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Shirley Booth didn't have the primal presence that Anna Magnani had, but both actors had a quality of realness (for lack of a better word) that moved their performances to a level beyond "acting."

NIGHTMARE ALLEY is rarely shown and I'm glad I DVRed it this time around. I'm very much looking forward to seeing it. I hope the tacked-on ending doesn't ruin it too much.

Jane Krakowski made a much better Betty Rubble than Rosie O'Donnell.

I'd like to see some of the TV movies that Elizabeth Montgomery made after BEWITCHED.

Here's the trailer for the adaptation of A KISS BEFORE DYING from the 1990s featuring Matt Dillon, Sean Young, Max Von Sydow and Diane Ladd.

Here's the emotional scene with Marilyn Monroe from THE MISITS that I mentioned earlier.

Here's Patti Page's recording of "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyYMXjmzjwQ

I'm a big Brandon deWilde fan, and I highly recommend GOODBYE, MY LADY. I'm still hoping that TCM will eventually air BLUE DENIM, a movie that has never been released on video.

Is CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA (1946) the one with Vivien Leigh as Cleopatra?

Hehe, yes, first world problems indeed. I'm feeling bad now because I had a TV in my bedroom. Whenever I hear SNES I always think about Yoshi.

Yes, I miss Nick At Nite and the old TVLand very much as well. I think you're right about THE LUCY SHOW eventually moving to TVLand. Lucille Ball almost drowned during the filming of the "Lucy and Viv Put in A Shower" episode. Vivian Vance saved her life. Lucy went to the bottom of the shower and wasn't able to get back to the top. Vivian realized something was wrong, pulled Lucy up by her hair and then ad-libbed until Lucy was able to catch her breath and resume the scripted dialogue. All this was left in the episode. PS. I remember my mother coming into my room to tell me about Princess Diana's death.

in addition to composing the music for THE BRADY BUNCH and HUSH . . . HUSH SWEET CHARLOTTE, Frank DeVol also composed the music for THE LEGEND OF LYLAH CLARE. The musical stinger that accents the moment when Elsa steps into Lylah Clare's footprints outside Grauman's Chinese Theater (and other dramatic moments in the movie) was actually recycled by DeVol for THE BRADY BUNCH Hawaii episodes. This bit of music ("Oo-ee-oo-ee-oo WAH!") is used to accent the tiki statue that brought the Bradys so much bad luck, including Greg's near-fatal surfing wipeout and Alice's back injury during her hula lesson. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-YsN0y7vZI

I agree only Gene Tierney could pull off this look!

Here's a clip of Bette Davis singing the song on the TV show I'VE GOT A SECRET in 1965. This aired before the Oscars were awarded. The movie's nominations (including the one for Agnes Moorehead) were discussed before Bette Davis performed the song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=298z6jtdtZc

Here's what I found online: In 1989 actress and Georgia native Kim Basinger and other investors bought 1,751 acres of [brasellton's] 2,000 privately owned acres for $20 million from Braselton Brothers Inc, intending to turn it into a tourist destination. Five years later, on the eve of personal bankruptcy, she and her partners sold the town at a large loss

My attempt was unsuccessful.

Errol Flynn had aspirations to be a writer before he became an actor. Dictating this book was very important to him. Errol Flynn's girlfriend at the time was jealous of all the time that Flynn was spending with the ghost writer Earl Conrad during the writing of the book and she spoke negatively about Conrad when the book was publlished after Flynn's death.

I still don't understand why Rosie O'Donnell was cast as Betty Rubble in the FLINTSTONES movie.

Noooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So are the subtitles on the DVD hard coded or can they be turned off?

No, I did not know that until now.

Argh! I missed this one. Hopefully TCM will air it again.

Ruth Chatterton is another actor that TCM introduced me to. I love her in FRISCO JENNY and also in DODSWORTH. Her character in DODSWORTH is clearly supposed to be viewed negatively by the audience. It's a testament to Ruth Chatterton's skill at creating a real human being that her character Fran is able to elicit any sympathy at all from the audience (notably in the scene where Kurt's mother refuses to accept her as a future wife for her son).

Did you like the move adaptation from the 1990s starring Matt Dillon?