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Anyone catch this promo for March? I saw it late last night (the video is in the video room) and thought it a nice twist on the usual promos. All roled into one and presented by both Osborne and Mankiewicz it covered all the bases for March with clips and dates for something of the movies in this months spotlight. Everything from The Essentials to the Chuck Jones special.

Kathy: You will be first on the list. I am trying something more manageble by trying to get my church to add chocolate as a fifth foundation of the church. I have some supporters but no official support. Theresa: My daughter does love music. She plays the piano a little and is studying ballet and apprently doing well. Some music of hers is beyond my tolerance but she is quite up to talking and enjoying the music I listen to. She's ok.

*had to laugh. I don't think said "poems" could be classified as "works." They are exercises in silliness and as Theresa so aptly puts it, they are just for fun. They would not, nor were they meant to, withstand any serious criticism.* If they are silly that is all the more reason to be enjoyed. Reading your comments suggests a fine talent there. I'll be looking.

I can't wait to see it. Can you point me in the direction of Lafitte's works? Did I send you one of mine? Maybe I'll PM you one I wrote for my bride sometime. Of course, you must be gentle in your critique of it as well. Looking forward to it.

Oh, I can get M&Ms but I tend to eat too many if I am not careful. They are too good. I am lobbying the FDA to make chocolate one of the major food groups. It will validate my choice of food and make children happy all over the country. My daughter loves "Horse Feathers" with the Marx Brothers. She also enjoys "The Tin Star" with Henry Fonda and "Gunfight At The OK Corral." She has recently become a fan of Mel Brooks' finer works. She also enjoys "Sabrina" and "Roman Holiday" with Ms. Hepburn, If I catch her at the right time she'll watch a lot of things with me. However, she is 18 and many more interesting things going on then to hang out with her father. I do still get a frequent "I love you" though.

*what do you and your bride eat while watching them? do yall snack? i have to eat something comforting when watching that, so usually i go for some hot chocolate and a couple marshmellows.does your daughter watch them with yall or is she not interested in them as much?* My daughter doesn't watch the "P.S" so much but she does love old movies and will ask me to pick a western or something by the Marx Brothers, Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart or even Laurel and Hardy. I like to snack on M&Ms when I can get them. Which thankfully isn't too often now. It's not like I need them but I sure do like them. We'll have something to drink. My bride's is usually some kind of crazy tea where mine is a simple soda.

*okay, johnny im working on on song right now,* Are you writing one?

*even after i have watched all 7 of them, i still think the first one is the best! what about you? is that your favorite too? did you watch it with your beautiful bride?* I did watch it with my beautiful bride. While I think they are all very good the one that stands out to me is "The Lost Child." I may have mentioned it before but it has a great story but it is some of the most powerful acting I have seen, TV or movies. And mostly by a cast of those you wouldn't know. It is one not to be forgotten. We'll be working our way through them again. It's always lovely to see you here. Chime in whenever you want.

>Oops, there's a knocking at my door. Ask who is there. If the answer comes back "Candygram" don't answer it. If you know what that means we know about how old you are.

Susan: This is wonderful. I have several friends battling cancer and their news is good then bad. I can't tell you how glad I am to hear this. Please keep us posted.

I LOVE Helen Mirren. Don't you?? I do. I watched "Prime Suspect 1" last night. Good stuff.

I love the line about the vegetable. It is those kinds of lines that make this fun. Being so easily divorced bothered me a little but it is only a movie. It was fun though.

The movie was from 1931. You can't apply 2009 sensibilities to a movie that is almost 80 years old. What you have to ask yourself is "Is that comment out of line for its time?" If you didn't know TCM shows all movies uncut and unedited. They show things warts and all. Seen "Blazing Saddles"?

Hi everyone. Today I got to see "Bluebeard's Eighth Wife" with Gary and the lovely Claudette Colbert. What an odd but fun film. Cooper falls in love with Colbert and asks her to become his wife, No. 8. She finds out that the previous living wives get a very nice handsome lifelong "salary" as part of a divorce settlement. Colbert, always hard up for money, thinks that would be a great way to earn a nice living. She marries Cooper for the sole purpose of divorcing him. He will have none of it. They do their best to con each other into doing the things they don't want to do. It is at times very funny with what seem to be throw-away lines and some interesting twists on the plot. I found out afterward that Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett wrote the script. They did a fine job. Colbert and Copper are wonderful together and have lots of fun playing off of each other. Lord knows when it would be on again. I think I caught it about 15 minutes in from a showing last summer and I don't recall seeing it listed since. If you can find it, have fun.

