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byneddiedingo · 9 months

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Walter Brennan, Gary Cooper, Irving Bacon, Barbara Stanwyck, and James Gleason in Meet John Doe (Frank Capra, 1941)

Cast: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold, Walter Brennan, Spring Byington, James Gleason, Gene Lockhart, Rod LaRocque, Irving Bacon, Regis Toomey. Screenplay: Robert Riskin, based on a story by Richard Connell and Robert Presnell Sr. Cinematography: George Barnes. Art direction: Stephen Goosson. Film editing: Daniel Mandell. Music: Dimitri Tiomkin.

Meet John Doe opens with reporters and editors at a newspaper being fired because the owner wants it to be, as the paper's new slogan says, "streamlined ... for a streamlined age." And the plot involves a very wealthy man who uses a phony populist approach to try to get himself elected president. Who says an 82-year-old movie isn't relevant today? But the movie eventually falls apart because Frank Capra can't get his story to make sense. I never watch a Capra film without wanting to throw something at the screen, and that includes the beloved It's a Wonderful Life (1946), which makes me faintly nauseated. Meet John Doe has a few wonderful things going for it, principally the opportunity to see Barbara Stanwyck and Gary Cooper at their starry prime. (Though they were much better in a movie they made together in the same year, Howard Hawks's Ball of Fire.) Experience tells, and by 1941 Stanwyck had been making movies for more than a decade, and Cooper had been in films since the mid-1920s. They had the kind of easy, spontaneous, natural manner on screen that could steady even the most wobbly vehicle. Meet John Doe starts to wobble about halfway through, when it becomes apparent that there is no easy way Capra and screenwriter Robert Riskin can handle the director's muddled populist sentiments: Capra always wants to celebrate the "common man" in his movies, but it was clear to anyone on the brink of the entry of the United States into World War II that the common man was a dangerous force to work with. So what we have in the film is an odd mix of sentimentality and cynicism. Stanwyck's character, Ann Mitchell, starts as a cynic, concocting a sob story about a "John Doe" who threatens to commit suicide because he's fed up with a corrupt society. She does it to save her job at the newspaper, and the equally cynical managing editor Henry Connell (James Gleason) decides to run with it. That's when they find a homeless man (Cooper) to pretend to be the real John Doe. When he turns out to be an inspiration to the "common man" of Capra's fantasies, bringing about peace and harmony across the land, the sentimentality takes over, converting Ann and Connell, but also playing into the hands of the paper's owner, D.B. Norton (Edward Arnold) , who tries to use John Doe's followers for political gain. And when John Doe is exposed as a fake, the adoring millions suddenly turn into a raging mob. If Capra weren't so invested in making things turn out all right, he could have created a powerful satire, but he couldn't find an ending to the film that would satisfy both his Hollywood-nurtured sentimentality and the logic of the plot.

#Meet John Doe #Frank Capra #Walter Brennan #Gary Cooper #Irving Bacon #Barbara Stanwyck #James Gleason

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raynbowclown · 1 year

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A Girl a Guy and a Gob

A Girl a Guy and a Gob (1941) starring George Murphy, Lucille Ball, Edmond O’Brien A Girl a Guy and a Gob is a comedy romantic triangle. Hijinks ensue when a pert stenography is pursued by both her stuffy boss and a foot-loose sailor. (more…) “”

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#1941 #Doodles Weaver #Edmond O&039;Brien #Frank Sully #Franklin Pangborn #George Cleveland #George Murphy #Henry Travers #Irving Bacon #Lucille Ball #Marguerite Chapman #Nella Walker

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tcmparty · 1 year

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@tcmparty live tweet schedule for the week beginning Monday, January 02, 2023. Look for us on Twitter…watch and tweet along…remember to add #TCMParty to your tweets so everyone can find them :) All times are Eastern.

Friday, Jan. 06 NANCY DREW Double Feature

8:00 p.m. NANCY DREW...DETECTIVE (1938) A teen-aged sleuth investigates a wealthy woman's disappearance.

9:15 p.m. NANCY DREW...REPORTER (1939) A teen-aged sleuth sets out to prove a young girl innocent of murder charges.

