Hi Ann! The Fountainhead seems to be a love it or hate it film and for me it took three tries to get all the way through it once and I will probably not make it a second time. It’s the only film of his I actively dislike. The dialogue is interminable and the characters all come off more like spoiled...

Hey Justin, I hope you will give Gary another chance (and I plan to do the same for Miss Hopkins) because he really was a wonderfully gifted actor. Some people have said they think he’s stiff but really he’s just very understated. He’s not the kind of actor that jumps out and grabs you and pulls you...

Even though I can't understand why anyone wouldn't love Gary , I guess that's okay. You couldn't pay me to watch a John Wayne movie but look at how many fans he has, so to each their own .

Well, I'm guess I'm in the minority when it comes to Miss Hopkins :wink: . I do want to see Frederic March's version of Jekyll and Hyde and maybe I'll like her better in that. Speaking of early talkies from Von Sternberg, I nearly forget that Morocco came out in 1930 each time I watch it. Technicall...

I have Nothing Sacred on dvd and already love it but I’m sure I will enjoy it even more on a big screen. This will be the oldest color film I’ve seen in a theater so far just beating Gone With the Wind by a couple years. Miriam Hopkins isn’t bad, I’ve seen much worse, but she just seems a little too...

Last night as part of the Austin Film Society’s tribute to the comedies of Frederic March, the Alamo Drafthouse theater showed Design for Living originally released in Dec 1933 just months before the production code began to be rigidly enforced. The story of two men living with one woman in a someti...

It’s funny that you posted this b/c beginning yesterday with Design for Living , the Austin Film Society is doing a tribute series for Frederic March showcasing 5 or 6 of his more comedic films. They are showing many of the films you listed Moira, including Nothing Sacred which I can’t wait to see. ...

Barbara Stanwyck is one of my top faves and we just recently got the channel that shows The Big Valley and it’s cool to see Babs still kicking butt in the 60s. Cobbling TV episodes together to make it look like a movie is done quite a bit actually. Mystery Science Theater 3000 is one of my fave show...

I set this one to record and was really looking forward to it but I had a big old brainfart and forgot to put in a blank dvd . It's not listed as coming on again (at least not through January) so if anybody has a copy and wants to make a trade I would be most grateful .

There's also the fact that the DVD sales market hit the skids a few years ago. Time-Warner had scheduled a bunch of the MGM silents for release the next year. Those were all delayed and we are still waiting to see what will happen with them. My hope is for a new technology. I know that one of the l...

I watched this one when it was on a while back and I really enjoyed it. I'm not really much of a fan of Henry Fonda (he usually comes off to whiny for me) but I love Babs and she was very fun in this one and she and Fonda did make a cute pair. Overall, I'd say a very cute romantic/screwball comedy d...

That's wonderful news!! Let's hope that more "lost" films keep turning up.

If politicians are really serious about job creation, then they should get people working going through these vaults to see what's hiding in there.

Stuart, I think you did a good job with your list and your disclaimer about not getting upset over the people listed gave me a little chuckle, especially since my very fave was near the top of your list. Here’s a little more info about Gary’s career around the time of High Noon . From the late 40s (...

It was really neat going up the elevators and my ears popped when we went up the first one that takes you up 80 floors in the blink of an eye. It was smooth though and barely felt like we were moving. Talk about a bad place to realize you’re afraid of heights. I don’t like climbing ladders and stuff...

I just watched The Vampire Bat again a couple of days ago. All the others of Fay’s you mentioned are some of my faves too, especially Doctor X and Wax Museum . That’s really neat that you got to see King Kong on an IMAX screen. It’s a shame though that the program wasn’t more popular. We are very fo...