TV and Movies

[YorkieonmyPillow]

Saw him in "Babyface" (1933) with Barbara Stanwyck.

[lil spot]

Love this movie! Thanks for the heads up @Oznell 

[Highlands72]

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@Shelbelle wrote:

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@Oznell wrote:

Just looked it up.  George Brent and Bette Davis teamed together in eleven full length features.  That has to be a record, almost...

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So, who could have beaten that record, Judy and Mickey, Ginger and Fred, Grant and Dunne, Greer and Walter???? My best bet would be Lemmon and Matthau!!

Bette and Geo. were great in every one. 

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William Powell and Myrna Loy, fourteen films together.

Not sure if that is a record.

[GiantsLover]

The cast in the movie Dark Victory were fabulous, especially Bette Davis, George Brent, and Geraldine Fitzgerald, where Geraldine plays the best friend to Bette Davis who was married to George Brent.

Bette Davis' housekeeper knew she was terminally ill and would die, but kept that secret from others as that was what Bette Davis wished.

Bette Davis went blind and died all alone by choice.

The last person to tend to Bette Davis was her Housekeeper, who entered her bedroom, closed her window,  drew the shades closed and covered Bette with a comforter as Bette lay down fully dressed on her bed with her eyes  closed. 

Bette Davis intentionally never told her husband Geroge Brent when she lost her sight, but sent him off to go to a NYC medical conference to which he would be given a scientific medical award for his ground breaking medical research.

World wide highly respected well known Physicians, Medical Researchers, as well as Medical Scientists would attend the award ceremony honoring George Brent so Bette Davis could not tell him she was dying since she knew the award ceremony had to occur, and her husband was the guest of honor for his very important medical break through. 

Bette also sent her best friend Ann away so she could lie down and die alone, hoping after she died that her husband would see she was strong and could handle her own death by herself, in her own way with goodness and dignity, and her husband George Brent and her best friend Ann would all be able to accept and cope with losing her. 

 A real tear jerker and they do not make movies like the special old classics anymore, since I used lots of tissues when the tears began to fall.

I loved the movie Dark Victory so much that I purchased it on Amazon Prime and can pc stream it quite often.  

Two things we know are certain which are paying yearly taxes if income is derived, and death eventually comes to all of us, sometimes welcomed and sometimes unexpectedly and not welcomed. 

All we can do is place our fate in God's hands and pray we are granted a painless fast good kind death. Like dying peacefully from old age, hopefully surorunded by family, and all of our loved ones, and pets.

[trenet]

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@drizzellla wrote:

I have seen One Way Passage several times. I do not think I ever saw Til We Meet Again. Will have to check it out.

I also will be watching Romance on the High Seas at 6pm. A fun movie to watch. Jack Carson's role is priceless. And there is quite a group of characters adding to the movie, including Doris Day.

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@drizzellla 

I enjoy both  “One Way Passage” and “Til We Meet Again” .  Let us know if you prefer one over the other, I never can decide. 

Thanks, too, for mentioning “Romance on the High Seas” - I adore Jack Carson.  I also like Janis Paige - when I was little I named one of my dolls after her!  

[Oznell]

It must be "shipboard day" on TCM, @drizzellla and @trenet!

The very young Doris Day in "Romance on the High Seas" is a delight.  Fun film.

[Oznell]

So true, @GiantsLover.

[Kindaglitzy]

Thanks for posting about this movie. I’m recording it.

[drizzellla]

trenet - 

Well - As they were showing the beginning credits there was a monthly emergency broadcasting test. Not a good sign.

Then I knew I saw the scene  where they broke the glasses and crossed the stems. So I did see this movie before. But as I got further into the movie - I realised I had not seen this movie before. I am guessing they took the exact same scene from One Way Passage.

I liked the supporting cast of Til We Meet Again. But somehow Merle Oberon did not Wow me. I thought Kay Francis was more believable.

BUT then I had to have some paperwork notorized "right away". So I missed about half the movie. The last scene I saw was Frank McHugh and Eric Blore in the bar. And Eric Blore was asking Frank McHugh for some money since he "lost" his walet. 

I wouldn't mind seeing that scene again. So going to see of I can watch the movie on Watch TCM.

[Shelbelle]

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@Oznell wrote:

It must be "shipboard day" on TCM, @drizzellla and @trenet!

The very young Doris Day in "Romance on the High Seas" is a delight.  Fun film.

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Yes, they also aired Majority of One with Roz Russell, she is on her way from NYC to Japan aboard ship, love this one.