Princess of Tap

This tap dancing screen legend retired from movies in the 1940s. Then this tap dancer made a fantastic come back starring in a Broadway musical several decades later. We need the name of the tap dancer, the Broadway musical, and at least one movie that this tap dancer was famous for in the Golden Era.

French director François Truffaut is famous for being the lead critic in the post-war Cahiers du cinema auteur theory. In this thread we've already mentioned about his research and admiration of Alfred Hitchcock's work. Truffaut also admired several other classic American film directors. Can you name some of these Directors? What is it that Truffaut liked about them? which of their films did he admire? Do you agree with him? Why or why not?

The charisma between Hattie Mc Daniel and Clark Gable in Gone with the Wind was not pot luck-- the two had demonstrated such chemistry in several previous MGM movies.

Most definitely Monty Clift Next: Charles Coburn or Walter Brennan

Grace Kelly discovered that Raymond Burr was the murderer in rear window.

Never a dull moment

Woody Strode was in The Man who Shot Liberty Valance with Jimmy Stewart.

Tea for Two

Lawrence, I am at the gym, so I can't go into detail, but I can answer Raoul Walsh. He started as silent actor& became a solid WB Director. Outstanding work with-- Cagney--Roaring 20's & White Heat Bogie Classics--they drive by night & High Sierra My personal fav is Gable & Poitier in Band of Angels

William Holden owes his career to Barbara Stanwyck, who helped him keep his first leading role in Golden Boy.

Bojangles is not just the King of TAP; he's the Godfather of all tap dancers. He starred in 1943 in Stormy Weather with Lena Horne, which was a thinly veiled account of his life. The Nicholas Brothers stopped the show with the Jumpin Jive, which was sung and accompanied by Cab Calloway and his orchestra.

James-- something similar happened to me. My mother had collected sheet music from the thirties and forties, intending to learn to play it on the piano, but she never did. So I would see these movies on a late show, then go through the sheet music, find the song from the movie and try to play it on the piano. It was amazing how many songs that were not even from musicals. This sheet music business was controlled by the studios to the point that if they had a good musical, they would still get rid of some of the songs--so that they could insert original songs to publish. Then sell the sheet music and records to make additional money.

I think its rather sad about deleting the lifetime achievement awards. It would be simply that sort of thing that could give the Oscars the credibility of tradition. Of something that was bigger than the last big box office. Having respect for the continuity of your art is what a lot of people think the Oscars is about. But it's just about box office and really it's about ratings for the night. I've lived in Asia and in Europe during the Oscar broadcast. And foreigners really respect and look up to the Oscars because of the tradition of the golden age of Hollywood. Also the box office abroad for Hollywood motion pictures is what keeps the industry alive. I wonder how long Hollywood pictures can keep up this image and dominance abroad?

I think I can answer your question about the theme to the apartment.I have the CD for Ferrante & Teicher. I play the piano and have the sheet music. Ferrante & Teicher had a hit record with that recording, but it's a different arrangement with a different tempo from the soundtrack recording. I can't tell you who for sure played the piano on the soundtrack, but IMDB list John Williams as the piano soloist for the movie.

Thomas Mitchell played Scarlett O'Hara-- Vivien Leigh's father in gone with the wind.

I have a little message for Nip and Sepia-- Have either one of you ever seen the movie called The Godfather? 1 star of this movie refused the best actor Oscar in 1972 for political reasons. These reasons concerned the depiction and the cinematic treatment of a minority ethnic group in the United States. These political issues have been going on for a long time at the Oscars. Nothing New. Another star from this movie won the Best Actor Award in 1992. For everyone, I invite you to join me in watching Downton Abbey tonight because it's the penultimate episode. And I know, none of us would want to miss that!

The last time I watched the Oscars was in 1992. This was when my favorite actor finally won an Oscar. Al had been nominated so many times I had just about given up. But we did very well that year. After that, I just really lost interest. Anything else for me would have been just an anticlimax. Also I feel that unless you're actually going to the movies and watching lot of movies that year, there's no point in watching the Oscars. Since I really don't go to new movies in the United States, it seems like there's no point in my really watching the Oscars. I think most of the actors and actresses who win are very good artists. I just don't have the energy to go to the movie theater and try to figure out what's going on and to pay all those ridiculously high prices for something that may be a disappointment. Besides, I suppose the DVDs have really spoiled me. So I can't really boycott something that I would never watch anyway because I don't see any reason to watch it because I haven't seen any of the movies. I was just curious -- how many of you still watch the Oscars? Are you going to see all these new movies and paying all these ridiculous prices? Or are you just holding out for the Thalberg Award? Well, I guessI've been boycotting the Oscars for years. There's no political reason. I just think its not worth watching. Afterall, I'm not going to see Jimmy Stewart breakdown because Gary Cooper is dying. I'm not going to see Elizabeth Taylor take forever to reach the podium because she is recovering from pneumonia and Eddie Fisher has to help her all the way. I'm not going to see Andy Williams sing Moon River and Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer win the Oscar for it. I'm not going to see the first black man to win the Oscar for Best Actor. And most of all, I'm not going to ever see Fred Astaire swing Ginger Rogers one more time ( Swing Time, get it?). So, I' m just curious if you still watch, why do you?

Cave Girl - - you're my kind of woman. I once divorced a man because he made fun of Penny Lane. The only reason I would mention the ex was because he turned me on to Marty and Ernest Borgnine. He had better taste in movies than in music. Marty is a beautiful movie. I don't know why they say Betsy Blair is not beautiful I thought she was lovely. My favorite scene is when she's watching The Ed Sullivan Show and he doesn't call her. What does that remind you of. Such a sweet movie.

Tony Perkins

But not for me Barbary Coast Best of everything That Certain Feeling

Grand Hotel-- ballerina Romance - - opera singer As you desire me - - cabaret singer Star-- that was a good one!

Ginger couldn't decide between Tom, Dick and Harry, one of which was George Murphy.

Louis Prima discovered Keely Smith as a singer for his musical group and later married her.

CMR-- Orson Welles wrote an article about Jean Renoir who directed La Règle du jeu. "Jean Renoir: The Greatest of All Directors". I guess Orson Welles had seen that movie that you never heard of.

Victor Mature woke up screaming in I wake up screaming because of Laird Cregar.