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A handsome organ grinder and his monkey

I LOVE this movie. There are great scenes in the classroom and a Halloween sequence. Hume Cronyn is also great as a crotchety school administrator.

Now it's back to school time, I was thinking some movies about teachers and school, here are some of my favorites: Blackboard Jungle (1955) Glenn Ford is an idealistic teacher with a pregnant wife who is faced with NY inner city tough students. I think this is by far Ford's best performance and a still hard hitting look at brutality in schools. To Sir With Love (1967) An engineer (Sidney Poitier) accepts a teaching job while looking for a better position, he ends up trying to tame a rowdy group of East Enders in London. There is an great soundtrack and Poitier is excellent, though not much of a dancer as we see in a later scene. Up The Down Staircase (1967) My favorite Sandy Dennis performance as a dedicated young teacher who deals with school administrators while trying her best to get through to her students. Any others?

And soon, the Oakland/LA Raiders will soon be the Las Vegas Raiders! What will they be like then?

The Slender Thread (1965) 7/10 TCM A college student (Sidney Poitier) volunteers at a crisis center and gets a call from a woman (Anne Bancroft) who has taken an overdose of pills. I believe I had seen this many years ago, but did not recall it. It totally kept my interest throughout the entire 98 minutes. Both stars were recent Oscar winners and they help maintain the suspense. Bancroft has a majority of the scenes as we get some flashbacks of her life while Poitier tries to keep her on the phone. There is a supporting cast of future stars of TV- Telly Savalas (Kojak) plays the supervisor of the crisis center, Edward Asner (Mary Tyler Moore Show) is a cop and Steven Hill (Mission Impossible) portrays Bancroft's fisherman husband. There is nice B&W cinematography and on location shots of Seattle. Fans of 1960s music will enjoy a funny scene at a discotheque where rock group that resembles The Yardbirds play some catchy music.

6. He named his son Redmond after his character in "Barry Lyndon"

Maybe Harvey Lembeck?

10. He played Roaring Chicken on "F Troop" Next- Ryan O'Neal

Kiss Of Death (1947) Next- No Way Out (1950) villainous Richard Widmark

here's two more with Michael Parks The Happening (1967) Next-Bus Riley's Back In Town

A better than expected version of the werewolf legend. There is a scientific rather than supernatural reason.

That is the first thing I thought of when I saw this post! I have been listening to a lot of 1960s psychedelic/punk type songs recently. The Seeds appeared on the sitcom "The Mothers In Law" to sing their "Pushin Too Hard" hit.

Sorry to hear, my first movie star crush. I would seek out every film, TV appearance she was in the 1970s. "The Poseidon Adventure" is one of my favorites, though it is an ensemble piece, so much of the cast is gone now. She had played the Robert Walker role in the remake of "Strangers On A Train" called 'Once You Kiss A Stranger" she was pretty good but the movie was awful. In a TV anthology show, (I can't recall if it was "Night Gallery" or "Tales Of The Unexpected"), she also played a murderer in a twist ending. She played some standard girl friend roles in good TV movies like "The Night Stalker" and "The Elevator" (James Farentino played a claustrophobic thief).

"Mickey And The Beanstalk" was on the other night, one of the best of the Disney shorts. Mickey, Donald and Goofy are farmers who end up with the magic beans. They encounter a dimwitted giant (voiced by Billy Gilbert, a Hal Roach regular) who can turn himself into anything he wants. There is a singing harp (Anita Gordon) with a beautiful voice who sings two songs.

Olivia de Havilland Next- Joe (1970)

Ann Margret was in Bye Bye Birdie with Paul Lynde

Buck Privates Next-Janet Leigh

Nick Nolte was in 48 Hrs with Eddie Murphy

2) Jan Sterling received her only Oscar nomination for this film.

Bing Crosby was in The Road To Hong Kong with Joan Collins

Jane Russell Next- My Cousin Vinny

My Blood Runs Cold Next-depression

Husbands (1970) 7/10 I just saw this in a revival theater, I had seen it many years ago on late night TV. It's a John Cassavetes directed film about 3 middle aged family men (Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara and Peter Falk) who go on a drunken international binge after one of their close friends dies. I know Cassavetes more as an actor but I had seen a few of his directing efforts ("A Child Is Waiting", "Faces" and "A Woman Under The Influence"). If you are familiar with his work you will know what to expect from this film. I found often hilariously funny, much of the dialogue seemed improvised, the actors often break out laughing when listening to the other's speeches. One scene that really sticks out for me was when the trio are getting drunk in a bar with several of their friends and many sing songs that are close to them. We hear "Irish Eyes Are Smiling" and WWI songs like "Pack Up Your Troubles" and a very funny deadpan version of "Blood On The Saddle". The three guys go to London to continue their adventure but those scenes are not as good as the New York ones. The version I saw in the theater was 131 minutes long which is actually a shorter version than I saw years ago, which was 154 minutes. I am sure of this because the bar scene ran a lot longer in that one.

My favorite episode was one called "Best Of Enemies" where Mary and Rhoda have an argument and stop speaking to each other. It has plenty of laughs, mostly from nosy Ted, but some touching moments as well.

It may be the same, but it could end up being one of these: Gunga Din (1939) Shadow Of A Doubt (1943) Detective Story (1951) From Here To Eternity (1953) On The Waterfront (1954) Marty (1955) The Night Of The Hunter (1955) Rosemary's Baby (1968) Taxi Driver (1976) My top ten never changes