*It was released theatrically back in the day. I haven't seen it in almost forty years (how can it be 40 years!!!)* Which may speak to its quality.

Ian Richardson?

I don't know if Selleck's s western career fell apart as his movies were always big ratings grabbers for TNT. There were other westerns made for TNT but it seems they all quit about the same time. No tears for Selleck as his current series of movies for CBS, "Jesse Stone," are some of the biggest ratings they have had for nonregular programming. I have very much enjoyed them. His character is not unlike a western hero.

>The other western stars Robert Mitchum and Angie Dickenson: YOUNG BILLY YOUNG (1969). If I've seen it, it's been too long ago for me to remember it. Chris, does it ring any bells with you? No. Never heard of it . I wonder if it was a TV movie. Some rare titles have been on TV lately. Sir Francis told me about "The Shooting" which I had also not heard of and started to watch it but something came up and had to leave it. There wasn't much too it but I wasn't in it long.

Terrific actor and seemingly one of the nicest guys around. He worked very late in life too. A small but interesting role had him as owner of the California Angels in Disney's "Angels In The Outfield." I though it was a great inside joke to have one cowboy legend play another, Gene Autry. (If you didn't know Autry owned the Angels for a long time,) A real cowboy who added a great deal from everything from the great Ford pictures to some made-for-tv westerns later on,

HI Molo: It has long been my wish to get down in your area to see the battlefields but my only chance to go with someone went away when my brother moved out of state. You have had an interesting time looking into history. What family I had that were in the war I seldom saw and the topic seldom came up for conversation. *The World At War* series was my first in-depth exposure to it and I found it fascinating.

I went ahead and watched *They Were Expendable* last night and was struck by several things in light of our discussion. One was how the men were anxious to fight but not out of boredom (except for Wayne early on) but out of confidence that they could do the job. Their arm of the Navy may have been new but they knew they could contribute. Even after doing jobs that they felt had little value they even took those with the seriousness that any other mission deserves. The company of sailors points certainly to the Cavalry pictures, Rey pointed out the movie came out just as the war ended and the timing killed the box office. Ford must have been struck so deep by his time in the Navy that he had a lot more to say about it and felt it best served in westerns. *Rio Grande* kept coming to my mind. The outdoor locations (with obvious cooperation from the government) really gives the film a feeling of reality that not all war films have. I think only two outdoor scenes were shot on a stage. Save for a few obvious model shots the special effects were first rate too. Ford also gives us a real sense of the men without telling us a lot about them. Long, almost posed shots point out their ordinary nature. They are ordinary men in extraordinary circumstances. They are complete with fear and humor and respect for each other. Many shots in shadows. They highlight the tension whether in the operating room or the destruction of the compound. It is a very good looking film. They are steadfast to their duty even to the point of going home because there is work to do there.

It is on the schedule tab. Click on it at the top of the page. On the right of the movie are several columns. One of these is the reminder. Click on it and you can put in your email address.

Living in Maryland I have the benefit of living near Antietam and Gettysburg. I have not been to many battlefields in Virginia though. I come from a generation where my dad was between everything so he did not have to serve. I had several uncles but my fascination with WWII was born more out of watching documentaries. I find the topic most interesting as there is always something new to learn. A few years ago my daughter's HS US History class spent dreafully little time on either of these historic conflicts. Too bad.

How many of us have settled bets? How many have been the source of answers for those who remember less than we do? It's useless until somebody else needs it and then we are the authority. My bride calls me "The Answer Man." Still in the over-all scheme of things it is that and wonderfully so. Most of the time it is useless to all except each of us here but how wonderful we have it. The things I have learned here by so many being willing to share is an education hard pressed to find anywhere. The "rambles" here and in "westerns" and other places are full of useless information. That's a great thing. To all I remain - Uselessly yours Chris

I don't remember the ad but it's very nice. "Fur Elise" is a lovely piece and I can get through it but there are a few runs that need work.