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Thursday, May 11th, 1939 (The below Dolly Haas would become most famous, probably, for becoming Mrs. Al Hirschfeld in 1943)

What we need is a good 5 for $50 sale of all titles.

Wed., May 10th, 1939

Bill Elliott appears today on TCM

Hi, Miss K. LOL, thought you knew before. I agree, about the festival. Missing it, too. Was looking through this year and last year's program booklets and thinking about how many there I would like to see on the screen. Many more in the booklets than I even remember being on! And defintely a week between! : )

kingrat, I may just take place. The Festival has got me thinking (dreaming) of seeing so many other films on a huge screen, so I may think of it that way when I do it.

Breakfast at Tiffany's on Blu August 23rd!

voranis said: "A&E has really changed away from what it originally was." Yes, when they went from their old format of "Arts & Entertainment," they knew they weren't "Arts" any longer and revised it to "The Art of Entertainment." Sad day that was.

Wow, what a great layout of photos! Really glad we had such great seats for Breakfast at Tiffany's. : )

Tuesday, May 9th, 1939

Vincent Price and Vince Edwards star on TCM on Monday

Until 2 pm today (or until stock runs out), The Elia Kazan Collection is a Gold Box deal on Amazon. The List price is $199.98, Amazon's price was $139.99, but right now it is only $70.99: http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox/ref=cs_top_nav_gb27 This is an 18-DVD set, so that is less than $4 a DVD. Titles: A Letter to Elia (2010), A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945), Boomerang! (1947), Gentleman?s Agreement (1947), Pinky (1949), Panic in the Streets (1950), A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Viva Zapata! (1952), Man on a Tightrope (1953), On the Waterfront (1954), East of Eden (1955), Baby Doll (1956), A Face in the Crowd (1957), Wild River (1960), Splendor in the Grass (1961), and America, America (1963). Note, however, that there are some reports of disc scratching in the box.

Monday, May 8th, 1939

I just noticed something... I was watching Fiddler on the Roof on my HDTV, and no matter how wide it is, I have been spoiled by the Chinese Theater screens! They were huge! And seeing them now on TV is just...just...nothing. I want them to show more classics there...and soon!!!

Sunday, May 7th, 1939 Regular articles and ads tomorrow, but for now:

clore, thanks for the nice comments. Always nice to hear.

I agree there should be a surprise salute to him on the final evening of the festival.

How can you forget: Too many black and white movies Too many color movies Too many widescreen movies (for people who have old TVs) Too many 4:3 movies (for people with HDTVs) and Too many months that don't have Garbo as "Star of the Month," a day under" Summer Under the Stars", birthday salute, death day salute, the day she went to the grocery store, etc. ; )

On an evening of Mike Hammer films, it seems like a good topic. In addition to the ones on tonight (Ralph Meeker, Robert Bray, and Mickey Spillane himself), there were also: Biff Elliot and Armand Assante in different versions of "I, the Jury" Darren McGavin, Rob Estes, Kevin Dobson and Stacy Keach on TV (and Brian Keith did a pilot) And on radio there was Larry Haines, George Petrie, and Ted Corsia. My choice is Stacy Keach.

There were at least 2 birthday cards signed by multiple fans that were to be presented to him on the final evening of this year's festival.

It's Saturday, May 6, 1939! (Funny how today still feels like Friday)

LoveFilmNoir, *The Egyptian* has just been announced for release on Blu-ray. Not sure if they are doing a DVD at the same time: Twilight Films, a specialty label which focuses on releasing vintage 20th Century Fox films previously unavailable on DVD, have revealed that they are planning to release on Blu-ray Michael Curtiz's The Egyptian (1954), starring Jean Simmons (Hamlet, Spartacus), Gene Tierney (Heaven Can Wait, Laura), Victor Mature (Samson and Delilah), and Edmund Purdom (The King's Thief). In 1942, Michael Curtiz won Oscar for Best Director for the timeless Casablanca. Blu-ray special features include: Isolated score by Bernard Herrmann and Alfred Newman Audio commentary by film historians Alain Silver and James Ursini Street date for The Egyptian is July 12th. http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=6335

Here's a rarity: Twilight Films, a specialty label which focuses on releasing vintage 20th Century Fox films previously unavailable on DVD, have revealed that they are planning to release on Blu-ray Michael Curtiz's *The Egyptian* (1954), starring Jean Simmons (Hamlet, Spartacus), Gene Tierney (Heaven Can Wait, Laura), Victor Mature (Samson and Delilah), and Edmund Purdom (The King's Thief). In 1942, Michael Curtiz won Oscar for Best Director for the timeless Casablanca. Blu-ray special features include: Isolated score by Bernard Herrmann and Alfred Newman Audio commentary by film historians Alain Silver and James Ursini Street date for The Egyptian is July 12th. http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=6335

Friday, May 5th, 1939 (sorry, missing end of review)

Wait until you see tomorrow's Dodge City ad. I am limited by the board's size amounts for pictures, otherwise you would be stunned. The actual ad measures about 8x12!