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EXCELLENT choice Coffeedan...You're right, right, right....the same could be done about the early performances of Edward G. Robinson ("Little Caesar", "Five Star Final", "The Hatchet Man", "Tiger Shark", "The Little Giant", etc..)

Great work, as always Path...On august 2nd (which is special day for me 'cos I?ll turn 37...) I'd like to recommend to all of you who haven't seen "The Lady Eve"...watch it!! As Path & Mongo said, a great movie by all means...Also on that day, as Keith stated, there are scheduled some terrific Barbara Stanwyck Pre-Codes: Starting at 6:00 AM with "Ladies that Talk About", continuing with 1932 "The Purchase Price" (7:30 AM), "Night Nurse" (1931) (9:00AM) which also features an early tough-guy performance by Clark Gable (not already a star) and Joan Blondell too! ?and the ?pearl of the crown?, at 10:15 AM, Stanwyck at her Pre-Code best: ?Baby Face??.a must-see, how the hard-boiled, poor Stanwyck, ?rises from the bottom to the very top, of what money can buy??.I haven?t seen Capra?s Columbia ?The Bitter Tea of General Yen? (1933), in which Stanwyck starred opposite Nils Asther?.But IMHO ?Baby Face? and ?General Yen?, may contain Stanwyck?s best Pre-Code performances. At 4:00 PM, there?s Barbara at her prime, as a femme-fatale, in the 1946, very dramatic ?The Strange Love of Martha Ivers?, which co-stars Kirk Douglas, in her first role? (as a ?bland?type), Van Heflin and sultry-husky-voiced Lizabeth Scott, a very entertaining picture. At 12:00 AM, ?Stella Dallas? is absolutely a must-see, with one of Stanwyck?s greatest performances in her whole career?A Tearjerker Supreme?Watch for Alan Hale, Anne Shirley and Barbara O?Neil??Executive Suite? is too a top-notch MGM 1954 feature, with an all-star-studded cast! Ambition and Power!! On August 4th, at 9:45 is scheduled ?Bundle of Joy? (1956), with the then-married? Couple Debbie Reynolds-Eddie Fisher (Pre-Liz Taylor Scandal), and the reliable Adolphe Menjou?a cute remake of the marvelous 1939 ?Bachelor Mother? with Ginger Rogers and David Niven. At 11:30 AM, ?Hit the Deck? is an OK MGM musical, with some great dancing by Ann Miller?and with Debbie Reynolds and Jane Powell too?.plus Vic Damone, Walter Pidgeon, Tony Martin. It follows ?Athena??a cutie MGM, starring Edmund Purdom, once a MGM star, now almost forgotten, with Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds?..and future ?Hercules? Steve Reeves, in a small featured role. Then on August 6th , at 6:00 AM, you have the chance to watch Opera Star Lily Pons (RKO?s answer to MGM?s Jeanette MacDonald and Columbia?s Grace Moore.. Paramount?s answer was Gladys Swarthout) in one of her few starring vehicles, the 1936 ?That Girl From Paris?, with Jack Oakie and Lucille Ball, The lady had a strong voice, but was not as beautiful as Jeanette. At 1:00 PM that day, there?s a chance to watch the remake of one the 1930?s most cherished films, the 1936 ?Libeled Lady? with Myrna Loy, Jean Harlow, William Powell and Spencer Tracy, the 1946 ?Easy to Wed?, not as good as that masterpiece?.but a nice chance of watching Esther Williams, Lucille Ball, Van Johnson and Keenan Wynn, respectively, in those stars? original roles?. At 10:00 PM one of my all time fave, fave, the very funny 1968 ?Yours, Mine and Ours?, a must-see with Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda, as two middle-aged, lonesome widowers, ?.who just have a ?small? problem?.too many children!!! On August 7th..pretty much a Kate Hepburn ?tribute??featuring her Oscar Winning role in the 1933 ?Morning Glory? (6:00 AM) with Doug Fairbanks Jr. and Adolphe Menjou?a must-see for Hepburn fans!?and all those excellent Tracy-Hepburn MGM comedies??Without Love?, ?Woman of the Year?, ?Adam?s Rib??plus the wonderful ?The Philadelphia Story?, a Classic among classics!!, with Kate, Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, Ruth Hussey, John Howard?based on Philip Barry?s smash-success Play at Broadway?.later revamped in 1956, as the musical ?High Society?.. At 8:00 PM Kate in one of her greatest performances as Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, one of the most powerful women in the Middle-Ages,who was Duchess of Aquitaine?and was married to one King of France and then to the King of England (played by Peter O?Toole)She was mother of Richard the Lion-Hearted, an early performance by Anthony Hopkins, King John (the one known as (then)Prince John of the "Robin Hood" Tale, also featuring a young Timothy Dalton as the Dauphin (Prince) of France?.for History Drama Lovers, a must!!!?Then follows the excellent 1933 George Cukor version of ?Little Women?, with Kate as Jo?with a young, blonde Joan Bennett as Amy, Frances Dee as Meg?and great Edna May Oliver as Aunt March!!?.then at 12:30 AM, comes the greatest of all ?Screwball? ?Madcap? Comedies?..?Bringing Up Baby??an ESSENTIAL, with Kate and Cary Grant at her zany best!! With marvelous support from Barry Fitzgerald, May Robson and Charlie Ruggles?.and ?Baby? Leopard too?.?I can?t give you anything but looovee Babbyyy!!!?? Well and on August 9th?If you like westerns, I?d recommend to you both ?Lone Star? with Ava Gardner and Clark Gable and?Ride Vaquero!?, with beautiful Ava, Robert Taylor and Howard Keel?.both entertaining?then the dramatic and romantic, doomed tale of Ava?s half-caste in love with English? Stewart Granger?a beautiful, sad movie?..?Knights of the Round Table??.for swashbuckling fans?with Ava as the lovely Queen Guinevere and Robert Taylor as Sir Lancelot Du-Lac?.with Mel Ferrer as the betrayed King Arthur?.Then the 1947 ?The Hucksters? a powerful film, on the best of its kind, with Clark Gable and Deborah Kerr (her Hollywood debut) with great support by Edward Arnold, Sydney Greenstreet, Ava Gardner and Keenan Wynn?high-class-drama?.I?d also go for the 1964 Tennessee Williams? (based upon his play) ?The Night of the Iguana?, with a more ?mature? Ava Gardner, lovely Deborah Kerr?Richard Burton and young Sue Lyon (after her ?Lolita? breakthrough)?..I want to add that although not a great movie, the same day is featured ?The Naked Maja? (1959) in which Gardner plays the Duchess of Alba, a Grandee of Spain, who supposedly served as model for Goya?s famous painting of the title?opposite Tony Franciosa?..Gardner looks radiantly beautiful here!

