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I recall watching some Universal 1930s Horror films starring Boris Karloff in which he is billed as KARLOFF or KARLOFF the "Uncanny"

I bet it's "First Love" with Deanna Durbin.

I agree with you Ganavon; it was a treat to watch that scene recreated by Peter Jackson's crew! I also liked the addition of the dialogue/audio of the (lost) footage that was cut from "Lost Horizon", using production stills in replacement of the lost scenes. I agree that I also liked what they did with "A Star is Born".

Welcome Jon. Thanks for the further feedback on the O'Brien book.

It Started With Eve?

Sarita Montiel was never really famous in the United States. She only made three films in Hollywood in the mid-fifties and that's all. In Spain and Latin American Spanish speaking countries (M?xico, Chile, Argentina, etc.) and even other European countries, she's a living legend nowadays (like Mar?a F?lix, Lola Flores and Libertad Lamarque were). She made some very, very popular films from the 1940s onwards, like "El ?ltimo Cupl?" and is still pretty active in her native Spain, at social gatherings, etc. She's famous for her habit of smoking huge cigars.

Thanks for the feedback on the O'Brien Kay Francis Biography. I definitely would like to have both books.

This is heaven....you go to your workplace and there she is, Aline MacMahon is the CEO's wisecracking secretary. You go to a party and the hostess is Margaret Dumont! Message was edited by: feaito

I bought second-hand, many years ago "Norma-The Story of Norma Shearer" by Lawrence J. Quirk and I found it very enjoyable and informative. It isn't a really long book, and after years looking for a book on Norma I was satisfied. I've been looking for Gavin Lambert's biography, because I've read it's very good too, so I think that sooner or later I'll buy it. Absolutely recommendable too is the OOP Citadel Press book "The Films of Norma Shearer" which analyzes every film Norma made, and has many stills. If you are a Norma fan this one's for you too. Last but not least, Mick LaSalle analyzes Norma's Pre-Code films and her screen persona in his book "Complicated Women", a highly entertaining book about Actresses during the Pre-Code years.

The Strange Door?

The plot reminds me of Jean Arthur's "More than a Secretary", but it's a 1936 film in Black & White. Message was edited by: feaito

I agree with you Mongo, Lily Tomlin and Meryl Streep stole the show with their excellent routine. Streep has a flair for comedy. She should be in more of them! It was good to see Mickey Rooney in the audience too.

I'll nominate Helen Twelvetrees, whose tearjerkers were very popular during the early 1930s.

I think there were problems with the teleprompter and she looks really GREAT.

Sorry for the mutliple posts and yes, they were not there last night, when I tried to post and the system kept sending error messages. Technology, oh well...

I think it's "Boy's Night Out" with Kim Novak.

I think the movie you are talking about is "Boy's Night Out" with Kim Novak.

I think the film you are talking about is "Boy's Night Out" with Kim Novak.

I think the film you are talkin' about is "Boy's Night Out" with Kim Novak.

I think the movie you are talking about is "Boy's Night Out" with Kim Novak.

I think the movie you are talking about is "Boy's Night Out" with Kim Novak.

I have enjoyed many books, to name a few I recall fondly Mick LaSalle's "Complicated Women", Mark Vieira's "Sin in Soft Focus", John Kobal's "People Will Talk", "From Scarface to Scarlett", about films of the 1930s, Ram?n Novarro's biography by Andr? Soares; Both biographies of Thalberg and Selznick by Bob Thomas; "Merchant of Dreams" a biography of Louis B. Mayer; Scott A. Berg's biography of Samuel Goldwyn; and John Oller's biography of Jean Arthur. I'll try to check more at home. Hope this helps.

The Wall?

Charles Coburn?

You can check at www.us.imdb.com, It's believed to be a lost film. The book "Sin in Soft Focus" by Mark Vieira has good information about it too.