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Looking forward to Lady On A Train, airing Friday Dec 8, as well. I don't think this Deanna Durbin film has been shown before on TCM, has it? I wish they showed more of her films. Ah, Universal...

Happy centennial birthday today to Hurd Hatfield, born Dec 7, 1917!

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I absolutely love Judy Garland's red dress in the party scene from In The Good Old Summertime. The film is circa 1900, but the dress looks like an event gown which could be worn today.

Didn't Debbie also have a background in gymnastics? That would certainly explain her ability to at least pick up those routines so quickly.

I've always loved the way James Stewart portrayed desperate. He takes his hand to his open mouth and starts to breathe uneasily. He does this in many films.

For anyone who has a Centurt Theatre or Cinemark Theatre in their region, they have been showing IAWL the past few years the Sunday and Wednesday before Christmas day, and are doing so this year, as well. Even the Sunday matinee is packed!

It's funny to think that in the scene where Kathy (Debbie Reynolds) is dubbing the dialogue for Lina (Jean Hagen), it's actually Jean Hagen who is dubbing the voice of Debbie Reynolds!

I had joined this forum 4 yrs before I had the nerve to post anything!

I would add James Cagney as Cody!!!!

I was just a 5 yr old kid when TPF first aired on TV, but I loved it, mostly because it had music and I loved musicals. I kind of used to daydream I was part of their family! I remember my dad bringing me a beautiful redwood tambourine home from a business trip to Canada. I would blast their records on my portable phonograph and stand on a wood stump in the backyard, shaking that tambourine along to the music like youngest daughter, Tracy, who was my age. Eventually, my mom told me the neighbors were complaining about the noise, and I would have to stay inside and play. At that point, I took advantage of the piano in our living room and started pretending I was older daughter Laurie. At the very least, I learned how to play the piano by ear! RIP, David Cassidy.

Does anyone actually like that? I don't know anyone, for sure. Equally annoying is Hallmark channel's Christmas only content from the end of October to New Year's Day.

Happy centennial birthday today to John Justin, born Nov 24, 1917!

Meet John Doe is a film that I always like to watch during the holidays. I don't really consider it a Christmas film, but it occurs during the holiday season and ends with a Christmas. Does that make it a Christmas film, though? I think maybe it's Capra's moral messages in his films that make them feel like they should be seen this time of year and with family, around the fire, roasting marshmallows ( just joking!) Another film I prefer at Christmas, as opposed to Halloween, is The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Pretty technicolor opening credits sequence to Friendly Persuasion, sung by Pat Boone. I love how Samantha the goose gets her name in the credits!

I have a (probably) stupid question: In our profiles before the update, there was a "my content" section, where you could go to topics which you have replied to that have since been pushed to the back pages. Anyone know if it's under another heading now? The other day, I wanted to add a reply to the Characters You'd Like To Pitchfork topic, and I had to scroll back through six pages to find it, whereas before it was immediately accessible under the "my content" heading because I had replied there in the past. I also tried the search bar, but came up empty.

Barbara O'Neill as Charles Boyer's jealous, conniving wife in All This And Heaven Too.

I was always confused as to why she was preparing toast AND waffles. Doesn't one normally choose one or the other?

Exciting footage! I enjoyed watching as some of the stars were gracious with their time at the register and some merely signed it and moved on. Norma Shearer was particularly kind. You can detect in her natural speaking voice her canadian roots. Something on my bucket list is to attend a film opening premier (to the public.) It seems like such an easy thing to accomplish, yet I never have!

i love Lillian's pre-film introduction in which she recalls her dissatisfaction with the happy ending, stating that the executives told her one unhappy ending could ruin her career, and she had already had seven! What a lady!

One of my favorite film clips is from Roberta, when, for about 3 seconds we see Fred Astaire grab Irene Dunne and twirl her around. Two of my very favorite screen people!

I kind of got a little chuckle out of the promo. I would give Eddie a little more credit than merely being on the same side of the screen as us, though. He breathes Noir. He's written books about Noir and is the president and founder of the Noir Foundation. He is also a founder of the San Francisco Noir city film festival.

Hilarious scene from You Can't Take It With You. Ann Miller proves what a wonderful comedian she was with her awkward ballet dancing. I especially love the ending where she plops over onto her side!

It is a great film! Great performance by Conrad Veidt.

Fun opening title sequence to My Best Friend's Wedding: