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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..)
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The doomed Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) D'Habsburg-Lorraine (Norma Shearer) in 1938's opulent "Marie Antoinette", who was to be directed by the actress' fave director? Sidney Franklin, who had just directed "The Good Earth", but which was instead "handled" by W.S. (One-Take) Van Dyke...Robert Morley gave a great performance a as Louis (XVI) de Bourbon, first Dauphin (Prince), then King of a crumbling France....Anita Louise, who had played Marie Antoinette in the highly amusing and lavish Warner Bros. 1934 "Madame DuBarry" (also owned by TCM) gave a lovely performance as Antoinette's doomed best friend Marie Therese de Savoie-Carignan, aka as the Princess of Lamballe...Anita did very well in period costume dramas...let's not forget her doomed "Marquise" in "Anthony Adverse" (1936) and as "Titania" in "A Midsummer's Night Dream" (1935)....(both owned by TCM)...also as on of "The Sisters" in that 1938 Bette Davis-Errol Flynn Film.
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Burt Reynolds?...BTW was he nominated for Boogie Nights?
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This is one of my favorite drama-tearjerkers...1959's Douglas Sirk remake of John M. Stahl's 1934, "Imitation of Life"....Lana Turner as Lora Meredith said that, the ambitious Theatre Actress,...mother of Sandra Dee,...in love with John Gavin....love the opening titles with the diamonds falling!!...(Well it's a line that could have been said perfectly by Anne Baxter's "Eve" in the 1950 "All About Eve"...with Bette Davis...)
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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!
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The Man Who would be king...Michael Caine?
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Nope, would like to see that one...hi Sandy!
Clue # 2: "apple dumpling"
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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
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sorry..there goes "fast-typing" again...meant "where one can watch.."
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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!!!
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One of the greatest teamings....Lupino-Bogart....Bogart said that in High Sierra...
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Sycamore Springs....mean
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Sycamore?
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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"
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If you like Jean Arthur...you must see her in "History is Made At Night" (1937) Dir: Frank Borzage. Co-Stars: Charles Boyer and Colin Clive. It'contains one of her most delightful and a-typical characterizations ever! (A Shipboard Romance, Comedy, Drama, Disaster-movie, all in one!)
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She's one of my very fave too; the title of the book is "Jean Arthur: The Actress Nobody Knew" by John Oller...I enjoyed reading it...
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About Jean Arthur...I read her biograpphy, and "sure" she had her "contradictions" .... Garbo is another example of a huge star, and at the same time, extremely shy, reclusive and insecure....maybe they had low-self esteem (I know what I'm talking about...I "suffered" from it)
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The tall Virginia O'Brien in The Harvey Girls?
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Jean Arthur really hated to be "in the public eye"...she was very shy and an introvert.
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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.
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Another wild guess....stumped here!! Kitty Foyle??
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Lost...another wild guess, movies I've not seen: The Great Lie?
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Alva Henderson?...Wasn't it an Opera?
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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...
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I like that Shirley Temple flick...Anita Louise again in that one!!!...talking about period films!!...(To understand the remark, please go to coffeedan-mongo's trivia thread)
Clue # 3: A Lavish Ball