fan777 Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Thank You TCM for showing my favorite movie, Man's Favorite Sport? I noticed by scanning this months schedule that it will air at 4:00pm on January 29, 2012. I think this is the first time in my life I made a suggestion and someone actually followed thru with it. That is I requested in December for you to air it. Thank You very much. This little act of kindness by you guys and gals at TCM, has made me feel great. I hope everyone who watches will enjoy the movie as much as I will. It's a great upbeat movie. Thanks Again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 It's something of a "remake" by Hawks of his own BRINGING UP BABY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 I first saw this movie when I was a hormone driven adolescent and couldn't for the life of me figure out why Rock Hudson shielded his eyes when Paula Prentiss and Maria Perschy were sitting opposite him with rain soaked blouses! Of course, years later it all made sense to me. Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SansFin Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 I like this movie very much and I am greatly looking forward to seeing it again. He is so utterly hapless in so many ways in so many scenes. I love it when Screaming Eagle takes pity on him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrroberts Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 *Man's Favorite Sport* also got some inspiration from the 1936 film *Libeled Lady* , a great screwball comedy with part of the storyline having William Powell trying to "impersonate" a fishing expert so as to impress Myrna Loy and her father. Powell's fishing scene is a classic. *Man's Favorite Sport* takes that premise and builds a whole movie around it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 > {quote:title=Sepiatone wrote:}{quote}I first saw this movie when I was a hormone driven adolescent and couldn't for the life of me figure out why Rock Hudson shielded his eyes when Paula Prentiss and Maria Perschy were sitting opposite him with rain soaked blouses! > > Of course, years later it all made sense to me. > Sepiatone > LOL! Btw Sepiatone, I also remember "having the hots" for Paula Prentiss back in '67 when I watched her and her husband Dick Benjamin in their short-lived sitcom, "He and She". I would've been about 15 y/o at the time, and so yeah, those "adolescent hormones" of mine would've definitely been a "contributing factor" in all that, I'm sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimalac91748 Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I had those same feelings for Paula Prentiss. I remember that short lived series (He and She). I thought it was pretty funny. But about Paula Prentiss, I particularily like her voice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 So Paule Prentiss was a "crush target" for hordes of adolescent males? This is the first I hear. As an adolescent, yours truly had the hots for Sophia Loren, which, if I must say so myself, seems to make a lot more sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I was one of those adolescent males that had a thing for Prentiss. Yea, she might of not stacked up to someone like Loren but gals like Prentiss have that everyday girl type of vibe. A gal a young guy might have a chance with. Gals like Loren are gals only for our dreams and we would have to travel thousand of miles to get to her and it wouldn't lead anywhere. This is what makes gals like Prentiss attractive to us. And yes, the pun was intentional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 A gal a young guy might have a chance with, assuming he was at least 6' 5". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 LOL. She was tall. Hawks originally wanted Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn for the roles but they both turned him down......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Maybe Prentiss was one of Wilt Chamberlain's 20,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Well at my height my head would be in the right place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 I dont know how to take that. Are you tall or short? LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 I can see why it's confusing. He didn't say what exactly his head would be in the right place for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SansFin Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I am reminded of the admonition: "You must always consider the other person's point of view and remember that elevators smell differently to a midget". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smileys Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 *As an adolescent, yours truly had the hots for Sophia Loren, which, if I must say so myself, seems to make a lot more sense.* - finance Makes more sense why? More body hair? :-) I too always had a crush on Prentiss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Not more body hair, more body----------period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Or WHERE! I'm still waiting for an answer. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Well if Paula is really 6, 5 since I'm of average height for a male (around 5 - 9) I would be about at the height of those rain soaked blouses that got this discussion going. As for Loren; Hey, my wife is Italian and I can tell you they do not take kindly to body hair jokes. Not at all. I have the laser removable bills as proof! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Paula must be around six feet, or just under. Jim Hutton, her screen partner, must have been around 6'4". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smileys Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 *I have the laser removable bills as proof!- jjg* Good one! I hope she's not reading over your shoulder. *:^0* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrroberts Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 IMDb lists Paula at 5'10" (when in her bare feet probably) so she usually was a good head taller than other gals who were her costars. In the TCM promos for "Henry Orient" we see her and Angela Lansbury (who has to be close to 5'10" herself) cast with Peter Sellers, who was a rather short guy. Wonder how Peter felt about that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Some people found it difficult to tell how Sellers felt about anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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