CelluloidKid

I love Billy Wilder! I have been Collecting his film for years! Interesting side note about Billy Wilder he is one of only four people who have won three Academy Awards for producing, directing, and writing the same film (The Apartment). Best Billy Wilder films.. Five Graves to Cairo Double Indemnity The Lost Weekend Sunset Boulevard Stalag 17 The Seven Year Itch, Some Like It Hot Both W./Marilyn Monroe Ocean's Eleven One, Two, Three The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes Casino Royale The Apartment Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

Thanks to Classicflix.com 20th Century Fox** has announced a June 17th release date for The Carmen Miranda Collection. The 5 disc DVD set will include: Greenwich Village (1944) - NEW TO DVD If I'm Lucky (1946) - NEW TO DVD Something For the Boys (1944) - NEW TO DVD Doll Face (1944) - Former Alpha release The Gang's All Here (1943) - Released last year and remastered for this set. Unlike most of Fox's recent releases, such as: "Mr. Moto" and "Charlie Chan", this set will release all the films as singles. And not at the $19.98 price point you might expect, but for $14.98 each. The set will retail for $49.98, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $37.99 while singles can be had for just $10.99. Just some of the stars include: Carmen Miranda, Vivian Blaine, Dennis O'Keefe, Perry Como, Don Ameche, William Bendix, Harry James, Phil Silvers, Edgar Buchanan, Michael O'Shea, Glenn Langan, Alice Faye, Phil Baker and Benny Goodman.

It would have to be: "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" W./Catherine Deneuve! I love the fact the film dialogue is all sung as recitative, even the most casual conversation. Runners Up: The Sound of Music Chicago Moulin Rouge! Singing in the Rain Evita W./Madonna!

WOW!! Beat me too it! LOL! I'm very excited for "The Carmen Miranda Collection"! I just Pre-Bought it! I wonder why it took soooo long for Carmen to get her due on DVD?? Here is the "FULL" scoop from Classicflix.com: 20th Century Fox** has announced a June 17th release date for The Carmen Miranda Collection. The 5 disc DVD set will include: Greenwich Village (1944) - NEW TO DVD If I'm Lucky (1946) - NEW TO DVD Something For the Boys (1944) - NEW TO DVD Doll Face (1944) - Former Alpha release The Gang's All Here (1943) - Released last year and remastered for this set. Unlike most of Fox's recent releases, such as "Mr. Moto" and "Charlie Chan", this set will release all the films as singles. And not at the $19.98 price point you might expect, but for $14.98 each. The set will retail for $49.98, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $37.99 while singles can be had for just $10.99. Just some of the stars include: Carmen Miranda, Vivian Blaine, Dennis O'Keefe, Perry Como, Don Ameche, William Bendix, Harry James, Phil Silvers, Edgar Buchanan, Michael O'Shea, Glenn Langan, Alice Faye, Phil Baker and Benny Goodman. Nice the films will also be available as Singles!

New Word: Lounge Singer

The Thing...?

For the word Tidle Wave....the film "Meteor"!

Kim Basinger as Lynn Bracken wasw trying to imitate Veronica Lake in the film "L.A. Confidential" which to me she never did a good job!

I like this film! I bought it on DVD when Anchor Bay offered it!

The film was also known as: Zee and Co

Clark Gable & Joan Crawford The Marx Brothers Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas

I saw the advance screening (02/26/08) of: "Never Back Down". C-

I WILL JUST REPEAT MYSELF: A totall OBSCURE Movie that NOBODY Has Seen: Letty Lynton from MGM (1932) Letty is not widely available today because of a court case that MGM lost in 1936. Explains Mark Litwak on the filmmaking.com site: In Sheldon v. Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corp., MGM attempted to secure the movie rights to Edward Sheldon's copyrighted play ?Dishonored Lady.? The play was based, in part, on a true historical incident in the public domain. When MGM was unsuccessful in negotiating to obtain the rights to the play, the studio produced a movie of its own, ?Letty Lynton,? based on the same historical incidents that were the basis for Sheldon?s play. Although much of this movie was original, certain details and sequences of events were identical to those expressed in Sheldon?s play. The lower court held for MGM on the grounds that the material borrowed only involved general themes or ideas. The appellate court disagreed concluding that there was an infringement. The court found that MGM?s work was identical in details and sequence of events to Sheldon?s work in matters unrelated to the underlying true story. The court reasoned that this borrowing was more than merely appropriating an idea or a theme. Some of the details and sequences of events in Sheldon?s play that were not historical facts in the public domain were also present in MGM?s movie. The court concluded that it didn?t matter that the plagiarized material comprised only a small portion of the film because it is not acceptable to steal a little bit. Also: Inchon W./Laurence Olivier & Jacqueline Bisset! The history of the film is interesting! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inchon_%28film%29

