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> {quote:title=PrinceSaliano wrote:}{quote} > > {quote:title=thistledown wrote:}{quote} > > It was pronounced Zay-Soo according to an old friend who worked > > with her once... > > {quote:title=thistledown wrote:}{quote} > > It was pronounced Zay-Soo according to an old friend who worked > > with her once... > Yes, that's how Thelma Todd pronounces it in their shorts. > Here's Thelma telling us how to say it:

> {quote:title=JakeHolman wrote:}{quote} > B'days Aug 21... > > Carl Giammarese...The Buckinghams... > Mine, too. Thanks for the links. I knew about most of those others, but not the guy from The Buckinghams. I'm proud to share a birthday with him. They did some really good stuff for the old AM radio back in the late 60's.

> {quote:title=PrinceSaliano wrote:}{quote} > W.C. Fields to Gloria Jean in NEVER GIVE A SUCKER AN EVEN BREAK: > "You don't want to grow up and be dumb like ZaSu Pitts, do you?" > Monty Woolley's character made a crack about ZaSu in THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER, too.

There was a 1969 "Get Smart" episode called "Tequila Mockingbird". And did anyone ever do a parody of the book / movie and call it "To Mock a Killing Bird"?

I've not mastered the art of posting photos here, so here's a link to a nice early shot of Ann Sheridan, from her Paramount days (1934 - 1935) where she started out using her real name, Clara Lou Sheridan: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150472917633&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

More Ann Sheridan big hair photos - http://www.fanpix.net/picture-gallery/311/210311-ann-sheridan-picture.htm http://www.fanpix.net/picture-gallery/425/166425-ann-sheridan-picture.htm

> {quote:title=deadendkid wrote:}{quote} > Can anyone tell me the name of the film festival held in Utica, NY and when it occurs? > Hello, Might you be thinking of Capitolfest in Rome, NY (near Utica)? I went again last week (sorry you missed it!) as I have gone to every one. It was great, with many rare films shown. My friend Louie posted an excellent review of the event and films. Here: http://www.elbrendel.com/ And here's the link to the official Capitolfest site: http://www.romecapitol.com/capfestschedule.html

Local TV news just reported that President Obama and his family, vacationing on nearby Martha's Vineyard, visited a book store today and bought three books. One was "To Kill a Mockingbird". More than I really needed to know, but I'd just seen this post, so for fans of the book, I thought I'd share the news.

> {quote:title=PrinceSaliano wrote:}{quote} > We got a bonus Thelma Todd film (THE HOT HEIRESS). > Yes, always great to see Thelma in anything, even if she isn't given much to do, as in THE HOT HEIRESS. But that one does have a good role for another of my favorite pre-code ladies, Inez Courtney, as Tom Dugan's girlfriend. And the songs were fun. I wonder if anyone in the profession objected to the lyric "She could love a plumber or someone even dumber".

> {quote:title=MyFavoriteFilms wrote:}{quote} > Jim Backus...you see him in PAT & MIKE or REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE and it's like, Mr. Howell & Mr. Magoo all rolled into one. Actually, Jim had a great voice he used to make the most perfectly exaggerative, yet droll sounds. > Did you see in THE OPPOSITE SEX (1956) the other night a funny scene in which Jim Backus did his "Mister Magoo" voice?

> {quote:title=BeckyBaby wrote:}{quote} > I am looking to find the name of a movie that Pat O'Brien starred in where he was a policeman (that should narrow it down) who was overboard on arresting people, even at one point thinking about arresting his mother because she was breaking a trivial ordinance. I believe it had the word Lucky in the title. I think it was on TCM about six months ago. If someone could help me out, I will be forever beholden. > Thank you! > I believe that movie is THE GREAT O'MALLEY (1937) - Warner Bros. Info here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028955/combined Plot summary here: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=3355&category=Full%20Synopsis

> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote} > A side question----Which male star had the deepest voice?......My vote goes to Wallace Beery. Paul Stewart also comes to mind. > I think Wallace Beery's brother Noah had a deeper voice, especially when singing, in such movies as GOLDEN DAWN (1930) and COCKEYED CAVALIERS (1934).

> {quote:title=misswonderly wrote:}{quote} > Still wondering when to me the most obvious memorable female star's voice is going to be mentioned. initials J. A. (just doing this little quiz for fun) > Love everything about Jean Arthur, including her voice. I've seen many of her silent movies and it's funny how you still hear that distinctive voice even while reading the titles.

> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote} > > If you or anyone out there is watching "KING'S ROW" (close your eyes during Robert Cummings' appearance) there's just one scene I'd like you to check out. I think I've mentioned this in TCM's > last screening of this film. > > In the scene where Cummings goes away and Reagan and Sheridan see him off at the train station, Reagan goes from heartsick at losing his friend and then notices Sheridan there and > his change in attitude. So subtle, nice. Also, when Reagan rides her in his buggy and asks to > kiss her, I found Sheridan so sexy and charming in that little moment. It's a brief lovely moment. > Hi CineMaven, Yes I was watching...for perhaps the hundredth time! It's a favorite. And yes, I did notice those scenes you mentioned. There are so many great little moments in that movie.

