MCannady1

Delightful film and great cast!

Sorry about Corey and that you missed it.. I do remember the song. Some of these rock and roll icons had a short life, like Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones in the early 70's. He had drowned in his swimming pool and had breathing trouble. Sad about Jim Morrison of the Doors too. IT was quite awhile ago that we lost Jim too. He will always be remembered for Light My Fire and CRystal Ship, People are Strange., etc. In a taped interview recently Mick Jagger spoke of his bandmember friend and how drugs may have contributed to his early demise. This could have been the problem with Jim and Jimmi Hendrix as well, as they all attended wild parties after their concerts. Looks Like Mick and Cliff Richards and the others are going strong now.

I was going to add that the party sounds wilder than the concert! There was going to be a party at the Ambassador Hotel where the Rolling STones stayed when they were in L.A. We did not make it, but heard that it was pretty wild.

Looks like your dad did not like that music~ lol! MY parents thought it was all shouting. They did not know Rick Nelson from the Doors and decided it was yelling. Even the Beatles! This is before we went to the concerts. They would have gone wild if they had been to some of them! I only went to the two; one in '66 when I was nearly 15 to see the ROlling Stones and in '67 to see THe Beatles the summer I turned 16! I liked Three Dog Night too. (I am glad you were led in safety away from all that, though the concert was fun). I felt like that too at the ROlling Stone concert in '66. It was just wild and before the very end of it I was on the ground! Someone had knocked me down to get to the stage, which had been my idea (in response to an invitation).. I can still remember a high heel on my chest, but whoever it was did not step hard. She must have realized someone was down there! I was nearly there when over I went. At the end of their concert, Mick had signaled for me to come up to the stage. Without thinking, I headed up there - about 20 feet away when it happened. Later I learned there were several grounded teens like myself, but it was scary with a bad back. Never told our mom or dad or we could not have seen the Beatles the following summer. Fun times, but with scary elements. I could walk, but had a limp, Lucky I was not hurt. MY big sis. felt responsible. When we left there, it was at a more accelerated pace as the armed guards got us into lines according to our rows of seats. Earlier it was pandemonium!! Every man (or woman) for himself - lol!

Thanks! A neat idea. I am glad we have the films I have always taken for granted. That would make an interesting epic of what it was like without them. Like Garfield, I would have to say, "No way". Cute little character, wasn't he? Those little cartoons were cute and expressed a lot of ideas.

One of my favorite albums! Great cover too.

I wondered how she did that too! Never heard about them cutting the tip of her heel to achieve her walking like that. I really love this film and felt Marilyn was quite glamorous in it. Jean Peters was great as the newlywed wife who has empathy for Rose's husband, not realizing the fate that had befallen this other girl. In rewatching the film the other night, I really admired Joseph Cotten's acting as well. I always thought it would be fun to see the Falls on a tour. This film was pretty realistic!

Now, that is funny!

I like your description of our wonderful media with DVDs, and CDs, etc. being a window to the past. That is so true! Yes, the people from a hundred years ago would have been so surprised to see the miraculous inventions of today. Yes, it does qualify as being a great time machine! Only last week I was telling my hubby that even 20 to 30 years ago we could not have envisioned having music and other apps. on our cell phones! Amazing. When I first got my MP3 player it was a stand alone device which I had with me as well as cell phone. When it conked out one day one of our sons set me up with an MP3 Player built into my new cell phone. How amazing is that! A very small device with over a thousand songs! I was watching a 30's film not long ago where someone was watching a football game on a television set during break time. Another guy came in and said, "What's that?" He got an explanation from his co-worker and soon sat down to enjoy the game with his friend. I wish I could remember the name of it. Anyway, an important point is that until the 80's TV had been the greatest window into the past for me. LAter AMC stopped showing older films and began having commercials within their films . We were suddenly left with very few options. Now and then I caught a great film in Movies TIll Dawn on a local station. I taped many of these. Sadly, the TV Guide spoke of TBS and TNT which had great 30's and 40's titles, but we (in So. Cal.) did not have it! Our cable company was very limited at the time. So we were stuck with a year or so before we finally got them back again! When Ted Turner bought up the wonderful MGM film collection TCM began to reign right here! I breathed a sigh of relief as this wonderful window into the past sustained and nurtured my love of classic films! What they didn't know is you cannot put a price tag on many that are excellent and withstand the test of time!

Here is my wish, Too bad we can't go back in a time machine and prevent tragedies - of any victim, but also of celebrities. I wisn I could have gone to the Dakota Apartments that night and invited John and Yoko to go somewhere else. Then they would not have met with JOhn's violent shooting and the end of a wonderful person as well as limitless talent. This crazed "fan?" would have gone somewhere else to do it, sadly. He was determined to bring about the destruction of an exceptional human being. A very sad tragedy. Though noone is perfect, certainly noone deserves to die that way. Saddest of all, the situation has not been rectified/ Where is the justice we so need in cases like these? Because the ultimate penalty has been discontinued in NY, does that mean the "fellow" will just go on at the jail in a private trailer, as Beatle fans would beat him up. Too bad. THen the system overdoes it going the the wrong way around. Looks like his wife visits and everything. Sorry! IT just bugs me. Glad we have John's great music and his talented sons Julian and Sean.

