TopBilled Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 I'd like to see one of these people honored: Tony Curtis Joan Bennett Edna May Oliver Ricardo Montalban Peter Lawford Marion Davies George Sanders Mae Clarke Robert Preston Simone Simon What about you..? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CinemaInternational Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 My most recent programming challenge entry suggested Glynis Johns. I think she would be a fine pick because she had a very long film career (from 1941 to 1999) appeared in many different types of films, always enlivened everything she was in, and had great range. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Based on the amount of requests I've read over the years, I would have to say Joan Bennett, George Sanders, Marlon Brando, Ricardo Montalban, Robert Preston, and Tony Curtis. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted June 2, 2019 Author Share Posted June 2, 2019 1 minute ago, CinemaInternational said: My most recent programming challenge entry suggested Glynis Johns. I think she would be a fine pick because she had a very long film career (from 1941 to 1999) appeared in many different types of films, always enlivened everything she was in, and had great range. Good suggestion. And even in her earliest film appearances, she was doing excellent work. I don't think I've ever seen a poor performance from her. Some of the movies she made were sub-standard, but usually she would be the best thing in them. She managed to make them watchable by sheer virtue of her involvement in them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted June 2, 2019 Author Share Posted June 2, 2019 On 6/2/2019 at 3:39 PM, LawrenceA said: Based on the amount of requests I've read over the years, I would have to say Joan Bennett, George Sanders, Marlon Brando, Ricardo Montalban, Robert Preston, and Tony Curtis. Yeah, I'm surprised Tony Curtis hasn't been honored yet, since he's a crowd pleaser and was in so many hit films. His career lasted several decades and there's a lot to choose from. *** Another one who had a long career that deserves more recognition is Cliff Robertson. He earned an Oscar and seems to be unfairly overlooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagebrush Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 I would like to see Betty Grable, Danny Kaye and John Mills honored. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 8 minutes ago, sagebrush said: I would like to see Betty Grable, Danny Kaye and John Mills honored. I've watched a lot of John Mills movies in the past several months, and my estimation of him has grown immeasurably. I second his nomination. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 I would like to see the following: Joan Blondell Joan Bennett Anne Baxter Cliff Robertson Danny Kaye Don Ameche Betty Grable Gene Tierney Tony Curtis Ann-Margret Eve Arden Gloria Grahame 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polly of the Precodes Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Spencer Tracy...IF TCM can license the early Fox films that have been showing up recently on the festival circuit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Somnambula Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Robert Preston!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewhite2000 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 5 hours ago, LawrenceA said: Based on the amount of requests I've read over the years, I would have to say Joan Bennett, George Sanders, Marlon Brando, Ricardo Montalban, Robert Preston, and Tony Curtis. Brando is getting a Summer Under the Stars day, so I would assume a SOTM is slot is completely out of the question this year. But good gosh, TCM, one of these years ...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewhite2000 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 2 hours ago, Polly of the Precodes said: Spencer Tracy...IF TCM can license the early Fox films that have been showing up recently on the festival circuit. Tracy got a massive SOTM run in October, 2012. Guess this was before TCM decided the SOTM for October has to have worked largely in horror movies. As I recall, they showed 50 Tracy films. A tiny handful of them were from his Fox days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewhite2000 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 5 hours ago, TopBilled said: Yeah, I'm surprised Tony Curtis hasn't been honored yet, since he's a crowd pleaser and was in so many hit films. His career lasted several decades and there's a lot to choose from. TCM shows the same handful of Curtis films over and over and over. The Sweet Smell of Success, The Defiant Ones and Some Like It Hot are on an endless loop. And after that ...? Once in a while, there's Sex and the Single Girl, The Great Race, Trapeze or Spartacus. And that's seriously just about it. They used to show Operation Petticoat a LOT, but according to MCOH's database, it hasn't aired in seven years. There are all sorts of Curtis Universal pictures that I've never seen. I watched one called Forbidden from 1953 with Curtis and Joanne Dru on YouTube about a year ago. It's sort of a poor imitation of Gilda with an exotic setting, but it's good noirish fun improved by Curtis' performance. I'd love to see Eddie Mueller talk about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 38 minutes ago, sewhite2000 said: TCM shows the same handful of Curtis films over and over and over. The Sweet Smell of Success, The Defiant Ones and Some Like It Hot are on an endless loop. And after that ...? Once in a while, there's Sex and the Single Girl, The Great Race, Trapeze or Spartacus. And that's seriously just about it. They used to show Operation Petticoat a LOT, but according to MCOH's database, it hasn't aired in seven years. There are all sorts of Curtis Universal pictures that I've never seen. I watched one called Forbidden from 1953 with Curtis and Joanne Dru on YouTube about a year ago. It's sort of a poor imitation of Gilda with an exotic setting, but it's good noirish fun improved by Curtis' performance. I'd love to see Eddie Mueller talk about it. I’d be interested in seeing Curtis’ turn as The Boston Strangler. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewhite2000 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 That one has aired on TCM twice, and I saw it one of those times. It was pretty intense, as I recall. Worth watching, though maybe hard to watch multiple times! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garovick Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Tony Curtis if they show his early universal movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted June 3, 2019 Author Share Posted June 3, 2019 If they repeat anyone, I'd prefer it be someone who hasn't been Star of the Month in a long time. Robert Young and Ann Sheridan were last honored in 1996, and it was the only time they've been honored. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted June 3, 2019 Author Share Posted June 3, 2019 9 hours ago, garovick said: Tony Curtis if they show his early universal movies. This way we'd get to see more of Piper Laurie's film work too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 JOAN BENNETT!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 I’d like to see Ann Sheridan as SOTM or Ida Lupino. Another person I’d like to see is Laraine Day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingrat Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 16 hours ago, LawrenceA said: I've watched a lot of John Mills movies in the past several months, and my estimation of him has grown immeasurably. I second his nomination. Count me in, too. John Mills was in a remarkable run of films from In Which We Serve to Tunes of Glory and beyond. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimpole Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Is there a convenient list of SOTMs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted June 3, 2019 Author Share Posted June 3, 2019 1 minute ago, skimpole said: Is there a convenient list of SOTMs? Here: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimpole Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Well if we've had Sean Connery, we can have Julie Andrews and Julie Christie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lydecker Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Well, I hate to get my hopes up but . . . Joan Blondell Eve Arden Edna May Oliver Joan Bennett George Sanders Roland Young Robert Preston Ann Sheridan (Repeater but it was a while ago) Una Merkel Charles Coburn Lew Ayres Robert Young (Another repeater but it was a while ago) Paul Douglas (I know his filmography is short but heck, they've done Grace Kelly and she has even less films!) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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