The last shot is a still frame of squeezed Scope, presumably from the theatrical version used so the credits wouldn't be cut off. There is no evidence available that the Scope version was used in the 1963 "Marilyn" and it's quite reasonable that the re-shot version, screened once 10 years before...
The clip of "Diamond's Are A Girls Best Friend" is the from the original movie. Monroe's hair gets caught on a diamond bracelet at the exact same point in the number. The C-scope version is still unseen. I originally added this to the IMDb-"The "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" number was...
Garner was a last minute replacement for an ailing Maggie McNamara. Fox had a film crew shooting exteriors in NYC and a cameraman who had worked on her pictures when she was at Fox ran into Garner in a hotel lobby and she ended up replacing McNamara. According to fan magazines Garner wore her...
I know exactly what you mean. I saw that when it first aired and I thought he was an actor who was also an actual AIDS victim (as they used to say) and I've never forgotten his performance. At that point in time I was losing friends left and right.
Nice work. Thanks for the description. I appreciate it. Here's another early live action one-https://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/dinner-for-eight-1934
I didn't know there was a "other Technicolor film about the 1933/1934 World’s Fair" but when I saw the story with Firestone I did think maybe Wilding used their fair footage elsewhere. That's great news to me. What do you know about "Seeing is Believing?" I can't find anything on it other than...
I thought of something regarding the timing of the prints being ordered. The fair was originally supposed to only run one season but was successful enough (at the height/depth of the depression) that, per the Chicago Tribune, FDR himself suggested they extend it for another year. The second...
Thanks for your response. I truly appreciate it. I had a devil of a time finding any credits on the short. You have more information on it than I was able to find. I did come across newspaper listings of showings in small-ish towns but I can't find them now. They probably were on Google...
Very interesting. When is the story you quote dated? What newspaper was it in? Is their a byline on the item? I am genuinely interested to know. I got the released to theatres date of April 1934 from the huge Technicolor book but I got it from a library loan and don't own it/can't check it. I...
One correction-The "World's Fair" short was indeed meant for public viewing and was made expressly for that purpose. I'm the person who added the short "World's Fair" to the IMDb some time ago. Watch the short here-
I also added this to the Trivia section: "The short was presented at local...
According to John Houseman in one of his autobiographies (he wrote at least three) he and Minnelli were at a party while they were preparing "Lust for Life" and someone who worked for either Eastman color or Ansco, if I recall correctly, told them that Eastman couldn't reproduce a true yellow-a...
We got "God's Own Country" on DVD from the library and it did not include subtitles and/or CC although the disc and packaging listed it. Someone mentioned that the Netflix version didn't either. Looks like subtitles were dropped on the rental editions produced. We understood most of it anyway...
From the book "The Wit and Wisdom of Hollywood" by Max Wilk (1971)
"According to John Cromwell, who made six films for David Selznick (more than any other director), Selznick was never afraid to make long films when other, less venturesome producers would make them short. He would quote Nick...
The GetTV channel is running the Judy Garland show this month in addition to a whole bunch of other stuff, including a Andy Williams show but not sure what year it's from. Go here and click on the link in the upper left hand side for a complete list-
https://www.get.tv/schedule/ct
I see the...
Thanks for this list. Some I was aware of but many of these are new to me. I have most of the comedies and musicals on DVD already but there is a lot on this list to keep me busy. Thanks!
We watch the classics every year but every year I also look for something I've never seen-I troll the internet for lists of 'off the beaten path' and 'not really a Christmas movie but it's set at Christmastime' or 'Best Christmas Action Movies' movies-(film noir, crime, foreign, action and not...
According to a post at Nitrateville "Scott MacQueen, when he was at Disney, did a full restoration of THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER as well as the original trailer. The restored print is available on Region 2 DVD."
full thread-http://nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=25215
I had issues with the sound too. I saw it at a very well run "state of the art" theatre and the sound was flat. Music overwhelmed the singing. I heard complaints about the sound from almost everyone I know who saw it. I enjoyed the movie so I got the Blu from the library and we started it last...
A nice extra would be a featurette about the paintings done as a promotion for the movie- http://thenedscottarchive.com/hollywood/films/the-long-voyage-home.html
For "A Star is Born" Garland recorded a singing TV commercial "Trinidad Coconut Oil Shampoo" that was "performed" by a marionette. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/230457705904685341/
It was cut with the rest of the stuff but later restored.
The Sinatra tracks circulated for years (I saw a CD with them for sale in a NYC record store years ago) and are on the Sinatra in Hollywood box set. I didn't care for them at all. Awful arrangements. Very disappointing. The original artwork for the animated version was sold on Ebay on June 27...
Slightly off topic but I just read Neal Simon's Memoirs (recently updated) and was shocked to learn (this may be old news to some of you) that when he sold the movie rights to "The Odd Couple" to Paramount he also sold them all ancillary rights as well. He kept only the stage rights. His...
The review of WSS by Bosley Crowther in the NYTimes (10/19/61) doesn't mention Nixon by name- "Although the singing voices are, for the most part, dubbed by unspecified vocal performers, the device is not noticeable and detracts not one whit from the beauty and eloquence of the songs." However...
I've wondered the same thing. According to this it was filmed-https://books.google.com/books?id=N89_4hYsS-wC&pg=PA269&dq="finian's+rainbow"+necessity+arnau&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiymangnavSAhUH2oMKHYoqAIYQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q="finian's rainbow" necessity arnau&f=false
Here's a story about the...
According to this http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/288809%7C296104/Behind-the-Camera-Bad-Day-at-Black-Rock.html John Sturges mentions on the commentary track on the Criterion LD that it was filmed both ways.
They should release it with the kinescope of the 1959 live TV version (recovered/discovered at the Library of Congress in 2005) with Ed Wynn as Kris Kringle.