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_Jamie Lee Curtis_ Halloween (1978) &/Or The Fog (1980) Trading Places (1983) A Fish Called Wanda (1988) The Tailor of Panama (2001) Freaky Friday (2003)

*It sounds also like the film: _Oh Heavenly Dog_ (1980)* Chevy Chase plays a private investigator who is called to a job and is killed upon finding a dead woman. The afterlife has not decided if he is destined for Heaven or Hell, so he is given the chance to return to Earth as a dog in order to solve the case and earn his way to Heaven.

Thanks for the post and link!

_Beyond the Rocks_ (1922) great film! I love the on screen paring of Rudolph Valentino & Gloria Swanson...Heaven...!!! In Gloria Swanson's bio: _Swanson on Swanson_ she speaks very highly of Valentino! She hints at a slight love affair. What a hey day for film. The ending reminds of the _The English Patient_ (1996). I believe the film is on DVD. *Did U notice in the credits that Rudolph Valentino was credited as Rodolph Valentino!???!*

_Victor Mature_ I Wake Up Screaming (1941) The Las Vegas Story (1952) My Darling Clementine (1946) Wabash Avenue (1950) Violent Saturday (1955)

*Marilyn Monroe on TCM January 2009!* Sun, Jan 11, 8:00 PM Niagara Wed, Jan 14, 12:15 PM Right Cross Wed, Jan 14, 10:15 PM Some Like It Hot

To do Justice to my favorite actress, _Joan Crawford_ ...I broke her career down by the decade! _Films of the Twenties_ Untamed (1929) Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929) Across to Singapore (1928) Our Dancing Daughters (1928) Our Modern Maidens (1929) _Films of the Thirties_ Paid (1930) Grand Hotel (1932) Sadie McKee (1934) The Women (1939) Possessed (1931) _Films of the Forties_ Strange Cargo (1940) Mildred Pierce (1945) Daisy Kenyon (1947) A Woman's Face (1941) Flamingo Road (1949) _Films of the Fifties_ Harriet Craig (1950) Sudden Fear (1952) Johnny Guitar (1954) Torch Song (1953) The Damned Don't Cry (1950) _Films of the Sixties_ Whatever Happened to Baby Jane (1962) The Caretakers (1963) Strait-Jacket (1964) I Saw What You Did (1965) Berserk (1968)

Niiiice list!

*Claude Berri, a force in French film, dies at 74* By Bruce Weber International Herald Tribune, France Published: January 13, 2009 Claude Berri, who as a director, producer, screenwriter and actor was among the most influential figures in the French film industry over the past 40 years, died Monday in Paris. He was 74 and was described after his death by President Nicolas Sarkozy as "the great ambassador of French cinema" to the world. The cause was a stroke, his agent, Dominique Segall, said in a statement. Berri had been admitted to the hospital on Saturday with a "cerebral vascular problem," he said. Berri was, by and large, a filmmaker of mainstream sensibility who favored stories of either quirky charm - many drawn from his own life - or grand sweep. His best known films as a director include "The Two of Us" (1967), which tells a story much like that of his own childhood during the Nazi occupation of France, in which a Jewish boy is schooled in Catholicism and sent off to live with an anti-Semitic old man; and the twin 1986 films "Jean de Florette" and "Manon des Sources" ("Manon of the Springs"), together an extravagant adaptation of a classic French novel set in Provence by Marcel Pagnol, "L'Eau des Collines" ("Water of the Hills"). But he was probably more influential as a producer, working with directors like Milos Forman ("Valmont"), Roman Polanski ("Tess") and Philippe de Broca ("L'Africain"). With his penchant for lush cinematography and scoring and audience-pleasing plot resolution, Berri was often credited with melding the wry, oblique sensibility of French New Age cinema with the more commercial outlook of Hollywood. Often described as impulsive, imperious and driven, he nonetheless worked successfully with star performers like Yves Montand, Catherine Deneuve, Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle B?art and G?rard Depardieu.. He did not get along with everyone, however. On the set of his 1997 film, "Lucie Aubrac," based on the life of a heroine of the French resistance, he abruptly fired his lead actress, Juliette Binoche, for having too many opinions about how she should play the role. "When a director is so possessive about his film, it's a nightmare," Binoche said in an interview in The New York Times shortly after her dismissal. "You can't work with someone like that." Berri's early work as a director included several comedies in which he played himself or someone very much like him: a character, often named Claude, with a sentimental devotion to his parents and a goofy, Chaplin-esque weakness for women. Among these films were "Mazel Tov, ou Le Mariage," ("Marry Me! Marry Me!"); "Le Sex Shop," "Le Cin?ma de Papa," and "Le M?le du Si?cle" ("Male of the Century"). Berri was a contemporary and friend of Fran?ois Truffaut, and his work was often compared, though not always favorably, to the Truffaut trilogy - "Les 400 Coups" ("The 400 Blows"); "Baisers Vol?s" ("Stolen Kisses") and "Domicile Conjugal" ("Bed and Board"), which featured Truffaut's alter ego, Antoine Doinel. Among Berri's grander projects were "Germinal," an adaptation of Zola's 19th-century novel about exploited French coal miners, and "Uranus," a brooding film about French collaborators during the war that probes the nature of their guilt. Both starred Depardieu. At his death Berri was directing his 20th film, "Tr?sor" ("Treasure"), a marital comedy. "Berri was laughing all the time on the set," Alain Chabat, who was starring in the film, said in an interview Monday. He last saw Berri on Thursday, he said. Chabat described the director as "brilliant and curious, a very funny guy with incredible intuition," who was nonetheless sure of his own mind and a bit of a martinet. Berri won the "Best Film" BAFTA for Jean de Florette, and was also nominated for twelve C?sar Awards, though he never won. Berri also won the Oscar for Best Short Film for Le Poulet at the 39th Academy Awards in 1966, and produced Roman Polanski's _Tess_ which was nominated for Best Picture in 1981.

