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*Oscar winner *Ben Affleck in my book though is dull & wildly overrated? *Casey being the far more interesting performer. Acting is not *Ben's strong suit. (NOTE: "Hollywoodland" ($18m.) (***1/2-out of 4) is by far his finest & only time for him so-far, as/is a terrific motion picture. THANX

Back in the summer of 1982-(& a great cinematic year) although I was only age 17, I just knew that "Blade Runner": ($33m,.) was something special.

TO JAKEEM, have you personally gotten a chance to go & see it? & please pop a review,etc To me-(have been a *Oscar oddsmaker going on 36yrs) "DUNKIRK" "THE BEGUILED" "MURDER ON ORIENT EXPRESS" & WHICH BIO OF WINSTON CHURCHILL (Brian Cox' or Gary 0ldman's?)

1st of all to JAKEEM, once again your ahead of the pack! Ironically I came over to tcm.com to post a couple questions-(to anybody that has the answers) & you bit me to the punch on that too. Anyone know exact release date for "THE BEGUILED"-(I know it's already playing, but need any info on it's wide release, please?) Manson/Tate *The Woodman's nxt-(officially it will mark his 47th as director td) & ????? (P.S. Geez, you can just imagine how gory it will be, matter of fact Sharon Tate's sister has already been interviewed on tv shows & insists she won't see this at any rate. Especially it's 2nd 1/2 finale)

Just saw this last evening *Scorsese & *Joe Pesci-(who said he quit in 07) are back together for another mob picture "The Irishman" & it reportedly cost $100m

Another fine choice Jazz, but you don't need me to tell you though I briefly had a crush on *Holly back around toimemetterly wondrous 1987 "B. News" came out & a strong movie year as well> *"L. Emperor"-(though went 9 for 9 come *Oscar night?) "B. News" "Moonstruck" "Hope and Glory" ​"Fatak Attraction" & a few others from '87 "The Untouchables" "Full Metal Jacket" "Raising Arizona": ​"Gopod Morning Vietnam" "Wall Street" "Ironweed"-(anybody ever see this one. A powerhouse, but easily ranks among Hollywoods most depressing films?)

GREAT & OBVIOUSLY IT'S ON TV A LOT MORE THESEDAYS, FOR OBVIOUS REASONS

Yeah, it was main Russ Tamblyn & *Jerome Robbins that were particulary to NATASHA!? They both had a main dilemma, A she wasn't a professional dancer & 2ndly, she was Russian & not a PR?-(back then actresses were still using a cream called "Aztec cream" To make them look more black, spanish,etc Then came to ever on-going monster of her life "HER MAHD"or Mother) Many still watching some movies of hers-(she did 46 & 3 tv works) Spanning from 1943-81 As me why during breaks, lunch etc is she always off to herself, this was MARIA-(her mahd's) idea. She didn't cate that it made her look like a little snob or not of course i.e. her meal ticket. This was a woman who actually thought it was great when she was only 16 & got viciously raped all night, insisting it would be good for her career!? Then when NATASHA was just at starting out & maybe pushing 5, she was filming another "WATER" scene. (She always joked that even all knew her fear of deep water, they keep putting her into it?) But, during a scene a bridge-broke & tons of water rushed in & she broke her left wrist so badly & her mother insisted they ignore it, maybe *Zanuck would get mad or something. So the bone was never set & net time you see any photos & of course fix of hers, it's ALWAYS easy to see she ALWAYS wore a bracelet or something to cover up that left handed break! <Most say her mom just shut down when she was killed-(Nov. 29th, 1981) but sure did stick around a long time until 1998 & age 86? Many always talked about "Stage Months" i.e. *Ginger Rogers-(l9ll-95) as an example, ABSOLUTE none can hold a candle to her mom, none! & I've only scratched the surface!?

Dern was simply magnificent & off-the-charts in it!!! It's ever soo close when you see him here vs. *Oscar winner *Walken in *"The Deer Hunter" & who truly shoulda won as.,s. actor???

