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Yes, TCM's tribute to Jean-Luc Godard on September 16 is one of the highlights of the month for me.

Is Maria Cooper Janis the daughter of Gary Cooper? Does this mean that she and Patricia Neal eventually became friends? I understand that one of Gary Cooper's daughters was quite hostile to Patricia Neal at one point.

I love Ann-Margret . . . and not just because she went to New Trier High School.

Seriously? I can't wrap my head around that one. For a million dollars ---even for $10,000 ---- I would attend a screening of FOREST GUMP and I totally and completely loath and despise that movie.

Yes, HEARTS OF THE WEST is a great movie that TCM introduced me to.

A few years ago in Chicago there was a production of TROGG!: THE MUSICAL. I think the title was specifically spelled with an extra "G" for legal reasons. The setting was moved from England to southern California.

I recorded THE BREAKING POINT to watch later. I caught some of it today when it aired. I couldn't help thinking about Patricia Neal's recounting of John Garfield's explanation of her character to her: "You're a wh***, you know what I mean? You're a wh***."

Has it already been pointed out that his name is Eddie Muller, not Mueller?

Has anyone attended (or plans to attend) a showing of the GREASE sing-a-long Fathom event? I saw that at least one theater in my area showed it today and will showing it again this week. I admit that I'd be more likely attend a GREASE 2 sing-a-long.

Yes, and I wonder if it served as one of the inspirations for Princess Leia's hairstyle in the original STAR WARS movie.

I didn't know there was talkie version of THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE. I'm only familar with the silent film with Rudolph Valentino.

A day devoted to Patricia Neal is a great one indeed.

Natalie Wood was told that her own singing would be used in the movie, but (according to Marni Nixon) they always planned to dub Natalie's voice with Marni's. Natalie was understandably upset that she was lied to. The studio needed a box office name for the movie so they placated her with voice coaching. If they had genuinely worked with Natalie on her singing rather than just praising her and leading her along, her singing would have been strong enough for the movie. From the clips of her actual singing, it is clear that she had a pleasant singing voice. She just needed someone to genuinely work with her.

Thanks, Dargo, for posting this. I checked and LISTEN TO ME MARLON is "Coming Soon" to Landmark's Century Centre Cinema (at Clark and Diversey) in Chicago.

The screenplay of THE ROAD BUILDER was written by Roald Dahl, who was Patricia Neal's husband at the time. I've never seen this movie but am looking forward to it.

I'm very much lookig forward to both of these Patricia Neal movies. I recorded THE BREAKING POINT to watch later but caught part of it already today. Even though THE BREAKING POINT and TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT are adapted from the same Ernest Hemingway source material, the stories seem compleely different. I doubt that Patricia Neal does a little dance at the end like one Lauren Bacall does at th end of TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT.

Natalie Wood with Gypsy Rose Lee on the set of GYPSY

I'm looking forward to Alan Arkin's day on August 21 during this year's Summer Under The Stars. I'm especially excited about seeing for the first time LITTLE MURDERS, adapted by Jules Feiffer from his play. The play lasted only 7 performances on Broadway but was subsequently successfully produced in London by the Royal Shakespeare Company. After the London run, the play was revived Off-Broadway, directed by Alan Arkin. Feiffer won an Obie Award for this production, which ran for 400 performances. The film adaptation was also directed by Arkin. I'm also interested in seeing FULL MOON HIGH, which also stars Alan Arkin's son Adam Arkin. The movie also features the last movie performance of Elizabeth Hartman (except for her voice work in THE SECRET OF NIMH). Of course, WAIT UNTIL DARK and THE HEART IS A LONELY HUINTER are airing on Arkin's day. I wish TCM was also airing LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE as part of the tribute.

The current issue of Entertainment Weekly has an article about Kylo Ren, who looks to be the most intriguing new character in STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS. Played by Adam Driver, Kylo Ren is obssessed with Darth Vader. But who is Kylo Ren? Could he be . . .?

Great suggestion, Dargo. I will add that maybe BLUE VELVET can be part of a Neo-Noir night and hopefuly it will not be bumped this time.

Han Solo's "I know" response to Princess Leia's "I love you" in THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. (In RETURN OF THE JEDI, Leia responds "I know" to Han's "I love you.") There are so many great Han and Leia moments and retorts. Leia (to Han): "You stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf herder!" (from THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK)

This clip cracks me up:

Was Jabba a psychopath?

Here's the trailer for BEST FOOT FORWARD, starring Lucille Ball as Lucille Ball: The movie also features Nancy Walker, who played Rhoda Morgenstern's mother on THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW and RHODA.

Robby Benson in "Mom Jeans" in ODE TO BILLY JOE, which was set in Mississippi in the 1950s: Robby Benson did not wear Daisy Dukes in the movie.