> {quote:title=Timbreza wrote:}{quote} > Hello everyone, > > I'll be decorating my room and I got a bunch of lobby cards. My question is, do you frame them or do I simply slap it on the wall? > > Thank you in advance! > If you have any REALLY rare and valuable lobby cards, you should perhaps consider making good color copies and display those, however you decide to display them, to avoid any potential damage to the originals, especially if they might be in the path of direct sunlight.

> {quote:title=Carvel wrote:}{quote} > > Best insulting voice: *Clifton Webb* > After just watching THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER again, I think we can add Monty Woolley to that description.

> {quote:title=filmlover wrote:}{quote} > Some new releases: > > The Sellout (1952) > Tomorrow is Another Day (1951) > It's A Small World (1950) > Oil for the Lamps of China (1935) > Saadia (1953) > Santiago (1956) > As A big Shirley Mills fan I'm very happy to see that IT'S A SMALL WORLD is being released. It's another of these Warner Archive releases that have never shown up on TCM.

> {quote:title=mongo wrote:}{quote} > > Ava Gardner visits pal Lana Turner on the set This was taken on the set of THE MERRY WIDOW (1952) starring Lana.

> {quote:title=fredbaetz wrote:}{quote} >She was a very sharp business woman and had started a very successful cosmetics and clothing company. > Constance Bennett even starred in a short film called Constance Bennett Presents Her "Daily Beauty Rituals". It was filmed in Cinecolor at Hal Roach Studios in early 1937 while she was making TOPPER there. Accompanied by a music score of familiar Leroy Shield tunes from recent Roach productions she takes us through her daily skin care routines. Although she doesn't come right out and say it, if one is aware that she had her own cosmetics products line, the film comes across as a commercial for her products. The short is shown occasionally on TCM. Perhaps they will find a spot for it on October 22 between some of her movies being shown that day. It can also be found here on YouTube:

A favorite of mine that's not been mentioned yet: BEYOND TOMORROW.

> {quote:title=markbeckuaf wrote:}{quote} > Musicalnovelty, I'm grooving to that, and will be tuning in! > Hi Mark, I'll be groovin' with Connie that day, too. Looking forward especially to the pre-codes, but mostly to OUTCAST LADY (1934), one that I must have missed whenever it may have been on before. It looks like a remake of A WOMAN OF AFFAIRS (1928). Thanks, TCM for this and the rest of Connie day!

TCM has a day of Constance Bennett movies scheduled or October 22, 2010: Lady With A Past (1932) A good girl raises her popularity when she pretends to be bad. Cast: Constance Bennett, Ben Lyon, David Manners. Dir: Edward H. Griffith. BW-80 mins Rockabye (1932) A Broadway star tries to hold onto an adopted child and a younger man. Cast: Constance Bennett, Joel McCrea, Paul Lukas. Dir: George Cukor. BW-68 mins What Price Hollywood? (1932) A drunken director whose career is fading helps a waitress become a Hollywood star. Cast: Constance Bennett, Lowell Sherman, Neil Hamilton. Dir: George Cukor. BW-88 mins Outcast Lady (1934) A spoiled rich girl sacrifices her reputation to preserve her dead husband's memory. Cast: Constance Bennett, Herbert Marshall, Hugh Williams. Dir: Robert Z. Leonard. BW-77 mins Topper (1937) A fun-loving couple returns from the dead to help a henpecked husband. Cast: Cary Grant, Constance Bennett, Roland Young. Dir: Norman Z. McLeod. BW-97 mins Topper Takes a Trip (1939) A glamorous ghost helps a henpecked husband save his wife from gold-digging friends. Cast: Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Billie Burke. Dir: Norman Z. McLeod. BW-80 mins Merrily We Live (1938) A society matron's habit of hiring ex-cons and hobos as servants leads to romance for her daughter. Cast: Constance Bennett, Brian Aherne, Billie Burke. Dir: Norman Z. McLeod. BW-95 mins

Although CONFESSION is not among them, five other Warner Bros. Kay Francis movies from the mid-1930's have just been announced as new Warner Archive releases. Info here: http://www.wbshop.com/New-Releases/ARCHIVENEW,default,sc.html?src=EDWAC&adid=0810bWACNREml

> {quote:title=TikiSoo wrote:}{quote} > > > I love Frank McHugh & James Gleason too. Don't forget Robert Benchley, king of droll. I used to be city councillor in Bob's birthplace of Worcester Mass, and there's actually a BENCHLEY SQUARE in the center of town! > Oh, yes...Worcester is proud of Robert Benchley!

I was looking again at WITHIN THE LAW and noticed something funny about the Kino DVD cover. This is the Norma Talmadge Collection, so one would think they'd feature pictures of her on the front. Okay, yes there's a photo of her with Ronald Colman from KIKI. But why then, is the photo from WITHIN THE LAW a shot of Eileen Percy, not Norma?