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Betsy Drake was his costar and real life wife (or soon to be.) I have a fond memory of that movie too but, like you, haven't seen it for years. Fear not, it may show up. Recently TCM also showed two other Grant movies that I haven't seen in 15 years or more. They were "Crisis" and "Dream Wife." So there is hope.

"Theodora Goes Wild" is one of my favorites and too seldom shown. Others you night look for are fairly well known. He plays a nice supporting role in "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House." More meaty roles are in "Hud" and "I Never Sang For My Father", both later in his life.

I seem to recall about a year before he died Elmer Bernstein was on TCM as a guest for the night where they discussed his music and then showed several films that he scored. I don't recall any documentary type films. I am a music lover and would love to know more about the art of scoring a film. Writing music is hard enough but to write to a specific theme and time limit must be really difficult. Message was edited by: Me

It all depends on who is the magazine's audience. On a flight to Denver a few months ago I read a magazine (I don't remember the name) that was listing it's 25 funniest movies. They didn't qualify anything as to a particular time frame. The only movie older than "Blazing Saddles" was "Some Like It Hot." That was only mid-pack in the rankings. (I don't recall what was first except "There's Something About Mary" was pretty close.) I felt an Edgar Kennedy-like slow burn coming on. The least the morons from that magazine could do is a little homework. At least Premiere noted there were films made before 1959. It still doesn't mean they got it right.

I have always thought Vera Miles was beautiful. Maybe not in the Lamarr or Lombard league but truly lovely. Not a great film career but some nice choices among her work.

I suppose it would be too much to hope for but it would be really exciting if Mr. Osbourne announced it was a viewer idea for the evening and even more so, that he might mention Kyle's name. I don't really expect them to but we know who did it.

A few minutes too slow and I have to redo it. In addition to those mentioned by davidenglish you might like "Nothing Sacred." Dramams that might appeal to you are "In Name Only" with Cary Grant and "Made For Each Other" with Jimmy Stewart. Message was edited by: Me

Somewhere in these threads there are quite a few people who have complained politely and frequently about Widmark's lack of a day or tribute. I like Widmark's westerns in addition to the films you mention. I think Morrow was terrific in "Combat" and I bet that success probably got in the way of a better movie career. I did the see the "Combat" episode he directed and for its day seemed quite ahead of the game. It was pretty good.

For ethereal how about Robert Powell as an extraordinarily blue eyed Jesus in "Jesus of Nazareth." It's the NBC miniseries from 1979(?) In that one I thought the director, Franco Zefferrelli (sp?) at times went out of his way to emphasize his blue eyes almost as if that set him apart (in that Jesus would be different) from those that surrounded him. I thought he did a very good job. Love his voice.

Too bad all this good stuff isn't over in the GWTW Essentials thread.

Isn't it formatted for high definition TVs? Aren't those usually in a widescreen? I don't have one but I think that's why it's shown that way.

Stewart's really good in this movie. My favorite scenes are his fatherly discussions with McClure (his future son-in-law) about being married and how to deal with a wife. It's pretty funny and pretty true. But it is a good picture about a family under very trying circumstances. I think Patrick Wayne is resting comfortably somewhere. I did see he sat for an interview on an extra on a DVD of one of his dad's movies. Message was edited by: Me

Burton, I think, was a hard guy to warm up to. The roles I can think of he played brooding, dark characters. Did he do a comedy? (Taming of The Shrew"?) It's not that he was bad but his characters were hard to like. Examples - "The Spy Who Came In From The Cold." "My Cousin Rachel" "Night Of The Iguana." "Alexander The Great." "...Virginia Woolf." I'm leaving some out so jump in with anything else.

The worst hair came in the 60's. Think of all those stars with the nice 40s/50s style hair and then how awful they looked in the 60's. Some of those styles were so big they could have been used for storage.

According to a new thread with postings for "shorts" thru the 4th. It is due to be on again tomorrow 6/28 at 7:47p. Check the list for others.

I always liked Larry too. They all had equally important roles. I used to laugh at how Moe pulled out Larry's hair and the accompanying sound. That's another thing I found that they were quite talented about were the sound effects. The timing was always so on and quite creative. As a kid if I saw anyone else getting a slap or a punch or someone being hit with a hammer or assorted blunt objects I expected it to sound like it did with the Stooges. And nobody threw a pie like Moe. Message was edited by: Me

One of my favorites comes from "The Quiet Man" as well. It's the scene in front of the fireplace. Very little dialogue. Watching the fire Maureen puts her head on John's shoulder. Then he lifts her arm to put it around him, her head resting behind his. It plays better than it sounds. To me it's a lovely, intimate moment.

I always figured he was the leader and would have to be controlling to some degree. Maybe the problem was ours. Maybe we expected anyone to be Curly or Shemp and they could never be them. I'll defer to your opinion on whether anyone could not work with him. Getting slapped is a painful way to make a living.

They couldn't find anyone to replace Curly and Shemp because Moe ran out of brothers. It must have been tough for Besser and DeRita those were some tough shoes to fill.

You may have thought of this, but have you checked to see if the DVD is close captioned or subtitled?

Somewhere lurking in here is a thread about Astaire and Kelly and what people liked about each of them. You might enjoy that one and want to add some new comments. http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa?messageID=7774429 I hope that works. Message was edited by: Me

Thanks for the pictures, all of you. I "googled" Hedy and it's amazing how many photos come up.

It's just sheer unadulterated natural beauty. Other actresses had more talent, in some cases a lot more. She had an agreeable screen presence. If there was any problem at all it may be that her studio(s) didn't give her enough really good material.

Even though John Wayne was able to get his hand up Maureen O'Hara's slap in "The Quiet Man" looked like a hard one. She broke a finger with that one. Ginger Rogers has a slap-fest with the woman who plays Jimmy Stewart's fiancee in "Vivacious Lady." It's even funnier as it turns into a big girl fight. It's complete with hair pulling, kicking and pin sticking.

I came in in the middle of it. Wasn't Billy Gilbert as the designer funny? The blonde was Thelma Todd, not Mae Busch. L & H caught me completely by surprise. It's funny how everyone got dressed up to go to Coney Island. The women spending so much time covering themselves. I did catch a mistake, sort of. When they are in the revolving tunnel Thelma falls down and rolls over backwards. There you see the top of her stockings and her upper legs. Next shot she has a pair of bloomers on that come nearly to her knees.