[Name a Celebrity - Name a Movie]

Barbra Streisand was in Hello, Dolly! with Walter Matthau

[*A to Z of Movies*]

Kansas City Confidential

[Kathryn Grayson, 88, has passed away]

The Desert Song is starting now! Thank you, TCM for this small tribute to the great Kathryn Grayson!

[Name a Celebrity - Name a Movie]

Robert Stack was in Written on the Wind with Lauren Bacall

[Actor/Movie Association Game]

Orson Welles

[*A to Z of actresses and actors*:)]

Wood, Natalie

[*A to Z of Movies*]

Invisible Man (The)

[Fun facts about your favorite stars]

 

Fun facts about Natalie Wood:

* Birth name: Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko

* The daughter of a Russian architect and a French ballerina could do a proper pli? before she could barely walk.

* Reportedly turned down Warren Beatty's offer to play opposite him in *Bonnie and Clyde* (1967) because she didn't want to be separated from her analyst while the film was on location in the Midwest.

* Had a relationship with Elvis Presley when she was 17; Elvis wanted to marry her, but his mother did not like Natalie.

[Fun facts about your favorite stars]

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[Fun facts about your favorite stars]

Do you think that would have been a better movie with Monroe instead of Novak?

[*A to Z of actresses and actors*:)]

Ustinov, Peter

[Name a Celebrity - Name a Movie]

Astaire was in Royal Wedding with Jane Powell

[Actor/Movie Association Game]

Pygmalion

["A Chorus Line" - a singular sensation?]

Actually, I did watch Every Little Step when it came out on DVD - that was probably the biggest reason I was eager to revisit the movie version of A Chorus Line, which I hadn't seen probably since the early 90s.

 

I think it's a pretty good documentary, I'm sorry that it didn't get a wider release.

[Actor/Movie Association Game]

Ingrid Bergman

[Name a Celebrity - Name a Movie]

Jimmy Durante was in On an Island With You - with Cyd Charisse

[Fun facts about your favorite stars]

I don't remember where I've seen them, maybe I'll have to pay more attention to all the other trivia threads.

[Fun facts about your favorite stars]

Feel free to share any fun facts you like!

[The Annual FrankGrimes Torture Thread]

> {quote:title=hlywdkjk wrote:}{quote}

> Or would it be more torturous for me to say I have a ticket - and I am NOT going?

 

It isn't that big a deal, when the restoration is still scheduled for a nationwide theatrical release. If it was a once-in-a-lifetime showing, that would be something else.

[Anyone excited about Farley Granger night?]

Sure, sure.

 

And glad to hear you enjoyed it.

[Any Joel McCrea fans?]

Coming up right after Some Like it Hot - it's Preston Sturges' The Palm Beach Story (starts at 2:15pm ET)

 

[Actor/Movie Association Game]

Cary Grant

[Actor/Movie Association Game]

Ann Sheridan

[Name a Celebrity - Name a Movie]

Zasu Pitts was in Mexican Spitfire's Baby with Lupe Velez

[Fun facts about your favorite stars]

 

Fun facts about Marilyn Monroe:

* Birth name: Norma Jean Mortensen

* Was 1947's Miss California Artichoke Queen.

* Started using the name Marilyn Monroe in 1946, but did not legally change it until 1956.