HollywoodGolightly
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Mrs. Miniver - Mighty Blighty Mom
next: New York Confidential
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Father Goose
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Great posters! Thanks!
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Francis Ford Coppola's Dementia 13 is now available from YouTube's selection of free full-length movies:
This is a single video, you do not have to watch it in 10-minute parts (although with some movies, that helps a bit, admittedly).
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I was wondering if anyone here is familiar with this 1971 documentary about John Ford and his vision of the West. It is available free online:
http://retrovision.tv/freevideo/american-west-of-john-ford-the-1971/
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Here is a favorable review from Leonard Maltin:
*THE BOYS* ? Richard and Robert Sherman have made the world a happier place through their infectiously upbeat songs. Their names are synonymous with Walt Disney, for whom they wrote the scores for Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, and Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, as well as indelible themes for TV shows, movies, and theme parks. This lively movie celebrates their career and their personal relationship with Walt, and includes interviews with innumerable friends and colleagues, from Julie Andrews to John Williams. (Full disclosure: I also appear, very briefly, but I had no other input to the film. I was as curious as anyone to see how it would turn out.)
Then there is the story behind the story: away from work, Dick and Bob did not see eye to eye. They had different outlooks on life, and different ambitions, from boyhood on. It was their father, a Tin Pan Alley tunesmith, who urged them to try writing songs together in the 1950s. Once they had a taste of success they forged a profitable partnership?in spite of the fact that they didn?t really get along. This film is the work of their sons, first cousins who didn?t see each other for several decades, even though they lived just blocks apart in Beverly Hills!
I feared that this documentary would put a damper on my admiration for the brothers, but it doesn?t. Somehow, Gregory Sherman and Jeff Sherman have found a way to tell their fathers? unusual story with empathy?and a respectful distance?so that we don?t feel like we?ve been through anyone?s dirty laundry. Instead, it made me ponder how funny and utterly unpredictable life can be.
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May 23, 2009
*Joan A. Stanton, Radio Voice of Lois Lane, Dies at 94*
By BRUCE WEBER
Joan A. Stanton, who was known as Joan Alexander in the 1940s when she was the voice of Lois Lane on the radio version of ?The Adventures of Superman,? died on Thursday in Manhattan. She was 94 and lived in Manhattan and East Hampton, N.Y.
The cause was an intestinal blockage, said her daughter, Jane Stanton Hitchcock.
Mrs. Stanton was a dark-haired beauty, model and stage actress before she became a radio star, performing on many shows, including ?Perry Mason,? in which she played the loyal secretary Della Street. But it was as Lois Lane, the intrepid but perpetually imperiled reporter for The Daily Planet, where she was a colleague of Superman?s alter ego, Clark Kent, that she became a fixture in pop culture.
The show began in 1940, two years after Superman was introduced in comic-book form, and continued on the radio in various formats until 1951, doing much to establish the character as the quintessential American superhero. Lois Lane first appeared in the seventh episode, and though most sources indicate that Mrs. Stanton was not the first actress cast ? Superman was played by Bud Collyer ? she landed the part early in the show?s tenure and was heard in hundreds of episodes, becoming the identifiable radio Lois of lore.
She was born Louise Abrass in St. Paul on April 16, 1915, but when she was young, her father died, her mother remarried, and her stepfather moved the family to Brooklyn, where she was raised.
She called herself Joan because she loved the actress Joan Crawford. The origin of Alexander, according to her daughter, remains a mystery. So, for a long while, did an early marriage to the actor John Sylvester White, who eventually became known for playing the school principal, Mr. Woodman, on the television comedy ?Welcome Back, Kotter.?
?Until about two years ago, I didn?t even know there was a first husband,? said Ms. Hitchcock, whose father was Mrs. Stanton?s second husband, Robert Crowley, a surgeon. Both marriages ended in divorce. In 1954 she married Arthur Stanton, a successful Volkswagen and Audi distributor. He died in 1987.
In addition to her daughter, a writer who lives in New York and Washington, Mrs. Stanton is survived by a son, Tim, of Manhattan, and a grandson, Liam.
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Norman Bates
Anthony Perkins, Psycho
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Battleground
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> {quote:title=CineSage_jr wrote:}{quote}
> The bonus package for the DVD was done by my friend's Sparkhill Productions, one of the best such companies in the business, so you can expect some excellent features.
Then it's really something to look forward to. I just hope they are able to release it on blu-ray, as well, since it's such a huge classic.
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> {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote}
> HollywoodGolightly,
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> Centennial Series Eh? So what about *WINGS????* Or any other Paramount Silents?
I'd love to see those released, as well. I think I heard something about Paramount Home Video working on Wings for DVD, but I don't know if they have any target release date.
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> {quote:title=RupertAlistair wrote:}{quote}
> I saw one of my all time favorite films the other day. *THE UNINVITED* (1944) with Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey and Gail Russell. One of the best classic ghost stories from it's day. Can't beat the atmosphere and mood.
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> Rupert
> http://classicmoviesdigest.blogspot.com/
I have been wanting to see that one again for a while now. Unfortunately, I'm not sure if I recorded it last time it was shown on TCM!
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The Heart is a Lonely Hunter - Mute, not dumb.
next: The African Queen
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Line up for this evening:
*Marnie* (1964)
A rich man marries a compulsive thief and tries to unlock the secrets of her mind.
Cast: Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Diane Baker, Martin Gabel Dir: Alfred Hitchcock C-130 mins, TV-PG
*The Hill* (1965)
Prisoners fight to survive the grueling conditions in a North African military stockade.
Cast: Sean Connery, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen, Alfred Lynch Dir: Sidney Lumet BW-123 mins, TV-14
*The Russia House* (1990)
An expatriate Englishmen finds love while doing intelligence work in the Soviet Union.
Cast: Sean Connery, Michelle Pfeiffer, Roy Scheider, James Fox Dir: Fred Schepisi C-123 mins, TV-MA
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Dmytric
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Yes!!!! Just read this on classicflix.com:
No line on price or bonus features, but Paramount has scheduled an October 13th release date for The African Queen as part of their Paramount Centennial Collection series. Stay tuned for more details...
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Dmytryk, Edward - directed Back to Bataan (showing on TCM tomorrow)
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Dmytryk, Edward - directed Back to Bataan (showing on TCM tomorrow)
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Dmytryk, Edward - directed Back to Bataan (showing on TCM tomorrow)
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Dmytryk, Edward - directed Back to Bataan (showing on TCM tomorrow)
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Dmytryk, Edward - directed Back to Bataan (showing on TCM tomorrow)
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Dmytryk, Edward - directed Back to Bataan (showing on TCM tomorrow)
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Flynn, Jerry - Cary Grant in Once Upon a Time
"The African Queen", finally being released on DVD!
in General Discussions
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Most TCM viewers probably realize neither The African Queen nor The Quiet Man were released theatrically by Paramount Pictures. However, if now that they own the video rights releasing them as part of the Centennial Collection means they're likely to have the most extra features, then I'm sure we're all for it.
But no such announcement yet, for The Quiet Man.