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Canfield, Mary Grace

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* *but were afraid to ask

A couple weeks ago I had a discussion on a thread in which Robert Redford's performance in "The Natural" was brought up and how impressed I am with his athleticism and convincing skills as a major league baseball player. With all the sports movies that have been produced over the years, what actor, gave the most convincing athletic performance in a film? This must exclude, obviously, those who either played themselves like Jackie Robinson in his biopic, or Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan since he was an Olympic gold medal winner in swimming. However, I think those who played boxers in films, yet fought as amateurs like Cagney might be okay. There are other examples in other sports, but I think everyone ought to get my drift on this one.

Take the Money & Run

Meryl Streep was in "The Deer Hunter" with Christopher Walken

Duck Soup

"Tommy" appears to be the right answer to the question. LOL. Been away for a while, and may be violating my parole being back now. Go for it, Dave.

Merry Christmas, all. Just a quick check-in so as not to keep you hanging here. Gotta get back to the festivities. Threads open. Hope your day is going as well as mine. If not, "tomorrow is another day". Best wishes.

Before the Melissa Frake question. Sorry, if I offended you. Why? I do not know. Merry Christmas, lavender. Gotta go.

Two questions ago. Don't be so thin skinned, lavender. I love Cagney. Don't want to hold up the thread now, though. Gotta do the holiday thing. Be back later. Merry Christmas, all

I'm not sure about this, but it is the only possibility that I can think of at the moment. E. Elias Merhige wanted Werner Herzog for "Shadow of the Vampire", but had to settle for John Malkovich?

Leslie Howard?

Produced by Frank Capra?

Ed Wood movies such as "Bride of the Monster", "Glen or Glenda", "Night of the Ghouls", and of course the more "mainstream" "Plan 9". This could be preceded by the Johnny Depp biopic, which would give some measure of reference and familiarity, despite being a little dramatized. The dichotomy angle has been done by TCM in the past with "Airplane!"/"Zero Hour", and I am pretty sure "Young Frankenstein"/"Bride of Frankenstein". There are other examples of parodies that escape me at the moment that if done in this vein would not only be entertaining, but educational to those who may have never seen the original. Although I had heard of it, the first time I ever saw "Zero Hour" was on TCM, and I still talk about it with friends. Opinion: this type of programming, perhaps done as a regular thing like TCM Underground would resurrect TCM in some viewer's eyes, and maybe, in some way at least, silence some of the "too many repeats" or "TCM dead as we know it" naysayers that I tire of reading on these boards. I wouldn't mind seeing some of the other unusual pieces of cinema such as the Jose Mojica Marins "Coffin Joe" trilogy that I saw once on TCM Underground a couple years ago. Selected works of Russ Meyer wouldn't be bad either. These have influenced more contemporary filmmakers such as Rob Zombie (in his music too), who may be a good hosts for this type of thing (if there was a budget for it, of course). Obscurity is not necessarily what I crave entirely, mind you. I do feel diversity is a good thing, and I do respect the complaints of some about the frequency of certain TCM selections. However, the apocalyptic tone of others is a little much.

Jimmy Hunt?

Cagney again? "The Roaring Twenties"?

#2 Foreign Film "Confidence"?

Ingrid Bergman?

Nelson, Ed

"I didn't do nuttin"!" That's it, Miles. One of my all-time favorite films. The NBA could use Cagney now to clean up all the traveling calls. Well done. You're up.

Yep, that's him. Roy Jenson was another one of those guys that "was in everything" in the 60s and early 70s, but as is evident by this thread, not many remember his name. I actually met Mr. Jenson as a youngster in 1971 on the set for a "Bearcats" episode he appeared in with Fernando Lamas and Tisha Sterling as the guest stars. That was in the days when you could just wander around, and the stars were very accessible. Lots of fun. Anyway, the threads is yours, Miles.

"Bride of the Monster", and "Glen or Glenda' (which is tough to find), are hilarious too. "Ed Wood" is a very entertaining movie-- one of my favorites of the 90s. Obviously as with many biopics, some events are "enhanced", but as you saw, watching the REAL Ed Wood at work is great "unintentional?" comedy. TCM aired "Airplane!" some time ago, followed by the "serious" Canadian film "Zero Hour" that the Zucker brothers used as inspiration (often verbatim-- sort of). I had the same experience as you did with "Plan 9". If you ever get access to "Zero Hour", it is as funny as its "ripoff". But, I digress. What 30s film featured a scene in which a Hollywood icon was a basketball referee?

"Plan 9 From Outer Space"

I am surprised that no one remembers me even though I passed on just a little over five years ago. I thought for sure a fan of all those John Wayne westerns and Clint Eastwood films of the 70s and 80s, or those who grew up watching Star Trek or Kung Fu would have recalled my name. Maybe a lot of you just never knew my name even though you've seen my face hundreds of times. Oh well, with as many times as I have been killed or roughed up during my career, I can take it. After all, I made a pretty good living in my 80 years.

Serpentine! Serpentine! Dave, you and Bing might be able to host the evening news in China, you are so beloved. Very good! Thread is yours.