Already got TiVo set, Hec. It's actually a Cleopatra double feature -- Liz-n-Dick, then Claudette.
May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
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Fred Pete - Nov 10, 2005 7:14:35 am PST #8549 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Vonnie K - Nov 10, 2005 7:16:09 am PST #8550 of 10002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
The Narrow Margin ... that's the Mimi Roger/Gene Hackman thriller on the train, right? I haven't seen that one in ages.
I have irrational Dick Powell hatred. Whenever he pops on my screen, I want to bash his ferrety face in. Not too fond of the whole "let's put on a show!" concept overall, unless the movie has Fred Astair or Gene Kelly in it. Hmmmm.
TCM is apparently having Joan Fontaine month: The Women, Otello, Gunga Din, Ivanhoe, Suspicion, Rebecca, plus a bunch of B movies I haven't seen. It's too bad they are not airing "Letter from an Unknown Woman", which is, I suppose, terribly political incorrect nowadays--I still have a fond memory of it, what with all that swoony lushness and self-sacrifice for an undeserving cad and all. I love Max Ophuls and his melodramas. There is enough decadent European romanticism in each film of his to chock an elephant.
I keep waiting for TCM to air "The Constant Nymph" to no avail. I hear the music in the movie is particularly fine--by Erich Wolfgang Korngold no less.
DavidS - Nov 10, 2005 7:18:32 am PST #8551 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The Narrow Margin ... that's the Mimi Roger/Gene Hackman thriller on the train, right? I haven't seen that one in ages.
Hmmm, I wonder if that's a remake. This one is definitely on a train, but it stars Marie Windsor and some palooka.
Kathy A - Nov 10, 2005 7:20:01 am PST #8552 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Wasn't Dick Powell the doctor in "Mister Roberts"? If so, I love him to pieces. Great character, wonderfully played. If that movie hasn't gotten a "Special Edition DVD" yet, it should!
DavidS - Nov 10, 2005 7:20:53 am PST #8553 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Wasn't Dick Powell the doctor in "Mister Roberts"?
No, no - that's William Powell. Same actor from the the Thin Man movies and My Man Godfrey.
Vonnie K - Nov 10, 2005 7:22:08 am PST #8554 of 10002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
t goes off the IMDb to check
Yeap, it's a remake. And the heroine in the remake is Anne Archer, not Mimi Rogers--I always get those two mixed up. I do remember that it was a good thriller, so I will check out the original.
Fred Pete - Nov 10, 2005 7:22:24 am PST #8555 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
TCM is apparently having Joan Fontaine month
That, too. Her first starring role (Maid's Night Out) is waiting on the TiVo.
And Vonnie, I'll agree that (ETA: Dick) Powell is a love-him-or-hate-him actor.
Vonnie K - Nov 10, 2005 7:25:40 am PST #8556 of 10002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Dick Powell. He did a bunch of musicals with whassoname, Ruby Keeler.
William Powell (with Myrna Roy and Asta the dog from the Thin Man movies). I luuuuuurve him.
Kathy A - Nov 10, 2005 7:25:47 am PST #8557 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Ok, then I'm totally unfamiliar with Dick Powell. Still love William Powell (remember watching My Man Godfrey in college and loving him in that movie, too).
DavidS - Nov 10, 2005 7:28:20 am PST #8558 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
In Dick's defense, he did a credible job as Philip Marlowe. Much to the surpise of folks who pegged him as a pretty boy song and dancer.