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*Lana Turner and Tyrone Power in 1947*

*Lex Barker and Lana Turner*

Jean Simmons was in: The Egyptian (1954) W./Edmund Purdom (RIP!)! *NEW STAR: Edmund Purdom!*

Uhhhh The film W./Paul Newman was called: _Sweet Bird of Youth_ (1962) "NOT" Sweet Bird of Paradise - lol! _Sweet Bird of Youth_ (1962) was directed by: Richard Brooks! *NEW DIRECTOR: Richard Brooks!*

Angela Lansbury was in: _Bedknobs and Broomsticks_ directed by Robert Stevenson! *NEW DIRECTOR: Robert Stevenson!*

Kathryn Grayson was in: _Ziegfeld Follies_ (1946) W./Gene Kelly! *NEW STAR: Gene Kelly!*

Italy ... _Bread and Tulips_ (2001)! *NEW WORS: Orchestromania!*

*THIS IS THE 1 DOCUMENTRY ALL FILM FANS NEED TO SEE..!*

Ohhhhh Lord here we go again! *TCM Year End Obit 2008 TCM Remembers* *TCM Year End Obit 2006 TCM Remembers* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8z0BKjkXOA *TCM Year End Obit 2007 TCM Remembers* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPGe6cf8tKg TCM Remembers 2005

*_Poltergeist_ (1982) .. What is Up W./all the alternate takes, deleted scenes, etc!* OK, I own: _Poltergeist_ (25th Anniversary Edition) on DVD, & even before DVD, I had it on VHS. I never was allowed to see it in theaters, my mom said it would be to scary for me...So through the years I have watched it on VHS, DVD, Laserdisc, & yes even on TV...like today on TCM. But my questions is this, what is up W./all the alternate takes, deleted scenes, etc! I thought, "Finally" when _Poltergeist_ got Re-Released on DVD for the 25th Anniversary Edition, I thought finally maybe a director's cut.!? Boy I was wrong! I swear every time I watch _Poltergeist_ I always see a different camera angle, some scene edited out, etc. For example, my partner had _Poltergeist_ on when I came through the door, & he even noticed a lot of changes which is "NOT" on the _Poltergeist_ 25th Anniversary Edition DVD. One scene I saw differences, was after Carol Anne Freeling gets sucked into the closet, & the family is running around trying to find her, well there are about 2 or 3 more shots of the family opening doors etc "Before" her voice is heard coming from the TV. When will a director's cut see the light of day!!???!.? *_Best Film Line:_* Tangina: There is no death. It is only a transition to a different sphere of consciousness. *SOOOOOOOOOOO, HAS ANYONE ELSE NOTICED THIS?? OR I'M I THE ONLY 1!??!*

WOW!!! All I have to say I WOW!! I;m a gay male ..partnered for 10 yrs now, and comments on these threads etc are the reason that people like me have to protest, stand up and fight and get offended etc....get over yourself people ...move on ...lets talk movies...What is sad....IF U wanna talk "Gay Rights"....My partner has been diagnosed W./COPD (or chronic obstructive pulmonary) W./in the past 90 days, and we had to get a "Power of Atty" ..."Living Will" etc..because here in the great state of Arizona I'm told are relationship doesn't matter etc....all we are are 2 guys who live together....LOL Yeah right ...After 10 Yrs...!! Same thing is happening right now with another couple I know, (They ave been together for 24 Yrs.!) when his partner ended up in the hospital over X-Mas 2008, they went through the same BS my partner and I went through. Needless to say, he said screw it, and him & his partner moved back to Connecticut where Gay Marriage is Legalized & he is not treated like crap by hospitals, social workers etc! (Yes the hospitals in AZ wanted to fight the Power of Atty etc!) It's hate comments that keeps the rest of us fighting and fighting!

*Sorry Joan!* *Bette Davis - on rival Joan Crawford - "She has slept with every male star at MGM except Lassie."*

Ok....I will start again.. Betty Hutton was in: _Annie Get Your Gun_ (1950) directed by George Sidney! *NEW DIRECTOR: George Sidney!*

Very cool...thanks for the feedback.....It doens't show in Arizona till next week!

