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France has the same tradition and I imagine that's where Canada got it from,a European tradition. In France, World War 1 and World War II are still very real in the cultural psychic. In America I always thought veterans were honored on Veterans Day, which of course was the old World War 1 Armistice Day. This extreme interest in the American Military for Memorial Day has more to do with the elimination of the draft and the Advent of the volunteer army, I think. Previously Decoration Day or Memorial Day was to honor all dead in the United States. Even if it did start with the Civil War.

I was just curious Sans Fin. Did you get to see all of these films when you were living in Eastern Europe? Or were you able to view these films in the United States? If I had had the time, I could have seen all these films in Paris. But I can't picture any place in the United States where you could have actually seen all these films in a movie theater. I bet you know a number foreign languages too. I'm quite impressed.

I swear Larry, I'm not going to answer any more of these because it puts you to too much trouble. But that's Paramount's own Adolph Zukor. When he stopped selling furs, he decided to make movies. PS It may sound weird to say it, but thanks for Joe Breen.

Vietnam is still a very controversial issue in the United States. I can't imagine they could find a movie that would be non controversial. So, it's much easier to play it safe with the World War II movies. Very few people can dispute the fact that the United States needed to fight in World War II. Speaking of the Korean War, do you know if they often play Bridges at TokoRi or Pork Chop Hill? In the US that's nearly a forgotten War. I wonder when they're going to play All Quiet on the Western Front on Memorial Day? The star of the film, Lew Ayres became a pacifist. But he didn't go to jail, he worked as a medic in the Red Cross. If I had to pick a Vietnam movie to show, it would be Forrest Gump. I think it's a heartwarming movie. For example, if TCM decided to show Coming Home, starring Jane Fonda, I think some veterans might be offended. I'm not a veteran, but I think showing her in that movie on Memorial Day might even offend me. I'm an open-minded person, but putting up with Jane Fonda is a challenge, even for me.

I'm not exactly the Idiot Girl - but my tablet is an idiot tablet - - So Lawrence, you can take it back, or you can open it up. By the way, do you have any pictures of Joe Breen?

A Summer Place Splendor in the Grass By Love Possessed "Sexual Repression in Technicolor"-- (at least for the first half)

I'm shocked at how familiar his face is to me. He's not an actor, or director, or anybody who works at a Hollywood studio. It's Hollywood's blue pencil censorship- boy Will Hays, who was a distinguished former US Postmaster General. I'm impressed.

I love Dragnet Girl - - are they showing it on TCM? I saw it at a film festival in Paris. I was halfway into it before I realized it was a silent movie.LOL For all the people who think Ozu only made family dramas, they ought to see that one. It could have easily been a 1933 Warner Brothers gangster movie.

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I can say Fatty Arbuckle.

Hint#3 - - the director of the Beauty and the Beast wrote the dialogue for this movie.

Lav, Andy Williams is my favorite male singer. Thank you for answering that so well. Those are truly beautiful songs and Charade was a great movie too. Lav, it's all yours--

Mysteries are my hobby and the Charlie Chan movie series is one of the best thanks to number one son Keye Luke. I remember reading somewhere that he was an artist.

Lawrence-- Truffaut made 27 movies. I've only seen 10 of them. Roger Ebert was so vehemently strong in his opinion about Truffaut, that I knew I could find at least three examples of a woman killing a man in the 10 films that I had seen. Ebert never made a statement without evidence. The female star of each of these films kills at least one man during the movie: Jeanne Moreau in The Bride Wore Black-- one of her greatest film roles, Nelly Benedetti in The Soft Skin and Truffaut's last cinematic discovery, Fanny Ardant in The Woman Next Door. Among Truffaut's films the best relationship I could find between a man and a woman was in The Green Room. Truffaut stars himself as a man who hires an artist to make a wax replica of his dead wife. That's as good as it gets for Truffaut. Lawrence, the films you have seen are good examples of Truffaut's Cinema, but unfortunately I don't believe a woman killed a man in any of those movies. I particularly liked Catherine Deneuve in The Last Metro; it reminded me more of a Hitchcock movie then the last film he made, which was meant to be an example of a Hitchcock movie, Confidentially Yours. Lawrence, it's your turn--

