CaveGirl

That's like asking if a year's worth of cinnamon crumb cakes from Hostess have less particles left in the bag. I have no idea since they still play a voluminous amount of films monthly so it seems superfluous to even care, when there is such a surfeit of fun stuff to watch that are films. I give...what's the answer, TB? Have you done a comparison count yet on past years?

I could definitely go for one for Bennett and they should divide it into her original blonde and then raven-haired periods.

Is "frothing" anything like ****?

Slayton, I'm confused. Never really thought about Mickey being part black and part white before so thanks for the visual.

Sorry for interrupting, Lawrence but is that the Mad Nun from "Black Narcissus" in your current pic?

People [or at least someone else's people!] If you are an inveterate viewer of Hollywood films then you are aware in the pantheon of ethnic roles portrayed, that some actors stand out as being superlative examples of the form. Now let's be clear, in a non-judgmental way that often a role for an ethnic type was not always played by an authentic representative of the group. We could mention how Iron Eyes Cody for years, and quite successfully in films like "Ace in the Hole" was playing Native Americans, though he was actually born to Italian parents who came to the US, and his original name was Espera DeCorti. But for some, he did the roles proudly and left them with a tear in their eyes just as he had in those tv commercials. So whether the person who played an ethnicity in films for eons was really from that group or not, did they make a lasting impression on you for good or bad? There were so many character actors who seemed relegated to playing the same parts over and over like Irish cops or cab drivers or restaurant owners in Little Italy, that the mind boggles. Some actors who often really were from the place that their roles indicated might be wonderful folks like Felix Bressart, or someone like Esther Minciotti, from Italy who though she made few films really brought the role of Marty's mother in the Paddy Chayefsky tale to life, due to her authenticity. For African American roles I always liked Juanita Moore and Lillian Randolph too, or in other contexts, people like Oscar Homolka, or Olga Baclanova, who was great at representing mysterious origins. But even when someone was actually Irish, like J. Carroll Naish, due to his ability to handle many dialects and seem believable, he more often played roles of Mexicans, gypsies, Orientals, Arabs and sundry types, with an aplomb that defied his true origins. I mean, though now one would want someone actually perhaps of the culture, one has to admit that a good actor who can handle dialects still can make a role impressive. Another person who seemed to be able to play multinational parts, if they were those of exotic locales, was good old Turhan Bey. He brought mystery and exotic elements to all his roles and was fun to watch, and though born in Austria was of part Turkish descent if I recall correctly. So name your favorite actors who could handle ethnic roles with relish, if they were truly of that group or even if they weren't really from that background!

Great episode, Dargo but have you also seen Marshall in the AHP's one called "Little White Frock"? It really is a winner so look for it, if you've never seen it. He is superb in the role!

Bette as twins is better than Bette and Joan together!

I watched that too! I also love "The Killer Beside Me" series.

I think you probably are not at the right channel for your taste, SB. TCM, in showing the gamut of film history from soup to nuts and silents to talkies, with old newsreels, serials, cartoons, Big Band soundies, and the like, accompanied with mainstream films and B-level programmers is for people who enjoy seeing the progression of film history internationally, and it probably particularly appeals to those with an eye to the more rare items which often receive little or no programming in this day and age, to be replaced by action films with Vin Diesel probably. If you don't enjoy seeing an occasional Robert Benchley short, or interviews with long dead stars, you might be in the wrong place? I would think there are enough channels that appeal to those who do not enjoy TCM's diverse programming, that would satisfy rather than changing the one channel which is so inclusive of so many neglected avenues of film in its history.

Please repeat everything that Sally Field said about the film, TB! Just kidding, but you probably would be able to do it. I might have been watching that far back but do not remember the absolutely first broadcast. I do remember though some of the intros for the films with differing set-ups. Is there a movie which got away with more sordid events than the "Miracle of Morgan's Creek"? I mean really, Trudy Kockenlocker [I'm spelling it phonetically since I don't remember the actual cast spelling] about a girl attending USO or whatever dances who comes home pregnant due possibly to inebriation and tries to pass it off on her dumb boyfriend, Eddie Bracken and I could go on and on. This of course is why it is one of my favorite movies and I love Preston Sturges!

I can't really think of any, but I thought it would make for a good topic. Oh wait, I would have liked Jack Lemmon to marry Joe E. Brown in "Some Like It Hot". Now that would have made a great sequel for sure...

Hop Sing and his imitation of Uriah Heep probably got him in a heap of trouble, after meeting up with Leslie and company and he learned his lesson by the time he got hired by Ben Cartwright and then he became all compliant and unassuming. I agree, Bette would have packed heat and gone off shooting anyone who got in her way. The book does not end like the movie, and thank goodness for that.

