musicalnovelty
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> {quote:title=LoveFilmNoir wrote:}{quote}There were quite a few Powells: William Powell and Jane Powell (like you mentioned) as well as Eleanor Powell and Dick Powell - and none were related.
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Years ago I was researching some early 1930's shorts, trying to learn the casts. The shorts were mostly narrated so I was referring to the scripts, learning the casts by the narrator's words. In one the narrator introduces us to "Mr. Powell"....gee thanks Mr. Narrator ...is it William or Dick??
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> {quote:title=Wayne wrote:
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Ever see the 1945 movie BRING ON THE GIRLS?
All in the same movie we have
Porter Hall
Thurston Hall
Huntz Hall
Eddie Hall
William Hall
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> Rare shot of super stars Bette Davis and Shirley Temple together
Thanks for this nice rare photo! Do you know any story behind it? They never worked at the same studio at the same time. What was the occasion for this visit? Who was visiting who?
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Love the A HARD DAY'S NIGHT poster. Thanks!
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What means most is when you can get both!
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Thanks very much for posting this!
And just to clarify, since it had come up earlier:
The LITTLE GIANT on the 12th is the 1933 Edward G. Robinson feature, not the 1946 Abbott & Costello title.
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Ingrid Bergman in INTERMEZZO (1936) & (1939)
Kevin McCarthy in INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956) & (1978)
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> {quote:title=cujas wrote:}{quote}There's just no accounting for taste.
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Are you saying you don't care for Tommy James, or don't agree with my comments on Michael Jackson?
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> {quote:title=hlywdkjk wrote:}{quote}*"That German image of The General isn't working here, but it's fine at flickr."* - smileys
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> Strange. Are you saying that the image didn't display? Because I could see it in preview and on the page.
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> I copied the link anew and reposted it in the message. Please let me know if you still can't see it.
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> Kyle In Hollywood
They're all coming over fine for me.
Thanks as always for posting them!
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> {quote:title=TomJH wrote:}{quote}Flight Commander was originally known by it's far more famous title, *The Dawn Patrol*, directed by Hawks in 1930. This is the original version of the same story that was remade eight years later to become an Errol Flynn vehicle. For those familiar with the Flynn version, it might be interesting for them to see the original (with Richard Barthelmess in the role Flynn would assume, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr as "Scotty," the part that would later make a star of David Niven).
And Laurel & Hardy fans, watch for James Finlayson.
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> In the First Segment of *'Yes We Have No Bonanza'*, the Stooges join in singing along with the 3 Cowgirls, "*She'll Be Comin' Around the Mountain*" . . .http://youtu.be/lWf0v5oI2Zw
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The three girls are Lola Jensen, Suzanne Kaaren and Jean Carmen. And I got to meet two of them back in the late 1980's (Lola Jensen & Suzanne Kaaren) and chat a while & have them sign some stills.
They're all gone now, sadly...
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> {quote:title=mudskipper wrote:}{quote}"...with a bing, bing, bing and a boom, boom, boom and the big bad wolf was dead..."
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> "And The Big Bad Wolf Was Dead" sung by Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey from "Cockeyed Cavaliers"(1934)....Here's the song from You Tube:
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Yes, that's it!
I'm glad you finally got it, I was running out of clues that wouldn't give it away too easily.
That YouTube link you provided is one of the 78 records I have of the song. It's by a British band.
Now, for all who always wanted to hear it in Swedish (!) -
I'm surprised that the segment from the Wheeler & Woolsey movie where they perform the song isn't yet on YouTube. It's really a fun number. I hope TCM runs the movie again soon for all who may never have seen it.
And, getting back to one of my clues, the Edgar Kennedy short in which he sings part of the song is SOCK ME TO SLEEP (1935).
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> {quote:title=tcmsnumberonefan wrote:}{quote}John Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, and Drew Barrymore
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And don't forget Diana Barrymore.
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> I also thought about Stewart Granger and Farley Granger.
And, more important to me than those two:
Dorothy Granger.
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> {quote:title=lavenderblue19 wrote:}{quote}Yes, Musical, coins- Love the reference in *Some Like It Hot* to Raft's tossing the coin in *Scarface* and saying to EdG's son when he tosses the coin 'where'd you pick up that cheap trick?' (Ha). I'm sure there are many more, these are the ones that came to mind., so Thanks for getting this one because I was tapped out! It's your thread.
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Okay, give me a day or two to think of something inspired.
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> {quote:title=lavenderblue19 wrote:}{quote}what do these *8* films have in common- it's a prop- what's a prop used in all these films?
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> *The Bishop's Wife*
> *Mr. Lucky*
> *Miracle In The Rain*
> *Some Like It Hot*
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> *Mr Smith Goes To Washington*
> *Scarface* (Paul Muni version)
> *No Country For Old Men*
> *It's A Wonderful World*
A coin being tossed or flipped?
