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Vermont ......"The Jacket"

French Kiss W./Kevin Kline Last Tango in Paris Le Femme Nikita Amalie Beneath the Rooftops of Paris The AristoCats The Dreamers

In addition to the 17 films TCM will be showing during Joan Crawford Month in March, they're also featuring 5 in April: (Dance Fools Dance, It's a Great Feeling, Gorgeous Hussy, Torch Song, Dancing Lady), and 4 in May: (Torch, Mildred, No More Ladies, Forsaking All Others). (All Times are Eastern!) April 1 Dance, Fools, Dance. 7:30am. TCM. April 3 It's A Great Feeling. 10am. TCM. April 25 The Gorgeous Hussy. 4:30pm. TCM. Torch Song. 6:15pm. TCM. April 28 Dancing Lady. Midnight. TCM. May 4 Torch Song. 10am. TCM. May 11 Mildred Pierce. 1:30pm. TCM. May 21 No More Ladies. 6:30pm. TCM. May 29 Forsaking All Others. 9am. TCM

Houdini The Illusionist

Tuesday, March 03 2008 New Releases 12 Angry Men 50th Anniversary Edition TCM Archives - Forbidden Hollywood Collection, Vol. 2 THE DIVORCEE (1930) A FREE SOUL (1931) FEMALE (1933) NIGHT NURSE (1931) 101 Dalmatians

San Francisco's Castro Theatre will feature "Dueling Divas: Crawford vs. Hayward" on Wednesday, April 2. Joan's Harriet Craig will be shown at 3pm and 7pm and will battle Hayward's Back Street, which runs at 1pm, 4:50pm, and 8:55pm. See the Castro's Upcoming Events page for more info. http://www.castrotheatre.com/coming-soon.html Also the Mayan Theater (Landmark Theaters) Denver, Colorado plays Cult Films every Sat/Fri Night at Midnight! http://www.landmarktheatres.com/Market/Denver/Denver_Frameset.htm

New Word: Hooker

New Word....Regenerate ...The film: "The Rapture"!

"Planet Terror " was an homage to grindhouse films! You should have seen it in theaters like did when the 2nd film was "Death Proof"!

Horror remake specialists Platinum Dunes have done it again. According to ShockTillYouDrop, the Roman Polanski film Rosemary's Baby is set to be remade by the production company. The original film, based off of Ira Levin's novel, was released in 1968 and starred Mia Farrow, John Cassavettes, Ruth Gordon and was written and directed by Roman Polanski. No production schedule has been annouced for this, but Dunes producers Brad Fuller and Andrew Form are currently looking for writers for the project. The company is currently developing new entries into the Friday the 13th and A Nightmare On Elm Street franchises.

Bonneville W./Jessica Lang B+ The Other Boleyn Girl A-

Back in 2000 I go to meet Celeste Holm at the Denver Jewish Film Festival. Celeste Holm was there for a screening of her film "Gentleman's Agreement" as well to do a Q&A with audience. I got to meet Ms. Holmes for a private talk for only about 10 minutes. We talked about her carerr and some of her other films incld "All About Eve". She even signed my DVD copy of "Gentleman's Agreement"!! Let's see I do the Denver Film Festival every-year, & sometimes I volunteer. Before James Coburn passed away in 2002, I met James Coburn in 1999 at the Denver International Film Festival, he was there to get a "Lifetime Achievement Award" as well to do a retrospectrum of his films & do a Q&A with audience. I also met Shirley MacLaine in 2000 at Denver International Film Festival, again she was there get a "Lifetime Achievement Award" as well to do a retrospectrum of his films & do a Q&A with audience.

March 4th 2008 Cult Fiction series (Anchor Bay, $14.98 each) A new set of cult films; titles, most from the 1970s-80s, include The Wicker Man, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Class of 1984, The Quiet Earth, Return of the Killer Tomatoes, C.H.U.D., Night of the Living Dorks, Kidnapped, Road Games, Fitzcarraldo. March 11th 2008 Fox Film Noir (Fox, $14.98 each) At last! The series continues with three more titles, including The Black Widow, Daisy Kenyon, and Dangerous Crossing. Georges Melies: First Wizard of Cinema (Flicker Alley, $89.95) Mammoth collection of film shorts, 1896-1913. March 25th 2008 Bonnie and Clyde: Ultimate Collector's Edition: Warners, $39.98) This is the big box edition of the film, which is also being released in a 2-disc remastered edition ($20.98) and on Blu-Ray. Kings of the Sun (MGM, $19.98) MGM releases a trio of historical epics this week; besides this one, there?s also "Solomon & Sheba" (1959) and "Taras Bulba" (1962). All three star Yul Brynner!!

