You'd have to search far and wide. Lemmon was ever so special an actor. And he is great as Novak's love interest a few years later in #TheNotoriousLandlady #TCMParty #BellBookAndCandle

Nicky requires an actor with both a comedic touch and ability to channel an impish magnetism. Lemmon would be extremely difficult to replace, IMO. #TCMParty #BellBookAndCandle

Just like Cary Grant in Charade. Audrey Hepburn had to lobby him to do it.

Jack Lemmon, but he was already cast as Nicky. James Garner could have done a great job, but he wasn't a big enough star yet. #TCMParty #BellBookAndCandle

Haha, ridiculous.

His shaggy dog look is part of his charm. #TCMPart #BellBookAndCandle

A correction: Roger Vadim - Jane Fonda's ex-husband - directed it. Roddenberry wrote and produced. Interestingly, James Doohan, Scotty from Star Trek, is also in it. And Keenan Wynn. Get your dvr ready!

I have a movie for you. Wednesday the 26, day before Thanksgiving at 3:15 am. Final film in the Rock Hudson salute that begins Tuesday night. From 1971, it's PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW, a film that couldn't be made today. Rock, Angie D, Telly S, Roddy Mc. Gene Roddenberry wrote and directed.

I haven't seen it in a loooong time, so I hope you enjoy it. I do recommend recording the next two Nicolas Roeg films, Walkabout and Insignificance.

Yeah, if you blinked you missed it.

Robert Benton was as skilled at screenplays as directing.

He was such an underrated actor. Check him out in the film, Serial from 1980. Satire of California and all the cults, cures, etc. Martin Mull, Tuesday Weld, Christopher Lee, Sally Kellerman, and of course, Bill Macy.

Hang in there, Marcy. Chemo allows you to come out all right at the other end of the tunnel. You have many friends.

Sad timing given that Spike Lee's Highest 2 Lowest is opening up Kurosawa to a new generation. 🤞