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Well, please keep posting. I plan to see if I can over-react myself into such a ban.

I declare this thread open.

One of the reasons 31 days of Oscars gets little viewing from me.

I got reactions from you to a couple of my posts about 20 hours ago. Is this just a recent thing?

That would indeed be a harsh result, however I would endorse that result if anyone posts some clip from Cabin in the Sky in that other "Joe" thread.

If it were not for Longtimer, we may never have seen the thoughts expressed in this great post.

I wish Joe would stay and hog the off-topic thread with the same kind of post.

The phrase "little people" makes me think of someone else who said something like "paying taxes is for the little people".

Hush. It is not the right time to talk about/politicize this issue.

Yes. Only people who are indifferent to money may criticize Trump.

I have seen them quite often. Ken was quite ga-ga over the stars. There are some old filler things I have not seen in a long time, such as the one about movie theaters in small towns going broke because of the federal excise tax, or the one dealing with a New Orleans (I think) policeman handling a mentally ill suspect.

You will also be privileged to see Lloyd Nolan if you watch one of Holden's scheduled upcoming films, Toward the Unknown. (Holden's worst imo)

Reading back through the thread, it appears that a couple of posts about persons declining the award were guesses.

Why, generally, are such awards turned down? I recall periods where actors considered it "unfashionable" to attend OSCAR ceremonies (mid to late 1960s for example), but these AFI awards appear to have a lot of "decliners".

This sounds like John Hodiak. I enjoyed the Hitchcock movie, Lifeboat.

Excellent description. I found this my least favorite of the Barbara Stanwyck shows and I am not sure why. She is certainly at her vintage best cracking her whip and I agree Carolyn Jones does an excellent job in her role. I suspect my reason for disliking it is because there are one too many subplots for my taste. I could certainly have done without the Fabian subplot which I thought added nothing. I was also underwhelmed by the ending where crusty old Kate sends Carolyn off to the chapel to seek guidance. This was my second favorite of the Stanwyck shows behind "An then there's Maud". I really liked the interaction between Kate and Chris as well as Kate and Berry. As you said, the last half hour of the show was excellent.

Trying to decide if I am hearing the voice of Will Geer philosophizing with Rock Hudson prior to sending Rock to the surgeon for a final time in Seconds. I sort of think I am.

I think Selma's innocent comment which caused the older girls to giggle was something to the effect that God had been good to Ingeborg because he gave her a husband and a baby on the same day. The mention of a husband causes me to conclude that Ingeborg's father was not the baby's father but that some other male had taken advantage of this disturbed girl and that her father had tried, unsuccessfully, to prevent this sort of thing happening by keeping her out of school. After Ingeborg's death, which occurred on the same day her mother died, Selma concludes that Ingeborg died because she missed her mother.

Here is one:

Lord no.

Why are you confused? You mentioned both movies in your reply to my post. In any event, I was aware of those two movies. I just could not connect Loesser to Let's Dance. Anyway, new rule of thumb for me. Avoid questions involving musicals

Aha. Poo on Wiki then. I knew Loesser had to be the composer but the other two movies you mentioned just did not fit.

He pops up in many episodes of TV Series like Maverick and Peter Gunn where Robert Altman was the director. Movies included his compelling performance as an uncredited policeman in Bonnie and Clyde.

Wikiopedia says the composer was Robert Emmet Dolan. I have certainly checked what I believe to be Loesser's movies and none seem to fit.

I was aware of the hint other than that the composer was also the lyricist. Many possibilities, none of which fit all of the criteria, eg Pal Joey (composer who was also lyricist, stars who did not get along, but one of them was neither a singer or a dancer). Maybe someone else will pitch in and answer the question.