musicalnovelty

> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote} > I saw that film the other morning. I thought Sara Haden had a bit of sex appeal in this. Henry Daniell is his usual stiff self. There seemed to be an element of silent film melodramatic acting in this. Who was the girl he fell head over heels over? > Hi CineMaven! You mean his assistant Tonya? She was played by Marla Shelton.

> {quote:title=Swithin wrote:}{quote} > One of my favorite bar scenes -- and opening scenes -- is in the film *One Way Passage*. It's an incredible tracking shot of a huge bar in Hong Kong, which has several parts to it -- an Italian bar, a Russian bar, a British bar, a French bar, and an American bar. I saw the scene re-used in another, lesser known film recently, on TCM, but I forgot the film! But it was definitely the same scene. > Other films with long tracking bar shots are THE LOCKED DOOR (1929) - UA The "Shanghai Lil" number in FOOTLIGHT PARADE (1933) - WB. Could you be thinking of one of those?

Child actor, Our Gang kid Jerry Tucker - November 1. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0875893/bio

Charles Laughton in Captain Kidd (1945) and Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)

> {quote:title=hamradio wrote:}{quote} > > Did you expect *more!* Her facial expression? Read here http://www.archive.org/details/Ekstase > Well, if they're stating that "Algiers" is an MGM movie, how reliable is anything else they say?

> {quote:title=hamradio wrote:}{quote} > Why does it seems that early Hollywood had the most beautiful actresses? > > *Dorothy Dell* > > Thanks for remembering Dorothy Dell, always one of my favorites, and for the beautiful picture. It's nice to find someone else who even knows who she is!

> {quote:title=HarryLong wrote:}{quote} >I can't recall any MGM films that used the approach, though. > Dinner at Eight (1933) Meet the Baron (1933) Hollywood Party (1934) Edited by: musicalnovelty on Nov 2, 2010 2:21 AM Edited to add: The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934) The Women (1939) You're right...MGM didn't do many.

> {quote:title=TikiSoo wrote:}{quote} > Carson brings that physical aspect to every film, no matter if it's a comedy or drama. I wonder if he was considered a scene stealer or ham by his collegues? > I've always liked Jack Carson in everything I've seen him in, even when he's playing a nasty character (such as in the 1954 "A Star Is Born"). TikiSoo: You've made some very good observations that will have me looking closer at his performances in the future. Regarding him being a scene stealer or a ham, and how colleagues felt about him, there is one story I will relate. Again, let me repeat that I like Carson and don't mean to "bash" him here. Actor/comedian Emil Sitka had a bit role in the 1950 Columbia comedy "The Good Humor Man" which starred Jack Carson. Emil was a naturally funny creative actor. He couldn't help coming up with funny ideas and ad-libs. He worked mostly in comedy shorts (he's well-known and loved by Three Stooges fans) where, once the directors got to know him and got used to him, his improvisations were appreciated for their brilliance and sometimes left in. Emil was not a scene-stealer or one who tried to upstage the star or anyone else. He recalled that in "The Good Humor Man" he came up with an ad-lib in his one scene, and Jack Carson got mad and yelled at him, "Hey I'm the only funny man in this picture. You just do as you're told!"

I completely agree about CINEMA PARADISO. It is an excellent suggestion for anyone interested in foreign films (and for any movie fan for that matter). And coming from me, who very rarely has interest in any films made after the 1950's this rave recommendation means a lot! The acting is superb all around. Excellent music score, too. And I also agree that one should see the shorter version first (and you'll be okay too, if you never even see the long version).

> {quote:title=soohauke wrote:}{quote} > hello twice i have missed the very end of this movie. can anyone tell me how it ends? thanks much. > I hope this will help: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=26611&category=Full%20Synopsis

> {quote:title=BixB wrote:}{quote} > Outside of GOLDDIGGERS OF 1935 and her first film, STREET OF WOMEN, what else do they own? > When you ask "What else do they own?" I assume you mean Warner Bros. and RKO Radio Pictures that are usually easier for TCM to access than Universal and Fox Pictures are. In addition to the two you mentioned, Gloria Stuart also starred in these two Warner Bros. Pictures: "Here Comes the Navy" (1934) "Maybe It's Love" (1935) And she appeared in the following RKO Radio Pictures: "Sweepings" (1933) "Wanted: Jane Turner" (1936) She also starred in the 1935 RKO Radio Picture "Laddie" but that one unfortunately is not available to TV and so has not and probably will not ever be shown on TCM.

