Discussion of the actors, directors and film-makers who 'made it all happen'
British playwright Pinter has died
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stuart.uk »
December 25th, 2008, 9:42 am
Just heard the acclaimed playwright Harold Pinter has died. He also wrote screenplays to The Servant , The Go-Between , The French Lieutenant's Woman...
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December 28th, 2008, 3:55 pm
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Last post by Moraldo Rubini
December 28th, 2008, 2:41 pm
Earth Kitt RIP
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stuart.uk »
December 26th, 2008, 1:42 am
I was saddened to hear about the death of Ertha Kitt. It's hard to think of a sex kitten like Ertha, an elderly 81. She clearly had some hard times,...
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Last post by stuart.uk
December 28th, 2008, 4:32 am
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Last post by Metry_Road
December 26th, 2008, 2:07 pm
Thank you Stuart from the U.K.
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mrsl »
December 9th, 2008, 11:55 am
I've been meaning to do this for some time now.
Stuart:
Sometimes you don't get a lot of response from your posts, and I know that is...
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Last post by MichiganJ
December 10th, 2008, 11:54 am
A request
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knitwit45 »
December 5th, 2008, 1:53 pm
Heads up! Meet Me In St. Louis is on TCM tonight, and I have a small request. If anyone recognizes the pretty girl who sits next to Judy Garland on...
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Last post by knitwit45
December 5th, 2008, 7:25 pm
Helen Walker
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phil noir »
December 2nd, 2008, 3:42 pm
I've recently seen this actress in three films, and was quite struck by her - especially as I'd never heard of her before this year.
First, I saw...
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Last post by srowley75
December 2nd, 2008, 3:52 pm
Patrica Neal, gutsy lady.
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stuart.uk »
July 2nd, 2008, 10:50 am
I can't say I've seen to many of her films, but she usually always impressed. Patrica did two good war films with John Wayne in Operation Pacific and...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
November 25th, 2008, 3:23 pm
Life Gets Googled
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moira finnie »
November 21st, 2008, 2:57 pm
If, like me, you are always on the hunt for new photographic images of our cinematic faves, I thought that you might like to know that Life Magazine...
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Last post by moviemagz
November 24th, 2008, 5:12 am
Richard Bradford, did he blow it
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stuart.uk »
November 21st, 2008, 11:20 am
Richard Bradford was and still is a moderately successful American actor. A method actor, he co-starred with Marlon Brando in The Chase.
He also...
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Last post by stuart.uk
November 21st, 2008, 11:31 am
My Word Is My Bond
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stuart.uk »
November 19th, 2008, 1:08 pm
I'd recomend Roger Moore's biopic My Word Is My Bond
It reminded me of just how big a star he was even before he took on 007s mantle. I'm not so...
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Last post by stuart.uk
November 19th, 2008, 3:06 pm
The Big Yin, Billy Connelly
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stuart.uk »
October 7th, 2008, 1:33 pm
The Glasgow shipyard welder began to make a reputation for himself as a banjo player, singer and stand up comic in the early 70s. His name was Billy...
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Last post by movieman1957
November 18th, 2008, 6:16 pm
Lee Marvin
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Lzcutter »
May 11th, 2007, 11:34 am
By now everyone knows how much I adore this actor. But today, I am not alone in admiration. The NYTimes Film Critic chimes in on the career of Lee...
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Last post by MissGoddess
November 13th, 2008, 10:33 am
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November 13th, 2008, 12:50 am
Rita Hayworth
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Classic Redhead »
January 30th, 2008, 7:48 pm
Rita Hayworth (October 17, 1918 – May 14, 1987), was an American actress who attained fame during the 1940s as one of the era's leading sex symbols....
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Last post by Miss Retro
November 12th, 2008, 7:16 pm
Filmed in Full Stereotype?
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by klondike » November 6th, 2008, 3:37 pm
Is it just me in a funk of nonappreciation, or is The Awful Truth , truthfully , awful dang full of actors repeating characters from other movies?...
