musicalnovelty
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> {quote:title=JarrodMcDonald wrote:}{quote}
> I think Loretta Young had two sisters in show biz. They appeared with her in THE STORY OF ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, playing her sisters in the movie. I don't remember their names. One of them was married to Ricardo Montalban.
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Loretta's sisters were Sally Blane, Polly Ann Young, and Georgiana Young.
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Juanita Quigley (still with us) and older sister Rita (passed away in August 2008).
Arthur Lake and sister Florence.
Chester Morris and brother Adrian.
Joan Blondell and sister Gloria.
Jeanette MacDonald and sister Marie Blake (Blossom Rock).
James Cagney and sister Jeanne and actor / producer brother William.
Frank McHugh and brother Matt and sister Kitty.
Joan Leslie and sisters Mary and Betty Brodel.
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Nobody has yet mentioned the Beery family:
Brothers Wallace and Noah. And there was also another brother William, who was an actor.
And Noah's son Noah, Jr.
And Wallace's daughter Carol Ann even did some film and radio work.
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How many of Kathryn Grayson's fans know that she had a sister named Frances Raeburn who also made a few movies? Frances appeared with her famous sister in the 1942 MGM feature SEVEN SWEETHEARTS and had small roles in a few other MGM pictures in the early 1940's. Then Universal gave her a leading role in their musical SWING OUT, SISTER in 1945. And she was very good in it. Beautiful and charming just like her sister. And a good singer, too. But that was it for Frances in the movies.
Here's info on Frances:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0706076/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0706076/bio
And a picture from 1950:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330402133028&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
And a still from SEVEN SWEETHEARTS showing the two sisters:
http://kathryngraysonfan.com/photogallery/displayimage.php?pid=36&fullsize=1
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> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote}
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> *Birthday Girl Dorothy Janis who turned 100 years old on Friday.*
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Thanks gagman for remembering and mentioning Dorothy Janis' 100th birthday. She certainly was beautiful and memorable in "The Pagan".
Here's more on the birthday girl:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0417644/maindetails
http://rsparlourtricks.blogspot.com/2006/02/she-traded-her-sarong-for-apron.html
http://nomadicjoe.blogspot.com/2010/02/happy-birthday-dorothy-janis.html
More pictures here:
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> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote}
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> *Birthday Girl Dorothy Janis who celebrated her 100th on Friday!*
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Thanks gagman for remembering and mentioning Dorothy Janis' 100th birthday. She certainly was beautiful and memorable in "The Pagan".
Here's more on the birthday girl:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0417644/maindetails
http://rsparlourtricks.blogspot.com/2006/02/she-traded-her-sarong-for-apron.html
http://nomadicjoe.blogspot.com/2010/02/happy-birthday-dorothy-janis.html
More pictures here:
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> {quote:title=Jenetico wrote:}{quote}
> I watched 3 hours of great old, old movies on our local PBS station last night.
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What did they show?
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> {quote:title=chigurl66 wrote:}{quote}
> I have seen a lot of movies that have won Oscars for Best Picture. However, I was reading about the film Cavalcade which has not been aired on TCM. It seems like an interesting film. I have requested this movie to be shown.
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That one is shown on The Fox Movie Channel a few times a year. I hope you can catch it there.
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> {quote:title=mr6666 wrote:}{quote}
> >I wish there were some way we could actually tabulate the most shown films, search the schedule >database or imdb or something...
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> Great idea! All we're getting here is opinion and/or speculation, neither being very helpful.
> I'd appreciate some factual information.
> Surprised that some of the board long-timers might not know how to find out.
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I do have all the schedules saved since sign-on day (April 14, 1994) but what a job that would be to tabulate a complete list by going over all those!
TCM must have the info documented somewhere just for their own records, though.
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> {quote:title=JonnyGeetar wrote:}{quote}
>> on pure speculation, i would say a place in the sun is the most overplayed of the year. i cannot believe i forgot to mention it in my list, i see other people who have shouted it out. props to them.
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Yes, I'm one who keeps mentioning A PLACE IN THE SUN every time this topic comes up again. I just want to keep reminding TCM that at least once every two dozen times they show the 1951 film can't we get to see the 1931 version at least just once?!
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Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler.
Charley Chase and Thelma Todd.
Edgar Kennedy and Florence Lake.
Roscoe Arbuckle and Buster Keaton.
Shirley Temple and Bill Robinson.
Donald O'Connor and Peggy Ryan.
Richard Arlen & Andy Devine (lots of fun Universals!)
Frankie Darro and Mantan Moreland. Just watched them in ON THE SPOT (Monogram - 1940) tonight while TCM was stuck in the 1970's.
Ted Healy and Nat Pendleton worked very well together in a few movies at MGM in the mid-1930's.
