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West Side Story

Jane Wyman was in Tail Spin with Alice Faye

The Searchers

Fun facts about Eva Marie Saint: * At the beginning of her career she turned down a role in *Quo Vadis*. * Although the part of Edie Doyle in *On the Waterfront* properly is a lead, producer Sam Spiegel listed Eva Marie Saint as a Supporting Actress in the hopes of getting her a nomination. The ploy worked, and she won the Oscar. * Won the part of Edie Doyle in *On the Waterfront* (1954) over Elizabeth Montgomery. Director Elia Kazan, in his autobiography "A Life," says that the choice of an actress to play the part was narrowed down to Elizabeth Montgomery and Saint. Although Montgomery was fine in her screen test, there was an air of finishing school about her. Kazan thought this genteel quality would not be becoming for Edie, who was raised on the waterfront in Hoboken, NJ. He gave the part to Saint, and she went on to win cinematic immortality, and a Best Supporting Actress Oscar, in the part. * Considered for the female leads in *Friendly Persuasion, Somebody Up There Likes Me, The Eddy Duchin Story, Cimarron, Psycho, Marnie, Torn Curtain, Will Penny* and *The Thomas Crown Affair*.

Gary Cooper was in Beau Geste with Ray Milland

They Were Expendable

Warriner, Jerry - Cary Grant in The Awful Truth

Mae West was in I'm No Angel with Edward Arnold

The Picture of Dorian Gray

I don't know, but I'd love to go to a "Picnic" like that one.

Cool, thanks!

I haven't seen it in a long time, but I will be recording for sure. It seems when Sony Pictures released the DVD, they did not use a widescreen version. At least the one scheduled to show on TCM today is supposed to be letterboxed...

> {quote:title=MaxvonMayerling wrote:}{quote} > I have always enjoyed Alan Ladd's films. I hope TCM will run "Hell on Frisco Bay" (1955), with a wonderfully dastardly Edward G. Robinson as Ladd's nemesis! I'll second that - I've never seen it, but I hear some good things about it. And it's never been available on any home video format AFAIK.

Novak fans, don't forget about Picnic this afternoon... *Picnic* (1955) 4pm ET A handsome drifter ignites passions at a small-town Labor Day picnic. Cast: William Holden, Kim Novak, Betty Field, Susan Strasberg Dir: Joshua Logan C-113 mins, TV-PG This movie probably doesn't show up as often as it used to on TCM.

> {quote:title=clore wrote:}{quote} > It will air Saturday, May 22 on FMC. Got it, thanks!

Well, since that showing on TCM was rescheduled due to some memorial tribute, I ended up watching this on DVD. The presentation on the DVD is good, although unfortunately it doesn't have any extras. The movie itself is pretty good, although I can only imagine how much funnier everything must seem if you watched it with a large audience in a theater. Was this a really big hit back in 1958? I guess it must have done fairly well, though I haven't looked into that. My favorite sight gag was the thing that Andy Griffith's character does to the toilets in the latrine to "salute" the general when he comes to check on the barracks. The look on the poor general's face is just priceless.

Some great noirs coming up Sunday and Monday... *_SUNDAY, MAY 16_* *Night and the City* (1950) 10am ET Jules Dassin's film noir classic follows a conniving wrestling promoter's (Richard Widmark) shady dealings with the London underworld. Cast: Richard Widmark, Herbert Lom, Hugh Marlowe. Director: Jules Dassin *Cry of the City* (1948) 12pm ET A New York police lieutenat (Victor Mature) walks a tightrope as he tracks tracks his former best friend, who is now a cop-killer. Cast: Victor Mature, Richard Conte, Shelley Winters, Fred Clark, Tommy Cook. Director: Robert Siodmak *_MONDAY, MAY 17_* *Somewhere in the Night* (1946) 8am ET An amnesiac (Hodiak) returns from WWII trying to discover his lost identity and learns that he may be a murderer. Cast: John Hodiak, Richard Conte, Nancy Guild, Lloyd Nolan. Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz *Pickup on South Street* (1953) 2pm ET A petty thief (Richard Widmark) gets in above his head after he steals the purse of a woman (Jean Peters) who's under suspicion of being a communist spy. Cast: Richard Widmark, Richard Kiley, Murvyn Vye, Thelma Ritter. Director: Samuel Fuller

Val, I don't pretend to be an expert on TV licensing rights, but I do believe that even though Canada is a part of the British commonwealth, a lot of the rights to movies and TV shows are negotiated so as to include both Canada and the U.S., since it makes it easier to reach all English-speaking viewers in North America (not trying to disparage French-speaking Canadians, mind you).

The Pirates of Penzance

Well, be that as it may, I thought this news item about Russell Crowe was pretty funny. I mean, Flynn was also Australian, he never had to deal with any criticism over whether or not he played Robin Hood with a historically-accurate British accent... *Russell Crowe snaps over "Irish" Robin Hood accent* LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - Actor Russell Crowe stormed out of a BBC radio interview after suggestions that he had made the quintessentially British legend Robin Hood sound Irish in his latest movie. New Zealand-born Crowe, who was raised in Australia, has been the target of criticism in the British media for his accent in the "Robin Hood" action adventure movie which opened this week with its world premiere held at the Cannes film festival. BBC radio arts reporter Mark Lawson said his impression from Crowe's performance was that "Robin Hood was an Irishman who took frequent holidays in Australia." "You've got dead ears, mate -- seriously dead ears if you think there's an Irish accent," Crowe, 46, retorted in the interview, broadcast on Thursday. Lawson then asked Crowe if the accent was meant to be northern English. Robin Hood, a 13th century archer who according to folklore robbed the rich to give the poor, lived in a forest near the northern English city of Nottingham. "No, I was going for an Italian ... missed it?" The actor could then be heard muttering: "I don't get the Irish thing by the way. I don't get it at all," as he walked out of the interview. Crowe, who won an Oscar for his role in the 2000 movie "Gladiator," has a reputation for being bad-tempered which culminated in a 2005 arrest for throwing a telephone at a New York hotel employee. The actor described that incident at the time as "possibly the most shameful situation that I've ever gotten myself into." (Editing by Belinda Goldsmith)

That poster for The Unforgiven is really awesome, for some reason I missed it earlier. It's a pretty harsh position that Audrey is in, but then again, the movie also makes her go through an agonizing ordeal. A really great poster for a movie that I enjoyed a lot (though it is arguably not one of John Huston's best films).

This collection came out this week, but unfortunately Netflix doesn't have it, at least not yet. I'd really like to rent this before deciding on buying it or not buying it. Has anyone bought the set yet?

Thanks for the recommendation. I'm pretty sure I've seen the DVD in a video store shelf, so I may not even have to purchase it.

> {quote:title=misswonderly wrote:}{quote} > I'm not sure I get the Fox Movie station where I live. Can someone tell me if it has commercials on it?If so, at the risk of sounding ungrateful for your helpful information, I wouldn't want to watch it anyway. Turner has spoiled me for anything with breaks or commercials in it. I'm not sure if the Fox Movie Channel also exists in Canada. If it doesn't, or if you don't get it for whatever reason, I'm sure someone around here would be happy to trade recordings with you. There must be stuff in Canada that's not shown here in the U.S.

The festival seems to have gotten off to a good start. As may have been mentioned before, the program includes quite a few features being shown in 35mm archival studio prints - and with such an appreciative audience, there is certainly no better venue to watch these. For anyone in the Northern California area, this (and Noir City) are great opportunities to watch some pretty obscure noirs that don't seem to show up anywhere else (not even on TCM).