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markbeckuaf said... Then it's the luscious and elegant Constance Bennett, along with Neil Hamilton and Helen Vinson in the pre-code TWO AGAINST THE WORLD (1932), followed by Bogie doing the honors again with the remake, same title, from 1936, though it often goes by ONE FATAL HOUR. However, I do have a question here: isn't this a remake of FIVE STAR FINAL instead??? ************************************************ The 1936 title TWO AGAINST THE WORLD is a remake of FIVE STAR FINAL (1931), this time set in a radio station. But when these movies were sold to TV in the late 1950's they changed the title on the prints of the remake to ONE FATAL HOUR to avoid confusion with the 1932 movie TWO AGAINST THE WORLD which was also in the same TV package. The 1932 movie TWO AGAINST THE WORLD has absolutely no other connection to the 1936 movie of that title.

Don't forget, Saturday morning, May 25 at 7:42 A.M. (eastern time) after the feature HELL BELOW (1933): The rarely shown Charley Chase short SHERMAN SAID IT (1933). This one has been shown only once before on TCM, way back on Sept. 25, 2007.

Yes, light bulbs. All those films feature unique and unusual ways of breaking light bulbs: IT'S A GIFT - many light bulbs broken by the blind man Mr. Muckle in W.C. Fields' store. OUR RELATIONS - light bulb broken in James Finlayson's mouth. WHO DONE IT - Light bulbs in electric signs broken to spell out a message. LISTEN, JUDGE - light bulb broken in Shemp Howard's ear.

That's Helen Parrish. She died, sadly at only age 35.

No, not eggs. But, like eggs, it's something fragile. But unlike eggs, it's something that never should be broken.

That's Dorothy Coonan, who was married to direcrtor William Wellman.

That's Frank "Junior" Coghlan. The serial he is known for is THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MARVEL (1941). But he was also well-known for his freckles!

Hey I kinda like that - "Betty Bop". Someone should make a new Betty Bop cartoon where she bops along to 1950's jazz music!

The Harold Lloyd films coming tonight will be a TCM highlight of the YEAR!! Thanks so much to all involved for arranging for these to be shown!

The last girl posted is Eilene Janssen. As you noted, she wasn't a regular in any TV show - the closest she got may have been playing the same role in three different episodes of "Make Room for Daddy". But she did have her own movie series. It lasted only three entries, but she and Michael Chapin were "The Rough-Ridin' Kids" in three Republic westerns in 1951-1952. Also, when Hal Roach decided to revive the Our Gang series in the late 1940's (in color features, not b&w shorts this time) Eilene was one of the kids in the new gang. But the magic was gone, as they say, and the films were nowhere as good as the pre-1938 Our Gangs so it was perhaps just as well that only two "new Our Gang" movies were made. At least Eilene got out of being stuck in that series and was free to continue with a very active career in movies and TV from then on. I believe she is still with us.

That's Turhan Bey.

They don't run this one very often, in fact my records show it has been on only once before, way back on September 25, 2007. So, don't miss it this time!

MilesArcher said... It's a small rural town with big old homes. Roseland Cottage, as I remember, faces the village green, which was so typical of small New England towns. It's away from major highways and there's very little traffic. The fair is actually in South Woodstock, where musicalnovelty's grandparents lived. Roseland Cottage is probably about a mile from there. Who knows, if his grandparents lived there in 1959. maybe they would be in the background in some of the scenes... ***************************************************** My grandparents moved to South Woodstock in the early-to-mid-1960's, so they missed being in the movie!

MilesArcher said... You got 'em alright, musicalnovelty. Why am I always amazed that you would know these somewhat obscure character actors? If you showed these photos to a thousand people on the street, no, make that ten thousand, I doubt if more than a few would know any of them. ************************************** Hey, who can ever forget The Weenie King? Or Julius Tannen's memorable role in the film-within-a-film in SINGIN' IN THE RAIN?

She started out in the early 1930's as Jacqueline Wells, and then in the early 1940's when she went to Warner Bros. she (or they) changed it to Julie Bishop.

Okay, I think I got 'em: Robert Warwick Torben Meyer Julius Tannen Arthur Hoyt Robert Dudley

Charley Chase short coming up on TCM: Saturday morning, May 26 at 7:42 A.M. eastern time: SHERMAN SAID IT (1933).

Parts of THE MAN IN THE NET were also filmed at Raceland in Framingham, Mass. (just a mile from where I live!) Here's some info on Raceland: http://historicframingham.blogspot.com/2009/09/raceland.html I had read in some long-lost article back in the 1970's that part of that movie was filmed right in my backyard in Framingham, but could never find out any more details about it. When I got to know Susan I asked her if she knew anything about filming there, and she didn't recall (maybe it was just for a day or two, or possbily she wasn't involved in the scenes shot there, so didn't even make the trip). (And coincidentally it was while she was right here in Framingham attending an event that I first met her and asked her about it). Anyway, over the years I did further research, and finally found out where the filming took place, plus other details, and was all excited to tell her all about it - when I got he terrible news shortly after Dec. 11, 2011 that she had passed away. She would have been so excited to hear all about it, I know. By the way, the still of Susan with the teddy bear is a posed portrait from THE FIVE PENNIES (1959). Miles, my grandparents lived in South Woodstock, Conn. in the 1960's until their passing in 1976. Is that near you?

They're a couple of the regular Preston Sturges gang, character actors he used often: Al Bridge and Jimmy Conlin.

That's Francis Ford, older brother of director John Ford.

That's the beautiful and talented Olive Brasno and her brother George (they also had another brother Richard). Best known perhaps for their appearances in a few Our Gang shorts, as well as some Vitaphone shorts and the excellent "Charlie Chan" entry CHARLIE CHAN AT THE CIRCUS (1936).

TopBilled said... I am glad someone...has a copy of OUTSIDE THESE WALLS. My guess is that it aired on the old AMC...yes? FRECKLES and LADDIE may never see the light of day again. Unfortunately for all us fans. ************************************************* No, OUTSIDE THESE WALLS was never shown on AMC. Any copies out there are probably transferred from 16mm prints in collectors' hands. Prints of the film are out there - one was just listed on eBay a couple days ago and went off with no bids. As I have mentioned earlier in this thread or another on Virginia Weidler, at least one complete 16mm print of FRECKLES is out there. I know where it is and have seen it, but rights issues and other complications may unfortunately keep it forever out of Virginia's fans' hands.

Clue: It involves something breaking.

Yep, I know them guys! George Hayes and Al St. John, before they were better known by their nicknames "Gabby" and "Fuzzy" in westerns.

MilesArcher said... Well, MN, you missed a good one yesterday with all of the 1929 actresses we had... *********************************************** Yes, I was out (at my usual Sunday night Film Group, watching films on 16mmm - NOT DVD!) and totally missed that post. But when I returned, I saw all the pictures and hoped at least some were still unidentified, so I could at least contribute something. Turned out I'd have known all of them, except perhaps Viola Dana & Shirley Mason. We just don't get to see enough of their films, so although I'm familiar with them, I wouldn't have been able to name them right away. So...good job everyone else! About Gay Seabrook, I have a very rare recording of a private record she made in 1948, singing a love song to her husband. Also have an interesting still of her - a "cheese-cake" shot in a swimsuit, promoting her role as "Susabella" on the Joe Penner radio show from 1938. Seems funny to photograph her that way to promote a radio show!