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*Worst also:* *Amityville 3-D (1983)* *Friday the 13th Part 3: 3D* *Jaws 3-D (1983)* *Night of the Living Dead 3D (2006)*

*House of Wax (1953)* *Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)* *Nightmare Before Christmas (2006)* *Creature from the Black Lagoon* *The Polar Express (2004) (IMAX 3-D version)* *I know U said only 5...but also I wanted to add: _Titanic 3D: Ghosts of the Abyss_!*

*_Mine Are:_* *The Ten Commandments (1956)* *Spartacus (1960)* *Cleopatra (1963)* *Marie Antoinette (1938)* *Land of the Pharaohs (1955)* *Sorry #6 _Gone with the Wind_ (1939)!!!*

*I'm not really into "war" films...but my favorite are:* *Black Book (Dutch: Zwartboek) 2006* *Reunion in France (1942)* *Fail-Safe (1964)* *300 (2007)* *Casablanca (1941)* *The Dirty Dozen (1967)*

*The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)* *Gay Purr-ee (1962)* *The Wizard of Oz (1939)* *Toy Story (1995)* *That Darn Cat (1997)* *Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)* ...Can't leave this off the list!

For Me it was Joan Crawford. After all the trash I heard about her (Mommie Dearest etc.) I finally sat down about 2-3 years ago and watched some of her films from the 30's _Grand Hotel_, _Sadie McKee_, _Chained_ and _Forsaking All Others_ & then went into her career "After" MGM that took her into the 1940's & I watched _Mildred Pierce_ & _Daisy Kenyon_ (& after all that I finally found out what a damn good actress Ms. Crawford was! Since then I have seen every film she has made (What is available) both on DVD & VHS, & of course TCM & the late late show, I have read as many books I can about her life and career, & now my perception has changed 110%. I now have a vast collection of Joan Crawford books, movies etc! Now, whenever someone mentions "Mommie Dearest", or something about silly wire hangers, I start rattling off all the postive things about Ms. Crawford & her long film career etc. which started in the 1920's W./the silents!

*A road film is a film genre in which the film's plot takes place during a journey.* *_My Top 5 Road Films are:_* *_Thelma and Louise_* ......What can be siad that hasn;t before...? I love this fillm! *_Smokey and the Bandit_* ....Burt Reynolds, Sally Field & the 1977 Pontiac Trans Ams ...Nuff Said! _*The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert_* Another film My mother and I really enjoyed. *_National Lampoon's Vacation_* ...Takes me back to my youth. Total Classic! *_The Hitcher_* Yes, a horror film, but a very spooky film of the dangers of picking up a hitchhiker. Rutger Hauer freaks me out! *_Stand by Me_* ...The power of friendship! I know I said five (5) ...but I have to add *_Safari 3000_* (1982). This movie is so funny, I wish it was on DVD,

*Michelle Forbes (Her Best Film, she should have gotton an Oscar Nod for Best Actress!) _Kalifornia_ (1993) (I love this film....Creepy!) W./Juliette Lewis!* *NEW STAR: Juliette Lewis!*

Soccer ..._Bend It Like Beckham_ (2002) *New Word: Soda Jerk*

I *finally got to see this really great French film Called: _OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies_ (_OSS 117: Le Caire nid d'espions_ ) which after floating around the world since 2006, finally came to a theater stateside.* *It's basically a parody of the spy film genre. The film follows the exploits of a French secret agent, OSS 117, in Cairo in 1955.* *I haven't laughed so hard in a long time!* *If you like parodies of spy films I.E. _The Wrecking Crew_, _Casino Royale_ (1967) then you would really enjoy _OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies_. I saw that it is coming to DVD at the endof September 2008, but if it manages toend up at the local art house theater, check it out.* *Per Wikipedia:* *The film won the Golden Space Needle award as the most popular film of the Seattle International Film Festival* *& it also won The Tokyo Grand Prix award given to the best film at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2006.* *_OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies_ was relatively successful at the box office in France, with an attendance figure of over 2 million. Due to the film's performance, a sequel is reportedly being planned* *My Final Rating: A+*

I wouldn't waste a movie dollar on this crap! I tmight turn out to be a really bad black comedy like the film "_The Reagans_"!

