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What's PBFH? I've tried to come up with it - and just can't. Also, regarding Bette not being gorgeous so not minding looking ugly in a role - well, you sure can't say Crawford was good looking, IMO anyway. She was no better looking than Bette - and actually, I appreciate Bette's looks more, she wasn't so severe, as I mentioned in the last post.

I've never been a big Joan fan - but after watching her earlier movies, I got to like her more - the opposite of the last poster. She seemed too 'severe' looking in her later films, which I think contributed to why people believed all the Mommie Dearest bullcrap. Today, after growing to appreciate her, I know how ridiculous that is - not to like someone because of how they look - but it did take me awhile, I must admit. I guess I like Bette better - but I also think it's like comparing apples and oranges. It's like Joel McCrea (sp?) I like him now - but I still don't like his voice. I gotta learn to take the good with the bad in order to fully appreciate someone.

It's great to read the comments about how great these films are - maybe I'll watch them after all. I've heard it said that even Tolkien would be impressed. *grin* All of my kids friends have the set so I'll borrow one and devote a weekend to the project. hehe Cappucino, popcorn and LOTR - should be fun!

One of the funniest movies I've ever seen is No Time for Sergents with Andy Griffith. It was a 'Depends' movie for me. lol Of course, I adore Andy and also have most of The Andy Griffith show recorded. I think he's one of the funniest comedians ever - even funnier than Don Knotts. JMHO.

Okay - I'm not getting any answers with my own thread on this and would REALLY like some - so I'll post it here and hopefully someone will answer since this is a much-loved thread. :-) Bridge on the River Kwai - I just watched this movie that I recorded when last on TCM - great movie, as you know - but there was something at the end that I didn't quite get even though I watched it twice. At the end, the major of Bill Holden's bunch, I believe it was Jack Warden but I really don't recognize him that readily yet - said *SPOILER* something like "I had to do it, I had to do it, what if they'd been taken alive." Now I realize that he was "suicide happy" and overly fearful about people being captured alive, etc. But am I to assume that HE, not the Japs, killed Holden and/or Guinness? Or even Joyce? If I'd have had a man with me, I'm sure he could have explained it, lol, but alas, I didn't and I don't understand much about guns, war etc. I had thought the shots that were being fired at our boys were coming from the Japs. Were they from Warden? Please explain. Thanks.

That makes sense - but doesn't totally answer my question. WHO exactly did he shoot? :-)

I totally agree that Mr. and Mrs. Smith certainly didn't look like a Hitchcock film. :-) But - - dark comedy or satire are STILL comedies and I don't think Bob was thinking about that when he commented. But - this does make me feel better about when I make a small mistake. I play a lot of Silver Screen Trivial Pursuit (6000 questions as opposed to 600 in Scene It) and I get so mad at myself when I get a question wrong. lol I want to know EVERYTHING about classics - which, of course, I know is impossible. I don't even think the great Osbourne (no, I'm not joking - I think he is tops) knows "all".

Thanks very much movielover - you guys know all the secrets. lol WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT November's schedule is - *sigh* - almost no new movies, just repeats of all we've had in the previous 10 months. Is it my imagination or didn't TCM used to be programmed MUCH better? I'm truly unhappy about this and I'm sure I won't be alone. Grant it there are some new B movies in November, but even few of those. :-( :-( :-(

Yancy, how did you get a look at the Nov schedule? I thought they only had them posted til Oct?

Not often do I catch Bob in an error but the day they aired Mr. and Mrs. Smith - Alfred Hitchcock - he said, once before the movie and once after, that this was Hitchcock's ONLY comedy. If The Trouble With Harry wasn't considered a comedy what else could it be considered? It's a comedy in my books. Opinions? :-)

Legends? Not a one of 'em IMO. Remembered - yes, - Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Anthony Hopkins and for females I agree with Jodie Foster. I also like Larry's choice of Ed Norton who I've liked since day one of his career. I, personally, don't care for Tom Hanks.

I agree with whoever suggested the gangster movies or the horror genre - they are 'fun' type movies and almost anyone would enjoy them as opposed to starting with a certain actor/actress that you may or may not like. I'd suggest starting with The Maltese Falcon, White Heat, and Little Caesar for gangster flicks and Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, The Mummy, Dracula (Bela Lugosi version) and The Wolfman for horror movies. (Yes, you'll laugh at what they used to call horror, but that's where it all started.) Or if you prefer romance and espionage one of the best movies ever made is Casablanca. Of course you can never go wrong with Gone with the Wind or The Wizard of Oz, already suggested. Just my 2 cents. Happy viewing!

Just bringing this thread back up - would someone please respond? :-)

The one movie actress I HAVE seen is the great Ginger. She was playing in a dinner theatre in Edmonton, Alberta about 25 years ago, playing in Charlie's Aunt (as the 'real' aunt)- I would love to see the movie version of that, btw - and she was wonderul - and still beautiful. I would love to see more of her movies, such as some you've mentioned - I have taped The Primrose Path and am waiting to watch that. The murder one mentioned here sounds divine! A month devoted to her would be wonderful!

Also, if anyone is reading this and could give an opinion - August 22 is Joan Crawford's 'day' - and as you know, you can't watch everything. Other than her most well-known movies, Mrs. Cheyney, Possessed, Mildred Pearce, Grand Hotel - what, in your opinion, are some of the better Joan lesser-known movies? Thanks.

