This month on Svengoolie... 6/1: The Tingler (1959) w/ Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn, Darryl Hickman (rest in peace) and Patricia Cutts. And directed by William Castle. 6/8: The Monolith Monsters (1957) w/ Grant Williams, Lola Albright, Les Tremayne, Trevor Bardette and Phil Harvey. Plus William Sch...

Until I saw Skimpole's list, I had forgotten about Mountains of the Moon, one of my favorite films and the film that made me vow never to go to sleep in the African jungle without cotton in my ears!

The Undead (1957)

Next: Salad

My ten favorite films from 1990 include Metropolitan (on my all-time ten-best list); as well as two neglected adaptations of novels: Last Exit to Brooklyn and The Sheltering Sky, two films that remain sadly under the radar. ( Last Exit premiered in the UK and US in early 1990.) Europa Europa The God...

ziggy6708a wrote: ↑May 30th, 2024, 12:06 am Timothy Bottoms
The Paper Chase


- fav male 'second banana'

So many, but I'll say
Frank McHugh

Next: Best visual approximation (look) of a real person in a biopic. Not necessarily best performance, but the best "look."

Station West (1948)

Next: Exotic bird

As part of the Eva Marie Saint tribute, I would like to see The Trip to Bountiful . The very first production of that Horton Foote play took place on NBC-TV in 1953 and starred Lillian Gish, Eva Marie Saint, Eileen Heckert, and John Beal. Later in 1953, it opened on Broadway with Lillian Gish and Ev...

Louis Calhern

Next: Dowager

Blues Brothers (1980) [Cab Calloway performs "Minnie the Moocher," which mentions the King of Sweden.]

Next: Street market

Now we have 4 yes votes for Majoriry of One. Cinema International, me, Bronxgirl and Swithin. I'll be curious to read comments after the film is shown. The movie is based on a stage play in which the lead characters were played by Gertrude Berg and Cedric Hardwicke. Berg won the Tony Award for Best...

For Thursday's (May 30th) viewing pleasure may I suggest the politically incorrect but entertaining A MAJORITY OF ONE with Roz Russell as a Jewish Brooklyn widow who forms a cautious relationship with Japanese widower and businessman Alec Guinness. To add insult to injury there is (if I'm rememberi...

ziggy6708a wrote: ↑May 27th, 2024, 5:59 pm

He should never have won that Oscar. I hated The Goodbye Gir and his performance. He stole the Oscar from four more deserving men:

Marcello Mastroianni, Woody Allen, John Travolta, and Richard Burton.

Louise Lasser

Next: Favorite Asian or Asian American TV star

Kings Row (1942)

Next: Your favorite scientist performance in a film

Metropolitan (1990)

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