Nope, would like to see that one...hi Sandy! Clue # 2: "apple dumpling"

It sounded to me like a Sandra Dee flick!!...I had heard about "Susan Slade", of course, it seems it was a very famous movie in the early sixties...it was released the same year than Splendor in the Grass??...but I have never seen it, I'll try to catch it!!....I did watch once "Parish" with Donahue on the title role, Claudette Colbert plays his mother, and Connie Stevens and Suzanne Pleshette were also in it?...BTW Troy had a small role as Susan Kohner's boyfriend, who beats her in the movie, in "Imitation to Life" where Sandra played Lana Turner's wife...Great Movie...and as a very small kid I saw "A Summer Place", first starring teaming of Troy and Sandra?...Wasn't Sandra with Bobby Darin, Rock Hudson and Gina Lollobrigida in "Come September"?? Loved that one...the title tune, wow!!! Well if you "hand me the ball" "J", let's see...mmmm... Clue # 1: An orphan Clue # 1:

sorry..there goes "fast-typing" again...meant "where one can watch.."

I also agree more silents, TCM has been a pioneer in this "departament" (Thanks TCM)...airing Chaplin's silents, many Lon Chaney's, Greed, The Wind, DeMille's silents, Hitchcock's The Lodger, etc....cool...there are so many excellent silent films still to watch, maybe some of them have already been scheduled by TCM: "Orphans of the Storm", "Metropolis", "Variet?", "Evangeline", "The Garden of Eden", "La Boheme", "Sunrise", "It", "Sadie Thompson", etc, etc, etc. Thanks TCM for being one of the only channels, if not the only one, were one can watch silents on a certain regular basis!!!