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oldshowbiz · 8 months

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Ten Top Comedians Including: Eddie Foy Jr. Alan Hale Jr. Walter Catlett. Leonid Kinskey. Gus Schilling. Irving Bacon. Fuzzy Knight. Roscoe Ates.

#eddie foy jr #alan hale jr #walter catlett #leonid kinskey #gus schilling #irving bacon #fuzzy knight #roscoe ates

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papermoonloveslucy · 6 months

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THE FACE IS FAMILIAR... BUT I CAN'T PLACE THE NAME!

Same Actor / Different Character ~ Part 1: "I Love Lucy"

It used to be quite common for actors to be cast in multiple roles on the same series. Not in principal parts, certainly, but in supporting and minor characters. Lucycoms were no exception. Although the world created by these shows was representative of reality, the characters who populated them often gave viewers Deja vu.

For the purposes of this discussion, we won't include background performers (aka extras) as they were nearly always drawn from the same pool of actors. Also, those who played multiple characters need to have at least two of them identified by name. We will, however, include "the "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hours" in our discussion of "I Love Lucy".

FRANK NELSON

A busy character actor, Frank Nelson has the distinction of being the only performer to play more than one recurring character (a character seen in more than one episode) on "I Love Lucy": Quizmaster Freddie Fillmore and Westport neighbor Ralph Ramsey. In addition, he played a nearsighted waiter, a TV host, a policeman, a a talent scout, a customs officer, a cruise director, and (perhaps most famously) a train conductor. His turn as the conductor was so memorable, he reprised it on "The Lucy Show" in 1963. Lucy has worked with Nelson on her radio show and new that audiences loved him - so she had no problem engaging him time and time again.

CHARLES LANE

Another familiar face was veteran character actor Charles Lane. Instead of radio, Lane came from the world of film, having done several pictures with William Frawley. He played a total of six characters, including Mr. Stanley, father of nine girls when "Lucy Goes to the Hospital." He followed up with Mr. Hickox "The Business Manager", a casting director, a passport office clerk, a uranium claims officer, and (like Nelson) a customs official, this time at the Mexican border. Lucille Ball created a role for him on "The Lucy Show", only to let him go to make way for a similar character when Gale Gordon finally became available. But that didn't stop Lane, who kept acting until he died at the age of 102!

MARY JANE CROFT

Before settling into the role of Betty Ramsey (with Frank Nelson as her husband Ralph), Croft played the role of Lucy Ricardo's old chum Cynthia Harcourt, who's request for a charitable donation forces Lucy to take a job as a woman from Mars. She returned to new mother Evelyn Bigsby, who sits next to Lucy on the plane home from Europe. Interestingly, Frank Nelson is also in this episode. Just a few months later the pair are back as the Ramseys. Viewers didn't need to have long memories to think the Ricardos' Westport neighbors looked familiar.

ELIZABETH PATTERSON

Viewers fondly remember Patterson as Mrs. Trumbull, the lovable spinster who babysat Little Ricky. On her first episode in 1953, the character was irascible, but grew more likeable over the seven more appearances that followed. Many forget that when Lucy and Ricky renewed their vows in Greenwich Connecticut, Patterson played Mrs. Willoughby the mayor! Mr. Willoughby was played by....

IRVING BACON

Bacon wore many hats (literally) as the man who greeted the Ricardos in Greenwich. But he must've done something right because he was asked back to play Will Potter when the gang drove through "Ethel's Hometown" on their way to Hollywood.

KATHRYN CARD

Best remembered as the scatterbrained Mrs. McGillicuddy, Card was nearly unrecognizable when she was first seen on the series, as Minnie Finch's brusque neighbor in "Fan Magazine Interview" (1954). Mother (she never had a first name) was seen in seven episodes in 1955 and 1956.

HERB VIGRAN

Busy character man Herb Vigran started on "I Love Lucy" playing Jule, Ricky's music agent in two 1952 episodes. But when Lucy's washing machine goes on the fritz, Vigran shows up as Joe, a repairman who also happens to be Mrs. Trumbull's nephew. He also was seen as Hal Sparks, the publicity man who convinces Lucy and Ethel to dress as women from Mars at the top of the Empire State Building.

