bhryun
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Hi Movieslover - Thanks for the info - I thought that the Fox channel had automatic access to Fox films - if they lease packages all of those reruns makes sense. I read that the 1931 version of "Waterloo Bridge" is going to be released on DVD with the Vivien Leigh version sometime in 2006.
Sandy - Great catch! Yes - I love both Kim Novak and "Picnic!" I also love Josh Logan - he made very sexy movies for his time - have you ever seen "Sayonara?" VERY romantic!! Oh - and before anyone else mentions it - as much as I love Josh Logan - I know, I know, "Camelot" did wind up pretty funky! LOL!
Madge
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Regarding Barbara Eden's son - Remember when they found him he had passed away in his car parked in a gas station? Well, that gas station is my regular gas station by my house. I remember that day trying to get gas before getting on the freeway but it was surrounded by squad cars and I got waved to another station. It wasn't until I heard it on the news the next day that I realized what had happened. Not to be funny, but a week later when I was getting gas I tried to explain to the foreign guys at the station who Barbara Eden was "You know Jeannie! Jeannie!" I'm afraid that was a losing battle! Sadly, her son and I were both born in the summer of 1965 - he must have been so hopelessly addicted and filled with sadness for that to happen to him so young .... Sorry for rambling!
Madge
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Larry -
Thanks for the info - he certainly was a ladies man! Re Louella - I don't know if this is urban lore - I recall reading that her doctor husband often drank too much and would (once under a piano) pass out at parties, to which Louella would say "Oh he needs to rest - he has to perform surgery tomorrow morning!" That must be an old wives tale - it's just too funny to be true!
Madge
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Edna May Oliver.
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THE BEST CHARACTER ACTOR OF OUT TIME
This was one of best character actors of our time. Born Edna May Nutter November 9, 1883 to Ida May and Charles Edward Nutter in Malden, Massachusetts. She was also known as " Horse Face" a terrible injustice to her talent and memory. A direct descendant of American president John Quincy Adams, she wanted a career in opera but due to exposure to harsh weather damage her voice, so she turn to acting. Her Broadway debut led to a lot of small roles which didn't take advantage of her acting abilities but all that would change. In 1924 she was cast in Cecil B. DeMille's movie Icebound where she played the part of a maid called Hannah, a role which she said was the start of her movie career. The Oscar-wining Cimarron(1939) was the best testament to her popularity in films where her caricatures "oh reaaallly" would end up in cartoons.
Because of her long facial features she was often offer older character roles even in her younger years. Oliver worked for most of the big studios in the 30's begin to set her own hours as to when she would and would not work, listed below are her movies and tv episodes;
Lydia (1941)
Pride and Prejudice (1940)
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)
Second Fiddle (1939)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Little Miss Broadway (1938)
Paradise for Three (1938)
Rosalie (1937)
My Dear Miss Aldrich (1937)
Parnell (1937)
Romeo and Juliet (1936)
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
No More Ladies (1935)
Murder on a Honeymoon (1935)
David Copperfield (1935)
We're Rich Again (1934)
Murder on the Blackboard (1934)
The Last Gentleman (1934)
The Poor Rich (1934)
Alice in Wonderland (1933)
Little Women (1933)
Only Yesterday (1933)
Meet the Baron (1933)
Ann Vickers (1933)
It's Great to Be Alive (1933)
The Great Jasper (1933)
Penguin Pool Murder (1932)
The Conquerors (1932)
Hold 'Em Jail (1932)
Ladies of the Jury (1932)
Fanny Foley Herself (1931)
Newly Rich (1931)
Cracked Nuts (1931)
Laugh and Get Rich (1931)
Cimarron (1931)
Half Shot at Sunrise (1930)
The Saturday Night Kid (1929)
Let's Get Married (1926)
The American Venus (1926)
Lovers in Quarantine (1925)
The Lucky Devil (1925)
The Lady Who Lied (1925)
Manhattan (1924)
Icebound (1924)
Restless Wives (1924)
Three O'Clock in the Morning (1923)
Wife in Name Only (1923)
Edna May Oliver left us too soon, on November 9, 1942 she pass away from an intestinal disorder, she was 59. She left us with a wonderful legacy of her strong presence and dignity in her movies.....she is sorely missed.
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The Wiz and A Chorus Line are truly awful but not as flat out bad as The Apple (1980). It's on DVD so if you haven't seen it you really should. A disco/futuristic story with loads of production numbers and incredible costumes.
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I'm going to guess Ed Wynn.
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LOL! "The Wizard of July" -- I'm picturing a Playboy centerfold for wizards, with a new one each month. Thanks for the laugh!
The first movie I remember seeing was "Oklahoma." In those days all TV and most movies were B&W. I was only about 6 years old, but I remember sitting in the dark theatre, enchanted by the bright colors up there on the movie screen and the wonderful songs. The "Jud Fry is Dead" number frightened me, though, because it was dark and scary.
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No, Tracey. Nice try, though.
Clue #5 - A deathbed telephone call from her lover.