Mildred Dunnock was in the film _The Trouble with Harry_ W./Edmund Gwenn! *NEW STAR: Edmund Gwenn!*

*Julie Andrews with Richard Rodgers at piano, c 1950s*

Rare image of a smiling Lon Chaney with his makeup kit *THAT SMILIE WAS SOOO SPOOKY! GAVE ME CHILLS!*

Fay Spain was in the "The Godfather: Part II" W./Al Pacino! *NEW STAR: Al Pacino!*

*"_Cover Girl_" Will Be On 08:30pm (PT) Arizona Time Sunday, August 17. 2008!* *The film was reportedly Columbia's first Technicolor production because studio chief Harry Cohn wanted to showcase the lavish production and, in particular, Hayworth's red hair.* *Kelly would later reprise his role as Danny McGuire in the 1980 film _Xanadu_.*

*Did You Know........* *"_Cover Girl_"* *Columbia Pictures gave Gene Kelly almost complete control over the making of this film, and many of his ideas contributed to its lasting success. He removed several of the soundstage walls so that he, Rita Hayworth, and Phil Silvers could dance along an entire street in one take. He also used trick photography so that he could dance with himself in one sequence.* *Rita Hayworth's singing voice was dubbed by Martha Mears.* *As she stated in her autobiography, Lauren Bacall had been wanted by Columbia to appear in this film as Harper's Bazaar cover girl (as she had appeared on Harper's Bazaar cover in March 1943), but instead filmed To Have and Have Not (1944) at Warner Bros. and became a star.* *The song "Put Me To the Test" was a complete reworking of an instrumental used in the 1937 Fred Astaire musical "A Damsel in Distress". The lyrics for it had already been written by Ira Gershwin, and the original melody by his brother George, but because the song had already been heard only as an instrumental in that film, George Gershwin's melody was discarded in favor of a new one by Jerome Kern when "Cover Girl" was made, and Ira Gershwin's lyrics to the song were finally heard.* *During the middle of shooting Rita Hayworth eloped with Orson Welles. Coincidentally the film's wedding scene was shot that day*

I love Barbara Stanwyck to. I always wished that Barbara Stanwyck & Joan Crawford had teamed up together! *Barbara Stanwyck Tuesday, August 19, 2007 - Summer Under The Stars!* 6 a.m. Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991) 7 a.m. Illicit (1931) 8:30 a.m. Ten Cents a Dance (1931) 10 a.m. Night Nurse (1931) 11:15 a.m. Forbidden (1932) 12:45 p.m. Shopworn (1932) 2 p.m. Ever in My Heart (1933) 3:15 p.m. Baby Face (1933) 4:45 p.m. The Bride Walks Out (1936) 6:15 p.m. You Belong to Me (1941) 8 p.m. The Locked Door (1929) 9:30 p.m. The File on Thelma Jordon (1950) 11:15 p.m. Witness to Murder (1954) 12:45 a.m. Crime of Passion (1957) 2:15 a.m. Clash by Night (1952) 4 a.m. B.F.?s Daughter (1948) *All Times are Eastern...Please Check Local Listings!*

*To Bad I can't get the FMC (Fox Movie Channel) Channel...* *Mon, Aug 18, 2008 8:00 AM _Les Miserables_* *Thu, Aug 21, 2008, 11:00 AM _Son of Fury_* *Fri, Aug 22, 2008, 8:00 AM _Tales of Manhattan_* *Sat, Aug 23, 8:00 AM, 2008 _Les Miserables_* *All Times Eastern...Check Local Listings!*

