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> {quote:title=FranklinPangborn wrote: > }{quote}His real mother? Correct! That lady playing Jackie's Mom in those opening scenes in the kitchen is his real-life mother. I've never actually seen this documented officially anywhere, but have stills of Jackie Cooper with his parents and that's the same lady (and when you see her performance in the film, you KNOW she ain't no professional actress!)

> {quote:title=mr6666 wrote: > }{quote}Aranxa, want this or open? I'll leave it open... Someone take over...

> {quote:title=Sepiatone wrote: > }{quote}I have a VHS copy of *Miracle on 34th Street* with a trailer that has a studio suit asking different people around the studio lot what THEY thought of the picture, and some teen-aged girl actress called it "Groovy", although in the trailer they spell it G-R-O-O-V-E-Y. That's one of the YouTube links I just posted right BEFORE your post. Apparently you didn't see it? And the "some teen-aged girl actress" is Peggy Ann Garner.

> {quote:title=casablancalover wrote:}{quote} > I heard groovy being used in a late 1930s movie this week with the exact same meaning. And to think my parents played dumb about that one in 1967... Feelin' groovy in 1943: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6j9gzILItM And "groovey" in 1947: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFXF12AFRr4

First time I've posted on this thread. So I'm not sure, but it appears that a question on any topic is okay. So, here's one: In the 1931 MGM short THE CHRISTMAS PARTY most of MGM's biggest stars come to a Christmas party for Jackie Cooper. Who did MGM get to play Jackie's mother?

> {quote:title=mudskipper wrote: > }{quote}All the leads play a double role or are mistaken for and resembles someone else in the movie.. That's almost it. I had something more specific in mind. But to get the thread moving, I'll reveal it and let you take over. I had in mind that all four of those films are comedies in which the star plays two roles: both a nice normal guy but also a tough gangster. 1. Lloyd Hamilton (Educational Pictures comedy short). 2. El Brendel (Fox feature). 3. Buster Keaton (French-produced feature). 4. Edward G. Robinson (Columbia feature).

> {quote:title=metz44 wrote:}{quote} > > those eyes! > > that moustache! > it could only be I passed on this one earlier because it was too easy to me...he's one of my favorite movie...and radio...and records funny guy. (Listen to his version of a sad song like "Sonny Boy" and you'll never think of it as a sad song again!) But I'll give you his last name spelled correctly: Colonna.

> {quote:title=metz44 wrote: > }{quote}not anita I wasn't sure...just guessing. The hair looked a little like Anita, but not the eyes. How about another guess: Gale Sondergaard?

> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote} > > > > I guess nobody agreed with me about the '60s movies. I agree COMPLETELY with everything you've said here, Fred! 1930's - Yes! Post-1960 - NO!!

Possibly... Anita Garvin?

> {quote:title=mr6666 wrote:}{quote} > * an author's indication for 'the end'' -30-

> {quote:title=mr6666 wrote: > }{quote}What was the first 'end of the world' big-budget disaster/science-fiction film in the sound era? DELUGE (1933) ?

