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Another great suspenseful book is called THE BLANK WALL by Elizabeth Sanxay Holding. THe film, THE RECKLESS MOMENT '47, was based on the book. Another author worth reading is Cornell Woolrich. His novels of suspense and murder are very intriguing. Many great films were made from his novels. The Black Path of Fear and I Married a Dead Man are especially suspenseful. The Leopard Man and No Man of Her Own '50 with Barbara Stanwyck were two films from the novels. Viewers will spot others as well. Rear Window was a masterpiece which spawned the intriguing film with James Stewart and Raymond Burr.

i JUST READ THE WONDERFUL ODD MAN OUT by F. L. Green again! After I had seen the film a year or so ago, I was very impressed with James Mason and all of the other British actors in the cast, I did not know I was going to like it so much, but I have watched it several times. James Mason was a superb actor in every film, so I shouldn't have been surprised. His characters really reach out to the viewer, It is a film (and book) with understated romance, murder, pathos and more. I highly recommend this great story to everyone. It is certainly very unique!

A Christmas Carol '51

S clever film with Glenda and George as well as Genevieve Tobin. George Brent had to finish his play, was snowed under and also juggling an X-wife and one to be.......I like the one-liners too,

oAnother quick thing about Thelma - Anyone ever see her as a nurse going overseas in The Porud and the Profane with Deborah Kerr and Willam Holden? She cared most of all for her friends; Deborah's character who gets involved with married Holden. Will say no more. She is outstanding there too!

I like this one too and want to mention another great Frank Sinatra film that is so clever called HIGHER AND HIGHER. A great film where Frank's singing is especially impressive. I won't say much as a lot of people may not have seen it. It is a neat 40's film with a clever story interwoven with this fun tale. Frank's singing is really irresistible here! When I first saw it and he sang A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening ....wow!

I love this film too! Jean Peters and all the cast were great. Yes, Thelma Ritter was always impressive.In one film she matched lonely hearts together while she suffered in silence about her own life. I loved her in this film too. She could be heartbreaking in a film too as one knows instinctively she did not get a guy and yet cares about others. No, I hadn't seen that one either. Thanks! I love the 40's and 50's Hitchcock films too. I hope we can find The American Friend. IT does sound very intriguing.

I love Dial M for Murder too! It is the first Hitchcock film I remembering seeing (on TV). I was about9 or 10. Pretty scary! Just great cast! I love the FIlm Noir aspect of this film as well. I have seen it 2 or 3 times.

I like this biopic film about Grace Moore also. Kathryn Grayson was great in the title role. By coincidence, I just saw a great film of the 30's with Grace Moore and Leo Carrillo called Love Me Forever. IT is a very touching film. I hope TCM will air it so I can get a better copy!

I like Wild Boys of the Road '33 also. You have a point that many teens were on their own in the Depression years. I too am a Debbie Reynolds fan and also enjoyed The Gazebo. We are used to her musicals, so it was natural to assume that it was one, but yes the story was about blackmail. I agree that it is always neat to see Mabel Albertson. She was wonderful in Home Before Dark with Jean Simmons and Efrem Zimbalist jr. I finally obtained a good print of it which was uncut.

I like the late Roger Ebert's reviews too. As for LM, some of the films were not even in his book that I considered good. You have a point that he has a commercial viewpoint.

I like this one too. I was quite impressed with Evelyn Laye in it. Also, I am a big fan of Ramon Novarro. IT may not have been as impressive as some with the admittedly lousy script, but was still enjoyable in spots.

I love this film too! THe chemistry is great between Ruth and George Brent. Yes, it is not always possible to work things out. I know just what you mean. An early Bette Davis performance too.

Mrs. W. precipitated a terrible tragedy in so doing. Poor Eva's character, What was she to do? This woman caused ultimate destruction of a human being and the eventual birth of his child. He was always forgiven for everything and his brother (played so well by Brandon D.) was in the shadows. The good he does (or attempts to is generally tossed aside).

