Bogie56

A big three day apart event was: Elvis August 16, 1977 and Groucho August 19, 1977 Though I don't think they were film co-stars. Just trying to broaden the scope of this thread a little.

Boy that would make for one creepy scene in a film!

I think perhaps Christopher Lee's Dracula was a bit more on the megalomaniacal side than the Bela Lugosi version. What do you think? Lee's Dracula seems more consumed with his own persona and more dangerously segregated from society than the world-weary sophistico Count played by Bela. Of course they are both psychotic.

Funny what amuses one as a kid ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBIGQooYbIc

Yes. Very rare too. I won't tell you how much I paid for a rotten bootleg copy of that one.

I thought CBS' The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman was very good when I saw it in 1974 and that Cicely Tyson was marvellous. i wouldn't mind seeing this again one day to see how it stands up.

Thanks. Doc says the bandages stay on for a few weeks then it will be a new me.

Friday, June 12 7:30 a.m. Another screening of Preminger’s Laura (1944) There has been much discussion lately about its alternate ending. 5 p.m. This is the one for me. Deadline at Dawn (1946) with Susan Hayward. I’ve never seen it.

"We put all the rotten eggs in one basket" - Hannes Messmer as Oberst Von Luger in The Great Escape Hannes turned 91 May 17th - NOT *****Edit****** A fellow member kindly pointed out to me in PM that Messemer passed away some time ago. He didn't wish to publicly embarrass me for this faux pas. I guess the imdb doesn't know everything! So dear old Hannes won't be celebrating any more birthdays, I'm afraid. I enjoyed his performance in General Della Rovere too by the way.

Mad Love Is a Many Splendored Thing. Love triangle in Hong Kong with Jennifer Jones, William Holden and Peter Lorre.

Come Back Little David and Bathsheba. Shirley Booth stars in this biblical epic. While out looking for her little lost dog, Bathsheba encounters the King and a torrid illicit affair ensues.

If I could see this cast AGAIN at Second City in Toronto I'd be there in a heartbeat.... John Candy Joe Flaherty Gilda Radner Dan Ackroyd Harold Ramis Eugene Levy Catherine O'Hara Dave Thomas Martin Short

Nicely cut little tribute but that music is just dreadful!

Tough Guy (1936) with Jackie Cooper and Joseph Calleia. It had been on TCM a while ago and I recorded it. Well it was kind of silly fun made worthwhile by the performances of both Calleia, in familiar gangster role and the young Cooper - who gets to cry about his dog. One has to suspend all belief in the plot. At the start Calleia is intent on rubbing out young runaway Cooper because he is a witness to a crime he has just committed. But then a common love bond develops for Cooper's dog, who happens to be Rin Tin Tin, Jr. and Calleia does a miraculous if somewhat unbelievable 180. He soon becomes a big brother to Cooper and even does battle with the other baddies to protect him. The good thing about most of these cliche ridden oldies is that they go by quickly.

I've seen this one three times but wouldn't mind copying it if it ever comes up without commercials. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968) with Jack Palance and Denholm Elliott. Directed by Charles Jarrott. At that time I thought Palance made the best Jekyll and Hyde that I had seen. My cousin and I sometimes were inspired to imitate his transformation in this film. We loved everything about horror movies.

About 1980 or so at a dubbing theatre in Toronto Valerie Perrine showed up for some work. Hot I tell you. Well the guys were talking about her in the coffee room and some dude said, "Valerie Perrine, boy would I like to (blank) her!" And of course, you guessed it. He turned around and there she was standing right behind him. What a riot. She just smiled gracefully and helped herself to a coffee.

Oooo ... Shari sock puppet dreams. Excuse me. Where was I?

I remember hearing the news that day too. I have quite a number of good Wayne roles to add to your impressive list, Rey The Long Voyage Home (1940) even with that jumpin' jimminy accent Three Godfathers (1948) Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) Oscar nomination for the Duke Rio Grande (1950) Hondo (1963) I think the Duke was at his best when there was a tragic element in the character such as in The Quiet Man and They Were Expendable.

Triple Bill ... In Cold Blood (1967) with Robert Blake and Scott Wilson followed by Capote (2005) with Philip Seymour Hoffman followed by Infamous (2006) with Toby Jones Who is the best Capote? Hoffman or Jones?

Recently in the Basil Rathbone thread there was some great contributions from Tom and Nakano about Basil's fencing skills. Rathbone took particular pride in being able to out fence people even in his advanced years. There is a very good interview with Lee in the Three/Four Musketeers dvd set where he proudly says very much the same thing. That he was required to fence with actors just about half his age in that film. You may recall that the final duel in Four Musketeers goes on and on and on requiring great stamina I'm sure.

"No Prisoners!" and "Nothing Is Written" - Peter O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia

I saw this restoration no the big screen in London a while ago. If you play Lorna's clip you may notice some interesting things going on with the soundtrack. No sound of footsteps when Dracula ascends the stairs or runs across the hall. When Helsing enters it is clomp, clomp, clomp as one would expect. And Christopher Lee's grotesque death sounds really help sell the somewhat cheesy shots of the body disintegrating. A really wonderful restoration.

Not many people are aware that the young boy was played by the Amazing Kreskin.

Did the term Palooka come from the character Joe Palooka or was that character derived from the term?

I also have a "To ..., from Robert Wise" autographed photo that a friend of mine bought from Robert Wise at some convention for me. Terrible shot of the guy sitting in a chair in a photo studio. Dumpy looking with a Captain Kangaroo haircut and a plaid shirt. He really looked nerdy.