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Lynn Redgrave was in Georgy Girl with James Mason who was in The Verdict with Paul Newman Next- Lupe Velez

off topic but I thought you would like this picture, someone posted it on one of my threads

Russell Crowe was in A Beautiful Mind with Ed Harris who was in Places In The Heart with Sally Field who was in Absence Of Malice with Paul Newman next- Kay Kyser

Catherine Deneuve, because I am more familiar with her work, and she is gorgeous. Next- Sebastian Cabot or John Williams (the actor not the composer)?

10, He did not get along with James Dean on East Of Eden, complaining to director Elia Kazan "He's not saying the lines!" Open thread

Rock Hudson and Thelma Ritter in Pillow Talk

Double Happiness (1994) Next-Sideways (2004) 2 with Sandra Oh

Leave It To Blondie (1945) Movies! Network 5/10 Dagwood is entered into a song writing contest. An OK fifteenth entry in the Blondie series. It was the first one made in two years so Alexander is now wearing long pants. Cookie is still cute and has some funny lines. Dagwood is told by a fake gypsy fortune teller that he will meet a black eyed brunette. Unfortunately, Blondie overhears this and gets jealous. It turns out the brunette is a voice coach to help him sing at the contest. Funniest scenes are Dagwood singing in his awful voice and later has to lipsynch to a record.

Interesting choices, do you consider Wise to be one of the best "noir" directors? Most remember him for his two Oscar winning musicals, but he did many great noir films.

Pick A Star (1937) TCM 4/10 A small town girl (Rosina Lawrence) wins a talent show and ends up in Hollywood. There is a lot of talent in this surprisingly dull musical comedy. I wanted to see this because it is one of the few films with Laurel & Hardy that I had not yet seen. They have two short but amusing scenes barely totally 10 minutes. Lawrence had appeared in L&H's classic Way Out West , she also was in a few Our Gang films as the school teacher. Patsy Kelly and Jack Haley play Rosina's sister and friend who accompany her to Hollywood. They played off each much better in Pigskin Parade (1936). Another interesting thing was James Finlayson as a movie director but without his walrus mustache for once.

I agree this is a very underrated film for both Wise and Andrews. I especially like the "Burlington Bertie" song.

I need to watch this one again, it's been years. And Nina Foch was nominated that year but was beat by Eva Marie Saint for On The Waterfront.

8. He gained new fame on TV in the 1960s, playing Dr Gillespie in Dr Kildare.

Robert Wise is one of my favorite directors and TCM is doing an all day marathon of his films. He has done great work in every single genre you can imagine. Here are my top ten in chronological order. What are yours? 1. The Curse Of The Cat People (1944). A sequel but a great film on it's own. It is nice study of childhood fantasy with some eerie ghostly scenes as well. 2. The Body Snatcher (1945) A great horror film about a doctor who uses stolen corpses in his work. Boris Karloff is chilling in the title role, who resorts to killing to supply the bodies. 3. Born To Kill (1947) A brutal noir about a killer (Lawrence Tierney) who works his way into a wealthy family. Many tough and gritty moments in this, still potent today. 4. The Set Up (1949) One of the best boxing films ever. Robert Ryan is a washed up fighter who has to take a fall. We see the real seedy side of the sport and of the town. 5. The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951) One of the greatest science fiction films ever made. A alien from outer space (Michael Rennie) comes in peace but finds suspicion and hate from the earth people. 6. I Want To Live (1958) A good crime/message picture. Susan Hayward gives her greatest performance as a B girl who gets involved with murder. Still powerful scene at the gas chamber. 7. Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) Another crime/message film with excellent performances. Robert Ryan is a racist ex con forced to work with a black man (Harry Belafonte) on a heist. The ending packs a punch. 8. West Side Story (1961) My favorite movie musical. The songs, dancing and performances are great. Choreographer Jerome Robbins co directed much of the film before being fired. Wise did a brilliant job finishing the film. 9, The Haunting (1963). An eerie ghost story of a haunted house. Julie Harris gives one of her best performances as a sensitive medium. Wise handles the supernatural beautifully as we can feel and hear the ghosts but never see them. 10. The Sound Of Music (1965) Another great musical. Great songs and Julie Andrews is excellent. The beginning helicopter shot is one of the best in film history.

