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Yes. Steele was pretty good as Tor, and I believe he may have known him as well. Steele died within the last few months. I think he was previously a high school teacher.

Let's hope TCM does not pan and scan, because we all get the heebie jeebies when that happens.

I have had two articles published in British journals, and their "style guides" always say to spell words as Americans do; "honor," not "honour" for instance. So I did. And then when the articles came out in print, the editors had changed all the spelling back to the British style.

This thread is on its way to derailment.

It is called the "Slowly I Turn" shot, first used by The Three Stooges, and then perfected by Linda Blair in The Exorcist.

I Was an FBI for the Communists Side-splitting comedy, starring Tor Johnson as a bungling Russian spy named James Commie, who is appointed Director of the FBI. Hilarity ensues when Commie can’t remember whether he is supposed to rig the election for Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump. In the hysterical finale, Al Franken and Jill Stein become President and Vice-President, running on, you guessed it … the Franken-Stein ticket. Everybody then smokes dope and forgets about climate change. Kathy Griffin has a cameo as a skid-row derelict.

TCM is long overdue in showcasing blaxploitation films. At the very least, they should schedule a Pamela Grier night.

Actually it looks like he is giving the finger to UCLA.

Most people probably do not realize that before any of film versions of Ben-Hur, there was a stage version, which included the chariot race. Here is a scene involving Esther, Simonides, and Ben-Hur (played by William Farnum). This still is from around 1900. Interesting to see Ben-Hur dressed as a Roman soldier.

The novel consists of 8 "books." The chariot race occurs in the 5th book.

This is one of the craziest, but most entertaining films I've ever seen. Going into it, I smelled a bomb, but I came out of it laughing. My favorite line is when Goldblum says of Dafoe, "did he just throw my cat out of the window?" And I say this as a cat lover.

Yeah, we got vaccinated in school. I remember one kid fainting while we were lined up. Later on, we had an oral vaccine.

The quote is from Animal Crackers.

Sorry to hear this. She was lovely as the gypsy in House of Frankenstein and very cute as Costello's girlfriend in Little Giant. Her ancestors were among the original settlers in what is now Los Angeles. At one time, they owned about 36,000 acres in the area.

Good point about Haydn. I did not recognize him at all in Forever Amber.

Here is Chapman, auditioning for a part in It Happened One Night.

Reisner's ex-wife was famous in her own right. Here she is with some Swedish guy:

Forget the sweater. The real issue is that Reisner was stuck with the horrible nickname "Dinky Dean" when he broke into films. Chaplin gave him that nickname. In a 1949 interview, Dean expressed some disgust with that nickname, saying "I played sweet and sympathetic parts so long that I never want to see one again." On his work as a heavy in the film The Traveling Saleswoman, he said "the meaner and more menacing the screen role, the better I like it. If the part calls for a cad, a scoundrel and an A-No. 1 stinker, that's me. Instead of 'Dinky Dean,' call me 'Stinky Dean'." Or maybe hand him a gun and call him "Dirty Dean."

Jeez, Cate has certainly good downhill. On the other hand, Judi looks spectacular!

Is it just me, or does Paul Frees sound like he is dubbing his own voice in each of his films?

There was a novel entitled "Soiled Henry," but I don't think it had anything to do with a San Francisco cop.

Yes. It reads "Do you feel lucky?"

Here is an interesting tidbit, from the Los Angeles Times, July 28, 1926:

Hey, wait a minute. Uber drivers are fascists?

Thanks for sharing stories about Mr. Laemmle. Here is something you might have not seen. I found this picture of Carl Laemmle, Jr. (upper left photo) from 1926. He was promoting The Collegians on the side of a Whippet, a car which was making a trip from Los Angeles to New York City. The Collegians was a collection of two-reelers depicting college life. Laemmle was credited with the writing. As a side note, the Whippet covered around 3560 miles, using 82.25 gallons of gas, for a whopping 43.28 mpg!