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Olivier, Laurence - directed himself in Hamlet (1948)
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(A) Matter of Life and Death
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Coburn, Charles
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Kings Row
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Mamoulian, Rouben - directed Queen Christina
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> {quote:title=goldensilents wrote:}{quote}
> I should have joined Netflix years ago. It would have saved me a fortune.
This is a lesson I've been fortunate enough to learn over the years... Don't get me wrong, I love silents, but it's still easier to rent-by-mail than to buy.
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Interestingly, not a single person who has posted in this thread so far has omitted Hitchcock.
The Master would be very happy if he could see this thread!
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Congrats on both coming back and on a really great list, Orson. I think you listed almost everyone I'd included among my favorites.
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Ann-Margret was in Pocketful of Miracles with Thomas Mitchell
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*Barry Comden dies at 74; restaurateur was 4th husband of Doris Day*
The couple, who were married for five years, formed a company to distribute a line of pet food named after the actress-singer. But the firm quickly unraveled.
By Valerie J. Nelson
June 2, 2009
Barry Comden, a businessman and restaurateur who was the fourth husband of singer-actress Doris Day, died May 25 of heart failure at his Los Angeles home, said his son, Danny. He was 74.
In 1976, he married Day after meeting her at the Beverly Hills Old World Restaurant, where he was the maitre d'. He always made sure that her favorite wine was chilled and provided her with ample leftovers for her dogs to eat, Vanity Fair magazine reported last year.
Pampered pets would be a recurring theme of the five-year marriage between Day and Comden, 12 years her junior.
Soon after they got together, Comden came up with the idea for a line of pet food that would feature her name. Day embraced the concept because she thought that the profits would help establish her nonprofit animal foundation, the magazine reported.
Comden sought business partners, who formed Doris Day Distributing Co., but the enterprise quickly unraveled, mainly because of a pyramid-type scheme that the couple had been unaware of, Comden later said. In a civil suit, they contended that the company had ended its contract with Day by marketing dog food that was not up to her standards.
The couple bought a hilltop home in Carmel in late 1978 but soon separated. When they divorced in 1981, Comden complained that Day preferred the company of dogs.
"She had 14 dogs, and the final straw was when I was kicked out of bed to make way for Tiger, a poodle," Comden recalled in 1996 to the London Sunday Mail.
Day once said the couple were "just incompatible."
Through a spokeswoman, Day declined to comment on Comden's death.
Comden "never got over his marriage to Doris Day," said Allan Hackel, a close friend. "He was very sad about that at all times."
Barry David Comden was born March 30, 1935, in New York City, to David and Natalie Comden. His accountant father died when Barry was 12, and his mother headed the title department at Columbia Pictures, his family said. Tony Award-winning songwriter Betty Comden was a cousin.
He received a bachelor's degree from Tufts University in Massachusetts in the late 1950s.
In the 1970s, Comden opened an Old World restaurant in Westwood and supervised the construction of another restaurant, Tony Roma's, in Palm Springs.
Ever the entrepreneur, he got in and out of a number of businesses throughout his life, said Danny, an actor-writer.
After his second divorce, from Day, Comden never remarried. He preferred to remain a "quintessential bachelor," his son said, a "charismatic, fun-loving guy" whose main interests were "women and golf."
In addition to his son, Comden is survived by two daughters, Susannah and Maude; and a sister, Ellen Lichterman.
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_Wednesday, June 3_
*Fallen Angel* (1945) 8am ET
A small town is shocked by the murder of a waitress (Linda Darnell), and the prime suspect is the gold-digging press agent (Dana Andrews) of a high society heiress (Alice Faye). 1940's Otto Preminger film noir gem.
Cast: Alice Faye, Dana Andrews, Charles Bickford, John Carradine, Linda Darnell, David Raksin. Director: Otto Preminger
_Thursday, June 4_
*Cry of the City* (1948) 7:30am ET
A New York police lieutenat (Victor Mature) walks a tightrope as he tracks tracks his former best friend, who is now a cop-killer.