Some of his fans cite it as his finest performance (NOTE: Now my 1st hero as a kid-(9 to 15) was Evel Knievel-(l938-2007) but truly it was "The King of Movie Cool: Steve McQueen-(l930-l980) & as many know he spent his entire career in constant competition w/*Paul. But, I must admit this & other such rol;es were above Steve's head)

AhbdreaDoria-(good handle too!) I'll always fondly recall that those 41st Anbnuyalo *Academy Awards were the very first one's In kinda' pg attention to Being on the cusp of being a full fledged moviebuff & reviewer I was only 14 at the time & recall all the them (limited media) we had The likes of RONA BARRETT-(l936-) were all & without question predicting *Warren & his wonderful fantasy "Heaven Can Wait" was going to seep many Oscars that year & all of a sudden the 2 heavyweight Vietnam dramas o all the glory & deservedly as well *"Deer Hunter" & "Coming Home" Poor *Beatty had to be happy with ((1*) win for Best Art-Direction-(likely the great scene with the condor) & I barely vote foir "DH" over "CH" both a genuine tremendous films though! A pretty strong cinematic year overall too "M. Express" "Interiors" Reckon' *Beatty got over it though, only 3yrs latter he had his magnificent epic "REDS"-(won 3) in the "GFolden Racve" again PLUS, HE GOT TO HANG OUT WITH ALL THOSE LADIES, MOST NOTABLE (M.A.D.O.N.N.A) (Louise) Ciccone-(l958-)-(though they seemed ridiculous toger?)

CONGRATS! Though I often have a difficult time watching it, due to NATALIE!!!-(& people were mean to her making it too?)

GGG, Leonard Maltin-(l950-ALWAYS RATED THE HUGELKY $POPULAR$ 1959 LANA TURNER DRAMA OVER IT, EVER SEE IT?

SEPIATONE, "M. CANDIUDAE" & "SWEET SMELL"-(superb choices & both were shortchanged by the *Academy in their years, "Sweet Smell's" amazing writing shoulda' won the writing *Gold hands down!) What did you ever think of the remake w/*Denzel & *Streep? (**1/2) ($67m.)??? & saw "PP" a few times & think it's a good one (***) Darin was underrated as an actor! "MATCH ME SIDNEY"