Warner Archives new releases for January 2012: It's time to head "Out West" as we welcome in the New Year saluting that most American of genres, the Western. And it's a full on double six-gun salute, to boot - with a rip snortin' rootin' - tootin' line-up that covers as wide a range of flickers and shows that ever graced those new-fangled nickelodeons that's done emptied out the faro tables. CHEYENNE: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON (1957): The saddle bum that saved a studio saunters back into action for a third hit season! At the time of "Cheyenne"'s premiere in 1955, many studios were trimming production schedules while others had shuttered altogether. The downward spiral was halted when Warner Bros. bravely ventured out into the uncharted lands of television drama. Bringing big screen production values to TV, Cheyenne proved a true trendsetter, the first continuing drama to last more than one season and continued for six more. Season 3 finds the show's creators broadening "Cheyenne"'s horizons even more, throwing him into challenges and situations (including a song and dance number) that anyone but the unflappable Mr. Bodie would find daunting. Guest stars found in this 5-Disc, 20-episode collection include Tom Conway, Sebastian Cabot, Iron Eyes Cody, and Michael Landon. THE SQUAW MAN (1914 & 1931): Cecil B. DeMille remakes his own directorial debut in this Warner Archive Collection double feature. Englishman James Wyngate takes the fall for his cousin Henry's embezzling, leaves England and makes his way to the American West. Wyngate soon finds himself with a Native American wife and son. But when cousin Henry's deathbed confession clears him of any wrongdoing, his old love, Lady Diana heads to America to bring Jim home, not knowing what she will find. The 1914 version was not only DeMille's first feature, it was the first feature filmed in Hollywood, CA. The sound remake features Warner Baxter and Lupe Velez. THE LAST HUNT (1956): Robert Taylor and Stewart Granger star in this stirring tale of the last buffalo hunt, adapted from the novel by Milton Lott. Taylor plays Charlie Gilson, a black-hearted hunter, who puts together a team for a government-sanctioned cull of the sole remaining buffalo herd. Joining him are the reserved Sandy McKenzie (Granger), an ex-buffalo hunter, Woodfoot (Lloyd Nolan), a one-legged skinner and redheaded 'half-breed' Jimmy O'Brien (Russ Tamblyn). But trouble soon drives the team asunder after Charlie massacres a group of Indians and kidnaps the lone survivors, a young mother (Debra Paget) and her child. Sandy realizes the time is quickly coming when he must make a stand - for the buffalo and the tribes that depended on them. Newly Remastered. 16x9 WIDESCREEN. WELCOME TO HARD TIMES (1967): Henry Fonda headlines in this overlooked and under-rated adaptation of E.L. Doctorow's nontraditional Western from director Burt Kennedy. Fonda plays aging small town lawyer Will Blue who finds his resolve faltering in the face of unrepentant evil. A nameless drifter (Aldo Ray as the "Man from Bodie") terrorizes the aptly named town of Hard Times. He then decides to burn the town down as a parting gift and a reminder of Blue's inability to protect it. Vowing to rebuild the town to atone for his cowardice, Will rallies the few remaining residents around when another stranger arrives, bringing a brothel full of new life to the town. And then the Man from Bodie decides it's time for another visit. Also stars a veritable who's who of Western (and non-Western) greats including Warren Oates, John Anderson, Royal Dano, Edgar Buchanan, Denver Pyle, Paul Fix, Elisha Cook Jr., Keenan Wynn and Lon Chaney, Jr. Newly Remastered. 16x9 WIDESCREEN. DAY OF THE EVIL GUN (1968): Noted TV producer Jerry Thorpe (Harry O, Kung Fu, Falcon Crest) directs this Western morality tale with every bit of the nuanced and quirky characterizations that made Thorpe's acclaimed and award-winning TV series famous. Gunslinger Lorn Warfield (Glenn Ford) returns home after a three-year absence to discover hostile Apaches have kidnapped his family. Intent on rescue, Lorn joins forces with Owen Forbes, a rancher that despises him but desires his wife, Angie (Barbara Babcock). As the duo move deeper and deeper into the circles of a hellish West, the gunslinger turns ever more to the ways of peace, while a savage fury awakens in the heart of the rancher. Glenn Ford ably personifies the dark and dangerous stranger while character great Arthur Kennedy brings a deft everyman touch to the role of the increasingly brutal Forbes. Dean Jagger and cult favorite Harry Dean Stanton are among the picture's additional delights. Newly Remastered. 16x9 WIDESCREEN. MONOGRAM COWBOY COLLECTION, VOLUME TWO: The first Monogram Collection was only the start - and this time out the focus is on a true pair of Western Aces, Whip Wilson and Rod Cameron. You get a full six-pack of the Whip in these rollicking adventures: Canyon Raiders (1951), The Gunman (1952), Stage to Blue River (1951). Night Raiders (1952), Montana Incident (1952) and Wyoming Roundup (1952), and you can follow that up with a bracing double shot of Rod Cameron in Fort Osage (1951) and Wagons West (1952). THE GREAT WALTZ (1938): The Waltz King gets taken for a spin around the biopic floor in this gala concoction of music, dance and romance. Cinema legend Luise Rainer sets the tempo, playing suffering Strauss spouse Poldi Vogelhuber while Fernand Gravet plays waltzing maestro Johann Strauss. Opera diva Miliza Korjus lends her magnificent vocals to the affair, playing singer Carla Donner, the third point of the film's romantic triangle. As lavish and large a spectacle as you would expect from MGM, "The Great Waltz"'s orchestration is as stunning as its source material. Newly Remastered. RHAPSODY IN BLUE (1945): Robert Alda stars alongside musical greats Al Jolson, Paul Whiteman, and Oscar Levant in this biopic treatment of the life of composer George Gershwin. The film traces Gershwin's rise, from his first big hit Swanee (performed by Al Jolson, playing himself), to his collaborations with lyricist brother Ira (Herbert Rudley) to the heights of artistic achievement with the debut of Rhapsody in Blue at Aeolian Hall under the aegis of Paul Whiteman (also playing himself). Although the film may be light on the facts, it more than makes up for it with bravura musicianship, fine acting, and a once-in-a-lifetime performance from Robert Alda. Newly Remastered.

> {quote:title=metz44 wrote: > }{quote}mustache usually plays criminal parts.......initials.......M L > > second photo of beloved comedian ......initials V M Second photo: Victor Moore?

> {quote:title=fredbaetz wrote: > }{quote}A few of Paramount's 1930's that I would love to see: > > "His Woman" 1931 > Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert > You mean, I'm sure, Gary Cooper and Claudette Colbert. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021963/fullcredits#cast

> {quote:title=misswonderly wrote: > }{quote}I think it used to be true, but everything's changed so much since that rule ( by the CRTC) was initiated as policy ("Canadian content", circa 1970s), I don't think is is anymore. Here's a favorite Canadian group & song of mine...remember this one? From summer 1967. Here's some info about them: http://mocm.ca/Music/Title.aspx?TitleId=288721

> Okay, Harry's been hangin' here for 13 hours now waiting for a name. So, let's get moving along... He's frequent Laurel & Hardy supporting actor Harry Bernard.

