musicalnovelty
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> {quote:title=metz44 wrote:}{quote}
Vera Ralston?
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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!)
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> }{quote}Aranxa, want this or open?
I'll leave it open...
Someone take over...
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> > But regarding a planned tribute to Susan Gordon we must remember that TCM's schedules are made about three months in advance, so a Susan Gordon tribute couldn't happen until at least April.
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> Thank you for announcing TCM’s new policy regarding dead people.
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> Looking through my movie-watching journal, I see
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> 03/15/07 Dark Victory (preempted for Betty Hutton, died 4 days earlier)
> 04/12/08 The Thing from Another World (preempted for Charlton Heston, died 7 days earlier)
> 01/23/09 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (preempted for Ricardo Montalban, died 9 days earlier)
> 07/10/09 The Last Emperor (preempted for Karl Malden, died 9 days earlier)
> 10/10/10 Sleeper (preempted for Tony Curtis, died 11 days earlier)
> 05/13/11 Yellow Cab Man (preempted for Jackie Cooper, died 10 days earlier)
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> We can see that TCM’s lead time for saluting dead people has gradually increased over the last five years, from 4 days to 10 or 11 days. Three months is quite a jump. We will all adjust our expectations based on your announcement.
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Hey, I was just trying to be helpful in my reminder that TCM's schedules are prepared about three months in advance. I mentioned the three months time frame because it's clear by now that they're not going to do any kind of Susan Gordon tribute any time soon.
I don't think your examples of those other stars are really relevant here, as those are all big stars for whom TCM thought it deserving of preempting regularly scheduled programming to do tributes. I really don't think TCM regards Susan Gordon as that big a star that they'd change their programming to honor her. And it's a bit late for that now, anyway, as she left us back on Dec. 11. She made only six movies and 25 TV shows. That's hardly the career that those other stars had.
Believe me, no one would love to see TCM honor Susan more than I would. As I've posted elsewhere in these boards, Susan was a very special good friend of mine. I was very fond of her and am still having trouble accepting that she's gone. To me, personally, she was more special than all the other stars you listed. And I had been trying to convince TCM to add her to the TCM Remembers that she died just too late to be part of. But again, not surprisingly that didn't happen. And unfortunately even as important as she was to me, I have to accept realistically that TCM is probably not going to do any kind of tribute now, next week, or in three months. But I'll keep on suggesting it...maybe they can do something for her on her birthday (July 27).
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I saw Margaret O'Brien a couple of nights ago on a 1967 episode ot the TV show "Combat!". She was playing a French girl, and with a heavy French accent, not knowing ahead of time that she'd be in it, I didn't recognize her until several minutes into it.
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> }{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.
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> }{quote}Would've loved to have seen something like 'Tormented' from 1960. That's not only a movie that's about a haunting in a summer house location (in keeping with the first selection), it would also have served as a nice tributive nod to recently lost Susan Gordon. And it's an unusual (and classic) movie that almost never gets broadcast - just what Underground is supposed to be about.
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For anyone who doesn't want to wait for TORMENTED to show up on TCM (if it ever will) it is available here on YouTube:
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> {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
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> {quote:title=darkblue wrote:
> }{quote}Would've loved to have seen something like 'Tormented' from 1960. That's not only a movie that's about a haunting in a summer house location (in keeping with the first selection), it would also have served as a nice tributive nod to recently lost Susan Gordon. And it's an unusual (and classic) movie that almost never gets broadcast - just what Underground is supposed to be about.
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I'd also like to see TORMENTED shown as a tribute to Susan Gordon. And an ideal companion feature would be Susan's final movie PICTURE MOMMY DEAD (1966). I've always felt that one would be a perfect movie for TCM Underground, and now more that ever I wish they'd run it. But regarding a planned tribute to Susan Gordon we must remember that TCM's schedules are made about three months in advance, so a Susan Gordon tribute couldn't happen until at least April.
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> {quote:title=TikiSoo wrote:
> }{quote}Well, it's finally happened.
> My cable bill arrived yesterday and they have raised the rate another $11 to $70/month, too big a jump for my TV watching preferences. I pretty much only watch 2 channels.
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> Most likely won't be around these message boards as much, as MY experience will be a week later than everyone else's.
Please DO stick around as much as you can!
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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?
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> {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).
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> {quote:title=metz44 wrote:}{quote}
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> 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.
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> {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?
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I agree COMPLETELY with everything you've said here, Fred!
1930's - Yes!
Post-1960 - NO!!
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Possibly...
Anita Garvin?
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Lots of funny fainting in this 1950 comedy short:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpfJT5sJUPA
(This is only part 2, but part 1 is also there for those who want to see the rest of it).
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> {quote:title=mr6666 wrote:}{quote}
> * an author's indication for 'the end''
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> {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) ?
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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.
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> {quote:title=metz44 wrote:
> }{quote}mustache usually plays criminal parts.......initials.......M L
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> second photo of beloved comedian ......initials V M
Second photo:
Victor Moore?
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> {quote:title=fredbaetz wrote:
> }{quote}A few of Paramount's 1930's that I would love to see:
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> "His Woman" 1931
> Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert
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You mean, I'm sure, Gary Cooper and Claudette Colbert.
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> {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:
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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.
Movie Name? at the end house burns, doll on bed, painting of woman bleeds
in Information, Please!
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> {quote:title=Franxx0 wrote:
> }{quote}I remember watching this thriller thar had a little girl with a doll in a big house. There was someone after her or her doll and the end had her doll on her bed and the house was burining. There was a huge painting of a woman and the painting started to bleed..Help!
I was watching PICTURE MOMMY DEAD again last night and am pretty well convinced that's the movie you asked about. And as you can see, someone else has now also agreed.
The movie is on YouTube.
You can check it out there. Here's Part One:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdI4UsB1tV4