wouldbestar
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fred: Thank you for the corrections. I remember John Wayne as a guest host; I didn?t realize this was after his death, not before. And I didn?t know he was another Conqueror victim. The more I hear about that turkey, the gladder I am I?ve never seen it. I also remember The Price of Tomatoes, jumping for joy when Peter Falk won his Emmy and ticked off Inger Stevens did not. Then there was Milton Berle in Doyle Against the House and Mickey Rooney in Somebody?s Waiting. 4 Star to the end.
I believe his son helped the GOP and Nixon so I?m assuming he was a Republican, yet there Democrats pitching in to host on that list as well. What an example to the current toxic, partisan, and rude attitudes of today. A class act, hands down.
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CeneMaven and fedbaetz: ?Remember folks: there are people who will slap you on the back with one hand and pick your pocket with the other. It could happen to you?. Reed Hadley/Capt. Braddock?s advice at the end of each Racket Squad episode. And I still remember the theme music at the end.
Scsu1975: what is hulu? Ten-four!
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CeneMaven: Thank you for the Jellybean clip. I don't remember him and I thought I'd seen all the Van Dyke episodes. He was kind of cute but not the attitude. I'd not have worked for him.
The is becomming my favorite thread as I'm constantly learning about something new or meeting up with something old. I too remember General Hospital's beginnings and appreciated the photos. Soaps are now a vanishing breed as even As the World Turns is terminal and most people think Days of Our Lives is too. I stopped watching a long time ago, real life is even more fascinating.
I also watched the Match Game clip with "Cooko, Fran and Ollie". I know that woman must have been embarrassed but seeing everybody else so cracked up was a hoot. Keep them coming!
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fred and Iz: Dick Powell must be held up as a true TV pioneer. I don?t believe that in the 20 years he was associated with it 4 Star ever put out a program that wasn?t just that; thankfully there were plenty of them. The people who appeared on Zane Grey Theater included Jack Lemmon, Art Linkletter and Danny Thomas who proved that the Western had a place for everyone. Marlo Thomas and Jack Linkletter made their acting debuts on it with their fathers. Rhonda Fleming and Marjorie Lord were some of the ladies on board.
I remember the night he-and Jack Carson-died; it was March 1963. On Tuesdays he had been hosting and sometimes starring in an anthology series but by then was too ill to do so friends filled in for him. The newscasts had reported that he was near death and the show was difficult to watch. The next morning, the papers carried accounts of both deaths. In Powell?s case, I felt as though I?d lost a friend. I know Aaron Spelling got his start in TV as one of his writers and said he inspired him. For me, Dick Powell was one of a kind. I still think of him when a 4 Star show is on.
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The Lady has taste! I'll be watching. She has certainly come a long way from playing the unnamed "Saloon Girl" on a Virginian episode we saw Monday. She fought her way out of the sex symbol image and won respect as a serious actress in films, TV, and on.
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She competed for Miss America and lost? She must have been a nice person for real; had she been as tough as in her films, I'd wouldn't have wanted to beat her. Any pictures of her when she was young?
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Add me to the list, fellows! I know B-movies paid the rent and got some folks their SAG cards but she always rose above the material. I was glad her TV career was so top drawer and she was smart enough not put all her eggs in one basket but branch out into other enterprises. Another fine actress who didn't get a TCM Rememberance.
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A real, honest hero has left us. If the ending of Stand and Deliver is true, over 500 students who might otherwise not learned so found out they were mathematically gifted. Hopefully, they are working in medicine, research, science, teaching engineering, and other fields where math is necessary. The real students and those who saw the film learned that being from a disadvantaged background need not mean failure. Teachers who seem to be in a maligned field of work saw they are still needed and what dedication can produce. Thank you, Mr. Escalante and may you rest in peace.
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I am a straight Christian woman. My opinion of Ricky Martin has not changed since he "came out". Nor did mine of Rupert Everett, Sir Ian McKellum, Meredith Baxter, or anyone else who chose too. I can watch Rock Hudson, George Nader, Lizabeth Scott, or any other classic stars who were or rumored to be gay playing straight characters as well as straight ones playing gays. They are professional performers who are acting a role; that's what they're paid to do. Their private lives are between them and God and I'm not God. (That should be good news to a lot of people who wouldn't like the way I did things.) I'm sometimes appalled by celebrity scandals but realize I don't know the whole picture, just what the media wants me to. I try to keep an open mind and wish others would too. I just try to be a witness to the standards I believe in, wish others did more often, but realize I can't force anyone to. That's all anyone can do.
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There's another thread for this movie in the Hot Topics form, if you're interested. It's under the title and the year it was released-1954.
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Suzy Parker was from my area; we all wanted to be her! Looks like that and she married Bradford Dillman! Don't it make our brown eyes green?
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one of the reasons why you are my favorite poster on this board is that our opinions always seem to fall into place even when completely opposite and varying. While most on your list had some sort of sex appeal at some time in their career even if it was only the beginning, John Gilbert and George Brent set my "peeeee ewwwwww" meter off! LOL
Mine, too! And Stuart Erwin-are you kidding me!
Jack Elam does notqualify. I was like the little girl in Dragoon Wells Massacre; I didn't think he was all that ugly at all. I was so glad when he got to show his comic side later in life.
Edited by: wouldbestar on Mar 30, 2010 9:57 PM
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Thank you for a great line-up. I should make it back from sunrise Mass just in time for Easter Parade. And the turkey, The Silver Chalice, at dinner time is perfect; we won't miss the good ones. If you're Jewish, please have a blessed Passover, if you're Christian, the same on Sunday, for the rest of you hang in there, we'll all be back to normal soon.
