[A to Z of Characters]

Parkson, Anne - Frances Gifford in The Arnelo Affair

[The First Film That Comes to Mind...]

Delicatessen

 

nw: tiramisu

[*A to Z of Filmmakers*]

Irene - costume designer, Easter Parade

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

Allyson, June

[*A to Z of Movies*]

(The) Empire Strikes Back

[Lon Chaney]

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.

[*A to Z of Movies*]

(The) Body Snatcher

[Tom Dick and Harry (1941)]

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?

 

[please show these two movies]

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

[Lon Chaney]

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).

["The Winslow Boy" (1948) and "Demi-Paradise" (1943) on Sunday 5/31]

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

["The Body Snatcher" (1945)]

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

> It has a truly shocking climax- great cast and atmospheric direction by Robert Wise.

 

I really did enjoy that climax!! It was so very creepy, and it was done quickly and efficiently, then it ends on an appropriately downbeat note - but the young doctor will hopefully learn something from McFarlane.

 

And of course, it's totally awesome to see Karloff and Bela Lugosi together, even if they really only share that one scene, pretty much. It is a great scene.

[Lon Chaney]

I have admired Chaney ever since the first time I watched The Phantom of the Opera, and have grown to admire him even more as I have had the opportunity to see more of his films on TCM. He was truly the man of a thousand faces.

[*A to Z of Filmmakers*]

Ford, John - directed Stagecoach

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

Wyman, Jane

[*A to Z of Movies*]

Zodiac

[Movies are the answer]

Palookaville

 

When she started out in college, Natalie never dreamed that her career would some day take her to.....

[*A to Z of Filmmakers*]

Dassin, Jules - directed A Letter for Evie

[A to Z of Characters]

Lockhart, Will - James Stewart in The Man From Laramie

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

Ure, Mary

[Movies are the answer]

Three Blind Mice

 

Every day when she came to work, Erica would exclaim "I love the smell of .... "

[*A to Z of Filmmakers*]

Burton, Tim - directed Beetlejuice

[3 Word Critic]

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon - What time's it?

 

next: The Body Snatcher

[William Wyler's: "THE LETTER"]

Wyler's The Letter is being shown again on TCM this Sunday, May 31 at 8am ET.

 

[The films and career of Vincente Minnelli]

This is true, but I believe he had a bad spell from the mid-50's on, with The Cobweb (1955), The Reluctant Debutante (1958), The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962) and Two Weeks in Another Town (1962). I don't believe any of those were very successful at the box-office and may even have lost money for MGM.

 

It was not a completely bad spell, however, thanks to the success of Gigi (1959).