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For some reason, on Kid Dabb's "Fabulous face(post '50's)" thread, I can't click on a previous page. When I try, I get to a page with nothing on it but the graphics at the top of any page, and the only thing highlighted on it is "forum home". Any other thread gives me no problem like this, and I can't figure it out. This means the information from Kid's thread I'm looking for can't be gotten to. So I'll ask here...WAS that one photo of Capicine...or NOT? Sepiatone

Many on your list, Bingfan, wound up with their OWN television series. Or at least on the cast. Andy Devine William Demarest Mildred Natwick Buddy Ebsen Ward Bond Ed Wynn Sam Jaffe J.C. Flippen Lyle Talbot Dean Stockwell Edgar Buchanan Ellen Corby I'm sure others on that list had their own shows, but I can't think of any. Soaps? Yep, a few old timers there. celeste Holm was mentioned, but her husband, William Addy, was it, was on one too. And don't forget RUTH WARRICK'S long run on ALL MY CHILDREN. Along with VAN HEFLIN'S sister... About Burke's law, it wasn't only the "classic" actors that would show up. Often it was our first glance at many contemporary stars, too. Other than on big screen or on the radio, that is... Sepiatone

The opening of *The Pink Panther* was always a bit of fun. There was, it seems, a similar opening to a semi-spoof done in the early '60s with Rod Taylor called *The Liquidator* , that sort of spoofed THAT sort of thing. But I'm in the middle of nicotine withdrawal, and kan't--oops---CAN'T think striaght! Speiatone

Exactly! Costume wise, it had the right look. MUSICALLY, it didn't give me Paris in the '30's. Vegas was just FINE, dpompper. Sepiatone

For some reason, the site won't let me get on page 68 of this thread. Was that CAPUCINE or not? Sepiatone

We've heard from one well respected member here that the nightclub scenes in *Cabaret* gave him the sense that it was more '70's San Francisco than '30's Berlin. Yet, while watching *Victor/Victoria* recently on TCM, I got that same vibe! How come no mention here about THAT? Is it because JULIE ANDREWS is more highly respected than LIZA MINNELLI? Or what? Sepiatone

Capuchin, you've obviously NEVER been to Detroit! If you had, you'd have realized that cheap hookers here will NEVER look that good! Sepiatone

My wires did NOT get crossed. They were TOTALLY MANGLED! Thanks for pointing it out. Apologies to all. Sepiatone

I couldn't say which movie this heist resembles, but you can bet SOMEbody is thinking of making a movie out of THIS one! And I'll bet the crooks in the movie will look a lot better than the actual crooks, and you can bet the rent that the HEIST will look more sensational than the actual one. Sepiatone

I like that idea, Fabian. If it CAN be done, then DO it! Yes, some kind of voice-over intro to the late night/early day presentations would be nice. But it's one little thing I miss...after a movie ends, TCM will show a short, three film list of what's coming up. They USED to have the year in which they came out listed as well. Now they DON'T. I miss that. I also don't mind some of the "side story" stuff that comes up by RO and the M. As long as it pertains to the movie we just saw. there are a lot of times they don't. Oh, and welcome to the forum, Fabian. Can't wait to see your other ideas. Sepiatone

Well, NO, VX. Looks like now there's THREE of us! I also state, upon seeing them, that I'd LOVE to have some such car that appears all new and shiny in some pre code. In just that condition! But back to all that research done on the surviving "Seven Brides". Excellent work. It's always a shame that while the movie still gets celebrated and regularly shown, the principles that made it great have faded into such abysmal obscurity. They deserve at the least to be aware of how much joy they STILL bring to many people. Sepiatone

As long as nobody brought up "one trick pony" Busby Berkely, I'm good. And I'm on the fence on this one. Both have done movies I like. AND movies I never cared for. Comparing the two based on musicals alone won't settle anything if some who liked the work of either director doesn't really care for musicals. And there's a LOT of people who don't. I myself have a short list of musicals I can sit and watch, and one of my favorites is *West Side Story* , which was co-directed by Donen. But that really doesn't settle anything, does it? Sepiatone

BOTH those hair-do's are MILD compared to many I've seen in the barrio! Even the GREEN one. Don't know WHAT anyone's complaints are. Also, I have no idea who they are, or if the green haired lady is the same woman from the earlier hair pic. Sepiatone

(GROAN!) Valentine mentions a scene from the book where Marion appears naked on a fountain and water is shooting from all points of her body. YOU, TB, go on to say that the code caused many things to be "watered down". Intended? Or NOT? Sepiatone

In Gladwin MI, I met several Amish men. NONE of them spoke the way Earnest Borgnine did in *Violent Saturday* . Sepiatone

It's been years since I've read it, and I'm not sure if it survived the move, but I did read the book, "Goodnight, Sweet Prince" about John, and it's pretty depressing. You get the impression that Barrymore didn't care one way or the other as to how his excesses were affecting him. He did realize how they were affecting others, but that didn't matter either. Like Beethoven, there were those who loved him regardless, and he appreciated it somehow in his own fashion. I often wondered about a little trick done in *Dinner at Eight* in which John, doing somewhat of a self parody, and while going about the business of commiting suicide, settles down in that chair to let the gas overtake him, only to sit up and readjust the lamp for the best lighting effect. Was that in the script? Or a Barrymore idea... Sepiatone

Talbot's been in just about every kind of movie from high-classed pre codes to the cheeziest Ed Wood crap. But, hey! He was WORKING. Since film acting carries constantly the highest unemployment rate of any other profession, that's saying a lot. A real trouper and a true professional. I always liked that man. Sepiatone

Well, I like Hitchcock, but I don't like *Vertigo* . Yes, I know what he was trying to do. Yes, I GET all the subtleties and psycological aspects. And yes, it IS well written, filmed, acted and a compelling story. I STILL don't like it. But, as the station is called "TURNER Classic Movies" and NOT "Sepiatone Classic Movies", MY liking or disliking it is of no matter. I agree it SHOULD be shown, particularily in the "31 Days". Sepiatone

That is sad news, but face it. We here in the TCM forum are pretty much used to watching movies where NOBODY in them are still living. Even the BABIES! But I go through this now whenever I put on one of my Jimi Hendrix CDs. ALL THREE of The Experience are gone! Sepiatone

One of the more successful "weed" films is also the more campiest( if that's a word). 1958's *The Cool and The Crazy* . My favorite part is when the members of the local "gang" are sitting in the soda shop, gripping their sides in withdrawal agony wondering when the "pusher" is gonna get them more "M". Probably controversial when it was released, we old stoners think it's a hoot! Sepiatone

UPDATE: There are TONS of contractions in "Toby Tyler". But, as noted by Capuchin, just in the dialouge. And I've noticed that in many other books. There ARE exceptions, of course, but it does seem to be the rule of thumb. Those exceptions usually show up when the narrative is supposedly done by a character in the book. And in the case of Kesey's "Sometimes A Great Notion", just about every character gets a turn at the narrative. Sepiatone

But can any of us here really watch ANY Garfield movie without thinking of Lori3? To me, it wouldn't be the same. Sepiatone

Except maybe in *Trog* . Sepiatone

This all takes me back to when George Burns was pumping out the *Oh, God* franchise. Me and a group of friends were joking about it and I came up with the title of the NEXT one: *Oh, God! Not Again?* Sepiatone PS: Yeah, *Die Hard Day's Night* . Too funny

Whoa! Jeez... I enjoyed it, too but... Good Godfrey! Sepiatone