Comments on: TCM Pick O’ The Day: Sunday, January 18th

By: d00d

d00d — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:23:11 +0000

Thanks for these TCM picks o’ the day! TCM is one of my favorite channels & always have great movies playing.

For quality cinema , I’d recommend ppl set their tivos to record “A Face in the Crowd” & “The Fountainhead” next time they air on TCM.

By: noen

noen — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:29:45 +0000

Cary Grant was gay.

“Throughout his time in Hollywood, Grant was rumored to be either homosexual or bisexual. Early in his career he was a roommate of the openly gay silent star William Haines. In 1932, he met fellow actor Randolph Scott on the set of Hot Saturday. The two shared a rented beach house, known as “Bachelor Hall”, on and off for twelve years. In 1944, Grant and Scott stopped living together but remained close friends throughout their lives. Rumors ran rampant at the time that Grant and Scott were lovers.”

Hollywood has always been teh ghey. Big Gay Hollywood.

By: Aetius

Aetius — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:29:06 +0000

What struck me upon re-watching Notorious a few months ago was how much it resembled Vertigo. Terrific film.

By: mk

mk — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:45:18 +0000

“Isn’t this the movie where people were getting shot in the theater in Greensboro?

Word, y’all, that movie is dope.”

LOL, LOL, LOL

That’s funny, yo.

By: Rather Read

Rather Read — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 08:49:07 +0000

Oh how I love this movie! There are a couple of scenes that still amaze me, especially the one where the camera swoops in on the key in Ingrid Bergman’s hand. I was so impressed by Claude Rains’ performance, he is a villain yes but a pitiful one and he does love Ingrid Bergman.
She is, hands down, my favorite actress from this period.

By: Feelitmon

Feelitmon — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 08:09:09 +0000

I enjoyed “The Wrestler” and didn’t mind the ending as much as you did, Mr. Nolte, but I like your point about hokeyness.

As Screwtape writes in one of his letters, “Your patient, properly handled, will have no difficulty in regarding his emotion at the sight of human entrails as a revelation of Reality and his emotion at the sight of happy children or fair weather as mere sentiment.”

By: Paula Perez (ivybelle1)

Paula Perez (ivybelle1) — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 07:16:51 +0000

The 40’s was my favorite decade of Hitchcock films. Rebecca, Notorious, Suspicion, Spellbound. These are the best.

Okay, we’ve done Maureen O’Hara, and Ingrid Bergman, two of my favorite actresses of all time. Where’s my Greer Garson!?? Is Mrs. Miniver not one of the most patriotic films ever made?

I hope to see one of her films on this list very soon.

By: JEB

JEB — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 04:40:29 +0000

OSweet:

No way. It’s got to be Elmer Gantry.

Shirley Jones playing a woman of ill repute. Tough to top that.

By: BILLYPAINTBRUSH

BILLYPAINTBRUSH — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 04:12:05 +0000

It seems astonishing that Hitchcock, Grant, Rains and Calhern though all nominated for Oscars, never won. There were so many great stars and movies then, there just weren’t enough awards.

Thank goodness that now, every palookaville on the planet has a film fest to “award” their golden whoozit to any celebrity willing to appear.

By: OSweet

OSweet — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:38:53 +0000

Set to record.

Prediction for Monday’s TCM POTD:
“A Patch of Blue”