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> {quote:title=fredbaetz wrote:}{quote}
> Well done and often over looked Western with Cagney doing a good job as the tough as nails horse rancher. Robert Wise directed in fine style. Spencer Tracy had been scheduled to star but he had problems with the altitude and was giving Wise a hard time and he either quit or was let go and that was the end of his years at MGM although he returned in 1963 as narrator for "How the West was Won".
I agree that it is well done and often over-looked (thank goodness TCM shows it sometimes).
Had no idea that Spencer Tracy had been attached to the project at some point, though. Very interesting - I would have loved it if he'd been in more Westerns.
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Good news for TESB fans - especially if they live in L.A. - here's your chance to attend a screening with Harrison Ford as a special guest and contribute to a worthy cause!
*The Empire Strikes Back' and Harrison Ford at the ArcLight on May 19*
April 16, 2010
EXCLUSIVE
*A yearlong Lucasfilm charity campaign called "The Empire Gives Back" begins with the ArcLight event, where Ford will be interviewed on stage by Hero Complex blogger Geoff Boucher.*
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of "The Empire Strikes Back," Lucasfilm is planning a yearlong charity campaign that kicks off in the U.S. on May 19 with the hottest fanboy ticket of the year: A one-night-only digital screening of the 1980 "Star Wars" sequel at the ArcLight Hollywood and an on-stage Q&A with Harrison Ford.
Empire 30 The ArcLight screening will benefit St. Jude Children?s Research Hospital, a cause that persuaded the 67-year-old Hollywood icon to participate despite his long-standing reluctance to revisit the "Star Wars" universe and his role as rakish interstellar smuggler Han Solo.
Although almost every other cast member from the George Lucas films has worked the convention circuit or made appearances at themed film festivals and fan celebrations, Ford has shown little interest in revisiting his cinematic adventures with Jedi knights, wookiees and droids.
Earlier this year, while doing press for the medical drama "Extraordinary Measures," he practically groaned when asked if he would return to the role as a voice actor in an animated or motion-capture project. "Han Solo was very good to me at a certain point in my career, but I'm done with him," he told a television crew.
That's not to suggest that Ford isn't proud of his work in "Star Wars" or unaware of its massive impact on his Hollywood trajectory. The space-opera and the Indiana Jones films established Ford as a movie star of the highest order; at one point, the list of the five highest-grossing movies of all time included four films starring Ford.
"Empire Strikes Back" is viewed by many fans as the most compelling of the six "Star Wars" live-action feature films. It introduced Yoda, Boba Fett and Lando Calrissian and was visually striking, with settings on an ice planet, a swamp world and a floating cloud metropolis. It also revealed that Darth Vader was the father of Luke Skywalker, the signature moment in the family melodrama the sits at the very heart of the intergalactic epic.
Ticket for the ArcLight screening are $100 or $175 for "premiere seating" and on sale now at the St. Jude's website.
The ArcLight event, which is sponsored by Junk Food Clothing, is the beginning of "The Empire Gives Back" campaign, which will raise money for a number of charities. The schedule of events includes "Empire" screenings May 7-8 at the Field Museum?s Ernst & Young Theater in Chicago and auctions and other events that tie thematically into the 1980 film. Information on the programs can be found on the "Star Wars" website.
?'Star Wars' has received such an amazing show of love and support throughout the years, from fans all over the world,? said Mich Chau, president and chief operating officer of Lucasfilm. ?This anniversary gives us a wonderful opportunity to give back to our fans, and to work with some truly worthy organizations in a combined effort to support those in need.?
--Geoff Boucher
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Buono, Victor
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Yey!! The Naked Gun is about to start!!
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Arthur Kennedy was in Rancho Notorious with Mel Ferrer
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Robert Shaw
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Personally, I think the movie he'd most enjoy watching would be the French thriller Ne le dis ? personne (Tell No One), but perhaps he would also enjoy Scorsese's latest, Shutter Island.
However the one I would be most curious to hear his reaction about would be the restored version of Vertigo, I'd like to know if he thought that the restoration from a couple of decades ago helped the movie, or if he thought they hadn't gotten the colors right, etc.
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Gene Kelly was in Brigadoon with Cyd Charisse
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> {quote:title=stjohnrv wrote:}{quote}
> ps... anyone seen the latest Marlowe film "POODLE SPRINGS" with James Caan, not a bad flick with Caan as a newly married older Marlowe.
I don't think I'd even heard of it! Is it still playing in theaters, or is it already out on video?
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As stated elsewhere before, TCM pays tribute to the lovely Kathryn Grayson with two of her movies this Sunday, April 18th - plus an upcoming day-long tribute as part of Summer Under the Stars in August.
*_Sunday, April 18th_*
*The Desert Song* (1953) 8pm ET
A French professor secretly leads a band of desert freedom fighters.
Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Gordon MacRae, Steve Cochran, Raymond Massey Dir: Bruce Humberstone C-111 mins, TV-G
*Show Boat* (1951) 10pm ET
Riverboat entertainers find love, laughs and hardships as they sail along "Old Man River."
Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Joe E. Brown Dir: George Sidney C-108 mins, TV-G
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Kate Reid
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Ann Miller was in The Thrill of Brazil with Keenan Wynn
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Natalie Wood
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> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote}
> No SEVENTH HEAVEN either. This would have been the perfect occasion.
Isn't that one of those movies that TCM hasn't played in years (if ever)? It looks to me like it's in the public domain.
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Jennifer Jones was in Cluny Brown with Peter Lawford
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A Private's Affair (1959)
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George Grizzard was in Warning Shot with Lillian Gish
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To Catch a Thief
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Well, probably not unless you call The Wiz serious acting.
Though she did reteam with Billy Dee Williams in Mahogany, which I haven't seen yet - but I don't think that movie was as critically well-received as Lady Sings the Blues.
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The Bridges at Toko-Ri
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Frankie Avalon was in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea with Walter Pidgeon
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National Velvet
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I'm sure some women must use it, or at least they did back in the 60s. I should ask my mom about that, she wore tall hair herself back in the day - I've seen photos!
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I agree she's a big plus in just about everything - but much more so in a TCM Underground movie.
TCM pays tribute to Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker comedies! 4/16
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Was just watching the Top Secret! credits and suddenly realized (for the first time) that Maurice Jarre wrote the score for this one.
Maurice Jarre?!?! Amazing. :0
How he went from doing Lawrence of Arabia to Top Secret!, I don't really know, but just wish he'd still been scoring epic-scale movies by the 80s.