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Regarding Sean Flynn: I certainly hope so. I don't think there was ever any doubt that he'd been killed by the enemy but it would be good for the family to be able to give his remains the respect they deserve. We sometimes forget what danger print and photo newspeople are often in trying to let the public in on what is really happening in a given situation. Like Daniel Perle, they leave behind people they loved and loved them to tell the truth. RIP, Mr. Flynn.
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To arlenemccarthy: Hello, Arlene, and welcome. I too remember Mary Hartline from Super Circus. I had one of her ?magic dolls? which was a 1/8-inch-thick cardboard paper doll with a magnet imbedded inside. The clothes had thin magnetic strips on the back and made the costumes stick so you didn?t need tabs like you did for other paper dolls. If anybody doesn?t know what I?m talking about, ask your Mom or Grandma; they do.
Back in the late 70?s she was featured on a 60 Minutes episode. There was a big flack about domestic and other service workers needing a City ID card to be able to live and work in Palm Beach where she lived. She was the widow of some wealthy man and couldn?t understand why anybody with nothing to hide would object to being singled out just because they were working folk. She was in her seventies and still had that long white-blond hair but definitely could not fit into those majorette outfits we always saw her in. Thanks for the memories!
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Redriver: I think this meets your criteria for a serious TV series about a cavalry post. There was a syndicated Western drama in the late fifties called Boots and Saddles that ran for a year or two
and took place on one. It was Gardner McKay?s first series, a year or so before Adventures in Paradise. It had a catchy theme that fit the idea of the show but I don?t remember much more than that. I think good old ZIV productions put it out but I?d not swear to it. Outside of that and Rin-Tin-Tin, I can?t think of anything else.
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I stumbled onto a film version of The Glass Menagerie this morning on Fox was finally able to see Gertrude Lawrence perform-what an introduction! According to IMDB she was an important Broadway star as well as a film actress and this was made close to her death. I think this is the woman Julie Andrews played in Star! I know this movie was not a hit but are there any plans to show it on TCM? I?m interested in her.
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It is one of the great miscarriages of Oscar justice that this man was not ever even nominated for, much less won, an Academy award. Double Indemnity would not be a classic were it not for his lecherous Walter Neff , he makes Miracle of the Bells watchable, is a real louse in The Caine Mutiny and the boss nobody wants in The Apartment. And he was a very decent man in real life to boot. For this he got zip? I?m glad there are fans that haven?t forgotten and appreciate him. SOTM, TCM?
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I was saddened and surprised to read your obit on June Havoc this morning. While I knew something of her history, I thought the only piece of her work I ever saw was an episode of a 50's drama series called Panic. Now I find she played a secretary in Gentlemen's Agreement. Was that Miss Wales, the one who was afraid to admit she was Jewish? If so, I can remember her as a good actress who overcame a childhood I wonder if anyone us would have wanted. RIP, Lady; you deserve it.
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redriver: I love everything about this movie but that "weakness" line. There is so much vulnerability and humanity as well as strength in Nettles. I stop seeing John Wayne and see the character. I understand this came out the same year as Sands of Iwo Jima and that's why he didn't get an Oscar nomination for this as you only get one per category.
I noticed a similarity between nettles and Roper, the soldier William Holden plays in Escape from Fort Bravo., such as growing flowers and a loyal aide. Roper was much tougher on the outside but his humanness finally came out too.
Glad we're on the same page again-or almost.
Edited by: wouldbestar on Mar 28, 2010 8:39 PM
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Lina Lamont in Singin in the Rain. I have no idea if I could have outdone Jean Hagen but she cracks me up each time I see it. Anybody who can steal a film from Kathleen Freeman had the chops.
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Fred: I thought I was the only person who saw Rachel Cade. I liked the ending: she's forgiven herself enough to turn down a marriage of convenience just to legitimize her child in the eyes of the world. I always hoped the atheist came back and they worked it out as he obviously loved her for real. This from a nice Christian girl! I can't help it Peter Finch was a better actor and had more sex appeal than Roger Moore; looks arn't everything.
I wonder if anybody sees anything racist about the African people Rachel evangelizes. They act more honorably and Christian than many people I know. TCM, can I see this one again?
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Lana Turner was a natural redhead and Warners had the good sense to leave her that way. It was good old MGM that tossed her in the bleach vat and made her that icy, impossible blonde nobody could have for real. The real deal you could relate to. Check out the before and after photos in Cheryl Crane's picture bio and weep for one who got away.
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CelluloidKid: Thanks for all the posters. The more the merrier. Miss Retro and Timothy: The same for the pictures. I'm not a big Lana fan but these are history.
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faceinthecrowd: Thank you for recommending Slightly Scarlet which I've never heard of. I like Rhonda Fleming and Arlene Dahl is part of the reason I was a redhead for years. Another part was nature; in the summer my dark, dishwater blond hair would turn into auburn rather than blonde streaks. As my grandmother had auburn hair and my mother dark red brown, they would trump the German blonde genes my father gave me when it was warm.
In 1965 Arlene Dahl wrote Always Ask a Man which included questionnaires to show you what hair color matched your personality. I was 9 brown, 8 red, 2 blonde, and 1 brunette. Putting the 91 with the 82 came to a 10-10 tie so I went with red-brown. Another favorite of mine, Diane Brewster, was mostly a redhead and that sealed it for me. I usually got complements on it except when I tried something too dark.