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by kingrat
Yesterday, 5:48 pm
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: I Just Watched...
Replies: 3682
Views: 220098

Re: I Just Watched...

Yes, I had a great-aunt named Gertrude, an aunt named Ethel. My parents were introduced by a woman named Edna. When I was looking up Max Showalter, his parents were Ira and Elma Showalter. We have to remember that Gertrude and Ethel were the Taylor and Madison of their day. Or that Taylor and Madiso...
by kingrat
Yesterday, 10:28 am
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: I Just Watched...
Replies: 3682
Views: 220098

Re: I Just Watched...

What I think of as "old lady names"--names that no woman under 60 had when I was growing up--are back in fashion. Hannah, Emma, Sophie, Eliza, Amelia--a friend has high school students with these names. I know people who have named their little girls Mabel and Millie. Rosalie is much worth...
by kingrat
May 14th, 2024, 10:28 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: For Bronxgirl48: Mother's Day
Replies: 24
Views: 516

Re: For Bronxgirl48: Mother's Day

I Love Melvin wrote: May 13th, 2024, 6:01 pm My favorite movie mother:
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by kingrat
May 14th, 2024, 5:43 pm
Forum: General TV and Media
Topic: Returning shows and new shows
Replies: 13
Views: 15485

Re: Returning shows and new shows

CBS has two new hits with Tracker and Elsbeth . I was happy that Melissa Roxburgh, the star of Manifest , is playing Justin Hartley's younger sister, though she won't be a regular on the show. I was even happier that Elsbeth is not PC in its choice of villains. Any celebrity can be a villain. As wit...
by kingrat
May 14th, 2024, 12:08 pm
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: I Just Watched...
Replies: 3682
Views: 220098

Re: I Just Watched...

There aren't any characters in Agatha Christie's books who are openly referred to as gay or lesbian, although A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED has a couple easily identifiable as lesbian. One of them figures out something about the first murder and is herself killed. In one of the later novels, Raymond West, M...
by kingrat
May 14th, 2024, 10:22 am
Forum: The People of Film
Topic: MUSINGS, PONDERINGS, RUMINATIONS AND FANCIES
Replies: 2665
Views: 161818

Re: MUSINGS, PONDERINGS, RUMINATIONS AND FANCIES

Agree about Sean (although I haven't seen THE RUSSIA HOUSE or ROBIN AND MARIAN). Agree about Sean getting better with age. Wasn't excited about Robin and Marian , but love Russia House - partly because of the score. Not sure what Sean was thinking with Zardoz (1974).... https://th.bing.com/th/id/OI...
by kingrat
May 13th, 2024, 6:56 pm
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: I Just Watched...
Replies: 3682
Views: 220098

Re: I Just Watched...

We just watched "The Case of the Wandering Widow" on Perry Mason, featuring Casey Adams/Max Showalter. It is so not a spoiler that his character turns out to be slimy and gets bumped off. Agatha Christie fans will note a resemblance in set-up to ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE, although this episode t...
by kingrat
May 13th, 2024, 9:27 am
Forum: The People of Film
Topic: Top Ten Robert Ryan Films
Replies: 10
Views: 2125

Re: Top Ten Robert Ryan Films

I guess I'm a little out of step, but my favorite Robert Ryan movie is About Mrs. Leslie (1954) with Shirley Booth, in which he played a married but lonely industrialist who befriended in a mostly platonic way a kindred spirit (Booth) and vacationed with her once a year, the only time he felt he co...
by kingrat
May 12th, 2024, 11:49 am
Forum: Noir Alley
Topic: Noir Alley
Replies: 1326
Views: 114652

Re: Noir Alley

Had Follow Me Quietly been shown before? Some of it seemed awfully familiar. Nicely directed. Dorothy Patrick is like a cross between Dorothy Malone and Rosemary Clooney. Jeff Corey did some scene stealing.

Interesting intro by Eddie about the condition of RKO just before this picture was made.
by kingrat
May 12th, 2024, 11:33 am
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: I Just Watched...
Replies: 3682
Views: 220098

Re: I Just Watched...

Speaking of Dracula: the first ten minutes of Kevin Spacey's performance as Hickey in The Iceman Cometh are available on YouTube. This is simply some of the best acting I have ever seen.
by kingrat
May 11th, 2024, 1:06 am
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: I Just Watched...
Replies: 3682
Views: 220098

Re: I Just Watched...

A comparison of the 1960 (Sidney Lumet, TV) and 1973 (John Frankenheimer, AFT series of filmed plays for movies) versions of The Iceman Cometh. Both are highly recommended. The 1960, on YouTube, has starts and stops, but this isn't too distracting. I rather prefer the black & white to the 1973 d...
by kingrat
May 10th, 2024, 10:30 am
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: June 2024 Schedule Posted
Replies: 19
Views: 3207

Re: June 2024 Schedule Posted

If you are a Thelma Ritter fan, The Model and the Marriage Broker is a must. I think it was shown on TCM once before. Thelma has the leading role, although Jeanne Crain has top billing.
by kingrat
May 9th, 2024, 10:44 pm
Forum: Site Talk
Topic: Question about site function
Replies: 5
Views: 416

Re: Question about site function

And again tonight.
by kingrat
May 9th, 2024, 11:51 am
Forum: Site Talk
Topic: Question about site function
Replies: 5
Views: 416

Re: Question about site function

I'v e had to log in several times, including once in the last week.
by kingrat
May 8th, 2024, 1:02 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Theater
Replies: 98
Views: 27547

Re: Theater

Having now seen both the 1960 TV version of THE ICEMAN COMETH with Jason Robards and the 1973 AFT version with Lee Marvin, I'm curious if anyone has seen either Kevin Spacey or Nathan Lane as Hickey? It's hard to think of any role that all four of these actors could play. I can imagine Kevin Spacey ...