Yearly Archives: 2016

Robert Taylor Trivia: the (almost) nude scene.

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There are apparently a number of different prints of Ambush, 1950, floating around.  The last time Turner Classic Movies showed the film it was a quite different version from those I had seen before.  There was a forward showing a … Continue reading

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Barbara Finds Contentment

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Most of this article strikes me as fanciful but it’s fun to read and indicative of how celebrity “news” was written in 1940. From Movie World, Australia 3/23/40 from Christine Webb, in Hollywood Difficult to believe that this lovely, demure … Continue reading

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Valley of the Kings, 1954, Is Playing on TCM April 2 (USA)

Valley of the Kings, 1954, is playing on Turner Classic Movies on Saturday, April 2, at 4:00 p.m. Closed captioned.  Mark Brandon, the ruggedly handsome archaeologist played by Robert Taylor is thought to be the inspiration for Indiana Jones. This … Continue reading

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Broadway Melody of 1938 Is Playing on TCM April 2 (USA)

Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937) is playing on Turner Classic Movies on Saturday April 2 at 6:00 a.m.  Closed captioned.  The film cost $1,588,000 and made a profit of $271,000 or $4,609,188.57 in today’s money. Broadway Melody of 1938 is one … Continue reading

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Song of Russia, 1943, Is Playing on TCM on March 31 (USA)

Please note: I had the time of this wrong. It is 11:30 a.m. not 1:30 a.m. Song of Russia, 1943, is playing on Turner Classic Movies on Thursday March 31 at 11:30 a.m. est. Closed captioned. Song of Russia is … Continue reading

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