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Last post by klondike
November 6th, 2008, 5:41 pm
"Curiosity Never Killed This Cat"
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moira finnie »
November 1st, 2008, 9:45 am
Curiosity Never Killed This Cat ~ Studs Turkel's choice of his epitaph.
Studs Turkel , who was an oral historian, raconteur, disc jockey,...
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Last post by ChiO
November 1st, 2008, 1:08 pm
Another Loss
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by jdb1 » October 16th, 2008, 10:34 am
The NY Times reports that Edie Adams has passed away:
Adams, a trained opera singer, was married to Ernie Kovacs, a brilliant, loving but very...
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Last post by Sue Sue Applegate
October 17th, 2008, 5:03 pm
Roles that kick started flagging careers
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stuart.uk »
October 5th, 2008, 9:00 am
I was just thinking about performances that kick started acting careers that appeared to be running out of steam. I apolgise in advance if folk think...
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Last post by stuart.uk
October 14th, 2008, 1:32 pm
Silly Question
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by
ken123 »
October 13th, 2008, 1:47 pm
After reading the Lainie Kazan thread, I fell in love with her the first time that I saw her,I got to thinking ( non - political ) that so often...
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Last post by klondike
October 14th, 2008, 11:57 am
La-la-la-la Lainie!
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by klondike » October 12th, 2008, 12:33 pm
OK, cuttin' right to the chase here, though I'm loathe to admit it, I try very, very hard, every single day, to keep my wife happy & amused & healthy...
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Last post by klondike
October 13th, 2008, 11:57 am
BOTOX Boo-Boo
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mrsl »
September 21st, 2008, 1:09 pm
I watched a half cute, half sad movie last night called the Boynton Bereavement Club or something like that about seniors living in a senior...
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Last post by Sue Sue Applegate
October 11th, 2008, 8:57 pm
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Last post by inglis
October 7th, 2008, 7:39 pm
Rampling and Knightly in The Duchess
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stuart.uk »
October 3rd, 2008, 9:56 am
I haven't seen the film, but am curious about the casting of mature beauty Charlotte Rampling (Georgy Girl) and the younger beautiful Keira Knightly,...
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Last post by stuart.uk
October 3rd, 2008, 12:04 pm
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
October 1st, 2008, 1:47 pm
USC honors John Wayne
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Lzcutter »
September 28th, 2008, 11:48 am
This weekend USC has been honoring John Wayne with a program of films and panels that center around him as an accomplished actor. I went to part of...
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Last post by inglis
September 30th, 2008, 9:56 am
Joanne Woodward
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stuart.uk »
September 27th, 2008, 12:40 pm
I hope this is appropriate under the circumstances, but I thought it would be good idea to pay tribute to Paul's lovely wife Joanne Woodward.
I was...
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Last post by stuart.uk
September 29th, 2008, 10:21 am
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September 25th, 2008, 9:37 pm
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September 23rd, 2008, 1:43 pm
Sean Connery, Scotland's finest actor
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stuart.uk »
September 12th, 2008, 12:12 pm
IMO Sean Connery is the best actor to come out of Scotland, though he's taken plenty of stick because he chooses to live in tax exile while...
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Last post by stuart.uk
September 21st, 2008, 11:59 am
Fred MacMurray: Under or Over?
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by jdb1 » August 7th, 2008, 12:43 pm
There's lots of material on the TCM site about Fred MacMurray, all of it very interesting. Moira's blog interview there is especially enlightening....
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Last post by knitwit45
September 19th, 2008, 9:28 am
Pictures at the Revolution
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Lzcutter »
August 11th, 2008, 5:28 pm
I just finished reading Mark Harris' great book, Pictures at the Revolution , which is about the five films nominated for Best Picture Oscars in...
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Last post by melwalton
September 16th, 2008, 7:29 pm
Frank Borzage - Forgotten Greatness ?
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ken123 »
May 3rd, 2007, 10:37 pm
I love this THREE COMRADES, THE MORTAL STORM, and most especially STRANGE CARGO staring Gable & Crawford in a neat morality play, But then again all...
