Years Old. Maybe Hollywood will get smart and re-release it into theaters!?!?. We can only hope!* By Susan King January 22, 2009 Los Angeles Times, CA *The American Cinematheque shares "Hitchcock's Confessions" at the Aero Theatre this week, while the Egyptian Theatre celebrates the "New Hollywood" of the late 1960s and '70s!* *The Alfred Hitchcock festival opens tonight with the 50th anniversary screening of his sexy romantic thriller "North by Northwest,"* starring Cary Grant as a confirmed bachelor and mama's boy who is mistaken for a covert government spy. Eva Marie Saint is the cool blond, with James Mason and Martin Landau as the villains. The Mt. Rushmore chase sequence is among the director's best. Friday's programs are devoted to the late screenwriter John Michael Hayes, who penned several of Hitchcock's films in the 1950s, including the 1956 remake of "The Man Who Knew Too Much" and the frothy 1955 romance "To Catch a Thief," pairing Grant with Grace Kelly. On tap for Saturday are two classics from his first decade in Hollywood: 1940's "Rebecca," which won the Oscar for best film, and 1946's highly charged "Notorious." A couple of his blockbusters from 1954 -- "Rear Window" and "Dial M for Murder" -- are set for Sunday. His 1960 shocker "Psycho" and the 1963 chiller "The Birds" will have audiences cringing on Wednesday. *_'New Hollywood'_* Meanwhile, "New Hollywood Strikes Back: Most Requested" kicks off tonight with Richard Brooks' startling, stark and enthralling 1967 adaptation of Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood," starring Robert Blake and Scott Wilson as the Clutter family murderers, Perry Smith and Dick Hickock. Friday's double bill pairs Peter Yates' underrated 1973 crime thriller "The Friends of Eddie Coyle" and Sam Peckinpah's controversial 1974 release, "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia." Two buddy flicks are lined up for Saturday: 1974's "Freebie and the Bean," with James Caan and Alan Arkin, and 1972's "Hickey & Boggs," with Bill Cosby and Robert Culp (Culp also directed). Frank Perry's 1972 version of Joan Didion's bestseller "Play It as It Lays," featuring a script by Didion and her late husband, John Gregory Dunne, screens Sunday, along with the 1970 rarity "Puzzle of a Downfall Child," with Faye Dunaway. www.americancinematheque.com *_Classic westerns_* In conjunction with its current exhibition, "Dialogue Among Giants: Carleton Watkins and the Rise of Photography in California," the J. Paul Getty Museum is presenting the film series "How the West Was Shot: Six Westerns, Six Decades" on Fridays and Saturdays this month. John Ford's seminal 1924 sagebrush saga, "The Iron Horse," ushers in the festival Friday. Raoul Walsh's 1930 epic, "The Big Trail," which marked John Wayne's starring debut, screens Saturday. The films are free, but reservations are required. www.getty.edu.visit.

Phillip Terry was in: _On Borrowed Time_ (1939) directed by: Harold S. Bucquet! *NEW DIRECTOR: Harold S. Bucquet!!*

I really love the film _The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm_ (1962) & I haven;t seen it in years! I was very surprised that TCM played the film at such an odd time, and even on an odd day as well (Wed Afternoon!) when most people are at work, etc. _The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm_ (1962) was not a bad print. the color was faded on the right in the some parts, others parts the film looked blurry in the far distance shots. But still not a bad print at all. Sad the film has never been restored! I did some research on the film prior to the showing, and per wikipedia, & several other sources on the net: *_Never been restored_* _The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm_ has never been restored or released onto DVD. There was a laserdisc issue of the film, but the quality of the print used for the laserdisc issue was very poor, and was missing the prologue, overture, entr?acte and walk-out music from the Cinerama roadshow version. The film was also transferred in the incorrect aspect ratio, cutting off the far left and right portions of the image. The original 35 mm 3-panel Cinerama camera negatives were heavily water damaged in a warehouse fire. The film was never transferred to a 70 mm version after it was made, so the only surviving prints are edited 35 mm composite prints. The surviving prints are not copies of the original roadshow version, and do not contain all three panels of information. The left area of the A panel and the right area of the C panel are missing from the composite prints. In addition, the color is badly faded. Because of the cost, it is doubtful there will ever be a restored version of this film.