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Los Angeles Times obituary report for Our Gang star Dorothy DeBorba:
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-dorothy-deborba-20100605,0,4564703,full.story
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> {quote:title=myidolspencer wrote:}{quote}
> Most are aware of Dennis Hopper just dying. but TCM need a day in his honor. He did (72 flix)
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He is getting an evening and all-night tribute on June 8.
From TCM's Home Page:
Important schedule change on TCM to honor Dennis Hopper on June 8th
In memory of Dennis Hopper, who died on May 29th, TCM will present a five-film tribute to the actor/director on Tuesday, June 8th.
The current schedule will change to reflect the following on June 8th:
8:00 PM The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
10:15 PM True Grit (1969)
12:30 AM Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
2:30 AM Easy Rider (1969)
4:15 AM Night Tide (1963) TCM premiere
TCM Remembers Dennis Hopper 1936-2010
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Former Our Gang star Dorothy DeBorba passed away on June 2, 2010.
She was one of the last surviving Our Gang kids from the early 1930's period. She was a very nice lady and I am glad to have met her several times over the years at Sons of the Desert events. I was interested to talk with her about what she did later after outgrowing the Our Gang films.
IMDb listing:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0213496/
By the way, the IMDb filmography is incomplete. Dorothy told me that she also appeared in the 1935 Fox feature DANTE'S INFERNO starring Spencer Tracy. It was her last film.
After retiring from films in 1935 she managed to get back into the business in the mid-1940's...but in a unique way. She was hired by Republic Pictures as one of a group of girls who would ride bicycles around the lot delivering mail and messages. I was pleased to surprise her one day with a an unidentified photo I found of three young ladies on bikes delivering mail on the Republic lot...and there she was, one of the three. She said she had never seen that photo before.
Thanks Dorothy for all the films and friendship!
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Former Our Gang star Dorothy DeBorba passed away on June 2, 2010.
She was one of the last surviving Our Gang kids from the early 1930's period. She was a very nice lady and I am glad to have met her several times over the years at Sons of the Desert events. I was interested to talk with her about what she did later after outgrowing the Our Gang films.
IMDb listing:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0213496/
By the way, the IMDb filmography is incomplete. Dorothy told me that she also appeared in the 1935 Fox feature DANTE'S INFERNO starring Spencer Tracy. It was her last film.
After retiring from films in 1935 she managed to get back into the business in the mid-1940's...but in a unique way. She was hired by Republic Pictures as one of a group of girls who would ride bicycles around the lot delivering mail and messages. I was pleased to surprise her one day with a an unidentified photo I found of three young ladies on bikes delivering mail on the Republic lot...and there she was, one of the three. She said she had never seen that photo before.
Thanks Dorothy for all the films and friendship!
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> {quote:title=hamradio wrote:}{quote}
> Glad *Metropolis* is not taking *forever!*
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> For those few who get the pun, hope I didn't give you a heartattack!
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Yes, I got it!
No heart attack, yet!
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I'm not as handsome or as well-dressed as Mr. Osborne, but I will try to help with your question anyway, as he is not known to post here.
I'm not sure what that film is that you're asking about, but here's a listing of Peggy Cass's movies and TV shows. I hope that by looking into these you can figure out the answer.
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Schedule change:
The Saint and Lone Wolf movies originally sceduled for Tuesday, June 8 are being replaced by an all-night Dennis Hopper tribute.
Important Schedule Change on TCM to Honor Dennis Hopper on June 8th
In memory of the Dennis Hopper, who died on May 29th, TCM will present a five-film tribute to the actor/director on Tuesday, June 8th.
The Current Schedule Will Change to Reflect the Following on June 8th:
8:00 PM The Sons of Katie Elder (?65)
10:15 PM True Grit (?69)
12:30 AM Rebel Without a Cause (?55)
2:30 AM Easy Rider (?69)
4:15 AM Night Tide (?63) [TCM premiere]
TCM Remembers Dennis Hopper 1936-2010
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> {quote:title=Geostan wrote:}{quote}
> I see that TCM has scheduled a couple of the Bomba movies with Johnny Sheffield for August 5. That's good news. I've emailed John to let him know. I'm sure he'll be happy to hear that. The films are The Lion Hunters and African Treasure. Get up early. They start at 6 am.
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It'll be nice to see them again. The only time I ever saw that series was in the early 1980's when Boston channel 25 showed them.
And be sure to stay tuned all day for more of Woody Strode.
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> {quote:title=drednm wrote:}{quote}
> The highlights seem to be John Gilbert, Ann Sheridan, Lee Remick.
