Woo woo! MAD YOUTH on YouTube! Moira, it's an invaluable service you've provided (pipe my Irish phrasing) for anyone who did not catch this laugh-fest. I own a variation of that fabulous sunburst mirror at Betty's bridge party. So chic overlooking my dining room table! At least, according to Compson...

I just saw MAD YOUTH. Oh, my goodness! What in the Sam Hill is Betty Compson doing in this exploitation "drama"? Why, playing a flighty, selfish, insecure woman (almost like "Fran" in DODSWORTH, lol) who is constantly hiring young "escorts" to take her to bridge parties...

I haven't seen DR. CYCLOPS in ages. I mean, we're talking over 25 years for goodness sake. But I do remember Albert Dekker being very creepy lumbering about and calling his tiny experiments "my friends!" (and then there's Charles Halton in a toga, something you very rarely see, and don't n...

moira, Donat's recitation of the Browning poem in KNIGHT WITHOUT ARMOUR is one of my favorite movie moments.

I love him.

Did Boris Karloff work out in a gym regularly? I know he did a great deal of heavy labor as a younger man, but he turned sixty the year of the release of Unconquered (1947) when this picture you posted was taken He must have had an exceptional constitution, because he sure didn't look like other me...

Betty Compson! An actress who has definitely flown under the radar. (forgive me, I've been watching too much CNN...) This is why I really love TCM! (I'm hoping for a Dwight Frye festival) Before today, I must sadly admit that my only exposure to Ms. Compson had been from THE INVISIBLE GHOST, where s...

Moira!!!! Can you believe I missed YOUNGBLOOD HAWKE????????? :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: However -- I caught (unfortunately only a smidge) of GO NAKED IN THE WORLD. Ernest Borgnine (winning the Lee J. Cobb Bellow award) to family: &...

Ro, your thread is getting more fascinating by the minute! I particularly love the Too Stupid To Live category, and will try to think of some, lol.

Loving this thread, Ro. How about: Movies That Are Already Dead On Arrival. These usually involve henious, thoroughly unnecessary remakes -- PSYCHO II, THE GOODBYE GIRL, THE BAD SEED, just off the top of my head. These films are essentially just one prolonged, continuous death scene. I mean, how cou...

moira, unfortunately I only saw the last 25 minutes or so of THE BIG SHOW, Godfrey Daniels! Your comments really make me salivate, lol. Can't wait to see this disaster in its entirety, including a water-logged Cliff Robertson. I used to dub Nehemiah's last name "Perspiration" back in the d...

Came in on the last half hour or so of THE BIG SHOW. I'm desperately hoping The Fox Movie channel runs it again -- must check their schedule! See Robert Vaughn, channeling Bette Davis-as-Mildred Rogers in OF HUMAN BONDAGE, scream at his wife: "Every time I kissed you, I wanted to VOMIT!" S...

Sleep in heavenly peace, Shirley. You will always be Heidi to me...

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Thank moira, Sue Sue, for the David Hedison link. Wow -- he certainly does look terrific at 85. A very interesting biography. It seems Hedison embraces the nostalgia-con side of his career. From moira's link, David talks about THE LOST WORLD! http://www.davidhedison.net/hedison/galleries/film/lost_w...

Don't you think Mr. Smith would be a better film without those cherubic kids getting driven off the roads and stuff? This is where I draw the line in the film. I LOVE Jean Arthur and Thomas Mitchell, Jean is easily the best part for me - she cracks me up, especially when she does her angry imitatio...

Actually Barb, I know Jan. But the Christmas cards came from both. Never got a chance to directly meet or talk to Mickey -- and likely won't now. I'll see if I can get my stepdaughter to scan the Jan/Mickey/Camel Christmas card and I'll try to post it. Sad, they look so happy together in that shot....