:Johnny Carson voice:
I did not know that.
:JCv:
D’oh! I do this all the time and have since I was a kid. I guess I watched too many reruns of Father Knows Best. You’re right: it was Jane Wyman.
Yeah, Bacharach and David ended up suing each other. Apparently the stress of working on such a bomb destroyed their working relationship.
I just realized I should add Zero Hour to my list of Dana Andrews movies. I’ll never be able to think of one without thinking of the other.
Looking at her filmography, I see Wyman was in a number of movies I’ve seen, but the only one I associate with her is Johnny Belinda.
I have a copy of My Man Godfrey, but I didn’t realize until now that she was in it. I’m surprised to see she was in Pollyanna too.
When I think of Dana Andrews, the first movie I think of is Laura.
According to IMDb, Wyman played “Socialite (uncredited)”. That probably means the background of the scavenger hunt, or possibly the party at the Bullock home.
If I remember, I’ll keep an eye out next time I see it.
Was that ‘Noir Alley’ hosted by Eddie Muller (which is still on and greatly admired)? Showing things like ‘The Killing’, ‘Laura’, and ‘In A Lonely Place’. - are those considered drive-in trash?
Maybe you’re thinking of another cable channel years ago that was hosted by Joe Bob Briggs - ‘Drive-in Theater’. Which actually did show drive-in trash.
no it was called mondo bizzaro or something like that it ran at like midnight 1 am on Saturdays …when I caught it it was a couple of those 70s filipino made women in prison movies
Would like to see Mondo Trasho.
It might have been TCM Underground. i’ve seen some stuff…
In the middle of the night I saw a French thing ’ comedy ’ called ‘Maitresse’ about a dominatrix nailing some guy’s nads (not the actors, mind you) - to a board.
If TCM can have “Noir Alley” and their “Silent Movie” features, then I think they also ought to have “Drive-In Trash,” or whatever they choose to call it. I loved those drive-in B-pictures when I was younger and went to the drive-in movie. Two Lane Blacktop, Vanishing Point, Chato’s Land, Fuzz, Electra Glide in Blue, and so many more.
Years ago, I subscribed to a channel that did have “Drive-In Trash” one night of the week. It was late at night, like “Noir Alley”, and it was a blast, watching those again. No reason TCM can’t do it. At least, no reason I can see.
that was it …
I’e seen movies on TCM that are outside of the classic-Hollywood mold. Check them in October; I’ve seen them put on some low-budget horror films then.
Thanks for the tip! I’ll watch out in October.
Late in the wee hours they show some real questionable films.
I totally agree, I alway said no reason TCM can’t have a ‘creature feature’ one night a month, maybe. All those old things, some black and white, we saw as kids. Everything seems to be stuffed into October - Halloween - movies. How many times have we seen Godzilla/Frankenstein/Dracula - how about ‘The Crawling Eye’, ‘Blood on Satan’s Claw’, ‘X The Unknown’, ‘Triffids’, ‘The Astounding She-Monster’. (We have Svengoolie who on occasion comes up with something dug up from the far past, and MST3K somewhere.)
‘Possession’ - Sam Neill and Isabelle Adjani…like, what the living F@CK???
Not TCM, but I just found out that a revival theater in Boston is doing a 70mm month, several classic films shown in full 70mm.
The Master
2001: A Space Odyssey
Airport
Vertigo
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Lawrence of Arabia
Spartacus
Inception
The Sound of Music
A few of those sound good. Tickets are not cheap.