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And Thelma Todd!
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.... the duds are Bob Hope...
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Hey, Bob Hope ain't no dud...well, except for most of his later movies!
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> {quote:title=sfpcc1 wrote:}{quote}
> The island girl was very cute. She sort of looked like a teenage Shirley Temple.
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You must mean Jean Porter.
Yes she sure was cute!
Here are some pictures:
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> {quote:title=musicalnovelty wrote:}{quote}
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> > I just don't understand why we are watching Clint Eastwood movies today.
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> I'm not watching.
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It's okay to give the TV a rest for a whole day...or even two.
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> {quote:title=scsu1975 wrote:}{quote}
> Just a guess, but it's probably to recognize his heroic efforts as the military pilot who drops napalm on the title monster in Tarantula.
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Nothing against Clint.
Hey, I'd be watching "Tarantula" if it was on today. But most of his stuff is just too new for me and not my style.
When it's Thelma Todd Day or
John Gilbert Day or
Joe E. Brown Day or
Basil Rathbone, Ann Sheridan, Norma Shearer, Bob Hope, Ethel Barrymore, Kathryn Grayson, Margaret O'Brien days (to pick a few from the August schedule)....the good OLD stuff, then I'll be watching.
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> {quote:title=PaulaJo wrote:}{quote}
> I just don't understand why we are watching Clint Eastwood movies today.
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I'm not watching.
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> {quote:title=mongo wrote:}{quote}
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> Gene Tierney sans makeup
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Nice Gene Tierney photos. Thanks for posting them.
The "sans makeup" photo is on the set of her 1940 movie "The Return of Frank James".
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Then it said
THE END
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
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Kyle:
You're a great poster poster (and that ain't double-talk!)
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Kyle:
You're a great poster poster (and that ain't double-talk!)
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> {quote:title=lupinofan wrote:}{quote}
> in the movie "thousands cheer" which was a good movie and all, but did they really have to have all those cameos in the movie? a good 15-20 minutes or so of that movie was taken away from the main focus. we didnt need to have judy garland, margaret o'brien, or lucille ball taking up all that time as the movie wasnt about them.
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> but i must say i cracked up at mickey rooney imitating clark gable and making fun of people, but that whole thing really didnt need to be in the movie. it should maybe included a couple acts before the trapeze(that did involve the movie characters).
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Yes, Donna Reed was in there as a guest star. It was shown as part of Donna Reed Month, but they wisely didn't run it during prime time, as she was only a guest star with one short scene.
Why all the guest stars and extra stuff? This movie was typical of MGM....too much, too big, but still very entertaining.
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> {quote:title=Bob_Rorke wrote:}{quote}
> Dear Mr. Osborne;
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> In your comments last night before the showing of "For Whom the Bell Tolls" you mentioned that for the first year after release, the film could only be seen by "road show distribution."
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> If I heard you correctly, I would like very much to know what "road show distribution" is?
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or me.
But let's not forget that way back at the start of this there was a question.
Well, I'm sure someone may be able to answer this a bit more eloquently, but basically I think a road show engagement for a film means showing a longer version at a higher price, and sometimes for a longer time.
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> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote}
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> There is a review of TCM Movie Data Base where the guy claims to have seen THE BIG PARADE on Public TV some 40 years ago. Had to be the sound re-issue. And it might not have been quite that long ago?
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Yes, THE BIG PARADE was shown on Public TV in the 1970's.
It was syndicated by Gold Key Entertainment in a package called "Silent Classics Package" in January 1972. There were 13 MGM silent features in the package. All had music scores and sound effects added, but I don't recall any of the scores being particularly interesting or memorable. The prints of the few that originally had disc scores (Our Dancing Daughters, West of Zanzibar, A Woman of Affairs) did not have those scores restored yet.
The movies were presented in a two-hour time slot, so THE BIG PARADE had to be edited for time.
In the Boston area they were shown on local PBS channels 2 and 44 (and I also was able to see some of them on Providence, R.I. channel 36) in 1973 and 1974 under the series title "Films of the Gatsby Era".
These are the 13 titles in the package:
The Big Parade
The Crowd
Flesh and the Devil
He Who Gets Slapped
Love
The Monster
The Mysterious Lady
Our Dancing Daughters
The Scarlet Letter
The Temptress
The Unholy Three
West of Zanzibar
A Woman of Affairs
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> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote}
> musicalnovelty,
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> Well, looking at the list again, maybe around 5 or 6 themes were used by Carl Davis. For whatever reason, David Mendoza is not specifically credited, but He actually co-composed allot of the original music with Dr, William Axt.
