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Well, if you'd have READ Joe's OP( assuming you've the ability) you'd have known NOBODY did. Sepiatone

Well, I never considered either of them all that attractive. But I based earlier opinions of that about Bette based on her later career flicks which were the ones I was most familiar with until the advent of both the early AMC and then TCM, which featured the earlier works from both actresses. And I think the young Bette was more attractive than the young Babs, but that doesn't mean I think Babs wasn't attractive. But before any of that, When that song "Bette Davis Eyes" came out, the firs thing I could think of were eyes with huge bags under them! But talent wise, I'd say they were each other's equal. Sepiatone

Although I can't list the source( it being so many years ago) I do recall an article about those Western movie and TV shootouts. One point being that those early handguns were so inaccurate that two guys could shoot at each other at very close range and STILL miss each other by a wide margin. Rifle shootouts were more on the mark as those Winchester repeaters were far more accurate than a Colt pistol. And too... The article I read mentioned that the time-honored "cliche" of two men "drawing" on each other had to be myth due to not only the inaccuracy of the pistols, but the added factor that ANY of those guns, from .45 down to .38 fired with so much "kick"( recoil) that one man's bullet might easily strike some unfortunate person as far as ten feet to the right or left of the intended target. OR anything up to ten feet in the air above it. That's IF the pistol wasn't flung from the grip of the shooter's hand, likely fastened to a severely sprained wrist. As far as the "miracle" healing from those gunshot wounds... The only "proof" I can offer is to recant the story of a neighbor of mine in Southwest Detroit who died after being struck by a 9mm slug from a gun fired by some fool at midnight one New Year's. The slug hit him mid thigh, which went through the thigh bone completely and caused the shattered bone to cut into his femoral artery causing internal exsanguination and his death. Poor guy was only 25. And all this also goes for shootouts and gunfights in gangster and other Noir movie gunplay. Sepiatone

Heh.... Better than being known as a LOO! Sepiatone

LOVE Red Green. But didn't know Smith did earlier TV. Extremely talented guy. Hope to see and hear more from him in ensuing years. Sepiatone

Sure, that's one, but..... I can't see Bette doing BALL OF FIRE or... Babs doing OF HUMAN BONDAGE. Sepiatone

Meant "LOU" did you? Sepiatone

Oddly, on my PC I saw only a link to the photo, and when I clicked on it I only saw a picture of a cat. (?) But when I "quoted" that post, THEN the photo you posted showed up! As to the Stanwyck/Davis query..... I haven't seen Stanwyck in as many "meaty" roles as Bette, so comparison for me is difficult. But then that's another "eye of beholder/semantics" issue. But I'll try to simplify.... I don't think Bette could have given the justice that Babs did in many of her roles, and vice/versa. Sepiatone

Who knows, TOP. I'm thinking "Best Performance" could be a THIRD category, and the one who gets THAT statuette could very well be NEITHER of the people nominated in the other two categories. And these days, there might be some who clamor for the creation of a "Best BINARY performer" category and do away with the ACTOR and ACTRESS categories. Sepiatone

Sure, Canadian produced movies are no worse or necessarily better than Hollywood fare. A couple I like are; THE SILENT PARTNER('78) -(I've been vocal about this one here several times) CANDY MOUNTAIN('88) -- At least I think it's a Canadian production. Sepiatone

Thanks, BETH. And another of my favorite scores with great musical content( and a movie high on my "like" list); Sepiatone

We got Mr. Yost and his program here in the metro Detroit area too. Yep, surely a movie host that set the bar high. Sepiatone

Seems more of a short to me. But I brought it up before as one of the films a local TV station would show annually for several years each Thanksgiving after the J.L. Hudson(Detroit) parade. 1956? Well.... that was the year I entered Kindergarten. I wasn't impressed. Movie wise.... Several of my faves from that year already were listed. Some I would add that I also like are; BABY DOLL THE BENNY GOODMAN STORY ( good music in that one ) THE BOLD AND THE BRAVE BUS STOP THE EDDIE DUCHIN STORY THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT( good music in that one, too ) MOBY DICK TRAPEZE GOOD-BYE, MY LADY I won't get into all that Actor-Actress boosh-whah. Sepiatone

