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You can comfort yourself with the thought that in the ensuing decades he found himself more than amply vindicated.

I specifically avoided 'that' role because I knew most of the conversation would revolve around it. It drowns out her other talents and accomplishments which I wanted to bring people's attention to. I believe I read somewhere in the bios of her that at the beginning of the series as it took off, she had that worry, which turned out to be true, and which she later changed her mind about, it proving such a great source of employment. It seems she escaped the type-casting in her personal life, through her other activities. If you like the Blondie movies, you are more fortunate than I. You have that many more movies to watch and enjoy.

One of my favorite directors. He didn't make a lot of movies, but every one of them is a wonder. All the way from artistic landmarks, like La Silence de la Mer (1949), and Les Infants Terribles (1950), to noir emulations such as Les Doulos (1963), and Le Samourai (1967), the first of which is a tale of revenge, and tragic mis-connections, its superb construction on a par with a Bach toccata and fugue, with theme, variations, and an almost too perfect nihilistic resolution. My favorite of all his movies has to be Bob le Flambeur (1956), a terrific take-off on American film noir, with a lot of gritty French crime drama thrown in. The ending is a killer.

Notwithstanding TCM's aims, the greatest value of tonight's movies is the attention drawn to Penny Singleton, a fabulous performer and actress. I avoid mentioning the movie series, because of the type-casting that came from it--something Ms. Singleton was afraid of, and transcended, even if the wider public isn't aware of it. I don't admire her for her work on this series, which I think are just plain awful, but her energetic presence on screen, and her singing/dancing that can light up the screen. It comes from her long apprenticeship in vaudeville and the stage. I know people will groan when I mention it, as it is well known as Humphrey Bogart's lest favorite of all the movies he made, but her work in Swing Your Lady (1938) is a rare example of what she can do. Her musical numbers make the movie shine, sparkle and hum. I only wish she had greater opportunity in that direction. She did have a chance at a comic turn in a western with Glen Ford in Go West, Young Lady (1941), which was ok. You'll also see her as an also-appeared in movies like After the Thin Man (1937), Men Are Such Fools (1938), and The Mad Miss Manton (1938). Her work off-screen was as, if not more important, mainly focused on performer's rights, working conditions, and ridding theatrical unions of mob control (good on her!). She was the first woman president of American Guild of Variety Artists, and, according to one source, created and named the concept of residuals, which she had written into her contract for tonight's series. A fine actress, a fine woman, a fine champion.

My target was subtle satire. Perhaps I was too subtle. I'd prefer it otherwise, but a good mark of equality is the ability of stars other than the conventional white/male kind to head up movies that lack value or interest, yet are hugely profitable.

Are you saying an African-American doesn't have the right like anybody else to star in an over-produced and slickly marketed blockbuster movie adaptation of a comic book superhero franchise that covers up a lack of character and plot development with mind-numbing CGI effects to appeal to the undiscerning masses? For shame.

A sandwich! Finally something useful for intermissions! But you demonstrate you have your priorities right. A movie can be diverting, or consciousness raising, but a sandwich--that's food.

And there's something wrong with that?

Ramen occupies a positon in Japan similar to what barbecue does here. It's a national dish with regional variations. It's a food of the people, but with exacting specifications. And it's every citizen's birthright to know exactly how it should be prepared and taste. But I don't know if there's a counterpart here for Tampopo, at once a satiric send-up of, and affectionate tribute to the mania for ramen. It's a whimsical, funny, and engaging story of the quest to make the perfect ramen, filled with characters fanatically devoted to the ideal, and acted with just the right amount of exaggeration to make them amusing, without overplaying. It would be a wonderful family movie if it weren't for some explicit interspersed scenes of a couple who explore food in their own unique way. If you can stay up to watch it, you won't be sorry. On tonight, 11:45 p. m., Pacific time.

They didn't know themselves how much they really worshipped the movie.

From the Antiques Road Trip front, a 1959 Elva Courier: Here's some info: http://www.elva.com/elva-history.html

I'd hate to imagine the reality people were facing that would make them consider Jezebel (1938), and Gone With the Wind (1939) as escapist. These are two heavy, powerful dramas whose characters face the most dire circumstances possible. The fact is, they were very definitely message movies. They had multiple messages, included among them is the post-bellum southern message that slavery wasn't that nasty institution those Yankees made it out to be, and that the slaves were really content with their lot, except for a few incorrigibles, and occasionally a certain sternness was required. The only movie that comes to mind that addresses the topic is of course, Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927): http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/503767/Uncle-Tom-s-Cabin/

I think I understand you want to add an avatar from a photo on your computer. I don't know if you have a pc or apple, but the method will be similar. I have an apple computer. First, go to the top of a page and click on your name, then click on profile: You will see: Click on the little green square and you will see: The option to upload a photo from your computer will automatically be selected. Then click on the Choose Single File button and you can browse on your computer for the image you want: Your computer may look different, but select the image you want and choose it. You will see: Your image should appear in the screen. Click on the Save button, you will see: You can adjust the borders of the photo how you want, then click on Save. You will see: Your avatar! Lo! after all these many years! Hope this helps!

Sounds like a gamin movie, Shirley Temple, or Margaret O'Brien, or the like.

A few posts.

Am I missing something from this thread? Have some posts been disappeared?

The closest I can come to is Four Jills in a Jeep (1944): http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/75525/Four-Jills-in-a-Jeep/ Click on Read the full Synopsis for a detailed description.

Your welcome! Hope it helps.

I assume you are posting pics using the paperclip attachment thingie on the left side of the window, which allows you to upload pics from your computer. There is a limit to the size of the pic and the total amount you can upload. The way to avoid these limits is to use the 'Insert other media' tab on the right side of the screen. You can upload any pic you find on a site, with the exception of a few which are blocked. You have to copy the image's address and paste it into the box you see after you click on the button. If you have a mac, you select the image, a dialog box will open, and you can click on 'copy image address.' I don't have a pc, but I believe you right-click on the image you want, and there will be a similar dialog box which will allow you to copy the image address. If you want to post something that's already on your computer, you have to upload it to an image posting service. I like imgbb.com. It's simple to use, but there's a secret to getting the address. After you upload the image, click on it. A separate tab will open with your pic on it. You can then select the image to get the address.

If ya got one!

Dick who?

One of the few historical movies I like.

I just recently re-watched her series Elizabeth R. It also featured Robert Hardy, of later fame as Siegfried in All Creatures Great and Small.

It is a measure, among many, of the respect and admiration Virginia McKenna has in her country that she was awarded the role of portraying Violette Szabo, who has the position of veneration in England which Private York or Audie Murphy have pale analogues here. Recruited for resistance work in France because of her heritage and language abilities, she died in captivity and remains a blazing symbol of British heroism, dedication, and sacrifice. This movie, a prime example of the class-act filmmaking of Golden-Era Britain, gives Miss McKenna one of her best opportunities to show what a really fine actress she is. She's of course known best in America for Born Free (1966), and The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957), and maybe Ring of Bright Water (1969). But she has a long, varied, and well-rewarded career on the English stage and screen. Her roles range from Shakespeare, to musicals like The King and I and A Little Night Music, to children's favorites like Peter Pan (1976), to adventure (The Wreck of the Mary Deare, 1959), and historical epic (Waterloo, 1970). On early tomorrow morning 12:30 AM Pacific time. Westies can stay up to see it, Easties who aren't owls can record it.

I feel fine.