Cast: Victor Mature, Richard Conte, Shelley Winters, Fred Clark, Tommy Cook. Director: Robert Siodmak
*Black Widow* (1954) 9:15am ET
A famous actress (Ginger Rogers), a film producer (Van Heflin), and his long-suffering wife (Gene Tierney) are all suspected of killing an opportunistic young writerl (Peggy Ann Garner).
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Van Helfin, Gene Tierney, George Raft, Peggy Ann Garner. Director: Nunnally Johnson
*A Blueprint for Murder* (1953) 11am ET
A man (Joseph Cotten) who has fallen in love with his sister-in-law (Jean Peters) begins to suspect that she may have murdered one of her step-children.
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, Gary Merrill, Catherine Mcleod, Mae Marsh. Director: Andrew Stone
_Friday, June 5_
*Thieves' Highway* (1949) 9:45am ET
A tough drama about a war veteran turned truck driver out to avenge his father's mistreatment at the hands of a crooked fruit dealer in San Francisco.
Cast: Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, Lee J. Cobb, Barbara Lawrence, Jack Oakie, Millard Mitchell. Director: Jules Dassin
_Saturday, June 6_
*Violent Saturday* (1955) 10:30am ET
A gripping drama about the events leading up to a bank robbery and how the crime effects the lives of citizens in a small Arizona town.
Cast: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Victor Mature, Sylvia Sidney, Richard Egan. Director: Richard Fleischer
_Monday, June 8_
*Night Train to Munich* (1940) 10am ET
A British spy (Harrison) must pretend to be a German officer in order to save an inventor and his daughter (Lockwood), kidnapped by the Nazis.
Cast: Rex Harrison, Margaret Lockwood, Paul Henreid, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne. Director: Carol Reed
_Tuesday, June 9_
*A Blueprint for Murder* (1953) 7:30am ET
A man (Joseph Cotten) who has fallen in love with his sister-in-law (Jean Peters) begins to suspect that she may have murdered one of her step-children.
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, Gary Merrill, Catherine Mcleod, Mae Marsh. Director: Andrew Stone
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Stark, Willie - Broderick Crawford in All the King's Men
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Mildred Natwick was in The Trouble with Harry with John Forsythe
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Kanin, Garson - directed Tom Dick and Harry (1941)
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But Not For Me - May December Romance
next: The Misfits
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I know I am..
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Arthur, Jean
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I Know Where I'm Going!
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How to Murder Your Wife - First Degree Marriage
next: In the Good Old Summertime
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Ivory, James - directed The Remains of the Day
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Well, I consider it primarily a heist movie, and it also seems to have been, quite possibly, somewhat of an inspiration for Quentin Tarantino when he was writing Reservoir Dogs.
I guess some people might consider it somewhat noirish, in that it deals with some pretty dark emotions of at least one major character, and the dark journey of Payne's character as he tries to redeem himself in the eyes of society.
As I look back on nearly 30 noirs that I've seen in the last 2 weeks, I have come to the conclusion that the most noirish movies to me almost invariably have a much deeper sense of gloom and despair, of existential anguish.
I don't think KCC has that element, but aside from that reservation, it's a crime movie that I enjoyed more than I thought I would. And seeing the secret side of that former police captain is definitely quite a contrast to the usually sunny view of authority figures in most 50's movies, so I guess it must have had packed a much greater punch back when it was first released.
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> {quote:title=traceyk wrote:}{quote}
> OK, this may get me in trouble, but how come no one complains when cartoons lampoon white people?
Hi, traceyk, and welcome to the boards.
There are many ways to answer such a question, but none I'm afraid that wouldn't take this thread in an overtly political direction, which is not the spirit in which it was intended.
Let's just say that people may have justifiable concerns, I guess, due to Disney's past record in this matter.
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I have regrettably never watched Make Way for Tomorrow, sure hope TCM could get the rights to it someday. Fay Bainter and Thomas Mitchell are some of my favorite character actors.
Seems like this is a Paramount title, so let's cross our fingers that TCM's upcoming deal with MCA/Universal (which controls the rights) might yield results.
Otherwise, it seems the movie is _only_ available on an imported DVD from France:
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John Wayne was in Fort Apache with Pedro Armend?riz
*A to Z of actresses and actors*:)
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