traceyk65

> {quote:title=bagladymimi wrote:}{quote}Responding to CineMaven > > This month I am looking forward to seeing: > > > > > > Mary Boland: The Solitaire Man* > Ruggles Of Red Gap > > > Joan Fontaine: Rebecca > Letter From An Unknown Woman* > > > > > > Fred MacMurray: The Lady Is Willing* > > > > > > Catherine Deneuve: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg > > > > > > Gregory Peck: Duel In The Sun > > > > > > Hattie McDaniel: The Great Lie > > > > > > Charles Coburn: The More The Merrier > > > > > > Glenda Farrell: Murder In The Wax Museum* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * I have never seen these movies > > The rest fall into the category of "I just want to see them again." > > > Edited by: bagladymimi on Aug 2, 2013 7:36 PM > > > > > *I have GOT to start looking further ahead on the schedule. I love THE LADY IS WILLING--it's a sort of screwball romcom with Fred Macmurray and Marlene Dietrich and what is probably the cutest baby actor I have ever seen. Macmurray is a oediatrician who deosn't particularly like kids (um what?) and really wants to do research and Dietrich is an (unmarried) Broadway actress who wants to adopt an abandoned baby she (sort of) stole. They make a deal--he can do his research in her really large apartment and she will support him, if he marries her so she can keep the kid. Aline McMahon and Stanley Ridges are hilarious as Dietrich's "keepers" and Dietrich and Macmurray actually have surprising chemistry. The ending is a little odd and Dietrich is a little unbelieveable (ok, a LOT unbelieveable) as a a woman who can;t tell a girl baby from a boy (granted, she hasn't looked in its diaper and it was wearing pink, but yeah) but it's a cute movie.* > Edited by: traceyk65 on Aug 3, 2013 1:28 AM UGH. My replies are getting eaten by quotes again...

I got waay behind on this thread (and missed the drama--glad that worked out ok ), but a while back someone was wondering if any actress starred with all three and the answer is "Why, yes: Bette Davis." As noted, she was with Cagney in THE BRIDE CAME C.O.D, with Robinson in KID GALAHAD and with Bogey in MARKED WOMAN.

> {quote:title=misswonderly wrote:}{quote} > > Tom, I hope you don't think this is too off-topic, but your comments about the discomfort people would have felt seeing Cagney, a grown man, sitting on his mother's lap, made me think of a very popular children's picture book. > Maybe you've heard of it, it's really popular with a certain demographic (sentimental older ladies). It's called Love You Forever, by Robert Munsch. It's a Canadian title, actually; came out sometime in the 80s (I think) and it's still going on strong. Personally, I never liked it, partly because I am not comfortable with the book's final image. Check this out ! > > you[/i]foreverpicture2.jpg] > > > > > *Gah. My mother-in-law gave this book to my husband for his college graduation and I have always disliked it, partly because it's so sickly sweet. But now that you've pointed it out, that last image is disturbing, partly because she climbs in his bedroom window at night while he's sleeping (eek)...and the fact that it is a grown man sitting on an old woman's lap like a child (ick).* >

> {quote:title=NoraCharles1934 wrote:}{quote}He'll be showing up soon (Aug 24) in A Royal Scandal for Charles Coburn's SUTS day. Well aaalll right! I haven't perused the schedule more than a week ahead, so this is excellent news to me! I have seen clips from this movie, but never the whoile thing. Looking forward to Tallulah as Katherine the Great...

Just realized it's later than I thought--pretend this posted on 8/2 as planned... Myrna Loy's birthday is today... And Myrna the exotic villain in THIRTEEN WOMEN: Edited by: traceyk65 on Aug 3, 2013 12:28 AM

Today is the birthday of Harry Potter creator, J K Rowling and as I am a serious geekazoid for HP, here are a couple of tributes. A sort of clever tribute: And a nicely melodramatic one, featuring many Crowning Moments of Awesome: ANd finally, a rather poignant one to Adele's Skyfall:

> {quote:title=TopBilled wrote:}{quote} > *TWO-FACED WOMAN (1941)* > > The premise would have worked better for someone like Lucille Ball. As screwball comedies go, this one is especially absurd, though humorous in spots-- but certainly not something that should have been attempted with Garbo, who is out of her element here. The supporting cast is well chosen, notably Constance Bennett. The picture has the usual high-gloss MGM production values. Overall, a mediocre script that seems more like a B-film that has been oversold. Garbo deserved better, and so do her fans. Worth watching but not a befitting motion picture swan song for a legend. I remember reading that the original version of this script allowed Garbo's character to fool her husband into thinking she actually was her more outgoing sister, making him the butt of the joke. It was rejected by the censor board because they thought it would glorify adultry. So a scene was added that allowed Melvyn Douglas to overhear Garbo's plan to impersonate her sister, making Garbo's character into the joke, not the husband. Even had it been left in the original, it was, as you said, not a good choice for Garbo. As for Lucille Ball, didn;'t she make a movie with a similar plot? You Can't Fool Your Wife? Not exactly the same, but...

> {quote:title=SansFin wrote:}{quote} > > {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote} > > EASY LIVING (1937) is one film I'd love to see, but have not. Has TCM shown it in the past few years? Yes. You can also get the dvd from TCM: http://shop.tcm.com/easy-living-dvd/detail.php?p=311240

Just spent the weekend with my daughter, the Lovely Erin...thought a little Mother-daughter humor might be in order today:

Well, I'm home again and looks like I missed William Powell's birthday. No matter: Movie Legend: With his favorite acting partner, Myrna Loy:

> {quote:title=crazyblonde7 wrote:}{quote}Tracey, I finally learned how to post videos thanks to you. I posted the Cagney one in General Discussionshttp://Cagney vs. Bogart vs. Robinson Thanks again! . .. Good! Told ya it wasn't too hard...

Apparently, it was true! LOL

Going to be gone for a few days...

Ive never seen it, but here are a couple of videos on the making of it:

The best of West: The Best of West(erns):

James, dahling, just for you...

> {quote:title=VP19 wrote:}{quote}Claudette as Cleo is not in a good mood. > > YES! lol

Elizabeth beame Queen because her father was King (George the somethingth) and she had no brothers, just a sister, Margaret. I think Victoria's case was similar, but won;t swear to it.

I don't know if there is a thread somewhere for interesting movie/movie star websites, but I wanted to share this one. It covers modern actors as well as classics and although I read it primarily for the Classic Hollywood section, it addresses modern TV and movies in an interesting way. Or at least I think so. http://www.annehelenpetersen.com/ The same author also writes pieces on Classic Hollywood for The Hairpin: http://thehairpin.com/tag/scandals-of-classic-hollywood/ Anyone else have any recommendations?

Dietrich. Because I can... The song is Boys Will Be Boys by Goldfrappe. It's a song la Dietrich might have sung... And one for Kate, dancing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEH4aD6cjeE&feature=related

> {quote:title=MaxvonMayerling wrote:}{quote} > > {quote:title=traceyk65 wrote:}{quote}Max--I'm sure somebody has asked you this before, but are any of these wonderful posters from your own collection? > I'm glad you enjoy the posters, but I do not own them. Well, that's too bad. :| But they are great anyway!