Watch for Johnny's father Reginald Sheffield in a small role in the opening scenes of "The Lady Eve" on TCM tonight.

> {quote:title=atcmviewer wrote:}{quote} > > The film is about 12min long I believe, but 60 Minutes only showed snippets of it. A complete version is on youtube, but in low quality. So someone needs to show this in hi quality, preferrably in HD, because the whole point of seeing it is to see all the little details and human behaviors captured from days gone by. > The complete film, in excellent restored quality is here: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6964752n&tag=related;photovideo With commentary: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6966797n&tag=contentMain;contentAux

> {quote:title=phroso wrote:}{quote} > That was mentioned earlier in this thread. Oddly, MURDER HE SAYS does not give a credit to its composer. Whoever he was, his estate should be entitled to a huge settlement from NPR. > Mentions have been made of the music (or lack of it) in MURDER, HE SAYS and of the little song that turns up throughout. The exact title of the song and its composer are uncredited onscreen, so I thought I'd take a look at the film's original music cue sheet and see what it says. It reveals that the uncredited composers are Robert Emmett Dolan and Joseph J. Lilley. And finally we now know the official title of the song. Here is the listing, in order of appearance, of all the musical selections in MURDER, HE SAYS, as listed on the Paramount music cue sheet, dated December 11, 1944: (I have decided to reprint the listing exactly as given on the original cue sheet, including the repeated listing of a selection each time it is performed again.) 1. Murder He Says Prelude (Main Title) (Robert Emmett Dolan), Based on Mysterious Code Theme by Joseph J. Lilley. - Background instrumental. 2. Mysterious Code Theme (Joseph J. Lilley). - Background instrumental. 3. Mysterious Code Theme (Lilley). - Visual vocal. 4. Mysterious Code Theme (Lilley). - Visual vocal. 5. Mysterious Code Theme (Lilley). - Visual vocal. 6. Mysterious Code Theme (Lilley). - Visual vocal. 7. Mysterious Code Theme (Lilley). - Visual vocal. 8. Mysterious Code Theme (Lilley). - Visual vocal. 9. Mysterious Code Theme (Lilley). - Visual vocal. 10. Harmonium Note - Visual instrumental. 11. Mysterious Code Theme (Lilley). - Visual instrumental. 12. Mysterious Code Theme (Lilley). - Visual instrumental. 13. Mysterious Code Theme (Lilley). - Visual instrumental. 14. Mysterious Code Theme (Lilley). - Visual vocal. 15. Mysterious Code Theme (Lilley). - Visual vocal. 16. Mysterious Code Theme (Lilley). - Visual instrumental. 17. Harmonium Chord - Visual instrumental. 18. Harmonium Discord - Visual instrumental. 19. Mysterious Code Theme (Lilley). - Visual instrumental. 20. Harmonium Discord - Visual instrumental. 21. Mysterious Code Theme (Lilley). - Background vocal. 22. Mysterious Code Theme (Lilley). - Background vocal. 23. Mysterious Code Theme (Lilley). - Visual vocal. 24. Mysterious Code Theme (Lilley). - Visual vocal. 25. Mysterious Code Theme (Lilley). - Visual vocal. 26. Mysterious Code Theme (Lilley). - Visual vocal. 27. Ad Lib Humming - Visual vocal. 28. Mysterious Code Theme (Lilley). - Visual vocal. 29. Murder He Says Finale (End Title) (Robert Emmett Dolan), Based on Mysterious Code Theme by Joseph J. Lilley. - Background instrumental.

> {quote:title=hhislandgirl wrote:}{quote} > Does anyone know the name of the movie about a mermaid found by a fisherman on holiday. The mermaid returns with him to England. > This is probably the one you're thinking of: "Miranda" (1948) - Details: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040597/combined And there was a sequel: "Mad About Men" (1954). Details on that one: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047199/combined Both have been shown on TCM and might be shown again.

> {quote:title=Scottman wrote:}{quote} > Have you seen any of the shorts he made at Columbia? Are they any good? > Yes, I've seen most of them. Sorry to report that the Columbia shorts are among the offenders that mis-used El Brendel's talents and usually had him running around doing what any other comic could (and did) do in typical Columbia shorts. Many of his Columbia shorts were remakes of earlier shorts. And further demonstrating how they really didn't know what to do with him, they tried teaming him up with various partners, usually with unimpressive results. Some of the Columbia shorts are okay, and I would still recommend checking them out if you can find them. Then you can decide if you want to see more. But just bear in mind that if they seem lame and silly (or absolutely awful), don't necessarily blame Brendel. He would rather have been doing the kind of comedy he did best, such as his vaudeville act, but in most films, especially the Columbia shorts his talents were wasted.

