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F-Man (1936 Paramount "G-Man" spoof).

Crane, Phyllis

Yes that's what I meant. But having been there and learning that Hearst himself used to refer to the place as his "ranch" instead of castle, I've always tended to do the same. But yes that's the place! Sorry for any confusion. And thanks for the clarification of its location.

Regarding this upcoming book on ZaSu, I wonder if the author mentions or even knows about the rare ZaSu Pitts short "Mother's Helper"? Anyone know how to contact the author?

Regarding the comments about how safe or unsafe Los Angeles can be: You could always do what I tend to do when I'm out there: spend all your time in the archives doing film research! That's usually pretty safe! But actually, I have done a lot of the suggested tourist activities, too. One that I don't think I've seen mentioned here (although a bit out of Los Angeles) is the Hearst Ranch tours (I say tours because as I recall there are at least four that are conducted simultaneously. One has to visit more than once to take them all.) Have a safe and fun trip!

A reminder, TCM: You still have all those great fun Hal Roach shorts: Charley Chase Thelma Todd, ZaSu Pitts, Patsy Kelly The Boy Friends The Taxi Boys And all those really interesting "All-Star" and musical Roach shorts. Please don't forget about these! We'd sure love to see them again. And what about all those that you haven't shown yet (Harry Langdon, Irvin S. Cobb, etc.)? When might we hope to see those? Just a reminder...

Very well put! Actually I do generally like Charlie Ruggles. He just doesn't seem to belong in this movie.

The question was "Anyone see Grey Gardens with Drew Barrymore?" No, I had to watch it alone. Only kidding... Actually, having little interest in anything made after the 1950's I'd never heard of it. But as Drew Barrymore is one of the very few current stars I like, let alone even heard of, I think I'd like to check this out. And from all these very well written posts on it, it does look quite interesting.

PrinceSaliano: As usual you speak for me. I love that fun early-1940's Universal "B" stuff! The Jivin' Jacks and Jills Donald O'Connor & Peggy Ryan Gloria Jean The "Mummy" sequels The Leon Errol, Hugh Herbert comedies Richard Arlen & Andy Devine The "Kansas" series Little Tough Guys Crime Club Inner Sanctum And so much more. If it's Universal (pre-1946) and it's 60 minutes, I'm there! .

I recorded this, but am not keeping it. Didn't care for it. I checked it out only because it has music by Manfred Mann, of whom I've always been a fan. Hoped there might be some songs or at least memorable incidental scoring. But no, just the title song done by some woman, not any of the Manfreds. Not my style. I'm not criticizing the movie itself. As many of these posts have indicated, lots of people like it. But I rarely have interest in anything made after the 1950's and seeing this thing has just made me even further feel that way. Just too weird.

mndean: You mention "Miracle of Morgan's Creek" while discussing Universal. I assume you know that "Miracle...." is a Paramount picture, not Universal. And I totally agree with you about Percy Kilbride in the Kettles movies..

My trivia question: It's something you would know only by seeing both films and watching closely.

Thanks gagman for the Colleen pictures. Now, if only we could see more of her movies...

"Out All Night" (1933) was the only one of the ZaSu Pitts & Slim Summerville Universal features that seems to have ever been on TV. That is possibly because Shirley Temple has a small role in it. Universal probably figures there's just no interest in the other films in the series so never made them available to TV or video. The only other of the ZaSu & Slim Universal features I've seen is "Her First Mate" (1933). Why that one? Because it has a famous director. Universal made a nice 35mm print of it a few years ago and it was shown as part of a William Wyler series. It was great to see in 35 on the big screen! But so far I've not seen it anywhere else. The other ZaSu & Slim Universals are hidden away in the vaults, apparenty. And we have to hope that if Universal ever decides to let us see them that they will look as good as "Her First Mate" did. Hey Universal and TCM! We want to see them! These are the titles: Unexpected Father (1932) Her First Mate (1933) Love, Honor and Oh, Baby! (1933) They Just Had To Get Married (1933) Love Birds (1934) There is one other Universal with ZaSu & Slim: "The Little Accident" (1930). It's a rare one but I've seen it and Slim and ZaSu don't have scenes together.

Be prepared...you may find Charlie Ruggles' comedy relief gets in the way of the good stuff way too often in "Murders in the Zoo". Still, it's a good one and I hope will be just one of many more pre-code Paramounts coming on TCM.

You said it! Seriously weird! Seriously! Weird!

They look like Burt Lancaster and Virginia Mayo in "South Sea Woman" (1953).

Georgiegirl: I agree. They ain't high art, but fun anyway. And I felt the same way...I seemed to enjoy them more years ago when I saw them for the first time. Still, good to see again. I'd tune in again if TCM wants to run the rest of the series. I'd forgotten about all the Abbott & Costello routines that the writers put in these Kettles movies (and A & C were even mentioned by name once!). Lots of other pretty good lines too... Ma: Pa, you got your shoes on in bed. Pa: That's okay, they're my good ones.

Okay the Day has come to identify Marceline. It's Marceline Day.

Happy Birthday today James Cagney! The James Cagney movie "Something to Sing About" (1937) is on TCM now. Trivia: what does this movie have in common with the "cult classic" "Tell Your Children" ("Reefer Madness")?

Cool Ma & Pa still... That one's from "Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm" (1951).

"His Double Life" (1933) is a personal favorite of mine. A very nice story nicely done by a good cast, especially the two stars, Lillian Gish and Roland Young. Although distributed by Paramount it was not produced or copyrighted by them, and has been public domain for years. Recommended for Lillian Gish's fans. Anyone else seen it? What do you think of it?

This story was also posted yesterday on the Hot Topics forum.

I'd never heard of this movie and ordinarily would never even have noticed it on the schedule (I'm mostly into pre-1950's movies). But always been a big fan of Manfred Mann (I must have over 30 albums by them) so I will have to check it out for the music at least. Thanks for posting this info.

Believe it or not, I thought of saying that. too! But I didn't want to risk it showing up 9 times!