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Mongo, I haven't read Swanson's autobiography so perhaps one of our fellow TCMers could enlighten us! Thanks again for the info about the rest of Marshall's quite colorful life.

Does anyone know why none of the old M&P Kettle movies are shown on Television anymore???? I am dying to know and dying to watch them all again (on the living room floor with my box of apple jacks) Thanks for any info anyone may have.

I've used the 'suggest' function to add The Shrike starring Jose Ferrer and June Allyson. TCM doesn't have it though.

Perhaps TCM will run a salute?

One that's worthy of mention is Leonardo di Caprio in Gilbert Grape.

I have been following the changes in Hollywood studios for 25 years and wish there were a way to preserve some of these historic studios. But alas they are businesses and so must adapt and change. I was sad to see the Western Set (Bonanza) at Warner torn down a couple years ago. Warner has a great lot but the tour is not as complete as junkies like me would like they don't take you down the street to the ranch where The most famous Sitcom houses sit, Bewitched, I dream of Jeanie etc, Waltons. BTW - Paramount is offering a tour again. Each tour differs but only Universal allowed photography almost everywhere. Universal's VIP tour is more up close but The tour is expensive like 140 bucks and most of it is on the rides not in the production area, but it is the only way to get on a stage or to get out of the tram and slip into the bates hotel to spend the night - hehe. Interestingly every studio accept Universal Still has their original or near original front gate. Which were usually quite ornate. Fox's is hidden though and is now in someones backyard. Only a few studios are actually gone though. Hal roach Studios for one and there are some new ones. Manhattan Beach Studios and LA Center - These are big rental Studios Tour guides were generally good but a little green. The Universal Tour guide talked too much and showed too little. MGM (OK Sony) felt the most like an old studio. Warner had more security than the white house. More trivia - Universal had a lot of land but most of it was hilly or flooded alot (before the concrete river went in) so they never sold off a lot of land and as the need arose they leveled their hills even removing (moving a mountain) a huge hill to vastly expand the lower lot Check out www.filmmakersdestination.com for universals real behind the scenes or www.wbsf.com for warner brothers and www.1164.com for their ranch.

No, Mongo, I wasn't referring to any of Gloria Swanson's numerous consorts. According to some references I've come across in such biographies as Gavin Lambert's "Norma Shearer", Laurence J. Quirk's "Margaret Sullavan" and other books, Miss Swanson and Herbert Marshall were never married, but had a rather publicly torrid affair in the '30s when both were married to others. Apparently this went on for years, and eventually led to both parties living together and being socially ostracized in an increasingly image-concious Hollywood, (though the Norma Shearer & Irving Thalberg invited them to their home despite the gossip). "Bert" and Gloria each eventually divorced their spouses, (Marshall at the time of the affair was in a longtime, much celebrated marriage to the noted British actress, Edna Best), but apparently Marshall's stress during this period of his life led him to drink heavily, and his career, while remarkably long, was never quite the same following this upheaval in his life. After this episode, he drifted away from being a leading man, and, in my eyes, at least, became a much more interesting character actor. BTW, I thoroughly agree with those posters who feel that he was robbed of a deserved nomination for best actor, or at least best supporting actor, for "The Little Foxes". I also loved his turns as W. Somerset Maugham on screen, especially in "The Razor's Edge". And of course, his wonderful acting in the much earlier leading man role "Trouble in Paradise" was delicious.

Ah, I envy the lucky people who were able to see "Death Takes a Holiday" for the first time late last night. Though I'm bleary eyed today since I just had to stay up for this presentation, I don't regret missing a few winks. IMHO, Fredric March as Death captured the essence of the German word "Weltschmerz". He expresses worldweariness untainted by cynicism, yet infused with a romantic longing for experience. Evelyn Venable's sensitive performance as Grazia had a similar ethereal quality. I also enjoyed Gail Patrick as the somewhat jaded society woman who thinks she wants to dally with March--until she sees him as he really is. Of course, I guess no one could get away with this kind of material today, (see the fairly leaden "Meet Joe Black" for evidence), but I do think that this gossamer bit of cinema--as delicate as a cobweb, interestingly directed by Mitchell Leisen, and strangely powerful--might touch a modern viewer's heart. Thanks for posting this particular alert.

