I won't tell you exactly what I was doing about 03:37:02 hours ago...however, it was something like that. (That's the way they write things in broadcast time.)...
Was that "Hoppy"? Frank Sinister: It might be a secret message. Hope: You wish. Bing: Boys. Break it up. The Boss Man will be here soon. Hope: Just tell PJ...
I've watched Follow the Fleet many times, but, as with all of the Astaire films, I continually find new things that I've never noticed before. Two things I...
"Bilge." George Burns recorded a song once when he was quite old, around 1980 or something: "Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott?" This, as it turns out, was a...
I was at the TOYS R US in Manhattan several years ago and noticed Douglas Fairbanks Jr admiring things with a young woman. I was amused the next morning, while...
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Jan 2, 2006 1:44 am
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A while ago I found online an excerpt from a novel that so intrigued me that I ordered the book at once. "The Friends of Freeland," by Brad Leithauser, is an...
I realize that I have been abusing my privileges on this list, so I'm going to keep myself from writing for a while. Thanks for tolerating me. And, sorry that...
Well that's not the way to start the New Year--without Jay. Grumble, grumble. Pat I need to use one of my most important investigative tools--my library card. ...
Oh Wow I finally kicked assorted menfolk off the computer for long enough to check messages and find I am a "lovable minx" - that's quite made my New Year! New...
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Jan 2, 2006 2:09 pm
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It's difficult to spot her in the early films, but she sent me a photo from Gay Divorcee, in which she appears in closeup because she's right next to Fred and...
I don't know if Fred ever met Pan's mother, but I doubt it. In a 1971 interview Fred seemed to know almost nothing about Pan's history prior to Flying Down to...
RussellMA@...
Jan 3, 2006 3:16 pm
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Here's some basic information about the upcoming DVD release of "Three Little Words", "Zeigfeld Follies" and other classic MGM musicals. David BURBANK,...
I have always been curious as to what family Pan had. Do you know if there were other siblings or if he ever married? Thanks, Ruth (Too long a lurker) ... ...
Very interesting Mike. If I don't mistake the very first meeting between Fred and Pan appened on the set of Flying Down To Rio while Fred couldn't find the...
Hallo Ruth, well, there would be a lot to say about Hermes Pan but in general his father died when he and his sister were young and he always had the passion...
Pan never married. In addition to his sister, Vasso, he also had an older brother (Panos Pan), who died at a young age, leaving a wife and 3-year-old...
RussellMA@...
Jan 4, 2006 5:38 pm
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The story is Pan was hired by the dance director and was told to go upstairs to report to Fred. When Hermes did so Fred was in the middle of a routine and...
I found a Rubinoff connection, however tangential. On the Shall We Dance dvd is the Warner's cartoon "Toy Town Hall" which, like all of the other cartoons...
In the 1930s, I would say it was doubtful. Warner Brothers was notorious for lampooning and using stars from their stable in several classic cartoons. They...
On the other hand, there must have been a certain amount of concern about the use of names. I remember reading that RKO cleared it with Maxfield Parrish to...
Speaking of caricatures in cartoons, TCM this coming Saturday morning is showing Clark Gable caricatures in cartoons. There are three of them. I believe one of...
I got my first chance this morning. I've never read a description of a Fred movie that way. Maybe because it's from a book of fiction (is it?). "To have wooed ...
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