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Peter Donat was in The Godfather, Part II with Bruno Kirby

Taylor, Elizabeth

Fred, There are days I just wish TCM would make you VP of programming.

I've not heard of that book before, kingrat, but I'll try and check it out if it's available anywhere. And he really did make a terrific screen couple with both Barbara and Jean, who could be very funny (or serious) when their roles demanded it.

> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote} > I'm surprised they are not including "Unfaithfully Yours", which was his last well-received film. Unfaithfully Yours is a Fox movie, and sometimes TCM has a harder time leasing movies from Fox.

Blonde Venus - The nightclub blues next: Viva Las Vegas

Lana Wood was in Diamonds are Forever with Sean Connery.

Congrats, Rich! You hit the jackpot. Your turn.

Congrats, Rich! You hit the jackpot. Your turn.

TCM dedicates its morning and afternoon schedule of June 12 to the great French-born director Jacques Tourneur, whose Out of the Past is generally regarded as one of the very best, if not the best, film noir ever made. You can check the Thursday schedule here: http://www.tcm.com/schedule/index.jsp?startDate=6/12/2009&timezone=EST&cid=N In addition to Out of the Past, TCM will also be showing the great noir Nightfall, the wartime thriller Berlin Express, and some of Tourneur's horror/suspense films - also very good examples of that genre.

Coming up on TCM at 4pm ET, "Pal Joey" with Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra & Kim Novak

Lorre, Peter

You're a Big Boy Now

Jones, Jennifer

George Reeves was in Gone with the Wind with Thomas Mitchell

> {quote:title=CineSage_jr wrote:}{quote} > Natalie Kalmus's lifetime position as the Technicolor company's "color consultant" was a provision of her divorce settlement with Dr Herbert Kalmus, nothing more. She was widely reviled by directors and cinematographers as little more than a parasite who did nothing to aid their work, and whose dictates (she rarely suggested) were typically ignored. And as a "color consultant", the studios didn't really have any choice in the matter, or did they? I mean, of course, if they wanted to use the Technicolor process...

For all the Bye Bye Birdie fans... enjoy!! http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/index/?o_cid=mediaroomlink&cid=115162

I didn't watch the awards this year, but I'm very happy for her. She totally deserves every single one of them.

TCM's theme of the night - Preston Sturges! _PRIME TIME SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10_ *The Lady Eve* (1941) 8pm ET A lady cardsharp tries to con an eccentric scientist only to fall for him. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette Dir: Preston Sturges BW-94 mins, TV-PG *Sullivan's Travels* (1941) 10pm ET A filmmaker masquerades as a hobo to get in touch with the little people. Cast: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest Dir: Preston Sturges BW-91 mins, TV-G *The Palm Beach Story* (1942) 12am ET To finance her husband's career, a married woman courts an eccentric millionaire. Cast: Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, Rudy Vallee Dir: Preston Sturges BW-88 mins, TV-G *The Miracle of Morgan's Creek* (1944) 2am ET During World War II, a 4F tries to help the woman he loves cover up a surprise pregnancy. Cast: Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, Diana Lynn, William Demarest Dir: Preston Sturges BW-99 mins, TV-PG *The Sin Of Harold Diddlebock* (1950) 4am ET When he loses his job, a middle-aged bookkeeper goes out on the town. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Jimmy Conlin, Raymond Walburn, Rudy Vallee Dir: Preston Sturges BW-90 mins, TV-G

*http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/06/shall_we_gather_at_the_river.html* This is a great article!! Thank you for sharing! Really liked the part where he points out that the Western is a true American art form, and one that can be understood in every part of the world.

