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by Nelson Riddle.

She only had one short scene that was meaningful in Stanley Donen's Bedazzled (1967) but it certainly jolted this 12 year-old when he saw it. Raquel Welch as Lillian Lust "the Babe with the Bust" who is sent by the Devil (Peter Cook) to tempt Stanley Moon (Dudley Moore).

On page 310 of this thread I posted about seeing La Otre a 1946 Mexican noir starring Dolores Del Rio. I wasn't long into it when I had the feeling that this would make a good Bette Davis film. It then twigged that this was indeed remade with Bette Davis as Dead Ringer (1964). Last night at the BFI Southbank I saw Stolen Life (1939) by Paul Czinner for British Paramount Pictures. It stars Elisabeth Bergner and Michael Redgrave. This is another twin sister film that was remade with Bette Davis. In this case as A Stolen Life (1946). The Bergner/Redgrave original was an enjoyable melodrama. No more no less. The BFI screens at least one film a month from their archive that cannot be found on dvd or television. The curator pointed out that this film is ripe for restoration (the print was excellent) but the fly in the ointment is Paramount who want a fortune for the rights to do so. As most collectors know good copies of early Paramount films are very hard to come by. I saw another Bergner/Czinner film at Southbank a few years ago called Escape Me Never (1935) for which Bergner garnered an Oscar nomination. That was later remade with Errol Flynn. Again, the film print that was screened was really good but any copy that I have seen on the internet is barely watchable.

Thursday, February 13 6 p.m. Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942). With Paul Muni

You Can't Take It With You, Ordinary People, Crash, Argo, Around the World In 80 Days, Going My Way, Gigi ... Just a few to make a point.

Anthony Hopkins as Richard in The Lion In Winter (1968). He was magnetic in a film that starred two titans.

Sure but the xenophobe made the case that Parasite was an example of a recent descent into liberalism. As you well know, but so and so is in denial about, people who go into the arts are usually liberal and interested in fighting for unjust causes. The main reason for this is because they have had a good education.

Just a reminder that in 1938, well before they established a foreign language film award, the academy nominated Jean Renoir's classic Grand Illusion for the Best Picture award. But the award went to Capra's You Can't Take It With You.

Wednesday, February 12 8 p.m. To Be or Not to Be (1942). When Paul Gross of Due South fame played Hamlet at Stratford Ontario I was sorely tempted to take a middle seat and like Robert Stack get up at the start of his soliloquy and slowly and painfully exit the theatre. In in the end I was perhaps too cheap to fork out for a ticket. I love the prompter gag too.

Yes, the caterers are usually credited well above the post sound people.

I thought he was speaking directly to you Nipkowdisc. Respecting animals and all.

Did he get that far to even learn what it was about? I rather doubt it.

You should have heard Renee's speech at the BAFTAs ! Talk about incoherent babble. She did rather well at the Oscars in comparison. Personally I really disliked her performance altogether and thought it rather 'obvious' that people would find it award worthy.

Well we've already heard from you that you have no intention of ever watching it because ... OMG ... it's foreign!!! Build that wall, Jake!

Marilyn Monroe as Angela Phinlay in The Asphalt Jungle (1950). Marilyn Monroe as Miss Casswell in All About Eve (1950). She featured in small roles in two of the best films of 1950. No doubt people were paying attention, as do we, knowing now what a star she would turn out to be.

Which makes you an expert on how good it is? A typical ugly American response. Nothing outside the borders of the good ole USA is worth anything. Thankfully not every neck in America is so red.

Philip Seymour Hoffman made every role, however small, big. As Scotty J. in Boogie Nights (1997) above.

Maybe so but he was well liked and admired by most who worked with him. I didn't come away with a bad impression of him after reading McBride's great book but he defiantly hardened as he got older.

Tuesday, February 11 6:15 a.m. The Grapes of Wrath (1940). Made when John Ford was still a liberal. Joseph McBride’s Searching For John Ford is a great biography. One of the best film biographies that I have read.

Honor Blackman as **** Galore in Goldfinger (1964).

Finlay Currie as Magwitch in David Lean's Great Expectations (1946).

Joe E. Brown as Osgood Fielding III in Some Like It Hot (1959). Not only does he hold his own in this comedy with a powerhouse cast, he also has the last laugh.

Monday, February 10 9:45 p.m. True Grit (1969). John Wayne’s Oscar winning performance. Who would know that he would be much better in The Shootist (1976) for which Oscar ignored.

"I would have just punched her out" Helena Kallianiotes in Five Easy Pieces (1970).

Now here is a lady who has packed a huge punch in a very short amount of screen time in a number of films. Jo Van Fleet ... as Areltta in Cool Hand Luke (1967). as Bessie in The Rose Tattoo (1955). and as Kate in East of Eden (1955).