& just for you fellow filmbuffs,etc & for fun-(maybe you can look for & or rent the flix below you've yet to see?) Someone mentioned 1957's terrific & penultimate 8th-(out of 9 pairings) of "The Dynamic Duo" & iot was the first I'd ever seen of them together as well "Desk Set" (UA) (***1/2-out of 4) Though I split w/the TCM-0ITE that disliked *Gig Young (l9l3-l978) He richly deserved his 1969 s. actor gold for "They Shoot Horses, Don't They" & snagged only (2) more nods 1951's pretty good drama opposite *Cagney "Come Fill the Cup" & 1958's fun (***) comedy with *"The King of Hollywood: Clark Gable" "Teacher's Pet" Also starring Doris Day.=)now, I;m no fan of the 93yr old & hugely popular lady, myself!) Sole time I kinda' could handle Day, was the terrificly powerful & true story from 1955 "Love Me or Leave Me:N (***1.2) In which the dynamic *Cagney blew her off the screen, snagging what was outrageously & only (3rd) shot at another Best Actor "statuette"-(P.S. Everytime I write the latter, I think of Robert 0sborne, who used to say it a lot. Got to give her credit though she was annual $B.O.$ champion for 1960, 61, 62, 63 & 1964 Below are *Spencer Tracy-(l900-l967) & *Kataharine Hepburn's (l907-2003) teamings together & it's true it was her that sought him out all over Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer=)est: 1924-)m & she finally & by a got to run into him & *J.L Mankiewicz-(l909=-93) along side the amazingly still-standing-(FOR NOW) "Thalberg bldg."-(got several shot of myself when visiting Sony in 2nd trip in late 2005.) At 1st she wanted him & *"The King: Gable"-(though she disliked *Clark) for the top & now all-time famed roles in 1940's "The Philadelphia Story Obviously things didn't pan out with that one, at least for those (2) heavyweights anyway Here are the (9)-(*-always indicates an Academy (Oscar) award winner): 1st 1942 "Woman of the Year" (M-G-M) (D-George Stevens) She nabbed another of herd all nine leading noms & it won Best (o) Screenplay) (Also a big $B.O.$ smash) 2nd '42 "Keeper of the Flame" (MGM) (***) (A heavy drama following theircomedy-drama together)-(DCukor) 3. 1945. "Without Love" (MGM) (***_) Harold S. Bacquet) 4. l947 "Sea of Grass" (Maybe the weakest (**1/2) the films & an overlong Western?) & (reportedly he didn't get along with method director Kazan) 5th 1948 "State of the Union"-(MGM (D-Capra) (***1/.2) (Terrificly done & rarely still even known?) 6. 1950 "Adam's Rib" (MGM)-or) (4 BIG STARS!) (& like most my vote as their finest hour!) 7 '52 "Pat & MIke" (M=-G-=M) ****-stars!) & (though not a big *Oscar contender, like a couple of the duo's, my runner-upon favorite! Aldo Ray almost steals the show too! & MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE MOVIE LINE IS STILL "IT'S CHERCE!" Unquote) 8. "Desk Set" (l957) (Fox) (D-Walter Lang) also terrific stuff ***1/2) Fist time to worked for another factory & likely due to "The Studio-System" starting to break up by then. And 1967-(posthumously released) "Guess Who's Coming top Dinner" (Columbia)-(what can already be said this immensely popular$-(at the time) wonderfully perfectly put together motion picture?) Everything is at the top of it's game here, but, within the last couple of decades it;'s gotten a bad rap, 1st of all because many black viewers find it too "pat" & *Poitier being just too perfect. nO MATTER, IT'S STILL PERFECTO MOVIEMAKING (4 stars!) & SOME IRONIES HERE IN RAGARD *"THE GREAT: TRACY" HE WENT ABOUT 17 DAYS AFTER WRAPOPING IT & DID SOMETHING HE RARELY DID, CALLED EVERYBODY, HE PREFERRED TELEGRAMS. IT (like*Gable for ":The Misfits" (l96l;) also was his grand finale, dying just 11 days after his final film. & both earned their biggest salary (*Gable $750.000for his modern day Western)(& *Spence-(though he,obviously like *"The King"" wasn't around to spend it1) Earned $270.000) & he earned-(posthumously) his 9th leading actor nomination. & pf course *"His Kate" won again-(only time she physically attended the ceremonies though was in 1973/74 give a special statuete to friend L. Weingartin But anyone who's watched this comedy-drama can see it belongs to him-(actual final take though was when they go out foir ice cream) & as she's always felt it was given to her for him which in reality he should have already win (3) Best Actor Oscars 1937, 1938 & 1958 -("0ld Man & the Sea" or *Ford's critical darling that year instead "The Last Hurrah" (Columbia) & "Guess Who's Coming..." was also by far his biggest hit. (FINAL IRONY & CONNECTION BETWEEN: *GABLE & *TRACY: As with most of their contemporaries at the time-(the list is stunningly enormous, & a who's who of weeks of TCM stars selected this place! Just like the place they all chose! (318 mountainous acres) Both chose to be laid to rest in the enormous & known to be rude to visiting fans "FOREST LAWN, CEM<." IN GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA & NOT THE OTHER "F. LAWN" IN THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS) THA NK YOU

