What a rare and wonderful opportunity, Lynn! I wish I could have been part of your entourage. Rex Jr. lives there now? The stories he must have! I"m surprised stories from Patton's soldiers haven't emerged over the years. That must have been a heady experience for those young guys from the hear...

Wow! Thank you for bringing the pert Miss Kelton to our attention. I began reading what I thought was a biography of a now-obscure silent film actress whom I've never seen. Then to be blindsided with The Music Man connection ("Oh I know her!"), and suddenly all the pieces of the puzzle fal...

Kyle, it's so early. Shouldn't you go back to bed? Well, at least I'm catching up with the longer termed TCMers. If the DeMille doc is a few years old, it begs the question: What is Mr. Brownlow's latest project? I wonder what he's working on now? Thanks for the info. I'm trying not to look too much...

What a chilling tale regarding seeing the flames of Lombard's plane. As I recall, that flight was a last minute decision, and that her mother took the train -- isn't that right? Terrible, terrible... I'm bleery-eyed, but content, having just gotten in from seeing Cecil B. De Mille – American Epic , ...

Just got in from seeing Kevin Brownlow receive the Mel Novikoff Award . Mel Novikoff was the ultimate film fan and supporter. He owned San Francisco's Surf Theatre (see the Dark Houses of Light ), was behind restoring of The Castro (where this Award was presented today). His love for cinema is match...

I think I first became aware of Burl Ives when he was featured in Walt Disney 's Summer Magic . His character, Osh Popham, was a generous rascal, who was always up to something; much to the disappoval of his pragmatic wife, played by Una Merkel . (Decades later, I would connect that this is the same...

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But no one could take a grapefruit like Mae Clark ! I'm still waiting to see The Bride Came C.O.D. , which I believe is due out on DVD soon. I'm interested to see the interplay of Cagney with Bette Davis . And I've only seen part of The Strawberry Blonde , but I can't imagine Olivia DeHavilland as a...

I'm familiar with some of Billy Bitzer's work with D. W. Griffths. Is he the one who "invented" the closeup? I wonder how much influence paintings had on cinematic framing. Did cinematographers/directors learn to compose long shots by looking at landscapes and genre scenes? Painting change...

I think hot dogs at Yankee Stadium are $4.50. I thought that was steep! Good thing they give me a stomach ache so I don't eat them.

That can't be, can it? $4.50 is such a deal! The hot dogs at the Giants games are $8.00. They're great though and have a lot of delicious fixin's...

So I'm curious if any of you can get in ther today. I never had a problem yesterday nor today. I didn't try to post anything, but I was able to get on the board, go into various forums, read posts, and I deleted some PMs... I wonder why it was no problem for me?

It's a swell noir movie. Great casting; and I believe the only time I've seen Laird Cregar. He's wonderfully creepy. I'm hankering to see Hangover Square . It's funny to hear "Over the Rainbow" popping up on the soundtrack throughout the picture. Love the gratuitous bathing suit scene that...

Oh my! I just read in this morning's paper that he was released from the hospital. So I expected him to trudge on for a few more years. Does this close the door on the era of 1960's studios?

Has anyone heard of The Perverts Guide to Cinema ? I'm heading back to New York, so checked to see what was going on at MoMa and found that they're showing a series based on this movie by Sophie Fiennes. The series will include screenings of Duck Soup , The Birds , Wild at Heart , Dr. Strangelove, o...

Anne & Moira on smoking: Boy, Anne, if you thought they were human chimneys in those flicks, you should've seen Ben Gazzara puffing away in The Young Doctors, which followed these films. He and Fredric March smoked like fiends, even in the allegedly "sterile" conditions of the patholog...