musicalnovelty
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> {quote:title=adore_annette wrote:}{quote}
> National Velvet (1944) - Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney, Angela Lansbury
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And how can we forget Juanita Quigley?
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One of my favorites is a very obscure British crime mystery called JOHNNY YOU'RE WANTED (1955).
It's got nobody you're likely to know well in the cast, a nice opening song over the titles, a hilarious scene in a joke shop, and some really funny business involving a strong woman and the police, and a very nice ending.
Anyone else ever seen it?
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> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote}
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> For years Ive been getting Ralph Morgan and Frank Morgan mixed up. Ha, now I realize they were brothers.
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You're not the only one. I have a portrait still of Ralph Morgan from the 1934 feature THE LAST GENTLEMAN and the studio itself misprinted his name on it as Frank Morgan!
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> {quote:title=TikiSoo wrote:}{quote}
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> Was it by any chance the one with "My Baby Said Yes" number with the dancing girls making the train with props?
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No, that was PALMY DAYS (1931).
FORTY LITTLE MOTHERS did include one song by Eddie Cantor, "Little Curly Hair in a High Chair". But it was no big production number like in his earlier Goldwyn movies such as PALMY DAYS.
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THE UNDER-PUP (Universal, 1939) -
Gloria Jean
Jean Porter
Ann Gillis
Dickie Moore
Billy Lenhart
Kenneth Brown
And if this question had come up just a few months ago we could also have listed the recently departed Shirley Mills.
Another:
WOMAN DOCTOR (Republic, 1939) -
Sybil Jason
Joan Howard
Dickie Jones
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> {quote:title=sfpcc1 wrote:}{quote}
> I know by the time The Bowery Boys series ended in the late 50's Huntz Hall was past 40, to old be any kind of boy.
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Many comedians such as Laurel & Hardy and The Three Stooges are affectionately referred to by their fans as "the boys" at all ages.
I think Bowery Boys fans feel the same way, especially after having seen so many of them literally grow up on the screen.
But I certainly agree with you about Huntz Hall.
So, Bowery Boys fans, here's a question:
At what point should Monogram/Allied Artists have changed the name of the series to reflect the stars' advancing ages, and what new series title should they have used?
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> {quote:title=TikiSoo wrote:}{quote}
> > {quote:title=ziggyelman wrote:}{quote}
> > it got me thinking...I wonder how many movies have at least 2 actors still amongst the living???
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> National Velvet: Mickey Rooney & Elizabeth Taylor
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NATIONAL VELVET actually has four actors still alive:
Add Juanita Quigley and Angela Lansbury as Elizabeth Taylor's two sisters.
And a possible fifth: Terry Kilburn.
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> {quote:title=misswonderly wrote:}{quote}
> This is a rather frivolous thread topic, but because I've been writing about our favourite things, movies, so much lately on this site, I have been giving more thought than usual to what exactly we call them. I usually use the two words, "film" and "movie" interchangeably, but there are subtle differences, "nuances" to each term.
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I sometimes use each term interchangeably, such as in cases where I'm writing an article or program notes and don't want to use the same word too often in the same sentence or paragraph.
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> {quote:title=breezyrobin wrote:}{quote}
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> Tonight, The Poor Little Rich Girl 1926 with Mary Pickford and being shown right not is the Shirley Temple version... I've been requesting the 1926 version on "Suggest A Movie" for about 4 yrs now and I thought it was finally here... Had it scheduled on the DVR for days and days and now, WHAT A LET DOWN...
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With a little common sense and familiarity with the TCM schedule it should have been obvious which versions of these movies were going to be on TCM.
On Shirley Temple night last week, of course they were going to run her version of "Poor Little Rich Girl".
And on a Saturday morning when TCM has been running The Bowery Boys several months now on Saturday mornings, then of course they are going to be showing the Bowery Boys' "Triple Trouble", not a 1918 Charlie Chaplin short.
