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I had to google the word "harridan". (...'cause all I could think of was what the hell does that old George M. Cohan song that Cagney sings in "Yankee Doodle Dandy" have to do with June Allyson???!!!)

Yep, I concur with the Kid here. It was especially taken seriously during the height of the Cold War in the environs of Los Angeles, and where at the time probably half the fathers of the kids in my classes worked for one of great many of the aircraft "defense plants"(North American/Rockwell Aviation and where my father worked, Douglas Aircraft, Northrup Aircraft, Lockheed Aviation) located there at the time. (...and thus the theory was that WE were gonna get hit FIRST when those "nasty ol' Ruskies started WWIII")

Yep, there actually is a 1985 western comedy with that title, finance. It starred Tab Hunter, Lainie Kazan and Devine.

LOL This one reminds me of somethin' Jay Ward might have written for William Conrad to say as a teaser for the next episode on the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. (...and now I think you folks can see who one of the "great" influences in life was, can't ya!)

ONE OF OUR AIRCRAFT IS MISSING (the 1942 Powell/Pressburger WWII film...and almost ANYTHING by those two is masterful) And another very well made WWII movie... THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY(the 1957 film starring Hardy Kruger as a German POW who the Allied Forces can't seem to hold on to for very long)

And that kinda looks like Leo Carrillo sitting to Barbara's left there, Joe. (...though the guy IS now startin' to remind me of some other actor from that era, but who I can't quite place...any idea???)

Well, ya know VX, word was THE best place for THAT was always at the end of the 405/Sunset Blvd off-ramp! (..in fact, there was once a report that the guy most often seen there would end his day walking over to his Mercedes S-class sedan parked nearby and driving off to his apartment situated along Ocean Ave in Santa Monica!!!)

You're welcome, TB. Just to add here that with my formative years occurring in Los Angeles during the '60s, and indeed having lived most of my life in the L.A. area, the movie critics which influenced me the most in regard to desiring to see a particular newly released film were the L.A. Times' Charles Champlin, and then later on Kenneth Turan. (...both of whom I always felt were reasonably evenhanded in their reviews)

Regarding influential critics who offered up "great reads" and insightful comments about film... TopBilled's ongoing thread of a while back that featured excerpts of James Agee's reviews would often leave me sad knowing that he died in 1955 at the age of only 45, and when I was but 4 years old. And sad of course because he was gone long before I came of age and began my interest in film, as I think I would have relied heavily upon his learned critiques to make my choices in which films to go see as a younger man.

Yeah, but word was Edna May was never a good mudder...

Well lavender, NOT so much after you find out that there were a whole lot of horse heads being found in many a Hollywood bedroom in '55!!! (...sorry, couldn't resist)

Yep. How about this famous scene in "The Crowd"? (...I'll bet at first glance you might have been tryin' to pick out Jack Lemmon's C.C. Baxter in this still, now didn't ya?!)

Yep, and just like some of Alan Ladd's and Bogie's leading ladies back in the day, whenever Sephora was standing next to him, Moses would very often have her stand a little trench TOO in order to make him look taller. (...I think this is stated somewhere in Exodus 20:8, but don't quote me on this)

And btw, and speakin' of "When You Meet a Star", AND for those folks either residing in or visiting The Big Apple... ...word is you are best advised to NEVER pull out your camera(and/or cellphone) if you might happen upon the oldest of the Baldwin brothers while out and about in that city located upon the Hudson River. (...just a friendly warning here)

And I'll offer up the name King Vidor here for consideration, and especially his work in "The Big Parade" and "The Crowd".

AND speakin' of "Los Angeles, California"... As a boarding gate supervisor for Northwest Airlines(now of course merged with Delta, but thank GOD I retired before going through yet ANOTHER freakin' airline merger...ah, but I digress) at LAX for many years, I would come into contact with many a celeb, and here's what I seemed to notice about 'em. They usually fell into three distinct categories: (1) "I'm a 'very important person', and so you must recognize this 'fact' and treat me as such because my, ahem, doesn't stink!" (2) "I'm a very insecure and extremely shy individual, and so please keep your distance because I just might freak-out if you don't." (3) "I'm a down-to-earth person who feels lucky to have achieved some measure of success in The Biz, and so if you walk up to me and ask for my autograph, I'll be happy to oblige you and with a warm and welcoming smile on my face."

Well Fred, as Jack himself might've said... "This is the city, Los Angeles California. It can be a lonely place sometimes."

TB, the name Lyle Talbot springs immediately to mind when you mentioned "middle class actors". Now there's a guy who as a young actor was groomed by Warner Bros to be a matinee idol/leading man but when that never materialized, he continued to work steadily in first B-movies and then early television in order to support his family.

Yep! (...or was that Jean Peters???)

Ummmm...okay Jake. That appears to be Kate Hepburn with Joel there. And so if I'm right, what movies did those two star in together? (...'cause I don't remember any that they did, and even though I agree that these two close friends in real life would have made a great movie team)

I'd say you summed it up pretty well there, TB.

Ooooh...I just can't WAIT to see the reactions to THIS one from all the people around HERE who think American movies all went to hell after Louis B. Mayer bit the dust!!! (...must've felt like this place needed some "action", EH Palmerin?!) LOL

Yep TB, and I lasted about half an hour into Jaglom's "Eating" before I couldn't take the superficial banter(and the lousy direction and editing) any more of those women gathering for that collective birthday party of theirs and switched to watching that lunkhead Chumlee's antics on "Pawn Stars"...'cause AT LEAST the idiot Chumlee never comes across as PRETENTIOUS!!! (...YEP, I'm pretty sure THIS will be MY "swan song" for any further viewings of Jaglom's flicks!!!) LOL

My favorite Yul and Deborah collaboration is 1959's "The Journey". I wonder if that second photo of them together might have been taken during that shoot or while promoting that film, and instead of the better remembered "The King and I"? (...would you know, Jake?)

Well...okay. Seein' as how you put it THAT way, I suppose I'll relent here.