I usually agree with you on everything so this is wonderful that we diverge on this point, Laffite. Otherwise people might start to find us boring and like Siamese twins or something. Thanks for your opinion!

Yes, he is very moving in his role to save Leslie. I doubt Jose Baez would look as good if they film "The Casey Anthony Story". People here mentioning if Bette did or did not "blurt" out her love for the man she killed, is interesting. Not to split hairs but I decided to look up the proper definition of the word "blurt" and I think in this case, it is used correctly since Leslie does seem to "say something suddenly and without careful consideration". I think some might think "blurt" implies a loud and bombastic rendering, which is not really necessary to fulfill the dictionary definition, and here it is: BLURT blərt/ verb say (something) suddenly and without careful consideration. "she wouldn't blurt out words she did not mean" synonyms: burst out with, exclaim, call out; More

Now what kind of fool would say in a thread, that "a film lover has to love silent movies" I ask you, Sepia??? Well, it actually is true, but why say it on some online film site? Speaking of "Bringing Up Baby" my granny took me to see it at a revival when I was about 14 and I think its allure is due to it being a movie which made use of Grant's comedic talents since he often was looked upon as a romantic lead only. It does hold up in that regard. Some films fall a bit out of favor due to changing tastes about comedy or whatever, and it may be a little dated perhaps?

Well, actually Don is not really in the Sedona parts of the film, but I just thought they changed that aspect after you bowed out of the film. And yes, it is Andy who lives in Sedona in the movie, but he pilots a plane and not a tour bus, to his detriment.

Thanks so much for giving a divergent view! I may be prejudiced due to loving all works by Somerset Maugham, but would sure love to have seen Cooper in the role, as she was known to be a great beauty on the stage and I wonder who played the other parts then. I will look it up in my "History of the Stage" book and see if there are any photos too of the production.

That's the part not in the book as I recall. In my memory she does seem to blurt it out, like she wants to shout her love for the dead paramour to the rooftops, but I may be hallucinating...

Thank you, Christine! I too feel sorry for poor old Herbert, and wonder if Bette treated him that way due to his artificial limb? I've seen the Jeanne Eagels version and really enjoyed it though it is done with an entirely different slant than Bette's version. I think James Stephenson was wonderful also, don't you? The bit about how could a man be married to someone for many years and still not know her is a fascinating scene.

That is a confusing entry. I have to admit I mostly like it for the innovative cinematography and have pretty much ignored the storyline, though I would never do that with another of Sjostrom's film like "The Wind". I probably nodded out while watching it the last few times since it did remind me a bit of a film that Dreyer might have directed.

That's a truly interesting one, being that in some ways it caters to, yet denigrates religion. Thanks, N&N!

I enjoy reading opinions which diverge from mine, since maybe I'm missing something and like crapola and should shape up and get better taste. For example, I might think that Lunt and Fontanne are just the height of sophistication if my grandma hadn't steered me straight way back and told me that they said they left movies because Hollywood films were so crass, but actually it was because their stage presence in films looked stiff and moviegoers wanted more realistic movie acting styles, and shunned their films. I do think it is common for PR people to put out stuff implying complimentary things about their clients, when in truth such things were not generally accepted. For example, another older adult I know who is ninety, says that Eleanor Powell was not seen as such an amazing dancer in her day, and that many people thought her dancing was not that appealing and she looked like a big horse clopping around the stage. Now I can't attest to this, but it definitely is a divergent view from the glowing Wikipedia write-ups online. This divergent view probably also will not make Wikipedia, but I have a friend who says she can't watch John Wayne movies since...he is just too big to look at on a movie screen! I don't know if she'd rather see someone with microcephalia or not, but this is her rather odd but yet honest divergent view. So if you have a divergent view of someone or thing or movie, that puts you in a lonesome state since no one seems to agree with you, please share. It might be something like that you don't care for "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" or think Steve McQueen is a wimp, or think "Casablanca" is boring. Feel free to post it here, since at least I will enjoy reading it and reflecting upon if you might possibly be right and just ahead of your time?

Taking a page from Eisenstein's book with babies bouncing down stairs in their carriages, always makes for memorable scenes in films, Hoganman! And yes, definitely that Bogie and Baby scene fits the bill for a magic moment. Thanks for your choices!

Ah, I was kinda kidding around, Jimmy about my cutoff point. Obviously I do watch later films but have to admit if I could only watch ones made after 1970 as opposed to only watching ones made before 1970, I would have no problem giving up the later output. The world is full of beautiful things that movies often reflect and I can concur with your ideas about how viewing some of the greats could be a fine idea for schools.