> {quote:title=mrroberts wrote: > }{quote}Did you see that Morrison's house was one of the ones that got torched in L A? I'd make some lame joke about him asking for it, all those times he sang "Light My Fire"...but that is sad news about his house.

> {quote:title=yanceycravat wrote:}{quote} > > I wonder how this will work with Summer Under the Stars, which is normally scheduled for August. If the films "air through August" I wonder if they will air between movies or if they will have their own day, or both?I'm going to go out on a limb and say Mack Sennet will be the Star of The Day... > I'm going to go out on a limb and say Mack Sennett will be the star of the day. That's what I'm thinking. And I'm expecting that sound shorts will also be included.

> {quote:title=sfpcc1 wrote: > }{quote}Howard Morris also did a lot of cartoon voiceover work. He was Jughead on the Filmation Archies series. Also he was Beetle Bailey on the little seen animation version of the comic strip. He was also quite an accomplished Director, among other talents. Listing of credits: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0606593/#Director

News from Paul Gierucki of CineMuseum: This August marks the 100th anniversary of the opening of Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios. In honor of this historic event CineMuseum is collaborating with TCM, archives and private collectors around the world to restore 100 Sennett films for the 100th anniversary! More, many of these rare films will air on TCM through the month of August! Happy birthday, Keystone! More details soon.

News from Paul Gierucki of CineMuseum: This August marks the 100th anniversary of the opening of Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios. In honor of this historic event CineMuseum is collaborating with TCM, archives and private collectors around the world to restore 100 Sennett films for the 100th anniversary! More, many of these rare films will air on TCM through the month of August! Happy birthday, Keystone! More details soon.

> {quote:title=ThelmaTodd wrote: > }{quote}Hi Musicalnovelty! > > > > It's great that you got to meet her and talk about her film roles! Have you met any other film people? > Thanks for finding those nice Ethelreda pictures (especially that first one). It was at that Three Stooges Convention in 1990 (covered in that Three Stooges Journal pictured above) where I met Ethelreda. I have been a member of that Three Stooges Fan Club since the early 1980's and do research and write articles for that Journal, in fact, regularly since 1987. That's been a lot of articles! And I still do them, every issue. You asked if I've met other film people...well yes, more than I can think of to list! I've been to every Three Stooges Convention where every year we've had as guests at least one actor or actress who has worked with The Stooges, often more than one. And many of The Stooges' relatives and family members, too. And, I've been to most of the Laurel & Hardy Conventions since 1982 where we've also had as guests many of Stan & Ollie's film co-stars. There have been several with whom I've become good friends and stay in touch with. Of course, many of the older ones have passed away since I've met them as far back as the early 1980's but there are still some with whom I stay in touch regularly. In fact, three former child actresses I knew just passed away in 2011: Sybil Jason, Edith Fellows and Susan Gordon. I didn't get to know Sybil in person, but she actually wrote ME a "fan letter" back in 1997 thanking me for something nice I wrote about her in an Al Jolson Magazine. I did get to meet and chat quite a bit with Edith Fellows in 2000. And most recently I am still trying to cope with the unexpected passing of Susan Gordon who was a very special good friend. She left us on Dec. 11, 2011 at only age 62. I've written about her here: http://forums.tcm.com/thread.jspa?threadID=162974&tstart=0

> {quote:title=musicalnovelty wrote:}{quote} > She's on TCM again today (Jan. 9) in BARRICADE (1950). I just noticed that Ruth Roman is also in an episode of "Bonanza" that is scheduled on TV Land today, January 9 - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0529771/

> {quote:title=ThelmaTodd wrote:}{quote} > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *GOLD DIGGERS OF 1937 (1936)* > > *Warner Bros.* > Thelma, The lady in the center of this poster is Ethelreda Leopold. She came to Hollywood in 1934 and made her debut in DAMES and right away became a Busby Berkeley regular, appearing in just about every Berkeley picture at Warner Bros. from then on. She also worked extensively at Columbia, appearing in numerous comedy shorts there, most notably with The Three Stooges, and in one called A STAR IS SHORN (1939) in which she was the star. She also worked a lot at Universal in the early 1940's as well as stopping at different times at just about every other studio. Although she often didn't even get speaking roles, she actually got to sing occasionally in some films such as the 1936 MGM short NEW SHOES and the 1944 Universal feature SOUTH OF DIXIE. Ethelreda turns up often unbilled in Universal Pictures, and when I spot her and point her out to my friends while watching movies at our weekly Sunday night screenings (where we run mostly Universals), they usually have a good laugh at what they consider her funny name! I got to meet Ethelreda in 1990 and she was very nice, although (understandably) didn't recall every one of her numerous early roles. I showed her two stills I have from two different 1937 Columbia shorts (one starring Andy Clyde and one El Brendel) in which she is wearing the exact same dress in both films. I asked her if it was her own dress or something from the studio. She said that sometimes in the Columbia shorts, if she didn't have to fall in mud or get a pie in the face, she would wear her own dresses. By the way, when I look at those two stills now, I kick myself (figuratively!) for not having her autograph them while I had the chance! (But I did get some others signed...) Ethelreda passed away in 1998 and had kept on working almost right up to the end, mostly on TV.