*"_Man in the Attic_", (Which is a silly film to begin W./ about Jack The Ripper!) watch for Frances Bavier. Yes it Aunt Bea!!!* *It's about a man who rents a room in a boarding house & everything thinks the "Mysterious" doctor (Oh sorry.... he is a pathologist!) is Jack The Ripper.* *Also remember, this is a remake of the 1944 "_The Lodger_"!* I own the film, the only reason I ended up W./it is I wanted the Joseph Cotton film!

sequined ..."_Gentlemen Prefer Blondes_" *NEW WORD: Immortal!*

*Judy Garland & Lana Turner!*

*Elsa Lanchester* *Joan Crawford (1 more Round!)* *Vincent Price* *Helen Twelvetrees* *Vivian Blaine* *Shirley MacLaine* *Katherine Ross* *Shaon Tate* *Ray Milland* *Grace Kelly* *Jan Sterlin* *Carmen Miranda*

*If you are going to be rude, and act like your shoe sizes, and not post anything real, or even that is at least funny, why post anything at all!??* *Orson Welles Trivia:* (Thanks Movie Database!). Dated Eartha Kitt. He called her "the most exciting woman in the world." Once ate 18 hot dogs in one sitting at Pink's, a Los Angeles hot dog stand. On old time radio, Orson Welles provided the voice for Lamont Cranston, aka THE SHADOW. H.G. Wells was driving through San Antonio, Texas and stopped to ask the way. The person he happened to ask was none other than Orson Welles who had recently broadcast "The War of the Worlds" on the radio. They got on well and spent the day together. Daughter born. [27 March 1938] 'American Broadcasting Company (ABC) [us]' wanted him to play Mr. Roarke on "Fantasy Island" (1978), but Aaron Spelling insisted on Ricardo Montalban. Died the same day as Yul Brynner. Ashes are buried inside an old well covered by flowers, within the rural property of retired bullfighter Antonio Ord??ez, Ronda, Malaga, Spain. One of only six actors to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his first screen appearance. (The other five actors are: Alan Arkin, James Dean, Paul Muni, Montgomery Clift and Lawrence Tibbett) Father with Rita Hayworth of Rebecca Welles. Father with Paola Mori of Beatrice Welles, whom Welles made the sole heir of his estate. Father, with Virginia Nicholson, of Christopher (b. 1937). On 30 October 1938, he directed the Mercury Theatre On the Air in a dramatization of "War of the Worlds", based on H.G. Wells' novel. Setting the events in then-contemporary locations (The "landing spot" for the Martian invasion, Grover's Mill, New Jersey, was chosen at random with a New Jersey road map) and dramatizing it in the style of a musical program interrupted by news bulletins, complete with eye-witness accounts, it caused a nationwide panic, with many listeners fully convinced that the Earth was being invaded by Mars. The next day, Welles publicly apologized. While many lawsuits were filed against both Welles and the CBS radio network, all were dismissed. The incident is mentioned in textbook accounts of mass hysteria and the delusions of crowds. Despite his reputation as an actor and master film-maker, he maintained his membership in the Magicians' Union, and regularly practiced sleight-of-hand magic in case his career came to an abrupt end. A bootleg tape of a short-tempered (and foul-mouthed) Orson Welles arguing with a recording engineer during a voice-over session has been widely distributed. It was used as the basis for an episode of the cartoon show "Pinky and the Brain" (1995), with The Brain reading cleaned-up verions of Orson's rantings (the episode's title, "Yes, Always", is taken from one of Orson's complaints). Ironically, the actor who plays The Brain, Maurice LaMarche, dubbed the voice of the actor who portrays Orson Welles in Ed Wood (1994). He was born on the same day that Babe Ruth hit his very first home run. Declined the chance to be the voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars (1977). He tried to make a film version of Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra' book "Don Quixote". He started working on it in 1955 and continued to film through the 1970s with Francisco Reiguera and Akim Tamiroff starring. An incomplete version was released in Spain in 1992. Made a Hollywood satire, The Other Side of the Wind (1972), starring John Huston and Peter Bogdanovich. Though it was completed, the post-production process was not and the film also ran into legal problems. He was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1988. Frank Sinatra was the godfather of one of his daughters. Host/narrator of the BBC/Mutual Radio's "The Black Museum" (1952). Portrayed the title character on the syndicated radio show "The Lives of Harry Lime" (also