Old Mick-O-My-Heart

Mick-o-My Heart:

So glad you healed up your cornea, or fixed your contact lens. Happy to have you back in action, sir. I can barely remember the,"What's the poop?" line for Tom Poston in SOLDIER IN THE RAIN (1963). I may have to rewatch it. It was a fairly strong film I recall. Yup, your historical synapse did checkmate your cinematic memories, so Billy Sunday got the credit for the quote, instead of Burt Lancaster mouthing Richard Brook's dialogue, lifted from the Sinclair Lewis novel, probably lifted from Billy Sunday.

I surely did not know about the Boston Strong Boy, James L. Sullivan. The two films you ask about were GENTLEMAN JIM (1942) with Errol Flynn as Jim Corbett, and Ward Bond as John L. Sullivan. Alexis Smith was the femme, and Alan Hale Sr. was in it. The other film was THE GREAT JOHN L. (1945), with Greg McClure playing John L. Sullivan. He is kind of a mystery man, with little to no Bio. He made 20 films between 1940 and 1951. He is still alive. Linda Darnell was the main femme, I think. Barbara Britton was also in it, with Wallace Ford, and our buddy, Otto Kruger (who you will give me for the titty twister, lol). Rory Calhoun played Gentleman Jim Corbett in a great cameo.

For RIO BRAVO trivia, great, I got Angie's nickname of "Feathers". Kudos for knowing that Dude (Dean Martin's) Spanish name was "Borachon", the drunk. In THE ALAMO (1960), the Duke has a great speech, one of many, as Davy Crockett:
Republic. I like the sound of the word. It means people can live free, talk free, go or come, buy or sell, be drunk or sober, however they choose. Some words give you a feeling. Republic is one of those words that makes me tight in the throat - the same tightness a man gets when his baby takes his first step or his first baby shaves and makes his first sound as a man. Some words can give you a feeling that makes your heart warm. Republic is one of those words.
The name of the haunting trumpets, the Spanish ballad of no quarter was "El Deguello", which means literally "Slit Throat". I agree with you that Dude was a more likeable drunk. Dean Martin had that part down pat. Mitchum just was better in the rest of the action, and was the better actor. Yeah, Brennan had many juicy lines in BRAVO, an unforgettable character. Caans real name for Mississippi was "Alan Bourdillion Traherne". His mentor was gambler Johnny Diamond. Kudos on knowing that El Dorado was a classic poem by Edgar Allen Poe. Man, your brain pan is non-stop activity, sir. Stuart Whitman played gambler Paul Regret in THE COMANCHEROS (1961), which was not too "fancy" a French name. Jim Bowie, his brother and ten other men went on a quest for the SAN SABA MINE, the lost silver mine of legend. He had to get permission from the Mexican government. The mine was actually called "Los Almagres Mine". It was supposed to be near the ruin of Santa Cruz de Saba Mission. Bowie made two long forays out to find it. He came back empty handed. What he did find was a lot of savage Indians, and he had to fight off dozens of them several times. I wonder how the pussy Monty Clift got along with Howard Hawks on RED RIVER (1949)? Whether an asshole or not, I think he made some great films. I know that Duke stuck up for Jimmy Stewart against John Ford's bullying on THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE. You have to admit, John Wayne was a terrible screen kisser. He always acted like he had to get rough with the femme just to get it over with.

Tuesday Weld played Thalia Menninger on THE MANY LOVES OF DOBIE GILLIS (1959-1963).

Glad you set up with me and watched Lee Marvin tear up Chicago on M SQUAD (1957-60). Yes, it was old Bones, DeForest Kelley who played his partner, Sgt. Miller. FORD might have been one of the sponsors, but the one I recall was PALL MALL. Remember, "You can light either end!" Marvin would snap. Yes, maestro, it was Count Basie who did the jazz score. Richard J. Daley must have been a little Huey Long kind of demogogue. I think the famous Spencer Tracy quote was,"Never let them catch you acting." George Raft always contended,"Don't let them give you too many lines." I wondered how well you were "faking" it during rehearsals.