I thought I'd post this topic b/c although I figured everyone knew about this site, clearly we get so many questions here which could easily be answered by a visit to internetmoviedatabase.com (also works as imdb.com). You can search by title (e.g. "what year was 'Sunny' released?) , by star if you know someone was in a film but don't know its title - that kind of stuff. Also has external (critcss) and internal (users) reviews and links to credits, not just the stars but writers, directors, editors, etc. An invaluable source of infomration.

Re: Lederer, I recall reading that he died a couple of years ago at around the age of 99.

Instead of going to all of the trouble to find someone to copy these for you and paying the shipping and costs et al why not just buy a new VCR/DVD player? You can get a no-frills one for about $40, the price of some out of print VHS films on Ebay or Amazon used. As noted in the post below, TCM shows these films rather frequently.

I think this short is on one of the newly released DVDs in the Gangster series, possibly PUBLIC ENEMEY. They definitely issued one for the BROADWAY MELODY that just came out called DOGVILLE MELODY.

I have used Tivo to record many movies on TCM so that I can watch them at a later date. I have been fustrated to find that several times lost the last 5 minutes of the movie. I have now set the Tivo to record 5 minutes longer, this can be set under options. Hope this helps.

Thank you. Any idea what movie it's from? She's in front of a typewriter. John

MIKLOS ROZSA's music has always been one of my favorites and the lp I enjoy is ROZSA CONDUCTS ROZSA VOL.2 which contains a wonderful suite from THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES and the overture to JULIUS CAESAR. Included is also FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO, THE RED DANUBE, THE KILLERS, LADY HAMILTON and LYDIA. Another great original soundtrack is FERDE GROFE's original soundtrack to ROCKETSHIP XM, taken from the original sound discs. The record was put out by STARLOG RECORDS 30 years ago and I am not sure if it is on CD. MONSTROUS MOVIE MUSIC has recorded some great music from THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS, THEM, GORGO, TARANTULA, IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE and CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON just to name a few. The music has been painstakingly played to match the original soundtracks. If you love great horror/scifi-check it out!

To answer my own question, it was one of the Dogville shorts, this one is titled "The Big Dog House."

Thank you keithfromkc! I was thrilled to see someone responded to my request for recommedations.

Help! I'm trying desperately to find the name of a movie, probably made in 1930s, that features a cast entirely of dogs. The movie is a pretty typical crime/gangster/mob movie except for the unusual twist that the canine cast. The dogs are dressed in clothes and, for the most part, walk on their hind legs. I caught the last 20 minutes of this movie late night on TCM a while ago and have been trying ever since to track it down. Can anyone please help?

Among my favorites, both re-records and original cds are: DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS and TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH Alfred Newman, SHE James Bernard, BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN Franz Waxman, DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE Franz Waxman, BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS Max Steiner, HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN Hans J Salter and Paul Dessu, MOBY DICK Philip Sainton, HERCULES Enzo Masetti, FAREWELL TO THE KING Basil Poledouris, THE VIKINGS Mario Nascimbene, GOJIRA/GODZILLA Akira Ifukube, BATTLE OF THE BULGE Benj. Frankel-the list goes on! Great to work to!

Nobodys perfect! Everybody knows the Joe E. Brown line to Jack Lemmon in some like it Hot.

I need the title of a short I saw on TCM dealing with the 100th anniversary of Gettysburg and the Civil War. Any info any of you have would be appreciated!

I very much enjoyed The "John Garfield" Story that aired 3/4/05 This great Actor was way before my time (1947) Baby! But i have always loved him & his films....I always remember my Mother watching a 1940 film in the after-noon when i was a child---And I was always taken By "John" "Garfield"---Always wanted to marry a Man like Him..LOL....Even as a young child i seen the magic of this Man!

I also agree, Madacy produces very poor quality videos. I am not familiar with their DVD's.

BONNIE SCOTLAND???

YES!!! We have a winner. Obviously I couldn't say TEXAS, BATTLE, SHRINE or MISSION. However, I think I should explain some of the earlier clues. BEEKEEPER was the name of Chill Wills' character in the movie. KNIFE referred to the weapon associated with Jim Bowie, but the first clue is probably the real headscratcher. I'm told that at one point in this film, a character mentions that the spanish word for COTTONWOOD is "ALAMO". My husband is a student of this film and watches it EVERY SINGLE TIME that it's broadcast. So, I guess he would know. Thanks for playing along. Now, it's your turn Ken.