I own it, but still I flipped between _Niagara_ (1953) since after all it's "MM" and the Golden Globes!

Norma Shearer looked beautiful at the _Marie Antoinette_ (1938) film premiere!

I noticed 1 flaw in the documentary: _When the Lion Roars: Part Two - The Lion Reigns Supreme_ (1992)..Yes I know the documentary is almost 17 yrs old...but still! It claims that Jean Harlow's mother religious beliefs killed here. Well some time around 2000 evidence came to light it was kidney failure. It was about the death of Jean Harlow... *_Per WIkipedia and other sources_:* Although no records exist, it is rumored that in the early part of 1937, Harlow fell ill with influenza. If so, even after she recovered, the attack would have weakened her body against the onslaught of a more serious illness that was just beginning to take hold: kidney disease. In retrospective analysis, Harlow's kidneys may have been slowly failing during the ten years since she contracted scarlet fever while in her early teens. In the days before kidney dialysis and transplants, this condition was usually fatal. In addition, Jean needed to have her wisdom teeth extracted, and elected to have all four teeth removed during the same procedure. The operation required general anaesthesia and hospitalization, which may have worsened her already declining health. In the spring of 1937, Harlow began filming Saratoga with Clark Gable. It would be her final film. Off screen, Harlow perspired heavily and she began coming late to shooting. On May 29, 1937, Harlow collapsed on set and was rushed to the hospital, where she was diagnosed with uremic poisoning. She was cared for at home for the next eight days and was given constant medical attention, despite her mother's Christian Science beliefs. Nonetheless, her condition worsened. On June 6, 1937, she was rushed to the hospital. Jean Harlow died the following morning at 11:37 a.m. She was 26 years of age. Many myths have swirled around Harlow's death, and it was not until the early 1990s that her long-sealed medical records were uncovered. Legend had it that Harlow's mother, a follower of Christian Science, prevented doctors from attending to her dying daughter, but this myth has been disproved: records show that Harlow received constant medical attention. Other long-standing myths, such as the suggestion that Harlow's kidneys were damaged in a beating from husband Paul Bern or that bleach from her hair seeped into her brain and killed her, are also untrue.

*Has anyone else watched "_Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood_?!!..* *Well anybody else watch this documentary!??!* Anybody with a passion for movies of the 1930s, ?40s and ?50s will find more than a mere walk down memory lane in this PBS documentary, which charts the Jewish ?migr?s that fled Hitler?s Germany and found sanctuary ? with various degrees of comfort and success ? in Hollywood, prompting the town to be nicknamed ?Weimar on the Pacific.?

*DONT FORGET: - TODAY - TUESDAY, JANUARY 13TH, 2008 -* *_When the Lion Roars: Part Two - The Lion Reigns Supreme_ (1992)* *CHECK LOCAL TIME SCHEDULE - 03:45pm (MT) Arizona Time!* *Part 2 of the Ted Turner documentary on the history of MGM studios spans the years 1936 to 1946. This decade begins with the recovery from the death of head of production Irving Thalberg and ends with the studio at it's peak after World War 2. The previous era had established the MGM style as one of artifice and glamour, exemplified by costume designer Adrian and art director Cedric Gibbons. However with the passing of Thalberg, changes were necessary for the studio to survive!*

Elvis Presley in _King Creole_ (1958) directed by: Michael Curtiz! *NEW DIRECTOR: Michael Curtiz!*