And some of my favorite lesser known (but not lesser funny) comedy teams:
Wheeler & Woolsey
Clark & McCullough
Al Shaw and Sam Lee
Karl Dane & George K. Arthur
And Rowan & Martin. Even with all the talent on their TV show, some of my favorite parts were when the two of them would just talk and Dick would try to tell a story or whatever. Funny team, they were.
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Hey, Warner Archives...keep that pre-code and early talkie stuff coming!
Thanks!
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> {quote:title=zasupittsfan wrote:}{quote}
> Respect.
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El Brendel is cool. A very talented guy who unfortunately was never given enough film (or television) roles to display his talents. He really didn't want to always be playing the dumb Swedish guy. But that's what they all wrote for him.
A good friend is the number one El Brendel fan in the universe and has an excellent site devoted to El:
He also covers a lot of other stars and topics in addition to El, mostly silent and pre-code eras.
Go back through his older posts and find amazingly cool & rare shots and info on favorites such as Janet Gaynor, Joan Blondell, Wheeler & Woolsey and many more.
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> {quote:title=HollywoodGolightly wrote:}{quote}
> > {quote:title=musicalnovelty wrote:}{quote}
> > As one who has spent hours, no, days...make that weeks in the archives threading up the 35's & 16's on these, I can say that what we're seeing in the promo is a film's-eye view of a Steenbeck machine, a flatbed film editing machine, also used for viewing.
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> musicalnovelty,
> Thank you very much for explaining what that machine is called. Since I didn't know what the name for it was, it was kind of hard for me to refer to it specifically. I think it is a great idea that they used this.
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> Yesterday I went to the theater to watch Shutter Island, and in the so-called "pre-show", they showed the TCM promo for "31 Days of Oscar" - and it was so great to watch it in a large theater screen, with a pretty big audience!
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It must have been so cool to see that on a BIG screen!
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I'm surprised nobody else has yet commented on what this promo is showing, or at least what the images are clearly inspired by.
As one who has spent hours, no, days...make that weeks in the archives threading up the 35's & 16's on these, I can say that what we're seeing in the promo is a film's-eye view of a Steenbeck machine, a flatbed film editing machine, also used for viewing.
Here's more info and pictures:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steenbeckhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steenbeck
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> {quote:title=janp wrote:}{quote}
> Does anyone know the title of this movie...
> Not sure of the year black and white movie about a wealthy family they hire a nanny I think their were four children,father falls in love with the nanny, the mother does seem interested in the children, They nanny takes the children on vacation , I remember something about special hot chocolate and snow, and then the fathers comes to join them.... does this sound familiar to anyone? Please help.. Thanks in advance
> Janp
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On the slight chance that you could possibly be mixing up the plots of two different movies in your memory, part of the description you gave sort of fits the 1941 Columbia movie ADAM HAD FOUR SONS.
Here are some details:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033314/combined
and:
http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=27862&category=Full%20Synopsis
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> {quote:title=robinlane wrote:}{quote}
> Am I crazy or is that Kim Novak as the dancing date for Gilbert Roland?
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Now, which question do you want me to answer first?
--- Groucho Marx
No, seriously, IMDb lists her as Lucy Knoch.
Here's more:
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> {quote:title=casablancalover wrote:}{quote}
> > h4. Gene Pitney Showtime
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Here's one of my favorite Gene Pitney songs. Just because it's so different and wacky!
Gene's attempt to go psychedelic in 1967:
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"A Place In the Sun" (1951) was on AGAIN the other night...for the 96th time it seemed! And still NOT YET ONCE have we seen the 1931 version on TCM.
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> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}
> What later films dealt with mental illness? THE THREE FACES OF EVE? ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST? LILITH? DAVID AND LISA? What else?
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How about OF MICE AND MEN (1939).
And of course, the Three Stooges short SCRAMBLED BRAINS (1951)!
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> {quote:title=lzcutter wrote:}{quote}
> *But All About Eve receives the second highest number of hits. I guess they don't have an agreement with Fox to show it.*
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> *Eve* premiered on TCM within the last two years. As with many Fox films, it was for a limited run of three or four showings.
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If there are only 3 or 4 runs for Fox films I guess they've used up "The Grapes of Wrath" already.
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That still of Kim Novak is from the 1957 Columbia feature "Jeanne Eagels".
(For all those who may have been wondering).
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Thanks for the great picture of Lilian Bond (note correct spelling of her first name).
She's always been one of my faves!
Here's a listing of her films:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0093988/
Some biographical info:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0093988/bio
More pictures:
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> {quote:title=mr6666 wrote:}{quote}
> thanks, mark,
> but been there, done that, twice already.
> maybe if I keep it up, I'll get a whole free year out of them, all delivered 15 days too late. woopee.
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I had that problem a few years ago: about one out of three issues would never arrive and I had to keep calling for replacements.
Playing Against Type
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Robert Mitchum in HOLIDAY AFFAIR (1949).