So many children who were acting on television and in the movies when they were young, grew up with problems because they never had an ordinary childhood. They were required to act as adults and perform as adults when they were still children. To make matters worse-- and many of them had parents who stole their money, or forced to work in show business when they didn't want to do it. No doubt some of them were sexually molested-- no doubt a certain percentage of all children have been sexually molested. No doubt a certain percentage of all children have been deprived of a decent childhood as well. But the real problem with the child star is that they simply are not allowed to be children. Some of them find it extremely difficult to adjust after they grow up because they're not successful in acting anymore. Others find it hard to fit in with people their own age because they grew up in such a different environment.

Yes, Lawrence - - Now, I would invite you to answer, at least, one of the original questions--

Sadly that Macho Wayne attitude has infected a whole generation of American men. Hopefully we're moving away from that kind of thinking for men or women.

I never could figure out why John Wayne was butting into this issue about High Noon anyway. The way I heard it was that he attacked Carl Foreman for trying to manipulate Gary Cooper and ruin Coop's career with commie red stuff. Like Wayne thought Cooper was so mentally challenged that he needed Marion Morrison to be his legal guardian or something.

Hint: this bilingual actress has appeared with William Holden, Richard Widmark, and Anthony Quinn--that's just to name a few.

Fra--Ironically Be True to Yourself is the one song I listed that I actually sing myself and have for years. I checked this up a couple of months ago - - Burt Bacharach didn't conduct or arrange the recording. I think it was Johnny Mann with the Johnny Mann Singers. But it sounded like a Bachrach arrangement to me. Next: Andy Williams scored big with Movie themes written by Henry Mancini. The first one that he sang at the Academy Awards was Moon River from Breakfast at Tiffanys; it won the Oscar for best song. Johnny Mercer wrote the lyrics. And afterwards, it became Andy's theme song. After Moon River, Mancini followed up with another movie theme, which was a big hit for Andy. And believe it or not, Mancini had a third big hit for Andy which was also a movie theme. There was a fourth one too, but it wasn't that big of a hit. For this question you can just give me 2 and 3--four can be extra credit. Don't forget to identify the lyricists.

Hint#2-- This French film director idolized Alfred Hitchcock.

This rock and roll artist leaned toward a pop jazz.. He had a big hit record about one of the biggest Hollywood movies of the late 1960's. The song wasn't in the movie- - the artist had it composed for him after seeing the movie. We need the artist, the song, the composers, and of course the movie.

I can remember vividly when Jimmy Stewart broke down at the Academy Awards when he came to receive an honorary Oscar for Gary Cooper. That's when the public realized that Gary Cooper was dying. The TV viewing audience was shocked to see Stewart in such a state. Cooper and Stewart were also friends, although Stewart's closest friendship was with Henry Fonda. Fonda and Stewart were at opposite ends of the political spectrum. There were always rumors that Stewart was the political operative for J. Edgar Hoover in Hollywood. That sounds like something that he probably would have done.

Good work Stãr - - with an able assist from Kid. Nice Shot, thank you Kid! Star, it's your turn--

Of all these actors, William Holden has always been my favorite. A particular favorite movie of mine was Alvarez Kelly. It was Widmark and Holden playing adversaries during the Civil War. Widmark plays the Confederate General trying to get the beef for his troops from Cattle Man Holden. It's too much fun seeing them fighting against each other. They were so good together; I bet the audience never noticed how drunk Holden was during most of the movie. Reports were: they had a to tie him on the horse to keep him on it. I loved Richard Widmark's southern accent - - I think it was one of his most colorful portrayals. I don't know why Richard Widmark never reached the high level of stardom as say,Lancaster, Heston, Curtis or Holden. I don't know if it was a studio thing, a sex appeal thing or just one of those things. I thought he had sex appeal LOL