Topic: FIRST THINGS FIRST, SECOND THINGS SIXTH, FIFTH THINGS THIRD (Read 13035 times)

Jrand74 · « **Reply #30 on:** October 10, 2013, 08:01:22 AM »

Doctor visit vibes for DR ELMORE to begin Page Two.

MBarnum · « **Reply #31 on:** October 10, 2013, 08:01:52 AM »

TOD:

Frederic March:
DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE
A STAR IS BORN
THE DESPERATE HOURS

Veronica Lake:
I have not seen enough of her films, and those I have seen were so long ago, I remember little about them.

MBarnum · « **Reply #32 on:** October 10, 2013, 08:02:28 AM »

Very glad you slept better last night, DR Elmore!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #33 on:** October 10, 2013, 08:03:13 AM »

TOD:

Veronica Lake:
The Glass Key
I Wanted Wings

Fredric March
The Crusades
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Executive Suite
The Best Years of Our Lives
Middle of the Night

Jrand74 · « **Reply #34 on:** October 10, 2013, 08:13:28 AM »

I believe Miss Susan Hayward got her role in I MARRIED A WITCH because Miss Frances Farmer was otherwise occupied.....but I could be wrong....

Jrand74 · « **Reply #35 on:** October 10, 2013, 08:15:07 AM »

And there was the tale going around Paramount that Veronica used to go into the fan mail department a couple of times a week and shake all the nickels and dimes people sent to her for photos into her purse and then throw the letters away....

ArnoldMBrockman · « **Reply #36 on:** October 10, 2013, 08:15:44 AM »

Quote from: bk on October 09, 2013, 11:54:59 PM

And the word of the day is: CORRIGENDUM!

And The Chanson Du Jour Is: IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH ME

John G. · « **Reply #37 on:** October 10, 2013, 09:05:37 AM »

Stanley Kauffmann has died at age 97. Didn't alway agree with him, but I did enjoy reading him.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #38 on:** October 10, 2013, 09:12:32 AM »

I am home from seeing my doctor: I've lost 16 lbs, which is good news, and I have the PT referral in hand, which is even better. Now I am craving a pumpkin muffin, bread or donut.

TCB · « **Reply #39 on:** October 10, 2013, 09:20:07 AM »

The new mystery project sounds mighty exciting!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #40 on:** October 10, 2013, 09:20:44 AM »

Good news DR ELMORE.

Your bracelet looks like jewelry store rather than grocery store DR MBARNUM.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #41 on:** October 10, 2013, 09:20:59 AM »

Beautiful fall day here.

TCB · « **Reply #42 on:** October 10, 2013, 09:40:52 AM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on October 10, 2013, 05:54:51 AM

Very good to see the CD for sale at last! Will be ordering forthwith!

I didn't order the forthwith, but I did order the combo pack of CDs. I have the Cristmas album (which I love) already, but figure the additional copy would make a great gift for a very special friend.

Laura · « **Reply #43 on:** October 10, 2013, 09:46:31 AM »

Good morning. Very strange weather here.

MBarnum · « **Reply #44 on:** October 10, 2013, 09:49:42 AM »

What is the weather doing, DR Laura?

John G. · « **Reply #45 on:** October 10, 2013, 09:51:18 AM »

Good news, Elmore.

TCB · « **Reply #46 on:** October 10, 2013, 09:51:51 AM »

Y.T.O.D.

I loved all of Tom Tryon's books, some more than others. I enjoyed HARVEST HOME, but once it was finished there was little point in going back. I think that CROWNED HEADS was my all-time favorite. THE OTHER was not to my liking.

TCB · « **Reply #47 on:** October 10, 2013, 10:00:47 AM »

Quote from: MBarnum on October 10, 2013, 08:01:52 AM

TOD:

Frederic March:
DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE
A STAR IS BORN
THE DESPERATE HOURS

Veronica Lake:
I have not seen enough of her films, and those I have seen were so long ago, I remember little about them.

Mikey has heard of both Frederick March AND Veronica Lake? This could mean The Rapture!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #48 on:** October 10, 2013, 10:31:08 AM »

Did you read LADY, DR TCB? It was probably my favorite....after CROWNED HEADS and THE OTHER.