I was sure I hadn't seen that...although the plot has elements that sound familiar....for sure it must be a tearjerker "a la" "Back Street" or "Imitation of Life" or "Life of Vergie Winters"

One of the all-time greatest directors and one of my very fave: Landmark films like "The Old Dark House", "Bride of Frankenstein", "Frankenstein" and "The Invisble Man", are "must-see"....Would love to watch his 1936 "Showboat"....they say it is the definitive film about that story. Watch the movie "Gods and Monsters" which has an excellent portrayal by Sir Ian McKellen (A.A. nominated) as Whale, plus very good performances by Lynn Redgrave (Nominated too) and Brendan Fraser.

Another wild guess....stumped here!! Kitty Foyle??

Lost...another wild guess, movies I've not seen: The Great Lie?

Almost sure haven't seen it...for more clues a movie set in South America & dealing with emerald mines, but which doesn't fit with the rest of the clues: Green Fire...

Probably haven't seen this one..."Home from the Hill"?? BTW Elaine Stewart was so sexy in the 1950's! She could have become a star...at least had the looks...I do not remember the show either

No idea....mmm...another wild guess: A Summer Place??....Paula Raymond...whatever was of her and of Elaine Stewart, Joan Greenwood, and so many others

Yes I've got the DVD "J"....a "goodie"....don't have idea, so a wild guess: "Crisis"?

Yes "J"...you nailed it congrats!!!! Your turn!!

Yes that's right Path... Long Live to Freedom of speech!!... And above all, nobody can deny that this film has got high productions values.

Thanks Path...I hadn't realised about "Forbidden Planet", sorry...

Richard thanks for the info...I bought some time ago both the tapes of "The Last Commannd" and "The Docks of NY", both Von Sternberg's?...I?ll watch the former as soon as I can...

Sorry the double post..sth. happened with the log-in process...

May I add some suggestions Path? For Pre-Code Lovers there are scheduled on Tuesday 27th July, three films in a row, of which I've read some positive feedback: 6:00AM TWO AGAINST THE WORLD (1932) starring Connie Bennett and Neil Hamilton. Constance Bennett was one the most popular & highest paid female stars of the early thirties. 7:30AM THEY CALL IT SIN (1932) starring Loretta Young, George Brent and a young Louis Calhern. Pre-Code beautiful Loretta is a must, and being a Warner Bros., this one must be swiftly paced at 69 minutes. 8:45AM GRAND SLAM (1933) Another W.Bros. starring Loretta again opposite suave and debonair Paul Lukas. Directed by the great William Dieterle (who happens to be the director of "Portrait of Jennie"). Then, on July 28th, at 9:30 PM, it is scheduled "Gaslight" the first, british, (and many say the best version) of the story later re-vamped by MGM (in 1944) with Boyer, Bergman and Cotten. This one stars the great Anton Walbrook (star of "The Red Shoes") and Diana Wynyard. I think it's a must-see! On July 29th, besides the GRREATT!! "Love Me Tonight" (thanks for the credit Path)...at 8:00 AM it's scheduled, the lovely "The Cat and the Fiddle" (1934), if I'm not wrong, the first film made by Jeanette MacDonald, at her "new house" MGM, starring opposite the romantic Ramon Novarro. It has some pre-code situations and it's highly amusing; Operetta fans will enjoy! An last but not least, for Sci-Fi Cult movie lovers, on July 30th, at 8:00 PM, TCM will air the 1956 "Forbidden Planet", one of the science fiction gems from the 1950's, starring Walter Pidgeon who lives with his daughter Anne Francis (lovely) in the Planet of the title...to which Leslie Nielsen, arrives (from the Earth)...entertaining stuff!!