Where Were You is one of the best they did and Live for Today. Remember another great group at the same time from Australia called The Tremeloes who had a beautiful song called Silence is Golden and Here Comes My Baby. We had a lot of neat singles at the time. Georgy Girl was a Gorgeous song by the Seekers! Love that flute music and also I'll Never Find Another You. What I am listening to now is some singers from the BRitish Invasion; Herman's Hermits,, etc. Helen Shapiro was a great solo singer befriended by the Beatles who helped her continue in the early 60's. I just got her CD and she was marvelous. She sings a great song called You Don't Know. I first heard of her on a British American Bandstand called "Ready, Steady, Go" which was later televized in the States. In the 80's I saw many of these on TV. Wish I had saved those VHS! A lot of neat Brit. groups; The Dave Clark 5, The Monkees, etc. I think The Vogues were on there too.

I've got a lot of 60's and 70's songs and yes, I have the Spanky and our Gang CD. They had some really good songs. Growing up in that time my favorites were The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Byrds, THe Zombies, Bob Dylan, The Doors, Santana, Jefferson Airplane, etc. Yeah, what's so hard about peace, love and understanding? THat's right. In my high school days these were wonderful groups and singers. It couldn't get any better. I still recall the great song by Barry McGuire called Eve of Destruction. It is so indicative of what had been happening in the world and is still relevant today. And after seeing the gorgeous picture of Buddy Holly in a former post, may I add that I also purchased his CD? I had heard a couple of Buddy's songs on the radio growing up, but have found many more that are just wonderful. I also love the 50's, so I am blasting into the past with my collection. My all time favorite song is All I Have to do is Dream by the wonderful Everly Brothers. I could listen to it all the time and never get tired of it. Next week I am back to the British Invasion which started in my middle school years. I still remember the great day when The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in February in '64. I was 12. MY big sister in high school collected The Beatles trading cards (wish we still had them!) and many Beatles magazines as well as all their LP's. What fun we had! WE played those LP's for hours. (Sadly, we lost the wonderful and talented John Lennon in '80, but he lives on with his great music he and Paul McCartney had written and some he had written alone. A very sad event). I have heard several people say in recent years that the Beatles never wrote a bad song! Very true.

Like that system! I go to my Cross Reference books and start listing what I have not watched yet, alphabetically. (AT the end of most of the letters there is a title or two. I taped House of Strangers not long ago, so that is next, but I may end up watching other Film Noirs; like Woman on the Run, etc. Somehow I get bogged down (h a p p i l y ) re-watching my favorites and sort of going past the new recordings. I could go back and find what year, etc. (Fun - smile, but time consuming).

I like this one too, but did not like how Lou basically got away with murder. Ok, it was pretty much self-defense here,, but it ends strangely. I did wonder why he (THe Hawk) was not concerned about Rita. IT sounds like he married Lou in the end. You are right. It is a great film but a couple of years later the production code would not have ended the film that way.

I really like this movie too. THe all-star cast and mix-ups make it a lot of fun to watch!

I was going to add that Juanita Moore was great as Sal Mineo's guardian in Rebel Without a Cause and died at the age of 101 a couple of years ago. We were very fortunate to see some of her greatest performances.

I like the earlier version too! Claudette and Warren William were wonderful in this film. I saw this one first several years ago and then saw the remake. You know that part of Jessie saying "Horsie" when she saw Peola's mom. Bea felt it was hurtful and scolded her daughter. It occurred to me that maybe the little girl had seen something in a storybook of the game played with a person emulating a black horse. I believe Bea was totally unbiased and sincerely sympathizes with her friend throughout the story. She tries hard to help Delilah find Peola throughout the latter part of the story and suffers with her. The same is true with Steve who genuinely suffers when this lovable lady dies. Funny about that tattoo! I heard another story regarding Claudette not wanting to be photographed from the left. She claimed it was because her face was not as attractive on the left - it was fatter if you can believe it. Watching many of Claudette's films I have never determined a difference! Had not read about the tattoo! - LOL. (In most of the films they did what Claudette wanted and photographed her from the right. But John Ford said he would get another actress if she was too finicky, so .... tattoo or chubby side be darned! - LOL! she had to accept that in Drums Along the Mohawk. You are right in pointing out that Annie and her daughter had nowhere to go, so Laura invites them to come with her and her little girl. THen we see a pattern with Laura going through screen tests and the "casting couch" problem. Later this producer changes his mind after she tells him off. He gives her a sincere chance. I like how Douglas Sirk handled it as it occurred. In the earlier film our DElilah comes up with the wonderful pancake recipe which makes a fortume! They all become very wealthy. Both films had their differences, but both also had a great human interest story following the story of two widows and their daughters. I am a big fan of Louise Beavers and felt drawn to her right away -- in every film.. . That is true that with the idea of a mutual friend (Ned Sparks) they made a lot of money with the pancakes. Bea wanted Delilah to have anything she wanted, but this generous lady just wanted to be her friend and companion. ("Ned" was heard to remark, "Once a pancake, always a pancake" when this sweet lady turned down a lot of money from her wonderful pancake recipe). I also like Juanita Moore ever since seeing her in Rebel without a Cause in which she played a sympathetic role as guardian of Sal Mineo's, Me too! Both Jessie and Peola were so selfish! Both daughters caused their mother to lead an actual "imitation of life"; hence the title. Regarding Louise depicting a black businesswoman in Hollywood; I was not aware that the situation was different when the film was made, but sadly it was. I am glad Hollywood has been waking up plus many other medias over the years. The same is true in the world of music. Some of our most wonderful Rock and Roll groups were under-appreciated over the years.

