TopBilled

Tim Holt does such a great job with this part. And I find Anne Baxter the perfect love interest for him. This is a well-cast film.

I agree, AVALON is a good title. I rather liked it when I saw it some years ago and I should find it and look at it again.

I consider Dame Judi Dench at the top of the list, ahead of Streep. I am also very partial to Vanessa Redgrave. Dench and Redgrave are in my opinion the best living, working actresses. Honorable mention goes to Maggie Smith and Emma Thompson. And Helen Mirren. And Kate Winslet. Yes, the foreign actresses are miles ahead of our domestic crop.

The theme is immigrants in America, and June will bring many interesting titles to our screen. _JUNE 6TH_ AMERICA AMERICA AN AMERICAN ROMANCE EAT A BOWL OF TEA THE GLASS WALL HESTER STREET _JUNE 11TH_ BLACK HAND _JUNE 13TH_ HIS FAMILY TREE WEST SIDE STORY BLACK LEGION _JUNE 20TH_ I REMEMBER MAMA ALL MINE TO GIVE STRANGERS IN THE CITY BIG CITY (1937) _JUNE 22ND_ STREET SCENE _JUNE 25TH_ THE LONG GRAY LINE _JUNE 27TH_ PADDY O'DAY DELICIOUS POPI ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN THE IMMIGRANT (1917)

>Dang! I just renewed my fear of flying...Sepiatone It has happened too often, unfortunately...we have lost these great talents so early. It's not fair.

I agree....it's a dream cast. I love how they each have their moments and do not overpower the proceedings. Jeffrey Hunter does not do too badly either. This is a film I wouldn't mind getting a little extra exposure on TCM.

MAKE WAY FOR A LADY starring Herbert Marshall will appear on June 25th. I NEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER airs on June 17th. TRAPPED BY BOSTON **** airs on June 9th. It is the last film in that series with Chester Morris. Edited by: TopBilled on Mar 17, 2012 2:35 PM

John Denver is another one.

*WILL ROGERS* *CAROLE LOMBARD* *GLENN MILLER* *ROBERT FRANCIS* *AUDIE MURPHY* *VIC MORROW* (helicopter) *AALIYAH*

*BUFFALO BILL (1944)* From Agee on May 13, 1944: In BUFFALO BILL William Wellman has constructed a Technicolored Indian battle which is fun to watch. In general he makes good use of the plains and the movement of people on them. But most of the picture is boring.

*AUDIE MURPHY* BEYOND GLORY (1948) with Alan Ladd & Donna Reed COLUMN SOUTH (1953) with Joan Evans & Robert Sterling GUNSMOKE (1953) with Susan Cabot & Paul Kelly TO HELL AND BACK (1955) with Marshall Thompson & Charles Drake WORLD IN MY CORNER (1956) with Barbara Rush & Jeff Morrow WALK THE PROUD LAND (1956) with Anne Bancroft & Pat Crowley NIGHT PASSAGE (1957) with James Stewart, Dan Duryea & Dianne Foster JOE BUTTERFLY (1957) with George Nader & Keenan Wynn THE WILD AND THE INNOCENT (1959) with Joanne Dru, Gilbert Roland & Sandra Dee SEVEN WAYS FROM SUNDOWN (1960) with Barry Sullivan & Venetia Stevenson POSSE FROM HELL (1961) with John Saxon & Vic Morrow SIX BLACK HORSES (1962) with Dan Duryea & Joan O'Brien SHOWDOWN (1963) with Kathleen Crowley & Charles Drake BULLET FOR A BADMAN (1964) with Darren McGavin & Ruta Lee A TIME FOR DYING (1971) with Victor Jory

*Alexis Smith* birthday tribute on June 8th features: THE SMILING GHOST, DIVE BOMBER, THE CONSTANT NYMPH, STALLION ROAD, CONFLICT, THE HORN BLOWS AT MIDNIGHT, OF HUMAN BONDAGE and MONTANA. *Errol Flynn* birthday tribute on June 20th features: ROCKY MOUNTAIN, THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE and THE WARRIORS.

JUNE Birthdays include: 1 Andy Griffith, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Morgan, Joan Caulfield 2 Johnny Weissmuller 3 Ellen Corby, Paulette Goddard, Tony Curtis 4 Rosalind Russell 5 6 7 Dean Martin, Jessica Tandy 8 Alexis Smith, Robert Preston 9 Robert Cummings 10 Hattie McDaniel, Judy Garland, June Haver, Sessue Hayakawa 11 Richard Todd 12 13 Basil Rathbone, Mary Wickes 14 Dorothy McGuire, Burl Ives, Gene Barry 15 16 Stan Laurel 17 Ralph Bellamy 18 Jeanette MacDonald, Keye Luke, Maggie McNamara 19 Charles Coburn, Mildred Natwick, May Whitty, Louis Jourdan, Moe Howard 20 Errol Flynn, Audie Murphy 21 Jane Russell, Judy Holiday 22 Constance Collier 23 24 25 June Lockhart 26 Eleanor Parker, Peter Lorre 27 Moroni Olsen, John McIntire, Donald Crisp 28 Polly Moran 29 Ruth Warrick, Nelson Eddy, Joan Davis, Slim Pickens 30 Susan Hayward, Lena Horne, Glenda Farrell

I don't think she was Universal's answer to Hayworth (Columbia) and Grable (Fox). She was Universal's answer to Dorothy Lamour (Paramount).

