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> {quote:title=ThelmaTodd wrote:}{quote} > > Lillian Roth publicity still > *MADAM SATAN (1930)* > Thanks for all the cool images. I can never get too many Lillian Roth pictures!

> {quote:title=Roberta109 wrote: > }{quote}Any Janet Gaynor fans? > While not a classic beauty.... She sure always was, in my eyes!

I recall once in the 1970's while checking the local newspaper listings there was a movie listed there called THE MAN FROM PHOENIX (1951). I thought, "there's one I've never heard of..." But quickly I realized that some careless typist was to blame when the movie THE MAN FROM PLANET X was actually what was supposed to be listed. The imaginary movie would probably have been better than the real one.

> {quote:title=sfpcc1 wrote: > }{quote}"On The Cartoon Network The most Beautiful Redhead is definitely Jane Jetson... > The Cartoon Network hasn't aired The Jetsons in quite a while. > > I kind of liked Ann Margrock, (The Flintstones version of Ann Margret.) Among animated redheads, I nominate "Blossom" of The Powerpuff Girls!

Okay, it's been more than 12 hours with no guesses. So it's time to identify Richard Lane. He is: Richard Lane! Merry Holidays, Mr. Metz!

> {quote:title=markbeckuaf wrote: > }{quote}One of the zany things about THE COCOANUTS is the first time I noticed tough guy and one of my main men, Barton MacLane, in a skintight swim suit and singing it up with the gang! Barton M. was still working in east-coast films at this time, such as Paramount films produced at Astoria, Long Island. He can also be spotted in other Paramount Astoria films such as a couple of early 1930's Burns & Allen and Lillian Roth one-reelers.

> {quote:title=slaytonf wrote: > }{quote}Why is The Cocoanuts missing? In fact, I don't remember it ever being shown on TCM. Yes, it has been shown on TCM before. Not as often as most of the rest of The Marxes' movies, but it has been shown.

> {quote:title=hazeldazel wrote: > }{quote}i agree, it would be awesome to have a list of the people in the video! At the least then I could look them up on imdb instead of catching a half-second glimpse of them on the video and then going "hang on a second, why did they look so familiar? wait, what was their name again? doh, they're on to the next one!" oh well. You can watch it here and pause it and take your time, write down all the names, rewind and watch it again, etc.

Thanks Mongo, for all the pictures you give us all through the year! Merry Holidays!

> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote: > }{quote}Just for fun, I looked Rock and Roll up on Wiki to see if I could find the first official Rock and Roll song. > > > > That led me to a 1942 review in Billboard magazine that used the term, "rock and roll spiritual music", to describe a Sister Rosetta Tharpe song titled "Rock Me". In 1934 in the movie TRANSATLANTIC MERRY-GO-ROUND the Boswell Sisters performed a song called "Rock and Roll". Here's the clip from the movie: And here's their 1934 Brunswick Records version:

Regarding adding in personalities who had the bad timing to pass away just after TCM's annual tribute montage "TCM Remembers" is finished, I would think that by this time TCM would be prepared for that possibility and produce the montages with brief sections where it would be possible to edit in another person. There are a few short sections in this years montage in which a few seconds of Susan Gordon, for example, could be edited in without needing to worry about adjusting the audio soundtrack. This year's TCM Remembers will probably be running for another week or so. It's not too late to add Susan in, and give her the tribute she deserves.

I was passing on this one to give others a chance...or at least till it was up for more than a couple of hours. But let's name this charming gentleman: Rychard Cramer In what looks like a shot from the 1932 Laurel & Hardy short SCRAM!

> {quote:title=scsu1975 wrote:}{quote} > That doesn't even look like Cliff Robertson. It looks like a scene that was just thrown into the montage - there are a few other scenes thrown into the montage which don't seem to relate to any of the deceased persons. I was just going to say that, too. The clip may not actually be from a Cliff Robertson movie.

