TopBilled
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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.
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*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.
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*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
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>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.
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*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
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*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.
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*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
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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.
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*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.
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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.
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*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.
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*IAN HENDRY*
CHILDREN OF THE DAMNED (1964) with Barbara Ferris & Sheila Allen
REPULSION (1965) with Catherine Deneuve & Patrick Wymark
JOURNEY TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE SUN (1969) with Roy Thinnes & Patrick Wymark
THE SOUTHERN STAR (1969) with George Segal, Ursula Andress & Orson Welles
THE MACKENZIE BREAK (1970) with Brian Keith
GET CARTER (1971) with Michael Caine & Britt Ekland
TALES FROM THE CRYPT (1972) with Ralph Richardson & Joan Collins
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*CARRIE SNODGRESS*
DIARY OF A MAD HOUSEWIFE (1970) with Richard Benjamin
THE FURY (1978) with Kirk Douglas & John Cassavetes
THE ATTIC (1980) with Ray Milland
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*THE SILENT VILLAGE (1943)*
From Agee on July 3, 1943:
THE SILENT VILLAGE is a reenactment by Welsh miners of the story of the mining village of Lidice. It is noted for the sensitiveness of those who made it and the fistlike authenticity, dignity and seriousness of those who performed in it. It is a question, probably a sad one, whether any group of miners in this country would have been capable of it.
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My understanding or definition of SUTS is like this:
I think it's best not to feature stars that are normally in heavy rotation. But maybe it should be used for actors who were at one time household names but who are now a bit more forgotten.
For example, Dorothy Malone would fit my definition. I don't think she's as well remembered as other actresses of her generation and would not be a programming draw as SOTM, but she deserves more than a primetime tribute. She should have a 24-hour marathon in August. She earned an Oscar and she successfully transitioned to television and was rather famous in her time.
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>Do you really want TCM to show muppet movies?
Sure, why not. They're cute and classic in their own way..!
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*KERMIT & MISS PIGGY*
THE MUPPET MOVIE (1979) with Edgar Bergen, Milton Berle, Bob Hope & Orson Welles
THE GREAT MUPPET CAPER (1981) with Peter Falk, Peter Ustinov & Robert Morley
THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN (1984) with Art Carney, Liza Minnelli & Gregory Hines
THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL (1992) with Michael Caine
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*THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS (1943)*
From Agee on October 8, 1943:
THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS is the loudest and most vulgar of the current musicals. It is also the most fun, if you are amused when show people kid their own idiom, and if you find a cruel-compassionate sort of interest in watching amateurs like Bette Davis do what they can with a song.
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I love your idea for James Dean and his fans. He also had bit parts in some films like Fox's FIXED BAYONETS and Universal's HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY GAL?, so those could be included (even though his screen time is negligible in them). Plus, they could feature one or two documentaries that have been made about him. And who says they can't do an encore showing of REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE on the same day...?
As for the foreign films, I loved Kurosawa's tribute on the centenary of his birth. I made quite a few mentions about it on my Facebook page at the time, reminding my friends to watch those films. It was a rare treat.
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I agree that the acting is superb in this movie. This is an example where chewing the scenery actually heightens the tension...and with two pros like Page and Gordon, it doesn't get any better.
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I am looking more at the list from the AFI.
*James Dean* would be impossible to do, unless they acquired kinescopes of his live TV dramas.
*Vivien Leigh* and *Grace Kelly* have at least been SOTM.
*Mary Pickford* is a huge oversight. If they did Chaplin, they should've at least done Pickford. Pickford has never been SOTM.
*Lillian Gish* has never been a SUTS honoree and has never been SOTM either. Why? She has an impressive filmography in both silent and sound eras and most of her titles survive.
*Mae West* is another oversight, but it would mean dipping into the bank and licensing Paramount classics from Universal. They should do it.
I am guessing that *Marilyn Monroe* will finally get her due this summer, especially since we know that SOME LIKE IT HOT will be an essential one Saturday this August.
*Shirley Temple* could easily be featured. All they need to do is license one or two big titles from Fox, then mix in her later films at MGM and Selznick Studios. They could also show one or two of her TV specials from Shirley Temple Storybook. Plus, she made countless short films that they could insert between the bigger titles.
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It looks like James Stewart appeared five times in a row. That's a bit much (and I'm being polite). It's not like these actors' films are never seen and have never been Star of the Month before.
I notice that in the beginning they did not feature any foreign film stars (Garbo and Dietrich don't count since it's their Hollywood output that is usually shown). Also, they did not have their one Fox star spotlighted. And in recent years they have had the occasional star from the 60s & 70s, like Julie Christie. It has been gradually evolving.
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Thanks so much. It's nice to have that information.
Did they really repeat James Stewart so soon? He is listed for 2005 & 2006.
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I know there are other threads about SUTS and which stars some of you would like to see honored.
But what I want to know (since I did a search and could not find it): is there a list of all the honorees from each of the past years? It began in 2003. So this summer will be the tenth year.
I would like to see who has been spotlighted most often, and if someone has been used more than once, if there was a change in the lineup of the films.
Maria Montez
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I don't think she was Universal's answer to Hayworth (Columbia) and Grable (Fox).
She was Universal's answer to Dorothy Lamour (Paramount).