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> TCM is working on still working on getting the new restoration. They hope to have it before to long. I know that Chuck Tabesh has been anxious to be able to broadcast the new mater. Additionally, there are some other exciting projects coming up as well.
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TCM showed the "MGM Parade" episode again this morning that includes the clip from "The Big Parade" that appears to be from the 1931 sound reissue. Listening closely I was able to match up the scene with the listing of music cues I posted and the scene seems cover selections 125 through about 134.
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> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote}
> musicalnovelty,
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> This is very interesting. I've never seen a complete list of melodies used for the score before. But once again, this was essentially a variation of the same Axt-Mendoza score that had accompanied the original Road Show Edition 1925 New York Premier live, and subsequently and ran for nearly two years. The major difference being that some scenes were cut, and the number of instruments were scaled down to probably 30 studio musicians for the recording. Along with the added sound effects. So excessive in that one clip that I have seen, that they are rather an unwelcome intrusion.
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gagman:
I'm glad you found that info interesting. That was a lot of typing! But knowing what a fan you are of that movie I wanted to share it.
Does anyone know if there are prints of that version (1931 reissue with music score) around? I'd sure like to hear some of those tunes used in the score.
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> {quote:title=MovieFanLaura wrote:}{quote}
> NINE GIRLS wasn't on today, it was replaced by Marjorie Reynolds in MEET ME ON BROADWAY. I suspect they couldn't get a print.
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All day yesterday one of the "Top Searches" indicated at the top of the Home Page has been the 1944 Columbia feature NINE GIRLS that was listed then pulled from the schedule for May 24.
So, TCM Programmers, you can see how much this movie means to so many of us! Please keep trying to get it shown on TCM.
It is too bad that it was not able to be shown as originally scheduled on May 24, as that would have been a timely tribute to one of the nine girls in the movie, Shirley Mills, who passed away just a few weeks ago.
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Audreyforever wrote:
Wait a minute---- Madame Curie twice??? Look at Margaret O'Brien's day and then Walter Pidgeon's day.
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I noticed that "Somebody Up There Likes Me" and "The Last Voyage" are also being shown twice.
IN MEMORIAM (Obit Thread)
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Yvonne Stevens, 1920s silent-film comedic and dramatic actress, has died at age 104
Yvonne Stevens had supporting roles in a handful of films in the 1920s under the name Yvonne Howell. She also served as a nurse's aide during World War II.
By Adam Bernstein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Yvonne Stevens, 104, an actress who appeared in silent-film comedies and melodramas and was the first wife of Academy Award-winning director George Stevens, died of a heart ailment May 27 at her home in Hollywood.
Stevens won Oscars for "A Place in the Sun" (1951) and "Giant" (1956) and was one of Hollywood's most versatile directors, with credits ranging from the Fred Astaire musical "Swing Time" (1936) to the Holocaust drama "The Diary of Anne Frank" (1959). Their son, George Stevens Jr., is founding director of the American Film Institute and co-founder and producer of the Kennedy Center Honors.
Mrs. Stevens was a "bathing beauty" for slapstick comedy innovator Mack Sennett in the 1920s and had supporting roles in a handful of films under the name Yvonne Howell. They included the drama "Fashions for Women" (1927), helmed by the pioneering female director Dorothy Arzner; and the western "Somewhere in Sonora" (1927), opposite the popular cowboy star Ken Maynard.
While making the second film "in one of Mexico's canyons," as it was reported at the time, Maynard rescued Mrs. Stevens and another actress from a runaway horse-drawn wagon.
Obeying the director, the two women were driving the buckboard when the horses apparently were frightened by action on the set. The horses sped off, turning a planned make-believe runaway into a real one as the buckboard headed down a narrow canyon path "alongside of which was a yawning chasm several thousand feet deep."
Maynard, the article noted, was a gifted stuntman. He leapt atop his horse, Tarzan, caught up to the speeding wagon, grabbed the reins and brought it under control. The account noted, "50 members of the company testify to its happening."
Julia Rose Shevlin was born in Chicago on July 31, 1905. She settled in California with her mother, Alice Howell, a vaudevillian who appeared in many comedy shorts.
In 1928, Yvonne Howell met George Stevens, then a novice cameraman, at comedian Oliver Hardy's house. They married in 1930 and divorced in the late 1940s. He died in 1975.
Besides their son, of Washington, survivors include three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
After her film career ended, Mrs. Stevens was a nurse's aide at Army hospitals in Southern California during World War II and later served as a volunteer tutor.