James Sanford
@jamessanford.bsky.social
Actor, writer, filmmaker, publicist, film historian, French student and former hand model. Author of THE SUM OF MY PARTS and AU NATUREL. An award-winning journalist and film critic.
Every time I hear that incredible “Real Love” intro, I am hurled back to Woodland Skating Rink in Grand Rapids. BIG skating song back in the day!
December 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Every time I hear that incredible “Real Love” intro, I am hurled back to Woodland Skating Rink in Grand Rapids. BIG skating song back in the day!
There are copyright exceptions for parodies — as long as they are not carbon copies. These songs would have been creative enough that they could have gotten around the restrictions.
November 28, 2025 at 5:21 AM
There are copyright exceptions for parodies — as long as they are not carbon copies. These songs would have been creative enough that they could have gotten around the restrictions.
It’s marvelous! I watch it every year.
November 28, 2025 at 12:09 AM
It’s marvelous! I watch it every year.
The stories about its torturous production are incredible. It’s a miracle they ever finished the movie!
November 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The stories about its torturous production are incredible. It’s a miracle they ever finished the movie!
I love WILLY WONKA. I have never gotten through a second viewing of DOLITTLE — although it had a great pop-up book, I recall!
November 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I love WILLY WONKA. I have never gotten through a second viewing of DOLITTLE — although it had a great pop-up book, I recall!
The first few seasons of MY THREE SONS are pretty enjoyable. MacMurray is the quintessential, pipe-puffing nice-guy Dad, and Tim Considine and Don Grady are terrific teen-idol sons. But the show wore out its welcome after 12 years!
November 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The first few seasons of MY THREE SONS are pretty enjoyable. MacMurray is the quintessential, pipe-puffing nice-guy Dad, and Tim Considine and Don Grady are terrific teen-idol sons. But the show wore out its welcome after 12 years!
He was Paramount’s most bankable star in the early 1940s and he wanted a raise. The studio let him do DOUBLE INDEMNITY b/c they hoped he’d fail in a darker role and they could put him in his place. But MacMurray definitely won that round! And he’s superb as the sleazy boss in THE APARTMENT, too.
November 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
He was Paramount’s most bankable star in the early 1940s and he wanted a raise. The studio let him do DOUBLE INDEMNITY b/c they hoped he’d fail in a darker role and they could put him in his place. But MacMurray definitely won that round! And he’s superb as the sleazy boss in THE APARTMENT, too.
Apparently WB wanted her. Who knows if MGM would have loaned her.
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Apparently WB wanted her. Who knows if MGM would have loaned her.
True. And doctors did about the same thing to Jean Harlow in real life four years later. It was about making the patient comfortable, not trying to save him/her.
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
True. And doctors did about the same thing to Jean Harlow in real life four years later. It was about making the patient comfortable, not trying to save him/her.
My guess is that “Say It With Music” was probably a revue with no plot, so they figured that they could drop in at any time.
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
My guess is that “Say It With Music” was probably a revue with no plot, so they figured that they could drop in at any time.
Unforgettable as the ultra-Catholic, ultra-superstitious who bedevils daughter-in-law Tracey Ullman in HOUSEHOLD SAINTS. #JudithMalina #TCMParty
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Unforgettable as the ultra-Catholic, ultra-superstitious who bedevils daughter-in-law Tracey Ullman in HOUSEHOLD SAINTS. #JudithMalina #TCMParty
Years of slashing taxes on the ultra rich and cutting back on social services. Michigan shut down many psychiatric hospitals 20 years ago and literally sent the patients onto the streets, confident they would somehow find jobs and housing and check in for medications. Surprise — it didn’t happen.
November 24, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Years of slashing taxes on the ultra rich and cutting back on social services. Michigan shut down many psychiatric hospitals 20 years ago and literally sent the patients onto the streets, confident they would somehow find jobs and housing and check in for medications. Surprise — it didn’t happen.
I’m so sorry. There are so many seemingly charming and caring people out there who just can’t be trusted. 🙄
November 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I’m so sorry. There are so many seemingly charming and caring people out there who just can’t be trusted. 🙄
Absolutely true. I have been editing a project involving homelessness, and it is profoundly depressing. No one in power really wants to help them — just move them to somebody else’s backyard.
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Absolutely true. I have been editing a project involving homelessness, and it is profoundly depressing. No one in power really wants to help them — just move them to somebody else’s backyard.
And so little has changed. I hear it all the time from people who look at the homeless population these days and say, “I just want them all to go away.” Their ancestors had the same ideas.
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 AM
And so little has changed. I hear it all the time from people who look at the homeless population these days and say, “I just want them all to go away.” Their ancestors had the same ideas.