HollywoodGolightly

> {quote:title=markbeckuaf wrote:}{quote} > Did anyone notice that they seem to be repeating certain films even more though? And in a very short span of time? It might be a budget thing, though. A lot of networks have had to look for ways to reduce their budgets right now due to the economy.

Oh, no worries. I do have a Ben Johnson photo I just found, I'll be posting it later after I give it a little fixin'-up with the photoshop. As for The Horse Soldiers, I have to agree with you that it would have been an even more enjoyable movie with more of Ford's regular company.

> {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote} > I 've never seen that one. The Last Picture Show or My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys ? If you meant the latter, it's a pretty good, low-key kind of movie that stars Scott Glenn, Kate Capshaw and Gary Busey. (Mickey Rooney is in it, too). It came out on VHS but unfortunately hasn't been released on DVD. I totally recommend it to you (and all other fans of cowboy movies).

Where'd you find it? I think this is one of those ultra-rare Paramount films from the 30s.

Right now it's kind of a 3-way tie between Rio Grande, Wagon Master and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon. I guess it'd be easier to say I like almost everything he did with Ford. And I liked him in Shane, too. I'd also like to watch The Last Picture Show again sometime soon, because the first time I watched it, I didn't really know who he was or what he'd been in, even though I'd seen him in some Ford movies already - I just didn't connect the face or the name back then. Another movie from late in his career I'd like to revisit is My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (1991), which I haven't seen since it opened in theaters.

Five Graves to Cairo - Map's little secret next: The Blue Bird

Hayworth, Rita

Up in Mabel's Room

H.B. Warner was in The Rains Came with Myrna Loy

Scott, I see that you're also looking forward to The Phenix City Story - what makes the schedule of the 25th even better is that it seems the whole evening is dedicated to films of Kansas City Confidential director Phil Karlson: Scandal Sheet, The Brothers Rico and, the piece de resistance: Ladies of the Chorus, with an early appearance by Marilyn Monroe (her first credited appearance in a movie, apparently). This is going to be a great day for crime & noir fans, since most of Phil Karlson's movies are not available on DVD (with the exception of Kansas City Confidential, of course).

Wendy, I did, and I am. It's definitely on the top of things I'm going to get this summer. Then in the early Fall, I'll be getting Directed by John Ford and Wagon Master on DVD. Just like Kathy with her Ford collection, I'm going slowly, but I'm sure to get there someday (congrats on your latest acquisition, Kathy!) Hey, I just realized there's no Ben Johnson thread at the SSO - and today's his birthday. (I don't post over there but I like to lurk). Any plans to start one over there? Holly

A lot of really good ones have already been mentioned, so I won't repeat those; a few other ones that came to mind: Classic: Tod Browning / Lon Chaney Clarence Brown / Greta Garbo George Cukor / Katharine Hepburn Frank Capra / Jean Arthur Howard Hawks / Cary Grant Vincente Minnelli / Judy Garland Elia Kazan / Marlon Brando Budd Boetticher / Randolph Scott Billy Wilder / Jack Lemmon Blake Edwards / Peter Sellers Vittorio de Sica / Sophia Loren Michael Powell / Anton Walbrook Contemporary: Martin Scorsese / Leonardo DiCaprio Robert Zemeckis / Tom Hanks John Woo / Chow Yun-Fat

Hi, mooveeluvr, welcome to the boards I'd have to agree with finance here, sometimes an Oscar is really just a makeup Oscar. I'm not sure that Laurence Olivier really gave a better performance in Hamlet than Bogart's in Treasure of the Sierra Madre, but for whatever reason Hamlet became the more acclaimed film, with 7 nominations and 4 wins. But, as we all know, sometimes the Academy gets it wrong....

This is one of the things I love about the TCM boards - if there is any little bit of trivia or interesting tidbits that you may have overlooked, someone is sure to mention it and help you gain a better understanding of movie history or filmmaking in general. The part about Ken Curtis being John Ford's son-in-law I'm sure I must have read somewhere, but I had pretty much forgotten all about it. A quick check with imdb reveals almost 10 movies in which Ken Curtis worked under Ford (I am including Mister Roberts here even though Ford walked off the movie) between 1950 and 1964.

Song of Bernadette - most unusual vision next: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Heaven Can Wait is one of my favorites, too. Have you seen In Old Chicago yet? It's one of my favorites Don Ameche movies, too (and it doesn't hurt that Tyrone Power is in it!).

> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote} > HollywoodGolightly, > > I didn't know that you had not seen the film before; Here are a couple of interesting posts lifted from some people that I don't know, on a different forum after the recent broadcast. Hope they don't mind me doing this? Thank you for sharing those posts, gagman. I've not seen the whole movie before, but I have seen quite a few clips over the years in documentaries and I've always had a very high opinion of the movie. And I continue to hope the restored version will become available on DVD, or be shown on TCM.

> {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote} > I liked the look of the film, and I enjoyed the performance especially of oh, I can't come up with his name right now - the confederate who was friends with Holden, and led the charge at the railway depot. Wendy, According to the TCM database, Holden's confederate friend was Col. Jonathan Miles, played by Carleton Young.

I hope they can play the _restored_ version of Nickelodeon, which Bogdanovich supervised recently for the DVD release.

OMG, I almost forgot - today's June 13th - Ben Johnson's birthday!! Happy Birthday, Ben!

Could this have something to do with a movie playing on Sept. 17th?

sorry double post

Armand, you have a great selection of photos!! Thanks for posting these, they're simply _awesome_ !!

> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote} > I just can't believe that No one else has picked *THE BIG PARADE.* Literally Puts many so called and undeservedly better known classic films to utter shame. Not just silent films. Truly a landmark movie. I haven't had a chance to watch my recording yet!! I am so sorry gagman. I promise to watch it soon. For whatever reason, the other films I mentioned are the ones I am more familiar with. But I think that The Big Parade will probably go straight to the top of my 20's favorites soon after I have watched it. I'd have liked to watch it much sooner, but since TCM didn't play it for so many years...

> {quote:title=Ezzo wrote:}{quote} > It's not the best representation of the work. Just entertaining on it's own and was filmed for the most part in New York on location which hadn't really been done before that for musical films. The difficulty of filming outside a sound stage must have been overwhelming. Also, Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra. I appreciate your opinion. That's a great point, Ezzo. I don't know how the film version would compare to the original stage production, but there's simply nothing that can compare to the sights and sounds of the authentic location footage showing what NYC looked like in the mid-20th century. There would be many other later musicals that would make great use of location shooting, from South Pacific to West Side Story, but On the Town did it first. And they did it their way.