musicalnovelty
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> {quote:title=mark83 wrote:}{quote}
> Any fans of this lovely actress
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Absolutely!!
She's 98 this year.
Some info:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0137638/bio
And some pictures:
http://www.fanpix.net/gallery/mary-carlisle-pictures.htm
And more:
http://www.doctormacro.com/Movie%20Star%20Pages/Carlisle,%20Mary-Annex.htm
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> {quote:title=BCBill wrote:}{quote}
> Wikipedia write that detailed closing credits did not become common until the 1970s. It notes only two movies, Around the World in 80 Days and West Side Story had detailed closing credits.
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Some other pre-1970's films that had all or most of their credits at the end:
TWO SECONDS (1932) - WB
HOLLYWOOD PARTY (1934) - MGM
THE BALLAD OF PADUCAH JAIL (1934) (Hal Roach short)
CONFESSIONS OF A NAZI SPY (1939) - WB
CITIZEN KANE (1941) - RKO Radio
THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER (1941) - RKO Radio
THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (1942) - RKO Radio
SYNCOPATION (1942) - RKO Radio
FOREVER AND A DAY (1943) - RKO Radio
THE NAKED CITY (1948) - Universal-International
MACABRE (1958) - Allied Artists
THE ANGRY RED PLANET (1959) - A I P
HELP! (1965) - UA
And all Republic features and serials between 1939 and 1945.
And I'm sure I'll think of more...
What others can anyone think of?
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> > > Watching WAY FOR A SAILOR for the first time tonight! Grooving! Boatload of drunkards (on and off film), funny stuff! Poignant though too, when thinking of what happened to John.
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> > You sure you don't mean THE CAPTAIN HATES THE SEA? Your description fits that one more than WAY FOR A SAILOR.
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> Yes, and I edited my entry to reflect that! Gosh, sorry about that!
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I had a feelin'!
I notice that you and I are often "on the same page" as far as what we like about TCM.
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> {quote:title=markbeckuaf wrote:}{quote}
> Love both teams!!! They rock!
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You said it, Mark!
Love all four of them guys!
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> {quote:title=markbeckuaf wrote:}{quote}
> Watching WAY FOR A SAILOR for the first time tonight! Grooving! Boatload of drunkards (on and off film), funny stuff! Poignant though too, when thinking of what happened to John.
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You sure you don't mean THE CAPTAIN HATES THE SEA? Your description fits that one more than WAY FOR A SAILOR.
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> {quote:title=misswonderly wrote:}{quote}
> I am serious. I do not know who Bob Dorian is. Yes, I know I can "google" him and find out, but I'd kind of like it if someone here explained who he is and why he seems to be so revered. Was he a previous TCM host? Perhaps my excuse for never having heard of him is that I live in Canada, and maybe I never got whatever tv station he is/was on. Every now and then his name comes up.
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I'm sorry no one has answered your question about Bob Dorian yet. It is a perfectly natural question from someone who has not seen the channel he was on.
Bob Dorian was a movie host on AMC (American Movie Classics) back when they ran classic old films with no commercials, roughly late 1980's to mid-1990's.
Here's more on AMC:
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> {quote:title=MyFavoriteFilms wrote:}{quote}
> Or maybe THE TWO MRS. CHRISTMAS CARROLLS.
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Good one!
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> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote}
> > ...I've just come back from a whirlwind trip to Massachusetts.
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I thought I sensed a friendly spirit in the area!
Hope you had a nice visit.
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> {quote:title=sved wrote:}{quote}
> Sounds great. But the entire day is unavailable to TCM Canada. I would have liked to have watched these films.
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The reason, as has been noted here before, is that TCM is unable to show Hal Roach films on TCM - Canada.
And there are so many Roach films on the schedule on Thelma's Day that they must have figured it was just easier to scrap the whole day and give Canada a different star on the 30th than to dig up different Thelma Todd movies to replace all the Roach ones that cannot be shown.
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> {quote:title=ValentineXavier wrote:}{quote}
> I recommend keeping a pitcher of icewater by your side. Or, if you have a big screen TV, maybe two pitchers, maybe lemonade...
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Is that what they meant when they used to say "Motion pitchers are your best entertainment"?
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> {quote:title=ziggyelman wrote:}{quote}
> Sally Blane, Loretta Young's sis as many of you know....
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Thanks SO MUCH for all the beautiful Sally Blane photos!
I've always been a much bigger fan of hers than of her famous sister's.
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> {quote:title=ziggyelman wrote:}{quote}
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> Oh well, some naughty chorus gals, and some fairly well known ladies in the last two, which I downloaded so long ago, I can't remember their names!!! Anyone know who they are????
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I know what the last two are from, but just to be complete, I'll identify all of them:
DIPLOMANIACS (1933) - Wheeler & Woolsey.
PALMY DAYS (1931) - Eddie Cantor, Charlotte Greenwood, unidentified chorus girls.
WONDER BAR (1934) - two unidentified chorus girls.
DAMES (1934) - Hugh Herbert, Guy Kibbee, unidentified chorus girls.
HOT FOR PARIS (1930) - Polly Moran, Fifi D'Orsay.
HOT FOR PARIS (1930) - El Brendel, Victor McLaglen, unidentified chorus girls.
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> {quote:title=PrinceSaliano wrote:}{quote}
> What did they replace it with?
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I'm not sure what replaced it. It was scheduled for the 16th. I don't have the original schedule saved anywhere to refer to, and I'm not sure how to access it any more.
It may be A FEATHER IN HER HAT at 6:00 A.M. (eastern) that replaced it.
