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Which brings to mind an exchange from *Angel on My Shoulder*: Paul Muni: "Dames is dynamite!" Claude Rains: "Ah, but delightful dynamite!"

Almost as bad as omitting a scene is cutting to a commercial in the middle of it. In *Bell, Book and Candle,* our local station always goes to a commercial while Kim Novak is seducing James Stewart with her spell (and, as usual, Pyewacket is stealing the scene). Couldn't they wait until the scene is over? No respect!

To TomJH: Very perceptive comments on JENNIE. I don't think we should expect rational logic from pictures like JENNIE or MUIR; rather, it's the emotional logic that makes them compelling: people finding a love that transcends time.

Unbelievable. What genius makes these decisions? Obviously someone who doesn't know or care anything about movies. If they have to make cuts, make them where they won't do so much damage. Here in New York, channel 5.2 makes no cuts. Neither do channels 13.1 or 25.3, which show classic films occasionally.

Julie Harris had the kind of beauty that doesn't overwhelm you at first -- but keep looking, you'll see it. About the independent record stores: there was one called The Record Hunter; it carried nothing but classical records. I wonder how long it lasted?

I saw a telecast of *It Happened One Night* that omitted the scene in which Clark Gable took off his shirt, revealing that he wore no undershirt -- possibly the most famous scene of the movie. Very few TV stations show films without any cuts. Gotta get those commercials in!

I recall a Ray Bradbury story with that general plot, but the people both dreamed about the end of the world. Much worse than having water in your ear.

That's a good clip. What a great actor De Niro is!

Well, finance, it's all a matter of personal taste, but I liked M*A*S*H, the film, much better than the TV series. Just one more county heard from.

To mrroberts: Ouch! Also, GROAN.

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Well, I've heard that Liz was in love with Monty Clift. And that he once had an affair with Libby Holman. And I don't know if this was on 31 Days, but for me the most memorable screen kiss was between Gregory Peck and Ingrid Bergman in *Spellbound.* A door opens, and beyond that another, and an infinite series of doors opening. That's something that could be done only in a motion picture.

Correct, Val. That's all I meant.

I agree, RoySites. Judging the past by today's standards is pointless.

It's available for rental on Netflix.

A similar question is whether Jennie "really" existed in *Portrait of Jennie.*

Two ditty's (or dittoes) that come to mind are: *The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming* *Gaily, Gaily* --but that's really for another thread.

Yeah, they should have had two MEN fighting over sparkly shoes.

AndyM, you'd drop KANE ?!! Several hundred places ??

*Nobody Waved Goodbye* is a fine picture, with a shattering, uncompromising ending. It's not currently available on Netflix or Amazon. If you get it from another source, beware of bootlegs -- the quality can be inferior, and sometimes scenes are missing.

You have to be of a certain age to recognize the origin of the title. If you don't, Google it.

"Translucent Carriages" (Pearls Before Swine) "Three Kingfishers" (Donovan)

You're right -- it's blasphemy. No remake!

A made-for-TV movie titled THE GLASS HOUSE featured Morrow as a prison inmate who pretty much ran things on the inside.

Gibbon's THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (Modern Library abridgement) MACBOOK FOR DUMMIES THE STORY OF ART, by E. H. Gombrich