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Tripp, Alice - Shelley Winters in A Place in the Sun

Rome, Martin - Richard Conte in Cry of the City

I don't believe the trouble is browser-specific; I've seen it happen on Firefox, Safari, and Google Chrome.

I was referring to the powers that be. Maybe they think that the best way to grow TCM's online community is to focus on the CFU? It does seem to be attracting a lot of people, and giving them a reason to stay there even if they have no particular desire to participate in a discussion by letting them have a profile page where they can post their favorite photos and videos. It's just a guess, nothing more.

Just another day to go before the "Great Directors" month kicks off with the John Ford salute. For those who have not seen it, here is the original TCM promo for the restored version of Directed by John Ford, which is being shown on Monday at 8pm central (it will also make its DVD debut this fall, almost 3 years after the TCM premiere). http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/index/?o_cid=mediaroomlink&cid=148653

Well, on a positive note, I see that the SSO has come back to life.

> {quote:title=Bronxgirl48 wrote:}{quote} > Apology accepted, Holly. Life is tough for all of us. I hope your family health crisis will resolve itself into a positive situation. > > So let's begin fresh and see what develops. Thank you so much, Bronxie. You don't know how much your kind words mean to me. It is not easy to see a loved one go through a double mastectomy, then have to have yet another surgery for something totally unrelated. It can be a very scary situation, but slowly things seem to be getting back to normal. I see that others have already talked a bit about The Body Snatcher, which I watched on TCM last night. (I posted briefly about it in another forum last night, but I was so tired that I barely gave it any effort). It's a great classic horror film, which gripped me from the very beginning and never let go. There is no question that Boris Karloff thoroughly dominates the movie, and is perhaps the best reason to watch it, especially in the scene with Bela Lugosi. (RO mentioned offhand that this is one of several movies that Karloff and Lugosi made together, but I don't remember offhand if I've seen any of the others). Much of the credit, of course, also goes to Robert Wise, who'd graduated from editing duties at RKO and was starting to direct (this was his 2nd feature). It is a very atmospheric movie, and although I suspect it must have filmed in a backlot, the illusion is very compelling from the start, especially in the night scenes. There are some very heartbreaking moments in the movie, especially the one involving the little girl who needs to be operated on so she can walk again (wonderfully played by Sharyn Moffett). There's also the grisly matter of what happens to the street singer played by Donna Lee, in what is for me one of the most frightening moments of the movie, when you see what John Gray is truly capable of, how evil a monster he really is. The ending is wonderfully creepy, especially since it involves seeing someone you thought had already exited the picture, and it works marvels at creating a sense of supernatural fright. When all is said and done, of course, one is relieved that the young doctor Fettes (Russell Wade) has survived through the ordeal, and hopefully come out much wiser for it. It is a great horror movie, from a director who isn't usually associated with horror movies, and Karloff is unforgettable in it.

> {quote:title=markbeckuaf wrote:}{quote} > Where else are folks going? Actually, I've been thinking that a lot of the discussions that we've had in the forums, we could also have in the new "CFU", only in a slightly different format... perhaps that is what they wish we would do?

Crisp, Donald

Giant

Ilka Chase was in Now, Voyager with Bonita Granville

> {quote:title=feaito wrote:}{quote} > It's been one of the biggest discoveries I made last year. Since I have the Citadel Press book "The Films of Susan Hayward" I always wondered about this eerie film and it did not disappoint me at all, on the very contrary. Director Martin Gabel made a very fine job and Susan Hayward is terrific. Hola Fernando! I remember seeing this movie a long time ago, and liked it very much. I think it's a shame that this is the only movie Martin Gabel ever directed.

Kasdan, Lawrence - directed Silverado

Bruce Bennett was in Shakedown with Howard Duff

Parkson, Anne - Frances Gifford in The Arnelo Affair

Delicatessen nw: tiramisu

Irene - costume designer, Easter Parade

Allyson, June

(The) Empire Strikes Back

I am very sorry to hear about your eyesight, gagman, I was not aware that this was an issue. I'm hoping for the very best, my best wishes to you.

(The) Body Snatcher

This is the only musical on Sunday's schedule I've not seen before. But I've never seen a Ginger Rogers movie that I didn't like, so this ought to be good. Anyone here seen it?

Have you seen the Region 2 DVD of Napoleon, by any chance?

I'd love to see the 2nd boxset released, too. Supposedly it will include He Who Gets Slapped, which in addition to being a great Lon Chaney movie, is also the first MGM movie ever made (Metro and Goldwyn had been separate studios before 1924).

Tonight's prime time theme is a double feature of British director Anthony Asquith movies - both of which apparently are TCM premieres. Has anyone seen either of these? I've seen the remake of The Winslow Boy, but never the 1948 original. *The Winslow Boy* (1948) 8pm ET When their son is expelled from school for theft, a married couple demands a fair trial. Cast: Robert Donat, Margaret Leighton, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Marie Lohr Dir: Anthony Asquith BW-118 mins *The Demi-Paradise* (1943) 10pm ET A Russian inventor tries to cope with British life while helping the country prepare for war. Cast: Laurence Olivier, Penelope Dudley-Ward, Margaret Rutherford. Dir: Anthony Asquith. BW-113 mins, TV-PG