classicsfan1119
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Mongo, please keep in touch with me re. Betty Hutton's address. She is also one that I'd like to say "Hello" to before it's time to say "Goodbye". She's a very special lady.
Happy Birthday Miss Hutton!
ML
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And, Antar, just how many different names are you using these days, and what's that about? Is Stella doing this, too? What's the point in trying to be so "shady"? ML
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Mongo, you were in first with an answer, and you're absolutely right! "Garbo Talks" (1984) is a movie that is easy for me to identify with, and as you also know, the staring role is played by my favorite actress, Anne Bancroft. Now it's your turn, my friend! Have a great day! ML
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Nope, keep trying!
Clue #4: A son on a mission
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Loliteblue, "Dark Victory" was an excellent guess but not quite it, please keep trying...I can't hang-out here for much longer! I'll even give out another clue now.
Clue #3: A "Dying Wish"
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I recall that it was much easier for me to enter the Classics Era movies realm if I started out by watching just Comedies, or Romantic Comedies until I became more familiar with some of the actors who were well known and famous. Then gradually, I wanted to see some Drama's, and then Film Noir. Just a suggestion: "Arsenic and Old Lace" is a good place to start. ML
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I'm going to accept your guess anyway, which wasn't correct, and move on. Keep trying!
Clue #2: A one-person protest army
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Oh, Gads! I just logged-on (really late today, sorry!) and never thought that I would take this one. I didn't even give a movie name. As most of you know, any movie that I'm familiar with was used long ago, both for guessing, or giving clues...so with your permission I'm going to use a "more recent" movie.
Clue #1: A sick person with not much longer to live.
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Hi Feaito! Was your movie a later re-make with Doris Day? You are one busy fellow these days...long time between visits! Look for an e-mail from me soon. ML
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That's what we like to hear, Pedall...it's young folks like you who can help channels like TCM understand that nothing has to be drastically changed in it's programming in order to reach the supposed "younger audience". We have a lot of young people posting here, and they are very much interested in the Classics shown on TCM. And, it's also young folks like you who will carry exposure to the Classics down through the next generations. Good job!
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Bggalaxy, you're right about the score for "Glory", and if you liked it, you will probably love the music score for "Gettysburg" (1993), and also not yet a "Classic", with the score done by Randy Edelman. I often play this soundtrack back to back with the soundtrack for "The Civil War" (1990, TV-PBS) created by Ken Burns, the best ever Documentary miniseries ever done about The Civil War. I think that the public's response to the Ken Burns Documentary spurred Hollywood into making "Gettysburg", which I like a whole lot better than "Gods and Generals". ML
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ekbc33, you really need to be talking to Coffeedan about Al Jolson...he's truly the expert among us. I would suggest that you go to the website IMDb.com, and enter under People, Jolson's name, which give you a listing of every movie he was ever in, or his voice was used in and a description of the movie. Then you can take that listing to the shop where you rent videos and see what might be available for you to rent. This would also work for any you might want to buy where that's a possibility. Additionally, I would suggest that you try to see "The Jolson Story" and the one that followed it, although Coffeedan will have to tell you if they were accurate enough, or without too much "Hollywood fiction-oriented" to be worth seeing (smile). You can also buy his music CD's at lots of places that sell CD's if you're fond of his singing. ML
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Welcome Birchkitty! Romantic Comedy is one of my very favorite Genre's, and among the many I adore for one reason or another, I most enjoy "Ball of Fire" (1941), "The Quiet Man" (1952), "Pat & Mike" (1952), "Forever Darling" (1956), "The Taming of the Shrew" (1967), and "Murphy's Romance" (1985). And, I also enjoy "Pretty Woman". ML
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The disk that is moved around to pick up the sun, and reflect light where it's directed, thus opening up something, is found in "The Mummy" with Brandon Frasier, not Boris Karloff. But, some of your other recollections don't jive with this movie, so I'm baffled. ML
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Interesting stuff gentlemen! Thanks for the information you provide us with, which never fails to reminds me of why I registered here (smile). ML
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It's good to have you with us, Pedall! In all actuality, it's not the age of a person posting here that is important to us...it's only the degree of respect they show TCM and others who post here that matters. By the way, I am at the low end of being in my 60's, and I also have a very limited knowledge of LOTS of movies from the age of the Classics we discuss at this site. Like many people here, I haven't had the good fortune to see nearly as many Classic films as they have, but I'm working on it, just as you will be (smile). Jump into any discussion you're interested (and check out all the Forums) in so we get to know you better! ML
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My predictions for who will take home the 2004 Oscar's from the Categories Spencer lists below is identical to Spencer's except for the Best Actor Category, where I am the one going out on a limb by electing Bill Murray over Sean Penn (probably a big mistake on my part). Both Spencer and I will go down together, if we're wrong, for Supporting Actress...and we each have our own personal reasons for why we're not choosing Renee Zellweger as most people are (smile).
This is the first year that I have become "serious" about the Oscar Race and other Award Races, and it's only because I've had the unselfish and incredibly solid help and encouragement from Spencer. Thanks, Spencer, and Good Luck!
Mary Lou
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Thanks for remembering Marjorie Main with me today, Mongo. As you, and just about everyone here knows, she is very dear to my heart. ML
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I've also heard that Marlon Brando's health is rapidly declining now. I'll tell you, folks...so many actors/actresses/directors are gone, or soon will be, that a whole generation will know so very little about, unless a network like TCM can continue to keep them alive by showing all of their movies. I don't even want to think about how many very well-known people will be gone by the end of this year!
Best Wishes to Deborah Kerr. ML
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Cat, you might be able to find out if her book is on tape if you'd phone your local Barnes & Nobel and ask someone in that department if it is, or will be available. That section in my Barnes & Noble has really grown in the past few years, so I bet that there is a listing B&N has concerning releases.
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I very much liked Miklos Rosa's scores for "Spellbound", and also his scores for "Ben-Hur" and "King of Kings. Who else do you like among film score composers?
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Hey Mongo! Thanks for explaining that the word should have been "Bang"...I would have spent all day trying to figure out what in the heck you were talking about (grin).
And, Mrs. Chips...there is a very interesting Tribute to Robert Young currently at About.com in the Brad Lang "Classics" section of that site. Check it out!
Have a good day!
ML
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I also wish to complement SAG's "Tributes" feature at last night's SAG Awards. It was very nicely done, and certainly included a lot...a lot...of people that I wasn't aware until last night had passed on during the past year. I didn't time how long this special feature lasted (maybe about 8 minutes?), but I certainly can't see why TCM couldn't find as much time or more, and do a more thorough job with it's Tributes at the end of this year. I still find myself humming this year's song though(smile).
And, was anyone else as stunned as I was when Johnny Depp took the Best Actor Award? We really haven't been talking much at all about the Oscar's. How come? ML
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Hi my fellow Al Jolson fan! It's good to know that your mom is coming along so well. It's also nice to know that you are the kind of son who will "be there" when she really needs you, as in this case. Whatever that "Dear John" letter was about...I hope you will be over the upset of it soon. ML
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
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Mornin' Mongo! Thanks for going to the extra effort of taking us all the way back and covering those days the site was down. This is always the first place I come when I log on, and TCM ought to be paying you a salary.
ML