Hell everyone in Hollywood from the time of the silents till the end of the studio system slept with every one...Male or female.... Let's see.... "Supposedly" Barbara Stanwyck & Robert Taylor had a "Lavender" Marriage! Lana Turner and Ava Gardner .....the list is endless.....and really who care!?? I don't ...as long as the actor made a good product and I was entertained...Who really cares who did what with whom?? Does it really matter!?? *_If it does matter...then Read:_* Behind the Screen: How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood, 1910-1969 by William J. Mann (Author) *_Amazon.com Review_* If your last piece of golden-era Hollywood gossip is that Greta Garbo and Cecil Beaton kissed at a rooftop party, you need to steep yourself in William J. Mann's social history of gay Hollywood, a treasure trove of fresh anecdotes and observations of a period and place in which homosexuals enjoyed tremendous freedom and influence--within certain obvious limits. In choosing subjects for his study, Mann cast his net widely, hauling in a great number of uncelebrated but essential workers in the "queer" areas of the film industry--mainly costume design and props, but also writing, directing and acting. This is not principally a look at famous figures, in other words, but at a subculture as a whole, in which Dorothy Arzner, George Cukor, and Charles Laughton are just part of larger circles of gay life and work. Certain to become essential to gay film studies, Behind the Scenes provides a rich, accessible history of pre-Stonewall Hollywood. Or Read the book:

*& how right you are....Per Movie Database:* *Trivia for: _Sabrina_ (1954)* Humphrey Bogart was a last minute replacement for Cary Grant. Bogart and William Holden couldn't stand each other. Bogart disapproved of Audrey Hepburn (he wanted his wife Lauren Bacall in the role), while Holden fell in love with her. Bogart got $300000, Holden got $150000, and Hepburn only $15000. Asked how he liked working with Hepburn, Bogart replied: "It's ok, if you don't mind to make 20 takes." This was the second film in a row where Audrey Hepburn gets her hair cut as a symbol of maturity. The first was in Roman Holiday (1953). It is also the first of four films in a row where she'd play a character romantically linked with a man old enough to be her father. *I noticed this.....did U!???!* When Linus takes Sabrina to the theatre, they see the play "The Seven Year Itch", which was director/writer Billy Wilder's next movie project. The play is mentioned at least twice. This was Billy Wilder's last film for Paramount Pictures before his contract ended in 1954.

*PER WIKIPEDIA ....& Other film sources!* *_Behind the scenes_* Cary Grant was initially considered for the role of Linus but passed due to scheduling conflicts, and the role was taken by Bogart. During production of the film, Hepburn and Holden entered into a brief but passionate, and much-publicized, love affair. Bogart, meanwhile, complained that Hepburn required too many takes to get her dialogue right and pointed out her inexperience. However, his behavior towards Hepburn was better than his behavior towards other members of the cast and crew. Bogart was very unhappy during the filming and was convinced that he was totally wrong for this kind of film, mad at not being Wilder's first choice, and didn't like Holden or Wilder. But his offbeat casting produced one of his best and most celebrated performances. Bogart later apologized to Wilder for his behavior on-set, citing problems in his personal life. Although Edith Head won an Oscar for Best Costumes, most of Hepburn's outfits were created by Hubert de Givenchy and chosen by the star herself. Edith Head refused to be shown alongside Givenchy in the credits, so she was given credit for the costumes, although the Academy's votes were obviously for Hepburn's attire. Edith Head did not refuse the Oscar. The film began a life-long association between Givenchy and Hepburn (it has been reported that when Hepburn called on Givenchy for the first time in Paris, he assumed that it was Katharine Hepburn in his salon.) It did win the Academy Award for: Best Costume Design - Edith Head