Sorry to have left out your titty twister, sir. I thought I gave you one. OK, for me it is to get from lovely sexy songster Petula Clark to Otto Kruger. A tough one to be sure. Actually you said to get from Otto Kruger to Petula Clark. I was surprised to find out Pet Clark made British films in the 40's when she was 11 years old. So let us see.....
Otto Kruger was in THE LAST COMMAND (1955) with Ernest Borgnine.
Borgnine was in THE WILD BUNCH (1969) with William Holden.
Holden was in SABRINA (1954) with Audrey Hepburn.
Hepburn was in FUNNY FACE (1957) with Fred Astaire.
Astaire was in FINIAN'S RAINBOW (1968) with Petulia Clark.

Your newest titty twister will be to get from Jill St. John to Gregory Peck.

Great to have you back in such rare form, sir. Happy trails to you. You only have a little more than a week before your show, GYPSY treds the boards. Again, Melva and I are planning on coming Saturday, April 21, for the matinee.

Glenndini the Lion Hearted and Chicken Shitted.

Mick wrote:
Okay, I'm seeing better and What's the poop here is what Tom Poston would say in Soldier in the Rain. In answering your, Burts, Elmer gantry line my historical mind overshadowed the cinematic synapse of my nickalodean neuron endings so Billy Sunday won out instead of Burts, Elmer Gantry. Sinclair Lewis was from Sauk Center, Minnesota so my past kicked in again. Yes, the famous sports figure of the day for the Temperance movement was the "Boston Strongboy" The Great, John L Sullivan who booze had totally destroyed and although he sobered up still died from his past alcoholism at age 59. Who played him in what movies in the 40's and who played Gentlemen Jim and who were the femme fatales in those two flicks?Good job on feathers in Rio Bravo and the ugly name for Dude was the Mexican term "El Borachon" The Drunk. What was the name of the Mexican song that was played while they were held up in jail which is the same one played at the Alamo which translates into "No Quarters?" I had heard that Howard Hawks was a real ass hole to work with and people tried to go through Duke to bypass him and Hawks hated that but Duke somehow played the pickle in the middle fairly well and had a knack for it with people but not the politics of it and with the exception of John Ford, who he cowed down to, some directors especially, John Huston, resented him for loss of their control over them. I heard Angie in an old interview talk of her first part in that movie and how she said in the Kissing scene, "I had a big target and just reached up and grabbed all I could." I also will never forget the way Duke said Burdette, Nathan Burdette! How about the way Stumpy said "Play one I can play! That a Goodin! I liked Martins drunk role better than Mitchums drunk although Mitch had a meatier part I still liked dudes drunk better. Yes John Russell was much better than Lou Grant! James Caans, Mississippi, had a fancy French name like Stewart Whitman in The Commancheros and don't recall. I believe your thinking about Edgar Allen Poes 4 verse poem of El Dorado? There is much in literature about the Lost City of Gold and I AM STILL SEARCHING! What was the name of the lost silver mines that Jim Bowie was trying to find before he was caught up in Texas independence?What was Tuesday Welds name on tv's Dobie Gillis, which was the brainchild of another MN writer good old Max Shulman. In Soldier in the Rain do you recall how McQueen drove that convertible backwards while he was half-sitting looking for her. You hit a nerve with M-Squad which I never missed on Friday nights and in my humble opinion the greatest cop of them all. I believe the sponsor was the old Ford he drove taking the corner and M-squad flashed on the screen wearing his Fedora and looking every inch a bad ass chaser. Deforrest Kelly was one of his sgts and his boss actor, Paul Newland good get into an ugly contest with Sam Jaffe? The music was pure Count Basie and I COULD TELL YOU STORIES ABOUT MAYOR KING RICHARD THAT WOULD make a tough guy like you crinch about his control of that city! Good trivia on Sterling, Burt and Kirk and because of my temporary loss of my limited vision I did what Spencer Tracy admonished new people never to do at rehearsal this weekend. Do you remember that famous quote of what it took to be an actor?You forgot to send me a titty twister so heres yours, Otto Kruger to Petula Clark!

Regards: The man with 20/20 myopic mystic magical MICKELJISM!