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Hello there fellow movie fans: MovieJoe, I read an article on the TCM website where Robert Osborne said something about Ida Lupino when she was alive. She snapped back at him. Since getting the TCM channel, I have always wondered why the station and Osborne have shown just a few Lupino films. They haven't had an Ida Lupino film fest since 1997. There are certainly a new crop of fans who would like to see the Lupino movies other than those she made with Bogart. Where some movies are played repeatedly, Lupino movies like the Hard Way or Man I Love are played once in a while. Her movies like Life Begins at 8:30, Ladies in Retirement, Roadhouse are rarely played. A few of the movies she directed were on, such as the Hitchhiker and Trouble with Angel were on once or twice. What I don't get is that Lupino's birthday of Feb. 4, or the date of her death in August are never shown as a 3 or 4 film festival. Many stars, who didn't accomplish anything like the 60 movies in front of the camera, 7 behind the camera as a director and 100+ TV shows as both. What do you think? ellie68 eleanorr1@msn.com

Hello group: How are you doing today? I also loved Bette Davis in Now Voyager. I also have a tape of Roadhouse. In this movie, Ida Lupino has the cigarette burning on the edge of the piano. She introduced the hit, Again. She didn't have much of a voice, but her rendition was enough to make Again a hit for 21 weeks on the Hit Parade in 1949. She smoked when Richard Widmark brought her breakfast in bed. She also sings One For my Baby and One more for the Road with the cigarette burning on the edge of the piano. Utimately, cigarette smoking killed Davis, Lupino, Bogart, Wayne and many others. Didn't it look good in the movies? ellie68 eleanorr1@msn.com

Hello to everybody: I really wonder if TCM reads these entries. I have requested Ida Lupino's movies for two years. Yet, her dates of birth go by and the only movies shown are those she made with Bogart. I love those movies, but there were many others that TCM hasn't shown. I read an article about Robert Osborne having words with Ms. Lupino when she was alive. It is a shame that this should keep her movies off TCM based on a personal thing. I noticed that another great actress doesn't get the respect from TCM that she deserved. Since Olivia de Havilland is one of the few remained stars of Gone with the Wind, one would think that Mr. Osborne of the staff of TCM would try to seek her out. Ms. de Havilland must have some great stories about Gone with the Wind, the Heiress, and To Each his Own. She won two Oscars and yet, TCM doesn't pay too much attention to such a great star. It seems that the station states their favorites and not those that we, the subscribers, would like to hear about. ellie68 eleanorr1@msn.com

Hello group and Happy Friday: Stigal, I agree with your posting about Ida Lupino's directorial credits as well as her acting ability. I have come to realize that she didn't always get the best scripts at Warner Bros. She was on the same lot as Bette Davis. I have always admired Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland. Both of them always played strong willed women. Ida Lupino, had more talents than the others. She was a film director, composer (the Alladin Suite), producer, TV actress,& a TV director. This is why I feel that she had just a few honors to her name. The main film honor was for the 1943 movie, The Hard Way. That was indeed, one of her better movies at Warner Brothers. ellie68 eleanorr1@msn.com

Hello everybody: There is a fantastic posting of Ida Lupino's movie credits. I have a couple of books about her movies and TV credits. I have asked TCM to give some time to Ms. Lupino's movies. The movies shown the most are ones she made with Humphrey Bogart. I have a tape of Roadhouse. Ms. Lupino sings Again, which then was number one on the Hit Parade for a period of 20 weeks. Yet, she is all but ignored by the Academy of TV and Motion Pictures. Martin Scorcese has been one her biggest fans. He stated that the movie New York, New York was a remake of Lupino's movie, The Man I Love. Let's all ask TCM to have a festival of her works. ellie68 eleanorr1@msn.com

In the mid 1940's, I saw Ida Lupino in such movies as The Man I Love, Deep Valley, High Sierra, & They Drive by Night. In at least 3 movies, Ms. Lupino played a night club singer. In the 1948 movie, Roadhouse, she introduced the song, "Again". This song went on to be number one on the Hit Parade in 1949 for a very long time. Although Ms. Lupino didn't have a very good voice, she put over this song. In later years, Ida Lupino went on to become one of the best female director of her time. She directed 7 feature films and at least 100TV programs. She also acted in TV in Mr. Adams & Eve, 4 star Playhouse. Her film career ended in the 1970's with Junior Bonner, co-starring Steve McQueen & Robert Preston. Unfortunately, Ida Lupino has been overlooked by the Motion Picture and TV academies. Let's hear some feedback about Ms. Lupino. Then, let's ask TCM to honor her. Thank you, ellie