March 1, 2008 (Yes this is also in Gen. Discussion) As an actor, Ben Chapman never landed a star-making role. Far from it. He had small parts in only a few films, including an uncredited bit part in "Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki." But Chapman nevertheless achieved a degree of movie immortality -- and he did it without uttering a word of dialogue or even showing his face. The 6-foot-5 ex-Marine played the title character in "Creature From the Black Lagoon," the classic 1954 3-D monster movie that quickly developed a cult following that has endured. Chapman, a retired Honolulu real estate salesman, died Thursday of congestive heart failure at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, said his longtime companion, Merrilee Kazarian. He was 79. For Chapman, playing the so-called Gill Man in "Creature" was the role of a lifetime. "In the big picture, he achieved a small amount of success as an actor, but for baby-boomer 'monster kids,' he was the bomb," Tom Weaver, author of the 1992 "making of" book "Creature From the Black Lagoon," told The Times on Friday. "I wouldn't hesitate for a second to call it the most famous Hollywood monster movie of the '50s," Weaver said. Chapman, who was briefly a contract player at Universal in the early '50s, always said landing the Creature role was "a matter of being in the right place at the right time." He was on the studio lot one day, when he was called into a casting director's office. "They were looking for an imposing creature, and at 6-feet-5, I filled the bill," he told the Palm Beach Post in 2003. In the film, which stars Richard Carlson and Julie Adams, a scientific expedition venturing along the Amazon River in search of fossils of a legendary prehistoric man-fish unexpectedly encounters a live specimen, who terrorizes them but falls for the expedition's only female (played by Adams). "The Creature suit was a one-piece outfit that zipped down the back with dorsal fins, hands that were gloves, feet that were like boots," Chapman told the Honolulu Observer several years ago. "They had me lay on a table, take a complete plaster of Paris mold of my body, then design this costume. I couldn't lose or gain weight, or it wouldn't fit right. The whole experience was like climbing into a large body stocking with creases." Chapman told Weaver that he got so hot on the sound stage wearing the costume, which included a large helmet-like head, that someone had to stand by with a water hose to cool him off. When they were shooting on the back lot, Chapman said, "I would just stay in the lake to keep cool." Chapman, as fans of the movie know, wasn't the only person to play the Gill Man in the black-and-white film. Ricou Browning played him in the underwater scenes, which were shot in Wakulla Springs, Fla. As Chapman once explained, "When you see the movie, anything below the surface of the water, it is the [stunt] doubles in Florida, and anything above the surface is us at Universal in Hollywood." The Creature from the Black Lagoon, Weaver said, "was the final monster in Universal's decades-long classic monster pantheon" that included the Hunchback of Notre Dame, the Phantom of the Opera, Frankenstein, Dracula, the Wolf Man and the Mummy. Neither Chapman nor Browning received screen credit for playing the Creature; the studio publicity department, according to Chapman, didn't want audiences to think of the Creature as "a guy in a suit." The movie proved to be so successful that Universal made two sequels -- "Revenge of the Creature" (1955) and "The Creature Walks Among Us" (1956). Chapman, however, did not return to the Creature role in either film, although Browning continued to do the underwater scenes. "Sure, I kind of resented that they didn't call me back, but what are you going to do?" Chapman said in a 1999 interview with the Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal. "My option [at the studio] was not picked up. You can't dwell on these things. Besides, ethnically, I'm Polynesian, so nothing really bothers me." Chapman was born Oct. 29, 1928, in Oakland, while his Tahitian parents were temporarily living in the United States. After growing up in Tahiti, he returned to California in 1940 and went to school in San Francisco. A cousin of actor Jon Hall, Chapman was working as a Tahitian dancer in nightclubs when he was hired to play a bit part in the 1950 MGM musical romance "Pagan Love Song." He served in the Marines in the Korean War and received a Silver Star, a Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts. Over the last decade, he made frequent appearances at autograph shows and film festivals around the country, where he was known as one of the most fan-friendly of celebrities. "He loved it," Kazarian said. "It gave him something to do in his golden years." In addition to Kazarian, Chapman is survived by his children, Benjamin Franklin Chapman III, Grant Chapman and Elyse Maree Raljevich; and a sister, Moea Baty. A memorial service will be held at 9 a.m. March 29 at St. Augustine by the Sea Church in Honolulu. Thanks LA Times and Entertainment Weekly

New Word: ...SANDWICH

Venus...first films that comes to mind..."Venus" from 2006 W./Peter O'Toole!

