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I'm on a "Burns and Allen" marathon of sorts tonight. Innocent, mindless fun. Poor Gracie Allen used to struggle to memorize her scripts because her dialogue was so convoluted, and she was in most of the show. She also suffered from migraine headaches. Later in the series as she became more ill she relied on teleprompters. Anyway, as I've said elsewhere, Gracie's 'illogical logic' was some of the cleverest dialogue in series tv.

Bette Davis in The Star, as a washed-up actress. Haven't seen this for years. So far so good.

This is about the strongest level of "horror" movie my stomach can handle.

Flesh and Fantasy (1943) is an anthology film with occult/supernatural themes as the connecting thread.

That dress looks like something Cher would wear, lol.

Yes, I saw the TRAILer to that one.

As an aside, I love Joe! (On Rhoda.) I know the characters' relationship was rocky, to say the least, but I could fall for Joe in a heartbeat. David Groh was a good actor and he really did convey that he loved Rhoda.

She didn't really look overweight, at the least by today's standards, but when her own show Rhoda came out she was noticeably thinner (I love Rhoda and have some DVDs) Valerie Harper was a Weight Watchers spokesperson, if I'm recalling right.

I'd pay money to watch Steve Cochran play! (Well, not lately...)

But Mickey Rooney? Ew.

That's right, yes, he talked to (his?) professor. I know, boy, with all the technological progress we've accomplished, no one has yet figured out how to travel back in time! It may hit a crisis point in November...

I read this post very early in the morning and then I couldn't get that theme song out of my head! LOL. It's definitely an earworm... Oh no, there it goes again!

What was the point of his character, ever? (I watched Happy Days during its original run - we little kids were crazy about The Fonz - but I don't think the series aged very well, at least for me.)

"SOMEWHERE IN TIME" MAJOR SPOILER HERE: Yes, he was a playwright. He is backstage when he meets an old woman who pleads with him to "return" to her. He doesn't understand. Later he finds a portrait of a woman from the 1800s and falls in love with her. He researches the woman's life and ways he could go back in time to be with her. Eventually he locks himself in a room and keeps repeating to himself that he is back in time... almost like mantras, and then he eventually does meet up with her (to make this "plausible", again, it takes him a very long time, and a lot of effort, to actually break through that time barrier.) The way that he is very unwillingly pulled back to the present was pretty ingenious, I thought... The old woman at the beginning of the movie and the woman in the portrait are the same person.

I hated when he said "Wa Wa Wa", but when Scott Baio got older I was quite sweet on him. He was my dream guy. I think he and Erin Moran dated in real life.

SPOILER: Commenting further on Somewhere in Time: How do you make a character go back in time in the most 'plausible' way possible, without his climbing into some sci-fi machine? Reeve merely dresses himself in vintage clothing, redoes his room to create an environment in the past, and even carries old coins in his pocket. He then basically tries to hypnotize himself back in time. It sounds like a Twilight Zone episode, but I think it works.

Livvie rocks!

Who is Barbara Carrera??

It's a bad trailer, all right, but your hilarious original comments made up for it.

I hope it goes on for a while - I've thought about starting this thread for quite a long time, because of my interest in these subjects, and I think I now have enough movie ideas to last for a long time, thanks to all of you! So glad you mentioned "Somewhere in Time". I was trying to think of films that involve reincarnation and this is a biggie. I have this on DVD. Christopher Reeve is outstanding and, if you ever start thinking the film is schmaltzy, the dramatic and shocking ending is sure to move you deeply.

Well, I've got this flick and "The Innocents" at the top of my classicflix.com rental queue so when I see it/them I'll try to weigh in and I'll let you and Lorna know who wins this argument.

I saw Bracken in The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, (he was) he visual version of nails against a chalkboard. Even if it is another zany Preston Sturges movie, he was way too over the top for me.

I did think of it, Sepia, but I didn't remember enough about the plot to comment on it in depth. I was waiting for you, lol. Has two of my favorites in it, Tracy and Dunne.

Goodness knows I try!

I'm about to re-watch All the King's Men.