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I recorded Man with A Million overnight which I have not seen in years.
I woke up in the middle of Designing Woman and watched it.
Then I watched The Valley of Decision.
I'm skipping the tearjerker on right now.
Favourite lines from Designing Woman - my third favourite Peck film of all time;
-Maxie! Cross-eyed!
-What's for dinner?
Laurie Shannon!
For dinner?
-Is that the big secret? You're following the Yankees?
It is so fun that Greg got to show his real-life humour in some comedies.
What a fun film.
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Yes, I had know idea Keeler and Jolson were married until about a year ago. I love Ruby Keeler. I have little interest in Jolson. Ther was a documentary about that era where everyone had their homes available on tours and you could see them instead of just gates. Theirs was one of them. I wish I could remember what the title was, but I can't.
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Yes, Sepia, he changed his name volunteer-like to sound less commie.
His is an example of wanting to change his name rather than the studio just giving you a new name whether you like it or not.
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Also, Douglas and his other leading lady Bacall were great friends and she helped get him into Hollywood.
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Sixteen Candles (1984) - (7/10) - Excellent teen comedy that established writer-director John Hughes as the voice of a generation. Molly Ringwald stars as a girl who can't believe her family has forgotten her 16th birthday. Not only that, her older sister is getting married this weekend, and there's a big dance tonight at the school where Ringwald pines for the high school hunk (Michael Schoeffling), while at the same time a geek (Anthony Michael Hall) is determined to score with Ringwald. Throw in a big house party and some pretty offensive Asian stereotype humor and you have an 80's classic. Also featuring both John and Joan Cusack as dorky students, Paul Dooley, Justin Henry, Edward Arnold, Billie Bird, Max Showalter, Carole Cook, Blanche Baker, John Kapelos, Brian Doyle-Murray, Jami Gertz, and little Zelda Rubinstein. There's a lot of good songs on the soundtrack, too.
Rewatch. Source: DVD.
I am a big fan of John Hughes films and his regular actors. If I was watching a movie during the 1980s, chances are that they were either directed by Hughes or starred one or more of his regulars.
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"The Macomber Affair" (1947)--Directed by Zoltan Korda, starring Gregory Peck, Joan Bennett, & Robert Preston. A adventure/noir tale. The best Hemingway adaptation I've seen, with an ending The Code couldn't/didn't ruin. A married couple makes a last-ditch effort to save their marriage by going on a safari/hunt; Gregory Peck is the guide/hunt leader. Film goes from there. Excellent film, with noirish photography and waspish dialogue delivery by the Macombers. Not a film for animal lovers. 3 and one half stars out of four.
No indeed it is not a film for animal lovers. This movie is one of the films I mentioned on my Peck page that is rarely shown on T.V.
I see it as an excellent example of drama, noir, and adventure.
Anyone who is used to seeing Preston play a good guy or confident guy has got to see his range in this film.
I do prefer this movie of The Yearling though. The Yearling is a tearjerker. The Macomber Affair is suspense.
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Best Film Debut EVER... of 1938
(also Best Silent Comedy Recreation)
Joseph Cotten in Too Much Johnson (under the direction of Orson Welles)
Thanks for posting this picture, Kay. I love this film. I was so excited when I found out that Canada was able to get this film and watched it as it aired. What a fabulous team J.C. and O.W were.
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I have Garson nominated in the lead category for Mr. Chips, but I was considering just chucking her nomination all together.
Don't chuck her altogether. Her role is vital to the film and likely a big reason why Robert Donat won Best Actor.
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I see Gregory Peck shares his birthday with a lot of my other favourites. April 5th was a great day for creative people
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Glad TCM is doing this today. Though I still wish they would re-schedule THE PARADINE CASE. Love that movie!
I have it on VHS within the 4 movie deal Hitchcock did with Selznick.
I watched it shortly after Louis Jourdan died as I don't own any other Louis Jourdan movies. How I don't own Gigii or Can Can I don't know. I have recordings from the films, but not the films themselves.
The other movies in that set are
Spellbound - Peck and Bergman and great Salvador Dali artwork in the dream sequence.
Rebecca - only Hitchcock film to win best Picture
Notorious - rare film where Cary Grant is a cad and Rains had to use a ramp so that he and Bergman would seem to be the same height.
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The L.A. Times Sunday edition had a very nice article about Peck. It contain quotes from many of his interviews over the years.
