DownGoesFrazier
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Fred Savage was a child actor and tried a couple of sitcoms before he moved behind the camera, directing many sitcoms. Last year he returned to acting playing Rob Lowe's brother in the sitcom The Grinder. I'm not sure if it got renewed since Rob Lowe got a job on another tv show. Savage has some buzz as the person who may be the new co host with Kelly Ripa on Live with Kelly.
I know that's no very prestigious but I like Fred and hope he has success in general.
When I hear Savage's name, the first thing I think of is the "Seinfeld" episode in which Kramer was so nervous about approaching him that he was tripping all over the place. Classic.
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I cannot watch TCM when Tiffany is hosting. Her stiff, almost robotic demeanor is distracting. An unfortunate choice, in my opinion. One wonders why she was chosen.
Maybe they should loosen her up with a few drinks before she goes in front of the camera.
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oh absolutely.
first Joel McCrea/Joseph Cotten level screw-up, we drag him from the sick bed and burn him at the stake.
right in Times Square and everything.
Could you be more specific about "everything"?
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Is Bert Convy dead? I had no idea; nobody told me. However, I have heard that the equally gifted Gary Collins has passed away too.
I better go and run to check on John Davidson. Haven't heard anything about him recently.
Ask Dargo. In addition to being a gearhead, he is a game show host-head.
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Ronald Colman was in "the Story of Mankind" with Virginia Mayo.
Mayo was in FLAXY MARTIN with Zachary Scott
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oh crap.
i thought i read it somewhere that Osborne was writing them while "on sabbatical".
oh well, it's been so quiet here, we could use a fracas.
either way, i daresay Feinstein is reading something someone else wrote...
If Osborne WAS writing them, then he has to squarely take the blame for all the errors.
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Commence the thawing of Peter Graves...
My personal theory on this is that Feinstein and Os are friends, and Os is allegedly still writing the introes and outroes, so Feinstein is trying to follow them to the word in deference and out of affection...
STILL writing the intros and outros? The consensus on these boards was that he NEVER wrote the intros and outros.
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I cannot watch TCM when Tiffany is hosting. Her stiff, almost robotic demeanor is distracting. An unfortunate choice, in my opinion. One wonders why she was chosen.
She made a large donation to the Clinton Foundation. (You may have to been watching the news shows in the past couple days to appreciate this one).
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okay, and then last night, with the GIANT CANDY PINK BOW TIE it was like watching Data cosplay as Pee Wee Herman.
Feinstein is giving it the All-American try though- I think he's not used to reading copy on air (so to speak), but his heart's in it and that's what counts.
(...and not that I'm an expert in such matters, but he would also benefit from a quick ctrl-alt-delete to bring up his task manager. I think he's got too many programs running at once.)
If he's reading copy on air that someone else wrote, that renders moot the issue of his knowledge of classic films. Perhaps a Ted Baxter type would be the ideal host.
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To bad Letterman is not the host he went to Ball State.
I never knew that Ball was a state.
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I always thought Hedy Lamarr was absolutely beautiful. So did L. B. Mayer. When she was
signed on to MGM he kept her first name but changed her last name to Lamarr as she reminded
Mayer of Barbara Lamarr. Barbara was a silent screen star known as "the girl who was too beautiful".
However, I never cared much for Ava Gardner. Her face seems too harsh. I just don't think she's
that attractive.
Harsh? Overall, on a scale from 1 to 10, I would rate Ava an 11. Her body was much better than Hedy's. Even her face was sexier.
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Dangerous
Bette Davis
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Never seen C-a-L or Sherman as an actor. Saw Quine in some MGM musical, wasn't impressed. Much better was Norman Foster who appears to advantage as the son in State Fair. But he was probably an aging juvenile, and was smart in turning to directing.
IIRC he appears in the film version of One Third Of A Nation.
He also had a very brief Hollywood career. After making The World In His Arms, director Raoul Walsh took him out, got him drunk, told him, "Kid, if you stay in this town you'll become a bum", and put him on a plane for England.
Elia Kazan, in e.g., CITY FOR CONQUEST
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I was looking at PATTERNS this morning on Amazon Prime. It's the one where Everett Sloane hires Van Heflin who quickly becomes the corporate heir apparent. There are all these scenes where Ed Begley is getting forced out...where Sloane can't come out and fire him but is hoping he'll just quit. This of course puts Van Heflin in an awkward position.
I couldn't help but think of Osborne when I was watching Begley on screen.
You're implying that Osborne's absences are not because of illness, and are not voluntary.
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It's uncanny -- todays star is listed on the TCM home screen is Ava Gardner but the photo show is of Hedy Lamarr. On the summer under the stars website todays star is listed as Hedy. So who is it?
Somebody (webmaster?) really dropped the ball.
I can see Hedy and Ava being confused, more so than Hedy and, say, Marie Dressler
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She's a perfect example of a good actress who struggled when she became a freelancer. Under contract with Sam Goldwyn, her career was red-hot. But once she left Goldwyn, it was harder for her. She was also dealing with studios and producers who wanted to make movies with 50s sex symbols and she couldn't compete with that.
Maybe she didn't have the initiative and aggressiveness to go after good roles once she was out from under Goldwyn's wing.
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If "nailing it" is to include winning an Oscar for your very first film, then along with Shirley Booth I would add Eva Marie Saint, Jo Van Fleet and Mercedes McCambridge. Of course, this doesn't imply that one goes on to an illustrious film career. Shirley, of course, had the benefit of trying the role on for size during her Broadway run.
Teresa Wright must have been nailing it up the kazoo early in her film career. Then after about 1946, she wasn't nailing it so much any more.
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Some fall in-between. Like they didn't exactly struggle or nail it in the beginning, but they had good instincts and quickly became stars. I would put Carol Lombard (billed without the 'e' in the beginning) and Joan Bennett into this group.
Shirley Booth nailed it right from the start in COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA. Dorothy McGuire also nailed it in CLAUDIA.
Some nailed it, then struggled. I'd say Orson Welles and John Barrymore qualify for this alternate category.
What is your criterion for "nailing it" or "Struggling". Your opinion? Whether the film was a success?
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I researched it a bit, and I have no clue. Sorry.
I'm throwing up my hands. STAGECOACH, GWTW, and TBYOOL were all independent productions (Wanger, Selznick, and Goldwyn) rather than studio films. Open thread.
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It was The Magnificent Dope (1942).
Open Thread
I was going to guess POT O' GOLD.
Next: I bought a much-played copy of the "Heartbeat City" LP for $.99.
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People are lazy, or they don't want to come up with a new question.
Is it David O. Selznick?
That's not the answer to the question, but you are on the right track.
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Amazing weed, man.
SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS?
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Hint: It has to do with who made the films.
I don't get it. This is an EXTREMELY easy question.
Actor/Movie Association Game
in Games and Trivia
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STAGECOACH