CaveGirl

They showed "Something Wild" not too long ago during that Jack Garfein night, Holly. He was the director and of course married to Carroll Baker at the time.

I always wanted to pitchfork Jaclyn Smitth when she would be playing an attorney in any of those horrid Lifetime movies. Of course I would need more than a pitchfork if they had her playing a brain surgeon. I probably more rightfully should pitchfork whoever hired her for the roles.

Dargo, it helps to get an annulment if you are someone like Jackie Kennedy's sister, Lee Radziwill and the family also are friends with Cardinals. Check out the many marriages and annulments of Lee and her ex, which allowed her to remain in the church and to marry again. The following is from Wikipedia: "Marriages and children[edit]Radziwill has been married three times. Her first marriage, in April 1953, was to Michael Temple Canfield, a publishing executive who had been adopted as an infant by the American publisher Cass Canfield. Canfield's mother was the American socialite Kiki Preston. It was rumored that his biological father wasPrince George, Duke of Kent, a member of the British Royal Family; if so, then Canfield would be a first cousin of the present Queen. Caroline and Canfield divorced in 1959, and the marriage was annulled by the Roman Catholic Church in November 1962.[4] Her second marriage, on March 19, 1959, was to the Polish former Polish prince Stanisław Albrecht Radziwiłł, who divorced his second wife, the former Grace Maria Kolin,[5] and received a Roman Catholic annulment of his first marriage to marry the former Mrs. Canfield (his second marriage had never been acknowledged by the Roman Catholic Church, so no annulment was necessary).[4] Their marriage ended in divorce in 1974.[6] On September 23, 1988, Radziwill became the second wife of American film director and choreographer Herbert Ross.[7]They divorced in 2001, shortly before his death. She reverted her surname to that of her second husband."

Interestingly, TB this is the same criteria below that I and my high school girlfriends used to use on grading our dates:

Your AA exegesis does have merit, though I would have to say in the case of IHON, that Claudette was very worthy of her Oscar, while Louise as you say maybe was more dependent on the film being superb to have won hers. I definitely could vote for "Vertigo" as being in the league to win all five awards. I think Kim Novak was always underrated as an actress.

It's been a long time since I've seen TOJW. I agree though, sometimes a film gets a take by others, who do not appreciate its innate charm.

I think I've only seen bits of that film, but I do like anything Robert Morse is in, so appreciate your take. Often these throwaway type films will have some really worthwhile bits.

Speaking of Tuesday Weld, from what I've read they should make a movie about her most unsettling relationship with her mother. I think Tuesday once said she was happy she finally was dead. I enjoyed watching all the flicks the other night. I'd forgotten that besides Weld's other charms she had a most unique and lovely speaking voice.

If I pay $100.00, do I have the right to blackball some guest programmers?

I bought the dvd of TQOOS just because of Zsa Zsa, but actually Allison Hayes is really fab in it too. I wonder if Mama Jolie approved all all ZZ's films?

That Zsa Zsa! Didn't she always try to say she was younger than Eva? Also I bet she was not too happy when ex-hubby George Sanders married her sister Magda.

This post is about when you accidentally watch a movie that you had no plans to watch or any interest in previously, and then were glad you did watch even though it was all an accident. This happened to me yesterday when a movie started on TCM and the credits intriqued me. I saw a hand and then a magnifying glass, and it was focused over the title card, which said "Tom Thumb" and then the name "Russ Tamblyn". I never had anything against this film but always seemed to miss the beginning and I have a rule not to watch films unless I see it from inception. The credits were so cute I decided to watch, particularly since I saw the partipation of George Pal and I'm glad I did. The movie was great, very entertaining and Tamblyn's acrobatics were out of this world, as was the stop-action animation. So this is what I call "accidental viewing" and often it works out that what one never really wanted to see is better than what they do want to see. Have you had any "accidental viewing" of a film that surprised you with its style or grace or other merits?

Excellent actress! I always liked disliking her, as she made being annoying so real. RIP!

Get rid of the "c", dahling!

Thanks, SEWhite for your post! I just checked the cast list and see that many regulars are coming back like Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Peggy Lipton, Kyle MacLachlan, Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Sherilyn Fenn, Everett McGill and others. Since my favorite was played by Miquel Ferrer I'm happy to see he is onboard too. New people will include Laura Dern, Tim Roth, Harry Dean Stanton, Robert Forster, and best of all from "Eraserhead", Charlotte Stewart. Also Candy Clark, Eddie Vedder, David Duchovny and Naomi Watts are in it. I predict there will be lots of donuts and hot coffee plus apple pie being served up at the diner.

