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The Day the Clown Cried by Jerry Lewis

Thursday, July 30 12:15 p.m. After Office Hours (1935) with Constance Bennett and Clark Gable. Looking forward to this one.

The Canadian schedule for October is now up.

I've said this before but the Italians get used to the voice of the person who is allocated to doing the dubbing of a particular actor. They probably wouldn't recognize the 'real' Burt Lancaster voice and are used to whoever does his films. All of the voices are dubbed in Italian films. Granted the Italian actors dub their own characters but often there is a guy who specializes in Jerry Lewis and another in Burt Lancaster, etc.

Sextette (1978) where 85 year-old Mae West plays the most beautiful, sought after woman in the world. She has a host of suitors that include Timothy Dalton, George Hamilton, Tony Curtis, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon and Alice Cooper. George Raft, Walter Pidgeon and Regis Philbin co-star. Has to be seen to be believed. Dalton's serenading West with 'Love Can Keep Us Together' is a camp highlight.

Wednesday, July 29 8:30 a.m. The Kennel Murder Case (1933). I’d like to see this William Powell, Philo Vance film again.

Another candidate for a July 1, Canada Day salute. Born in British Columbia. There is a whole load to pick from ... Walter Huston, Mary Pickford, Raymond Massey, Walter Pidgeon, Glenn Ford, John Candy, William Shatner ...

That date at the end of the film would have been referring to the copyright which is filed when the movie is in production. The film is often released the following year hence the mismatch.

Tuesday, July 28 11:45 p.m. Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers (1980). This Les Blank film was restored by the Library of Congress. 2:30 a.m. A Well Spent Life (1971). This documentary on guitarist, Mance Lipscomb looks intriguing.

Monday, July 27 6 a.m. The Phantom of Paris (1931) with John Gilbert. Haven’t seen this one. 2:45 p.m. The Magician (1959) by Ingmar Bergman with Max von Sydow. For those who missed it a few weeks ago. 4 a.m. The Big Circus (1959) I caught this the other day. Incredibly bad and cliche ridden. Lorre is like a zombie. Mature keeps pounding his palm with a walking stick throughout the entire movie. Talk about banana hands!! Kathryn Grant is so so so bad everyone spends the movie literally propping her up. If you enjoy a good bad ‘un, this one’s for you.

They could show Blade Runner and keep everybody happy.

Sunday, July 26 9:30 a.m. Roberta (1935). Never seen this Irene Dunne and Fred and Ginger film. 12:15 a.m. The Phantom Carriage (1922). Notan wrote a glowing review of this film in The Phantom Carriage thread. I’ve been wanting to see this one for quite a while. I recently watched He Who Gets Slapped with Lon Chaney which was very good. It was also directed by Victor Sjostrom. 2:15 a.m. Cria Cuervos (1976). I was just about to buy this Carlos Saura film on Amazon when I saw it programmed here.

Again, confining it to just lead performances my chooses are: Charles Chaplin (4) Martin Scorsese (4) Stanley Kubrick (3)

The Passionate Thief (1960) directed by Mario Monicelli. Its original Italian title is 'Risate di Gioia' which translates to 'Joyous Laughter.' Fans of Anna Magnani must see this film. She is very very funny in it. I saw the subtitled film in the cinema and there were quite a few Italian ladies in the audience who were tittering at Anna's every gesture. The other revelation for me was the performance of Toto. I had seen him in a bit part in Big Deal on Madonna Street but never in a lead role. In this film you can see why he was such a big star in Italy. His comic timing is superb. He reminded me a little of Buster Keaton. Ben Gazzara plays the Italian thief, Lello. The Italian actor who dubbed Gazzara deserves kudos for his performance is terrific as well. As an aside, I was first a little bewildered as to why you would bother to cast an American star like Gazzara in The Passionate Thief or Burt Lancaster in The Leopard and then dub their voice with that of another actor. Then it occurred to me that in Italy every film is dubbed into their own language so they have probably never heard the 'real' Burt Lancaster or Ben Gazzara. In fact they are probably used to the Italian faux Lancaster and Gazzara for the practise is often for the same Italian actor to dub all of the Lancaster films. For instance, there was one particular actor in Italy who dubbed all of Jerry Lewis's films and his is the voice they are accustomed to. Coming back to The Passionate Thief there is one particular scene that parodies La Dolce Vita that has a drunken American tourist played by Fred Clark (doing his own voice) wishing to wade into the Trevi fountain with Magnani. Again, this film is a must for Magnani fans.