I like Kim Novak too. I did like her performance in Of Human Bondage in the 60's. I didn't care for Lawrence Harvey in this film either, but did like him in some other films like Room at the Top. Sad that he died pretty young. Regarding The Letter, I did see the Bette Davis version on TV when I was pretty young and was quite impressed. The rest of the cast was terrific, I too wonder what I would have thought of Jeanne's version in '29 if I had not seen the other one years ago. As it stands, I like them both in a different way. Too bad there is no musical score in the latter, but it was still well-done. I really liked Picnic, Lylah Clare, and Kim's great performance in the biopic film Legend of Jeanne Eagles, I think it was called. It co-starred Jeff Chandler as I recall. I am glad this movie was made to give insight in to Jeanne's performance in The Letter, etc. and her personal life.

Oops! Bear with me. Everyone has been a good sport about my annoying habit of.... At the end of a line I have a 20 plus year habit to hit the Return button to make the text look balanced. This makes for the line cutting off in the middle of the page on the next line! THis time I caught myself in the above line and will try not to do it (I am a former Secretary from the 70's and 80's and always typed so fast so as to balance the line to fit with the next one. Now I see what I have been doing! On the Typewriter we could do it successfully! But not with Computers! When I get to the end of a line I will try really hard not to hit the RETURN button! After we had computers installed all went well. Just recently I have been out of the workplace (due to a medical condition with my spine which prevents me walking) and went back to the old, annoying habit! Will try to cool it .. for awhile! For the sake of all my TCM Message Board pals I will work on it! Thanks Everybody!

Me too! I just re-watched all three films.. I love Douglas Sirk films. I just ordered a neat book called Love in the 50's (which really centers around the 40's) and it features a lot of interesting info. on some great Douglas Sirk films. The book profiles Douglas himself, which makes for an interesting read. He was very imaginative and brought out a wonderful performance in others.

Actually, Laura is one of the best murder-mystery melodramas I have ever seen. Another great melodrama / murder mystery is Leave Her to Heaven! What a coincidence that the marvelous talents of Gene Tierney and Vincent Price graced the screen in both! There is another one called Corridor of Mirrors which is an outstanding British Film Noir of the 40's. Eric Portman and Edana Romney are the stars and it is a wonderful combination of a melodrama and a murder mystery. About ten or twelve years ago I found a great catalog from a company that specialized in these films. I randomly chose this film. I was getting into British Film Noir, so was lucky to find the wonderful Video Yesteryear that had many British melodramas. of the 40's and 50's. Well, they went out of business not long after. Sadly, they would (or could) not sell their VHS tapes, though I offered to pay the old price of $15 apiece for a few. I would have transferred them to DVD. After calling and writing, I gave it up. After that an ad for another company arrived, but it was not quite the same. Luckily, I have found a few 40'5 and 50's British "mellows" and they are good too. So I keep an eye out and have a lot of "NEW" favorites including Jean Kent, Jean Simmons and Guy Rolf films. There is also a poignant murder / melodrama with Dirk Bogard as an "accidental" killer on the run called Hunted from the early 50's. Another from '55 is the suspenseful Footsteps in the Fog, an intriguing (Color) murder / melodrama. Jean Simmons and Stewart Granger are outstanding in this film. Some of these movies have more than a murder mystery to tell; included for us to find are often interesting character studies . Many of these tales are timeless and have quite a story within.

Good titles! I like all of the above and re-watched a very poignant melodrama with Richard Burton and Barbara Rush a couple of nights ago. In The Bramble Bush Richard was outstanding as a small-town doctor asscusd of mercy-killing a patient. It has multi-interest elements and really reaches the viewer. Angie Dickinson was marvelous in a supporting role, as was Jack Carson. My Latest Melodrama List: Portrait in Black The Bramble Bush (mentioned above) This Love of Ours (with Merle Oberon and Charlves Korvin) Come Back, Little Sheba About Mrs. Leslie Corridor of Mirrors

I love these two films too! I love Robert Stack and Dorothy Malone in their performances. They really grab you emotionally. That song is lovely "Written on the Wind". Did not know it was by The Four Aces. They had some really nice songs.

Thanks for the info.! I had not seen this one and am looking forward to it.

I love this one too. She and George Sanders were great to watch. Also I am a HIllary Brooke fan, so it is nice to have her featured here too.