[Oh, that face, that fabulous face. Whose is it?]

This doesn't look good:

 

[Oh, that face, that fabulous face II - Post 1950's. Whose is it?]

scsu1975! Laurels and honors for you! That was indeed Dolores Faith.

[Oh, that face, that fabulous face. Whose is it?]

The pics of Jean Arthur are from Danger Lights, with Robert Armstrong and Louis Wolheim. But I will check out The Saturday Night Kid.

[Oh, that face, that fabulous face. Whose is it?]

Someone's up early. Looks like you're right! Know the movie? It's an early one.

[Oh, that face, that fabulous face. Whose is it?]

Not her.

 

Here's another of the same actress:

 

[Oh, that face, that fabulous face II - Post 1950's. Whose is it?]

That was quick, but you got her!

 

Maybe it's late enough so I can try one that will last till morning, at least:

 

[Oh, that face, that fabulous face II - Post 1950's. Whose is it?]

Well, twinkee, looks like you were beat out by twinkee. Better luck next time.

 

Try this:

 

[HOW FAR IN ADVANCE...?]

One could imagine TCM has a stable of tried and true films ready at hand to fill last month, or last minute holes.

[Oh, that face, that fabulous face II - Post 1950's. Whose is it?]

That's what the Kidd meant, it's not her. Aside from his giveaway, I'll also say look at the cast of Upstairs, Downstairs. You'll find here there, too.

[Oh, that face, that fabulous face II - Post 1950's. Whose is it?]

 

Not her. The sentimental association for me, and perhaps many others, derives not from Dr. Who, but from another series in which she played a brief, but memorable role--a spontaneous, impish, insecure, amoral, faker, who lies about her family, her past, and for convenience, who gets into the wrong bed, and ultimately on the stage, but, gosh darn it, you can't help liking her.

 

 

[Karl Struss]

You might be wondering who this man is, and with justification, unless you are to movie history what joe schmo is to baseball stats. Well, in line with using the most tenuous connections and superficial of rationalizations to start a thread, I have started this one on an underknown cinematographer who happens to be the man who was the very first to win an Oscar (dang, I can't get that copyright symbol to register) for it--for Sunrise, one of Murnau's great achievements. From what I know of his other work, he contributed a lot to the effect of that film.

 

What I admire him for is much more obscure, his work on a 1930 movie, Danger Lights, which stars Louis Wolheim, Robert Armstrong, and a young Jean Arthur. It's not much of a movie, but the scenes with trains are magnificent, the best I know of in any movie. For years I wondered about the cinematography and who was responsible for it, such great photography in such a small film. Naturally, it was only now I bothered to look up who it was and what else he did. Turns out he has quite an extensive notable filmography, in addition to the Oscar winning effort. He worked with Griffith on Ben Hur. Other notable films of his were: March's Dr. Jekel and Mr. Hyde, Island of Lost Souls, The Story of Temple Drake, and Journey Into Fear. And as I consider them with this new realization, I will have to reassess how much their respective directors contributed to the look and atmosphere of them, and how much was a result of Mr. Struss' influence.

 

I'll be looking for other films of his.

 

Oh, the connection? He also worked with Chaplin on The Great Dictator, and Limelight, which is showing as I post. But it was for an entirely different reason I thought of him now. It was a coincidence he worked on a film showing tonight. But it was that coincidence that prompted this thread.

 

 

 

[HOW FAR IN ADVANCE...?]

Not having experience in obtaining rights (constitutional or other) I can't say. I know from other threads some movies have been the targets of TCM programmers for years--Laura being an example. I remember thinking I heard Mr. Osborne in a discussion with a TCM staffer--during their staffer-as-programmer-for-a-night-series--refer to her efforts over time to get They Might Be Giants, arising from her affection for that movie, with no luck (obviously).

[Oh, that face, that fabulous face II - Post 1950's. Whose is it?]

Who? What? Man, you had me seriously disoriented. But you have left yourself vulerable to some other quick-witted person who realises (sic) you have not named the actress, but the character. So, up or down, who is she? The first to post the name gets the kudos.

[HOW FAR IN ADVANCE...?]

Maybe all of them, and even further out in the future, considering the necessity for obtaining rights to air movies.

[Oh, that face, that fabulous face. Whose is it?]

Later.

 

Edited by: slaytonf on Mar 5, 2013 11:02 PM

 

I mean I'm looking for a different pic than I posted.

 

Edited by: slaytonf on Mar 5, 2013 11:03 PM

 

Now, before I was so rudely interrupted--by myself:

 

Silent movie eyebrows:

 

 

Edited by: slaytonf on Mar 5, 2013 11:16 PM

[Oh, that face, that fabulous face II - Post 1950's. Whose is it?]

Here's another sentimental favorite:

 

[Oh, that face, that fabulous face. Whose is it?]

 

Through the fog I see. . . .Aline MacMahon?

 

 

[Oh, that face, that fabulous face. Whose is it?]

And that was a fabulous answer! It is indeed Raquel Torres.

[Oh, that face, that fabulous face. Whose is it?]

Here's Ginger Rogers with her best hair:

 

 

Do you know the name of the lady?

[Oh, that face, that fabulous face II - Post 1950's. Whose is it?]

That's her!

[Oh, that face, that fabulous face. Whose is it?]

For want of a better face:

 

[I'm trying to find a movie?]

The only thing I can come up with is The Blue Bird:

 

http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/489422/The-Blue-Bird/

 

It's a silent though, and wasn't on when you said it was.

[31 Days Oversights-I Say Vertigo]

>jamesjazzguitar:

>But if what you said about Ford is true a Ford 'director's cut' might of ended up being an inferior product.

 

I only know positively about My Darling Clemetine. In the boxed set of Ford at Fox there is an unedited version that was found, which is compared in detail with the released edited version. To my mind, the edited version is better. Zanuck doesn't impose a creative vision on the film, rather, by clearing away the clutter, he makes Ford look more like himself.

[Oh, that face, that fabulous face II - Post 1950's. Whose is it?]

No. I'll give you another hint. Think of the name of the guy who went up the Congo into the heart of Africa.

 

In a story.

[Oh, that face, that fabulous face. Whose is it?]

Well, brought to account. I can only say in my defense, the picture of Miss Urbankova looks like she did in the movie I remember her from (Lucie and the Miracles. TCM watchers will remember her from Closely Watched Trains). The pernicious pic posted posed players that, while they did appear in one movie together (Othello) it was not the one slyly supposed.

 

Kidd_Dabb has it right! It's Dorothea Kent. A delightful character actress.