The dumbest Monster Movie....about the crappy Re-Make of "Godzilla" from 1988 W./ Matthew Broderick!! Man, that had to be the "WORST" film of 1988! & director Roland Emmerich still makes crappy films!

"Night of the Lepus" will be shown on TCM on Friday March 14, 2008 @ 12:15am Arizona time!!

My bad.....Man how can I forget "Ace in the Hole"..LOL and I own it!?

New Word: Spooky!!

Glow in the Dark (Condoms)...LOL "Skin Deep" W./John Ritter! LOL I Love this film!

Thanks again to Classicflix.com Both are on Sale & ACCEPTING ADVANCE ORDERS! DETAIL UPDATE: THE BIG TRAIL & FOX WESTERNS!!! Release date of May 13th 2008 For Artwork: http://www.classicflix.com/artwork-detail-update-trail-westerns-a-210.html?osCsid=1esn9271stdk05hufhfoihbm23 The Big Trail - Fox Grandeur Special Edition (1930) In this sweeping pioneer adventure, a courageous young scout (John Wayne) leads hundreds of settlers across treacherous cliffs, though brutal snowstorms, Indian attacks and buffalo stampedes to their destiny out West. Along the way, he loses his heart to a beautiful pioneer woman (Marguerite Churchill) and never stops trying to win her love. DISC 1 - Widescreen Fox Grandeur Feature Film BONUS FEATURES: Commentary with film historian/author The Creation of John Wayne Raoul Walsh: A Man in His Time The Big Vision: The Grandeur Process The Making of the Big Trail Galleries Publicity Original Posters Pressbook Gallery Trailers DISC 2 - Full Screen Feature Film BONUS FEATURE: Fox Flix: Commancheros, North to Alaska, and Undefeated ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fox Western Classics Collection: (Rawhide / Gunfighter / Garden of Evil) (1950): Starring: Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Hugh Marlowe, Dean Jagger, Edgar Buchanan, Jack Elam, George Tobias, Gary Cooper, Richard Widmark, Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott, Millard Mitchell, Jean Parker, Karl Malden Director: Henry King, Henry Hathaway Genre: Westerns Year: 1950 Studio: 20th Century Fox Length: 268 minutes Release Date: May 13, 2008 Rating: NR Format: DVD Misc: Color, Widescreen, NTSC, Black & White Language: English(Original Language), English(Subtitled

On Monday March 03, 2008 at 7:30pm Arizona TIme (Check Your Schedule Folks) the documentary: "Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood" Will air 2X's! "Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood": This doucmentry looks at how social, financial and moral forces all help shap one of the most intriguing periods in Hollywood History! Also a Night Of Pre-Code Films: 6:00pm The Divorcee 7:30pm Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood 8:45pm Night Nurse 10:00pm Three on a Match 11:15pm Female 12:30am Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood 1:45am A Free Soul Also on in April (Thursday 04/03/2008): 3:00am Complicated Women Documentary that looks at the phenomenon of "pre-code women" during the years 1929-1934. I did all times for MT Time Zone (Arizona Time!)

