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Great idea, Marsha. I'm with you.

Hello Barton, Here is the link to the second part of that very good Ben Mankiewicz interview .... http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/thenewhollywood/id/3435190

I had to do it out of curiosity. I hadn't seen it since I was about ten years old. Bedtime For Bonzo (1951) the Frederick de Cordova film - the producer of Johny Carson's Tonight Show and starring the POTUS himself, Ronald Reagan. It was just bloody awful from start to finish. When Reagan climbs out on the ledge of a building at the start of the film to rescue the chimp you just wish he would fall to his death and it would all end right there. Unfortunately it doesn't end right here and what follows is just plainly badly written and badly performed gags consisting mostly of the tried variety of mistaken assumptions. Just to torture my wife further we then watched its sequel, Bonzo Goes to College (1952). It wasn't half as bad. Perhaps because it was simply utterly ridiculous and didn't try to hide that fact. Plus it had much better actors in it. No Ronald Reagan for starters.

Yes it is. Vivien Leigh and Claude Rains. I wasn't a big fan of this one but now I must have another look.

But didn't the French invent noir?

Mary Astor. She received a supporting actress Oscar for The Great Lie (1941). I really thought this was a case of billing for she really had a lead role in that film. In any event. Here are some other Mary Astor performances that I rather enjoyed. I'm sure there are many more. Dodsworth (1936) The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) The Maltese Falcon (1941) The Palm Beach Story (1942) Act of Violence (1948) Hush ... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)

Wink Dargodale, chick magnate. Has a real ring to it.

Wow. Thanks for that, Lorna. I can't wait to see that film again now. I had occasion to speak with Anthony Harvey on the telephone about 25 years ago now. I was organizing a tribute event for someone whom he had worked with in the 1950's in England. He was utterly charming and very enthusiastic about lending his support. His They Might Be Giants is one of my favourite films. It doesn't get played often enough.

Do you think that acting credit belongs to the same Anthony Harvey? He would have been 14 at the time they shot that film. The imdb often gets different people combined in error.

Astounding, yes. But as in most of these popularity contests it often comes down to people voting for the familiar. Anthony Harvey was a British editor at the time. He had an amazing career post Strangelove and directed Katharine Hepburn in a few things.

I wonder if it's going to be the polished floor studio look of a nightclub, or something a bit more down to grit and earth? I don't mind the polished floor South American or Arabian Nights forays as it adds a certain cheese factor to these films.

Thank you, thank you. I couldn't start my day without knowing this.

Our P*** Galore rules. Doing a marvellous job. LOL

She was reduced to taking empty Pepsi bottles back for the deposits at that time.

I thought Marayat Andriane as Maily, Frenchy's girl in The Sand Pebbles was very good. I don't know, but I suspect her imdb credits are screwed up and they have mixed her up with the writer of Emmanuelle.

How much does Bewitched owe to Bell, Book and Candle?

Here's two more ... Hand In the Trap (1961) Leopoldo Torre Nilsson (no relation to TJ) The Fall Of the House of Usher (1928) Jean Epstein

"Sexy, baby!" - Mike Myers, Austin Powers

Just lovely, tell your mother.

Yes, I hear that when the surf receded Deborah was buried under the sand and Tor had to give mouth to mouth.

That's the new Vole movie El Topo Gigio. Quick, who's going to get there first!!

"Strawberries ...ah, that's where I had them. They laughed at me and made jokes. They even laughed at me in Buffalo."

I will have to look out for that one. Never seen it myself. Great cast. I've always had a soft spot for George Cole. Remarkable television career in Britain. His relationship with Alastair Sim was very heartwarming. Sim took him under his wing if I am not mistaken.

"You can't lie to the close-up lens, baby"

Holly Hunter with some incredibly handsome dude?