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> {quote:title=TomJH wrote:}{quote}
> *And re Muni, folks...My guess as to why his fame has declined over the years and hasn't remained as high as Cagney's or some of his other contemporaries, might be due to his "old school" acting style which never seemed as "natural" as Cagney's or many of his contemporaries. Now, while I've always enjoyed watching Muni work, I have to say there's always been something about his portrayals which have seemed somewhat remote to me, and I feel I can often see him "working" his roles.*
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> A lot of Muni's later work is shamelessly hammy. (A Song to Remember has a truly cringe-worthy performance by him). However, I really enjoy two of his earliest screen performances. He gives a terrific broad stroke performance in the title role of Scarface (this is not exactly subtle stuff but I think it really works), and in I Am A Fugitive from a Chain Gang, in contrast, Muni gives a very natural piece of acting that was sadly lacking in his later work. I'm not certain when it was that critics started hailing him as one of the greatest actors of his time but, I suspect, it went to the man's head. What may have worked on stage can look busy and pretentious on screen.
While on the topic of Paul Muni, a reminder:
Don't miss a rare showing of Muni's first movie, THE VALIANT (1929) on TCM on December 14, 2011.
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> {quote:title=markbeckuaf wrote:}{quote}B/W mystery with William Powell and Myrna raaaar Loy! 3rd film in the series, it's still humming along great in this one! Dig it!
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> Anyone else rock out to it?
Watch for Shemp Howard (of The Three Stooges)!
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> {quote:title=JakeHolman wrote:}{quote}The Hollies...
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Here's a Hollies favorite of mine:
I remember when this one came out in late summer 1968 a local station played it for a couple weeks but it apparently it didn't catch on and they dropped it. It never even made their Top 30 chart. It was such a non-hit in fact that when I went out to try to find it in record stores to buy the 45 I couldn't find it. And I never did until a few years later! By then I'd found a British hits compilation LP that included it, but I was still determined to find the original 45. And of course, I still have it!
This YouTube video is in stereo, sounding quite different from that old original mono 45:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go7WW2IQEqU
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> I heard a couple weeks back that they will be airing the new George Eastman House restoration of the Harry Carey Western *ROARING RAILS* in December. What else have they got on the schedule? Do you have a link? Any chance we might see Lubitsch *THE LOVES OF PHARAOH* or possibly a *Colleen Moore* movie such as *BROKEN CHAINS* or *HER WILD OAT?* Maybe they are running Clara Bow's final film *HOOPLA?* which was at the TCM Classic Fim Festival this year.
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> Since it's Eastman House it would be great to see either *William Desmond Taylor's* long un-seen *HUCKLEBEERY FINN (1920),* or *BLACK OXEN (1923) with Corinne Griffith and Clara Bow.* Both of which they just finished restoring a year or two ago.
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Here is the December 14 schedule as of now. It's still incomplete and subject to change:
December 14, 2011:
7:45 AM - The Valiant (1929) - Fox. Starring Paul Muni.
9 AM - Spanish Earth (1937) - documentary.
10 AM - The Trespasser (1929) - Gloria Swanson.
11:45 AM - Moon and Sixpence (1942) - George Sanders.
1:30 PM - Lottery Bride (1930) - Jeanette MacDonald, Joe E. Brown, ZaSu Pitts.
3 PM - Kurutta Ippeiji (1926) - Japan. Also known as "A Crazy Page", "A Page of Madness".
4:30 PM - Delicious (1931) - Fox. Starring Janet Gaynor.
8 PM - Fear and Desire (1953) - first Stanley Kubrick film.
9:15 PM - Huckleberry Finn (1920) - Paramount. Starring Lewis Sargent & Esther Ralston.
1:15 AM - Roaring Rails (1924) - Harry Carey.
2:45 AM - The World Moves On (1934) - Fox. Directed by John Ford.
Go to the Sept. 25 post by calvinnme for the most complete yet December 2011 schedule:
http://forums.tcm.com/thread.jspa?threadID=161714&start=15&tstart=15
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> {quote:title=ClassicFilmMan wrote:}{quote}*GREAT NEWS!!*
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> I received an email from Charlie Tabesh today telling me that he thought that my idea for a Barrymore's Star of the Month tribute was a great idea and that he's pretty sure they're going to do it!!
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> Posted below is an excerpt from the email that he sent me today (my actual name is Chip, by the way):
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> *"Thank you, Chip, I really appreciate the suggestion and I think it's a great idea. It might be a while before we're able to do it but I'm pretty sure we will at some point, I love the programming."*
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Yes, that is great news! I hope they can include NIGHT FLIGHT (unless they get to it sooner) and at least one from Diana Barrymore.
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> It would be wonderful if TCM could dedicate one 24 hour block each year to the various archives. The LOC, The Academy Film Archive at Ampas, George Eastman House, The Museum Of Modern Art, UCLA, The BFI, etc.
December 14 - 15 is looking like a "Day of Archive Rarities" but it's not been announced yet which archive. I'm guessing possibly MoMA or UCLA.
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> {quote:title=EugeniaH wrote:...}{quote} I'm picturing Larry Fine holding a skull and saying, "Alas, poor Yorick..."
You're close! Actually Moe had that line in the 1939 Stooges short YES WE HAVE NO BONANZA.
Check it out here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apiYk92weOA
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The opening titles music was entitled "Charming" composed by Louis Silvers. Columbia used it for several other films in the 1930's.