drednm
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I think a film is tad more interesting than a postage stamp. ?
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I can't imagine why getting a "stamp" would be important to anyone. Who looks at stamps?
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There are many that use bits of classical music or a major theme song that are outstanding, Some one has already mentioned Laura.
Humoresque (1946)
Summertime (1955)
Going Hollywood (1933)
Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
I've Always Loved You (1946)
A Room with a View (1985)
High Noon (1952)
among the very best
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Marion Davies is all riled up in April Folly (1920).
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Among my favorites scores I'd mention
Sunset Boulevard (1950) Franz Waxman
City Lights (1931) Charlie Chaplin
Psycho (1960) Bernard Herrmann
The Red Shoes (1948) Brian Easdale
Sunrise (1927) Various artists
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Many of Swanson's Paramount films are lost, but there are still plenty of silent films to see, many on Amazon.
These are available from various sources: Sifting Sands, Male and Female, Don't Change Your Husband, Why Change Your Wife, Something to Think Abut, The Affairs of Anatol, Beyond the Rocks, For Better for Worse, Manhandled, Stage Struck, Fine Manners, Queen Kelly, Sadie Thompson, The Love of Sunya, and Zaza.
Recent BLU/DVD releases for Zaza, Stage Struck, and Manhandled, and I did a Kickstarter for For Better for Worse a few years ago.
The Humming Bird exists at Library of Congress but may not be in great shape.
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The Hollywood Blacklist did NOT result in people being jailed for being held in contempt of court. There was no court involved. They were held in contempt of Congress. So far as I know, none of those accused or condemned ever had their "day in court."
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Since we're in the midst of a new era of blacklisting show biz people (but not politicians) for sexual misbehaviors (real and imagined), I would say it's a damned good idea to keep reminding people that this sort of this has happened in the past and is happening now. Yes, some were guilty as charged in the 1940s/50s but many were not. Rumor, innuendo, and lies stoked by revenge do not prove guilt. They didn't then, and they do not now.
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11 minutes ago, jakeem said:
Here's a recent CBS Sunday Morning piece about Glenda Jackson's return to acting after two decades in British politics. Wonder if she'll ever get a damehood -- or accept one.
As with Vanessa Redgrave, ain't likely Glenda Jackson will get a damehood. Far too political. But Lulu might still get one!
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27 minutes ago, calvinnme said:
Though it sounds fascinating, do enough films survive of the stars mentioned to fill up 24 hours each? Take the Talmadges for example. I think that most of Norma's stuff survives, but many of her films are in private collections and archives and thus virtually unavailable. Some of her films have suffered serious decomposition over the years. And then there is Constance who never made even one talking picture - she immediately retired at the end of the silent era. You might be able to group some of these silent stars together and get 24 hours out of them. As for Harrison Ford, I think even TCM viewers would be confused when they see "My Primitive Lover" listed instead of "Raiders of the Lost Ark". Most people don't realize there are two of them.
William Haines would be a good idea. I think enough of his films exist in good shape and are already in Time/Warner's possession that you could get a full day out of him.
Yes, only a few of these would have enough films to flesh out a day of broadcasting. Of course they all made dozens and dozens of films but survival rates ain't good. Davies, Gilbert and Haines would have enough films.... This is a wish list for a perfect world.
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Marion Davies in THE PATSY with King Vidor.
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Been there, done that.
My list would skew older and features stars not seen every other day on TCM
MARION DAVIES
JOHN GILBERT
GLORIA SWANSON
RICHARD BARTHELMESS
CONSTANCE TALMADGE
WILLIAM HAINES
COLLEEN MOORE
RUDOLPH VALENTINO
MAE MURRAY
HARRISON FORD
NORMA TALMADGE
RAMON NOVARRO
BETTY COMPSON
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
LEATRICE JOY
CARLYLE BLACKWELL
ALICE WHITE
JOHN BARRYMORE
LAURA LA PLANTE
BEN LYON
BEBE DANIELS
ELLIOTT DEXTER
CORINNE GRIFFITH
EMIL JANNINGS
DOROTHY GISH
RONALD COLMAN
DOROTHY MACKAILL
WALLACE BEERY
GERALDINE FARRAR
WALLACE REID
MARIE DRESSLER
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MARION DAVIES was the queen of dual roles and masquerades in many films, including
SHOW PEOPLE, LIGHTS OF OLD BROADWAY, THE PATSY, BEVERLY OF GRAUSTARK, EVER SINCE EVE, PAGE MISS GLORY, BURIED TREASURE, YOLANDA, LITTLE OLD NEW YORK, OPERATOR 13, WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER, BLONDIE OF THE FOLLIES, MARIANNE, BEAUTY'S WORTH, THE BRIDE'S PLAY, and THE CARDBOARD LOVER.
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32 minutes ago, Sepiatone said:
Didn't it premier in PHILLY?
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No, it was willy nilly.
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1 hour ago, calvinnme said:
You obviously never heard of William Haines' spoof of the documentary, "Billy Gets Silly Where It's Chilly". And to think you are a film historian!
That's a dilly.
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Also odd.... and I just noticed.... my number of posts dropped by about 5,000....
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William C. Haines was a real-life scientist. There's also a cowboy actor named William Haynes whose films occasionally show up in Haines' filmography.
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TCM now lists With Byrd at the South Pole(1930) in the William Haines filmography. Haines was a big star in the 1920s and 30s, famously teamed with the likes of Marion Davies, Mary Pickford, Joan Crawford, Anita Page, Eleanor Boardman, Lon Chaney, Jack Benny, etc.
The documentary film has a real-life meteorologist named William C. Haines in it.
NOT THE SAME GUY!
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Don't forget Marion Davies' Peg o' My Heart on TCM Saturday the 17th at 6:30 AM Eastern Time.
This was the first film that had a significant write-in campaign for an Oscar. William Randolph Randolph Hearst launched a best actress campaign for Marion Davies, but there were only three nominees that year and she didn't make the cut. The next year, there was a big write-in campaign for Bette Davis in Of Human Bondage, but she did not make the cut. The next year a write-in campaign WON an Oscar for Hal Mohr's cinematography and the Academy banned write-ins!
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It has a 3.4 rating on IMDb making it the worst film of the year. Total stink bomb by all accounts.
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My 9th Kickstarter project completed and ready to mail out.
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37 minutes ago, Hibi said:
Well, what else is new? It's ALWAYS badly done, year after year.......
Yup. You are right. This was the worst. Name after name of people I'd never heard of.
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Dorothy Malone won an Oscar and still didn't get mentioned during the In Memoriam segment on Oscar night. Badly done!
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Marion Davies as Patrick in Little Old New York (1923) and as Prince Oscar in Beverly of Graustark (1926).