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I would put his Sherif Ali Ibn El Kharish in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) up there in the ten best supporting actor film performances of all time. He really should have won the Oscar for that part. He's number two in my book just behind Walter Huston for Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948).

Not wanting to derail the Ava thread entirely but one response would be Lon Chaney as Echo in The Unholy Three, (1925 and 1930). There were probably lots of examples of sound remakes of silent films using the same lead cast.

You are quite right about the region codes. I have a multi region player. That said, many of these Spanish or Korean titles are Region Free or Region Zero. It often says so in the description. There are clips of Beyond the Forest on youtube with the Spanish subtitles over top. But they are often removable on the original dvd. "Qué mugrero"

Just shows you how tricky these aliens can be as they actually have well-hidden Yorkshire accents.

Lorna, i noticed that Amazon UK has a Spanish dvd copy of Beyond the Forest for sale. I don't know if you can access that through Amazon USA, or not. But you could probably get it through Amazon UK and have it shipped. But contact the seller and make sure the Catalanian subtitles are removable. I'm not sure what the licensing deal is here, but there are a lot of 'unavailable' old films showing up in Spanish dvds. South Korean too.

Has anyone seen Kevin Kline as Errol Flynn in The Last of Robin Hood (2013)? It's supposed to be about Flynn's final days. Kline can be pretty god at times. Sorry, not trying to change the Aviator topic entirely. Oh - just checking the film on the imdb and noticed that Errol's grandson, Sean Flynn has a bit part in it. Check him out on the imdb.

Just caught the ending of Earth vs. the Flying Saucers. The Saucers were making mince meat of Washington and its famous landmarks. Then in one scene a saucer lands on the White House front lawn and two aliens come out. As in DTESS, the Americans send two soldiers with rifles to safeguard the President against the saucer. This doesn't work. The aliens vaporize the two soldiers but then inexplicably get back into their saucer and fly away.

I just went to a screening of Visconti's Sandra (1965) this evening. Beautiful restoration despite the fact that the original negative could not be found. Anyway, American actor Michael Craig stars alongside Claudia Cardinale. I doubt very much Craig did his own dubbing. His character spoke too much like a native Italian. Curiously, he didn't look much like Capt. Harding from Mysterious Island (1961) either.

Friday, July 10 I’ve seen most of the good ones. If I had to pick a repeat it might be ... 12:15 Armored Car Robbery (1950). I like Charles McGraw.

I've got a copy of it. It's okay but nothing too too special. Anthony Quinn is rather good in it. i would rather see A View From the Bridge again by Sidney Lumet with Maureen Stapleton and Raf Vallone. That one has just disappeared.

Here is a little promo for Ladies In Lavender, the play that Haley did in London a couple of years ago. You can see that she still looks like the same girl in many ways ...

I thought this was a very good Viet Nam movie - A Rumor of War (1980) by Richard T. Heffron. Starring Brad Davis, Michael O'Keefe, Keith Carradine, Brian Dennehy, Perry King, Christopher Mitchum, Steve Forrest, Stacey Keach and Jeff Daniels. Personally, I don't buy into the theory that today's mainstream media is controlled by liberals. Politically controversial films that America was once so good at seem to have disappeared. But I guess we should steer clear of discussing this one!

I know it has already been mentioned but even Joe E. Brown might have trouble saying "Nobody's perfect" with poor, Mona.

You know what's coming up on Sunday/Monday the 19/20th at 3:30 a.m., don't you? Young Torless (1966) !!!! The 63 year-old Tor Johnson received some of his worst reviews when he played the teenager, Torless in this Volker Schlondorff film. Maybe TCM has been listening to the Tor Johnson campaign.

1953 Best Actress? Maybe not the strongest year on record. Yes, I agree that it may have been a bit of a stretch to place Ava in the top 5. Personally, I would put Gloria Grahame's Big Heat performance in the supporting category though. Here are my top 10 for 1953. 1. Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday (the Oscar winner) 2. Deborah Kerr, From Here to Eternity (I know this divides the crowd) 3. Leslie Caron, Lili 4. Harriet Andersson, Summer With Monika (not nominated) 5. Marilyn Monroe, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (not nominated) 6. Danielle Derrieux, The Earring of Madame De... (not nominated) 7. Ava Gardner, Mogambo 8. Gina Lollabrigida, Bread, Love and Dreams (not nominated) 9. Jean Peters, Pickup on South Street (not nominated) 10. Maria Schell, The Heart of the Matter (not nominated) Of the Oscar nominees, I have dropped Maggie McNamara from The Moon Is Blue. I didn't care for her in that, I'm afraid. Some runners up would include: Geraldine Page, Hondo (she was nominated in the supporting category) Marilyn Monroe, Niagra Jean Simmons in The Robe and The Actress Jean Peters, Niagra Doris Day, Calamity Jane Simone Signoret, Therese Raquin Delia Garces, El Jennifer Jones, Indiscretion of an American Wife Machiko Kyo, Gate of Hell

I concur with Iguana and On the Beach. I thought Ava was very good in Mogambo (1953) too. And she had a wonderful small part in Frankenheimer's Seven Days in May (1964).

Haley Mills introducing the films of her father ... now, that would be very special indeed. She could even show some of his home movies when she was a kid. Did you know that Pete Townsend now lives in the Mills family home in Richmond? It is called the Wyck and has a great view of Petersham meadow and the river Thames.

For some reason I saw the 'other' TCM Top Ten searches today and am happy to report that several Tor Johnson films are on that list as well. Hot Spell is also in the top ten!

Is there anyone out there who can do Hot Spell, I wonder?

Well, that one was intentional. The others are just plain mistakes.

Thursday, July 9 6:15 p.m. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962). I could use a copy of this one. Flying Saucer movies galore! 9:30 p.m. It Came From Outer Space (1953). This gave me creepy dreams for weeks when I was a kid. Who else, but Richard Calson is in it! 1 a.m. The Man From Planet X (1951). Aliens on a small Scottish island? Hmmm … In War of the Worlds the Martians were finally beaten by the common cold virus. I wonder if the sound of bagpipes figures into this one somewhere? Sounds like this might make for a good double bill with Whiskey Galore (1949).

You might hear something but it wouldn't sound like a pavement skid which is probably the sound effect they used. I heard another hum dinger in Intermezzo (1936) the original Swedish version with Ingrid Bergman. The scene was on a ship and someone pointed to the gangway and said the Press are here to greet you. Cut to a bunch of reporters on the gangway. Fine. Except the sound the used had reporters voices mixed with typewriters! I guess someone reached for the standard reporters sound effect and didn't have the brains to realize that it was reporters in a press room with typewriters.

I saw her on stage in London a few years ago in Ladies In Lavender. She still looks great btw.

This was a rather astute observation 27. Jeep tires squeal on grass. I 'heard' one the other day when watching Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? Whenever someone used the 'stone' steps in the garden you could hear the wood creaking under foot.

My paperback copy of Charles McGraw: Film Noir Tough Guy arrived today. It was published by McFarland and is a glossy oversized paperback. It's less than 200 pages so the price was a bit steep. I've only had a chance to flip through it to see that it looks quite comprehensive and contains a good many photographs from McGraw's life and behind-the-scenes of his films. So far, so good.