Don't forget - Olivia movies all day Sunday on TCM

Don't forget to set your DVRs for these Olivia movies airing tomorrow (Sunday Aug 2) on Turner Classic Movies:

All times Eastern Standard Time:

6:00 AM - Alibi Ike

7:15 AM - My Love Came Back

8:45 AM - It's Love I'm After

10:30 AM - The Great Garrick

12:15 PM - The Male Animal

2:15 PM - Princess O'Rourke

4:00 PM - The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

6:00 PM - In This Our Life

8:00 PM - The Adventures of Robin Hood

10:00 PM - The Proud Rebel

12:00 AM - Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte

2:30 AM - The Light in the Piazza

4:15 AM - Government Girl

See the full schedule here from TCM.

Joan Shills for Bufferin

I wanted to share this fantastic commercial I posted on my own blog a couple of years ago:



Joan Fontaine is so elegant in this 1965 commercial for Bufferin. She makes pain relief sound fancy.

From 1972: Episode of "This Is Your Life" with Bette Davis (and Olivia)

From 1972: This is a fun episdode of "This is Your Life", with the spotlight on Bette Davis. The entire program is about 30 minutes long, and has been edited into three parts (below). Olivia, a good friend of Bette's, appears in Part 2.




Part 1 (below) features: Bette along with Robert Wagner and Edith Head discussing costumes for the 1972 telefilm, "Madame Sin". In storms Ralph Edwards and the TV crew, and the reunions begin...

Bette says to William Wyler, "Aren't you a doll for putting yourself through this!?" Wyler says, "She was difficult (as an actress) in the same way I am difficult" Bette's sister, and comedian Benny Baker also appear.



Part 2 (below)features the film editor who worked on Bette's first movie The Bad Sister. (Bette can be heard saying "that was a terrible picture!") Sally Sage, Bette's understudy, also comes to visit.

Then Olivia drops by, and they talk about the first three films they made together (Their last, Hush...Hush isn't mentioned) (3 minutes in). Then, Paul Henried drops by and he and Bette recreate the cigarette scene from Now Voyager. Victor Buono comes in and they talk about Baby Jane.





Part 3 (below) features a Bette impersonator, and then a touching reunion between Bette and her Virgin Queen co-star Jay Robinson, whose drug addiction landed him in jail in the late 1950s.

Joan's Guest Appearance on "The Love Boat" (1981)

This episode originally aired November 7, 1981 (Season 5, Episode 6: Chef's Special/Kleinschmidt/New Beginnings) Joan's segment was entitled "New Beginnings".

Joan plays Jennifer Langley who reunites with an old flame Stan (played by Richard Basehart) on the ship. They met in London during the war, as Jenny explains to Captain Stubing (Gavin MacCloud). Stan, who is now paralyzed, is reluctant to rekindle old memories.

The 2 clips below run a total of 15 enjoyable minutes. Joan and Richard are just wonderful. This was the first time they acted together.






Thanks to: KC of Classic Movies for sharing this on her blog (March 2010) and to the Joan Fontaine fan who edited the scenes together into two wonderful clips.