Back to movie themes are we? OK..... My two cents........ Love that Jack Nitsche. Sepiatone

I liked some of the mock TV shows that SCTV would advertise that looked more interesting than what was really offered by U.S. networks. Like---- And their send-up of FANTASY ISLAND with Joe Flaherty and Dave Thomas doing a spot on impression of Hope and Crosby (Dave as Hope and Joe as Bing) Sepiatone

HA! Loved those guys! Would tune in on Windsor, Ont.'s CKLW to see 'em. And as a kid, would turn to that channel(9 here in the Detroit area) to see Johnny Weismuller TARZAN movies on their MILLION DOLLAR MOVIE broadcasts. And later on catch the "classic" movie fare on channel 9's "Bill Kennedy Presents" before Bill moved to channel 50 here in the states by '70. And in another thread, already mentioned a couple kid's shows Me or my sister would watch. That channel also had some guy doing BOZO the Clown in the late '60's too. And I first caught "Second City"( how my TV listing book had it listed) on Detroit's PBS station in the later '70's before the big U.S. NBC network took it on in '81. Sepiatone

Well then, it might be considered surprising that some activist group didn't voice objection to the name "Chicks" and made them consider changing THAT name to "The PEEPS" Sepiatone

Living here in the metro Detroit area( just across the river from Windsor, Ont.) we got much Canadian TV on VHF CKLW TV (channel 9) and of course, "The Friendly Giant", but me and my friends were too old to be into it( as it debuted in '58, and we were all born in '51) but most our younger brothers and sisters watched it. Me? Well.... There was the local Windsor kids productions like CAPTAIN JOLLY, with actor Toby David as the captain presenting Popeye cartoons. JINGLES with Jerry Booth and puppet sidekicks Herkimer Dragon and Cecil B. Rabbit. My kid sister used to watch a show out of Canada called "Mr. Dressup" while I was leaving to go to high school in the morning. I once joked to our Mom..... "Mr. Dressup. Isn't that what we called the guy down the block who always wore his wife's cothes?" Sepiatone

I dunno.... I've always liked this guy's style! Sepiatone

Car chases always entertain. Sepiatone

Well, at least there was something worth watching in that flick. Sepiatone

Never saw one for real, but hear them at work now and then 'round my 'hood. Usually sounding they're over on the next block. Sepiatone

And after genuflecting, I'll dance away singing( to the tune of "Fiddler" 's "If I were a Rich Man") "If I Were A Thin Man!" Mancini's theme for PETER GUNN was a very popular TV theme , although when it was released as a single, it failed to chart for some reason. Still, it's still a pretty cool theme. And in that MANNIX episode last night..... Joe didn't get hit in the HEAD, did he? Seemed like every episode that dude was getting smacked on the back of his head. We figured in real life, he'd eventually be unable to talk and would have to be spoon fed. Sepiatone

Yeah, I thought TOOTSIE was fun too, and in reference to this scene, I like when BILL MURRAY walks in on the goings on and when George Gaynes leaves, looks disgusted at Hoffman and says; "You...S L U T!" Sepiatone

Well, I'm not sure the OP is going on about the LOOK of the credit titles, but whatever...... My sticking around for the closing credits depends on the movie. For instance, if there's a tune played among some others in a movie that I'm curious about, many flicks will list the song's name and the artist who performed it in the closing credits. OR the classical piece's name and performers, or such. And say, for an animated feature, who did the voice for some cartoon character whose name wasn't in the opening credits and sounded familiar to me but I couldn't quite place. Plus any location info that might interest me. But I'd always joke that I "needed" to stay and see who the "best boy" was! Then complain mockingly, "I don't understand WHY there's no Oscar category for "best best boy" or "Grip"! Or I'll allude that I might want to hire the caterer of the movie and need to know who that was. Sepiatone