musicalnovelty

Sorry about that, everyone! Hey the alleged joke wasn't that good! TCM, can't these posting problems be fixed? Either I can't get on and post at all, or this happens!

You mean mix them all up in one big Kettle?

You mean mix them all up in one big Kettle?

You mean mix them all up in one big Kettle?

You mean mix them all up in one big Kettle?

You mean mix them all up in one big Kettle?

You mean mix them all up in one big Kettle?

You mean mix them all up in one big Kettle?

You mean mix them all up in one big Kettle?

You mean mix them all up in one big Kettle?

Hey the shot looks just as good either way. Probably a lot of stills we see published are actually flipped, but we don't know it. But then you see some with some kind of printing or the still number reversed and you wonder if maybe they thought we wouldn't notice.

You said it! And they're all still good fun today!

I guess one could say that the Ma and Pa Kettle movies were "pretty much all the same": showcases for Marjorie Main's rambunctious performances as Ma Kettle. One major difference with some was that Percy Kilbride (Pa Kettle) (one of my favorite people in the series) was not in the last few movies in the series. But all of them are fun and I've always enjoyed them. If one sees just a few the regular characters become familiar and we look forward to seeing them again. Some interesting character actors turn up in the films, too. So check them out and have fun with them!

coopsgirl: Regarding the still of Colleen Moore and Gary Cooper and comment about changing places with Colleen: I'm wishing I could change places with Mr. Cooper!

Where do you see these posters? Are they on the TCM website?

Yes that is Fredric March with Clara Bow. It is a posed shot from the 1930 Paramount comedy "True to the Navy". .

That one could be "You Can't Run Away From It" (1956) starring June Allyson and Jack Lemmon, a remake of "It Happened One Night" (1934). http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049973/combined .

Okay, for everyone who has been waiting for the answer to my Evalyn Knapp-Three Stooges trivia question, here finally is the answer: Evalyn had a brother named Orville who had a band. They recorded for Decca and Brunswick from 1934 to 1936. One of Curly Howard's odd jobs just before joining The Three Stooges in 1933 was as a "guest conductor" for live appearances by Orville Knapp and his Orchestra. Curly had a comedy act in which as he conducted his suit would fall apart little by little until he was left wearing just his underwear with a big padlock on the back. .

So when Vivien left was she told to pack your trunks and hit the road? No, that's what they'd have told the elephants!

Yes "Syncopation" sure does have some great music and musicians in it! And Connee Boswell is certainly one of the best! Thanks for posting those nice images from the film. I have one lobby card and one still...and coincidentally the still is the exact same one you posted! But guess what? The one you posted is "flipped", I mean for some reason reversed. I have my original ( RKO S-ADV-37, NSS 42/157) right here and Bonita & Jackie are facing the other way.

PrinceSaliano: You mentioned the familiar theme music used for the end cast lists for Universal movies. We've all heard it hundreds of times. Have you ever wondered what the name of that tune is, who composed it, and exactly when and how often it was used? The name of the music is "Strange Faces", composed by Frank Skinner for the 1938 Universal picture "Strange Faces". It was used as end cast list music for a total of 219 different Universal movies between 1938 and 1945. In 1938 it was used 4 times. In 1939: 35 times. In 1940: 43 times. In 1941: 38 times. In 1942: 39 times. In 1943: 31 times. In 1944: 26 times. In 1945: 3 times. It was heard incidentally in two other Universal movies and in at least two trailers. I wrote a detailed article on that music, along with a complete listing of usages, appearing in the March 2008 issue of "Classic Images". .

Any idea which TV version will be included? 1955 or 1959? Probably 1955.

Republic was ahead of its time: from 1939 to 1945 they put the credits at the ends of their movies.

Those movies are the Dr. Kildare series (MGM, 1938 - 1947) starring Lew Ayres and Lionel Barrymore. Barrymore played Dr. Gillespie

"The First Auto" has one of my all-time favorite Vitaphone music scores.