Just once I'd love to see THE BIRDS and MARNIE without an intro or outro mentioning Hitchcock's misogynistic treatment of women, Tippi Hedren in particular (and now I've learned he also sexually harrassed Diane Baker). Last night I heard that a major theme in his movies is "the dominant male&qu...

Swithin, I used to get confused as well with those hunchback characters. Your "hunch" (sorry) is correct -- Naish is the one in HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN. He falls in love with a gypsy girl (Elena Verdugo, who has eyes for someone else...) Poor Daniel.

Actually now that I think about it, I shouldn't have been so surprised. They choose Betty Compson as their birthday girl for March 19th.

TCM programming dept.: "Whose birthday should we celebrate for May 2nd?" -- "How about Theodore Bikel?" -- "Great!" LOL Bless their hearts. (but then they don't even schedule I BURY THE LIVING) You're now officially Southern, with that "Bless their hearts"......

lol, I thought it was weird that the actor playing the NYC mayor was an Ed Koch look-a-like. He wouldn't become mayor until 1978. It should have been Abraham Beame in 1974. I realize they couldn't make fun of an actual real-life politician but as a born and bred New Yawker that definitely was Ed! I...

TCM programming dept.: "Whose birthday should we celebrate for May 2nd?" -- "How about Theodore Bikel?" -- "Great!"

LOL

Bless their hearts.

(but then they don't even schedule I BURY THE LIVING)

You're welcome, Hibi! Enjoy MARNIE too.

PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE is coming up next! One of the legendary worst movies, it is still more entertaining than what I'm trying to get through now for my first viewing: TOWARD THE UNKNOWN. When Bill Holden's leading lady is Virginia Leith, (in addition to a cornball script), you know it's turkey ti...

Wesley Addy summed it all up but we still don't buy it. Fish four days old, etc. in signature Odets parlance, lol.

Hibi -- I seem to recall you missed the last TCM airing of REBECCA. Well, it's on this evening! (along with MARNIE)

Cameron makes a funny but all too brief appearance as gangster Rojak trying to shut down King Kaiser's (Joseph Bologna) mob sketch in MY FAVORITE YEAR. Who knew he could do comedy as well? A removalist. The hat. So funny! One of my favorite movies. 😁 Hi Mommy Bunny! I love it too. "Welcome to ...

Ben Stiller. What a precocious kid. Just kiddin'. Pelham is a wonderful 1970s thriller. Thrills, chills, spills, and laughs too. I was kind of hoping that Martin Balsam would get away with it. I get a kick of the the finale, as if the sound of a sneeze would hold up in court. Hey, it's just a movie...

Dargo, I can't speak with any great knowledge about that blacklist era but do remember there were several actors who actually did commit suicide because they thought the accusations, whether true or not, would end their career in any entertainment medium be it stage, screen, or television. Charlie's...

:smiley_heartbounce: My favorite line in the original THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE, from Ben Stiller: "We had a bomb scare in the Bronx yesterday but it turned out to be a cantelope" PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE tomorrow! (Wednesday) Good line alright here Bronxie, but, and while I hate t...

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