PARLEY BAER

Baer’s first collaboration with Lucille Ball was playing MGM’s Mr. Reilly in "Ricky Needs an Agent” (1955). He returned to the series as Connecticut furniture salesman Mr. Perry in "Lucy Gets Chummy with the Neighbors” (1957).

SHEPARD MENKEN

Menken did four different characters from season one to season six. He adopted a French accent to teach Lucy to Apache dance as Jean Valjean Raymond, sold Lucy clay as art store salesman William Abbott, examined Lucy's vision as an eye doctor, and reverted to his French accent to sell Lucy mass-produced art as Parisian con-man Charpontier.

DAYTON LUMMIS

Also in "Lucy Has Her Eyes Examined" (1953) we see Dayton Lummis for the first time as producer Bill Parker ("Parker Preps Prod for Pittsburgh Preem"). He returned the following year as publisher Mel Eaton when "Lucy Writes a Novel" (1954) and yet a third time as MGM producer Mr. Sherman in "LA at Last!" (1955).

LOU KRUGMAN

Viewers didn't meet Lou Krugman until season four, when he played the film director coping with Lucy and her unwieldy headdress. Ball was so impressed by him that she immediately cast him as the FBI agent on the train back to New York. When Lucy reprised her heavy headgear routine on a TV special, Krugman was again at her side. In season six, he was cast as the manager of the Club Babalu, formerly the Tropicana. The job lasted just two episodes before the action of the show shifted to Connecticut.

JAY NOVELLO

Novello was one of Lucille Ball's favorite performers from her radio show, playing Mr. Negley the postman and other quirky characters. On "I Love Lucy" he was first (perhaps best) remembered as theatrical producer Mr. Merriweather, who longs to talk to his beloved Tilly in "The Seance" (1951). He returned to play Mr. Beecher, the skittish tenant in "The Sublease" (1954), and "The Visitor From Italy" (1956), who arrives looking for his brother Sam Franchesca. Or maybe San Francisco.

JOHN HART

Another actor to score a trifecta was John Hart. Producer Jess Oppenheimer didn’t want to pay too much for the actor who would play Tom Henderson in "Lucy Changes Her Mind" (1953), a character who only says two words at the very end of the show. He wrote in the script that he wanted “the most handsome hunk of man anyone ever saw for $15.56.” Hart was cast. He returned (hopefully with a pay raise) to play the lifeguard who saves Lucy (despite her best efforts) in "The Hedda Hopper Story," and to play Jim Stevens, a studio executive meeting with Dore Schary poolside (the same pool he guarded in the previous episode) in "Don Juan is Shelved" (1955).

ELVIA ALLMAN

Another of Lucy's favorites from her radio sitcom was Elvia Allman. Even the most casual fan of "I Love Lucy" will recognize her as the barking foreperson at the chocolate factory ("Speed it up a little!") but she also returned to play one of Minnie Finch's neighbors ("Do you wanna see Minnie or don't ya?"). In a change of pace, she played Nancy Graham, the prim columnist who thinks Lucy should "cherish" Ricky. She also encountered Lucy Ricardo as Ida Thompson of the Westport PTA, and as Milton Berle's officious secretary.

HANS CONRIED

Perhaps no other performer was as beloved by Lucy and Desi as Hans Conried. He was seen on all of Lucy's TV and radio shows as well as in a film with her. On "I Love Lucy" he had time to do just two roles: the foppish English tutor Percy Livermore and the unscrupulous used furniture dealer Dan Jenkins. These two diverse characters showed Conried's range as an actor, so viewers can be forgiven for not noticing that they were the same actor - even though their airdates were just a month apart!

BOB JELLISON

Most viewers remember Jellison as the bell hop at the Beverly Palms Hotel. He played the portly luggage jockey for six episodes in 1955. Jellison was so convincing in the role that in "Lucy Hunts Uranium" (1958), he was once again cast as the bellboy, this time named Henry. But few remember him in his first series appearance, as the milkman (or “cow juice peddler”, as Bill Foster called him) in "The Gossip" (1952).

