CelluloidKid

Try hitting thrift stores to. Sometimes U can find some rare VHS & out-of-print DVD's. I found _On Borrowed Time_ (1939) for $1.00 (Used copies on Amazon start off at $29.00) & also found the Joan Crawford films _Autumn Leaves_ (1956) & _Johnny Guitar_ (1954). All 3 of these have yet to be released on DVD, I'm still lQQkin for other Joan Crawford films on VHS. I have a list of what films of Joan were released on VHS, but still haven't come to DVD. I did find the dvd _A Letter to Three Wives_ (1949) for a $1.00 to. Strange what you will find if you hunt.

I will just restate what I said in "Hot Topics"! I loved when the robber (William Powell) gave the guy the "Marijuana"cigarette and stated something to the effect that in the morning when he would wake up, he would feel refreshed & care free & yes he would also be hungry! LOL! I also the love scene where Kay Francis and William Powell are in her bedroom & the maid knocks on the door and tells Baroness Teri von Horhenfels (Kay Francis) that there is a detective who wants to speak with her, & she calls out "Were Not decent", then she stammers & says "I mean I"m not decent"!...LOL... Kudds to the ending as the camera fades, & Baroness Teri von Horhenfels (Kay Francis) heads out she states "I'm going to Nice", I just loved her wink into the camera! I laughed through out! This is 1 film if on DVD I would had it to my film collection in a heartbeat. I loved it! Kay Francis what a woman! Thanks TCM for introducing me to a new actress! Armed robbery, drug use, and adultery -- completely sanctioned and unpunished, and even made playful and glamorous! Gotta love the pre-codes!

_One Way Passage_ (1932) looks good. It's 1 of many Kay films I'm looking forward to watching! Interesting side note: _One Way Passage_ (1932) was remade in 1940 as _'Til We Meet Again_, featuring Merle Oberon and George Brent.

*_Man Wanted_ (1932)* *A female executive falls in love with her male secretary.* *Stars: Kay Francis, David Manners, Una Merkel!*

*Robert Lord won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.*

Broderick Crawford was in _All the King's Men_ W./Mercedes McCambridge! NEW STAR: Mercedes McCambridge!

*I'm really looking forward to _Comet over Broadway_. I have always wanted to see this film!* *Kay Francis plays a stage star whose rampant ambition leads to murder in Busby Berkeley's Comet Over Broadway (1938).* *Just sounds so much fun! This comes on at 12:45am (PT) Arizona Time!* *I'm also looking forward to_: One Way Passage_ (1932) which comes on a 7:30pm (PT) Arizona Time to. I read that _One Way Passage_ was her fourth film at Warner's & that it was a huge box office success. It's now considered one of the great weepers of the thirties.* *I have tomorrow off from work, so tonight I spending the eve W./Kay! I'm not that familiar her work, so this will give me a chance to expand my movie knowlegdge.* *I just bought the book: Kay Francis: _I Can't Wait to be Forgotten - Her Life on Film and Stage_ by Scott O'Brien. Very interesting read.* *I loved her quote: I'm NOT an actress. I'm a personality." - Kay Francis* *I did some research on Kay before Tonight's films, & this is what I found:* *Kay was nicknamed Hetty Green, a reflection of her tight-fistedness.* *The bulk of her $1 million estate was left to The Seeing Eye foundation to train guide dogs for the blind. Her bequest was based on the simple reason that she considered loss of sight the worst of all possible fates to befall anyone. Her bequest accounts for 75% of the organization's annual* *costs.* *In 1936 she was the first actress to be named the best-dressed woman in America by New York's Fashion Academy.* *It was Clara Bow who suggested Kay shorten her name from Katharine so it would fit snugly on the marquee.*

_Possessed_ (1947)

*Crawford, Joan !*

*Actress Carol Landis (left) and singer/actress Martha Tilton at Nadzab, New Guinea. They were traveling with the Jack benny U.S.O. show.*

loathsome ... _Freaks_ (1932) *NEW WORD: Atephobia!*

Ruth Warrick was in the film _Daisy Kenyon_ W./Joan Crawford! *NEW STAR: Joan Crawford!*

