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MAN WITH A MILLION: 1953 I recorded this on Gregory Peck's 100th birthday and watched it earlier tonight. I have not seen this movie in years. Fun bit of fluff, with fun character actors. However, it's not a movie I would put in a top ten list.

I agree. I don't think that Foul Play can be appreciated as much until you know Hitchcock very well.

Oh, now Richard Widmark in Strangers on a Train would be interesting Mr. Roberts.

Lawrence: I see you have a Juvenile this year.

Hey, Princess. How many 1939 movies have you seen in the last year or so? I based my list on 46 movies I have seen recently. Just wondering.

Yes, I have. The only movies I have not seen are: The Portrait - a television movie opposite Lauren Bacall and his real-life daughter Cecilia Amazing Grace and Chuck - he has a small role as the President. Regarding Walk the Line: This was a one-time viewing for me. There is nothing wrong with the movie, but a bit violent for me. Billy two-Hats : I know I've seen it, but it has been years since I've seen it The Bravadoes - Similar to my comment about Billy Two-Hats The Stalking Moon - This is a Hitchcockian western. A lot of people like Peck and Saint who had worked with Hitch were in this film. It is fascinating and dark. Regarding Behold a Pale Horse: This is one of the films he made with Anthony Quinn, a frequent co-star of his. My favourite Gregory Peck film and favourite film of all time is a movie they made together: The Guns of Navarone

While Gregory Peck would not make his debut until the next decade, 1939 is my favourite movie year in terms of a single year regardless of genre, artist, studio etc. Tonight, I will list my special categories and Juvenile. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JUVENILE: Judy Garland for various films. ___________________________________________________________________________ FAVOURITE HITCHCOCK PERFORMANCE, MALE OR FEMALE: Maureen O'Hara in Jamaica Inn *if you are interested in my nominees see my Hitch page _________________________________________________________________________ FAVOURITE DEBUT OF 1939: Maureen O'Hara in The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Jamaica Inn ________________________________________________________________________ FAVOURITE SYNERGY: The cast of Gone With the Wind - my favourite 1939 movie ________________________________________________________________________ FAVOURITE COMEBACK: William Powell in Another Thin Man following the death of Jean Harlow, depression, and a battle with cancer _____________________________________________________________________________ FAVOURITE ANIMAL PERFORMANCE: Skippy as Asta in Another Thin Man _____________________________________________________________________________ FAVOURITE BUDDY ACTING: Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and Victor McLaughlin in Gunga Din ___________________________________________________________________________ BIZARRO AWARD: That there managed to be no males in The Women, a favourite of mine, even down to the animals. ______________________________________________________________________________ MOST LIKELY TO GET THE STAR'S FANS ANGRY AT THE STUDIO AWARD: When Clark Gable danced in Idiot's delight, his fans were angry to see The King of Hollywood having to dance. _______________________________________________________________________________ FAVOURITE ERROL FLYNN PERFORMANCE: Dodge City ________________________________________________________________________ FAVOURITE LAURENCE OLIVIER PERFORMANCE: Wuthering Heights ________________________________________________________________________ MOST ENDEARING AWARD OF AWARD WINNERS: Robert Donat for Goodbye Mr. Chips. He would not live very long as he had health problems all his life. -____________________________________________________________________________ * could list more, but I won't.

Yellow Sky is the film where I first started to pay attention to Richard Widmark whom I had seen previously in Murder on the Orient Express several times but had never paid any attention to him before. Gregory Peck was injured during rehearsal with his horse. The actors did all their own riding. His horse got spooked and started galloping towards a fence out of control. Somehow before they got to the fence which likely would have killed him or caused an injury like what happened o Christopher Reeve, the horse abruptly stopped and fell on its side and broke Gregory's ankle. It never healed properly. Since movies are usually not filmed in sequence, Peck can be seen limping in some scenes and not in others with nothing like it being the end of the day. He injured his back in university which broke the discs in his back and kept him out of WWII. This injury in Yellow Sky gave him a limp which you usually don't notice due to the large number of westerns and war films he made. Lots of people limp in those.

Groucho Marx was in A Night of the Opera with Harpo Marx.

Conversations with Gregory Peck I've mentioned already on my own thread. It is a fantastic documentary. Regarding Dick Cavett, my favourite interview is with Robert Mitchum. In this he talks for a long time about all aspects of his life, even though usually he would not talk about himself on camera. He talked non-stop to Robert Osbourne when he and Jane Russell did a Private screenings together, but as soon as cameras were rolling Bob would give one or two word answers. I'm not sure what Cavatt's secret was. We got to hear about Mitchum and his work on the graveshift where he could not sleep more than 13 minutes. He talked about writing a symphony. He talked about his family. he talked about his trouble with the law. He talked about his impressions of other performers. I enjoyed Bette's two-part interview with Cavatt. I'm looking forward to seeing Sophia Loren's son interview her when it airs on TCM. Another one I want to see is Norman Lloyd which is now scheduled to air on TCM.

Frank Sinatra credited Gene Kelly with teaching how to act as well as dance. Prior to working with Gene, Sinatra felt like stayingwith his microphone like on a concert stage and didn't act. My favourite of these three films together is On the Town. Next my favourite is Take Me Out to thee Ballgame followed by Anchor's Aweigh. They had a great time on stage together too when Gene Kelly appeared in Sinatra's TV special when he came out of retirement.

Yes, I think that this is likely. TCM was talking about seeing the movie on the big screen. I don't get down to Washington State anymore, but if I did, I could have seen it on the big screen in Bellingham.

Yes, in that other episode she was the killer.

Because Mitchum played a lot of villains, it would have been interesting to see him cast against type in Hitchcock movies. he always seemed to know what he was doing, so maybe a film where he was not quite sure of himself like The Trouble with Harry?

I love your line about Burt's hair. Peck knew what he was doing when he hired Robert Mitchum to be the villain in Cape Fear. He was an astute film producer. Mitchum did a lot of ad libbing in terms of not stopping a scene when he should have for safety purposes. He actually held Peck underwater too long and Peck couldn't breathe.

Beware My lovely airs on television time to time. It is excellent. Re: the Hitch-hiker: This never fails to amaze me how different and frightening William Tallman is in this compared to the D.A. on Perry Mason.

I think I would prefer that they were restored before they aired. In the present quality of printing, I think they would be in need of restoring. I haven't seen them before and the chances are I will never watch them unless they are restored.

Yes, I saw that. I watched it in spite of Mel.

Thanks for mentioning it. I have not seen Wee Willie Winkie yet. It is one of the Shirley temple films I have yet to see.

Thanks, Tom. The title interests me for the cast and Lubitch. It's hard to find some Colbert titles

For people who have seen Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, where did you find it? Is it likely to air on TCM anytime soon, or should I look for it via library?

Other favourites I missed because I accidently hit post before I finished you have listed: Hard Times Fistful of Dynamite The Americanization of Emily Pat Garett and Billy the Kid The President's Analyst

Hello, Mr. Corburn. I love James Coburn. He is one of my favourite supporting turned lead actors of all time. I saw him in Affliction and loved it. I even saw Snow Dogs for him. I love it when I see him in Television. My favourite films of his are The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, and Charade My other favourite films of his in no particular order are: Ride Lonesome Dead Heat on a Merry go Round The last of Sheila Affliction Our Man Flint In Like Flint The Carey Treatment Sister Act II I'll have to double check imdb to see what I am missing. I think I have seen about 50% of his career

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Eva Marie Saint was in North By Northwest with Cary Grant