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Young, Robert

Jim Backus

George Sanders was in Man Hunt with Roddy McDowall

Overton, Cora - Myrna Loy in Lucky Night (1939)

Cyd Charisse

Clark Gable was in Idiot's Delight with Norma Shearer

Barry Sullivan

Victor Mature was in Samson and Delilah with Hedy Lamarr

Louis Jourdan

Gloria Grahame was in The Greatest Show on Earth with Betty Hutton

Shirley MacLaine

Paul Newman was in The Silver Chalice with Jack Palance

John Forsythe

Zulu

Mendez, Henry - Martin Balsam in Hombre

Jack Warden

Joan Shawlee was in Critic's Choice with Rip Torn

Jason Robards, Jr.

I looked for a recent thread about this movie, but the only thread in the first couple of pages is almost two years old, and per forum rules we are not allowed to post in it. The great Bedtime Story with David Niven, Marlon Brando and Shirley Jones is one of my new favorite movies from the 60s. It's also the movie that was later remade as Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, with Michael Caine and Steve Martin, though I didn't know it at the time I watched that 80s remake. Let's just say that if you have seen Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, you may know A LOT of the story, but you may still be surprised at how the original movie ends. There's also great comedic turns by Brando and Niven, both well-cast in roles that make the most of their respective strengths. This is a movie I wish TCM would show, the Universal title has not been released in DVD here in the U.S. and although there was a British R2 DVD released a while back, I hear it really didn't have very good picture quality. For the time being, it seems that the only way to watch this here in America is in the old Universal Home Video VHS release. Still, a highly recommended comedy, especially for Brando fans.

Don't forget, TCM will be showing The Unforgiven today at 8pm ET as part of the Race and Hollywood series. I'll be very interested in catching the opening remarks. *The Unforgiven* (1960) 8pm ET Indians try to reclaim a rancher's adopted daughter. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Audrey Hepburn, Audie Murphy, John Saxon Dir: John Huston C-121 mins, TV-14

Thank you for sharing the video, coopsgirl, you are one true Coop fan.

> {quote:title=misswonderly wrote:}{quote} > I'm almost more disappointed about not being able to attend the 15 Noirs Festival than I was about missing the TCM Classic Film Festival. I'd give away my considerable noir DVD collection to attend. I actually don't think it's such a great festival, compared to other noir festivals. If I remember correctly, every one of the movies being shown there is easily available on home video. Don't get me wrong - it's always nice to see them in a theater, of course. But the best noir festivals, imho, are the ones which include a healthy dose of noir titles that have never even been released on home video. Noir City is still widely considered the country's best noir festival, I believe, and it tours the U.S. on a yearly basis, including cities near the Canadian border, such as Seattle and Chicago. It might be worth looking into, perhaps.

Finally got to watch it - not bad, so long as you remember that it's a "movie" that consists mostly of 3 TV episodes, with some filler material to join them. Some of the bonus features on the DVD are pretty interesting, though, especially the early kinescope material of the first televised Emmy ceremony.

Where are there places that still have 3-D festivals? I would love to hear more about those, I don't really know of any (at least in the U.S.)

> {quote:title=Mogul-o-maniac wrote:}{quote} > There are some wonderful films being shown (DOUBLE INDEMNITY, THE MALTESE FALCON, THE KILLERS, CROSSFIRE, WHITE HEAT) and some rarities that almost never get big-screen play dates (A DOUBLE LIFE, THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS, THE STRANGER), but a primer on what constitutes Film Noir, and how it came to be (and, just as importantly, why it's impossible for anyone to ever make one again), this series is not. Amen to that. Sometimes noir is used as little more than a marketing ploy. The recent Columbia "Bad Girls of Noir" DVD sets are another example; it's a good thing that some of those old B-movies are being released, although strictly speaking not all of them qualify as true noir.