In Theater: Be Kind Rewind: F Vantage Point: B+ Jumper C+ DVD: Dante's Peak C- (AMC Had it W./to many commercials, So I rented it!) Once A- (Won the 2008 Oscar for Original Song) Roy Scheider,2 A Woman's Face B- Flamingo Road B- Sadie McKee A- Strange Cargo B+ Torch Song C+ With a Song in My Heart W./Susan Hayward B- The Seven-Ups W./ Roy Scheider B-

I guess...thanks for sending the link, but I own the film on VHS!

The Maltese Falcon...Bird

New Word: Girl Scout Cookies

Sooo I can post it anywhere!

Also: Johnny Guitar Dick Tracy W./Warren Beatty Johnny Dangerously Jackie Brown Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Mildred Pierce Sadie McKee Daisy Kenyon Harriet Craig The Last of Mrs. Cheyney Marie Antoinette W./Norma Shearer Marie Antoinette W./Kirsten Dunst Evita W./Madonna

March 11 The Caretakers. 2:30am. The Ice Follies of 1939. 7:45am. March 12 Our Dancing Daughters. 6am. Our Modern Maidens. 7:30am. Our Blushing Brides. 9am. March 17 Across to Singapore. 6am. March 18 Love on the Run. 9:30am. Possessed ('31). 11am. March 23 (Joan's Birthday!) HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOAN!!!!!! Mildred Pierce. 9:30pm. Torch Song. 11:30pm. Spring Fever. 1:15am. Grand Hotel. 2:30am. Dancing Lady. 4:45am. March 24 Sadie McKee. 6:30am. The Women. 10am. . They All Kissed the Bride. 2:15pm. Humoresque. 3:45pm. . All Times are Eastern! Sorry!

Penelope which opens this friday 02/29/2008 W./Christina Ricci & James McAvoy!

Stingray, as in Car, Las Vegas, Prostitute and RED...First Film that comes to my mind is: Corvette Summer!!!

Thanks to Movieweb! Jon Tenney and Amber Heard have joined the cast of Screen Gems' The Stepfather, a remake of the 1987 horror thriller being produced by Maverick Films. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Tenney will play a father trying to reconnect and protect his teenage son, played by Penn Badgley (Gossip Girl). Heard plays Badgley's girlfriend. Friday Night Lights actress Adrianne Palicki was in negotiations for Heard's part, but the dates did not work out, according to her reps. Sela Ward is already on board as Tenney's ex-wife, whose soon-to-be husband (Dylan Walsh of Nip/Tuck) might have murdered his previous family. The Stepfather reteams director Nelson McCormick and writer J.S. Cardone, who worked together in the same capacity on another Screen Gems remake, Prom Night, which opens April 11, 2008. Between the crappy Re-Make of "Prom Night", & "The Stepfather" I wonder what is next!??

Classicflix.com Universal Studios** has announced a May 20th release date for James Stewart - The Western Collection. The six DVD set will retail for $39.98, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $29.99. They are: Destry Rides Again (1939) Winchester '73 (1950) Bend Of The River (1952) The Far Country (1955) Night Passage (1957) The Rare Breed (1966) They have all been previously released on DVD and it looks like Universal will just repackage the same content with the possible exception of The Far Country. While its original aspect ration is 1.85:1, its May 2003 DVD release was in the full screen format. However, the specs for this set show The Far Country as being released in 1.85:1. We'll find out, but I'm doubtful.

Hey don't forget "The Smurfs: Season One, Vol. One" on DVD today (02/26/08) as well! Details: Color, Academy, 1.33:1 Supplements: 19 episodes on two discs, Bonus episode: The Smurfs' Springtime Special, Smurfs: The Music Video