TCB · « **Reply #49 on:** October 10, 2013, 10:31:56 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on October 10, 2013, 09:12:32 AM

I am home from seeing my doctor: I've lost 16 lbs, which is good news, and I have the PT referral in hand, which is even better. Now I am craving a pumpkin muffin, bread or donut.

~~~~~~~~~~~Contined Health Vibes To DR Elmore~~~~~~~~~~~~~

TCB · « **Reply #50 on:** October 10, 2013, 10:32:34 AM »

Quote from: Jrand63 on October 10, 2013, 10:31:08 AM

Did you read LADY, DR TCB? It was probably my favorite....after CROWNED HEADS and THE OTHER.

Yes, I did. I loved it, also.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #51 on:** October 10, 2013, 10:39:37 AM »

Mike Barnum's favorite Fredric March films may indeed be a sign of "The Rapture". They are all Class A films!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #52 on:** October 10, 2013, 10:47:58 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on October 10, 2013, 09:12:32 AM

I am home from seeing my doctor: I've lost 16 lbs, which is good news, and I have the PT referral in hand, which is even better. Now I am craving a pumpkin muffin, bread or donut.

That's a couple of pieces of damned fine news there. Congrats on the 16 lbs. I'm envious. And of course congrats on the PT!

TCB · « **Reply #53 on:** October 10, 2013, 10:49:51 AM »

We had a special guest yesterday at the Old Actor's Lunch. One of the member's mother-in-law was in town visiting from California. He was going to skip the lunch, but I begged him to come and to bring here along, so that I could meet her. Back in the late 50s and early 60s this lady (writing under a pseudonym) wrote a series of six lesbian pulp fiction novels that were earth shattering to an entire generation of women. Over the years, these books have been reissued, and today she is considered one of the pioneering authors of the LGBT revolution.

It was really an honor to meet her.

TCB · « **Reply #54 on:** October 10, 2013, 10:57:26 AM »

Quote from: TCB on October 10, 2013, 10:49:51 AM

We had a special guest yesterday at the Old Actor's Lunch. One of the member's mother-in-law was in town visiting from California. He was going to skip the lunch, but I begged him to come and to bring here along, so that I could meet her. Back in the late 50s and early 60s this lady (writing under a pseudonym) wrote a series of six lesbian pulp fiction novels that were earth shattering to an entire generation of women. Over the years, these books have been reissued, and today she is considered one of the pioneering authors of the LGBT revolution.

It was really an honor to meet her.

By the way, any New Yorkers who might be inerested in meeting her, she will be apearing at the NYC Collectable Paperback & Pulp Fiction Expo on Sunday October 13.

bk · « **Reply #55 on:** October 10, 2013, 10:59:45 AM »

Quote from: Druxy on October 10, 2013, 06:23:15 AM

BK,

I watched I MARRIED A WITCH the other night and, although I thought it was okay and a pleasant way to spend 77 minutes, I thought that the film could have been much funnier and better with different leads.

Yes, Fredric March was one of our finest actors and I love much of his work, but comedy was not his forte'. He did not have the comic touch or timing of a Cary Grant or a Fred MacMurray, which is what the role required. And, though she was always a charming screen presence, neither did Veronica Lake. Imagine Jean Arthur, Ginger Rogers or (were she still alive then) Carole Lombard in that part.

Don't misunderstand. I like both of these performers, but they were miscast here and, as far as I'm concerned, lacked "chemistry". Indeed, I understand that they did not get along during filming.

On the other hand, Robert Benchley and Cecil Kellaway were delightful. And, for the time, the special effects were excellent.

As you state in your new book, which I enjoyed (and thanks for the nice comments about ME), your idea of comedy and my idea of comedy is completely different. And so it is with I Married a Witch - I cannot imagine two more perfect leads that Mr. March and Miss Lake and I found the entire film funny - not always laugh out loud funny, which I don't think was the intention - but funny - and occasionally it IS laugh out loud funny. Miss Lake especially is such a unique screen presence and her look is so sexy and adorable, well, that's what makes horse racing. And Mr. March could do anything.

bk · « **Reply #56 on:** October 10, 2013, 11:01:33 AM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on October 10, 2013, 07:54:44 AM

"I Married A Witch" has been one of my favorite 1940s enchantments since I first saw it 30-plus years ago. It was in yesterday's mail alongside "The Other", which I watched last night.

I loved "The Other" and even watched it through again with the isolated tracks. It's sole CD incarnation was a bit disappointing inasmuchas it was incomplete. I understood from somewhere -- notes on the jacket or a comment on the internet -- that what we got was all there was. Happily, this has been rectified on the BD, and regardless of the source material, it sounds splendiferous. It leads me to hope that someone, someday will issue it as a complete, stand-alone CD experience as it's one of my favorite Jerry Goldsmith scores and has been since I first saw the film in a theater.

Sadly, for reasons none of us can quite figure out, the studio who licensed The Other to Varese (along with all the titles we did in the two years I supervised those releases) licensed that stuff in perpetuity, which means no one but them is going to put out The Other complete. You would think that would have put that high on the radar, being a Goldsmith title, but alas, not.

bk · « **Reply #57 on:** October 10, 2013, 11:04:00 AM »

I'm up, and I slept eight and a half hours, right up until the doorbell rang. In an hour I'll be lunching with Terry Trotter.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #58 on:** October 10, 2013, 11:29:27 AM »

Licensed In Perpetuity is the title of my new memoir.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #59 on:** October 10, 2013, 11:30:05 AM »

Thanks DR TCB - yes, I can't figure out why someone hasn't filmed LADY.......it would seem a fine book for even the miniseries treatment.....

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