feaito
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The exact words Frances Dee spoke in "Monte Carlo" were:
Answering the phone and speaking to Jeanette MacDonald: "Madame R?n?e's Beauty Parlor...a hairdresser named Rudolph?...no, not with us...I'm sorry". She speaks the lines faking a french accent.
About using my humble comment, well, what can I say? I feel honored Susan...Of course you can use it.
BTW Deborah and Susan, I'm currently watching "Playboy of Paris", and it's quite a joy! I'll post when I finish it.
See You,
Bye
Fernando
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Roger Mayer's segment was the best.
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Una Merkel?
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I made a mistake, the unappealing Duke who was to marry Jeanette in "Monte Carlo", was played by Claud Allister, Lionel Belmore impersonated his father, the Prince.
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Could it be Back to Bataan? or Blood on the Sun?
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Maybe, They were expendable?
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I liked Stanwyck in "Baby Face", Colbert in "Torch Singer", "Cleopatra" and "Sign of the Cross", Tallulah in "Faithless", Marlene in "Blonde Venus", Kay Johnson in "Dynamite" and "Madam Satan", Myrna Loy in "Love Me Tonight" and Norma Shearer in "Riptide"...those I can remember...I'd like to watch Joan Crawford's outfits in "Letty Lynton"...she looks ravishing on the film's stills and would like to watch Norma in "Let Us Be Gay" too.
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I'd like more clues to guess this film..'cos it sounds interesting and I'm not sure if I've seen it...or clues for at least trying to look it up!!
Before I go to bed....
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I thought I'd got a little bit of credit for at least guessing two of them first
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Tsk....Tsk....Tsk....
Do I hear a fly?
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Well girls, I finally got to watch "Monte Carlo" (1930) directed by Ernst Lubitsch.
What a joy! In spite of the rather lousy transfer, I loved this lovely frou-frou of a musical. The soundtrack, the dialogue and the songs though, sounded pretty clear, this film-buff who copied theses films on DVD for me, loves musicals and he's an specialist in restoring and improving the film's soundtracks, especially the musical interludes.
Jeanette is at her most charming playing impoverished Countess Mara, who runs away for the third time, from her wedding to an unappealing Duke, funnily played by Lionel Belmore, leaving the groom on the very eve of the ceremony. She catches a train and goes to Monte Carlo with her maid, deftly impersonated by ZaSu Pitts.
At Monte Carlo she meets Count Rudolph Falliere, who disguises himself as an hairdresser to be near her. There are many songs which they sing together and alone, most notably the wonderful "Beyond the Blue Horizon", sung both, at the beginning and at the end of the film, onboard a running train.
I'm almost sure that Frances Dee's bit as telephone operator/recepcionist comes more or less at minute 76 of the film, when Jeanette is looking for her hairdresser "Rudy" or "Rudolph", calling every Beauty Parlor in Monte Carlo; Frances answers the phone and says sth. like "Madame R?n?e's Beauty Parlor....there isn't any hairdresser named Rudolph here...", or something like that, I can check the exact line if you wish Susan.
Since the transfer is so-so (considering the age of the film and the lack of restoration)and her scene (Frances') is a medium shot, I could hardly tell 100% sure that she was Frances, but I'm pretty sure she was, because of the color of her hair, the hairstyle and her figure. Beisdes, there's no other telephone girl on the film, who could be her.
I'd love Universal Pictures to restore all of these early Paramounts they own and release them on DVD, to be able to watch such landmark films like this one, in its full glory, with nice clear, crisp images...let's keep our fingers crossed!
BTW, there's an amusing "story-parallel" at the end of the film, between what's going on between Countess Mara and Rudolph and the plot of the Opera "Monsieur Beucaire", which both leading players attend separately (at first) at the film's conclusion.
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Skippy, why do you believe that "The Blue Veil" will never see the light of day again? What's the problem with it? It's a RKO Radio 1951 film starring Jane Wyman and Joan Blondell, isn't it?
BTW, "Letter from an Unknown Woman" is available on VHS (mostly second hand, since it's out of print- I bought mine at Amazon). This film has became one of my top favorites, in fact I wrote a review for it in the "Your Favorites" folder, here at the Boards. It's a masterpiece, a work of art, a must-see.
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Glad to know you are ok.
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Waterloo Bridge?
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Maybe Champion too (Gene Autry's horse) and Mr. Ed?
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I'd guess Roy Rogers' Trigger was one of them
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Gracie Allen and George Burns in "Mr. and Mrs. North"?
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Yeah Panella.... You hit the jackpot, Super-congratulations!!! A very entertaining early talkie with Joel McCrea. Evelyn Brent, Jean Arthur, Blanche Sweet and Louis Wolheim. Did you enjoy it? Your turn now.
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I'd love to see your pixs with Jane Russell and Pat Morison;).
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Yes moirafinnie, you are truly missed here.
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I'm torn between Carole Landis and Marilyn Monroe.
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Susan,
"The Most Dangerous Game" is a highly entertaining horror-adventure film, of which I've just posted a review in this folder "Your Favorites"
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And let's not forget "Scarlet Street" and "Double Indemnity"
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Yeah, maybe Bank's performance was somwehat florid, but he was cool anyway;)
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please identify this actress
in Information, Please!
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Hi John,
The picture is from Jeanette's last film with often-co-star Nelson Eddy, the 1942 "I Married an Angel". She plays a stenographer who works at Eddy's bank, then he dreams that she becomes an "angel".