A BIG THANX TO ALL THAT CHIMED-IN! Even though I;m not the original author of this one It's famous about his very premature aging He wasn;'t only an alcoholic, but an insomniac-(*Hepburn did not believe him at first about the not being able to sleep, until she stayed awake & low & behold, he tossed & turned all night) Binge drinking-(not much for social drinking) one at that *Cagney. James Bacon & others often described this (s Kate" as he called her) influence, he reeled a lot of it back as the yrs went by. During that era he'd very often be found passed out in his polo-=playing area. (P.S. Sadly, his best pals with the sport both died from plane crashes-(Will Rogers & Leslie Howard & *Walt Disney suffered a massive injury & had to quit the sport!) so that eventually he lost interest in it. Matter of fact it was filming my fav. of his 1937's magnificent MGM "Captains Courageous"-(TRIVIA: Most know he won his first of 2nd consecutive Best Actor *Oscars as Manuel, but MGM publicity dept went into full gear & publicly said he had just gotten an operation for a hernia, his wife Louise-(l896-l983) accepted it on his behalf. Fact is it was after yet another huge bender & he just could not appear to accept. Though was obviously there for his 1938 victory for "Boys Town" M-G-M) & on that note, before going any further. *Dore Schary-=(l905-80) was then only a scroter at "The Dream Factory" & also took home a statuette for "BT"-(later of course N. Schenck in NYC fired L.B. Mayer-(l885-l957) & put *Schary in charge in 1951 & after 27 years!?) But *Spence did not want to do another role w/a collar turned around & they finally found him again in his polo stables & quite under the weather. Despite all of this *Schary was yet another *"Tracy-Deciple" & without peer in the acting dept. But I digressed & he'd go into a motel, go into the bathroom, undress totally & get into the bathtub, bringing 2 full suitcases of bourbon with him, & wouldn't leave until everything was gone, then like a pro got up shaved,etc & went back to work. It was during one of these huge binges & during "CC" that his older brother Carroll came in & tried to stop the actor, *Tracy almost threw his bro out of the 9th floor of that bldg. Actors during that glorious era-(now dubbed "The Hemingway Generation)-(though Ernest disliked his per in the magnificent on every level 1958 " ​0ld Man and the Sea" Saying it was the work of a fat, lazy actor unquote. Hemingway always let it be known his ideal actor was *COOP.-(NOTE: & I've said this for yrs now, sadly, we don't see/hear or much of anything thesedays about that 2 time *Oscar victor? Even AFI ranked & voted him down the list in '99 at No. #11th?) Others of that "Hemingway Generation" are of course *Tracy, *Cooper, *"The King: Gable," *Bogart ^ though they were a bit younger the legendary likes of R. Taylor-(overrated in my book though), *Fonda & *Jimmy Stewart & of course *"The Duke: John Wayne" OF WHOM WAS DIGRACEFULLY VOTED ON THAT SAME AFI LIST AT #13th??? Likely due to the pathetic & unfair "PC Era" we find ourselves in. In reality the top #3 truly deserved to be *Chaplin, *Wayne & then *Bogie-(who was voted the No. #1 all-time male star?) They were supposed to be judged on longevity, *Oscars, among of films, lasting impact? But that an entirely different issue here As I wrote previously on this superb post After "THEE WAR"-(l94l-45) MGM really didn't know what to do with him, due to aging so fast in only a couple yrs. So they started casting the world's & most natural film actor" in fatherly pts like "Father of the Bride" & it's nice sequel. "The Actress" (l953-MGM)-(A ROLE HE WON HIS SOLE G. GLOBE FOR, IRONICALLY & RIDICULOUSLY WASN'T UP FOR WHAT WOULDA' GIVEN HIM AN EVEN (10 *AMPAS NOMS. ) The TRACY family & Cyndi especially never knew this, so we simultaneously went to our computers & we/I had to show her he won a Golden Globe & she demanded to know where was this statue then. I told back then the Globes weren't taken for seriously probably *Kate had it?& then daughter Susie TRACY-(l932-) of whom hugged any posthumous suff about her legendry dad. So much so that the folks I knew successfully sued her in court. It was a law suit about a myriad if things, most notable Joe TRACY-(l955-) his grandson ruining the chances of *Tracy getting his own "Legends of Hollywood Postage Stamp! -(a much larger story & an even longer one was the UCLA *Spencer Tracy Award To date given to just (13 recipients) The last about ten yrs back was *M. Freeman. But, Susie had to control everything & people I was close to-(especially Cyndi) were furious & disgusting Nut,. Cyndi & his grandson split up just after the passing of his son John TRACY-(l924-2007) His grandson was & never took an interest in his legendary grandfather though? For the record the likes of *W. Hurt, *Jodie Foster, *. Huston, *Spacey, *Lemmon, both Kirk * M. Douglas &a couple others were award it. Now "The Legends of Hollywood" is very much a project of mine. Not only due to him not getting a stamp-(he was& had (2) prototypes were an images between "Boys Town" & 1949's "Edward, My Son" Nut his grandson had but butt in & demand the U.S. postal service use his own prototype instead, so they chucke'd the lot!?-(longer story involved) (P.S. Who else collected or has those in that series by the way? I know NATALIE will never get one, but & this is a cool story in 08 my local post office-(celebrating a decade since *:The Chairman" went & had an entire wall dedicated to *SINATRA!) I was like a kid a candy store that day myself!" & still hope to try & collect all now in that series! I have *B. Davis, Elvis-(oops, thought I own it?), *Cagney-(my mom's hero!), Edward G., *Bogie, Marilyn, J.D. & Universal Horror But there are now a ton more-(except of course *Tracy's?)