YEs, the Max Steiner music was really impressive here. I am not sure if my post worked out a few minutes ago, as it merged with the text of a previous one, so I just wanted to say that THe Silver Cord is a great film. I taped it on AMC around 20 years ago. AS for an overbearing mother (and mother-in-law) Laura Hope Crews beat Angela Lansbury in All Fall Down. She really controlled Barry Barry Willard, but this lady was reading nursery rhymes to her son and has him get into bed like he did before he was married! OF course the nursery was kept in the same fashion as it had looked over 25 years ago. Of course the hurtful woman tries to turn her son off on his wife.

I must be overtired tonight. I meant to add that I also taped The Fountain from AMC. IT was another really great 30's film with Ann Harding and Paul Lukas. I hope we will see it on TCM one day.

Yes, it is quite a departure for James from his "Goodbye Cruel World" he sang in the early 60's and someothers. I remember the Gidget movies too. James could handle the serious roles with violence as well. I remember being really surprised too.

I loved this one too. It really is witty and quite clever!

Oh, no! WE got two of them. Will these little four-footed friends be seriously displeased? Can always lower the volume! Seriously, it is a delightful film.

I loved Charlie Brown as a teem when they started and just watched another feature Snoopy Come Home with my little grandson, who is eight. We both liked it. I used to take things for granted in these films, but it is an odd thing like you were saying. but it is odd that poor Snoopy lies on his back on the doghouse? Why do we never see the parents or the teachers? The teachers can be heard with.... "Blah Bla Bla, Ble Blah" or something as they lecture the children. One of my pals says that the show and the feature films are totally from the perspective of the children, so we only see, hear, and feel with them. This is a unique element here, as well as issues of an inferiority complex and other issues children encounter in their lives. My mom was a grade school teacher for a long time and had another take on the show. She thought it was too old for grammar school children (issues about inferiority complex or falling in love, etc.) and too young for teens and adults. Though Mom was an outstanding teacher who worked hard with the children, I think she missed a key element. Here Charles Schulz was giving freedom of expression to the inner feelings of children which is quite important. It illustrates how children often feel but cannot always express. Like you pointed out, there are delightful 60's bright colors in these films and episodes. It is funny about Linus riding the bus alone to find Charlie Brown, but certainly funnier with the extension cord --that is endless from Snoopy's doghouse to the baseball field! IT seems the children are given an unusual freedom when playing and making decisions. Even our beloved Snoopy is given a certain freedom of expression when he decides to "run away" after a dispute with Charlie Brown in Snoopy Come Home. When he returns we can see the love between them. Unbenownst to Charlie, Snoopy was given a chance to go back to his previous owner, Lila. She is in hospital and has written a letter which he has read! She wants Snoopy back, but has decided to have him return to Charlie Brown. Though Snoopy cares for her, he knows that Charlie and his friends want him back - very badly! Though Snoopy cannot communicate verbally, his feelings are clearly expessed with Charlie and his friends, as well as wee little Woodstock.

That is so true! I am a Cher fan and she more than proved her worth in Silkwood. They pictured her still in I Got You Babe. WEll, she got us in that film as well as in Moonstruck.

I can understand running time constraints, though they originally aired these all complete. I recall the requests for money to keep the programs on the air. Too bad the U.S. of which I am a resident, sometimes inflicts objectionable stuff into content. Not for me. I like the power of suggestion in murder mysteries and genuine complex elements. Most of the stories are good, like the Inspector Wexfords we once enjoyed. Talk about complex! A great series with many underlying elemets elements besides murder. The Inspector Morse series was superb too as well as Poirot and Adam Dagliesh. Many of Wexford or Morse episodes had unusual elements that were woven into the plot. I do think that part of the appeal appeal was the portrayal of the police inspectors as real people with their own personal problems. So I still like BBC productions. STill annoyed over the cuts to one of my favorite films! Darn! I wish I had not taped over Great Expectations '34. In retrospect, whether VHS or DVD or whatever, I had a rare thing. I love period pieces and felt the loss doubly. Hopefully one day I will find someone who has the film in its entirety. Also, the great Dalgliesh specials! I wish I had the complete A Taste for Death and Shroud for a Nightingale. That'll teach me to RECORD and SAVE! .