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This is a favorite Beatles track of mine:

I met Lillian Gish at a screening of THE WIND (1928) at the Wiltern Theater, in L.A. in 1980. She was a delight.

I do have a couple of favorite first rate second bananas. Irving Bacon, an excellent character acter. He pops up in many films such as Sparks, the chauffeur who keeps catching Thelma Todd's dress in the car door in THIS IS THE NIGHT (1932), or a grumpy travelling saleman (Mr. Dillson) in the delightful short STAR IN THE NIGHT (1945) which also stars another favorite character actor, J. Carroll Naish, who adds much to the films he appears in like BLOOD & SAND (1941) and SAHARA (1943) Elizabeth Patterson is a favorite too. It wasn't until I stared watching lots of classic movies that I realized that she was also Mrs Trumbull in I LOVE LUCY. I really like her performance as Miss Habersham in INTRUDER IN THE DARK (1949), and she was delighful in LOVE ME TONIGHT (1932). Irving Bacon also appears in a few episodes of LUCY as well. Edited by: Scottman on Feb 18, 2012 1:05 AM too many "the's" in all the wrong places...

Doh! :0 I didn't realize you just had a birthday! :8} Oops! well I hope it was lots o' fun! Happy belated birthday to ya, Wendy!

I find that most of the product put out by the Paul Terry studio was not all that great. Thant's not to say I don't like Mighty Mouse or Heckle & Jeckle. The problem is once they established a formula for a series, it's as if they now were just going through the motions. There's little creativity in Terrytoons, the writing is lackluster and the gags are weak and the musical scores are uninspired. THE TALKING MAGPIES (1946) is a terrific cartoon, but unlike the writing staff at Warners, once the Terry studio had a hit cartoon series, the level of quality falls off sharply. To some degree the Mighty Mouse cartoons fare a bit better than most of the other Terry product. There is a bit more consistancy with these cartoons. THE MOUSE OF TOMORROW (1942) is very good as is THE KILLKENNY CATS (1945) and THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD (1946) to name a few. Overall the Paul Terry studio turned out a lot of dross, I mean, how many memorable cartoons have you seen with Farmer Al Flafa, Dinky Duck or the Terry Bears?

Moody Blues:

They came pretty close when Buster Keaton was Star of the Month.

That's so sool! It's funny, while I was watching it, I was wondering why Paramount never reamde this film as it would have made a good talkie.

As clunky as that technology is today, it's hard to beat the look of a three strip Technicolor film. A film like RAMONA (1936) looks as beautiful today as it did 77 years ago.

A favorite of mine by Loreena McKennitt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aub2pfzGgx0

You can't go too wrong with a song from Elton John either...

Perhaps one day they will.

In keeping with today's theme, Love... The Beatles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzkhOmKVW08

Just watched the surviving elements of WOMANHANDLED (1925) yesterday, from the Treasures Vol.5, the DVD set of films with a western theme. Evidently this film is missing the final two reels, however, the last gag of the film, which is really quite clever, does survive and was included. The film stars Richard Dix and the lovely Esther Ralston. Enough of the film survives that it almost looks like it could have ended where it does, but a stampede sequence near the end is lost. Without giving away too much of the film, it is a clver spoof on western films of the day. Richard Dix is a New York playboy who visits a cattle ranch in Texas where the old west isn't quite the old west. I would recommend getting this DVD set as it also includes a beautiful print of Clara Bow's 1926 film MANTRAP and a rarely seen feature from former bandit Al Jennings, THE WOMAN IN THE DUGOUT (1918). I first saw a clip of that film in the Brownlow & Gill HOLLYWOOD series. Sadly it only exists as a 16mm print. The print of WOMANHANDLED, however, is really quite beautiful, with no signs of wear or nitrate deterioration.

Cool stuff, Jeffrey. Thanks for posting it!

That was a great clip, Wendy. :^0 I love the Jack Benny radio show. :x It was also a treat to hear Sheldon Leonard as the race track tout.

Yea! BLESSED EVENT, one of my favorite Lee Tracy films! Now I can retire my laser disc copy.

Wendy, thanks for posting all these wonderful photos of Mary Brian!

> midnight08 wrote: So for those people complaining about the quality of this film-hey be happy we still have it available to watch. > TopBilled replied:Sorry, that doesn't work for me. It's like saying to people be glad that you can get a hand with four fingers instead of no hand at all. Some people will continue to insist on a hand with five fingers. Imagine that! Idealy, I would love to watch every film in good condition, but with all due respect, if a rare film or record only exist in less than ideal condition, then I say better to see it or hear it, even in that less than ideal condition than to experience the film or song as some discription written in a book. As a record collector, I have found that there are some blues and jazz records where only one or two copies exist of a particular performance and the surviving copie(s) are in poor condition. Hearing the haunting performance of Blind Joe Reynolds' "Outside Woman Blues", even in poor condition it's a revelation. Here is that performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLhgYmkeyfY Also many of Universal's silent films only exist in 16mm Show-At-Home prints, which are a far cry visually fron the original 35mm format, but it is still better than no version of the film to watch or study.

Yes, Alan Ladd looks more like 'Gatsby the gumshoe'! :^0

Thanks, Musicalnovelty! Here is a version of "Stardust" that is a favorite of mine. I was recently was able to get a copy of it on 78. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBJHxoQjFPY

Nice stuff from Rudy! Alice Faye began her career as a band vocalist with the Rudy Vallee Orchestra in 1933, I have a recording of hers with the Vallee orchestra (title is "Shame On You") in my 78 collection. Here are a couple of more college themed songs: Jesse Stafford: Varsity Eight:

I like the Association. Here's another one by them:

The Monkees:

> VX wrote: It's like Sam Peckinpah and Terry Gilliam dropped acid and made a movie together. I agree! :^0 I found it strangely enjoyable, I'm glad I was able to record it.