I like Joan. Not better than Bette, but I like her and her movies, especially those from the 30's and 40's I've seen. Not a great actress, but entertaining. I think my favorite movie of hers is probably "Dancing Lady" or maybe "Grand Hotel" (not many women can hold their own in a...

Kay Francis is one of my all-time favorite actresses, and I have most of her films. Ann Harding is also a favorite of mine - I really love her also. She didn't make as many films, but I always think of Ann Harding as so elegant. Some of the others on the list I am familiar with though only 1 or 2 o...

. . . And on the other side of the coin, Thursday night, my new neighbor stopped in to yak for a while, and for a minute or two she was staring at my TV with a quizzical look on her face - I asked, "Do you know who they are?", and she said, "No, Who", - My answer - Elvis Presley...

Wow. Those are all great movies you lot have been watching! I hurt my back a couple of weeks ago and spent 5 days on my back, so I got some watching done. Saw "Black Snake Moan"--interesting mainly for the music and the chemistry (not sexual, though she tries to make it so) between Christi...

Hi all- What are my interests? Well, old movies, of course. Books. I read voraciously, especially biographies and books about classic Hollywood and also love children's fantasy (blame Harry Potter) and adult urban fantasy. My daughter got me hooked on a series of book by Louise Rennison called the C...

Hey did anybody go to Bill Maher's site and check out his editorials? This one is right on target (except for trivializing Foley's possible predatory sexual habits): http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/10/13/foley_kids/index.html I don't know which of you all out there can get WLW radio statio...

I finally got to watch the entire "Hijacking Catastrophe" and the clip of the plane going into the World Trade Center struck me as odd. I can't remember--who filmed that first plane going into the side of the World Trade Center? I know by the time the second one went down, the news people ...

Love this thread! Except I have to watch it at 2 am, to get the youtube to feed through. Sigh. I went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with my kids this past weekend and wow. I always considered myslef fairly conversant with classic rock but boy, was I wrong. Especially about the groups of the 50's...

Darn darn double darn! I must get on youtube at the wrong times, because I always get left hanging in the middle of the videos. From what I did see, though, it's obvious that you all are right--this administration has . They've trampled the constitution and Bill of Rights, damaged US relations with ...

Just finished a newer Katharine Hepburn biography by James Parrish and it annoyed me to death. (in fact, I didn't finish it). I know the new trend is to wait til somebody dies, then go dig up dirt proving they were gay or bisexual. And usually, this doesn't bother me much--probably a lot of classic ...

Ben, you devil! AMY WINEHOUSE is my most favorite artist of the year!! What a voice! What a presence! Kudos to you for bringing her to the Record Party! To celebrate that fact, let's spin another one of Amy's great tracks from her killer CD!! Amy Winehouse: "Rehab" (Are you listening, Ms....

Also Sabu was first choice to play Gunga Din.


That might have made more sense--I loved this movie, but always thought Gunga Din should have been younger, the way he hero-worships the military.

Am I alone in having enjoyed "F is for Fake?" I liked the twisty turns the story made...I found it fascinating.

Tracey

Nope, not overhyped, not dull--still funny as all get out. How can you not love a movie that contains that final scene? Jerry: Oh, you don't understand, Osgood! Ehhhh... I'm a man. Osgood: Well, nobody's perfect. Or this one? Jerry: Have I got things to tell you! Joe: What happened? Jerry: I'm engag...

William Powell is one of my favourites too. He is suave and handsome, but has a great self-depreciating humor as well. I love him with Myrna Loy--they were as good a team as Tracy and Hepburn. And even as an older man, say in "How to Marry a Millionaire," he still gets my heart. Schatze Pa...