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A. Malone seems just perfecto for it, doesn't she wish there were more info on her, like her favorite's & more Mr. Karger on the other hand is another story

Personally I like *Greer-(said to be Irish but most say was really Scottish) over *Julie & tied *Bette Davis 5 consecutive *Oscar nods 1939, 40, 41, 42 & 1943 which as competitive as *Bette was probably did not sit well with the fmr AMPAS president, same as not being voted & crowned The Queen of Hollywood-(Myrna Loy was) in the same 1938 moviefans survey 20 million replied. And of course *Gable was easily voted The King. I suspect the equally competitive *Joan Crawford was not thrilled about that either. Garbo & *Kate wouldn't have cared less though The still there for ow El Capitain is where they held the official presentation with *Tracy actually crowning sometime pal *Gable L.B. & M-G-M at first held a ceremony at the factory, but all said it was cheap & tacky (TRIVIA: you also mentioned 1982's terrific (***1/2) Victor/Victoria, it's by far the most nommed film of Blake Edwards career, though he was never up for a statuette, with 7 noms & whatever became of Leslie Ann-warren, she was dynamic in there I know she's still around in her 70s obviously never had another like that though Lots of fellow Oscar oddsmakers predicted 1st time Robert Preston to Walk Down-the-Aisle for it but I stuck to my guns & *Louis Gossett, Jr in An 0fficer and a Gentleman won 1982-(my debut yr going to 36-60 new releases & forecasting Oscar) was a great cinematic year

L.B. Mayer was almost in love with *Garson & considered her the grand epitome of a lady & true story, the toughest as nails epitome of a movie mogul-(*Harry Cohn being the meanest, but barely) tried to off himself over being rejected by Ann-Miller, sleeping pills Believe James Bacon said it was after WW11 Americanization of Emily (***1/2) was not only James Garner's personal favorite he made, but pal *Eastwood's too & deserved more *Oscar attention then it got *Melvyn Douglas-(l90l-8l) musta' aged faster then any other famous actor, except of course *The Great: Spencer Tracy Even non moviebuffs are stunned when they see him in say Nuremberg & you tell them he's only age 61 Don't know much about *Douglas, if he was a drinker,etc Look at the man in Captains Courageous, Ninotchka & then Being There?

Not especially a fan deserved her Academy Award though, but 1 tough lady Most on here will understand why I say that

I'm prejudiced so it would have to be NATALIE WOOD again Did they ever do W.C. Fields yet, think I recall them doing it years back What about STEVE McQUEEN? You'd know top, has he recently been STOTM-(only made 28 films)? & as I once wrote lets start with directors as STOTM

(TRIVIA: not particularly a fan of *Julie, but name her Oscar nods & 1 victory, the yrs she was crowned annual $Box-0ffice$ champion & this is not trivia, but who else saw 1981's Blake Edward's S.O.B.? To me her half of the comedy was ok, but *Holden's & his pals was tremendous! A mixed bag (strong **1/2-out of 4 stars) By the way S.O.B. was *William's final film, he was drunk as... & fell in his apt in Santa Monica opening his head on a table not found for a longtime, so much so they didn't recognize him when finally found in November of 1981-(to me he's linked with NATALIE WOOD because she died same awful weekend & tv's ET was born covering her stunning death daily) In answer to her oms she has 3 to date, but what for & I still have a problem myself in her getting the annual AFI Award over *Duvall, *Hopkins think she'll be around longer

Just went to The Joker yesterday afternoon & as I just write elsewhere it was calm, quiet & no punks Matter if fact the few that were there were 25 & up for the most part Even here in FL though still no make-up allowed & after those awful movie theatre shootings yrs ago they used to have to check moviegoers bags, even ladies purses, then they stopped for a longtime, though for this did have to just briefly look inside my old, original 1994 TCM Duffel Bag. As for the hugely hyped movie it's like nothing folks expected in advance, a very dark, sad, haunting-(especially after) & yes, ultra violent-(though brief outbursts only) motion picture & critics are somewhat accurate in comparing it to Taxi-Driver, somewhat only though, because Travis Bickle was a loner but strong as..... J. Phoenix's character is stunningly weak to start with. As I watched I kept thinking NYC is thee single worst place for the guy to live in. Not to divulge too much & people should be banned for giving away it's last 40 minutes or so! It's a stunner to say the least Most coverage hardly shows *De Niro in here, but he's a pivotal part of this somewhat Thriller. Not exactly Marvel material, so unlikely people will go back and back to it. I respect it, but don't love it like Stan & 0llie As for J. Phoenix-(birth name was Leaf, his parents were hippies & named him that & River Phoenix & I think there are more in the family) Never liked Joaquin myself, but as all say he is amazing here & has the Academy Award, it's the motion picture itself that stunned me, it was fantastic & any idiots that may want to take their kids to this are crazier then this title character I since seeing it if it's potential blockbuster $B.O$ may not be quite as huge-(I predicted $275m.) because it is so dark & repeat viewings don't seem like they will happen, not like the Marvel flix Certainly not Batman or Avengers material I'd say the Dark Knight (2008) was a lot more violent My personal score highest possible 4 out of 4 stars!) & best new release I went to in a year Next hopefully *GFII & maybe if it opens-(Nov. 27th) The Irishman Check it out for yourself Thank you

