Rita did have a sad life, much like Helen Walker. Don't forget her ultimate Other Woman role in THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR. I can't think of her role in THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR without hearing "beguiling" in my head. Yes. I see Rita Johnson, I think "beguiling." It's like she learn...

I finally checked out a film I have been meaning to check out for a long long time, THE HIDDEN FORTRESS (1958)- directed by AKIRA KUROSAWA. Lorna! I am so happy to see you back online. I'm glad that you found us here at SSO! I have nothing to add to the movie you mentioned, I haven't seen it. I jus...

I love Gloria Grahame. I think she won her Oscar for the wrong film. She should have won for "The Big Heat," not "The Bad and the Beautiful." She's really great in "In a Lonely Place." I love her in "The Glass Wall" where she doesn't play her typical bad girl ...

My favorite Cary Grant films in no particular order:

Bringing Up Baby
Notorious
The Talk of the Town
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Awful Truth
To Catch a Thief
The Bishop's Wife
Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House
The Philadelphia Story
My Favorite Wife

I'm still trying to wrap my head around this one, because I'm a fan of Fritz Lang and Joan Bennett. Those last thirty minutes or so were quite a trip, lol. A fine critic who used to post here as JackFavell had a most interesting take on SECRET BEYOND THE DOOR. Apparently that discussion was on the ...

I hope That Touch Of Mink will be one of the TBA movies shown during the Cary Grant Star Of The Month tribute. I saw it for the first time this past April at the TCM Film Festival. I thoroughly enjoyed it! It's been awhile since I've seen That Touch of Mink. I was also at the TCM film festival in A...

TCM tends to pick a big, well known star for December. I remember Joan Blondell, Dick Powell and (I think) Ingrid Bergman in previous years. I also always notice that December tends to be an amalgamation of other programming themes that we saw throughout the year--a highlight reel of sorts, with Chr...

I tried the Netflix DVD service briefly as well. My problem is that I took too long to watch my disk, as I was never in the mood to watch what was sent to me (even though obviously it was sent to me based on my queue). My other issue is that a lot of the movies I wanted to see was never available, ...

Wow. I can't believe Gloria hasn't been Star of the Month previously! I love her, I'm happy to see her being recognized. I think she was born in November of 1923. I imagine that this will be a 100th birthday celebration for her. Naked Alibi, while not the greatest film noir, is entertaining. Sterlin...

I'm so excited about Loretta Young day today. I'm finally back from my business trip and have a couple days off before the weekend, before needing to return to work Monday. Loretta is someone I just discovered last year (previously I'd only known her from "The Bishop's Wife," the Clark Gab...

And I think Joan Blondell who was briefly married to Powell said essentially the same thing about him -- boring, precise, workaholic, and not exactly fireworks in the romance department. I even remember (I swear!) something to the effect that he was a stickler for time and even wound his watch befo...

We could have had a Zeffirelli-style Romeo and Juliet with Judy Garland as Juliet. And, of course, Mickey Rooney as Romeo! Those kids would have put on a show! I'd vote for Jackie Cooper as Romeo instead of Mickey Rooney. He made TOUGH GUY for MGM in 1936 and was already an Oscar-nominated actor (f...

Bronxgirl48 wrote: ↑August 21st, 2023, 8:31 pm June Allyson, otherwise known at the time as Mrs. Dick Powell, had a little ring-a-ding-ding with our Alan during that period.

Alan could do better. Lol.

Alan Ladd day was one of the SUTS days I was most excited about. Then I had to go on a last minute work trip to the Bay Area on Thursday. Thinking ahead, I brought 2 laptops and an HDMI cord, so I could use one laptop to stream Watch TCM live to the hotel TV and still have a laptop to use! This was...

Welcome Lily! I am watching "Twentieth Century" right now starring the fabulous Carole Lombard. She's one of my favorites as well. In fact, today TCM is celebrating her with an entire day's worth of her films. I think my favorite Carole Lombard film is "My Man Godfrey," but I als...