It was a nice tribute.
Thanks for the heads up. I will read it online.
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Tuesday, April 5th is Gregory Peck's 100th birthday.
TCM is celebrating with a 24 hour and 12 movie tribute to Mr.Peck.
There is a wide variety of films in term of genre, era, and frequency of airing on TCM.
Some movies are often shown, while others are rarely shown.
There is something for everyone.
Happy Birthday, My Darling Greg.
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I hope, if you're feeling better later, you will add your nominees. I'd like to see all of the titles that I may have missed.
Okay. I will add them on Wednesday or Thursday. I have choir tomorrow so hopefully I'll get some rest. There was a storm overnight and my cat would not settle down.
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I think I will just answer this one and leave the thread open so that I can allow myself to not be online for any length of time without caring what is happening in this forum.
The answer was;
Remember?
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If you don't mind, I think I will just list my winners for the other categories and never mind the nominees.
This is no longer fun, and I have had another sleepless night.
Best supporting Actor Winner:
Basil Rathbone in The Adventures of Robin Hood
Best Actress;
Wendy Hiller in Pygmalian
Best Actor:
David Niven in The Dawn Patrol
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Next Category: 1938 Best Supporting Actress:
Una O'Conner in The Adventures of Robin Hood
Ann Miller in You Can't Take It With You
Mae Robson in Bringing Up Baby
Fay Bainter in Jezebel
Jean Dixon in Holiday
Dame Mae Whitty in The Lady Vanishes
WINNER:
MAE ROBSON IN BRINGING UP BABY
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Ok, so you removed Marilyn Monroe from ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND (and I don't think you confused her with Ethel Merman), but Jean Dixon was not in BRINGING UP BABY. I know, I know, you meant the other Hepburn-Grant comedy from 1938, HOLIDAY, right?
I didn't mean to have anyone from Alexander's Ragtime Band. I don't have anyone down for supporting roles for that film.
Yes, I meant Holiday.
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Marilyn Monroe? She would have only been 12 in 1938.
Just checking to see if people were actually reading the entire posts. I will edit it out.
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Next Category: 1938 Best Supporting Actress:
Una O'Conner in The Adventures of Robin Hood
Ann Miller in You Can't Take It With You
Mae Robson in Bringing Up Baby
Fay Bainter in Jezebel
Jean Dixon in Holiday
Dame Mae Whitty in The Lady Vanishes
WINNER:
MAE ROBSON IN BRINGING UP BABY
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Yes, Speedy, you have to prepare for a sad ending to the Yearling. Despite my love of Greg, I rarely rewatch the movie.
The movie is well made and worth seeing at least once.
I've never seen Old Yeller. You can't make me.
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"TCM offers a survey of filmmaking in Germany during the years of the Weimar Republic (1919-1933), showcasing some of the most important works of this exciting period, when the German film industry blossomed and had a profound influence on world cinema. Our festival is inspired by Rüediger Suchsland's documentary From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses (2014), shown in its TCM premiere. This film is based in turn on From Caligari to Hitler: A Psychological History of the German Film, a landmark book by prominent German film critic Siegfried Kracauer published in 1947. Like his predecessor, Suchsland places the development of film as an art form in the context of societal changes ranging from the advent of the Roaring Twenties through Germany's economic crises and the emergence of the Nazis."
airing on 4-13 & 4-20, with some cool premieres
Looking forward to this......thanks for heads-up
Thanks to mr6666 and Limey for explaining why the spotlight has the name it does.
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Tuesday April 5, 2016
Gregory Peck's 100th birthday on TCM
DAYS OF GLORY with Tamara Toumanova
MAN WITH A MILLION with Ronald Squire
THE MACOMBER AFFAIR with Joan Bennett
DESIGNING WOMAN with Lauren Bacall
THE VALLEY OF DECISION with Greer Garson
THE YEARLING with Jane Wyman
ON THE BEACH with Ava Gardner
CAPE FEAR with Robert Mitchum
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD with Mary Badham
THE GUNS OF NAVARONE with David Niven
CAPTAIN HORATIO HORNBLOWER with Virginia Mayo
What a great variety of genres.
There are a couple of titles which I rarely see.
Man and a Million I have not seen in years.
Great photography!
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Billy Bud - title character played by Terrance Stamp
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I am watching TCM all day except not The Yearling. It is too sad!
I will be back watching On the Beach when it starts.