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I'm pretty sure I saw this movie either on TCM or AMC some years ago when I was definitely in my Barbara Stanwyck love mode. She is fantastic, and this was far superior to the remake. In fact, didn't they show this a few months ago when Barbara was the Star of the Month?

Movies I will watch repeatedly Godfather 1 & 2 Blazing Saddles Gone with the Wind Funny Girl Austin Powers in Goldmember Fast Times at Ridgemont High All This, and Heaven Too Mildred Pierce Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Waiting for Guffman Love (with Garbo and Gilbert) Not the top 10 movies of all time but movies that never fail to entertain me

I notice Citizen Kane hasn't appeared on anyone's list.

There is a website for TCM Europe. You might want to check that.

There was a mini series that fits your description called "79 Park Avenue" that had Lesley Ann Warren as the star. That might be what you're thinking of. It was based on a Harold Robbins book.

I tried to post this last night but my all time favorite musical is Funny Girl mainly because of Barbra's singing (I do think her look was a little too modern for the teens and 20's when the movie was first set.) But I loved most of the musicals that I watched. They threw a few in there that I wouldn't really call musicals even though there were songs in them like Easy to Wed. That seemed more like a showcase for Tony Martin, and the songs were sung mostly in a nightclub setting. But for my money, Howard Keel was one of the best singers during his time in musicals. I love him in the two movies I mention in my previous post and also in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.

Kismet was on last week right after Rose Marie with Ann Blythe and Howard Keel. They were on during the day so if you were at work you probably missed them. I saw them both for the first time and thoroughly enjoyed them, but Howard Keel is great in anything.

Oh Antar--this "greg" person decided he would come over to this board and insult everyone instead of doing his homework. Troll.

jackpickford--I remember "The Fabulous Stains" from the 80's and I recollect that I thought it was pretty cheesy even back then. But I was probably in the early 30's so maybe that type of movie didn't appeal to me anymore then.

If you're a William Castle fan, there was a movie out about 10 years ago called Matinee set in Florida during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the secondary plot is about a movie premiere at a local theater that reminiscent of a William Castle show. It starred John Goodman as the William Castle type director. It's worth checking out (but I'm a big John Goodman fan so I'm a little biased.)

Some snot nosed troll decided to invade the message board because of some nonsense about his girlfriend and him wanting to break up with her because she liked Natalie Wood. It's best not to feed the trolls.

Hey--I'm over 50 and I feel the same way. Most people couldn't care less about old movies. I'm glad that you march to your own drummer. I, too, have always been fascinated by the past. Especially the 20's, 30's and 40's.

I like older movies BECAUSE I don't know the actors as well as we know the personalities in movies today. I think that mystique helps me get into the story more rather than the eye candy the current film makers put forth. As a general rule, the reason today movies make money is because it's mostly a teenagers market, and they go to the movies to meet their friends and get out of the house--the movie is secondary to the social event.

I don't know how many times it needs to be said (and how many ways it has to be said) but I think I you're not happy with the actors/films/directors/stories on TCM then you are definitely watching the wrong channel. There are 250 more channels, many of them showing uninterrupted movies. Why not watch their programming and quit coming here to be a negative influence? Of course, I'm sure that makes too much sense. OH--I forgot--most of those other movie channels are PREMIUM channels and therefore, since this channel is offered, usually, at no extra charge, some want to make it into something it was never intended to be--HBO with a little older movies. Sorry, naysayers, go elsewhere, because you rarely will find any posters here agreeing with you. And gregelektric---I hope your girlfriend has dumped your dumb butt by now, because if you can't appreciate Natalie Wood, then you don't belong here either (he posted on Classic Actors thread.)

Around my house growing up, my mom was a Gene Kelly fan while my dad was firmly all about Fred Astaire. While both were undeniably icons, I have to go with Kelly I guess because I have seen more of his films. While at times Kelly does overact, he does seem a little more natural in drama and musical comedy. But I won't deny that Astaire was elegant and got to sing some great songs in a lot of musicals. He just didn't seem like a man girls would fall for like Kelly did (to me anyway.)

lux0786--I'm glad you chose to clarify yourself. I was beginning to think you were leo's unwanted offspring. I agree with you during August there were days I didn't want to watch because of the stars that were featured. But if you watch long enough, you'll see that they do repeat some movies more than others (you know who you are cough Singin' in the Rain cough.) But I don't mind them repeating the Dreyer films because 1) they're on late at night and 2) they aren't shown anywhere very often. Of course, there was a lot of complaining when TCM featured Bollywood films last summer, which I thoroughly enjoyed. We all have different tastes and that's why we like this channel.

Speaking of The Sound of Music, did anybody watch the special this week on PBS Broadway: The American Musical. It was great and showed a lot of old clips from films plus some films of rehearsals and famous Broadway and Hollywood stars. It didn't cover every musical but was pretty thorough. It was well worth watching if you like musicals.

I haven't noticed any sound problems and I'm in Alabama with Comcast. Maybe it's your cable provider.

The name of the guy that whistled and sang in the short between movies was Leo Beers, I think.

I'm a big fan of "The Age of Innocence" directed by Martin Scorcese for the exact same reason--the gentleness and attention to detail that washes all over the production. He does a lot of period pieces but nothing as quiet and elegant as "The Age of Innocence."

I liked "Parlor, Bedroom and Bath" a lot. I thought it was hilarious. I also enjoyed "Free and Easy" which had several cameo appearances by early MGM stars.

I think Phoenix has been having a hard time lately filming the Johnny Cash biopic "Walk the Line." Maybe he wasn't the most articulate on the talk shows--did you see Tom Cruise about 2 months ago on Letterman. He giggled like a school girl for like 5 minutes over an off the cuff remark that Dave said. They had to go to a commercial so that he could compose himself. I think that being on those shows are kind of nerve racking. Not everyone is as glib as Travolta or Hanks. You don't see Pacino or DeNiro on them a lot. So I don't think being able to converse on a talk show necessarily indicates whether someone is a legend or not. BTW gwtwbooklover, I'm a Travolta fan too--I'm glad he's doing good work now and that's a credit to Tarantino. I don't know that he's be getting the scripts he does without the "Pulp Fiction" comeback and Oscar nomination.

So who cares if those channels beat TCM!! I think we've all come to the conclusion that Classic movies are not everyone's cup of tea. What those channels show are not classic movies--different programming, different audiences. Unless you like seeing Shawshank Redemption on a daily basis (and I love that movie--those channels just show it A LOT!!)

I was very sad to hear that Janet Leigh passed away. I was a fan and thought she just had to be the greatest lady to be Jamie Leigh Curtis' mom because Jamie is great too. She gave some really sweet performances and she will be missed.

I live in Huntsville Al. which is Miss Bankhead's hometown. There's an historical marker dedicated to her in our downtown square in case anyone ever visits here and wants to see it. I believe it's on the Southeast Corner of the square (I'm not too good on NSEW but I believe that's it.)