Cooper: Diane, last night I dreamed I was eating a large, tasteless gumdrop, and awoke to discover I was chewing on one of my foam disposable earplugs. Perhaps I should consider moderating my nighttime coffee consumption. 
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About me:
* Born in Dayton. Eldest of 10. Lived there 21 years.
* Graduated University of Dayton, 1986.
* Two years in Binghamton.
* Eight years in Chicago area.
* One year in Fort Wayne.
* Back to Chicago area, since 1998.
* 1993: First album recorded.
* 1999: First Regis experience.
* 2003: First theater experience.
* 2005: Eleventh album recorded.

Saturday, July 25th

Cary Grant


"To Catch A Thief" is the third Hitchcock movie for Cary Grant, and another of his many films with a much younger leading lady, Grace Kelly. He was only 25 years older than she. In this one, he's a retired jewel thief trying to clear his name in a string of recent robberies. It's certainly enjoyable, if just a bit predictable. And it's got some beautiful scenes. It won the Oscar for best cinematography.



  1. "North By Northwest", 1959, also starring Eva Marie Saint and James Mason
  2. "Bringing Up Baby", 1938, also starring Katharine Hepburn
  3. "The Awful Truth", 1937, also starring Irene Dunne
  4. "Charade", 1963, also starring Audrey Hepburn
  5. "The Philadelphia Story", 1940, also starring Katharine Hepburn and James Stewart
  6. "Notorious", 1946, also starring Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains
  7. "His Girl Friday", 1940, also starring Rosalind Russell and Ralph Bellamy
  8. "People Will Talk", 1951, also starring Hume Cronyn
  9. "Houseboat", 1958, also starring Sophia Loren
  10. "My Favorite Wife", 1940, also starring Irene Dunne
  11. "Father Goose", 1964, also starring Leslie Caron
  12. "Arsenic And Old Lace", 1944, also starring Raymond Massey
  13. "Indiscreet", 1958, also starring Ingrid Bergman
  14. "Suspicion", 1941, also starring Joan Fontaine
  15. "The Bachelor And The Bobby-Soxer", 1947, also starring Myrna Loy
  16. "An Affair To Remember", 1957, also starring Deborah Kerr
  17. "To Catch A Thief", 1955, also starring Grace Kelly
  18. "Operation Petticoat", 1959, also starring Tony Curtis
  19. "The Bishop's Wife", 1947, also starring Loretta Young and David Niven
  20. "Monkey Business", 1952, also starring Ginger Rogers
  21. "Walk Don't Run", 1966
  22. "Only Angels Have Wings", 1939, also starring Jean Arthur
  23. "My Favorite Wife", 1940, also starring Irene Dunne
  24. "Once Upon A Honeymoon", 1942, also starring Ginger Rogers
  25. "In Name Only", 1939, also starring Carole Lombard
  26. "Topper", 1937, also starring Constance Bennett
  27. "Night And Day", 1946, also starring Alexis Smith
  28. "The Howards Of Virginia", 1940, also starring Martha Scott
  29. "Sylvia Scarlett", 1935, also starring Katharine Hepburn
  30. "Gunga Din", 1939, also starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
  31. "None But The Lonely Heart", 1944, also starring Ethel Barrymore
  32. "She Done Him Wrong", 1933, also starring Mae West
  33. "The Pride And The Passion", 1957, also starring Frank Sinatra and Sophia Loren


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Friday, July 24th

Renaissance Man


I realized recently I never updated my list of books -- even though I had, in fact, read a book in 2008. Two, actually. So: Books I've Read


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Saturday, July 18th

Cary Grant


In "The Howards Of Virginia", Cary Grant is a common man of Virginia who somehow is buddies with Thomas Jefferson, which gives him access to the high society types, one of which he makes his wife. Naturally, she isn't comfortable in his backwoods world, but she brings along a slave or two and they make a go of it, despite their very different backgrounds and attitudes about independency.



