JamesJazGuitar

Well who was the ventriloquist for the wooden George Raft? He must of been famous.

I agree that the pairing of Ladd and Lake in those 3 noir films was great. Add to this the Ladd movies Salty O'Rourke (a very light 'noir' if you will) and Chicago Deadline and Ladd is right up there with Mitchum and Ryan as it relates to solid noir type roles.

I agree 100% that Young should be inducted into the TV Hall of Fame, but as far as film actresses are concerned I would say many actresses (at least 15 or so) had a better career than Young. i.e. the films they stared in and their performances I find more enjoyable and lasting then Young's.

And here was I, always thinking it was rap music!

William Powell was SOTM in December 2011. I view SOTM as more of an honor than a day of SUTS. But either way, you're correct that TCM tends to feature Powell a lot (which is fine with me since he is one of my favorites).

What would be the key events when Ed was Mayor that any non New Yorker would care about? (son of sam??). I would of forgotten about him if not for the fact that his picture is on the wall on The People's Count when the litigants get their exit interviews. (and that is a mug that is hard to forget). Edited by: jamesjazzguitar on Feb 3, 2013 11:06 AM Edited by: jamesjazzguitar on Feb 3, 2013 12:58 PM

Well we all tend to do these 'list post' but posting 'all we know'? Sorry but that isn't very logical (since most of us here at least 'know' 1,000 or more studio era movies), or the OP assumes we only know a very few. i.e. posting a list of more than 20 or so, make the list irrelevant.

Here are mine; Bette Davis Barbara Stanwyck Olivia DeHavilland Carole Lombard Jean Arthur Audrey Hepburn Kate Hepburn Rosalind Russell Myrna Loy Joan Crawford

Celluloid Heros is a must for any classic movie rock fan. Cool references to Garbo, George Sanders (who I find the oddest choice for Ray to single out but the line about style fits well), Mickey Rooney, Bette Davis, Bela Lugosi, etc.. and of course Monroe.

Yes I have noticed that before. Note that The Big Sleep has a similar mistake. Bogie has a gun holder in his car that holds two guns. In the early scene we see him take a gun out of one side (I don't remember which side), but then later on he opens the same gun holder and takes the second gun out, but it is now on the other side.

Leslie Howard in The Scarlet Pimpernel; Nothing is as bad as something that is not so bad. Note that I use this quote very often. For example if you ask someone 'how was dinner' and they say 'not so bad', I'll say that quote. Come on, saying 'not so bad' is still saying it is NOT good!

You are correct about how many bands just starting out play covers but that is the basis of my overall point about songwriters. When solid songwriters and an visionary a band will remain a cover band. As for reggae; well I like that style of music since the beat and feel are such that it can be fun to improv over. I have played with a few reggae musicians and while they make it clear they don't play that jazz stuff, they can lay down a really cool groove that is often more interesting harmonically than rock and especially the blues.

As for Rupert, what about one of your favorites, Flynn? Do you think he could of pulled off that type of role? Flynn clearly has all the parts as it relates to looks, build, charm, etc.. but I wonder if he could provide that hint of evil that Fairbanks brought to the role. i.e. was Flynn's persona just too much towards 'hero' and thus we wouldn't see him as a cad? Of course if Rin-Tin-Tin could of done it then of course Flynn would of been able to pull it off!

Well they both had cancer so maybe that was their connection. I wonder if she knew he juiced.

While I'm sure you are one of the top 5 as it relates to total number of post, maybe a factor is the number of words per post. You're the king of the one liners. Long live the king!

I believe it is fairly common for a songwriter to hate their most commercial pop song. Yea, it is a catchy tune but it is also somewhat bubble gummy.

Byrne wrote a great article for Scientific American about music a few issues back. Sorry I don't have a link to it. (yea, I read that, as anti-American as a mag can get!)

I'm generally against the idea of TV series on TCM but I can see TCM showing TV shows or TV movies that featured studio era stars. For example, I just saw some Bonanza shows that had Jane Greer and Ruth Roman in them. So if TCM had a weekly series that showed 'old' TV shows with these type of stars that would be cool. But I assume that it would be difficult or too expensive to obtain the rights to only selected shows instead of the complete series.

I think there is value in providing movies by genre especially since certain genres might appear very dated to someone just getting into classic movies. For example, adventure or period films are 'dated' by definition since most of them take place in an historical setting or time. I always recommend Robin Hood first. To me this is a very safe choice and a movie that should appeal to anyone. First most people know the basic story. The movie has very rich color (sadly getting people into Black and White can take time), and there is no tie between what is going on in the movie and our modern life. I have often found that movies set in the 30 - 50 don't go over well since the times are close to our times and the viewer ends up making too many comparisons to our times.

I find it funny that with the Super Bowl being in New Orleans the media is pushing jazz, over and over again. e.g. many reference to jazz in the media promos, sports talk, showing sax players, etc... But for the half time act we get a lip singing pop act. Hey I understand this since jazz is often too complex for most people to enjoy (but New Orleans type jazz is some of the most basic and easy to follow). I guess I should be happy that jazz music is even mentioned today.

Yes, it did appear I made it sound like Townshend formed the Who, when that wasn't the case as you noted. Instead Townshend join The Detours a band Daltrey started. Do you know who wrote the original songs The Detours played? i.e. who was the lead songwriter of that band? I couldn't find anything about that but then they didn't have any hit songs, as far as I know (which was one of my points that without a solid songwriter a band cannot go far). I was just using the Who as an example of my point about rock bands (but yes, maybe it wasn't the best example). Thus I still stand by my basic point that rock bands are driven by the lead songwriter(s) of the band. i.e. that these songwriters can break off and form other band and if they are solid songwriters those bands will be successfull, while a singer or musician that isn't a solid songwriter needs to join a band (or form one as was the case with Daltrey) with a solid songwriter. Of course often the best combination is with the pairing of a lead singer with a high quality musician (e.g. Stones, Zep) that results in a great songwriting team. And while the other members of those bands were great musicians the heart and soul of the band is defined by that combination. This wasn't the case with the Who (expect for some of those 3 chord early songs). So I still say that Townshend would of had a fairly successfull career if he had been a solo artist or formed a band where he did much of the singing (but it wouldn't of been close to what the Who was), while Daltrey would of had to find someone like Townshend. I'm in Hawaii and this is why it took me so long to reply. Thus don't expect to hear much from me for another few weeks.

I also like the movie The Sisters a fairly low key Davis movie (well how about low key for Davis!), and one where I believe Flynn gives a good performance (and for a change nice to see Davis with someone other than Brent). The film also has Jane Bryan, someone I believe worked very well with Bette as the secondary female actress, especially in a sister role (e.g. Marked Women).

Well the smart use of flashbacks was one of the 'noir' type aspects that worked in the film.

Well I'm sure that both Flynn and DeHavilland being the friends that they were would gladly settle on a tie.

All of these movies should be wanted by any classic movie fan. What a talent.