Love your personal insights, Princess! Thanks for sharing.

Enjoyed as usual your write-up about Ms. Miles, TB! I just watched an episode of my new boxed set, "Science Fiction Theatre" with Vera and she looked younger in it than I've ever seen her. She always had a quiet charm and appeal and was never showy or excessive in her style which I admired!

And of course it was Loretta who had the illegitimate [word in usage then!] daughter by supposedly Clark Gable and the studio put her out of commission during the pregnancy and then she had the gumption to pretend she was adopting HER OWN baby! This worked out for a while until people started noticing that Judy Lewis [?] looked almost exactly like Loretta but had really big ears like, hmmm...someone else we all know! I think there was some surgery done to correct that, but later the daughter said she asked Loretta repeatedly but Loretta would never give up the truth.

He is great in "Bluebeard". Try to find a decent copy though as so many look like they were washed with Brillo soap pads and are all grainy.

There is no lowlight if it has Jackie Coogan in it! Sorry, but I just think he is adorable, even thirty or more years after he was playing Peck's Bad Boy. That croaky voice, that enchanting smile, those twinkley eyes. What a cutie!

I once worked with a man who was elderly [don't ask!] whose favorite star was Edgar Kennedy. This guy was so into the "Slow Burn" style of the man, that he collected films on Super 8, only if they contained scenes with Kennedy. Since he was in a lot of films but only mostly in small bits and pieces, this amounted to quite a big collection of footage, but not so much just about Edgar. Most people don't know who he is now, since his heyday was way back there, so it is good to see TCM highlighting his career. He was fun to watch in today's Falcon film and also the Laurel and Hardy stuff. Thanks, TCM!

I just finished rereading that book on Buster called "Keaton: The Man Who Wouldn't Lie Down" and just loaned it to a friend. Your post could not have come at a more opportune time, since I love Keaton and my favorite of his films is "Steamboat Bill, Jr." To this day no matter how many times I watch that hat scene, I still laugh. Very interesting about the Freed-Brown song. I've seen all three films you mention, but had really forgotten it was in the Judy film so thanks for mentioning this triplicity. Thanks also for the great clips of the lovable Buster!

"Hollywood Hotel"! Well, to start with this movie has a giant cast and was directed by Busby B., though I must say it did not show his usual kaleidoscopic venues. First we see Benny Goodman's band leading a parade into town to send off boy singer, Dick Powell to Hollywood, backed by the song, well of course..."Hooray to Hollywood". What else? The cast included Ted Healy [minus any stooges], Louella Parsons, two of the Lane sisters, Rosemary and Lola, Ronald Reagan in an uncredited sequence interviewing people at a premiere, and best of all, Sonny Bupp who we all remember as the child, Charles Foster Kane in yes, THAT film! Where else have you ever seen Sonny Bupp I ask you? Now the sets were marvelous, highlighting all the most extreme white glamour that the Art Deco period could portray in Hollywood. Many musical scenes were set in the Orchid Room, and the Goodman band at the time included, Gene Krupa [former drum teacher to KISS], Teddy Wilson on piano, Lionel Hampton on vibraphone, Harry James on trumpet and others like Johnny Davis too. The storyline is basically that Dick gets tricked into dating the impostor for a big movie star, and then in a precursor to the plot of "Singing in the Rain" he gets used as a dubber for a big movie star, played by Alan Mowbray, and is not given credit for his singing. Shades of Lena Lamont! Well, did I mention that Fritz Feld has a tiny little scene but steals the show with his histrionics and that Perc Westmore played himself. All in all, a very fun film to watch!

I'm a big Tuesday Weld fan! My favorite of her films are "Pretty Poison", "Play It As It Lays", and "Mister Goodbar". I can't believe producers did not think to hire her for the movie "If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium". I wonder if the "Dobie Gillis" reunion special is available on dvd. It did not have Tuesday in it as Thalia Menninger sadly. It also did not have Warren Beatty, but Dwayne Hickman said that was because he never thought Warren was any good at comedy anyway so they did not ask him to return! I forgot to mention that besides the pleasure of seeing Tuesday in RRR, the film has many famed rock performers like Chuck Berry, the Moonglows, the Flamingos and best of all, the Johnny Burnette Trio who do "Lonesome Train (On A Lonesome Track)". Their rockabilly classic "The Train Kept a Rollin" was covered admirably by the Yardbirds in their "Having a Rave Up" album. I think Dion might also be in the film.

Of course I can, Holden. I only know of him since my grandma would always say she found him hilarious on film. He was very dry. And unassuming. Which is probably why no one remembers him now!