  1. "North By Northwest", 1959, also starring Eva Marie Saint and James Mason
  2. "Bringing Up Baby", 1938, also starring Katharine Hepburn
  3. "The Awful Truth", 1937, also starring Irene Dunne
  4. "Charade", 1963, also starring Audrey Hepburn
  5. "The Philadelphia Story", 1940, also starring Katharine Hepburn and James Stewart
  6. "Notorious", 1946, also starring Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains
  7. "His Girl Friday", 1940, also starring Rosalind Russell and Ralph Bellamy
  8. "People Will Talk", 1951, also starring Hume Cronyn
  9. "Houseboat", 1958, also starring Sophia Loren
  10. "My Favorite Wife", 1940, also starring Irene Dunne
  11. "Father Goose", 1964, also starring Leslie Caron
  12. "Arsenic And Old Lace", 1944, also starring Raymond Massey
  13. "Indiscreet", 1958, also starring Ingrid Bergman
  14. "Suspicion", 1941, also starring Joan Fontaine
  15. "The Bachelor And The Bobby-Soxer", 1947, also starring Myrna Loy
  16. "An Affair To Remember", 1957, also starring Deborah Kerr
  17. "Operation Petticoat", 1959, also starring Tony Curtis
  18. "The Bishop's Wife", 1947, also starring Loretta Young and David Niven
  19. "Monkey Business", 1952, also starring Ginger Rogers
  20. "Walk Don't Run", 1966
  21. "Only Angels Have Wings", 1939, also starring Jean Arthur
  22. "My Favorite Wife", 1940, also starring Irene Dunne
  23. "Once Upon A Honeymoon", 1942, also starring Ginger Rogers
  24. "In Name Only", 1939, also starring Carole Lombard
  25. "Topper", 1937, also starring Constance Bennett
  26. "Night And Day", 1946, also starring Alexis Smith
  27. "The Howards Of Virginia", 1940, also starring Martha Scott
  28. "Sylvia Scarlett", 1935, also starring Katharine Hepburn
  29. "Gunga Din", 1939, also starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
  30. "None But The Lonely Heart", 1944, also starring Ethel Barrymore
  31. "She Done Him Wrong", 1933, also starring Mae West
  32. "The Pride And The Passion", 1957, also starring Frank Sinatra and Sophia Loren



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Friday, July 17th

Theater


Tonight at 8:00 is the opening of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Round Lake Area Park District on Hart Rd., outdoors behind the swimming pool. I'm not even sure what the tickets are, 7 or 8 bucks I guess. As Egeus, the old man -- which I mean not so much as a man who is old but, you know, someone's dad -- I show up briefly a couple times to kick things off, but I'll have plenty of time to finish several chapters of a book backstage.

Here we see Hippolyta; Theseus; me; and my disobedient daughter, Hermia.




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Friday, July 3rd

Cary Grant


The first of Cary Grant's 4 movies with Alfred Hitchcock was today's entry, "Suspicion". Put two greats like Hitchcock and Cary Grant together and you're bound to get something good. And don't forget about Monkeyface. I mean, Joan Fontaine. I do like Cary Grant's thriller movies as much as the great romantic comedies. Don't be deceived by the ranking. It really gets harder and more random as more get added. And, after all, only so many will fit in the top ten.




  1. "North By Northwest", 1959, also starring Eva Marie Saint and James Mason
  2. "Bringing Up Baby", 1938, also starring Katharine Hepburn
  3. "The Awful Truth", 1937, also starring Irene Dunne
  4. "Charade", 1963, also starring Audrey Hepburn
  5. "The Philadelphia Story", 1940, also starring Katharine Hepburn and James Stewart
  6. "Notorious", 1946, also starring Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains
  7. "His Girl Friday", 1940, also starring Rosalind Russell and Ralph Bellamy
  8. "People Will Talk", 1951, also starring Hume Cronyn
  9. "Houseboat", 1958, also starring Sophia Loren
  10. "My Favorite Wife", 1940, also starring Irene Dunne
  11. "Father Goose", 1964, also starring Leslie Caron
  12. "Arsenic And Old Lace", 1944, also starring Raymond Massey
  13. "Indiscreet", 1958, also starring Ingrid Bergman
  14. "Suspicion", 1941, also starring Joan Fontaine
  15. "The Bachelor And The Bobby-Soxer", 1947, also starring Myrna Loy
  16. "An Affair To Remember", 1957, also starring Deborah Kerr
  17. "Operation Petticoat", 1959, also starring Tony Curtis
  18. "The Bishop's Wife", 1947, also starring Loretta Young and David Niven
  19. "Monkey Business", 1952, also starring Ginger Rogers
  20. "Walk Don't Run", 1966
  21. "Only Angels Have Wings", 1939, also starring Jean Arthur
  22. "My Favorite Wife", 1940, also starring Irene Dunne
  23. "Once Upon A Honeymoon", 1942, also starring Ginger Rogers
  24. "In Name Only", 1939, also starring Carole Lombard
  25. "Topper", 1937, also starring Constance Bennett
  26. "Night And Day", 1946, also starring Alexis Smith
  27. "Sylvia Scarlett", 1935, also starring Katharine Hepburn
  28. "Gunga Din", 1939, also starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
  29. "None But The Lonely Heart", 1944, also starring Ethel Barrymore
  30. "She Done Him Wrong", 1933, also starring Mae West
  31. "The Pride And The Passion", 1957, also starring Frank Sinatra and Sophia Loren




Dan on 07.03.09 @ 04:32 PM CT [link] [No Comments]