According to all-time *oscar champion *Katharine Hepburn-(l907-20030 the probable closest they came to the real them & especially together was 1950's "Adam's Rib" (MGM) & believe it or not-(many now dump on it) 1967's "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (TRIVIA: Wrote of the many times, but always new fols reading in. A gal pal of mine fromNYC-(Brooklyn) but she worked on Madison avenue, rushed at her lunch over to the "Sotheby's Auction" for *Kate's things. She got me & her the official auction catalog & in it, is what may be my own "Maltese Falcoin' It's a bust/sculpture she once made of the actor & actually sold-(though to only an anonymous phone bidder & for $316.000)-(I've always felt it was either Robert (RJ) Wagner or Burt Reynolds myself. It's easy to find just to see it all over the net. & stands 16 and a 1/2 inches He went at the house they shared-(still-there for now, but covered in foliage) at 9191 St. Ives Drive. The all-time great Hollywood photographer knew this & yrs after he went (June 10th, 1967 in the kitchen) James Bacon would poke holes in the brush, so he could barely see her. Obviously (for then) still living in their house. Bacon even once almost raced behind her car-(she was still driving) to her destination. His hero was also *Tracy & another famed Tinsel-town story is when he was in a bar/restaurant-(rare for him to be drinking in public in his later yrs) & Bacon saw he was fried & sitting there, so tried to get him to a regular table to eat something. welp, *Spence then fell face first into the mashed potatoes. He got him in a cab & took him to the address & *Kate was outside waiting & threw bricks at Bacon, *Tracy was a lot heavier then, so he just dropped him to the ground & got in the car & rushed-off. She was yelling it's the likes of you & that *Gable that keep my *spencer drunk. Bacon never saw him again. All insist though she kept him alive another decade, he almost died of heart failure in '59.

All say that between 1942-45 *Tracy aged so rapidly that MGM really didn't know what to do with him after the war, so they gradually put him in father like roles, as opposed to a romantic leading man i.e. "I Take This Woman" (l940-MGM) A role that became a laughing stock in Hollywood, due to taking so long for some reason? they nicknamed it "I Retake this Woman" & whenever his sometime pal *"The King: Clark Gable" would get together-"Boom Town" (l940-MGM) He'd tease *Tracy about it & *Spence would bounce back about his notorious & bad 1937 flop "Parnell" (*1/2) Surprisingly too many, those 2 giants weren't very close. *Gable was always envious of *Tracy's natural acting ability & *Spence on his appeal to the ladies. He & Bogie-(a legendary nickname he started) & he was very much closer pals. Even over his "Irish Mafia Cronies" & I like S teve Martin & his popular 1991 remake, but the original "Father of the Bride" (l950-M-g-M) is pure perfection & he is peerless in it!

