My festival pass arrived yesterday. Less than a month to go!

Hubby looked at it and said: "That's a really nice lanyard."

That's the kind of thing he notices.

[quote="mongoII"]MARCH 29th. BIRTHDAYS http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt8/MovieJoe/3-29pearl-1-1.jpg PEARL BAILEY (1918 - 1990) Pearl Bailey was the keynote speaker at my university graduation. She had such a good time she enrolled and some years later graduated with a degree in French...

Apart from being a wonderful dancer, Ginger was a terrific *actress.* She could hold her own with anybody and not just on the dance floor. Some of my Ginger (sans Fred) favorites: 42nd Street Gold Diggers of 1933 Stage Door Change of Heart Vivacious Lady Bachelor Mother Roxie Hart Monkey Business Ci...

The latest I read, Robert Culp had a heart attack, and that's why he fell while out walking.

My first memories of him are from I Spy. What a wonderful show that was.

I watched the two Talmadge sets -- or as I like to think of them, the two Colman/Talmadge sets -- and thoroughly enjoyed them... the Constance one more than the Norma one though. While I liked Within the Law, I didn't really find it all that compelling a story and it kind of dragged for me. As for K...

Shane! Come back! (JackFavell, there's a brief Ben Johnson story in here...) Shane came back to Atlanta last night (Thursday, March 18) with a screening of a gorgeous 35mm print at the Plaza Theatre. (The Plaza Theatre is a 70 year old Art Deco landmark that has staved off destruction, most lately w...

This Chopin biopic starring Cornel Wilde and Merle Oberon is high on my list of "movies I haven't seen but want to." I don't think it's been released on DVD -- has it? I can't find anything but bootlegs. I do find old VHS tapes available though. ;) http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/3770/s...

I prefer the early George Brent. Or should I say, the pre-mustache George Brent. ;) I always like that bit of Irish lilt to his voice. He couldn't hide the accent entirely, though he did a good job of it. Last night I watched The Keyhole, which was Brent's first pairing with Kay Francis. It's a pre-...

I hope you didn't miss Living on Velvet.

Quite possibly the best "instantly falling in love" scene ever.

Directed, of course, by Frank Borzage.

Tyrone Power Sr. as the district attorney prosecuting an abortionist who, unbeknowst to Power Sr., has performed abortions on his own wife (Patia Power, Mrs. Tyrone Sr.), in Where Are My Children? Lionel Barrymore as the alcoholic lawyer in A Free Soul. Gregory Peck as another lawyer in The Paradine...

Has there been a biography of Jack Oakie? He's one of my favorite hams. ;)

Well, maybe for both of them, but definitely NOT just for himself. Dave is far too much of a gentleman.

ChiO -- you are so right about John Alton and I am embarrassed that I didn't include him in my first post. Thanks for noticing that!

What about Tennessee's Partner? Glenn Kenny thinks highly of it in his review of the Dwan set.

Is that Charles Farrell with the dog and bouquet? But of course. :) One interesting thing about this movie is that even though this is Farrell's first leading role, and there was no Farrell persona yet, the character of Dave Weston is extremely Farrell-ish. He's a big, strong guy who has no fear of...

John Payne, Lizabeth Scott and Dan Duryea fans -- Allan Dwan fans too -- rejoice! VCI has announced a "restored" version of Silver Lode for May 25. http://www.classicflix.com/silver-lode-restored-edition-a-689.html For hardcore Allan Dwan fans, you might want to check out the new French bo...