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What a lovely tribute. Thank you. Are you aware of Stephen Bourne's excellent biography Butterfly McQueen Remembered (Scarecrow Press, 2008)?

@2legit64 I saw her in person at the Royal National Theatre (London) when she was interviewed on stage (with film clips) for her 100th birthday celebration in January 2011. She was magical, enchanting, and very very funny. Oh, and still VERY beautiful (inside & out!).

@PunchyPlayers Well done. I have been watching more of your videos. I love the Mary Poppins screen tests, and the Judy/Liza go to the Royal Wedding is a treat. Trouble is, I am in such AGONY while laughing with this chest infection, I am now in TEARS with the pain! You're too cruel (smile). Keep ...

Bravo! Just discovered your beautiful, funny films. They're made with affection, and cheer me up. Keep 'em coming!

@TheTerribleman Shake hands with Sondheim...that must have been an event, also. I have never had the privilege of meeting him, but I did receive a nice letter from him a few years back. I live in London. He took the trouble. What a gent! Miss Lansbury should be made a Dame.

Mitzi is terrific in this movie, but she has marvellous back up from the orchestrations which really do justice to the Rodgers & Hammerstein songs!

Tacky tacky film...but can't take my eyes off it! Patty Duke - an otherwise fine actress (see My Sweet Charlie on You Tube) is AWFUL but in this classic clip I'm glad she socked it to Susan Hayward (good casting as Old Ironsides Helen Lawson) and not Judy Garland (bad casting as Helen Lawson, and...

@unbound1978 Hang on a minnit, mate. I live on a council estate and me & my neighbours ain't THAT rough! The twats that Kyle & his cronies uncover reside in hostels, caravan parks and, more than likely, weeely bins. I luv the programme, though. If I had to choose between a production of Samuel B...

That man messed up Jeremy's hair...how dare he! Kyle is nothing more than a bully who wouldn't last minutes if he didn't have those big beefy bouncers on stage to protect him (and his hair). And as for that twat Graham. What secret from his past has slimey Kyle uncovered which led to blackmail an...

Wow! Joan looks stunning. A true star! In 1945 she was sick (with nerves?) and didn't attend when she won for Mildred Pierce, but she ain't nervous here...ummm...happen because she knew she had a good chance of 'accepting' an Oscar in person when Miss Davis's name wasn't called. Clever Joan.

@whitethronebooks Boyd was pretty good, too, and robbed of the Best Supporting Actor Oscar (not even nominated!)

@JerseySurvivor Lillian has certainly been overlooked in the African American movie histories in favour of the better known Hattie McDaniel and Louise Beavers. I am impressed with the length of her movie/TV career. She just kept going...I have Sweet Charlotte on DVD and will look at it again, jus...

Did Paul Robeson ever sing The Man That Got Away? In Russian? Bless him. Love Paul Robeson. Judy does a terrific job with Mr Robeson's 'theme' song.

@SleepWhenIamDead Just as well Joan didn't employ the other maid called Lottie, played by Butterfly McQueen, in Mildred Pierce. She would have broken the ENTIRE tea service (ha ha ha). LOVE Butterfly McQueen, by the way. She's adorable in Mildred Pierce, and she

once told me that Joan Crawford ...

Thanks for posting...a Corrie Classic...handbags at dawn! And filmed in the very spot where - in 1961 - Ena and Elsie had a barny and Ena smashed Elsie's window with her handbag! Chesney's face is a picture.

Great movie. Great star (Lana). Great documentary. Sad what happened to Grace Metalious. But she was wrong...PP IS remembered! Thank you for posting this.

Full of dodgy geezers and dodgy acting (no wonder some of the thespians ended up shouting in TV's 'Enders)...but I couldn't give a shite coz Empire State is one of the most compelling, entertaining, mesmerizing & daft British movies of the 1980s. Its NOT the greatest, but it is much more rewardin...

Great to see this in widescreen again! Thank you. What a shame Oliver Reed & Rita Tushingham didn't make Jane Eyre! What perfect casting that would have been.

This is a beautiful, heartfelt and very moving film. Thank you to Mr Barnaby Phillips for bringing this story to light and to Mr Isaac Fadoyebo for his courage and humanity. Also worth checking on out on You Tube are other films re: non-American Black people's contribution to WW2: Aunt Esther's S...

Well done. A really smashing tribute, chuck! I met Betty in 1994 and I wasn't disappointed. She was kind, down-to-earth and very friendly. I was nervous & star struck, but she sensed this and treated me like an old friend. We kept in touch. I have 17 years of letters and Christmas cards in an alb...

Billy looks a bit like Raymond Berrone from Everybody Loves Raymond. Gosh, I wouldn't mind jumping into THAT locker room! (tee hee).

I had the pleasure of meeting Betty in 1994. We hit it off. She was so down to earth and lovely. I now treasure 17 years of letters and Christmas cards. Lucky me. The real Betty was just like the television Betty: warm, vivacious, kind-hearted and terribly funny. The Rovers Return will not be the...

Butterfly McQueen Remembered by Stephen Bourne (Scarecrow Press, 2008) gives Butterfly's side of the story. Worth reading!

Only 80 episodes? I want them ALL!!! Love Corrie. Been addicted since I was 6 and watched - in horror - as Martha Longhurst snuffed it in the Rovers. I thought she had really passed away! I needed to get out more then, and I need to get out more now, but Network DVD are to blame for keeping me gl...

I had the pleasure of meeting Betty in 1994. We hit it off. She was so down to earth and lovely. I now treasure 17 years of letters and Christmas cards, but I'm too sad to sort them out and put them into an album! The real Betty was just like the TV Betty: warm, vivacious, kind-hearted and terrib...

A trailblazer! Nina Mae McKinney: The Black Garbo by Stephen Bourne has just been published by BearManor Media. This is the first biography of one of Hollywood's most talented & charismatic stars.

A trailblazer! Nina Mae McKinney: The Black Garbo by Stephen Bourne has just been published by BearManor Media. This is the first biography of one of Hollywood's most talented & charismatic stars.