I don't see why there was ever any need to even bring up these questions.
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> {quote:title=Arturo wrote:}{quote}
>HOLLYWOOD CAVALCADE.... with Don Ameche, is an entertaining account of Hollywood's history until then, also featuring silent greats like Buster Keaton, Charlie Chase, Ben Turpin.
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Charlie (Charley) Chase had no involvement in HOLLYWOOD CAVALCADE.
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> {quote:title=lzcutter wrote:}{quote}
> Sounds like *The boys From Syracuse* aka *Helzapoppin*
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It appears you are saying these are the same movie?
They are two different films.
Details on each:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032276/combined
And:
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> {quote:title=Octobercat wrote:}{quote}
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> For more than 50 years, I have been trying to find out the title of a movie that I saw on television as a child.
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> I remember only one scene from the movie. In that scene, the actress is wearing a blindfold and carrying a tray of items as she walks around a room filled with people.
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> The movie was aired on television on Saturday, November 7, 1959. Because we got only a few television stations at that time, I assume that it was on a Philadelphia or New York City station.
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> Could you possibly find out what the movie was -- and who the actress was?
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> Thank you!
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I have the TV Guide right here for that week (#345, with Jack Benny on the cover). I looked closely at all of the movies and TV programs for that entire day and don't see anything that sounds like what you describe. I realize it was a long time ago, but can you try to give any more information?
Such as: was it on during the day or evening?
Was it a feature movie, or possibly a television show?
Can you remember anything else that happened in the movie?
I'd scan all the pages in for you if I knew how. But I hope you can think of something else that will help me find it for you.
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> {quote:title=rayallen wrote:}{quote}
> Is it *Between Two Worlds*, 1944?
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Or it could be the 1930 version, OUTWARD BOUND.
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> {quote:title=yanceycravat wrote:}{quote}
> I've been told So This Is Africa has been shown on TCM but certainly not in the last 6 years and quite possible not the last 10.
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SO THIS IS AFRICA was shown on TCM five times in the station's first year & a half or so (1994 - 1995). But not since then.
I agree it's way overdue to be on again.
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> {quote:title=markfp2 wrote:}{quote}
> While it's never a good thing to see any business go under, it won't effect me. I'm probably the only person in the country who never had a Blockbuster card.
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Hi Mark,
I never did either. I never go there.
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Hal Roach short coming!
THE CHASES OF PIMPLE STREET (1934) - Charley Chase.
Wednesday, July 14 at 7:39 P.M. (eastern)
This is the Chase short in which he and leading lady Betty Mack sing the popular tune of the day, "You Gotta Give Credit to Love". Most Chase fans consider his songs to be highlights of the films. They're catchy, clever, and frequently do fit in with the story. Chase wrote many of the songs himself, often sharing co-writing credit with Roach studio resident musical genius Marvin Hatley, and others such as actors Billy Gilbert, Eddie Dunn, and also writer - director Walter Weems.
"You Gotta Give Credit to Love" is one of the best, and is performed charmingly by Chase and Miss Mack. But something that many Chase fans may not know is that this was actually NOT a Chase or Hatley original. It was a hit song already popular at the time it was included in this short. It was written by the team of Sigler, Goodhart & Hoffman (but Charley Chase did provide a few lines of parody lyrics for his version). The song was recorded on 78 RPM records by the bands of Johnnie Davis and Don Bestor (I have both) in September and October 1934 and so would still have been currently being heard on the radio at the time this Chase short was released on December 22, 1934.
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Hal Roach short coming!
THE CHASES OF PIMPLE STREET (1934) - Charley Chase.
Wednesday, July 14 at 7:39 P.M. (eastern)
This is the Chase short in which he and leading lady Betty Mack sing the popular tune of the day, "You Gotta Give Credit to Love". Most Chase fans consider his songs to be highlights of the films. They're catchy, clever, and frequently do fit in with the story. Chase wrote many of the songs himself, often sharing co-writing credit with Roach studio resident musical genius Marvin Hatley, and others such as actors Billy Gilbert, Eddie Dunn, and also writer - director Walter Weems.
