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Hi Mongo, Now why didn't I know that YOU would know! Thanks Terry

I think Summer Under the Stars is terrific. I've really enjoyed watching showcases of various actors/actresses. I'm especially happy that TCM has a day devoted to Marlon Brando on Aug. 19th. He is the greatest actor I've ever seen and if you just catch him in "Streetcar Named Desire" and "On The Waterfront" and "Julius Caesar", you will see why. He is absolutely spectacular in these movies from the early 1950's.

I like the TCM Summer Under the Stars. It's a nice selection of actors/actresses that are featured. To Classicsfan 40: Hello!!! Glad you enjoyed "Streetcar Named Desire". Marlon Brando's other films are great as well and he will be featured on Friday, Aug. 19th on TCM. Thanks TCM for doing such a great job.

All Hail Mongo! The Movie Trivia Guru of the TCM Forums! YES, YES, YES!! That was it Mongo, "The Mayor of 44th Street" I can't thank you enough for answering my question and naming that movie on the nose. You are to be commended for your dedication to movie trivia and helping us forgetful people out in our time of need. Thanks again Mongo! (and Sue who led me to you) Scott

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The Joan Crawford slap ("I do that in all my movies") is in "It's a Great Feeling" (1949), a Doris Day film.

The film you're trying to remember is "The Mayor of 44th Street" (1942) starring George Murphy, Anne Shirley, and Richard Barthelmess.

Dear TCM, my husband and I remember a movie Chuck Connors did in the mid 60's or early 70's, but is not listed on ANY of his filmographies. We believe the name of the movie is REDEMPTION...can you please help??!

What ever happened to Mamie Van Doren? Does anyone know? A "B" movie platinum blonde actress from the 50's, she was known as the poor man's Marilyn Monroe.

Just watched "36 Hours" with, summer star of the day, James Garner. Was disappointed that this film had absolutely NO mention in the preceding interview. Have never seen this film discussed by anyone. Would love to have some background info on it. Saw it for the first time several years ago and found it to be very well done and suspenseful...so how come nobody seems to have heard of it???

I love them both, but the majority of my love leans closer to Kelly. I just can't get enough of him. He simply tickles me to death. I love him.

For some reason the only great slap I think of at the moment is in "Some Like It Hot," where Jack Lemmon, in the hotel elevator, shouts "What kind of a girl do you think I am, Mr. Fielding?!" and he slaps Fielding across the face. Lol. I'm sure there are slaps I like but that's all I can think of for now.

I absolutely love the music to Orson Welles "The Third Man." I didn't know if there would be soundtrack for it, but I found one. Anyway, I bought it a while back, only it still hasn't come and it's beginning to bother me.

To whom it may concern, I am well aware that you must have a great deal to do in your various capacities and are not able to answer specific requests immediatley. I e-mailed you about 2 weeks ago concerning some movies that I had suggested be shown. I recieved a reply in the form of a notification an was told that I might hear back from you within 7 days. However I have not heard further, and the website that I was refered to in the event I didn't hear anything has since vanished from my mail. So once again, I would like to suggest 2 movies which are not in your library and one which I am fairly certain used to be. The movies are "Another Part Of The Forest", "Come Fill The Cup" and "The Moon and Sixpence" If there is some problem associated with obtaining these films, I would very much like to know. so that I do not have to continue in a vain search for them. Any information would be helpful. Have they been lost, damaged, destroyed, etc. As I said in my last letter, I am somewhat disabled now and view a good deal of your station as I prefer it to any other, but how many times can I watch "The Philadelphia Story" and "The Great Escape". Besides what I have just mentioned, the films I listed are very fine films indeed, particularly "Forest". Thank you for your valuable time.

Hi Mongo, About two months ago I watched an old movie on Turner Classic Movies and for the life of me I can't seem to find any reference to it on the web or in the TCM database. Sue mentioned that you are the person to ask since previous posts did not provide any results. Movie Era: 30's - 40's Movie Premise: The leading man is an ex-con who gets out of jail and wants to go straight, I believe he is an musician and so he purchases some nightclubs that have live bands that play there on a nightly basis. The nightclubs are suddenly being invaded by a gang of young kids that disrupt the place by bringing in their own transistor radios and playing them full volume. When asked why they are doing this they say that their gang leader told them to do so. The owner of the nightclub then meets with the gang leader in an old abandoned theater where the kids hang out. He is surprised to find out that the gang leader is just a young punk kid with a big chip on his shoulder. The owner offers the gang leader a job to come work for him at $25 per week, to which the gang leader agrees but with alterior motives in mind. The owner takes the young gang leader under his wing and buys him a new suit and gives him free room and board at this house. Everything is going fine when one day the owners ex-partner in crime is up for parole and he contacts the owner to see if he can get a job at the nightclubs which will help him get paroled. All of the owners friends and employees tell him not to do it but he goes ahead anyway and hires his ex-partner in crime. The ex-partner wants to take over his business so he starts bribing the bands to play elsewhere, soon his plot is exposed and the owner and him have a confrontation. The ex-partner enlists the help of the gang leader to betray the owner and help him take over the nightclubs. The ex-partner then burns down the nightclub and someone gets killed in the process which scares the gang leader because he didn't want anyone to get hurt. The gang leader then works with the owner to trap his ex-partner into admitting the crimes so they meet at the old theater where the kids hang out. The kids swarm all over the ex-partner and his henchmen and tie them up with curtain ropes. The police arrive and arrest the bad guy and everyone lives happily ever after. One parting shot shows one of the gang members (a girl) smiling to the camera who has some teeth knocked out from the brawl with the gangsters. Sorry so long winded but I wanted to be specific. I have a friend coming down from Minneapolis in mid September who would love to see this movie so I wanted to find it so we can either rent it or find it on the TCM schedule again. Any assistance would be most appreciated. Thanks!! Scott

Out of the Past The Big Sleep Bringing Up Baby His Girl Friday Miracle on 34th Street Sullivan's Travels Roman Holiday Those are all wonderful films that are likely to inspire further interest.