Thanks a bunch Kay, That is indeed delightful. Bogie

Lord Love a Duck Dracula Has Risen From the Grave Chinatown

Saturday, July 25 8:15 a.m. Skippy (1931). Kudos to TCM for playing this rare film. 2 a.m. Vanishing Point (1971). Pretty good auto chase flick with Barry Newman.

Did anyone catch the Burns & Allen debut short, Lampchops (1929)?

Thursday, July 23 8 p.m. The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935). Somehow, I’ve missed this one before. 9:45 p.m. Lambchops (1929). Another of July’s programming gems. This short subject has the first screen appearances of Burns and Allen. Our American Cousins can skip this ... **********HOLD THE PRESS************* Not in Canada, you say? What gives with that? If I donated a nickel to TCM would that be enough to secure the rights to this one? 1:45 a.m. Honolulu (1939). Sounds like a cheesy guilty pleasure but I’m still smarting from the late substitution of Lambchops!!!!!!! Just in case any of you wonder tomorrow night where my picks for Friday are, I'm posting them now. Sorry, but I don't have a 'What's the Knucklehead Up to Now' thread otherwise I would say that I am going to be away from my computer! Like you all would want to know, anyway. Friday, July 24 6:45 a.m. Roadblock (1951). A Charles McGraw noir that I haven’t seen. 1:45 p.m. Kansas City Confidential (1952). Another noir I haven’t seen. 8 p.m. The Narrow Margin (1952). Recommended for those who haven’t seen this one. With Charles McGraw and Marie Windsor.

Mayerling (1968) with Catherine Deneuve could be resurrected. I had to buy a dvd copy of that one from Greece!

I found this on a UK web site .... MeaningAn exclamation of surprise. Origin'Heavens to Murgatroyd' is American in origin and dates from the mid 20th century. The expression was popularized by the cartoon character Snagglepuss - a regular on the Yogi Bear Show in the 1960s, and is a variant of the earlier 'heavens to Betsy'. The first use of the phrase wasn't by Snagglepuss but comes from the 1944 film Meet the People. It was spoken by Bert Lahr, best remembered for his role as the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz. Snagglepuss's voice was patterned on Lahr's, along with the 'heavens to Murgatroyd' line. Daws Butler's vocal portrayal of the character was so accurate that when the cartoon was used to promote Kellogg Cereals, Lahr sued and made the company distance him from the campaign by giving a prominent credit to Butler. As with Betsy, we have no idea who Murgatroyd was. The various spellings of the name - as Murgatroid, Mergatroyd or Mergatroid tend to suggest that it wasn't an actual surname. While it is doubtful that the writers of Meet The People (Sig Herzig and Fred Saidy) were referring to an actual person, they must have got the name from somewhere. No fewer than ten of the characters in Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera Ruddigore, 1887, are baronets surnamed "Murgatroyd", eight of whom (or is that which?) are ghosts. Herzig and Saidy were well versed in the works of the musical theatre and that plethora of Murgatroyds would have been known to them. Where then did the librettist Sir William Gilbert get the name? It seems that Murgatroyd has a long history as a family name in the English aristocracy. In his genealogy The Murgatroyds of Murgatroyd, Bill Murgatroyd states that, in 1371, a constable was appointed for the district of Warley in Yorkshire. He adopted the name of Johanus de Morgateroyde - literally John of Moor Gate Royde or 'the district leading to the moor'. Whether the Murgatroyd name took that route from Yorkshire to Jellystone Park we can't be certain. Unless there's a Betsy Murgatroyd hiding in the archives, that's as close as we are likely to get to a derivation.

TikiSoo, your My Fair Lady story reminds me of the time i saw Jesus Christ Superstar and a woman a few rows over belted out each song like a demented Mrs. Miller. It was actually pretty funny and most people were high anyway at this rep cinema. And Jaws, well I jumped out of my seat when they were investigating the undersea wreck and that head appears through the gaping hole in the side of the ship. Alfonso Cuaron directly lifted that bit in his Gravity. The trick kind of worked but I was anticipating a Jaws moment while I was watching the set-up.

"Jumping Jehoshaphat!" Named after Jehoshaphat, the Fourth King of Judah apparently.

"If I could find a man who would be my master and give me a good thrashing, I'd follow him around like a dog on a leash." - Frances Dee in Blood Money (1933)

Wednesday, July 22 6:15 a.m. 20,000 Years In Sing Sing. Not as good as its title might suggest but hey, they aren’t making any more Bette Davis films these days. 4 p.m. The Men of Boys Town (1941). Looks like it could be a stinker but it is a Spencer Tracy film that I haven’t seen yet. 8 p.m. Gilda (1946). If anyone missed it the other two dozen times it was on in the past few months now’s your chance to see it.