Murdstone posted:

Rex Morgan MD



In case you're curious about Adolphe Menjou.

wikipedia posted:

Political beliefs

Menjou was a staunch Republican who equated the Democratic Party with socialism. He supported the Hoover administration's policies during the Great Depression. Menjou told a friend that he feared that if a Democrat won the White House, they "would raise taxes [and] destroy the value of the dollar," depriving Menjou of a good portion of his wealth. He took precautions against this threat: "I've got gold stashed in safety deposit boxes all over town... They'll never get an ounce from me."[11] In the 1944 presidential election, he joined other celebrity Republicans at a rally in the Los Angeles Coliseum, organized by studio executive David O. Selznick, to support the Dewey–Bricker ticket and Governor Earl Warren of California, who would be Dewey's running mate in 1948. The gathering drew 93,000, with Cecil B. DeMille as the master of ceremonies and short speeches by Hedda Hopper and Walt Disney. Despite the rally's large turnout, most Hollywood celebrities who took public positions supported the Roosevelt–Truman ticket.[12]

In 1947, Menjou cooperated with the House Committee on Un-American Activities saying that Hollywood "is one of the main centers of Communist activity in America". He added: "it is the desire and wish of the masters of Moscow to use this medium for their purposes" which is "the overthrow of the American government".[13] Menjou was a leading member of the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals, a group formed to oppose communist influence in Hollywood, whose other members included John Wayne, Barbara Stanwyck (with whom Menjou costarred in Forbidden in 1932 and Golden Boy in 1939) and her husband, actor Robert Taylor.

Because of his political leanings, Menjou came into conflict with actress Katharine Hepburn, with whom he appeared in Morning Glory, Stage Door, and State of the Union (also starring Spencer Tracy). Hepburn was strongly opposed to the HUAC hearings, and their clashes were reportedly instant and mutually cutting. During a government deposition, Menjou said, "Scratch a do-gooder, like Hepburn, and they'll yell, 'Pravda'."[14] To this, Hepburn called Menjou "wisecracking, witty—a flag-waving super-patriot who invested his American dollars in Canadian bonds and had a thing about Communists."[14] In his book Kate, Hepburn biographer William Mann said that during the filming of State of the Union, she and Menjou spoke to each other only while acting.[14][citation needed]

Bruceski posted:

I'm still wondering how all this makes Heloise's roommate kill herself on the other side of the world.

Bruceski posted:

I'm still wondering how all this makes Heloise's roommate kill herself on the other side of the world.

Hostile V posted:

Lowen SoDium posted:

Have they ever shown the Phantom's eyes before?

Kennel posted:

Mandrake

Hostile V posted:

EBB posted:

what the fuuuuuuuuuuuck

The_Other posted:

Solver: Green Door in which a familiar (to Giant Days fans) face appears!

Haifisch posted:

I'm back but too to do anything but catch up to Lockhorns.

Julet Esqu posted:

Aw, great. Just loving great. We saw the Phantom's eyes and now we all gotta die.



You know, actually, maybe the Phantom's curse isn't such a bad thing

Strontium posted:

Dark Side of the Horse

JethroMcB posted:

...does Luann need to see a cassette recorder to remember that audio recording exists? Is that where we're going?

Doomykins posted:

"401 - Jucika Is A Little Vain"

JethroMcB posted:

every time I get a text message I look at my phone and say



out loud, to myself, as is the tradition of my people

JethroMcB posted:

lol no now we're apparently going to watch them watch a movie on TV (though the narration feels...ominous.

Medenmath posted:

Vintage Valiant (Oct. 12, 1952)

Murdstone posted:

Maybe this originally ran when the Phantom movie came out?

EasyEW posted:

EasyEW posted:

Oh no. OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

Julet Esqu posted:

Aw, great. Just loving great. We saw the Phantom's eyes and now we all gotta die.



You know, actually, maybe the Phantom's curse isn't such a bad thing