Hi Mongo! :-) I knew I'd be asking you a question sooner or later.lol Now I have to find the time to fully read this interesting thread. Is there a movie starring Maureen O'Hara and Richard Egan? I saw a movie when I was 10 years old that I really enjoyed - I knew nothing about classic actors then and I asked my mom when she got home. I can't remember if I wrote down the names or just "remembered" them as kids try to. I do remember telling her that the lady in the movie was a dancer and her asking me if I was sure it was Maureen O'Hara and not Rita Hayworth because Rita WAS a dancer. I was certain it was Maureen. But am more uncertain now hehe. I did go to imdb and look up Richard Egan and did try to find a movie title that I thought it might be and read the descriptions, etc, but haven't time to read TONS of movies - so I was hoping you could help me. I do know the woman was beautiful and danced, maybe exotic dancing with scarfs? - and that one-word TV series (name escapes me - could it be 'Empire'?) with Richard Egan and Charles Bronson was on TV at the time so you'd think I'd know Richard Egan. Oops, I just super-dated myself, didn't I? LOL Anyway, help would be appreciated. Thanks Mongo. Also would like to know if anyone has ever seen a movie called Untamed starring Egan, Susan Hayward and gorgeous Ty Power - this came up when I was researching - boy, does it sound good!! Considering the stars, it's likely FOX, though, right, which is why it hasn't (to my knowledge) been on TCM.

Can I just forgo my imaginary visits and bring Al Pacino home for the weekend? ;-)

Just for your information - The Strawberry Blonde will be showing on TCM on October 17 - can't wait. Recording this one for sure.

I read this thread tongue in cheek cuz I've heard so many people think they look like 'someone' and they don't at all. Not that I'm disputing anyone here, I'll betcha some of you are totally correct. I once was in a tourist shop and saw a guy who to this day I'm not sure if he was Carroll O'Connor or not - it WAS in California. But it's amazing how often you hear someone say "that person looks like *whoever*" and you don't see it AT ALL. I really laughed at the person whose dad looks like Barney Rubble - that I would pay to see. hehehe

With regard to British humor, when I was a teenager I really liked a bunch of movies called the Carry On movies. I haven't seen these since I WAS a teen. (Long, long ago in a village far, far away - - - ) I'm curious to know if these are really good movies or if, as a teenager, I just didn't know good from bad. hehe I don't remember much about them except that I found them funny at the time. I 'should' really try to at least watch a few Woody Allen movies - then I might now what I'm talking about - you know, contempt prior to investigation and all that - - -

I feel rather foolish asking this question - I should have been able to figure it out for myself - but hopefully someone can help me. Bridge on the River Kwai - I just watched this movie that I recorded when last on TCM - great movie, as you know - but there was something at the end that I didn't quite get even though I watched it twice. At the end, the major of Bill Holden's bunch, I believe it was Jack Warden but I really don't recognize him that readily yet - said *SPOILER* something like "I had to do it, I had to do it, what if they'd been taken alive." Now I realize that he was "suicide happy" and overly fearful about people being captured alive, etc. But am I to assume that HE, not the Japs, killed Holden and/or Guinness? Or even Joyce? If I'd have had a man with me, I'm sure he could have explained it, lol, but alas, I didn't and I don't understand much about guns, war etc. I had thought the shots that were being fired at our boys were coming from the Japs. Please explain. Thanks. :-)

Thanks y'all - that helped a lot. :-)

Comedy is not my primary focus when it comes to movies - although I do love a good one. I'm a bit confused when it comes to some terms, though. What exactly makes screwball, screwball; slapstick, slapstick; and what is exactly the difference. I think I have 'somewhat' of an idea but I can't really put it in words. Like I know that the Marx Bros are slapstick whereas Cary Grant/Ginger Rogers would be screwball - but I can't tell you "why". Thanks for any insight. :-)

WOW! What a loaded question! Mine would all be male - and not for the reason you're thinking. Well, not ALL anyway. *grin* 1) Claude Rains - since I've always thought of him as the father I wish I'd had, he could sleep anywhere or do anything he darn well pleased - and bring any lady he liked to do it with hehe 2) Definately all the gangsters - whether it would be one at a time or all together is another question - that would be the problem. Cagney, Raft, Bogie, Muni, Robinson, Lorre, Greenstreet. Lorre and Greenstreet would have to be there at the same time. Cagney and Raft could sleep 'anywhere' they wanted. hehe 3) Orson Welles, Robert Montgomery, William Powell, John Garfield 4) Errol Flynn, Tyrone Power - and I ain't telling where they'd be sleeping. lol Yep, I know I'm "over-drawn" but I dunno if I can get it down any lower. I guess if I "had to" I'd leave out Greenstreet, Robinson, Welles and Montgomery in that order - but it's my fantasy so I get 14. lol Now I'm going before I think of 12 more.

Speaking of White Heat - - when it was being discussed the announcer said something about Cagney having an "oedipus complex" in this movie. I've been doing a lot of thinking about it since and even though Cody Jarrett was a psycho and a jerk, I think he was just close to his mother - but not necessarily in a twisted, demented way. Yes, she was as unlawful as he was and he definitely loved her a lot but I felt he was in love with Virginia Mayo - well as in love as Cody could be - and didn't feel anything "strange" about his mother. Which makes me wonder, especially at the time, why males who had a close relationship to their mothers were always looked at a sickos. Maybe the announcer was joking, maybe serious, I don't know - but I'm curious what y'all think. I wonder what the book said about it - assuming White Heat is a book. I know that there were supposed to be homosexual innuendos in the book The Maltese Falcon that I have never thought/think of when I see the movie. Maybe there's more to this than I ever thought about, as well?! Comments?