Mystery In Mexico (1948) TCM 4/10 An insurance investigator searching for a stolen necklace gets involved with a blond singer in Mexico. A short (65 minutes) mystery/noir directed by Robert Wise. The story is not very interesting and the cast is mostly unknowns. I don't recall seeing the two leads, William Lundigan and Jacqueline White in anything else. White reminds me a bit of Virginia Mayo. The only good things are some on location shooting in Mexico City and some nice "noir" scenes by Wise, this was the followup film to Wise's much better Born To Kill. You have to wait until the final five minutes before you get any suspense.

2) He was born in Ontario Canada

Betrayed (1988) Next- Platoon (1986) 2 with Tom Berenger

10. He served two terms as President of the USA. Next- Raymond Massey

Festival (1967) was an interesting documentary on Newport Folk Festival from 1963-1966. It had snippets of songs and some interviews with audience members. One of my favorite moments was Joan Baez signing autographs and she sings a little of the The Beatles song "From Me To You". Bob Dylan is seen doing his electric version of "Maggie's Farm" but we don't get to see the audience booing him, since the folk fans did not like him going electric.

Happy Labor Day. I was trying to think of movies where we see an interesting and fairly realistic portrayal of certain jobs. I thought of these, you can do the same jobs I have or suggest other ones. The Naked City (1948) Police officers This one was the first to show the job how it really was. It was mostly asking questions, doing reports and pounding the pavement. Barry Fitzgerald is the wily old Lt Muldoon, who treats it as just a job. He even has some dark humor at the beginning, at a murder scene, someone tells him "Have fun", he smilingly replies "Always do". Marty (1955) Butcher Ernest Borgnine as Bronx butcher Marty Piletti. This was one of the more realistic portrayals of an every man. Marty is seen in the butcher shop only at the beginning and we see him cutting and weighing the meat and talking with customers. His job is always on his mind, he is telling people about how he wants to buy the shop and how the A&P might be competition. When he picks up his baby cousin, he says "Hey, you're bigger than a leg of lamb now!" Shattered Glass (2003) Reporter There have been many movies about reporters but this one about the real life Stephen Glass, who printed totally fabricated stories was the most memorable for me. It set at a magazine (The New Republic), where we see the reporters checking each other's work and talking about the style of writing they want to use. There is a scene which shows the many times fact checkers have to go over the story. It seems they let Glass (played by Hayden Christiansen) slide because they thought he was a nice, funny guy.

My favorite line is one of the teenagers at the site of where the blob first landed, they pick a piece of hot rock and one says "You mean this little pebble was up there hot rodding all over the universe?"

The TAMI Show had some great stars, the least known was the group called The Barbarians. The music was not so great but their drummer was hook handed.

Footlight Glamour (1943) Movies! TV Network 7/10 Mr Dithers orders Dagwood to take in a boarder who is the daughter of a client, she is an aspiring actress but her father wants to keep her away from show business. #14 in the Blondie series and this is one of the funniest. The daughter is played by Ann Savage, who would later be best known as the nasty femme fatale in Detour. She was an underrated actress and she shows great comic timing in this one. There are many WWII references in this one, with talk about points for groceries due to rationing. Dagwood even has to take meat out of one of his sandwiches since during the war there was "meatless Tuesdays". There is a scene where Savage gets to put on a play with parts for Dagwood, Blondie and Alexander. The scenes involving the play are hilarious as everything goes wrong.

Summer Of 42 (1971) TCM 8/10 A teenage boy on his summer vacation in 1942 has a crush on a young married woman whose husband fighting in WWII. One of my favorite movies set in summertime. It captures awkward adolescence and first pangs of love very well. Hermie, the lead character is played very well by Gary Grimes. His friends are believably played by Jerry Houser as the braggart Oscy and Oliver Conant is the bespectacled nerd Benjy. There is some great comedy as they try to figure out about sex. The scene where Hermie tries to buy condoms is hilarious. Jennifer O'Neil is beautiful enough to make any teenage boy fall in love. The ribbon tying everything up is the gorgeous Oscar winning musical score by Michel Legrand. And there is a clip from Now Voyager which the boys and their dates watch in a theater.