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Here is an "Advance Synopsis" of Kiss of Death from the Motion Picture Herald, 1947. Interesting reading:

Are you uploading images to your posts directly from your computer? If so, there is a limit as to how much you can upload (I don't recall what it is). So you would need to use a photo-upload site, like imgur.com, for instance. There, you can upload images (for free) and paste them into your posts here.

I recall an episode of "Leave it to Beaver" where The Beav was supposed to deliver a book report to his class on The Three Musketeers but hadn't read the book. Then a classmate tipped him off that the film version was being shown on tv, and so the Beav watched it and used that for his report the next day. Since there was a lot of silliness involved in the report, I wonder if this was supposed to be the film version he watched.

True, but sometimes they give you money to keep quiet.

Kyle Kersten was well-respected and liked as an important contributor to these message boards. Many of his threads have been restored, thankfully. It is quite appropriate for him to be honored on the message boards, since he was one of "us." There are other places on the TCM website to honor non-posters.

Solid, reliable actor. He gave a memorable performance in an episode of Marcus Welby, suffering from a nervous disorder (or so he thought). His character suffered from body spasms, facial tics, etc. This was the first time I ever heard the word "vasectomy" on a tv show. He asked Welby for one, because he didn't want to pass on the disorder.

I wonder if there is an agreed-upon definition of "release date" in the industry. The Thin Man Goes Home played in several states (Maryland, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina) in late December 1944. It debuted in NY in the town of Olean, as a 12:00 A.M. showing on December 31, 1944. Maybe those places weren't considered important enough.

One thing I learned from watching this film as a kid was that a "plunger" was a gambler. This film featured several of A & C's vaudeville pals, including Murray Leonard (as the chauffeur) and Milt Bronson, who appears during the "Susquehanna Hat" routine. That routine was an act from their vaudeville days, which they also performed years later on their television show. Sid Fields, who played the landlord on the tv series, actually had a scene with Lou in this film, as a language teacher. However, that scene ended up on the cutting room floor. As far as the footage from Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, director Jean Yarbrough said it was included just to save the studio money. I've never been a fan of Betty Hutton, but Marion looked pretty sexy in this.

You're welcome, glad I could help.

Hey, don't laugh. That chimp was given the Congressional Medal of Honor.

It might be Knock On Any Door, with Humphrey Bogart and John Derek. It's been some time since I've seen it, but there are similarities in what you wrote.

When I saw the cast you listed, I suspected this film was from Albert Zugsmith. (Turns out I was correct). He used many of these actors in several of his films. The clincher was seeing the shot of Norman "Woo Woo" Grabowski as one of the goons.

I haven't used Movies On Demand for awhile, so I just checked the site and saw The Devil's Brigade is exactly as you described. This is like watching a filmstrip from my elementary school days. Even if I pump the film from my laptop to a 31-inch monitor, the film is still unwatchable. I noticed this also happened with the Fox Movie Network when they were showing films done in Cinemascope.

Wait a minute ... Curley was a Canadian? Here is a photo of Miss McIntyre (center) performing with the Paquin Players in Chicago in 1931. The play was entitled "Flight of the Herons." As an amateur group in the Chicago Drama League competition, they placed second and won a whopping $75 prize.

Didn't she have a twin sister named Christine McIntyre?? Yes. she did have a beautiful voice, and showed it to the fullest effect singing "Voice of Spring" in another Stooges short.

Lucia di Lammermoor Okay, it's not a film, but there is a connection here. I saw this Saturday night at the Metropolitan Opera. I had never heard the opera before, but I immediately recognized one piece. However, I couldn't figure out where I'd heard it before. Then, during intermission, it came to me. Of course, the version below takes some liberties with the lyrics: Now I'm worried that if I ever see Il Trovatore, I will expect to see a Battleship, a duel in the orchestra pit, and some guy with a greasepaint mustache going "boogie boogie boogie."

Syracuse had a great history of running backs - Ernie Davis, Jim Brown, Larry Csonka, Floyd Little, and Jim Nance. All but Davis made it to the Pros. Although I haven't seen many of Dennis Quaid's films, I am always entertained by them. I particularly liked him in The Rookie, based on the story of major league pitcher Jim Morris. There are two other college football films I'd recommend, both based on true stories with the usual dramatic license: Rudy and We Are Marshall. For whatever reason, films about professional football don't come off as well.

Barthelmess doesn't come off too well in sound films. He was much better in silents.

80 years ago in hisTORy In a match in Buffalo NY on March 25, 1938, Wladislaw Talun, a 279-pound wrestler, tosses Tor Johnson out of the ring after 13 minutes and 19 seconds. Tor is unable to return for the next fall. However, he does manage to crawl over to the buffet table.

I'd like to know as well.

Jack Warden played rival brothers Luke Fuchs and Roy L. Fuchs in Used Cars. The film is often tasteless but hysterically funny.

Ha! Not what I meant, but that's an interesting interpretation.

Yes, that forum is kind of like Bourbon Street. If you've ever walked along that street, you'll know what I mean.