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I became a Norma Shearer fan the first time I saw The Women. But her acting could be a little stiff. She never did seem quite comfortable in her own skin. But I guess if I was on the same lot as Crawford, Garbo, and Harlow I'd be a little insecure too. She was a decent actor and always had great leading men.
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Warren Baxter to Ruby Keeler in 42nd Street--"Kid, you're going out there a nobody, but you're coming back a star." I use that one anytime I can fit it into the conversation.
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I checked IMDB.com and there are several productions of The Little Match Girl but none from the 50's. That being said, I do remember seeing this on TV maybe in the early 60's, but it seems like it was more of a Playhouse 90 type of production, like a live play on TV. Maybe that's what you're thinking of. Not sure if this helps any, though.
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Because, for 10+ years they've always shown international films on Friday Night/Saturday Morning at 1 AM. So until you are the programmer, shut your cake hole.
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Paty--there is a documentary called The Unknown Marx Brothers that does have interviews with a lot of the Marx brothers offspring and is on DVD. It's pretty good.
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I live in Huntsville, Al, and there is a significant portion of our downtown area with mostly turn of the 19th century homes, restored with families living in them. Most of our other important old buildings are in a tourist area called Constitution Village. But since our town wasn't founded until mid 19th century, we don't have a great deal of age in our homes. Our downtown square has been redone. I'm not involved in a preservation or historical society but I am impressed with the efforts made by those who can afford to redo most of our old homes and office buildings instead of tearing down and rebuilding, not to say we don't have a lot of expansion and retail space built every year.
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I also vote for Cagney. He was the best, ever.
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There's been a few that made me cry buckets--Beaches & For the Boys (there's something about Bette Midler's singing that brings tears out in me--I love her), Nothing in Common, Gone with the Wind, Forrest Gump, Since You Went Away, An Affair to Remember, Hope Floats (with Sandra Bullock & Gena Rowlands--a real tearjerker if there ever was one.) Those are just a few off the top of my head.
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get well soon, ML--I know I'd be lost without at least reading all the posts, even if I can't post all the time
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I would post more often but I sometimes just can't.
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melmac--you've seen Blazing Saddles one too many times
. I especially love the scene where the outlaws have to take the pledge to Hedley and all the cowboys say Hedy Lamarr and Harvey Korman (Hedley) says "That's Hedley" which is running joke throughout the movie. -
garboloygrant--the Kelly/Garland film you're thinking of is "The Pirate" also starring Walter Slezak. I understand that Garland had quite a difficult time on this film and Kelly held her together throughout production. I don't think it did too well at the box office at the time but I find it's kind of a charming little film. Kelly does a great dance number with the Nicholas Brothers that was so fun and energetic that you can't help but have fun watching it. In fact, I think the movie is fun all the way around. I'm just sorry Judy had such a difficult time with it, because I thought she was quite funny.
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I didn't go through all the posts but I saw Gig Young in a movie the other day and it occured to me that he was once married to Elizabeth Montgomery, who was 20 years younger than him. This was before she was married to William Asher. It's hard for me to imagine them together.
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On the topic of Shirley Temple, I belong to a DVD club and rented The Biggest Little Star in the World, which had a bunch of shorts that Temple appeared in when she was really little plus my favorite The Little Princess. Golly, she was a great little actress.
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Not a fan of Bringing up Baby myself for the same reasons others have posted--Hepburn is just too ditzy and annoying. I'm not really that fond of Citizen Kane either. I much prefer The Magnificent Ambersons, if we are comparing the two Welles films.
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Doesn't just about anyone in entertainment, who can come up with the funds, get a star on the walk of fame? I was in LA in 1998 and we went to the Chinese theater as well as the Roosevelt Hotel and the Walk of Fame area around Hollywood and Vine (a very touristy thing to do, I admit.) On that day, musician Kenny G was getting a star. So I'm not really impressed by the whole thing.
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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?
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Okay--a man and a woman are "best friends forever" finally on New Year's Eve (after they've known each other for years AND have slept together) suddenly decide they are in love with each other and can't live without each other. Please, give me a break. It would have been more believable if they'd been in love throughout, lost each other and then reunited. That's the way it's always been in the movies and I don't want any woman who's been a friend to a man, thinking they might "fall in love" with them and rescue them some New Year's Eve. GOD, I HATE THIS MOVIE SO VERY VERY MUCH.
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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
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I notice Citizen Kane hasn't appeared on anyone's list.
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There is a website for TCM Europe. You might want to check that.
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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.
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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.
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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.
. I especially love the scene where the outlaws have to take the pledge to Hedley and all the cowboys say Hedy Lamarr and Harvey Korman (Hedley) says "That's Hedley" which is running joke throughout the movie.
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Is Swenden one of those Scaydimavian countries?