THEJust now caught on the home page the marvelously crafted images of Godzilla on your home page among your best (NOTE: You folks got to get back to GP's-(Guest Programmers) though, I am positive there are a ton more celebs that would just love to be on & air their top 4 all-timers!) I have a compilation of about 80 GP's & counting them overall, it's close but the majority of picks barely goes to KANE, THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE

Really she's gonna be Guest Host, or a GP-(Guest Programmer?)

went to it yesterday here in Pinellas Co, FL & nothing was going on Then last evening I heard more about the cops thing, thy will be plane clothed cops with guns at certain screenings & even here absolutely no make up is allowed But, once you see the fantastic film, you'll see it's obviously not that kind of movie like a Marvel & seeing over & over type, just stunning It's not like anybody thought in advance

He can be rude & bizarre-(to quite an episode of Sienfeld) the late night talk show hosts' had a field day when he lost the Oscar to Phillip Seymour Hoffman in Capote (2005) &showed Phoenix-(up for Walk the Line) & the scowl on his face was hilarious Then he appeared on Letterman with full beard & barely spoke The hype is absolutely 100% though, he has the GOLDEN STATUE for this film

Just saw JOKER yesterday & it is tremendous, but not what people think

DARGO, you know the truth, there are never too many MARX BROS movies to study addictive tosay the least on that note as a kid of about age 13 somehow & I totally forget how I got it, I was given a then moldy smelling book titled THE MARX BROTHERS SCRAPBOK Still have it among my collection & love it BIG-TIME! Do you have it? Mostly takes place around '71 & Groucho being interviewed Did you also like YOU BET YOUR LIFE?

yeah I know, but I truly mean in Karger's slot Really like Jenna M though

I've written about this before & for those that did not see it, why not filmmaker, author & film historian Peter Borganovich-(l939-) as a TCM Host? Especially in fmr EW magazine's Dave Karger's slot I had a sub to the once great magazine for decades, then it got pc,etc Premiere magazine-(l987-2002) was in a different league. Plus, it got more $expensive$ But like Leonard Maltin-(l950-) Bogdanovich is a walking film encyclopedia & knew a lotta' the heavyweights Hitch, *Welles, Hawks and more he used to take a vey young Cybil Shepard to all the movies, mostly classics, she said she slept through most of the & Bogdanovich is particular is a huge western buff & unlike most rates Hawks over *Ford He's also an actor having a re-occurring role on tv's tremendous The Sopranos So please consider thank you

good one

On the level, they actually get that frightened? One should point to *jimmy Stewart's fun clown in *Greatest Show on Earth instead right & typically of today they came up with a term for it

o also somewhat study Hollywoods WOF. though a lot of their choices & non choices are a bit of a joke Did they dig up O.J. & Cosby's star, somebody should know I'll never forget the daily war going on over trump's WOF-Star A few heavyweights still don't have one MADONNA for example & Springsteen Recipient like AFI award must be present & she hates Hollywood because of how they treated her in the very beginning-(around age 19-23) Gee, where are those guys now? though she's a mass of contradiction & on one nigt had her image lit up taking up one side of THE ROOSEVELT But she got rid of her Tinsel-Town home in 09, sold it to her brother-(of 7 siblings) for over 4m. obviously her money anyway & now that Bruce has finally broken into the movies with a docu Western stars,still don't see him accepting a star, maybe? Meg Ryan fir some strange reason still has nada & it goes without saying woody has nothing either or ever will, like in *Annie Hall to say the least not a fan of LA (PS. ever remember yet another hilarious bit in it when he went to order something to eat in Hollywood & just said "I'll Have a Plate of Mashed Yeast" unquote

Yeah you hit it 100% look at all the legendary musicians, painters & writers who were 10 times worse at least then the little guy

THANX!

GOOD ONE! Do you have that thing about clowns scaring you, like so many others, even before King's It?

Like THE IRISHMAN for Best Picture & BD-(*Scorsese) they might as well write the names n the golden statue right now, same goes for Phoenix ^& likely *Al to as Hoffa. Recall '88's somber & vey good (***1/2) Running on empty & & River Phoenix-(though a leading role was typically up for support) still like him over Joaquin myself

Hey buddy, ironically just now write a pc about this & how they ordered lots more cops at screenings-(check it out) I certainly hope I'm not boxed-in & with punks today at it Been years since I put up with that, one of my 3 goings to *Titanic as a fact, so packed they let people sit on the floor! Sound like an old guy, but when I was a kid-(10-12) my & my pal went to Jaws-9only a $buck$) everyday just about & didn't cause a racket & The Towering Inferno-(because McQueen was my hero) & a film called Breakout(ever hear of it) with Bronson-(his hero) I was totally wrong one time in 1985 dropped off at some $1 theatre to see Vertigo, packed with kids & they were quiet & at it's famous finale gave Vertigo a standing ovation!

Always go to the news & then e mails first & couldn't help one of the top stories about The Joker-(I;m seeing it today) & they have ordered a lot more police at screenings of the movie, Colorado already drew the line on a few things last week Of course the mass shooting in a theatre showing The Dark Knight & the punk had Joker make up on. It id not-(or I didn't read entire story yet) note of this was everywhere or not though Check it out other than increasing the size if it's $B.O.$ due to all the publicity-(I predicted $250 to $275m domestic) some of it may be hurt due to older, respectful & law biding quiet moviegoers?

No matter his personal life, he's made me laugh since I was about 18 & I rank among the genuine top ten cinematic Geniuses in movie history-(especially with dialogue) A word they throw around far to often especially in film