While I'm a fan of Thunder Road the only noir scene in the film is when Mitchum goes to the hood's nightclub. That is a classic Mitchum noir scene but other than that there is too much Gene Barry and not enough of the innerworkings of the "good side" of the criminals element (MItchum and ...

I tried liking Jerry Lewis and like Danny Kaye can tolerate him in some situations but never choose to watch any of their movies. I think they appeal more to kids than adults. While I couldn't stand spastic Jim Carrey, my opinion has softened a lot after seeing him portray similarly annoying Andy K...

Can't show them all. So TCM programmers just made a selection from what they can show.
Regardless, I think it is a good variety.

...Mitchum did start the trend of backwoods bootlegging movies that took off big time in the 1970s such as White Lightning with Burt Reynolds. He was ahead of the curve. Yes, but try as he might, Burt could never quite master the fine art of singing calypso music as well as Bob did. (...and so ther...

TCM is presenting movies about female detectives on some Friday nights in Jan. Nancy Drew (all 4) on Jan 6, Torchy Blaine (6) on Jan 13 night. Actually all day Jan 13 is mystery/crime type movies. Jan 20 has Lucille Ball in Lured, Gloria Stuart in Wanted, Jane Turner. Margaret Tallichet in Stranger ...

I've seen Thunder Road a few times. A good movie but it's a six-lane stretch to call it a noir. As Eddie Muller has said before, he sometimes selects movies that stretch the noir definition and may not even be noir. That is why it is informative to listen to his intros and outros. Having seen Thund...

We find almost all of our BBC productions through Acorn on Spectrum cable. Apparently they maintain many series that ended or were cancelled many years ago. The On Demand for the BBC channels and PBS offer very little.

After the holidays and over the next few weeks Lomm will do some research to see how we can integrate a like button into the forums. It is a one-man tech crew so as time allows he will see what he can find. Hang in there. If there is a Like button, there should also be Dislike or Disagree button, a...

The TCM site had more than just a Like button. They had a confused button and a couple of others. I no longer have access to the site so I don't remember what the others were. As I said earlier, if the Administrators agree to a Like button, they should also add a Dislike or Disagree button. Fair is ...

I thought we were going to end the discussion on this topic.
The advisory poll has been taken and everyone has had ample opportunity to comment.
Now it is up to the Administrators to determine whether or not to add a like button.

US Highway 301 runs from Delaware to Sarasota FL. I can remember travelling over parts of it in S.C. and GA when I was a kid. And later when I was stationed at Ft. Bragg, NC (Fayetteville).
Of course, the movie takes place in VA area.

I would have to go with Bob and Carrol and Ted and Alyce for Wood's sexiest role. But my favorite for her was Cash McCall where she and James Garner were terrifically paired. Not sure it is accurate, but seems to me that many young actresses in late 50's and early 60's styled their looks after Wood'...

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MarySara: As with the TCM site, I do not open links unless the poster provides information as to why I should. Even then, I may be reluctant to open one.

Off hand, thinking of The Gay Divorcee, The Gay Caballero (2) and Gay Lawrence, I believe the thinking was the characters were happy, carefree, dashing (for men), etc. Nothing to do with homosexuality. Arlen probably just used Gay to reinforce the dashing, carefree man about town persona of The Falc...

High here is 38 and that is high for last few days. Will be in upper 50's later this week. Went down to 9 on Friday night. Super low for us. Thank goodness no rain, ice or snow though.