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Last post by moira finnie
September 8th, 2008, 7:23 pm
Top British actresses, or are they!
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stuart.uk »
September 5th, 2008, 11:48 am
If I was to name my top 4 British actresses, only one Helen Mirren was actually born in the UK.
In 1st place I'd have Olivia De Havilland, who was...
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Last post by stuart.uk
September 6th, 2008, 12:29 pm
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
September 5th, 2008, 4:40 pm
Films with a Chaplin influence
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stuart.uk »
September 4th, 2008, 11:57 am
Charlie Chaplin was IMO the first to invent the dramatic/romantic comedy, therfore influencing Frank Capra and Howard Hawks with their screwball...
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Last post by MichiganJ
September 5th, 2008, 10:54 am
My Opinion
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mrsl »
August 28th, 2008, 4:42 pm
I can't help it, I've tried to keep it in all of yesterday, and today, but aaahhhhrrrggghrhehrhgh!!! Early yesterday morning I watched the Private...
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Last post by inglis
September 1st, 2008, 9:22 pm
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Last post by traceyk
September 1st, 2008, 12:51 pm
Happy Labor Day
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markfp »
August 30th, 2008, 12:07 am
I posted this as a reply on the TCM board and thought I'd repeat it here:
YES, HAPPY LABOR DAY! I think this is a good time for of us to remember...
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Last post by markfp
August 30th, 2008, 12:07 am
Did Fred ever kiss Ginger?
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charliechaplinfan »
July 21st, 2008, 2:12 pm
I'm a big lover of romantic films. IMO one of the most romantic couples onscreen are Fred and Ginger. Apart from the dances I love she will she,...
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Last post by jdb1
August 28th, 2008, 10:14 am
Frankie Darro
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Lzcutter »
March 8th, 2008, 12:49 am
I saw Frankie Darro in Wild Boys of the Road last December on TCM's Salute to William Wellman.
Why didn't this guy have more of a career? I thought...
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Last post by molo
August 25th, 2008, 5:34 pm
Did Hollywood waste Diana Dors
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stuart.uk »
March 5th, 2008, 2:57 pm
before Susan Hayword got acclaim for her role of Barbara Graham in I Want To Live, played a convicted murderer (though her guilt was in doubt) sent...
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Last post by stuart.uk
August 12th, 2008, 9:48 am
In The Spotlight Redux
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mongoII »
June 28th, 2007, 4:20 pm
In the Spolight: Maria Montez
Maria Montez was the stage name of María África Gracia Vidal. Born on June 6, 1912 in Barahona, Dominican Republic,...
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Last post by mongoII
August 10th, 2008, 4:16 pm
Favorite Directors
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ChiO »
July 1st, 2008, 5:52 pm
Between thinking of Silents (non-comedy) and “The Worst Movie Ever”, here is my selfish request. List your favorite directors (any number you wish)...
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Last post by MikeBSG
August 8th, 2008, 11:39 am
Marie Dressler Day: August 4, 2008
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moira finnie »
July 12th, 2008, 2:38 pm
I'm pretty happy to see that Marie Dressler has a day devoted to her in August as part of the Summer Under the Stars on TCM. There are some rarely...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
August 5th, 2008, 3:06 pm
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Last post by Lzcutter
August 4th, 2008, 8:54 pm
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Last post by stuart.uk
August 3rd, 2008, 2:25 pm
who are your top five actresses
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stuart.uk »
May 23rd, 2008, 10:17 am
i'll list both international and British versions, but on reflection i'll pick 6
Katharine Hepburn
Bette Davis
Ingrid Bergman
Barbara Stanwyck...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
July 30th, 2008, 12:57 pm
SSO Summer School - Anyone Interested?
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Lzcutter »
July 21st, 2008, 3:09 pm
Hey guys,
Wanted to let you know that I have been teaching a Summer School class over at TCM City on John Ford and Westerns.
It began as an idea...
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Last post by Lzcutter
July 27th, 2008, 10:56 pm
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July 27th, 2008, 9:20 pm
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