known as "The Third Man") (1951-1952). It was based on his character from the film The Third Man (1949). Has the distinction of appearing in both the American Film Institute and British Film Institute's #1 movie. For AFI it was Citizen Kane (1941). For BFI it was The Third Man (1949). He was the studio's first choice to play the voiceover role of "OMM" in THX 1138 (1971). However, director George Lucas insisted on casting the relatively unknown stage actor James Wheaton instead. Provided voice for some songs of heavy metal band Manowar: Dark Avenger and Defender He became obese in his 40s, weighing over 350 pounds towards the end of his life. Was possibly not as tall as is often reported. According to Simon Callow's "Orson Welles: The Road To Xanadu," medical records exist from a Welles physical in 1941. His weight is listed as 218, and his height at 72" - 6 feet even. Biographers Charles Higham and Frank Brady describe Welles as being 6' 2", though they never provide a source. Biographer Barbara Leaming often comments on his height, but never gives an exact measurement. An early Current Biography article on Welles describes him as being "tall and chubby," while a later one gives the obviously incorrect 6' 3-1/2" height. If you average all the figures and based on his size compared to other actors, he probably in fact stood a little over 6 feet tall (6' 1" to 6' 2"). Was voted the 2nd Greatest Film Director of all time by Entertainment Weekly. Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890- 1945". Pages 1168-1185. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987. His 1937 Broadway stage production of William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar", in which the setting was changed to a modern Fascist Rome to reflect the Mussolini era, but in which Shakespeare's language was completely retained, became, and still remains, the longest-running Broadway production of the play. Welles played Brutus. This production was never filmed, but years later, Welles' former working partner John Houseman produced a traditional film version of the play for MGM, starring James Mason as Brutus, Marlon Brando as Marc Antony and John Gielgud as Cassius. Was the subject of author Mary Pacios' book about the "Black Dahlia" murder in Los Angeles in 1947 (called the most gruesome in the city's history). Pacios claimed Welles was the unknown murderer who slaughtered struggling actress Elizabeth Short; however, the book was considered pure nonsense and debunked by many historians. When he signed on to direct Touch of Evil (1958), instead of reading the book on which it was based, a pulp novel named "Badge of Evil," he completely changed an early draft of the script. Told Peter Bogdanovich that, as a practicing magician, he became adept at the old carny trick of fortune-telling, but he became so good at it that it scared him. He was worried that he'd come to believe he actually DID have the power to tell the future, like the self-deluded fortune tellers known as a "shut eye." Wanted to make films of two literary masterpices, Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" and Joseph Heller's "Catch-22", but had to be satisfied in having supporting roles in the films made of the two books by John Huston and Mike Nichols. Wrote his novel "Mr. Arkadian" during an extended stay with Laurence Olivier and his wife Vivien Leigh. Welles was appearing at Olivier's St. James Theater in London at the time. Laurence Olivier had wanted to cast him as Buckingham in his film of Shakespeare's "Richard III" but gave the role to Ralph Richardson, his oldest friend, because Richardson wanted it. In his autobiography, Olivier says he wishes he had disappointed Richardson and cast Welles instead, as he would have brought an extra element to the screen, an intelligence that would have gone well with the plot element of conspiracy. Lobbied to get the part of Don Vito Corrleone in The Godfather (1972). Francis Ford Coppola, a fan of his, had to turn him down because he already had Marlon Brando in mind for the role and felt Welles wouldn't be right for it. He made The Lady from Shanghai (1947) towards the end of his marriage to Rita Hayworth. They were constantly fighting at the time and (some say as a comeuppance to Hayworth) he made her cut off most of her long, luxurious red hair and dye it bright platinum blonde. Was named #16 on the 50 Greatest Screen Legends list of the American Film Institute. Was the narrator for many of the trailers for Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979). In his collection of interviews, "This Is Orson