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Guys I have never seen an episode of Desperate Housewives but suffice to say these women are wild, dangerous, unhinged and giving to crazy antics. I have read that the stars of this show knit between scenes......I for one would love to learn to knit, crochet and I dally with the idea of making a quilt and have in fact for years but haven't started though I have saved material for it.
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ccbaxter cool name I love The Apartment. There are so many good parts to that movie.
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Welcome, Welcome, Welcome to the both of you newcomers !
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I think Bette Davis was a beauty when she was younger much as I suppose one could say about me. Or any of us I imagine. However, for me I can't watch many of her films when she is older because of the Baby Jane film and an episode of Gunsmoke weird isn't it. In these she is shrill and loud and pretty offensive. I had read that they had described Bette as a pop eyed looking actress but to me she looked so different from all the cookie cutter actresses that she was refreshing. I also have to give her due credit for delving into her roles and giving it all her best and standing up herself when she thought she was getting a raw deal even if it would cost roles or suspension. Let's take Now Voyager for example my fav Bette Davis movie I watch it everytime I can- I never tire of it. She transforms before our eyes and we take that voyage with her. I also have seen Mr. Skeffington up to a point(had to go to bed) and I loved it and in fact would like to catch it again. The Catered Affair I would like to see it also but not only for Bette but for Debbie Reynolds who doesn't get enough accolades IMHO.
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Did I miss Atlantic City??? Oh I wanted to watch it..crap.
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Good Question..I don't know the answer maybe Julie is the answer for actors longest gap between wins? I suspect that maybe in the technical fields or the editors or musics fields may have years between someone winning. I wondered when Inside Edition told of her wedding what Julie looked like since I hadn't seen her in forever. She looked lovely.
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I don't know if it is still open( since it is closed probably for the winter) but I live near a Drive-In in Oklahoma. I have never been. I intend to go but haven't. I went to drive ins in CA when I was a girl and what I remember is the playground more than the movies. That is until I got older and I saw Grease and Saturday Night Fever back to back. I also remember seeing the Muppet Movie also. My sister and I just loved the playground equipment....
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Was this before or after A Woman's Face?
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cool indeed
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I am not a big Bing fan but on AMC recently I saw a movie he was in where he played a doctor who was always drunk. I don't know the title but Ann-Margaret was in it also. I would like to see this movie sans the commercials. My guess is it came out in the 60s since Bing was older and Ann Margaret hit her stride in the 60s. Hey just a quick thought wouldn't it have been cool if Ann-Margaret had been a guest programmer last month? Or maybe she would consent to a Private Screenings?? BTW am I the only one who thinks those Private Screenings episodes are to short?
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Hibi-ain't no No sale scene or No Sale part in the book either. I like that part also..... he does indeed tear her dress though in the book...this is a short story by John O'Hara- Butterfield 8 is. I started reading Appointment in Samarra last night. Which is the first story then BU8 and then Hope of Heaven. This book came with a cover which had a picture of O'Hara on the back. It has since fell off. When I went to the thrift store recently a lot of the books were gone. I am so upset at myself I had the chance to buy the WW2 book by Tom Brokaw and passed it up! I wished I had bought it. I am hoping to buy The War the book about the PBS special its companion piece and hopefully all the episodes-maybe.
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filmlover say it ain't so..there's a remake of Born Yesterday? Is it called Born Yesterday?? I thought truthfully Born Yesterday Again?! but I love this movie... My favorite part is "a cartel!" love it.....
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I have read both Lana's book about herself-The Lady, the Legend, the Truth and Cheryl's book. They are both excellent reads also. Lana writes and she tells it like it was and even when it is not flattering to herself. She however does not go into detail about what happens to Cheryl and we have Cheryl to do this in her book. I wouldn't wish what happened to Cheryl on my worse enemy and she writes about it bravely. She also writes from her point of view about growing up in Hollywood, her teenage years and finding herself as she got older. These 2 books are good companion pieces.
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Brando4ever I have read Brook Haywood's book about her mother Margaret Sullavan. It is not just about her but the whole family. Brook's mother, father, brother, sister herself and her dealings and surroundings as a child and an adult. If you get the chance to read it, it is called Haywired, read it. An excellent book indeed. She does not spill secrets she tells it like it is like it was. As a matter of fact I wouldn't be surprised if Brook Haywood has written more books. She I bet discovered a gift for writing she may not have known she had when she wrote this book. I think painful as it is to think about(I mean who wants to read a book about themselves) if Margaret or Leland Haywood(I believe that was his name) if her parents had read it they would be proud of it. It is not a tell all. It is a true story from someone who was there who tried and was objective in the telling of the story of her family. It is an intelligent, concise and thoughtful book.
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Well I'm assuming that these are the actresses who played Norma and Gloria's mother friend? I enjoyed the barbs also but the screenwriter did those they ain't in the book. Especially the mother's friend I was reading and waiting for the exchanges so I could read what barbs are left out there weren't any at all in the book. As a matter of fact there are lots of people in the book left out of the movie. I found the book at a thrift store Yippee! It has three stories and I have only read the one. I love Butterfield 8 and I thought she did a bang up job better to me than Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf? Of course I saw it much, much later not in the throes of Elizabeth losing her life and all. How about the liquor as toothpaste? Oh and the digging in the shoe and the GO...Go...Go.....ain't in the book either. I love that scene though. John O'Hara wrote Butterfield 8. He also wrote Pal Joey which I am assuming is the book the movie is based on BOY I want to read that book.