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Wow -
A tough one! I love Thelma's flirtation with the elevator man in "Pillow Talk" - When he speeds up and she deadpans "Show off!"... "You are my inspiration - ALMA!" - or Rock's great line refering to her: "She would make a great party girl - for the Russians!" ... But I love Edna's line as Lady Catharine in P&P about the piano (misquote) "I would be quite proficient if I had ever learned to play!" ... I have an old playbill from the 1927 OBC production of "Show Boat" at the Ziegfeld Theater - Edna plays Parthy Ann opposite Charles Winneger's Capt'n Andy and Helen Morgan's Julie - Edna looks suprisingly youthful! ... How could you choose between those two ladies?
- Madge
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I noticed that TCM is showing hardly any horror movies compared to last year when they showed all of the Universal Horror Classics. Now this year all TCM is showing is Village of the Damned(1960), Phantom of the Opera(1925),Wolf,(1994), Mark of the Vampire, Vampire Bat, The Birds and Psycho. Come on TCM show some old school horror like Halloween and the Exorcist and the Universal Classics.
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Enjoying the Joan Crawford movies.The first seven are pretty good. Caught the one at 8pm. Great. Seeing those movies really show what an actress she was.She had that natural talent and fire that separated her from the others at that time.In today's movies world,it hard to find someone with the same energy for acting as Joan Crawford had.She was born to be an actress! There hasn't been someone like her since.I'm a movie fan of her,even at my the current age,26.
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No, I'm sorry, Shaina. Here's the next clue:
Clue #4 - A visiting friend learns her guilty secret from a landlady's innocent greeting.
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Oh Larry -
Please excuse me if you have discussed him before - Greg Bautzer!! I am fascinated by him - Joan Crawford, Lana Turner, Ginger Rogers, Jane Wyman - I'm sure that is just scratching the surface ... I know that that he married Buffy Cobb and Dana Wynter - he is usually just a passing footnote in the stories of these women's lives - but gosh - he must have had "IT!" Did you ever cross paths?
Just plain nosy!
Madge
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Lol! I've noticed it too. I think it's so cute! I just love Ginger.
p.s. I bought the Ginger & Fred box-set today! I'm going to watch one of them tonight.
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Being one who was raised watching classic films, it would be hard to tell which one was the first I saw. But I've been thinking, it the first classic film I watched would've probably been "Moby Dick" with Gregory Peck.
My brother watched "Moby Dick" every single day, and I'm not joking. Every single day. To this day he still loves it and finally went ahead and bought it on DVD. He's a huge Gregory Peck fan.
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It was Ogden Nash.
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Thanks everybody for your responses. However, I am not sure the DVD-R format would work in my machine. I had the unfortunate experience of purchasing a DVD-R on eBay and finding that my machine could not read it (I have a Panasonic VCR/DVD player). I was totally ignorant of the fact that there are different DVD formats. Luckily the person I purchased it from was willing to take it back. If anyone knows how I could get a copy of the movie in a format my machine could read, I'd be grateful.
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Thank you for the heads up. I'm new to this site. However, I don't see the harm in asking the question again.
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Have you ever noticed a little mannerism that Ginger has - it's pretty neat - in a few of her movies - as she exhales - under her breath she lets out a little "Ha! Ha!" - She does it throughout "Bachelor Father" - but I've also caught her doing it in "Stage Door" and "Carefree" .... Keep an ear out - I'd be curious to see if anyone notices it in her other movies ...
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Gosh - I apologize if my last post took things off topic - let me put it back on topic ... Peter Lawford was married to Pat Kennedy ... Pat Kennedy's father Joe had an affair with Gloria Swanson - star of "Sunset Boulevard" - Voila! Back on topic!!
- Madge
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Wow Larry - I knew about Montgomery Clift's sad end but not about the sad endings for Libby Holman and her son ... You know the old saying about your "karma" attracting the vibe that it gives out? Montgomery Clift and Libby Holman connecting reminds me of some stories (who knows if they are true) of Judy Garland and Robert Walker leaning on Peter Lawford in times of crisis - poor - but lovely - Peter Lawford was an emotional disaster - funny that they would gravitate towards him for moral support ... and of course later Marilyn ... with all of his reputed "kinks" their must have been some innate sweetness in his soul ...
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The very first movie I remember watching was the black and white version of "Black Beauty," way back in 1952ish. I remember I was sick and my mother had put me on the couch in front of the television set, which was a large square box sitting on a table, with a small, round screen. I was totally fascinated and hooked ever more on movies.
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All of those were good. But, how about the original "War of the Worlds?"
I remember when I was working as a receptionist in a law firm (many moons ago) I was in the senior attorney's office and his dictating machine started making a noise such as the flying saucers in "War of the Worlds." I pointed this out to my boss, who immediately agreed and we started discussing sci-fi flics.
Larry's Classic Star Reminiscences
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Larry - what WONDERFUL stories!! I've always read that Edie Goetz was one of the best (if not THE best hostess in town!) I know that she had a hot and cold relationship with Irene - but I'm curious - I've read that Selznick and Jennifer Jones gave great day long parties - was there any social conflict for friends (you know seperate camps) since Selznick used to be Edie's brother-in-law? Did that make any sense? Lol!
Madge