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> {quote:title=PrinceSaliano wrote:}{quote}
> The bright spots...SUBMARINE RAIDER (rare Columbia
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SUBMARINE RAIDER - yes, I noticed that one, too! A highlight of the month for me...something that's actually never been on before, and that I've never seen before.
But, being a Columbia, here's hoping it's still on the schedule when broadcast day rolls around.
And speaking of rare Columbias, I was VERY disappointed that the absolute highlight of the month of September on TCM for me, the 1931 Columbia feature LOVER COME BACK has been dropped from the schedule.
It's a very rare one, an early talkie with Betty Bronson! Now it's gone. I hope TCM will try again to get this one.
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John Gilbert & Thelma Todd = TV on 24 hours!
Peter O'Toole = give the TV a rest all day.
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> {quote:title=mongo wrote:}{quote}
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> Rita Hayworth marries Dick Haymes in 1953 with her daughters close by
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Regarding the Rita Hayworth & Dick Haymes photo:
Who dropped their keys all over the floor?
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That's great that SUNNY SIDE UP in scheduled, but how can we be sure it's the newly restored print? Has that been confirmed anywhere?
And why is it in a 90-minute time slot (it runs 121 minutes). And why do they list it as being in color? Looks like there still needs to be some schedule adjusting done.
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Even though WEST OF BROADWAY (1931 - MGM) was not among the movies shown on John Gilbert Day on TCM, I thought the following review of the movie would be of interest to his fans here:
From the "Motion Picture Herald", August 22, 1931, page 32:
Review by Leo Meehan
WEST OF BROADWAY
(MGM)
Post-War Drama
If it was the purpose of M-G-M to lead John Gilbert up to the guillotine and end the waning popularity of one of the most popular stars the silver screen has ever known, then WEST OF BROADWAY is a great success. Unless this was the purpose the picture may be described as the most monumental piece of cinematic stupidity on record.
To make a man of Gilbert's former standing and favor with screen audiences the world over a yellow-livered, unchivalrous, drunken brute throughout the picture, and then expect an audience to acclaim him as a hero in the last ninety-five feet of the picture, immediately after he has shaken his wife around the room in the manner of a terrier destroying a rat, because he draws her to his bosom and cries "I love you" is just a little too much for anyone to accept, and enjoy.
It is significant that the preview audience at the Alexander Theatre in Glendale last night laughed when Gilbert tried with futile strength to make himself a hero in these last few moments. Expressions of sympathy for Gilbert were heard on all sides as the audience left the house.
Curiously enough, WEST OF BROADWAY presents Lois Moran in one of the finest performances she has ever given. As the girl who married Gilbert when he returned from the war, ill and alone except for the ministration of a dumb but worshipful Swedish buddy from the trenches (El Brendel), Miss Moran easily and gracefully won the hearts of the audience. If there was the slightest excuse for the treatment which Gilbert accorded her in the role she so brilliantly portrayed, this reviewer missed it. It should also be recorded that El Brendel was most effective in his typical comic vein.
(The review concludes with a plot summary).
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> {quote:title=mongo wrote:}{quote}
> Trailer trash...not
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> Jean Harlow
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Thanks Mongo for all the cool pictures!
Regarding the one of Jean Harlow... So she REALLY WAS reading a book the other day...
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> {quote:title=Guness wrote:}{quote}
> I have just joined TCM today. What prompted me was the mention of an issuing of TCM trading cards. I did not hear the full announcement, can anyone fill me in on the offer?
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Here's how to enter:
http://www.tcm.com/2010/suts/sweepstakes.jsp
Has it ever been stated how and when the winners will be notified?
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> {quote:title=hamradio wrote:}{quote}
> Ever noticed how short the theatrical *Intermissions* are? There is not enough time to go to the restroom or grab a snack. A 5 min Intermission can be welcomed for *long* movies.
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I guess that could be called Intermission Impossible!
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> {quote:title=FrRonald wrote:}{quote}
> Is the Al Jolson short A PLANTATION ACT available on dvd?
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Yes.
Details here:
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> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote}
> Me, driving in the mountains with my ex-wife:
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lyS9FYUcXc&feature=related
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Hey, drive carefully, Fred!
We need you around here.
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> > I always thought my grandmother looked like Zasu Pitts. When I told my mother that, she told me not to tell my grandmother, that she would be insulted! I guess that was because Zasu played characters that were, well, a bit pixilated, to use a term from a film.
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> It would have been a compliment! She was incredibly over looked and talented!
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> The term pixilated came from one of my favorite movies "It All Came True" I am pretty sure it did.
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The term "pixilated" as applied to two eccentric sisters in a movie was actually used first in MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936). The term and the two actresses to whom the description was applied in that movie caught on so quickly that later that same year (1936) in the Paramount comedy LET'S MAKE A MILLION the ladies (Margaret Seddon and Margaret McWade) were introduced in the credits as "The Pixilated Sisters" and naturally, played the same type of characters as in MR. DEEDS. And they went on to play similar eccentric sisters in a few later movies. I've read somewhere that Seddon and McWade had actually created the characters much earlier and had played them in Vaudeville.
And I agree with you completely about ZaSu being overlooked (as an accomplished dramatic actress) and being talented. While it may have been good for a quick laugh in the movies where Fields and Woolley joked about her, it's kind of a shame that it was being implied that she was dumb.
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Thelma Todd Day - Mon. Aug. 30
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> {quote:title=VP19 wrote:}{quote}
> Did an entry on the upcoming Thelmafest at my blog, "Carole & Co.":
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> [Thelma Todd at Summer Under The Stars|http://community.livejournal.com/carole_and_co/333555.html]
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Great post!
But I assume you know that in the photo with Patsy Kelly, that's Marion Davies (it's from GOING HOLLYWOOD, 1933) , not Thelma Todd.