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Some Canadians who have played U.S. Presidents ... Raymond Massey, Walter Huston, Alexander Knox, Bruce Greenwood, Gordon Pinsent, William Shatner, Glenn Ford, Christopher Plummer and Leslie Nielsen.

Saturday, November 7 10 a.m. Popeye: Me Musical Nephews (1942). It’s Trad, Dad! (1961). This Richard Lester film was to play at 9:45 p.m. but it has been dropped from the schedule.

1961 5. Clear Skies (1961) Grigoriy Chukhray, Russia I really liked this film. It’s pure romantic melodrama in a Douglas Sirk vein. Nina Drobysheva plays a young girl who is smitten by a dashing WWII pilot. Several years later they meet by chance again when she is now a factory worker and thus begins a deep love affair. Drobysheva is amazing. My favourite scene was a simple snowball fight between the lovers. Director Chukhray captures its essence by shooting onlookers who are spellbound by the sheer joy of it. Clear Skies is very stylish. It has a river ice breaking sequence that is a nod to The Mother (1926). The music is pure Liberace, but hey.

Friday, November 6 10:45 p.m. The Circus (1928). The scene with Chaplin and the monkey alone makes this worth watching.

Thursday, November 5 9:15 a.m. One Spy Too Many (1966). A Man From U.N.C.L.E. feature.

Wednesday, November 4 7 a.m. Stolen Life or Sheng Si Jie (2005). If election results are going to make you ill this might be a good alternative. 4:15 p.m. High Sierra (1941). Humphrey Bogart and Ida Lupino. 7:30 p.m. Yosemite the Magnificent (1941). Too bad we couldn’t have Donald Trump introduce this short subject.

The Australian Academy Awards began in 2012. In 2018 they awarded a Best Asian Film …. Dying to Survive (2018) Muye Wen, China The Australian Academy’s Best Asian Film …. Parasite (2019) Joon-ho Bong, South Korea

Tuesday, November 3/4 12:30 a.m. Boat People (1982). Hong Kong film by Ann Hui.

Monday, November 2 Shelley Winters SOTM 8 p.m. The Gangster (1947). With Barry Sullivan, Akim Tamiroff and John Ireland.

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Euphemia McBain McLean , mother seated next to Sean. When he had some success, Sean bought his mother a home in Edinburgh. I know this as my Uncle sold it to him. Born on Aug. 25, 1930, in Edinburgh to a mother, Euphemia McBain, who toiled as a cleaning lady, and a father, Joseph, who plugged away in a factory, Connery seemed destined for a far less glamorous life than the one he would later enjoy as one of the most popular leading men of his generation. Indeed, after leaving school at 14, he drudged through a number of blue-collar jobs, from truck driver to milkman — the worst of which, he would later say, was polishing coffins — before discovering acting.

Here are a few more late additions from films that I have recently seen or revisited that have made my top tens 1943 I’ve only just discovered that the imdv has moved The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek from 1944 due to its December 1943 release in Britain. So I’ve moved my three performers from that film to 1943. William Demarest and Betty Hutton fall into about the same ranking but this one was a significant change … Actor 1. Eddie Bracken (Norville Jones/“Ratsywatsky”), The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek 1961 Actress 3. Nina Drobysheva (Sasha Lvova), Clear Skies 1952 Supporting Actor 3. Ralph Richardson (Sir John ‘J.R.’ Ridgefield), Breaking the Sound Barrier [I saw this again and though it is a very close call decided that this was a supporting performance) 1997 Actor 5. Samuel L. Jackson (Ordell Robbie), Jackie Brown [I saw this again and moved Jackson into my top ten] 1999 Actress 9. Catherine Frot (Pierette Dumortier), La Dilettante 2012 Actor 5. Denzel Washington (Captain Whip Whitaker), Flight

Sunday, November 1 10:30 p.m. Tamahine (1963). I hadn’t even heard of this one. With Nancy Kwan, Dennis Price and James Fox. By Phillip Leacock who has made some pretty good films.

Saturday, October 31 4:45 p.m. The Wolf Man (1941). With lots of misty werewolf weather.

Friday, October 30 4:15 p.m. Mad Love (1935). I’ll go with this crazy Peter Lorre picture.

Thursday, October 29/30 2:15 a.m. Dos Monjes (1934) or Two Monks. This Mexican film looks quite interesting and probably the highlight of the month for me.

Wednesday, October 28/29 5:45 a.m. 28th. Lost In Yonkers (1993). I still haven’t caught up with this one. With Richard Dreyfuss and Mercedes Ruehl. 4 a.m. 29th. All the King’s Men (1949). Based on populist Huey Long. Broderick Crawford and Mercedes McCambridge won Oscars. John Ireland is pretty good in it too.

1960 and I’ve also seen … The Avenger (1960) Karl Anton, Germany Another German Edgar Wallace crime film. A low budget effort marred by a character straight out of a cheesy Bela Lugosi horror film, an African man servant who is half black man and half beast. Klaus Kinski has a small part.

Tuesday, October 27/28 9:15 p.m. Fools In the Mountains (1957). Norwegian skiing comedy that is highly rated.

Monday, October 26/27 Peter Cushing SOTM 3:15 a.m. The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973). Probably a lesser one in the series but I haven’t seen it.

Sunday, October 25 10 p.m. Gunman’s Walk (1958). Van Heflin film with sons Tab Hunter and James Darren. Okay, who was the real father?

Saturday, October 24 10 a.m. Popeye: Cartoons Ain’t Human (1943). 5:45 p.m. Citizen Kane (1941). A film I could watch every year.

Friday, October 23 4:15 p.m. Assignment to Kill (1968). Private detective mystery with Patrick O’Neal, Joan Hackett and John Gielgud.

Hi MovieCollectorOH, I think both of the schedules under Nov and Dec are for September.

Thursday, October 22 6 a.m. Three Faces East (1930). WWI spy drama with Constance Bennett and Erich von Stroheim.