allaboutlana
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*A Day at the Races*
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Ginger Rogers was in *Monkey Business* with Marilyn Monroe.
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THREAD OPEN
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THREAD OPEN
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*Baby, the Rain Must Fall??*
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Joey Dee and the Starlighters!
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Matthau costar of “A New Leaf” and “California Suite”, Elaine _______ Maya Angelou’s autobiographical movie, “I Know Why ______ Caged Bird Sings” Garfield film “________ of Evil” the Tin Man sings “I would ____ gentle and awful sentimental…” Hayward biopic. “______ a Song in My Heart” Astaire/Hayworth film “______ Were Never Lovelier” Niven/Sommer/Grahame 1979 film “A Nightingale Sang ____ Berkeley Square” Flora Robson/Patricia Roc 1944 film “_____ ______ Women” Peck/Jagger film “_______ O’Clock High”
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Hoagy Carmichael was in *The Best Years of Our Lives* with Dana Andrews.
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Melanie reading David Copperfield to Scarlett, India, and Mrs. Meade??
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*Baby, the Rain Must Fall??*
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Roland Young, *Topper?*
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{font:Times New Roman}I had thought of what I would recommend or pick (as a guest host) a few years back when I had first seen these films, when my impressions were fresh. In the theme of unknown movies that need to be shown more often, on TCM, I would pick two films, the silent film The Outlaw and His Wife and the Wallace Beery film Flesh. I hope I can explain well enough my reasoning for this and how I felt at the time I watched them, but I was impressed with The Outlaw and His Wife’s use of nature as an character in the film and how it draws in the viewer and makes you feel not only are you there, but your feelings for its characters are that much more heightened. Plus, of course, it has a place in film history with its uses of movie-making and story-telling. Flesh, with Wallace Berry and Karen Morley, I would recommend because it pits together two people from different walks of life, who found that they had more in common than they expected and that in each other they found acceptance. This may just be Karen Morley’s performance.
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Most times, the guest host picks four movies, but I only have three now. Lastly, I would pick, ironically one of Winona Ryder’s picks, Born Yesterday, as it’s been one of my favorites and not using the theme as one of those unknown films never shown on tv. I loved Ms. Ryder’s enthusiasm for film, but felt she had much to express she couldn’t get out. I would only say about Born Yesterday, that while it is essentially a comedy, to me it has always felt so much more. With the actors working so well off each other, keeping each other in check, and the sparkling and inspiring script, it feels more like an ode to a life, a way of life, an ideal that all people should try not only to learn, to look beyond our own experiences, but to learn respect for each person and that as human beings, none of us are ordinary. The message at the end that she hears in her head at the Jefferson memorial, to oppose any form of tyranny over the mind of man rings so clear and loud to me. Those are three I would recommend, and why.{font}
Edited by: allaboutlana on Dec 22, 2011 5:04 PM
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Day, Laraine
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*The Remains of the Day*
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While *White Christmas* does have its moments and charm of its own, I do prefer *Holiday Inn* as well. But the music is the best thing about *White Christmas:* Rosemary's "Love, You Didn't Do Right By Me" is a particular highlight. And of course there's "Count Your Blessings" and "Sisters." But it doesn't have the pep that *Holiday Inn* has.
Edited by: allaboutlana on Dec 22, 2011 11:33 AM
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*Please Don't Eat the Daisies*
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*Green Light*
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*Bad Men of Missouri*
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I know it was 13 years (from the time she started acting) until Jane Wyman was given her first role in a major film, The Lost Weekend. Are you referrring to her?
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Beah Richards was in *In the Heat of the Night* with Sidney Poitier.
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*Yellow Dust (1936)*
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*Green for Danger*
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Allyson, June
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*Now, Voyager*
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*A Passage to India*
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*The Yellow Canary*