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The Don Ameche version of Heaven Can Wait (not to be confused with the Warren Beatty film that is a remake of Here Comes Mr. Jordan)
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Didn't some screen characters actually get pitchforked? (I'm not talking about slasher movies where everyone gets offed in gruesome fashion.)
For instance, Gregg Palmer got pitchforked by John Wayne in Big Jake.
Ken Norton got pitchforked by somebody (maybe Perry King) in Mandingo.
Yes, some characters did get pitchforked. You're right about that.
That is why the characters in The Great Escape jumped out of the trucks where they were hiding to escape from the prison camp on the same day the camp opened. Again, this film is based upon real events. But the characters were amalgamated so there would be only one or two of each person/job such as 1 scrounger, 1 forger, 2 tunnel kings...
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I just finished watching the Columbo episode "Double Exposure" which I recorded overnight.
It is one of several episodes where the guest star/murderer was Robert Culp.
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Thank-you, Starliteyes.
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Which director who worked with Cary Grant said of him:
"Two of the greatest performances ever given by an actor were Cary's in His Girl Friday and The Philadelphia Story. Cary is not really appreciated for the remarkable actor that he was. He's thought of as a man who achieved a certain elegance and savoir faire. But in truth he was a fantastic actor."
Note: This director did not direct him in either of the above films.
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Father's Little Dividend
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Boring people
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CMR--
Leslie Howard is my first favorite actor.
I prefer him in these films - -
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Of Human Bondage
The Petrified Forest
Intermezzo
Pimpernel Smith
CMR--
The thing is he was a war hero and he didn't come back. So he's just forgotten.
He was the only real movie star who was killed in World War II and nobody ever honors him for that.
I do, Princess. I do indeed. I believe that people in Britain honour him all the time.
I always point out that he died in battle and that he was a big movie star.
Because Carole Lombard died after entertaining the troops she was the first American movie star to die in WWII.
Howard and Niven made Spitfire together about the man who designed that airplane in the hopes of drumming up interest in the war.
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I would rather win a Tony because I don`t want to make a movie.
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Would you rather be a character in a Shakespeare play or a George Bernard Shaw play
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If posters start pitchforking other posters, this site is going to be very empty very quickly
This is not to say that I would not pitchfork the *character* of Miss Wonderly, mind you.
I can`t think of any person who would want to pitchfork Mr. Roberts, except for the character James Cagney plays...
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Hi, CMR.
This is the poster formerly known as GregoryPeckFan.
I have already left a message on your Leslie Howard page.
My favourite film of his is Gone With the Wind.
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Ivy (1947). Joan Fontaine plays a spendthrift in circa-1910 England married to Richard Ney, but who has doctor Patric Knowles pursuing her (and the feeling is mutual). But then she meets businessman/adventurer Herbert Marshall, develops a crush on him, and uses him to get her husband a job. Money is still a problem, so she steals some of Dr. Knowles' poison and uses it to poison her husband. Fortuitously, the doctor shows up on the very day hubby dies, implicating him in the death. And Fontaine is happy enough to let him take the rap for it.
The story is pretty good, but three of the four main characters are drips. The other one (Marshall) is absent for half the movie. The movie also goes on a bit too long; it probably should have ended after Marshall's final scene with Fontaine instead of going on for a few more minutes to the "satisfying" conclusion. 7/10
I watched this off my DVR, having recorded it during the TCM Spotlight on William Cameron Menzies back in January.
I was thrilled when this aired on TCM as it has a Hitchcockian feel to it. It had been on my to-see list for a log time as a Joan Fontaine fan. I agree many of the main characters are drips, but it is still a great suspense film.
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Stevie Wonder started performing on television and in concerts when he was only 12 or 13 years old. A professional and he does perform on command. I saw him on the morning CBS show the day after Prince died and he did sing quite well. Also he talked a long time about his relationship with Prince, Prince's music, and how Prince felt about racism in American society.
