Miss Sophia Loren -- Happy National Cat Day!

movieman1957 wrote: (It doesn't help my new job is very restrictive on internet use.)

Hey -- good news!!

Want to tell us something about it in Our Family Album ?

Good grief -- will no one give the man a break for dinner? :wink: Right this way, Mr. Hayes -- your table is ready. Please take your choice of the following dishes: http://goodcheapeats.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/The-Ultimate-Snacky-Dinner.jpg http://gooddaycafemn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/...

Yes, I agree with a lot of what has been posted. :) I would add, for the men: Claude Rains and Paul Henreid. http://25.media.tumblr.com/94179dd72db464b832459eebf2545615/tumblr_mqc49xaHaT1rmrhoio1_500.gif https://media.tenor.co/images/435cfbf8aba996583b891fe9dc58d648/raw For the women, Agnes Moorehea...

Thanks for the reply, Mr. Hayes -- I understand your point of view completely. I find MO rather unbelievable myself, and highly melodramatic. But I actually like "the pious air of self sacrifice" :lol: , the christian themes, and the 'split' characters, as well as the subtexts (that I perc...

Mr. Hayes, may I just say that in your lovely paen to Douglas Sirk, Magnificent Obsession is conspicuous by its absence? :wink: I like Sirk quite a bit myself, and understanding that everyone's taste is different, would appreciate sharing views on this film if you would like. Seven years ago, back w...

Welcome to the SSO Mr. Hayes -- thank you for taking the time to visit with us this weekend. As all the members here know, my number one interest is -- in cinema and otherwise -- Agnes Moorehead. :D I know that you generally mark AM's birthday on your Facebook page, including a link to your video re...

Mr. Van Johnson

http://williamlanday.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/MonroeMiller.jpg Today's birthday boy, playwright Arthur Miller , with his wife Marilyn Monroe. Miller wrote several plays which would be adapted successfully for the silver screen, including "All My Sons," "Deat...

For our movieman1957 on his special day:

Birthday girl Jane Darwell in a few promotional stills for her final Broadway play "Suds in Your Eye," 1944: http://collections.mcny.org/Doc/MNY/Media/TR3/1/6/3/7/MN147529.jpg http://collections.mcny.org/Doc/MNY/Media/TR3/5/b/c/3/MN147538.jpg http://collections.mcny.org/Doc/MNY/Media/TR3/7...

mongoII wrote:Birthday girl Jane Darwell in her final film as the bird woman in
"Mary Poppins"

Miss Lauren Bacall

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jobppR1MPs&feature=youtu.be&t=12m54s[/youtube AM's interview with Dick Cavett, originally broadcast 19 February 1973. She talks quite a bit about her work with Orson Welles, including "The Magnificent Ambersons," and about her farm in Ohio....

mongoII wrote:Itsa my boitday too!

Hey -- when did you sneak that in?