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I have heard of it, but never seen it. From the discription though, it sounds interesting!

I so hope I look as good as Diane Keaton when/if I get to be her age! She's so exuberant, individualistic...and goofy. I love that about her, because she interjects those personality traits into her onscreen performances. I know she has done drama, but almost all of her films in which I like her best are comedies. My favorites are two Woody Allen films; SLEEPER and LOVE AND DEATH.

Something I find fascinating about William S. Hart is that he owned Billy The Kid's Six-Shooters and actually knew Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson. He also wrote eleven books. I think the only film of his I've seen is TUMBLEWEEDS, on YouTube. It's from a re-issue, and Hart introduces the film. I believe it was one of his films that is showing in the Nickelodeon Theater when Fredric March and his son attend an afternoon movie in ONE FOOT IN HEAVEN and everyone in the audience is providing sound effects for when the good guys and bad guys show up in the film.

Happy centennial birthday to Lana Turner, born Julia Jean Turner in Wallace, Idaho, February 8th, 1921!

TCM Remembers: Christopher Plummer

May Whitty was so good in everything. I especially liked her in NIGHT MUST FALL, GASLIGHT and THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER. My favorite role of hers, though, is as Lady Beldon in MRS. MINIVER. The scene where she is softened by Greer Garson's genuineness is a scene I always stop and watch.

I'll never forget Lyle Bettger trying to entice his elephant to crush Gloria Grahame's face in THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH.

Another very odd promo! 😄

Mary Martin provided Margaret Sullivan's singing voice in the film THE SHOPWORN ANGEL. She was adorable singing "My Heart Belongs To Daddy" in NIGHT AND DAY, but I thought her voice was a little thin compared to the powerhouses who played in the film versions on those musicals. Then my mother told me "but when Mary sings, she is the role". That was something I had completely missed because I didn't have the visual. A Great actress can often sing and be wonderful even though they may not be the best singer, but a great singer isn't necessarily a great or even good actress.

I liked Gene Raymond in FLYING DOWN TO RIO, RED DUST and MR. AND MRS. SMITH.

It's actually been there for quite a while. They have lots of past and recent interviews and documentaries as well as sections for their memorials, monthly on-air promos, and some of the other in between film content we see on TV. I was hoping they would upload the wraparounds to Silent Sundays, Imports, and Noir Alley, because I think those would be of interest to link on those forum pages, but they haven't done so. 😕

Almost looks like a holiday display decoration. I just love these promotions!

I used to watch reruns of the fun THE PATTY DUKE SHOW on TV when I was a teenager. THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS is the film I remember Duke from the most, aside from her wonderful performance in THE MIRACLE WORKER. She was also fun as the teenaged daughter of Jane Greer and Jim Backus in the 60's musical BILLIE. Her personal life was as sad and tumultuous as Judy Garland's. Luckily for her, though, she was able to find a way to finally manage her mental health. I have great admiration for her son, Sean, who no doubt must have had a very difficult childhood and yet has never spoken one ill word concerning his mother's illness in a day and age where it is so common to do so.

As improbable as it is, I always enjoy this film. I love the scene between Gary Cooper and his band of gypsies in which they are sending the cart of liquor back and forth from one room to another, each time the music getting clumsier and slower until finally some of them are passed out on the floor. 😄 John Mc Giver steals the show as a jealous husband and I think this is one of Maurice Chevalier's best performances.

I think I like him in DELIVERANCE and BOOGIE NIGHTS best, although I think I saw him much more on the nighttime chat shows than in any other films or TV shows.

I had the good fortune to see Mr. Holbrook in "Mark Twain Tonight!" in 1997. He was wonderful. It was a small theater in a small town and afterward he came into the lobby and mingled with the crowd as they were leaving. He signed a photo which my husband had purchased in the lobby as "Mark Twain", and on the back he signed "AKA Hal Holbrook." 😄 ~RIP, Mr. Holbrook

I think that's a good thing. 😄

For me, Dale Evans is always the lady who wrote "Happy Trails." 😀She was also the author of quite a few books. One of them, "Angel Unaware", was inspired by her Down Syndrome- born daughter who died as a toddler. The book also inspired a community vocational training center for the developmentally disabled to change its name to "The Dale Rogers Training Center" in her honor.

Happy centennial birthday to Carol Channing, born Carol Elaine Channing in Seattle, WA, January 31st, 1921!

Happy centennial birthday to Mario Lanza, born Alfredo Arnold Cocozza in Philadelphia, PA, January 31st, 1921!

Charley Grapewin shows up in so many films in various sizes of roles ( I think over 100 films.) My favorite is as Grandpa Joad in THE GRAPES OF WRATH. He was also good in ANNE OF GREEN GABLES, CAPTAIN'S COURAGEOUS and as an elder in THE GOOD EARTH, and of course, who could forget Uncle Henry.

TCM Remembers: Cicely Tyson

I liked her semi-comic villainess, Madame, in ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT and the socialite companian to Vincent Price's Shelby character in LAURA. She was also good as Big Mama in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF.

Donald O'Conner was such a natural performer. He never attended school or formal dance classes. In his own words, he just learned enough to get him to the next job and eventually became a complete performer. I like him in everything I've seen him in, and think he was a really good partner for Debbie Reynolds in I LOVE MELVIN and Vera-Ellen in CALL ME MADAM. In the 1980's, Donald O'Conner and Debbie Reynolds did a charity show together at the Civic Light Opera theater in San Jose, CA. They took turns performing and then performed a few numbers together. The highlight was when O'Conner took the stage to perform "Ya Got Trouble " from THE MUSIC MAN. He said he was having a little trouble remembering all the lyrics and asked the audience if they would mind if he took out cheat sheets. Of course no one objected, and he proceeded to pull out a scroll. He opened it, and the bottom of the scroll unraveled to the foot of the stage and into the orchestra pit. 😄 When the song started, he pretended to need it for remembering the rapping, but about a third of the way through the song, he tossed it away. When it was over, he got a standing ovation. I would love to see WALKING MY BABY BACK HOME with Janet Leigh and ANYTHING GOES with Mitzi Gaynor and Bing Crosby.

March schedule 3/7- WORLD ON A WIRE (1973, W. Germany) https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/509100/world-on-a-wire#overview 3/14- JOURNAL D'UN CURÉ DE CAMPAGNE (1951, France) https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/73073/journal-dun-cure-de-campagne#overview IL BIDONE (1955, Italy) https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/92125/il-bidone#overview 3/21- LÉON MORIN, PRIEST (1961, France) https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/507691/leon-morin-priest#overview THE ANGEL WORE RED (1960, Italy/ USA) https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2640/the-angel-wore-red#overview 3/28- BLACK NARCISSUS (1947, UK) https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/68909/black-narcissus#overview BIANCO, ROSSO E... (1973, Italy) https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/488524/bianco-rosso-e#overview