musicalnovelty
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Being into 1930's movies not 1970's movies I was unfamiliar with the Mongo reference you said inspired your name. I always thought your name was a reference to the Planet Mongo in the Universal "Flash Gordon" serials (1936, 1938, and 1940). That's the only movie-related Mongo I know.
But wherever it came from, so glad you're here! You did a great job on TCM last week, and on everything you do here, too.
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Regarding Donald O'Connor's "Me and My Shadow" number I believe his dancing double was Louis DaPron.
And, not wishing to pick on Robert Osborne, but in his comments after the movie he made another minor goof. Although the title of the movie was inspired by the hit record by singer Dorothy Shay, she did NOT appear in the movie.
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The shooting dates for "Louisiana Hayride" were March 22 through April 11, 1944. How does that coincide with the date of birth of Judy's daughter?
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Know this one, too.
But I'll just leave a hint for someone else: This is from when this young lady was at Warner Bros. in 1938 at the start of her movie career.
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I believe I've seen this lady on various roads...Singapore, Zanzibar, Morocco, Utopia, Rio, Bali, and even Hong Kong. She's usually in the company of a couple of funny guys...
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I am also very glad to see this coming on TCM. And I want to thank TCM especially for this reason: TCM has (seemingly) dozens of MGM movies that Marjorie Main is in, but instead of just taking the easy route and running one of those, they went to the extra effort to go to Universal to get this one that they've never shown before. So thank you, TCM! This kind of thing is noticed and appreciated!
I saw this many years ago on a local station and have an old tape of it around here someplace. But it will be great to see it again, this time on TCM, uncut and uninterrupted.
Any Donald O'Connor fans who enjoy his work in "Singin' in the Rain" don't miss his excellent song & dance number to "Me and My Shadow" in this.
And, Three Stooges fans, watch for future Stooge Joe Besser.
Just caught Robert Osborne's into. This movie actually was made before, not during Donald's series of "Francis the Talking Mule" movies at Universal-International, as RO said.
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Well, I've held off on this one for over an hour, just to give someone else a chance. I'll check back later to see if anyone's guessed it.
But meanwhile, I will say that even though this future superstar's role in this movie was very small, I hope she had a "ball" doing it.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY
April 22
to
Dancer/choreographer/actress
Sylvia Lewis
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0507785/
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Photo #1 looks like "Enchantment" (1948) with David Niven, Teresa Wright and Jayne Meadows.
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Shemp;
That's great that they're finally getting around again to some of the Hal Roach shorts, although "Three Chumps Ahead" was recently shown.
You must be a Stooges fan. Going to the Fan Club Meeting?
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You do a great job with the pictures.
Keep up the good work georgiegirl!
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TCM has shown "No Greater Glory" twice now, but unfortunately I doubt it's available for purchase on any home format, such as DVD.
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She's a gem of a girl (a ruby to be exact) who went from 42nd Street on a footlight parade to hanging out "by a waterfall" with Dick Powell.
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Well, ok I know it's not one of your relatives this time!
It's Mary Astor.
And what a pretty picture it is, too!
(From "Don Juan" - 1926)
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I have the MGM production numbers list and was going by the number 343 on the still. Number 343 is "The Cossacks".
I must admit I don't know the movie as well as you do (wish I did!), but that's MGM #343.
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"Prince of Players" (1955) is a 20th Century-Fox movie, so it is more likely to show up on The Fox Movie Channel than on TCM.
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Yes, one of The Avalon Boys was Chill Wills. The other three were Don Brookins, Art Green, and Walter Trask.
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Nice picture of Renee Adoree - "different look".
I'm sure you know, but since you didn't say, let me add that it's from "The Cossacks" (1928 - MGM).
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Happy Birthday Harold Lloyd, and thank you TCM for a day of Harold's films!
You know how sometimes you watch a favorite movie for the hundredth time and see something that you hadn't thought of before?
Watching "The Milky Way" I noticed something I thought I would ask the experts about.
In one scene Adolphe Menjou talks to William Gargan from behind a very big tree. It is photographed so that all we see is Menjou's hand and hear his voice.
Menjou was occasionally ill during production of "The Milky Way" causing some interruptions in the production. So I was wondering: was the scene I described just a clever idea to shoot an ordinary scene, or was it a necessity due to Menjou's illness and unavailability?
Anyone else notice any similarly filmed scenes?
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Three Wise Girls on July 10 will certainly be a highlight of the month's schedule for me. I have always wondered why Columbia never made that one available to television before, or released it on home video. After all, it's got Jean Harlow!!
They did at least strike a nice print for theatrical screenings, and I did get to see it several years ago as part of a "Columbia Before the Code" series.
So it will be nice to see it again, on TCM this time.
And, pre-code fans, don't miss the other rare Columbias also scheduled on TCM on July 10.
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Yes that was Lee Tracy.
It was quite a scandal at the time. Tracy was not only fired from the movie "Viva Villa!" and replaced by Stuart Erwin, but was fired from MGM.
He did manage to keep working, though, at other studios.
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You know, I actually did think of Lee Tracy after making that list I posted. I looked back at the list and don't think Mr. Tracy appeared in any of those films.
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The title of the Three Stooges short in which they perform the "Niagara Falls...slowly I turn" routine is "Gents Without Cents" (1944).
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It ain't workin' for me either...
Oh, that face, that fabulous face. Whose is it?
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Correct you are! It's Susan Hayward.