*Book Description: _Mash_ A Novel About Three Army Doctors By Richard Hooker* Before the movie, this is the novel that gave life to Hawkeye Pierce, Trapper John, Hot Lips Houlihan, Frank Burns, Radar O'Reilly, and the rest of the gang that made the 4077th MASH like no other place in Korea or on earth. The doctors who worked in the Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals (MASH) during the Korean War were well trained but, like most soldiers sent to fight a war, too young for the job. In the words of the author, "a few flipped their lids, but most of them just raised hell, in a variety of ways and degrees." For fans of the movie and the series alike, here is the original version of that perfectly corrupt football game, those martini-laced mornings and sexual escapades, and that unforgettable foray into assisted if incompleted suicide--all is funny and poignant now as they were before they became a part of America's culture and heart. H. Richard Hornberger, who wrote under the pseudonym Richard Hooker wrote several sequels to M*A*S*H, among them M*A*S*H Goes to Maine (1972) and M*A*S*H Mania (1977). In addition, there was an extensive series of books (bearing Hooker's name but ghostwritten by William E. Butterworth) in which the characters travel to Moscow, New Orleans, San Francisco, Paris, etc. These were hastily written to capitalize on the TV show's popularity and were of dubious literary merit.

psycho ... _American Psycho_ (2000) *NEW WORD: Roller Skate!*

Kim Hunter was in: _The Swimmer_ W./Burt Lancaster! *NEW STAR: Burt Lancaster!*

LOL...still this is the funniest thread to pop since I have been here! Like my momma would say: "Oh Lord! I have heard it all now!!!!". BTW, I liked the book: _Hollywood Babylon_. I have both book 1 & 2, the "Original" in hard back! If U take the books with a grain of salt, have fun with it. Some of the stuff in the books are real, other things are questionable. Keep in mind, many of Anger's claims have been called into question and debated since the book's initial publication. Despite the book's popularity ? it has been a perennial best seller since it was first published ? Anger has been criticized for his lurid exposition, wild allegations, spurious anecdotes, rumor, innuendo, and minor plagiarism

Edward Platt was in _Cape Fear_ (1962) W./Robert Mitchum! *NEW STAR: Robert Mitchum!*

Thanks!! *_Also:_* By BRIAN LOWRY variety.com *Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood* Narrator: Sigourney Weaver *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." Exploring the stories of those displaced by the Nazis adds a layer of resonance to their films, from "Casablanca" to "High Noon." Most profound, perhaps, is the filmmakers' impact on horror, given the real-life horrors that they left behind.* Narrated by Sigourney Weaver, "Cinema's Exiles" begins with the golden age of German cinema that preceded Hitler's rise, with such landmark films as "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" and "M." In the '30s, however, with Hitler's propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels announcing plans to seize control of the movie industry, more than 800 members of Germany's creative community departed for Hollywood, where hurdles included actors' accents and writers having to master expressing themselves in a new language. Some adapted better than others, with director Fritz Lang, for example, chafing against the studio system, while Ernst Lubitsch thrived and also loaded "Ninotchka" with fellow expatriates. The archival footage draws on interviews with directors such as Lang, Billy Wilder and Fred Zinnemann, whose portrait of mustering courage to stand alone against evil in "High Noon" takes on new dimensions viewed through this prism. Although there was a collective of escaped Germans that helped support new arrivals, not everyone made the transition equally well. The documentary flits around a bit promiscuously, understandably, to reflect the breadth of talent and their personal histories, from actors Marlene Dietrich and Peter Lorre to composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold ("The Adventures of Robin Hood") to directors such as Lubitsch and Wilder. TCM has stolen some of PBS' thunder as a sober chronicler of movie history (coupling its original documentaries with themed movie retrospectives), but when it comes to exhibiting an appreciation for film history, the more the merrier. As such, "Cinema's Exiles" is a first-class way to ring in the new year.

*GENE KELLY FANS DON'T FORGET:* *"It's Always Fair Weather," TCM, Saturday, Jan. 3, 12:45 a.m. (EST)* Check Local Listings! *_It's Always Fair Weather_ (1955)* *Stars: Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse and Michel Kidd* *Directed by Stanley Donen* *In recent years though, the film has gained reputation in the minds of musical aficionados and Kelly fans, who point to his tap dance on roller skates, "I Like Myself," as the last great dance solo of his career!* *Trivia for: _It's Always Fair Weather_ (1955)* Cyd Charisse 's singing was dubbed by Carole Richards & Michael Kidd's by 'Jud Conlin' . Co-director 'Gene Kelly' wanted to use the same stars as he did in _On the Town_ (1949) W./Frank Sinatra, Jules Munshine and himself.

*ROFL.....This has to be a complete waste of space!! What we in the dark ages!???!*