*_The Queen of Warners_* *Kay Francis - "I'm NOT an actress. I'm a personality."* *Kay Francis - "When you live as if there wasn't any future you can get pleasure out of anything. Even out of a bowl of grapes!"* *Kay Francis - "I can't wait to be forgotten."* *She claimed that during her entire career she had seen only one close-up of herself that she considered beautiful and even that was achieved by illusion. "_In One-Way Passage_ cameraman Bob Kurle had taken so much pains, shifting the camera fifty different ways, experimenting with light and shadow until it was beautiful," she said. "When I saw that, I felt the one pand of pure pleasure I've ever experienced when I've looked at myself on the screen."*

*Sarandon Slams Rocky Horror Remake* 4 September 2008 12:00 PM, PDT *Susan Sarandon sees no point in remaking cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show - because the original was perfect.* *Bosses at MTV announced earlier this year their plans to remake the 1975 movie, which launched Sarandon's film career.* *But the star isn't convinced the original's success can be replicated.* *She says, "I don't quite understand what they would do to make it more charming or interesting. Certainly people could sing better than I could - that could be something that could change.* *"But part of the charm of it, I thought, was that it was done sort of low-budget. So unless it's done huge and very different I don't know the point of remaking*

York, Michael

_Jet Lag_

Meryl Streep - (Only 3 Films I Liked!) - _Death Becomes Her_, _The Bridges of Madison County_ & _The Devil Wears Prada_ !

xenophobia - _The Mortal Storm_ *NEW WORD: Ablutophobia!*

Alice Faye was in _Week-End in Havana_ W./Carmen Miranda! *NEW STAR: Carmen Miranda!*

John Travolta was in _The Devil's Rain_ W./Ernest Borgnine! *NEW STAR: Ernest Borgnine!*

I was sitting around with some friends talking about the life & career of Alfred Hitchcock. All of sudden the conversation turned to his films that we thought were not that great. The films that showed either a lack fo effort or thought into the story or characters or even the plot. So what do you think were some of the "Worst"Alfred Hitchcock films? *_Here is my list:_* _Rebecca_ - I don't care if this won Best Picture! It dosen't make a good film. No matter how many times I tried to watch this film, I end up falling asleep. To dull & very sloooow moving! _Mr. & Mrs. Smith_ - I love Carole Lombard, but not this picture! Alfred Hitchcock should have stayed away from comedy. _The Wrong Man_ - Henry Fonda ws miscast. _Marnie_ - I just find this film so bizarre! Tippi Hedren & Sean Connery have no chemistry. _Torn Curtain_ - Paul Newman & Julie Andrews as a couple, again wrong casting! Another film I just don't like. I have tried to watch this film several times, but somehow I just give up. The film just doesn't work on so many levels. Parts of it come across a comedy, other parts a spy thriller! _Topaz_ - Another film that just doesn't work. I love films set in the Cold War era, but this just comes arcoss as boring & to many characters. 1 word: convoluted! _Under Capricorn_ - I have heard the Good, the Bad and the Ugly about this film. This is the 1 film of Hitchcock's I have always wanted to see but I haven't yet. Thank God for Netflix, it's on it's way! I'm keeping an open-mind!

3:10 to Yuma the 1957 version never worked for me. To Sedate. Not enough energy or chemistry between Glenn Ford & Van Heflin. For once, the Re-Make 3:10 to Yuma from 2007 was a really good western. To me a very under-rated film. Russell Crowe and Christian Bale really worked the material and brought it to new heights. Unlike the orginial, the remake kept me at the edge of my seat, & the ending was really emotional.

I agree W./MissGoddess ....I love "Gilda" (Own it too!) ...but I think the backstory between the characters Gilda & Johnny is left up to the viewers imagination. You know the characters Gilda & Johnny have a backstory, & I like the idea the director & the story writers never fleshed it out, but left it up to the audience to put there own spin on it. I always believed that Gilda & Johnny met in New York, & somehow that ended up in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where Gilda dumped him. & then when the film opens Ballin Mundson basically saves Johnny, befriends him and puts to work at his casino. & well, we all the know the rest of the story.

Supersonic ......._Latitude Zero_ (1969) *NEW WORD: Cataclysm!*