Turner Movie Classic: Jean Simmons every Tue. for the month of June.

Great Expectations (1946)

Hamlet (1948)

Black Narcissus (1947)

Angel Face (1952)

Affair With a Stranger (1953)

She Couldn't Say No (1954)

The Actress (1953)

Until They Sail (1957)

Guys and Dolls (1955)

This Could Be the Night (1957)

The Happy Ending (1969)

Elmer Gantry (1960)

The Big Country (1958)

Home Before Dark (1958)

TD3 said:

Turner Movie Classic: Jean Simmons every Tue. for the month of June.

Great Expectations (1946)

Hamlet (1948)

Black Narcissus (1947)

Angel Face (1952)

Affair With a Stranger (1953)

She Couldn't Say No (1954)

The Actress (1953)

Until They Sail (1957)

Guys and Dolls (1955)

This Could Be the Night (1957)

The Happy Ending (1969)

Elmer Gantry (1960)

The Big Country (1958)

Home Before Dark (1958)

Wow - and quite a few I haven't seen!

Sweet. Thanks for the heads up, Jean has a great body of work. Beats last months Ester Williams snooze fest. How many movies can you make around a diver??

lazycrockett said:

Sweet. Thanks for the heads up, Jean has a great body of work. Beats last months Ester Williams snooze fest. How many movies can you make around a diver??

Your welcome. Yeah, The Ester Williams films? Damn, I didn't know sister girl made that many movies about, water.

Ms. Simmons was a brilliant actress, her films really didn't match her talent. Jerk Howard Hughes can be blamed for that; even so, I look forward to her month in June.

lazycrockett said:

Sweet. Thanks for the heads up, Jean has a great body of work. Beats last months Ester Williams snooze fest. How many movies can you make around a diver??

Esther Williams was champion swimmer - not a diver.

I ADORE Jean. Good one, Ms Trina! Nice to see we have a lot in common!! Jean is an actress, like Elizabeth Taylor, Audrey Hepburn, Carole Lombard, Jean Harlow, Una Merkel, that I can watch in anything. So long at the fair is amazing, but you all HAVE to watch Home Before Dark. I saw that as a kid and it has always stuck with me. Jean is amazing in it. The one film of hers I hate is Guys and Dolls.

Oh and Esther Williams has a godawful annoying voice. One more thing about her-if you read her autobio-she comes off as a really petty, unpleasant woman and she was a godawful mother. Her 2nd hubby, Fernando Lamas (Lorenzo's daddy) hated her kids for no other reason than that Esther had them with another man and what did she do? She abandoned her kids for Fernando. She would have to sneak off and see them. He wouldn't even let her swim-didn't want her to keep up her figure and be attractive to other men. Then again, he gave Lana Turner a beat down from hell one night.

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scriptgirl said:

I ADORE Jean. Good one, Ms Trina! Nice to see we have a lot in common!! Jean is an actress, like Elizabeth Taylor, Audrey Hepburn, Carole Lombard, Jean Harlow, Una Merkel, that I can watch in anything. So long at the fair is amazing, but you all HAVE to watch Home Before Dark. I saw that as a kid and it has always stuck with me. Jean is amazing in it. The one film of hers I hate is Guys and Dolls.

Oh and Esther Williams has a godawful annoying voice. One more thing about her-if you read her autobio-she comes off as a really petty, unpleasant woman and she was a godawful mother. Her 2nd hubby, Fernando Lamas (Lorenzo's daddy) hated her kids for no other reason than that Esther had them with another man and what did she do? She abandoned her kids for Fernando. She would have to sneak off and see them. He wouldn't even let her swim-didn't want her to keep up her figure and be attractive to other men. Then again, he gave Lana Turner a beat down from hell one night.

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You hate 'Guys adn Dolls'? Love it!

I'm really looking forward to this, I've seen all of the movies listed but many haven't been seen in YEARS. I was kinda shocked when Ms. Simmons passed last year TMC didn't do a retrospective then, what the hell were they thinking?

Everyone make sure you watch "Angel Face", the film Hughes thought would kill Ms. Simmons career but it turned out to be a hit and she was magnificent. I'm looking forward to seeing "Hamlet" and "The Happy Ending". For those who don't know, ( Ms. Simmons was nominated for an Oscar) but the jazz standard, "What Are You Doing The Rest of Your Life", came from this movie. Lyrics written by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman. Music the great composer, Michel Legrand. Get your popcorn ready.

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Yeah, I am surprised TCM didn't play up her death more, but there you have it. I am glad they are paying tribute now. i prefer her to Deborah kerr and some others of that time period.

Tonight (7:00pm central time)

7:00pm - Trio

9:00pm - So Long At The Fair

10:30pm - Adam and Evalyn

12:15am - Hamlet

lazycrockett said:

Sweet. Thanks for the heads up, Jean has a great body of work. Beats last months Ester Williams snooze fest. How many movies can you make around a diver??

LOL, those movies were massively popular. I've never seen one but some of the clips look interesting, but beyond a 3 minute clip and it must get pretty tiresome.

Just in the "rate the last film" thread I was saying that I needed to see "Black Narcissus" and I need to see "The Actress" on the strength of George Cukor alone.

I cannot wait to see home before dark-she should have had an oscar for that

Tonight (7:00pm central time)

The Actress

Angel Face

Young Bess

Guys & Dolls

I agree script, Simmons was superb in Home Before Dark.

TD3 said:

Tonight (7:00pm central time)

The Actress

Angel Face

Young Bess

Guys & Dolls

I agree script, Simmons was superb in Home Before Dark.

&

Affair With A Stranger

She Couldn't Say No

Footsteps In The Fog

This Could Be The Night

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The last Tue. for Ms. Simmons.

Starting at 7:00 pm central time

Home Before Dark

Elmer Gentry Life At The Top

The Happy Ending

Mister Buddwig

The Big Country

Until They Sail