Peter, I hope this is the right thread for this - an article about Tony Curtis that mentions he will be attending "The Magic of Tony Curtis" Saturday at the Million Dollar Theater in downtown Los Angeles. The event will include a matinee screening of Houdini as well as an evening 50th anniversary screening of Some Like It Hot. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-classic-hollywood10-2009jun10,0,3894432.story *Tony Curtis' ever-hot career* The actor, who just turned 84, reminisces as the Jules Verne Festival gets ready to screen his classic 'Houdini' and 'Some Like It Hot.' By Susan King June 10, 2009 Tony Curtis, ony Curtis, the 1950s matinee idol who developed into an acclaimed actor in such classics as "Some Like It Hot," "Sweet Smell of Success" and "The Defiant Ones," was in a reflective mood recently. "I'm just a lucky guy," said Curtis over the phone from his home in Las Vegas. "I am having such a wonderful life." Perhaps it was his birthday on June 3 that sparked this mellow feeling. "I'm 84 years old and still kicking sand," he said with a laugh in his still-hearty Bronx-tinged accent. "I'm feeling good." That wasn't the case a few years ago when Curtis had a near-fatal bout with pneumonia. "That's over and now I am on the road to recovery," he said. The onetime playboy and bon vivant now spends most of his time painting. "I make assemblages and collages," he said. "I am constantly involved in my artistic life." He and his fifth wife, Jill Vandenberg, also operate the Shiloh Horse Rescue in Sandy Valley, Nev. "She goes out in the morning and maintains the ranch every day." Curtis is leaving Las Vegas this week and visiting Los Angeles for "The Magic of Tony Curtis" Saturday at the venerable Million Dollar Theater in downtown Los Angeles. Presented by the Jules Verne Festival and the Los Angeles Historical Theater Foundation, the festivities include a matinee screening of Curtis' 1953 hit "Houdini," with escape artist Curtis Love II attempting the legendary magician's water torture stunt, and a 50th anniversary screening that evening of "Some Like It Hot." Directed by Billy Wilder and widely considered one of the greatest American comedies, the film stars Curtis and Jack Lemmon as two Chicago musicians during the Roaring '20s on the lam in Florida after witnessing a gangland murder. Dressed as women, they find sanctuary in an all-girl orchestra where they also encounter the va-va-voom leading singer, Sugar Kane (Marilyn Monroe). Curtis also will be signing copies of his 2008 autobiography, "American Prince: A Memoir," at a special dinner in between the screenings at the Los Angeles Athletic Club in downtown L.A. Curtis recalled he first came to Los Angeles from New York in July 1948, to begin work in movies at Universal. "What a time that was," he said wistfully. "I had never been to California except for when I was in the Navy, and here I was coming out with a movie contract." Curtis credits his agent -- the legendary Lew Wasserman -- for "creating" and helping him. "He saw in me something," said Curtis. "I became under contract to him at MCA and he would help me with those early movies. He never missed anything with me. He kept watching me, help me improve and watch me develop as an actor. I had the most important and wonderful people helping me." Curtis had been in town five years when he landed the role of Harry Houdini. "I started learning magic to play the part in the picture," said Curtis. "What an experience that was. I remember some [of the magic], but I haven't fooled around with it since then." "Houdini" also starred his first wife, Janet Leigh, the mother of actresses Jamie Lee Curtis and Kelly Curtis. "We were just married and this was our first picture together," he said, adding that it wasn't easy doing the movie with his spouse. "But we got through it. We were living in an apartment on Wilshire Boulevard down near UCLA." Curtis paused. "These things come bouncing at me, there are so many memories, so many images," he reflected. When he first met Wilder about "Some Like It Hot," the Lemmon role was to be played by Frank Sinatra. "Then a week later, Wilder said, 'I'm going to have to change that because I think Frank would be too much trouble.' Then he called back and said Jack Lemmon would do it. He said to me, 'I want the handsomest man in town and you are that.' And he put me in the movie." An avid art collector, Wilder was more than a director to Curtis -- he was a great inspiration to him as a painter. "He encouraged me to maintain myself as a painter," said Curtis. "Here we were working, making this movie, and he was helping me build an art collection and looked at the paintings I was doing. I was blessed." Wilder, though, was a tough task master. "But in that toughness, he showed me things I wanted to learn and he was there for me always," said Curtis. It was like going to art school." For more information on "The Magic of Tony Curtis" events go to www.julesverne.org

Speaking of movie cars, I now have a special place in my heart for the '72 Gran Torino that is the title character, so to speak, in Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino. The movie just came out on video yesterday, for anyone who may be interested.

> {quote:title=Ascotrudgeracer wrote:}{quote} > Some have said that the husband "ghosted" her work, but I can't imagine all those credits on all those films being all a lie. No, they aren't a lie - from what I've read, her presence on the set was a contractual demand, if the studio wanted to use the Technicolor process.

Peter, It looks like a lovely set (particularly the UCE) and I'm sure Oz fans will love it. The box is probably the best-looking packaging of any video version, as well.

Did she know as much about Technicolor as her husband, do you think?