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*Birthdays* *Richard Barthelmess* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tVEriSF5vI Broken Blossoms to Paramore?. *Glenda Jackson* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJBoHa3GArA As Elizabeth I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtjKAqR_D3g&playnext=1&list=PLC01BA63495EA3404 *Albert Finney* Two for the Road *Classic Stars in Classic Cars:* The Chicken or the Egg? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFJoIdxH4Ys&feature=related Topper: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1PHFhNN_rc *Driving to the Beatles:* Gary Cooper and Marlene Dietrich in Desire: Grant and Hepburn in Bringing up Baby: And of course BULLIT (be sure and count the hubcaps McQueen loses) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-y1VUdnQXo

*Happy Mother's Day!* *Birthdays* *May 7* *Anne Baxter* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQXc7ACtQRw *Gary Cooper* ?and his leading ladies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgO3WYtB06Y Florence Vidor Patricia Neal *Val Lewton* The Body Snatcher Cat People *May 8* *Roberto Rosellini* Viaggio in Italia Germany Year Zero http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EChbTj6G_s *Bob Clampett* Falling Hare (in which Bugs Bunny get out-Bugsed!) Beany and Cecil http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOxNtOMTpSo

That's a good one! You beat me to it... Here's my favorite "kisses" video:

The Scarlet Empress Catherine the Great played as a power-hungry ****... Queen Christina the bisexual queen of Sweden w/ her mistress, Lady Ebba and the "rrround dozen!' lovers and 3 days in bed w/ the Spanish envoy Song of Songs with its lascivious attention to that statue...

> {quote:title=Web wrote:}{quote} > Donald Trump doesn't believe he's dead. He wants to see the death certificate. LOL

> {quote:title=AndyM108 wrote:}{quote} > What Lincoln said about fooling all of the people some of the time could easily be applied to the 1959 Oscar voters. Muni, Stewart and Lemmon wiped the floor with Heston that year, and the only reason I don't add Harvey to the group is because I've never seen Room At The Top. Add him. He was very good as the callow youth trying to make it--reminded me a little of an English version of Montgomery Clift in "A Place in the Sun." Simone Signoret was amazing as the older woman.

*Birthdays* *Hedda Hopper* The Mad Hatter *Lorenz Hart* Isn?t it Romantic? The Lady is a Tramp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQwRhMn6D2U&feature=related Babes in Arms http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLH7q3Fyrmk *Bing Crosby* Moonlight Becomes You from Road to Morocco ?What A Swell Party? from High Society *Leslie Gore* You Don?t Own Me It?s My Party http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsYJyVEUaC4&feature=related *May 1* *Glenn Ford* *April 30* *Eve Arden* Our Miss Brooks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc8Kb3GK2fo The One That Got away from Sgt Deadhead *April 29* *Fred Zinneman* High Noon From Here to Eternity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PEZVXChCR0&playnext=1&list=PLE6572DA9F7DEFB2B *Tom Ewell* 7 Year Itch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHhfqU_Br1c&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7CnSPMPt68&feature=related Adams Rib http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--NVd_nIp6U *Celeste Holm* High Society http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaY4OeSbN30&feature=related Three Little Girls in Blue http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNkQK-B4Zno

I wonder if Hollywood just figured/figures that audiences won;t know the difference? I mean, a lot of American don't even recognize the accents from around their own country, let alone telling the difference between various British accents or Russian vs Polish.

My first exposure to Chevalier was Gigi. The whole premise to that movie kind of creeps me out. Still can;t believe they managed to make that movie in 1958. I mean seriously? The grandmother and great-aunt train little Gigi to be an..ahem...courtesan, then try and pimp her out to a family friend who she grew up with and regards as an older brother? OK they get married in the end but...wow.

*Birthdays* *Jack Cole* Kismet (1944) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKCq_O8XzWQ Gentlemen Prefer Blondes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pthokb18V7U Tonight and Every Night *Jack Klugman* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4x_aCHJ0e4 Singing (and I use the term loosely) ?You?re So Vain? w/ Tony Randall *Sandy Dennis* Come Back to the Five and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean Up the Down Staircase *Back to School in the Movies* To Sir with Love The Prime of Miss Jean Brody http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZggkU9Ke2Nc&feature=related Goodbye Mr Chips http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FLc29bXIBg The Blackboard Jungle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbStT-0Rm1s&feature=related High School Confidential http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC4bnrMes6E Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

*Birthdays* *Carol Burnett* Tarzan Yell http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvcxibuf9uk&playnext=1&list=PLD76FF111C3C44D44 W/ Julie Andrews in 1971 Gone w/ the Wind parody (I saw it in the window and just couldn?t resist it! LOL) *Anita Loos* Red Headed Woman Gentlemen Prefer Blondes The Women *Douglas Sirk* All That Heaven Allows Imitation of Life http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGMwJxUyw8M

*Birthdays* *Edward R Murrow* Murrow in London during the Blitz The Liberation of Buchenwald Panning McCarthy in 1954 *Ella Fitzgerald* Dream a Little Dream w/ Louis Armstrong: Summertime w/ Louis Armstrong: *Meadowlark Lemon* Classic Globetrotters Defeating racism one game at a time? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWiIm9ixgCQ&feature=related The Cartoon! *Reporters in Movies:* His Girl Friday All the President?s Men http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzZJamfE48Q Meet John Doe Citizen Kane Ace in the Hole

> {quote:title=Kinokima wrote:}{quote} > > Maybe if they had gotten Sabu (as originally planned) I would have liked it more but all the "black face" in the film is really grating to me. Yes! Sam Jaffe always seemed too old to hero worship the British soldiers like he does (he was what? about 50 at the time?). Sabu would have been 14-15 around then? Much more likely for a teenager to be a wannabe than an older man.