A TOPIC NEAR AND DEAR TO MY OLD IRISH HEART! Yeah, 1952's wonderful "Pat & Mike" (M-G-M) has only gotten better with age I once again with Maltin too, Aldo Ray-(l926-l99l) almost steal the show "IT'S CHERCE"

Just write-(again) about this about a week ago & low & behold, it's all over your boards THAT DAMN INTRUSIVE & DOMINEERING ASIAN SPAM You guys seem to be losing this battle, sadly

I just saw a couple days ago that there will still be another (10) episodes of Lynch's "Twin Peaks-The Return" I knew, as most did that thought the 1990-92 series brilliant, that the new version-"The Return" was going to be just as strong, most of us very vastly letdown & I'd-(so-far) only rate it (**-out of four stars) Not bad, just flat & seemingly going through the motions this time out Even the never even nommed composer's score (Angelo Badalamenti) is missing for the most part? He must by now be in his late '80's? If your not a "TP" or Lynchian Universe fan, you'll no idea what I mean. but, his score even for the 1992 mess (*1/2) theatrical release "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me" was superb music!!!-(by the way that film is again being aired on Showtime right now) & even though that '92 flop hit the deck, $financially$ & critically,that majestic music still deserved *Oscar attention!? I'll never forget going to it & it was packed-(obviously w/Lynch fans,etc) & they seemed bored, until Agent Cooper-(MacLachlan appeared on screen & they almost gave him a standing ovation, but then Agent Cooper up & vanished for the rest) See, he had the market cornered on cinema villians-(Hopper in "Blue Velvet" of which all agree "TP" was an extention of!), Dennis Hopper topped his list & AFI ranked his Frank Booth among the all-time greatest movie villians! & I'm not alone in calling it his mt. summit of his films,to date anyway AFI even voted #3 of the 1980's. Then he had Dafoe in 1990's "Wild at Heart"-(*Nicholson outright stated he thought Willem Dafoe shoulda won an *Oscar for his disgusting role in it)-(it was maybehis most mainstream flick td & grossed $15m.) & *Cage did a dead-on ELVIS bit throughout & he had both Robert Blake & Robert Loggia in '97's "Lost Highway" (**1/2) only made $4m. Bobby easily stole the pic. though. A small but pivotal role, especially when we all know what's coming up soon in his own future "TP' had Leland Palmer, father of the now almost legendary victim in it, Laura Palmer portrayed by yet another beautiful girl in his orbit Sheryl Lee. He was portrayed by actor Ray Wise-(something at the time many were almost betting the farm on, as to who was her killer. I WON that one, but early on) It technicaly has 2 bad guys though "BOB" -(P.S. My own fav. lady from it & all his motion pictures is fellow Irish Sherilyn (Audrey) Fenn.) He cast Peggy Lipton, Lara Flynn Boyle, Madgen Amick, Sheryl Lee of course. "Mulholland Dr." (2001) (***1/2) ($8m.) didn't really contain one of Lynch's patented killers?-(TRIVIA: To date it's only his 3rd BD *AMPAS nomination?) (NOTE: Don't know if it still exists' but there was a website (Lynch's Villians/Universe) Can't say the same about his absolutely marvelous 1999 "The Straight-Story" though. Only raking it $7m I gave it 4 BIG STARS! & even more to Richard Farnsworth-(l920-2000) in it. A 180 for Lynch to be certain. The former Hollywood stuntman-(Harpo in 1937's "A Day at the Races" (MGM) for one) Snagged his 2nd & final shot at *"The Golden Boy" for this. Later killing himself when faced with terminal cancer!-(NOTE: See 1983's great Western "The Grey Fox") His work like most films is something to be watched again & again, to get all the nuance & things put more in perspective. But, most films are like that aren't they? MANY HISTORIANS VOTE FOR "KANE" JUST FOR THIS REASON. & who could ever forget-(if they have seen it) 1978's "Eraserhead'-(without peer in easily being dubbed "The Weirdest film Ever Made!") Personally I don't even know what to think of it & have seen it many times?-(TRIVIA: Jack Nance, his buddy & general stock player played the title character. Known to really be a violent drunk within the industry, his death is still shrouded in mystery?) 1980's often brilliant "Elephant Man" -(woulda' likely dominated that yrs *Oscars, if not for *"O. People" & the all-timer "R. Bull" in it's way) Is pretty straightforward, especially for David Lynch-(l946-) It looks (as-so-far anyway) like it's overall villain is his alter-ego Kyle MacLachlan & "BOB" again.-(played by the late Frank Silva) Like the classic directors he likes to use both the same cast people & crew It just lacks the momentum of it's predecessor. I've already thought it was similar with *Coppola & the fuirst 2 all-time great *"Godfather-epics" & that possibly too much time had passed & he lost touch with the material by now? (26 YEARS IS A LONGTOIME IN BETWEEN) Have yet o see "Inland Empire" though?-(PLEASE POST ANY COMMENTS ON IT & THIS LYNCH FILM?)