May I add some suggestions Path? For Pre-Code Lovers there are scheduled on Tuesday 27th July, three films in a row, of which I've read some positive feedback: 6:00AM TWO AGAINST THE WORLD (1932) starring Connie Bennett and Neil Hamilton. Constance Bennett was one the most popular & highest paid female stars of the early thirties. 7:30AM THEY CALL IT SIN (1932) starring Loretta Young, George Brent and a young Louis Calhern. Pre-Code beautiful Loretta is a must, and being a Warner Bros., this one must be swiftly paced at 69 minutes. 8:45AM GRAND SLAM (1933) Another W.Bros. starring Loretta again opposite suave and debonair Paul Lukas. Directed by the great William Dieterle (who happens to be the director of "Portrait of Jennie"). Then, on July 28th, at 9:30 PM, it is scheduled "Gaslight" the first, british, (and many say the best version) of the story later re-vamped by MGM (in 1944) with Boyer, Bergman and Cotten. This one stars the great Anton Walbrook (star of "The Red Shoes") and Diana Wynyard. I think it's a must-see! On July 29th, besides the GRREATT!! "Love Me Tonight" (thanks for the credit Path)...at 8:00 AM it's scheduled, the lovely "The Cat and the Fiddle" (1934), if I'm not wrong, the first film made by Jeanette MacDonald, at her "new house" MGM, starring opposite the romantic Ramon Novarro. It has some pre-code situations and it's highly amusing; Operetta fans will enjoy! An last but not least, for Sci-Fi Cult movie lovers, on July 30th, at 8:00 PM, TCM will air the 1956 "Forbidden Planet", one of the science fiction gems from the 1950's, starring Walter Pidgeon who lives with his daughter Anne Francis (lovely) in the Planet of the title...to which Leslie Nielsen, arrives (from the Earth)...entertaining stuff!!

Oh...I forgot one: "La Boheme"....

"Sunrise", "The Gold Rush", "Greed", "Evangeline", "The Garden of Eden", "The Kid", "Modern Times", "City Lights", "The Lodger", "Robin Hood" (1922) and "Ben-Hur".

I've just watched this highly amusing film, which I bought second-hand, and the print TCM owns is excellent, I urge you all, when it's scheduled again to tape/watch it (it belongs to the TCM Library, since its a Warner Bros.)...I want to share the review I recently wrote at another site: "Entertaining Adventure Film" Engrossing tale of an orphaned boy who grows into manhood, played by Fredric March (Anthony Adverse), without knowing his real origins, and all the adventures he has to go through, before finding "himself", what truly matters in life and what is worth fighting for...one's morals, which cannot be "traded" for power or money...all this he learns thanks to two priests: Father Xavier (Henry O'Neill) who raises him from a baby until he turns 10 years old; Father Francois (Pedro de C?rdoba), a clergyman who saves March from "himself"; and his sweetheart, Angela (a lovely, beautiful, young, luminous Olivia de Havilland). Great score by masterful Erich Wolfgang Korngold, great scenarios, clothes, settings (the film spans from 1773, when Louis XV of France was King until the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte). The film is set in France, Spain, the Alps, Northern Italy, Cuba, Africa...and the period detail and the sets are awesome, thanks to master Anton Grot. An uniformly great cast headed by one of my all time fave actors: Fredric March. Also in it , talented Olivia de Havilland, at the beginning of her career, the great Claude Rains as an evil Marquis, the equally evil Gale Sondergaard (who won the first Supporting Actress Academy Award for her nasty characterization of Gwenn's ambitious housekeeper, kind of roles she would repeat later in such films as Tyrone Power's "The Mark of Zorro"), lovely Anita Louise as our hero's mother "in distress", a young Louis Hayward as the hero's father, Edmund Gwenn as the hero's grandfather, Donald Woods as the hero's pal, Akim Tamiroff as a florid Cuban, Steffi Duna as a sultry native, and O'Neill and de C?rdoba as the two "guiding" priests in March's life etc. One can see that Warner Brothers spent a lot of money in this lavish costume epic, that lasts around 2 hours 15 minutes. Nevertheless, in spite of its length it's highly entertaining and enjoyable. Although not perfect and certainly not as good as "The Sea Hawk", "Captain Blood" or "The Adventures of Robin Hood"...still on the greatest rousing adventure films of the 1930's, a blockbuster that deserves five stars. The quality of the print is excellent. A must for adventure films fans!

Nope Lolite...that one is with Adolphe Menjou?? Clue # 7: A Scandalous Book involving one ex-showgirl now married into British Aristocracy