> {quote:title=RayFaiola wrote:}{quote} > I haven't seen IT'S A WODERFUL LIFE on NBC lately, but I don' t know if they're botching it for HD/Widescreen etc etc. Good info, as always, Ray! Thanks! Warning: If you're a purist and love the movie, don't watch how they butcher the presentation of the end cast listing. Spare yourself the pain and frustration!

> {quote:title=finance wrote: > }{quote}They should show films on New Year's Eve that have New Year's Eve themes in their plots. THE APARTMENT is one of these. What are some others? A favorite of mine is REPEAT PERFORMANCE (1947) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039761/combined It gives Joan Leslie a chance to do more dramatic acting than Warner Bros. was giving her, especially in her last few years there. Another: The just-shown AFTER THE THIN MAN (1936).

> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote} > Right after the Code went into effect, all films released under it had a very large MPPDA logo and a serial number. I've been trying to watch for low numbers, such as "Treasure Island", which I think is #8. I've also seen a couple of other numbers under 20. > > I think by the next year they reduced the size of the logo. Fred, Did you see my post on this thread on Dec. 19? I've been logging those numbers for decades and have a complete listing of the first 1272 numbers, then many more from then on. I can post some lists of the lowest numbers, if anyone else is interested....

> {quote:title=metz44 wrote: > }{quote}aw cmon everybody knows her. > marx bros foil. How do ya like that!?...I passed on Margaret D. because it was too easy...then you needed to give a clue when no one else got it.

> {quote:title=metz44 wrote: > }{quote}lana sure knows how to pick em. I was going to be a wise guy and say Agnes Less-head (not Moorehead) or "Half-head".

> {quote:title=markbeckuaf wrote: > }{quote}Man, if you've never seen them, or all of them...or if you have and just totally dig 'em like I do, TCM is airing the entire Thin Man series--6 flix--count 'em!!! All night tonight (Thursday), and in prime time! Over night, into the morning hours!!! And watch for Shemp Howard (of The Three Stooges) in ANOTHER THIN MAN (1939).

> {quote:title=Bolesroor wrote:}{quote} > As a result of starting this thread, Winona did in fact call me, and we've been out several times... You didn't say...Winona who?

> {quote:title=Sepiatone wrote:}{quote} > As far as cinematics go, the thing that first impressed me about the '51 film was that it LOOKED as if they actually DID film it back in 1845 or whenever the story takes place. As an ameture photographer, I thought the look was stunning! Have you seen the 1935 version (starring Seymour Hicks)? I think that version captures what you're talking about as well or even better than the 1951 version.

> {quote:title=racketbuster wrote:}{quote} > > I just watched *Music In Your Hair*, and it was very much in the style of pre-code movies (to me it looked more like it was made in '31 than '34). and there were sexy dancers, and a speakeasy. so yeah, i think it fits the genre. > MUSIC IN YOUR HAIR was released on June 2, 1934 and was filmed a few months earlier. So....yes, it can officially be regarded as pre-code.

> {quote:title=metz44 wrote: > }{quote}musical novelty knows it Yes, I'd have said Helen Twelvetrees, but skipped this one to give someone else a chance. But now that someone has guessed Helen T., I'll say I agree.

> {quote:title=allaboutlana wrote: > }{quote}Walter Catlett, from *Bringing Up Baby??* That's who I thought it is. We'll let Metz confirm.

> {quote:title=willbefree25 wrote:}{quote} > I only happened upon the Yiddish comedian doing a blah blah blah blah song in Delicious and moved on. He was disgusting. The comedian you're referring to is El Brendel and his character was Swedish not Yiddish. He wasn't really Swedish in real life, that was the character he was stuck with playing in just about every film in his career, even when a Swedish accent wasn't necessary to the character. He became popular in the early talkie period with the Swedish character (although he actually did also appear in several silent movies in the mid-to-late 1920's). He was versatile and could have done much more, but was rarely given the chance. It's okay that you apparently didn't like him, but he did have a lot of talent and does have a lot of fans even today.