*Elvis Presley Films I would Go With...* Love Me Tender (1956) King Creole (1958) Jailhouse Rock (1957) Viva Las Vegas (1964) Blue Hawaii (1961)

I'm still blown away by _Groundhog Day_ (1993) on the list.It;s almost equivalent to doing a "Ben Lyons" ....My partner read the article (& thanks U for putting it on the boards BTW!) ..turns to me and says "_Groundhog Day_ "10 best American movies of all time?"....Yeah, Ummmmm NOT the "Best" Bill Murray and poor Andie MacDowell.". For those not in the now, Ben Lyons became infamous in film circles for calling Will Smith?s 2007 zombie-vampire movie _I Am Legend_ ?one of the greatest movies ever made.? ...LOL...Then the lash back ?The only way you can say that with a straight face is if you?ve only seen 50 movies in your life,? said Erik Childress, vice president of the Chicago Film Critics Association and reviewer for eFilmCritic.com. ?Or you?re trying to give quotes to appease someone who can do you a favor later.? I remember that quote and I was like ...WOW! He didn't say that!? (Rolls eyes!) Such a innovative list!

*_Serious only thoughts!_* *Thanks. PEACE Happy New Year!* *Philosophy studies the fundamental nature of existence, of man, and of man's relationship to existence. ?* *Poltergeist (1982) - Philosophy!* *HERE IS WHAT WE CAME UP WITH:* *But what about..................................................????????????????/!!!!!!!!!!???????????* Where was Carol Anne ? Is her voice everywhere or just coming from the TV set? (I mean in one crucial scene the Freeling's are looking up the stairs while the parapsychologists feel and listen to the TV while Diane is talking to Carol Anne before all hell breaks loose!?) Dr. Lesh then asks Diane "Where was Carol Anne playing?", Diane Reply's "In her bedroom closet".? How would Diane know this? Wasn't the kids in bed asleep when again, all hell broke loose? OK, if Steven's house was built around 1976 (According to the film!) , SO in what year did Steven join the building firm? Wouldn't Steven know about the cemetery land deal? How long was the haunting going "Before" the Freeling's even contact the parapsychologists? How were the Freeling's able to explain the disappearance of Carole Ann to friends, neighbors and even other family members outside of the home? Where did the house go? What would the neighbors think? How big of a scandal would this be? If Dana (The daughter is 18 in the film!) and Diane is 31....Man she had her young! When all hell broke loose (The tree grabs Robbie, the twister hits etc.!) Why didn't someone (The big-sister!) stay with Carole Anne? Or even grab Carole Anne for that matter? If a tree broke your window and grabbed your little brother..wouldn't U have moved your *** right out of bed & ran like hell? OK, after Robbie gets rescued from the tree & the twister leaves, & the sister real stupidly states something like: "Carole Anne I left her upstairs!", then everyone races upstairs, opens the bedroom door & run right to the closet. ...... How did they know to go to the closet? Also, Why didn't anyone state something like "What happened in here?" after entering into the childern's bedroom, I mean after all, the room did look flawless, even with a broken window. Why doesn't someone mention something like "Why are the beds blocking the opening to the closet?" How could the parents "EVEN" think that Carole Anne, on her own, moved her beds to the closet?! If the bedroom was the heart of the house, & it was so "Evil", then how could Steven enter that room, place a board over the broken window, blocking out the sunlight, etc!?

_Charles Coburn_ _The More the Merrier_ (1943) - He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. _The Lady Eve_ (1941) _The Paradine Case_ (1947) _Gentlemen Prefer Blondes_ (1953) _Wilson_ (1944)

Very cool!

*HERE IS MY NEW FUN LITTLE GAME:* *If U Could be Any Actress or Actor for the day who would U be!?* *So for 1 whole day you could be any one in Hollywood just for a day ...it would it be? Where? Year..etc...etc.....??* _I will Start:_ I would be Joan Crawford on the set of _Possessed_ (1931) at MGM studios. _Possessed_ came out in 1931, & was the third of eight cinematic collaborations between Crawford and Gable. The film was shot in 26 days, beginning 9/21/31. _Possessed_ captures one of my favorite screen couples at their height of passion and sweetness and is an interesting window into how women were treated.

Michael York was in _Logan's Run_ directed by Michael Anderson! with *MUSIC COMPOSED BY: Jerry Goldsmith!*

vixen .... _The Women_ (1939) *NEW WORD: Cheerleader!*

Hmmmmmmmm very cool interesting choices...Very good...but instead of SORCERER (1977) I would pick: _The Boys in the Band_ (1970).

_Gene Kelly_ Christmas Holiday (1944) Cover Girl (1944) Singin' in the Rain (1952) It's Always Fair Weather (1955) 40 Carats (1973)