Mary Astor

Next clue: Last shot of actor/actress in a movie is behind prison bars

"Where are you from?" "Where are you headed?" And the only answer you need make is to point. Sure, I'll take this action/adventure film any day. One thing has always intrigued me: how many Westerns have as their hero a guy named Chris? Now, I'll confess something. As many times a...

GaryCooper, that's some fine line-up of movie soundtracks! My music tastes are first and foremost "classical" concert music. So I've always had a particular appreciation for Tiomkin's touch of the operatic in almost all his scores. Even when you would think it out place for the movie. Some...

OK. You've convinced me. An interesting case analysis, to boot!

Dargo, your assessment displays a generosity of spirit that is to be envied.

If not Sheldon Cooper, would Wolowitz work?

Holly Golightly "Breakfast at Tiffany's"

Next clue: Mesas (yep, the geological thingamajigs)

Boy, that sure is a kiddie bacchanalia if ever I saw one! It's what Halloween night is supposed to be. No parents, no safe environment, no healthy treats, no holding back the just-the-right-amount-of-fear! Minelli nailed this sequence perfectly. And you can't lose with Margaret O'Brien terrified in ...

I agree. This for me is a continual favorite. I suppose one could see it in the schmaltz category, but its pleasures and delights always keep it from being over-sentimentalized in my book. One of the TCM promo's has a bit about Minelli's pitching it to the studio as nothing much more than a year in ...

I hadn't realized I was enrolled here after so many attempts and finding out that there was already someone with my user name! Me, actually. But word on the street is that this joint is jumpin', so I thought it was worth a look. Quite a few of the ex-pat TCM crowd, I see. So it promises to be lively...