> {quote:title=RichardKimble wrote:}{quote} > Grant was originally to have played the Fairbanks role. But instead he chose to play the smaller, non-romantic part. And he was excellent in it!

I keep meaing to see this. In the Maria Riva bio of Dietrich, she claims the character of Joan Madou is based (loosely) on Dietrich, who had an affair with Remarque while he was writing it.

> {quote:title=SueSueApplegate wrote:}{quote} > Tracey, I agree with your "sanitized" comment. She does seem to gloss over noteworthy details. I am just wondering how much is memory, how much is documented, and how much is she paid. > > For a great biography of Dietrich, I would recommend the book her daughter, Maria Rivas, wrote, and I would also recommend watching the documentary by Maximilian Schell. One of the most haunting interviews he does is with Hildegard Neff. Burt Bacharach and Maria Rivas also appear. > > Several of the folks I know who are attending the TCM FILM FESTIVAL also have recommended *Furious Love*, about Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, by Sam Kashner, a Vanity Fair contributor, and Nancy Schoenberger, a professor and writer. I've read it, and recommend it, and it is a roller-coaster of a riotous read. Life surpasses art with their indulgences, imbroglios, and indelicacies... > > I couldn't put it down! I have the Riva bio and it's a great read. She's reeaaly conflicted about her feeling for Deitrich, though. The Steven Bach version is good too. Ive also seen the Schell documentary and it's fantastic. I do wish she'd opened up more for him--at least told some of her "party piece" stories. The versions Riva puts in her book are so funny.

> {quote:title=Arturo wrote:}{quote} > *The Women (1939) vs The Women (2008): Original--sharp, witty, fun, satirical Remake--dull, politically correct (more or less) and smug. But really nice shoes, though...* > > What's your take on the 1956 musical remake THE OPPOSITE SEX? Ive never seen it. Couldn't get past the June Allyson factor...

> {quote:title=JonasEB wrote:}{quote} > > {quote:title=musikone wrote:}{quote} > > Have you ever seen an old film screened theatrically? Have you actually watched a Blu-ray? > > Nothing better than a classic on the big screen! It's awe inspiring--so much more amazing than seeing it on TV.

> {quote:title=misswonderly wrote:}{quote} > Yes, the racism in the Sam Jaffe scenes bothered me because it was so casual. And I think it was supposed to be funny, but I just found it disturbing, that the Victor Macglauglin (can never spell his name) character was always so contemptuous towards him. > > Sorry, tracey, we often see eye to eye, but I guess not on the "humour" in *Gunga Din*. Those very scenes you describe as so amusing I just found annoying. The punch bowl sequence reminded me of a couple of naughty and and not very bright little boys playing a dumb prank to get their way. I guess I sound pretty poe-faced. > But I've decided I don't like Victor McLaglen ( I looked it up!); I can't stand him in any of the John Ford films he so frequently appears in. I don't find the kind of comedy associated with him to be funny. > > Edited by: misswonderly on Apr 24, 2011 12:01 PM Oh well, to each her own, I guess.

> {quote:title=1968B2 wrote:}{quote} > Agree w/you re: Rex Harrison and that Oscar win. What a rip! Also, Julianne Moore. Worse still, those ads she has in the NY Times where she reclines nude on a chaise except for the three tiger cubs she holds close to her [Oprah-word (!)], and then stares at us. WHY? I still don't know what she's selling! The poor kitties! > > Edited by: 1968B2 on Apr 21, 2011 1:00 AM Handbags.

I like the humor, especially Grant's character. He's hilarious, "Take your hands off that man!" ::Grant drops man out a 2nd story window and shrugs:: and spiking the punch at the party and having an elephant break him out of jail. The Thugee temple sections remind me of Indiana Jones (or perhaps the other way around, since Din was first) Parts of it make me squirm, though, especially the scene in which Grant's character drill Gunga Din in soldierly behavior. Just that casual 1930's racism rearing it's ugly head again...

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> {quote:title=faceinthecrowd wrote:}{quote} > In THE QUIET MAN, Wayne memorably mixed it up with Victor McLaglen, who was once a prize fighter who went six rounds with Jack Johnson and lived to tell the tale. Very funny fight--the betting, with the whole town following, including the bishop; the part where they stop for a drink, then start the fight over again over who will pay for the beer--very entertaining. LOL

*Birthdays* *Frank Borzage* Desire A Farewell to Arms http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1N65rboOBU *Simone Simon* Cat People http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw2zExxfmkw *Shirley Temple* Dancing w/ Bojangles Robinson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjCFYpWDmfM Kinda wrong, but entertaining... *Sandra Dee*

*Birthdays* *Anthony Quinn* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igewduGO5Wg&feature=related *Queen Elizabeth II* *Elaine May* Mother and Son sketch w/ Mike Nichols http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5pXggZIr6I&feature=related A New Leaf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1po2XzeXzE&feature=related *Husband and Wife Comedy Teams* *Burns and Allen* ?Kleebob? ?Let?s dance? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB2mHmpK57E&feature=related The Grace Burns and Gracie Allen Radio Show w/ Special Guest Star Marlene Dietrich *Stiller and Meara* On The Ed Sullivan Show ?Marijuana? ?Justin Bieber? *Lucy and Desi*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GQ6mUBv-zc&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb2lSEl_Kis&feature=related