I think that Joan Leslie hit the jackpot in her career. Co-starring opposite James Cagney in "Yankee Doodle Dandy", Gary Cooper in "Sergeant York", Bogart in "High Sierra", Henry Fonda in "The Male Animal", Ida Lupino in "The Hard Way", Fred Astaire...

I've never felt that Warner Brothers employed Joan Leslie up to her potential. In addition to being a good dancer and pretty good singer, she was very good at subtle acting, but many of the roles she got after proving that were in silly offerings like Janie Gets Married. (Although I have to admit th...

It is my husband's contention that the tone of these "shouting commentators" is leading to a general breakdown of civility and the kind of interactions we are so weary of reading on the original TCM discussion forum.

bobhopefan1940 wrote:Wow, this site is so friendly... I think that is my third welcome since I joined a few hours ago :D Thank you!

Let me add my welcome, Danny! Great to see you here!

Christine ("Ayres")

Someone who will pass legislation for enough gun control to make events like today's far less likely.

Now seems almost forgotten. I hope that she isn't ( forgotten ) on this forum ! :cry: When I was a teen one of our public TV stations in Atlanta frequently showed old Fox musicals, and I got to see loads of Don Ameche, Sonja Henie, John Payne, Carmen Miranda, Cesar Romero, Betty Grable flicks. Of a...

(Possible Spoilers) This doesn't exactly come under the romantic comedy heading, but I wondered if anyone could answer this. Last night my husband and I watched Penguin Pool Murder and enjoyed the repartee between Edna May Oliver and James Gleason (I just love him!) We were startled by the fact that...

She's so wonderful in The Awful Truth and My Favorite Wife. I love that sort of clenched-teeth giggle that she gives when she's up to mischief! One of the sexy comediennes--who tend to be my favorite kind.

I'm in complete agreement--I think The Thrill of it All is a far superior movie. I love Arlene Francis and Edward Andrews in that, too. And I have to say, Osborne and Fisher don't seem terribly prepared to talk about the movies they are chatting about. Sometimes it even seems like the somewhat madde...