JOSEPH KEARNS

Kearns was another veteran of Lucille Ball's radio series. He found fame as Mr. Wilson on "Dennis the Menace". He played Dr. Tom Robinson, a psychiatrist, in "The Kleptomaniac" (1953). He returned to the show in its final season as the Theatre Manager in "Lucy's Night in Town" (1956). "If four people are seeing the show, then four have got to pay!" He died while still playing Henry Wilson so instead of recasting, George's brother arrived in town, played by...

GALE GORDON

Gordon's relationship with Ball goes back to 1938 on radio. She spent the rest of her career casting him on her various shows. She had intended for him to play Fred Mertz, but he was too busy - and too expensive - so Desi cast William Frawley. Lucy, however, wanted Gordon on the show, so the role of Mr. Littlefield, manager of the Tropicana, was created. The character appeared in two episodes. He wasn't seen with Lucy again until 1958, when he played a Judge that is tasked with deciding a case between the Ricardos, the Mertzes, and the Williams', in "Lucy Makes Room for Danny".

PHIL OBER

Ober was Vivian Vance's husband, so it makes sense that he would make at least one appearance - and he did - as the fake husband sent to the Ricardo apartment by "The Quiz Show" (1951). Ober's marriage eventually ended when Vance accused him of cruelty, but before that could happen, he was a last minute replacement for Dore Schary when "Don Juan is Shelved" (1955). Schary was a real-life MGM movie producer who was scheduled to appear as himself. He either got sick or (more likely) got cold feet. So Ober played Schary instead, leaving many unsavvy viewers thinking that Ober WAS Schary! Speaking of bad marriages and "The Quiz Show"...

JOHN EMERY

...played Harold the Tramp that was confused for Ober's character. Emery had been married to tempestuous Tallulah Bankhead from 1937 to 1941. Their four short years together were compared by Emery to "the decline of the Roman Empire". He played a Doctor in Lucy and Desi's 1956 film Forever Darling. It wasn't long before he was back at "I Love Lucy" to play the pet-hating Mr. Stewart when "Little Ricky Gets a Dog" (1957).

MADGE BLAKE

Blake is best remembered as Batman's Aunt Harriet, but after her notable role of the gossip columnist in Singin' in the Rain (1952), she was cast on "I Love Lucy" as Mrs. Mulford, the owner of the hat shop when "Ricky Loses His Temper" (1954). Lucy and Desi were introduced to her talent when she played Aunt Anastacia in The Long, Long Trailer. She was asked back in late 1956 to play Martha, the acrophobic prospective tenant for apartment 3B in "Lucy and Superman" (1957).

VERNA FELTON

Felton is probably best remembered as Lucy's demonstrative maid Mrs. Porter, but she first appeared as Mrs. Simpson, a housewife living without electricity but with lots of "Sale Resistance" (1953). The two roles aired just three months apart. A few months later Lucy and Desi cast her as series regular Hilda Crocker on their new sitcom "December Bride" (1954-57).

HAZEL BOYNE

A former dancer, Boyne was born on Independence Day 1883 and was 68 years old when "Men Are Messy" (1953) was filmed. She charmed audiences as Maggie, the Tropicana's Irish cleaning woman, dancing with Ricky during his rehearsal. She would go on to play one of Minnie Finch's neighbors in "Fan Magazine Interview" (1954) and a (don't blink) passenger on "The Great Train Robbery" (1955).

HAL MARCH

March had been an original cast member of "My Favorite Husband." In the first season of "I Love Lucy" he played an actor named Hal March who Ricky asks to masquerade as a doctor when "Lucy Fakes Illness" (1951). At the end of the show, announcer Johnny Jacobs says “The part of Hal March was played by Hal March.” March returned to the show to play womanizing lingerie salesman Eddie Grant in “Lucy Is Matchmaker” (1953).

WILL WRIGHT

Wright did two films and a radio show with Lucille Ball before being seen on "I Love Lucy." First, he played Mr. Walters, the locksmith from Yonkers, in “The Handcuffs” (1952). He returned to the series to play Bent Fork Sheriff (and father of Teensy and Weensy) in “Tennessee Bound” (1955).

