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With a regional history such as that, it kind of makes what Tito accomplished with all those divided loyalties seem unbelievable, doesn't it.

LOL Well, I suppose with you bein' a Canadian and all, and how you guys up that-a-way always tend to add that 'superfluous u' to some words, I guess I can see how you might also tend to add that there 'superfluous e' to Fredric's name here. (...okay, and now back to Gentleman Jim...sorry for the interruption)

(...sorry Tom, I just can't resist...) So Tom, did you ever work on the crew of "What My Line"? Like maybe the guy in charge of making the name plates for the mystery guests???

My guess: She suddenly got the feeling that Warren William wouldn't have approved of whatever she said there. (...yep, it's kind'a like me and how I always first run everything I'm about to post past the spirit of Groucho before I hit this here "enter" button!)

Well, speaking of "stretching", and while it seems we agree that Brando did the Sakini character proud, I think it might have also been interesting to see Brando play the Ford part, as off the top of my head, I can't think of another movie where he plays a part like that. Can you, dark?

Finally saw "The Teahouse of the August Moon" the other day, and have to say I really enjoyed it. Two additional thoughts: Brando was very good and made his character of Sakini very believable. (...and if anybody NOW wants to comment on the whole "yellowface" thing here, I believe THAT thread is now on page-6, and so please go revive THAT one if you feel like commenting on this subject) And, it seems I've FINALLY found a movie in which I actually LIKED Glenn Ford and thought he was great in, and who's a guy who will USUALLY put me to sleep in about 15 minutes while watchin' any movie he starred in.

Hmmmm...."Man of the West"(1958) with Gary Cooper, possibly dark? I do remember Coop crawling under the deck of an old abandoned bank in a ghost town while shooting one of the villains in it, and I remember there's also a scene in which his leading lady played by Julie London is forced to strip almost naked by a couple of those villains which include Lee J. Cobb and a young Jack Lord.

Yes, that's definitely Julie, and early in her career, "Julia" Adams, alright. And here she is again with a University of Florida Gators fan who it appears she's less than impressed with...

Yeah, but somethin's tellin' me here that Allen Funt was scratched from Joan Crawford's party list after THIS one aired!!!

Yep Swithin, I do occasionally do that. I think I probably became a dyed-in-the-wool Groucho fan when one of the independent TV stations in L.A. started broadcasting the reruns of that program in the early-to-mid '70s, though I do vaguely remember watching it first-run with my Mom and Dad as a small tyke and them loving it, too.

LOL Yeah, good point Tom!

Why, THAT'S the most ridiculous thing I've EVER hoid!!! Gimme ANOTHER reason here! And while you're at it, gimme a dirty martini. (...though a clean martini in a dirty glass would be okay)

Good goin', Miles. Yep, James Coburn is the actor in question here. and who I thought richly deserved his Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1998's AFFLICTION as Nick Nolte's abusive father. Your turn now.

Actually ham, my little, "a vast Centrist conspiracy" joke was inspired by Thelma's excellent post down there about the German film "SA-Mann Brand" and specifically the following part of her post: Viewing this film today bears a broader lesson that is still relevant. The economic and political breakdown of German society came as an aftermath to WW1. The Weimar Republic is an object lesson in what happens when you get a failure of moderates, centrists and centrist govt to address economic malaise and stagnation. The people polarise into two violently opposing extremist camps of left and right. The division run through families, neighborhoods and the entire nation. Under such circumstances, it becomes a fight to the death. The winner is the "last man left standing". The winner makes sure the loser never rises again, by taking any and all measures. (...and which I believe IS an excellent "lesson" for ALL people to remember...and not just Germans)

Why you ask, Ham?! Why, because of the "vast Centrist conspiracy" that TCM is all part of! (...THAT'S why!!!)

Hmmmmmm...gotta say while Bill has always been one of my favorites too, I'm not so sure if I would consider a man with a large number of his roles being of the "cynical" type as necessarily "charming". In fact, I recall many of his roles when he played this type as being somewhat disdainful of "charm", and that in those roles he would pride himself as being a "realist" and often distrustful of "courtesies". (...but hey, maybe not, eh)

So Arturo, I gotta know... Do your friends here all head over to West Hollywood on Halloween night for that big ol' block party they throw there, OR do they mostly stay in East L.A. and where I must presume many more people would know who the hell those women are??? LOL (...sorry, couldn't resist)

Oh...yeah...sorry, Mr.R. I forgot about this still taken during the production shoot of that flick here... (...don't worry...I won't forget again)

Now, I THOUGHT I already told ya about this, Rich! TCM is havin' a hell of a time tryin' to secure the rights to show I MARRIED WYATT EARP. (...how many times have I gotta tell ya this, HUH?!)

Aah yes! Now I see it. With the head scarf, a look Gypsy Rose Lee would often sport back in the day, I guess I thought Maggie there was Rose. And funny, I never noticed how much Harvey looked like Aherne. (...thanks for the clarification here, TB)

Is it only me, or does Rose's Ex there look just like Brian Aherne?

Funny thing is that THE HURRICANE is actually more than just a "South Seas adventure film" as you know, Tom. It actually might be one of the first films in which Ford explores the issue of "Culture Clash", and which when one thinks about it is a reoccurring theme in his most remembered for genres, the Western. It also has an element of "Les Miserables" in it, what with the story primarily being the tale of an man being relentlessly hounded by a martinet. (...yep, if it WERE just a "South Seas adventure film", it wouldn't be as interesting as it is...at least to ME anyway)

Well, ya know James. MISTER ROBERTS wasn't exactly filmed in the Mojave ya know. But yeah, I can see what ya meant here. And yep, GR. Hope you ride out those storms with relative ease. (...and btw...I'm gonna put in a plug for the Gable/MacDonald/Tracy movie SAN FRANCISCO here)

Yes, and I also remember TCM showing my new favorite James Mason film a while back...THE MAN BETWEEN. Loved this Carol Reed directed film, and which in some ways is similar to Reed's THE THIRD MAN, but this time taking place in a divided postwar Berlin, and with Mason perfectly cast as the man who probably shouldn't be trusted. (...and having a beautiful young Claire Bloom in it doesn't hurt at all either)

Yeah, I was probably a little too cryptic here, huh. Okay, the two TV series that starred the "future Academy Award winner" we're lookin' for here were just like "Sea Hunt", an example of their production and distribution which would become less profitable by the late 1960s and by the time the three networks would bankroll all their broadcast programs. In other words, the two series in question here were short-lived syndicated productions. They were broadcast on one of the then three networks during the 1960-61 season, and with the first program's premise undergoing a complete change in period and locale setting and after it didn't catch on, but with the second iteration using the same two leads, and with the actor in question here being one of them.