Hi Sue, Thanks for the Mongo tip! I am a newbie and that really helps me to know how to post in the future when I have nagging questions like this topic. Thanks also for confirming that you saw this movie on TCM, I wasn't absolutely sure that I did see it on TCM until you said you saw it too in the same time frame I did. It really frustrates me that I can't find anything even remotely close to this movie description on Google, TCM Database, IMDB Database, etc. It's almost as if it was never reviewed by a critic. Hopefully someone in this forum knows the name or I will repost to Mongo as you suggested. Thanks again for your help and guidance! Scott

"I've never been alone with a man before, even with my dress on. With my dress off, it's MOST unusual." - Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday

Paris When It Sizzles was remade a couple of years back. It starred Kate Hudson and Luke Wilson...It was called Alex & Emma.

A few years ago, I saw a movie on TCM that I loved; however, I did not get the name of it and I cannot remember it to save my life. Here is what I remember: There was a young boy (in my mind I see Sal Mineo, but it's not him). He is strangling women. There is some type of investigator, maybe a cop or a newspaperman that is having an affair with his bosses wife. I remember a scene where he calls her and she is out by the pool with her husband and she takes the call on a phone that is sitting on a table by the pool. She agrees to see him and lies to her husband. There is a secretary in the movie that has a crush on the investigator, or maybe he has a crush on her. Somehow, the strangler gets fixated on the investigator. At the end of the movie, the mistress ends up in the same apartment building right across the hall from the secretary. I remember the investigator leaving the secretaries apartment and telling her to lock her door and not to let anyone in. It seems at one point he is maybe drunk in her apartment and she hides him when someone comes in??? There is also a scene where the investigator has been fired or reprimanded at his job and he is sitting in a bar all depressed. I cannot remember this movie, but I loved it. Can anyone help me??? Thanks, Lacey

Thank you to someone correctly identifing this quote. The amount of times David Gelernter misquoted someone. I couldn't stand to read the article anymore. Besides the fact that I felt he had no idea what he was talking about, except in the terms that yes, the Rogers/Astaire movies are treasures. Firstly his reference to Ginger's lack of dancing and dance ability make me want to go take him and force him to watch every dance scene she ever did for any movie. I really wish people would look at their facts. The dances were all mainly choreographed by Fred and his close friend Hermes Pan. Besides the fact that based on plot, it would be absurd for some of Ginger's characters to solo dance. Also the fact that Mark Sandrich (who directed half of their movies) and Ginger never got along with each other, could have also played in. I'd address the next person by name but I forget who mentioned this. Who ever was talking about the backwards and in high-heels comment and said that the writer obviously didn't watch the movies very carefully as they did most dancing side to side not cheek to cheek. First off, the quote was not ment to be taken so literally. It was merely to acknowledge that the dancing duo was in fact two people who both derserved notice not just Fred Astaire and some random girl he's dancing with. Second: as someone who actually does what Ginger and Fred do (ballroom dance) there are plently of time when I'm not face to face with my dance partner, especially if we were to be tapping I wouldn't be, but I think everyone would still refer to the dancing me dancing backward. Here's this for an idea, occasionlly the female moves foward, does that also dispel this quote? If I'm taking to strong of an opinion, sorry. The ignorance of some posts (mainly the LA times article) aggravated me.

Check out the AFI (American Film Institute's) 100 Greatest American films for a quick primer on many great U.S. films - though they barely touch the wonderful silent era. (They also don't really cover most British films, except a few coproductions.) AND....after you've seen a lot of great English language films, check out some great foreign films! Some suggestions (relatively recent films): Life is Beautiful (Italy) Amelie (France) Run Lola Run (Germany) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (China) Character (Netherlands) My Life as a Dog (Sweden) Burnt by the Sun (Russia) Kolya (Czech Republic) And some great older classics, like: 400 Blows (France) Bicycle Thief (Italy) M (Germany) Seven Samurai (Japan) Panther Panchali (India) Your local video store should have most of these, and many more... Good luck, and happy viewing!

...IS DISMAL AND REPETITIVE - WHAT CAN I DO TO GET THE SAME GREAT PROGRAMING THAT GOES ON IN NEW YORK WHEN I AM THERE! AS AN AMERICAN STUCK IN THE UK, ONE OF THE SAVING GRACES IS TCM, BUT HERE IT IS JUST WAR MOVIES AND CONSTANT REPEATS...HOW CAN I REACH THE PROGRAMMING PEOPLE TO LET THEM KNOW THE UK TCM IS DYING....

I have current watched the 1950's Cheaper by the dozen and I was wondering who played the eldest daughter. I know that Jeanne Crain played the mother of the Gilbreth family. Please help me this question is start to bug me because I can't think of her name

Thanks for getting back to me that info. I knew Mongo would know and Johnnyweekes70 thanks for some info that I was unable to find. I'll try imdb.com/name/nm0634524 and see what else I can find out. Thanks again.