ALBERTO MORIN

Morin was Carlos, one of Ricky's "Cuban Pals" (1952). He had appeared in some of Hollywood's most cherished films: Gone with the Wind (1939), Casablanca (1943), and Key Largo (1948). He was invited back to play Robert Dubois, waiter turned tutor in "The French Revue" (1953).

HY AVERBACK

Averback played two different Charlies on "I Love Lucy": Appleby and Pomerantz. Charlie Appleby was seen twice on the series, but was only played by Averback on his first appearance in 1953. Charlie Pomerantz was Ricky's press agent in Hollywood in 1955, coming up with the brilliant idea for Ricky to save Lucy from drowning in the hotel pool.

Naturally, there were many other actors whose did double (or triple) duty on "I Love Lucy", chief among them Bennett Green and Hazel Pierce, Lucy and Desi's camera and lighting stand-ins and were omnipresent throughout the series, although not always with specific character names.

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howardhawkshollywood · 2 years

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publicity still for O Henrys Full House (1952), a collection of five short stories by O Henry, with five different directors. Howard Hawks directed the segment The Ransom of Red Chief. The film premiered Aug 7, 1952 in Greensboro, North Carolina, the birthplace of O Henry, who was born William Sidney Porter. It was Howard Hawks’ 35th film.

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#fred allen #irving bacon #kathleen freeman #lee aaker #o henrys full house #oscar levant

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badgaymovies · 2 years

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This Is the Night (1932)

This Is the Night by #FrankTuttle starring #CaryGrant and #ThelmaTodd, "The performances are remarkable",

FRANK TUTTLE Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB USA, 1932. Paramount Pictures. Screenplay by Benjamin Glazer, George Marion Jr., based on the play by Henry Falk, Avery Hopwood, René Peter. Cinematography by Victor Milner. Produced by Benjamin Glazer. Music by Ralph Rainger, W. Franke Harling, John Leipold. Costume Design by Eugene Joseff. Cary Grant is instantly a matinee idol in his film debut,…

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#Avery Hopwood #Benjamin Glazer #Cary Grant #Charles Ruggles #Eugene Joseff #Frank Tuttle #George Marion Jr.#Henry Falk #Irving Bacon #John Leipold #Lili Damita #Paramount Pictures #Ralph Rainger #René Peter #Roland Young #Thelma Todd #Victor Milner #W. Franke Harling

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davidhudson · 1 year

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Francis Bacon, October 28, 1909 – April 28, 1992.

1962 photo by Irving Penn.

#francis bacon #irving penn #art

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downthetubes · 2 months

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In Review: Sherlock Holmes and the Empire Builders Pt 1. The Gene Genie

James Bacon offers his take on “Sherlock Holmes and the Empire Builders Pt 1. The Gene Genie” a recently-released graphic novel by Joel Meadows and Andy Bennett

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#Andy Bennett #Frazer Irving #James Bacon #Joel Meadows #Liam Sharp #Review #Sherlock Holmes #Walt Simonson

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letterboxd-loggd · 5 months

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This Is the Night (1932) Frank Tuttle

December 2nd 2023

#this is the night #1932 #frank tuttle #lili damita #thelma todd #roland young #charles ruggles #cary grant #irving bacon #claire dodd #pre-code

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citizenscreen · 1 year

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Irving Bacon (September 6, 1893 – February 5, 1965)

#irving bacon

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freekzoutarchive · 3 months

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☕ cozy things tag game

comfort food(s): pancakes and bacon with plenty of maple syrup, pizza, poor man's macaroni and cheese

comfort drink(s): hot chocolate, old-style irn bru

comfort movie(s): jaws, the lion king, gremlins, little shop of horrors, balto

comfort show(s): the golden girls, malcolm in the middle, arrested development

comfort clothing: any of my thrifted sweatshirts from the 90s. anything that is oversized and has an old print of an animal on it makes me feel so at ease. also my bedtime robe with lil koala faces.

comfort song(s): everybody wants to rule the world - tears for fears, northern sky - nick drake, circle of life - carmen twillie, damn, i wish i was your lover - sophie b. hawkins

comfort book(s): lord of the flies by william golding (i know), the cider house rules and avenue of mysteries by john irving

comfort game(s): animal crossing: population growing

tagged by: @soulmissed <3 tagging: @vitalphenomena, @inrovina, @fangmother, @guttersniper

#ooc.