> {quote:title=HarryLong wrote:}{quote} > > You're certainly very good at jumping to conclusions & then berating me based on your assumptions. As it happens I was _not_ referring to the gentleman who has the El Brendel site. I was refrring to someone who posts on another board (& is a friend, by the way... so my description of him as an "idiot" was in jest) and claims to head up the El Brendel Fan Club - whose membership is limited to himself. > Sorry, I had no intentions of "berating" you. Just sticking up for my pal. And it's nice to hear that there's another El Brendel fan out there!

> {quote:title=mongo wrote:}{quote} > > May Robson is impressed with Billy Benedict's rope tricks on the set > Thanks Mongo, for another cool "behind the scenes" shot. That one is from the 1935 Universal Picture "Three Kids and a Queen" (just another one we hope can eventually turn up on TCM some day...)

> {quote:title=HarryLong wrote:}{quote} > Do you really hold these outrageous opinions or do you just post them to try stirring up trouble? > I thought the guy who heads up the El Brendel Fan Club was an idiot, but... > If you don't like El Brendel that's fine. But you shouldn't criticize those who do. As far as I know there is no El Brendel Fan Club and probably hasn't been one since the early thirties, if even then. So you may be referring to the guy with the Brendel blog/website. How can you say he's an idiot? Do you know him? It happens that I do and consider him a very good friend. He is most certainly NOT an idiot, but caring and generous good guy and friend. And may I point out that his research on El Brendel has been most impressive and has led to many of our mutual friends gaining a new appreciation for Brendel as a very talented performer who unfortunately was not often enough given opportunities in films to really show his talents to the best advantage.

> {quote:title=traceyk65 wrote:}{quote} > > Aaaaand: > > The great-grandmother of all catfights--Dietich and Merkel in Destry Rides Again: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHk86NsGIv8 > That seems to be the most well-known movie fight between two ladies in a classic film, but another that I think is just as good is the fight between Penny Singleton and Ann Miller in the 1941 Columbia comedy-musical-western "Go West, Young Lady".

> {quote:title=mongo wrote:}{quote} > > Buster Keaton and his boys carving up the furniture? > That's a gag shot taken during Buster's 1931 MGM feature "Sidewalks of New York".

> {quote:title=PrinceSaliano wrote:}{quote} > We need Buck Jones on TCM. > Buck Jones for Star of the Month! (After Joel McCrea, of course!)

> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote} > Ed, > > Here is another still you might not have seen. Couldn't tell if this is from THE WHITE SISTER? I don't think so. Don't remember those funny looking pointy things on her habit at all. > > > Hi Gagman, Welcome back! Regarding that Lillian Gish picture, and those funny pointy things...you know what those are? They're not really part of the original still. Those were painted on later by someone to indicate or suggest where the still could be cropped or trimmed for use in a magazine or ad. Those marks are usually white, and actually can be cleaned off of stills if wiped VERY gently and carefully with a slightly damp cloth. So, considering the costume and the still's letter code "WS", I would say that it is from "The White Sister".

> {quote:title=ValentineXavier wrote:}{quote} > No, I didn't think you were copying my answer. Even if you had, it would be no foul, since there was no answer posted here. I'll admit I had to rack my brain for about 5 minutes until I remembered the film title, so I was disappointed to see my reply had vanished. > > I checked my daily "Forum Watch Digest" e-mail, and my post was indeed listed in it. When I clicked the link, I found only my reply, not the original post, and it was in the Foreign Films forum. And you saw it in yet another forum. Truly weird, the floating post! > > And, yeah, I also wonder if the original poster will find where it migrated to. > I think what happened was that the original poster must have posted the question in both the Foreign Films and the Ask Robert Osborne forums, just to get more people to see it, not thinking to also post it here in Infomation Please. Then some time early Monday a Moderator saw the question in both places and chose to move it to this forum and to retain only one of the two responses.

> {quote:title=ValentineXavier wrote:}{quote} > This is very weird. This post was in Foreign Films last night, and I posted the answer, Rene Clement's 1952 film *Forbidden Games*. Now the post has moved here, and my reply is gone. Well, at least you got your question answered... > I think when I answered this, it was in the "Ask Robert Osborne a Question" forum. Then some time after I answered it, it was moved here. If it was also in Foreign Films I never saw it there. Just wanted you to know I didn't "copy" your answer! Now we have to hope that the original poster thinks to look for the answer here.