"You Gotta Give Credit to Love" is one of the best, and is performed charmingly by Chase and Miss Mack. But something that many Chase fans may not know is that this was actually NOT a Chase or Hatley original. It was a hit song already popular at the time it was included in this short. It was written by the team of Sigler, Goodhart & Hoffman (but Charley Chase did provide a few lines of parody lyrics for his version). The song was recorded on 78 RPM records by the bands of Johnnie Davis and Don Bestor (I have both) in September and October 1934 and so would still have been currently being heard on the radio at the time this Chase short was released on December 22, 1934.
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> > {quote:title=filmlover wrote:}{quote}
> > So what did they show?
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> A 5-hour version of Les mis?rables, in French.
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Yes, that 1934 French version of "Les Miserables" was several hours long, and in three parts (but quite interesting in its many differences from the more familiar Fredric March version). When it finally ended with just about 33 minutes left before the next feature, "Have a Heart" they ran the Lillian Roth short "Masks and Memories" (1934), as scheduled.
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> {quote:title=Neilski wrote:}{quote}
> " I had the Blues because I had no shoes..............
> Until I met a Man on the street - who had no feet"
> Neil
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A Roches fan, eh?
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> > {quote:title=musicalnovelty wrote:}{quote}
> > Don't miss the fun Lillian Roth short MASKS AND MEMORIES (1934) on TCM early Monday morning.
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> Isn't that the one where she sings "Sophisticated Lady" ?
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Yes, that's the one!
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Don't miss the fun Lillian Roth short MASKS AND MEMORIES (1934) on TCM early Monday morning.
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> {quote:title=calvinnme wrote:}{quote}
> I'd always heard that the Hal Roach film library belonged to Hallmark. Now the release of these three Hal Roach films through the Archives makes me wonder. Exactly what films, including those of Laurel and Hardy, does Warner Brothers have rights to? What about the Roach shorts including those of Patsy Kelly, Thelma Todd, and Charley Chase? Just wondering. If they own them it would be nice to see them come out through the Archives since it is obvious Hallmark isn't interested in doing anything with them, at least in Region 1.
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Hal Roach had been distributing his films through MGM since 1927. In 1937 he decided he wanted to switch his films' distribution to United Artists. But as it was explained to me years ago, Roach still had time left on his MGM deal, and in order for him to get out of the deal early MGM said okay you can go to UA, but to cancel your contract early we want to retain ownership of some of your feature films.
I'm not sure how these were selected as the films that stayed with MGM, but these are the seven Roach features:
Fra Diavolo (The Devil's Brother) (1933)
Vagabond Lady (1935)
Bonnie Scotland (1935)
Mister Cinderella (1936)
General Spanky (1936)
Nobody's Baby (1937)
Pick a Star (1937)
They have always been part of the MGM TV packages and basically considered MGM movies, not Hal Roach movies ever since then.
So that is why many of these movies have been shown on TCM, released on video or DVD by MGM, or, Warner Archives in the case of these new releases.
Any Hal Roach experts out there are welcome to add more info...
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The just posted October schedule includes two Alice Faye movies:
Oct. 10 - In Old Chicago (1938)
Oct. 17 - Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
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> > And Star of the Month, Fredric March with *Death of a Salesman* which, I believe, is a premiere.
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> Oh wait it is on the schedule? That's the first thing I looked for when I read he was SOTM but I couldn't find it.
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I didn't see it on there either.
Film stars gone too soon...
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> Dorothy Dell-she died in a car crash at only 19. She had only made 3 films but had shown promise for her role in "Little Miss Marker" with Shirley Temple.
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Thanks for remembering the beautiful Dorothy Dell, one of my favorite movie ladies.
She actually made four films. Before her three Paramount features she made a Vitaphone short called PASSING THE BUCK (1932).