Consider me a George Brent fan. I think he's underrated. My favorite film of his is MY REPUTATION, with Barbara Stanwyck. It doesn't get shown enough. And I love them together in THE PURCHASE PRICE. His picture with Ginger Rogers, IN PERSON, is another pleasure.

*PIN-UP GIRL (1944)* From Agee on May 13, 1944: During the making of PIN-UP GIRL, Betty Grable was in the early stages of pregnancy. Everyone else was evidently in a late stage of paresis. Note: Paresis means partial motor paralysis; a late manifestation of syphilis, characterized by progressive dementia and paralysis.

*JUDY DAN* THE SEVENTH SIN (1957) with Eleanor Parker, Bill Travers & George Sanders STAGECOACH TO DANCERS' ROCK (1962) with Warren Stevens, Martin Landau & Jody Lawrence THE SPIRAL ROAD (1962) with Rock Hudson, Burl Ives & Gena Rowlands WAR IS HELL (1964) with Tony Russel & Burt Topper KILL A DRAGON (1967) with Jack Palance, Fernando Lamas & Aldo Ray

>I can't tell you how long it's been since I actually thought of this man, but seeing the great picture you posted brings him right back. Good! I'm glad it brought back some good memories. I think Fess Parker was definitely typecast, but with what he specialized in, he had some good opportunities and made the most of these opportunities. That is why there's a legion of Fess Parker fans.

*FESS PARKER* DAVY CROCKETT, KING OF THE WILD FRONTIER (1955) with Buddy Ebsen & Hans Conried DAVY CROCKETT AND THE RIVER PIRATES (1956) with Buddy Ebsen THE GREAT LOCOMOTIVE CHASE (1956) with Jeffrey Hunter & John Lupton WESTWARD HO, THE WAGONS! (1956) with Kathleen Crowley OLD YELLER (1957) with Dorothy McGuire THE LIGHT IN THE FOREST (1958) with Wendell Corey, Joanne Dru & James MacArthur THE HANGMAN (1959) with Robert Taylor, Tina Louise & Jack Lord THE JAYHAWKERS (1959) with Jeff Chandler & Nicole Maurey HELL IS FOR HEROES (1962) with Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin & James Coburn SMOKY (1966) with Diana Hyland, Katy Jurado & Hoyt Axton

*BLITHE SPIRIT (1945)* From Agee on October 27, 1945: David Lean's smooth color production of Noel Coward's play about a ghostly wife who returns to make mischief with the kind of second marriage generally insisted on in the dangerous words 'perfectly happy.' The ghost, who faintly suggests a bidet out of repair, is very entertaining. Whenever Margaret Rutherford is on screen, as the medium who starts and tries to control the trouble, the picture is wonderfully funny. Note: Bidet means a low basinlike bathroom fixture, usually with spigots, used for bathing the **** areas.

*CONCHITA MONTENEGRO* NEVER THE TWAIN SHALL MEET (1931) with Leslie Howard & Karen Morley THE CISCO KID (1931) with Warner Baxter & Edmund Lowe THE GAY CABALLERO (1932) with George O'Brien & Victor McLaglen HANDY ANDY (1934) with Will Rogers CARAVANE (1934) with Annabella & Charles Boyer HELL IN THE HEAVENS (1934) with Warner Baxter

Fred, I haven't seen that one yet. Both Gene Raymond and Fay Wray would make for good SUTS tributes. Their early precode stuff is great.

*INCENDIARY BLONDE (1945)* From Agee on August 11, 1945: The heroine of INCENDIARY BLONDE bears the name of Texas Guinan, and at least once she shouts an obligatory 'Hello, Sucker.' From then on out the picture successfully ignores every one of the thousands of fine possibilities offered by its nominal subjects, in favor of entirely conventional noise and music. Betty Hutton just about saves it, but no more, for those who like her and I do.

Right...Fields had a very distinct screen presence. Part of the charm is that he's in a class all by himself. It makes him unique and fun to watch.

*WITHOUT LOVE (1945)* From Agee on April 7, 1945: This is a satiny translation of a Philip Barry play. I like it all right and have very little to say for or against it. Unlike Mr. Barry, I don't find the expression 'by gum' charming on lips which use it for charm's sake, and enjoy even less the heroine's recalling, of her dying husband, that he 'grinned that grin of his.' A good deal of the dialogue is happy to hear and happier in its skill. Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy are exactly right for their jobs. It is good to see Lucille Ball doing so well with a kind of role new to her. And I have a hard time breaking myself against the idea that Keenan Wynn is the best actor in Hollywood, rather than just a very good one indeed.