Professionals sing no matter what. I can remember at Bobby Kennedy's funeral, Andy Williams sang the Battle Hymn Republic. Andy Williams had been a professional singer since he was about 10 years old. I'm not saying it was easy for him to sing at his best friend's funeral, but of course he could do it and he was great. That's whay he's a professional singer.
And for the most heartbreaking of all - - I watched the great Jermaine Jackson sing Smile at his brother Michael Jackson's publicly televised memorial service. I'm sure that wasn't easy for him either, but like all the other people I mentioned, he'd been a professional singer since he was about 10 years old.
Perhaps, by the time Stevie got to your show he was just really tired.
Oh, I did not watch Anderson Cooper I saw it on Entertainment Tonight. The last time I watched CNN was years ago as I do not watch 24 hour news channels anymore.
I am a big fan of Stevie Wonder. I know about him being 12. I have several of his recordings. My parents actually saw him perform live.
I was just relaying what I saw on ET which I normally only watch after someone I admire has died. After they switched to someone else, I turned it off. Otherwise they just show Kardashian stuff.
But yes, that line from the song "There's No Business Like Show Business":
You get word before the show has started
That your favourite uncle died at dawn
On top of that your Ma and Pa are parted
Your broken hearted,
But you go on.
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Thank-you, Lawrence.
Next question:
Which late Canadian-born actor was related through marriage and grandchild to a British-born actor known for playing a famous detective, -THE famous detective?
It might be easiest to look at all the actors who have portrayed the detective first, although he was not from Canada.
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Z-grade films refer to the lowest of the low, your Ed Wood films, your Larry Buchanan films, your T.V Mikels films, your Ray Dennis Steckler's, Andy Milligan, Doris Wishman, H.G. Lewis, Al Adamson, ...the worst of the worst. I seek out as many as I can.
They're listed in many film books, and used to play more frequently on late night TV. Many have been shown on Mystery Science Theater 3000 and the like. This particular film that I'm looking for is in the public domain, and therefore has been frequently shown on creature feature shows, and is widely available on VHS and DVD, under more than one title.
Hint: the director of this film is Bill Rebane.
Invasion From Inner Earth gets a 1.9 rating on imdb.
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I adore you SansFin. I really do.
I would like to add that as a Canadian, I consider Justin Bieber to be the worst male singer (or perhaps of either gender) to ever have been born in Canada. What an idiotic statement he made after Prince died.
Please Justin, consider this famous country song:
How can I miss you if you don't go away?
And when is the next Music awards ceremony:
Beyoncé better ask Kanye to stay home.
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What Z-grade SF film was set in Canada and concerned airplane pilots who learn over the radio of an otherworldly attack, so they hide out in the Canadian wilderness?
Z grade film?
How do you hear of these films, Lawrence?
I doubt I have even heard of this movie.
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The Colour in The Title Boxed Set
1. Yellow Submarine
2. Purple Rain
3. White Christmas
4. Red Skies of Montana
5. Black Christmas
6. The Red Balloon
7. Orange is the New Black - first season
8. How Green Was My Valley
9. Blue Skies
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This was Gloria Swanson
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Roy Rogers
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Mr. Ed or Francis, the Talking Mule
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I'd rather be in the ring with Jake LaMotta (Robert DeNiro)
Next: Would you rather be dance with Cyd Charisse or Ann Miller?
Since I cannot tap dance (my right ankle can't make those moves) I will say Cyd Charisse
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Would you rather meet a famous person privately for 20 minutes with no one around where you met the person by accident in say, a gas station, or would you rather be part of a large event and see this famous person on stage only with 1000 people in seats with you?
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Bob Hope was in My Favorite Brunette with Peter Lorre
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Gidget
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Cabs are never around when you need one
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Lahr, Bert
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Janis Paige
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Good for your grandfather Paul. People who have jobs like that are the people who help make us safe. We had an evening when the fire alarm went off and it turned out that a wire had been pinched - no fire - but it could have been and firefighters are willin to sacrifice their lives for others.
There was recently a funeral for a local firefighter who succumbed to his injuries after fighting a fire.