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L@@k for that smoking jacket in "Strangers on a Train" late tonite. Bruno so cool...drives 120mph blindfolded and is familiar with dark love tunnels.

Leo Gorcey says "Woik." Randy Scott Says "Woik. Loop it...over and over...more. Some others words they may have said on screen, hmmm... Wonder what a comparison of "turtle" would reveal?

Andrews recalled the afternoon he shared a drink with the Gipper at some Hollywood watering hole. "We finished our drink; I asked Ron if he was ready for another one" he recalled. "But we just HAD a drink!" Reagan answered. Andrews -- who was open about his battle with the bottle -- said: "It was then and there I knew Ron Reagan would never be me, and I would never be him"

I wanted to play the hero by posting "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" which is delicious! Joan Fontaine never looked so anorexic, and it's interesting to see her at that point. Hated Andrews in Hot Rods to Hell, buy I know it was just the film, which was repellent and disturbing.

Was not Reagan also up for the part of Rick? Disaster avoided!

George Raft turned down "Casablanca." I saw the famous list of career-making parts actresses and actors passed on, but forgot all the big ones. You, fellow cinephiles, will knows them. By the way, don't you despise it when women are called "actors"?

YES! That's what I was trying to express...he sometimes sounded like any of The Bowery Boys, with a hint of Georgia Peach!,

Harry Cohn knew how to make pictures and how to run a studio. He was hated, but look at the entertainment he gave the world. Cohn never asked for a vote or a study...he made gut decisions! Columbia never made a lousy movie.

Amazing! In my post I was going to mention Day-Lewis as the one modern example who has exhibited integrity in his career choices.

When DeNiro first arrived, I figured him for the kind of actor who would pick his parts with care; maybe a worthy project every few years. Now, he has nothing to aologize for, but c'mon...he'll do anything for a buck. He has lent his name and talent to some of the worst crap of all time. Is it the economy? I remember when stars would reject roles they felt unworthy. I don't think that happens anymore. Like everybody else, they are greedy and care only about the check. Am I wrong (as usual)? Prove me wrong.

I've noticed it before, but in "The Shores of Tripoli" the other day, it was almost irritating. I understand he was playing a Southerner, and Scott is from the South, but his is like no accent or dialect I have ever heard. Listen for it. What are these rumors about him and Cary Grant? I refuse to believe it...just because they shared a house for a time?

Funny. By the way, Gleason said Reed (voice of Flintstone) actually did voice-overs for him in early movies.

Yes. That's the thanks he gets for entertaining millions of Americans for 85 YEARS! And for serving In the armed forces. Guess Mickey didn't write enough checks to greedy, filthy politicians, as Oprah likes to do with her billion$.

"...he was furious when he found out the doctor prescribed tranquilizers for my wedding night." I thought Patricia stole the first reel of "Psycho" with that line. Have a feeling her father knew she would.

Can anybody tell me what his accent is all about? Never heard anybody talk like that...listen for it next time. Like somebody pointed out; THEY All TALKED FUNNY! Cagney Bogart Fields Grant (Randy Scott's roommate for awhile). Gable Bette Davis Bankhead Jolson Lorre Price Wayne no one talked like that...name some more!

Most know it...but some don't! "Kennedy"(Alan Reed) the crooked gumshoe in the original "The Postman Always Rings Twice" was the original voice of Fred. Jackie Gleason wanted to sue Hanna-Barbara, believing the whole cartoon ripped-off "The Honeymooners" but his lawyers persauded him an entire generation would despise Gleason if the show was yanked. Edited by: Ascotrudgeracer on Mar 5, 2011 3:49 PM

Bob Stack gets nominated for Best Supporting. Dorothy Malone wins Best Supporting. But Robert Keith deserved the Oscar for his portrayal of a dying oil baron heading up the very definition of a dysfunctional family. You could feel the life slipping out of him through a riveting, clenched jaw performance. And those sports cars belonging to Malone and Stack...breathtaking! I love this masterpiece! Edited by: Ascotrudgeracer on Mar 4, 2011 12:19 PM

Was the propaganda minister involved on a day-to-day basis with the studio? I know that actresses who rebuffed his advances didn't have much of a career...or so the enemies of national socialism proclaim. A biopic of Goebbels; I want you to cast the lead. Post it! (don't cost nuthin'.)

"The Joe Louis Story" (1953) Coley Wallace delivers a sincere, low-key performance. Really a good movie; the production screams 1953...a strange year for movies.

Allen gave new meaning to the phrase "wooden performance." Casting this WASP as a Jewish music immortal? Silly! It must have been the glasses, as another poster pointed out. But what about DeNiro in "New York, New York"? He tried to look like a sax player, but failed.

Oohhh...how 'bout a TRIPLE?! "Tomorrow the World." Unintentionally funny, and the Hitler Youth in this piece of propaganda bears an uncanny resemblance to the boy singer in "Cabaret." Edited by: Ascotrudgeracer on Mar 3, 2011 12:20 PM

We watch TCM for the obscure GEMS no other network airs...not box office winners. Boxing analogy: the real story of professional boxing is the undercard; guys who might have to hitchhike to get to the arena...it's NOT the main event, where millionaire pugs arrive in Don King's limo. Cinema is Ed Wood and Sam Fuller, both of whom entertained millions without a DeMille bankroll.

The beauty of "Tomorrow Belongs to Me" is that as the Hitler Youth starts his song, he appears to be a Boy Scout. That was no Boy Scout!

Believe it or not, I nearly lost it about 9 years ago due to an obsession about movie credits. I have OCD since childhood; it became my mission to memorize every screen credit -- the more obscure the better -- of every movie I've ever enjoyed...or hated! Got to the point where I was about 90% accurate even down to Monogram. Downside: completely absurd activity, insomnia and eventually had to up my meds.

I would personally enjoy trussing you bums up, placing you on your side on the floor and pour boiling coffee into your ear...through a funnel.