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I don't know much about Robert Goulet . I knew he was famous but I never heard him sing much at all. I always thought Goulet rolled nice off my tongue and this was funny to me when I was a girl. However, I enjoyed the Diamond Walnut commercials-what a hoot. He really looked like he was enjoying doing those commercials. I can't believe it how our stars are dying. I remember when just last night when my mother and I were talking about Porter Wagoner dying; I wondered who will be next? Please does anyone have details? thanks in advance
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Here are my wishes for you two for a Happy Marriage and Love Forever and Beautiful memories. How romantic.....
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A part that impressed me when I read it was when Luke met Harriet Lang it was at a meeting to discuss a city project. There was fireworks when these 2 met. Thompson has a passage that goes- The conversation Lucas and Harriet Lang were drinking so thirstily was about themselves. They were oblivious to the rest of the room because they were concentrating, each, upon what to tell the other. And they absorbed this information thirstily because it provided contact and this type of contact was permitted. This floored me. Haven't you been there before? In some form or fashion? I am finished with this book and willing to give it to someone else. If you want it- Send me Private Message and I will mail it first come first serve. Thanks for listening...reading...gwtwbooklover
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Please forgive me for going on and on. I was wanting to post about Not as a Stranger. There was once a post Read any good books lately ..but I can't find it. This is the book that the Robert Mitchum and Olivia De Havilland movie is based. It is written by Morton Thompson. I found it at a local thrift store. I believe it was in a library and it is one of their discarded books. On a post it note on the inside it says Movie 1955 Olivia De Havilland, Robert Mitchum, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, and Lee Marvin. BB5q14 and the price 5.41 tax inc. Then on another post it note below it says Most people agree that the book is much better than the soap opera movie. #1 on the best seller list 1954 and # 7 in 1955. I bought it for 50 cents. It took me awhile to get into it since Thompson was quite wordy-something we seem to have in common. ha ha It takes place in the 20s and 30s and it follows Luke from boyhood to where it ends wrapping up stuff between him and Kris. I'd like to let you know that these doctors made house calls and charged 75 cents to 2.00 dollars for a visit in the office or out. Wouldn't that be nice? 75.00 dollars for an appentectomy. There is changes from the book when the movie was made. These border on minute to glaring changes. I like the book and the movie. He doesn't meet Harriet Lang till near the end. I would have like to see more of this and more of the good doctor getting spanked when he needed it for being with Harriet and treating Kris badly.
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dfordoom I wanted to reply to your ? I am quite pleasantly surprised when I find out a movie I like is based on a book. What is an added bonus is when I find the book. I think I like to see the movie first because when I read the book I do get disappointed and I go it didn't happen like that..One movie I have in mind is the Cider House Rules boy was it changed and what is even harder to grasp is the author of the book adapted it for the screenplay. Usual ones work is pulled apart and sometimes it is unrecognizable and this irks me. Let's see Cat on a Hot Tin Roof it doesn't end like the movie nowhere near it. I like the movie version better. As a matter of fact there is 3 versions of the end of this play-the ones by the author(he had his original ending and then was asked to write another ending at the urging of the Broadway people who were putting on the show) and the movie version. Big Daddy in the original is missing from the end I mean he has no lines at the ending of the play. The Broadway people thought Big Daddy was to strong a character to just fade into the background. The book I have gives both versions. I don't think I have ever read a book first and they made a movie version later except for James and the Giant Peach. I will post this so I don't lose it.
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Now I am questioning myself but I am 90% sure that at the end when they scroll the cast on the screen I saw Larry Hagman's name which leaves me to wonder where in the world was he? Plus I thought I saw Darrin's name also however I am very sure I saw Hagman's-very sure of it. Even if it is not on the imdb I saw it.
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I love The Longest Day. I love history. Every time the credits roll I see Larry Hagman's name I wonder just where in the world was he? Which is my ?-help. Help me figure out where Larry is and Paul Anka and Bobby Darrin. Thanks in advance. gwtwbooklover
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it might help if you went imdb.com This is internet movie database.com. They have a feature where you can look for movies with quotes. Now that said when I tried it it didn't work for me. I was looking for a scene in an episode of Newhart the TV show. Good Luck!
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I went to get my paperback of Dances with Wolves it is 313 pages long written by Michael Blake. Well I look at it again and realize that perhaps I am wrong about the 1 or 2 page chapters..apparently as this is chapter form it then has the word one then two then three.. like at the beginning it says Chapter 1 then below it is the word one( and the narrative of the book starts) and this continues to the number five. Funny I never noticed this before. Anyone have any idea why this is? I thought it was because Dunbar is writing in a journal and this could be page one and page two but it does this the whole book and he is not writing in this journal at the beginning or when he is with the tribe.
Roy Scheider, Actor in ?Jaws,? Dies at 75
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CelluloidKid thank you for the info I hate that it is such sad info. I told my son who didn't know the name but knew the police chief role and he was very upset-we had both watched Jaws the other day. As a matter of fact we watch it whenever we can. We esp. LOVE the line -you're going to need a bigger boat. Of course the look on Roy's face when he sees the shark for the first time is classic, just classic. Thank you Roy for the wonderful work and RIP. I am curious does anyone know did Roy live in Little Rock, AR or was he visiting or passing through?? that's sort of my neck of the woods.