I know folks you have this info, but I thought why not! Thanks to Classicflix.com They have it for: $37.99, & NOW ACCEPTING ADVANCE ORDERS too! SYNOPSIS: On March 4, 2008 Warner Home Video (WHV) will introduce a second group of sassy and taboo films from Hollywood?s Pre-Production Code era with the DVD debut of TCM Archives: "Forbidden Hollywood Volume 2". Following the success of last year?s Volume 1, this new 3-disc collection will contain five pre-code sizzlers, with some of Hollywood?s biggest stars. Disc One spotlights Norma Shearer in her Best Actress Oscar?-winning role as "The Divorcee" and again in "A Free Soul"; with Lionel Barrymore and Clark Gable. Disc Two features Bette Davis, Joan Blondell and Ann Dvorak in "Three on a Match" paired with the Michael Curtiz-directed comedy Female starring Ruth Chatterton as a no-nonsense CEO. Disc Three features William Wellman?s powerful drama "Night Nurse", which stars Barbara Stanwyck with a very young Clark Gable, along with the "NEW" documentary feature "Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood". The film provides fascinating insight into the American psyche of late 1920s and early 1930s, illustrating why, more than seventy years later, the so-called ?Pre-Code? movies remain among the most vital and provocative films ever made. DISC 1 The Divorcee (1930, 82 min) Based on Ursula Parrott?s spicy 1929 novel ?Ex-wife,? the highly controversial The Divorcee was nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture. Norma Shearer won for Best Actress as a woman who confronts the hypocrisy of the double standard after catching her husband in a compromising position and forcing him to confess his infidelities. Her solution to the problem: try to match him tryst for tryst. A Free Soul (1931, 91 min) In A Free Soul, Lionel Barrymore captured an Oscar for his portrayal of a brilliant alcoholic lawyer Stephen Ashe, who successfully defends dashing gangster Ace Wilfong (Clark Gable) on a murder charge only to find that his headstrong daughter, Jan (Norma Shearer), has fallen in love with his client. Jan, a fun-loving socialite seeking freedom from her blue-blood upbringing, is only too eager to dump her aristocratic boyfriend (Leslie Howard) for the no-good gangster. She runs away from her childhood home to become Ace's mistress, embarking on a series of seedy adventures in New York's underbelly. Desperate to save his daughter's tainted reputation, Stephen finds her and makes her a deal: He'll stop drinking if she'll stop seeing Ace. The thrilling conclusion might just tear them apart forever. Shearer and director Clarence Brown also received nominations for their work in this powerful and moving film. BONUS FEATURE: The Divorcee commentary by Jeffrey Vance and Tony Maietta DISC 2 Three on a Match (1932, 63 min) The gangster melodrama, Three on a Match, stars Bette Davis, Joan Blondell and Ann Dvorak as a trio of school chums ? Mary, Ruth and Vivian ? meeting for a reunion ten years after high school. Director Mervyn LeRoy crams much plot into the 64 minute run time following each of the women?s lives. Mary is now a chorus girl after a stint in reform school; level-headed Ruth has a job as a secretary; and sexy Vivian is on the verge of deserting her wealthy husband Henry Kirkwood and their baby in favor of a glamorous gangster. The film is also noteworthy for the number of future stars making brief appearances, such as Lyle Talbot, Edward Arnold and, in his first gangster role, Humphrey Bogart as ?The Mug.? Female (1933, 60 min) In director Michael Curtiz's romantic comedy Female, Ruth Chatterton plays Alison Drake, the iron-fisted president of a motorcar company. Alison oversees the daily operations of her male employees with a predatory gaze and frequently exercises her right to engage with them in any way she deems fit. She meets her match in an equally strong-minded new employee, Jim Thorne (George Brent), and the two engage in a smoldering, contentious, sexually charged duel. The action of the film--one of the first to depict a female character turning a man's world to her advantage--feeds on the novelty of presenting a woman as a corporate shark and bedroom hound. Though it's obvious the filmmakers thought they were creating a scenario that would never actually happen, Alison's world-smashing exploits make the bulk of the film (before she begins to question her nontraditional lifestyle) a protofeminist romp. Brent and Chatterton were married at the time they made the film, and the natural chemistry between them is abundantly evident. Curtiz packs the screen with extravagant set design and period detail. BONUS FEATURE: Theatrical trailers DISC 3 Night Nurse (1931, 72 min) William Wellman's Night Nurse is a sassy, unsentimental comedy about a private pediatric nurse named Lora Hart (Barbara Stanwyck) who, after applying as an apprentice in a family home, discovers there is a plot afoot to starve her two rich, fat, young charges to death. The culprit is the family?s chauffeur, Nick (Clark Gable), a villain who plans to marry the kids' dissolute mother and make off with their trust fund. It then is up to Hart, her wisecracking nurse friend Maloney (Joan Blondell), and her bootlegger beau Mortie (Ben Lyon) to save them. Director Wellman keeps the jokes humming along with the peril. This never-before seen documentary, Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood examines the unique collision of events that resulted in one of the most dynamic ? and delicious periods in Hollywood history -- a fascinating mix of scandal, big business and social history. BONUS FEATURES Night Nurse commentary by Jeffrey Vance and Tony Maietta Night Nurse theatrical trailer

Since this discussion is going on another thread, I will tansfer my answer! My Fav Character Actress: Thelma Ritter!! I love Thlema Ritter! Best Thelma Ritter Films: Move Over, Darling W./Doris Day again! For Love or Money The Second Time Around W./Debbie Reynolds! How the West Was Won Birdman of Alcatraz A Hole in the Head Pillow Talk W./Doris Day Daddy Long Legs Rear Window ....Dircted by Hitchcock W./Stewart and Kelly! Titanic (1953) Pickup on South Street The Mating Season All About Eve W./Bette Davis Perfect Strangers A Letter to Three Wives With a Song in My Heart W./Susan Hayward Miracle on 34th Street The Misfits W./Clark Gable & Marilyn Monroe! WOW! Thelma made some damn good films, & acted along side some of the best actors & actresses in the biz and worked with some very talented directors! So sad she never got an Oscar only the nomination