This is a known question that dates back decades I've even heard it on talk radio for years "HAS ANY MOTION PICTURE AS YRET, OR EVER CHANGED YOUR LIFE?" Had such an influence on you you either wanted to live it, watch it forever or of course got you actually into being a writer, critics or into the industry itself? Personally & though it's not 1 of my top ten favoroites' but it had such an impact on me, I went to it about 305 times-(though I was only age 15 or so It is "APOCALYPSE NOW" (l979) I was literally "stunned" when it was over!!! & at that time it simultaneously got me to follow more history of cinema & eventually "FALL IN LOVE WITH THE MOVIES" But then, not really new stuff for the most part, but watching guys like Carson, griffin, Tom Snyder & Mike Douglas helped put the hook in me BIG-TIME! Because they were for the most part lifelong moviebuffs, especially Douglas. Matter of fact he's the guy that whenever mention Hollywood legends, he'd ALWAYS say something like *Clark Gable, *Humphrey Bogart and *"The Great: Spencer Tracy" Or *Gable, *Jimmy Stewart & the same always with *"The Great: Spencer Tracy" So of course I wanted to see what he & others were talking about, mostly about Hollywoods Golden Age/Studio-System"-(l925-l960) I'll never 4get one of his shows-(Philly I think) when his crew was allowed to film in GLENDALE's, "Forest Lawn"-(at that time it was even more verboten) But when his camera crew approach *Tracy garden-grave-(near the top of 318 mountainous acres) Mike said he was actually getting "THE CHILLS" unquote So when other kids my age were ranting on about yet another slasher film, I tried watching & or studying the classics first on tv. It wasn't until 1982-(a great movie yr by the way) that I also went to/reviewed new flix in a thare-(53 new one's that year & that doesn't count going back either i.e. "E.T." "Tootsie" & others) So please share your thoughts,etc??? & AS USUAL I THANK YOU

*Marlon was well-known for this, using cards in most scenes. there's a hilarious shot of Caan & him in *"The Godfather" where Jimmy Caan is literally covered in these cards & watch in "Apocalypse' when he's looking up, CUE CARDS

LawrenceA, I know this is your own & running post, but did you see newest news & EW-("Entertainment Weekly") citing what they believe to be early 2017 *Oscar contenders yet? People actually like "W. Woman" that much, it's actually getting buzz. But the seemingly obvious releases they strangely left out were>"Churchill" "Darkest Hour" "Dunkirk" "Murder on the 0rient Express" redo "The Beguiled's" atop them all, but not as many predix I anticipated? & per usual us pundits & oddsmakers can never leave out *Woody's newest thing on his mind "Wonder Wheel?" They did have "Get 0ut" ($175m.) "Big Sick" "Mudbunt" & several others. PLEASE POST YOUR THOUGHTS???

As I said, I really expected more fellow TCM-ITES to chime-in on this topic?