Kid Dabb

I've been getting quite a few of these screens lately. It's been going all summer but this week seems to be much worse. Two or three times a day at least - any time of day, not just the usual 3:00 AM period - the message boards will either suddenly freeze while I'm in there, or become unavailable from outside attempts to access the main page. I would guess this happens more frequently but I'm not here often enough to notice. It's not my browser or settings as my pinging of the page will show it is down or unavailable - for 10 seconds to 1 minute or so, usually. It's just frustrating sometimes when this happens in the middle of posting a reply. At least the Boards haven't crashed completely, that's much better than the older system. [response not needed, thank you]

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Original 2006 thread HERE (Note: This link keeps disappearing, so I'm printing it here) http://forums.tcm.com/index.php?/topic/8504-movie-cliches/&do=findComment&comment=109310 This isn't exactly like "Arcane Phrases", it's more like arcane actions. A guy always removes his coat and covers the face of a dead character.

Because Ingrid Bergman's hair had been cut short for her next film - For Whom the Bell Tolls - before they could re-shoot her scenes. My first thought on this was.. couldn't they make a wig? Guess not. Miles, if this is correct go ahead and go again or leave it open. I have nothing. Thank you.

I especially like your choice of The Big Easy (1987) - I haven't seen this one since my first viewing on cable shortly after it's release. As I recall, this one is "dripping with atmosphere" as they say and sure beats the heck out of all those big city themed police movies.

Yes. Wednesday's AM schedule is a knockout from 6:00 AM to 8:00 PM - A William Powell bonanza! After this morning's features, this is a rare gift from TCM.. Thank you, TCM!

I do notice a deep cleft in his chin

Groucho Marx ?

Here's a very interesting explanation for screws as it pertains to prison guards: The undisputed etymology of the English noun screw is from Middle French "escroe" (pronounced "escrow") which evolved into present-day French "écrou" (pronounced a-crew) and designates the nut (of a bolt). Its use in English is recorded as early as ca 1400. Interestingly enough there are in present-day French a number of expressions related to the jail system bearing the word "écrou". écrouer: to imprison. registre d'écrou: the register log where new incarcerations and releases are recorded along with the cause of imprisonment. numéro d'écrou: the unique id for a prisoner in a given jail. levée d'écrou: the release of a prisoner (literally raising the screw). From there one is faced with two different and possibly complementary explanations because the Old French word escroe has two different meanings, each with its own etymology. The first (ca 1160) meaning of the Old French word escroe is that of a scroll to which new strips (called escroeles) of parchment were appended when more room was needed. From this meaning comes the posterior English words scroll and escrow. This meaning in turn evolved to also designate various royal administration registers (for instance "écroues des dépenses du Roy"). Another of these registers was used to keep track of the imprisonments and releases of prisoners. Hence the "registre d'écrou" and the word "écrouer". Oddly enough the second meaning (16th century) of the Old French word escroe is that of the common screw. Although the etymology is still disputed, the most convincing theory is that of an analogy with the genitals of the swine and the boar (the **** of a boar is shaped like a cork-screw and the swine **** matches that shape). The Latin word for a breeding swine is scrofa 1, 2. So how does the screw relate to a key? First one has to take into account the fact that many prisoners were not only locked in cells (either individual or collective) but also shackled and chained to the wall (in older times when locks were expensive to produce, they were just chained) and that involved shackle riveting and later screwing (for screw pin shackles). There are a number of collectors shackles that can illustrate this "technology" - here is a randomly selected sample below. One can guess how it works: the screw must first be removed so that the key can open the shackles. Screw as a term for a prison guard is based on the fact that screw was originally slang for "key". One of the most important functions of a prison guard, or turnkey, as he's often called, is to see that prisoners are locked up at the appropriate times -- and that involves turning the "screw." Interestingly enough, Henry Mencken reports in The American Language that in the 1920s deskmen and bellboys in hotels used screw as a slang term for room key. Another theory is that screw refers to the thumbscrews used by jailers in ancient times to torture prisoners into confessing.

The Thin Man (1934) After the Thin Man (1936) Another Thin Man (1939) Thank you TCM !!!

I knew I recognized this guy! I had just been watching him earlier in the day in Miracles for Sale.. dang! I hate it when that happens. I'll take a rain check, if you don't mind. Thank you for the offer. Who's next?

I believe Snow White.. was the first album of music from a film, but I've read the first complete soundtrack to record was from For Whom the Bell Tolls - with the first soundtrack of a film's orchestral score being from Jungle Book. All in the interpretation, I guess. At any rate, your answer is the one I was going for. Your thread

Not Jungle Book. This film involves an American in a foreign war. Incidentally, both the lead actor and actress are each (separately) very famous for other films revolving around war in other countries.

Clark Gable with 8th AF B-17F with pre-Cheyenne tail position, in Britain, 1943 Five missions as waist gunner with several groups from May to September 1943, including the B-17 Eight Ball of the 359th Bomb Squadron (351st Bomb Group).

Leo G. Carroll ?

This film is not a musical

I have no idea who this guy is, but he bears a strong resemblance to Kevin McCarthy - who is probably younger than this fellow.

Yes

Some nineteen months after this film's release there was a radio version broadcast utilizing the same three leading characters from the movie production.

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961) This might be it..

Not that one, Terrence. This was also the first Technicolor film for a very famous actress who is well known mostly for her 40s films.

Thank you, lavender; DGF. This film's soundtrack was the first complete score (from an American film) to be released on record.

The Night of the Iguana (1964)

Good work, james! It was a treat to see this here on TCM today. You may have a go if you wish Your thread

This film was shot in color - it's two sequels were shot in black and white. Name the original sci-fi movie