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> > 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.
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> }{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:
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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.
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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!
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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:
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> She's on TCM again today (Jan. 9) in BARRICADE (1950).
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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.
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Did any Three Stooges fans spot future Stooge Joe DeRita in this movie?
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> {quote:title=ValentineXavier wrote:
> }{quote}....I doubt it will stop the proliferation of such threads, until they stop running the spot.
Haven't they already stopped running it? I don't think I've seen it in about a week or more.
And by the way, thanks Fred. That was a good idea.
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> {quote:title=deadendkid wrote:
> }{quote}This is actually a television program from the 1950's. I'm looking or info here because I don't know where else to look. If anyone has any info or direction to go, please say so.
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> It's a television program from the early 50's, I think. Mid 50's at the latest. It stars Robert Jordan and Beverly Campbell. The only other info I have is that it is a Hal R. Makelim produced it. Thanks
Yes, being a Bowery Boys (and related groups) fan, I've known about this for several years, but have never seen it. I have an article on it around here someplace. I'll let you know if I find it.
A few years ago there was a still from it offered on eBay. I tried for it but lost it. I hope you were the winner!
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> {quote:title=metz44 wrote:
> }{quote}should i continue thread?
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Yes. It's been fun.
You've stumped me a few times.
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> {quote:title=TopBilled wrote:
> }{quote}Yes, I appreciate the huge amount of airplay she has had in the past few months. It's been fun (re)discovering these films and the performances she turned in at the height of her popularity.
She's on TCM again today (Jan. 9) in BARRICADE (1950).
Hey, if TCM would devote a whole day to her movies we could call it a "Roman Holiday"!
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> {quote:title=finance wrote:
> }{quote}With a name like that, you sound as if you'd be a football fan. Watch the Giants-Falcons.
What has that name to do with football?
To me, that name says he's a Bowery Boys fan.
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> {quote:title=Sprocket_Man wrote:
> }{quote}It's THEM! For what it tries to achieve, it's pretty much a perfect movie. No other bug movie even comes close.
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It seems everyone and his ant is agreeing THEM! is one of the best!
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> {quote:title=hamradio wrote:
> }{quote}"Earth vs the Spider" (1958) is one of the best '50's B grade movies.
It's about time someone finally mentioned one of Bert I. Gordon's productions.
He was well-known for these kinds of movies.
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Unlisted short on Monday morning, Jan. 9, 2012 at 4:25 A.M. -
KEEP 'EM SAILING (1942) - MGM - "Crime Does Not Pay" series.
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Here is Susan Gordon's "Gunsmoke" episode.
In most of her television roles she was the central character, the one the story was all about.
This show is one example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1lQE_Kl3vU
This episode was filmed October 31 through November 4, 1960.
It was broadcast April 1, 1961.
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> {quote:title=mr6666 wrote:
> }{quote}-hint?
It's hard to think of a hint for these.
But I hope this will make sense and be helpful:
These films gave each of their stars a chance to stretch their acting talents beyond what they were generally known for. But in each of these films we also got to see each of the stars as they were best known.
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> {quote:title=markbeckuaf wrote:
> }{quote}Kim is awesome!!! I hope she's doing well. She has been an occasional poster here, but haven't heard from her in a while. Hope all is well, Kim!!!
Me too.
Happy New Year, Kim!
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> }{quote}Here it is what I have so far for the month of April if you want to see it.
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> 6AM Ex-Mrs Bradford (1936)
> 7:30AM The Bugle Sounds (1942)
> 9:15AM The Invisible Man (1942)
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It looks like the daytime theme for April first is all comedies, comedy teams, and comedians for an "April Fools" theme.
And on the 7th, unless there's a version I never heard of, I'm sure you mean that THE INVISIBLE MAN is from 1933.
Thanks for going to all the effort to give us these sneak previews of the upcoming schedules!
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> {quote:title=markbeckuaf wrote:
> }{quote}Man, just finished up watching RIVER'S END, an obscure little flick from 1930, with Charles Bickford, and the too cute for words Evalyn Knapp!!! Wow, that was so groovy!!! Sentimental, but loved every second of it!!!
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Groovin' on these flicks too!
I hadn't seen RIVER'S END in many years and had almost forgotten how good it was. TCM sure doesn't run this one often enough. Did you know there's a remake in 1940 starring Dennis Morgan and Elizabeth Earl? That one also isn't shown often. And when it is, it has the fake TV-print title DOUBLE IDENTITY. It's one of those cases in which the title of one version was changed when they were sold to TV (apparently it was felt at the time that the dumb TV audiences would confuse the two movies if the titles were the same).
And I totally agree with you about Evalyn Knapp! Always liked her and wish more of her films were available.
And nice to see ZaSu Pitts in the movie, too, wasn't it?
Digging TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY now on TCM. Never seen this one before. And it's good!
Interesting to hear the old songs they're using in the music score.
The 1929 hit song "Deep Night" seems to be the theme song: it was played over the main titles and credits, on the juke box in an early scene, and often as background music.
Also, heard "I Cover the Waterfront" and "Get Happy" played.
Check out this interesting info on some of the cars used in the movie:
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> {quote:title=metz44 wrote:
> }{quote}and ifi am not mistaken, the bartender in" the big clock"
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And he was a regular in the MGM "Dr. Kildare" movies and in the early 1950's "Boston ****" TV series.
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> {quote:title=ziggyelman wrote:
> }{quote}Oh yes, unwatchable! I have direct TV, so it was on TCM s side it would appear....shame, since I don't recall it running before...
Several of the early talkie period RKO's look like that. I assume that's the best material there is.
And, yes, it has been on TCM before, but not as often as we'd like.
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> {quote:title=misswonderly wrote:
> }{quote}Did somebody mention The Bonzo Dog Band a while back? Whoever suggested that these guys were front-running candidates ( I mean, candidatates) for the funniest band of all time had the right idea. Funny they were, and incidentally, good musicians. One of them, Neil Innes, had a lot to do with the production of that ( "in my opinion") hilarious and affectionate spoof of the Beatles, "The Rutles."
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Good one! Thanks.
I'm sure you know that "I'm the Urban Spaceman" was produced by Paul McCartney, under an alias.
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> }{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.