Welles", he claimed to have never even read his so-called novelization of "Mr Arkadin", let alone written it. Before deciding on adapting the life of William Randolph Hearst in Citizen Kane (1941), he intended his first film to be an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness". Coincidentally, he was Francis Ford Coppola's first choice for the role of Col. Kurtz in Apocalypse Now (1979), itself an adaptation of "Heart of Darkness". His average dinner famously consisted of two steaks cooked rare, and a pint of scotch - explaining his obesity as he got older, and his subsequent death. Is portrayed by Liev Schreiber in RKO 281 (1999) (TV), by Edward Edwards in Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess (1983) (TV), by Eric Purcell in Malice in Wonderland (1985) (TV), by Vincent D'Onofrio in Ed Wood (1994), and by Angus Macfadyen in Cradle Will Rock (1999) Ranked #9 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Greatest directors ever!" [2005] His father was an alcoholic Considered black and white to be "the actor's best friend", feeling that it focused more on the actor's expressions and feelings than on hair, eye or wardrobe color. Was very good friends with Peter Bogdanovich, in whose house he lived for several years during Bogdanovich's affair with Cybill Shepherd. Welles even gave Bogdanovich written instructions to finish his last film, The Other Side of the Wind (1972), before his death. Was a passionate painter Most of his movie projects never got finished or released due to financial problems and disputes with studio executives. Some of his unfinished productions are: The Deep (1970) (Laurence Harvey's death made a finished movie impossible), The Merchant of Venice (1969) (TV) and Don Quijote de Orson Welles (1992). Longtime companion of Oja Kodar. They lived together until his death. Is portrayed by Paul Shenar in the made-for-TV film The Night That Panicked America (1975) (TV), which dramatized Welles' "War of the Worlds" radio drama. Has been played by Vincent D'Onofrio twice: Ed Wood (1994) and Five Minutes, Mr. Welles (2005). In the 1930s he worked at various radio stations in New York City, at different times of the day. He found it difficult to be on time for his live shows because he had to use taxicabs and the heavy New York City traffic meant that he was often late. He soon found a loophole in the law that said you didn't have to be sick to hire an ambulance, so he did just that and had the drivers blast their sirens as he traveled from one station to the next, and that way he was on time. Profiled in in J.A. Aberdeen's "Hollywood Renegades: The Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers". Palos Verdes Estates, CA: Cobblestone Entertainment Merv Griffin claims in his new DVD collection, "Merv Griffin: Interesting People" that Welles died two hours after giving Merv an interview in which he had said to ask him anything, "for this interview there are no subjects about which I won't speak." In the past, Welles refused to speak about the past. His performance as Harry Lime in The Third Man (1949) is ranked #93 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time. His performance as Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane (1941) is ranked #12 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time. Hated working on The Transformers: The Movie (1986), where he voiced Unicron. When asked about the film, he not only couldn't remember the name of his character, but he described the film as being "I play a big toy who attacks a bunch of smaller toys.". John Ford, whom Welles admired as the greatest American director and who, in turn, admired Welles as a director and actor, wanted to cast him as Mayor Frank Skeffington in his movie adaption of Edwin O'Connor's novel The Last Hurrah (1958). Welles was unable to accept the role due to scheduling conflicts, and Spencer Tracy was cast instead. Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 861-864. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998. CBS wanted him to host "The Twilight Zone" (1959) but the producers felt that he requested too much money. He was ultimately ruled out in favor of the show's creator, Rod Serling. Was George Lucas' first choice as the voice for Darth Vader, but he thought the voice would be too recognizable. He was of Scottish, Irish and German heritage. He was made a Fellow of the British Film Institute in recognition of his outstanding contribution to film culture. Marlene Dietrich said about him: "You should cross yourself when you say his name.". Was close friends with Bud Cort.