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raynbowclown · 1 year

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Blondie Plays Cupid

Blondie Plays Cupid (1940) starring Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake In Blondie Plays Cupid, the Bumsteads are off to visit relatives in the country when Blondie runs into Charlie and Millie, an eloping couple needing her help. (more…) “”

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#1940 #Arthur Lake #Charles Lane #Daisy #Danny Mummert #dog #eloping #Glenn Ford #Irving Bacon #Jonathon Hale #Larry Simms #Leona Roberts #Luana Walters #Mary Jane Carey #Penny Singleton #Spencer Charters #Stanley Brown #Will Wright

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museenkuss · 2 years

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Photographed by Irving Penn, Vogue, October 1963

Champagne! Champagne! Champagne!

"[...] a calorie-cutting régime that offers a little joie de diet as well."

Monday — breakfast: scant half-cup orange juice. One egg, scrambled in a double boiler. One slice of whole wheat toast. One glass of champagne. Lunch: mixed green salad. Slice of cold salmon. Bran muffin. 1/2 cantaloupe. Champagne. Dinner: fillet of beef - four ounce serving, broiled. Cooked carrots. Celery sticks. 2/3 cupful fresh strawberries. Champagne…

Tuesday — breakfast: half-grapefruit. One egg, poached. One small cinnamon bun. One glass of champagne. Lunch: 1/3 cup fruit cocktail. 3/4 cup crabmeat on a lettuce leaf. Small French roll. Glass of champagne. Dinner: 1/2 pear with cottage cheese. Two medium slices roast tenderloin of beef. Cooked asparagus. Carrot sticks. Champagne…

Wednesday — breakfast: 1/2 cup orange juice. One soft-boiled egg. One slice whole wheat toast. One glass of champagne. Lunch: sliced tomato and cucumber salat. One slice of breast of turkey. Whole wheat muffin. Small bunch of grapes. Glass of champagne. Dinner: one slice baked ham. Mixed green salad. Baking powder biscuit. One slice of pineapple (no juice if tinned). One glass of champagne…

Thursday — breakfast: scant 1/2 cupful of orange juice. Three slices lean bacon. One poached egg. One slice whole wheat toast. Glass of champagne. Lunch: ground beef patty. Asparagus tips on lettuce. One slice whole wheat bread. One fresh peach. Champagne. Dinner: Two rib lamp chops. Lime gelatine salad. Green peas. Bran muffin. Three apricot halves. Champagne…

Friday — breakfast: 1/2 cupful tomato juice. One egg sautéed in half teaspoon butter. One slice whole wheat toast. Champagne. Lunch: Cup of consommé. Small salmon steak. Cole slaw. Half small squash, boiled. One small slice French bread. Champagne. Dinner: half of broiled chicken. Carrot and celery sticks; radishes. String beans. Two whole wheat crackers. Pear half. Champagne…

Saturday — breakfast: grapefruit slices. One poached egg on whole wheat toast. One glass of champagne. Lunch: 2/3 cupfuls cooked mushroom served on one cupful of steamed rice. One sliced tomato on lettuce leaf. Blueberries. Glass of champagne. Dinner: four small slices of roast leg of lamb. Mixed green salad. Spinach. Orange sherbet. Champagne…

Sunday — breakfast: 1/2 cupful orange juice. One egg scrambled in double boiler. One slice whole wheat toast. One glass champagne. Lunch: breast of chicken, two small slices. Two tablespoonful cottage cheese with chopped celery. Brussels sprouts. One slice whole wheat toast. Fresh blackberries. Champagne. Dinner: broiled lobster, one cupful. Two tablespoonful cottage cheese served with sliced beets on a lettuce leaf. One small slice French bread. Raspberries. Glass of champagne.

#museenkuss #this is all in good fun of course #still:#diet tw #food mention tw #I have to say I do enjoy the baselines of this though and I'm thinking about adapting it to be pescetarian & not diet-oriented

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