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Post by lonesomepolecat on Jul 29, 2024 17:56:42 GMT
Harold Sakata — before he was Oddjob on GOLDFINGER….  ….he won a silver medal at the 1948 London Olympics in weightlifting  |
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Post by lonesomepolecat on Jul 30, 2024 7:09:22 GMT
IT HAPPENED IN ATHENS (1962)
This movie is about the first Olympics in Athens 1896, but specifically about the first Marathon Winner, Spiridon Loues
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Post by christine on Jul 30, 2024 18:23:24 GMT
Watching Simone Biles right now - amazing!  They just won gold in the women's group gymnastic competition!!! From Paris with love! Go team USA! |
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Post by lonesomepolecat on Jul 30, 2024 19:50:19 GMT
 I watched it live! So proud of TEAM USA!!!!  Now they’ll have to win Gold next time when they come to my hometown — LA28!!! |
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Post by NoShear on Jul 30, 2024 20:03:00 GMT
Harold Sakata — before he was Oddjob on GOLDFINGER…. ….he won a silver medal at the 1948 London Olympics in weightlifting BunnyWhit, that was an early question from Peebs within the old "James Bond Trivia" thread if I correctly recall. By the way, though of apparent Japanese heritage, Harold Sakata actually represented the United States for the '48 Summer Games as he was from Hawaii. |
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Post by BunnyWhit on Jul 30, 2024 20:10:07 GMT
Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)
Lee (Keye Luke), on the U.S. swim team, helps Chan find spies at the Berlin Summer Olympics in 1936.
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Post by lonesomepolecat on Jul 30, 2024 21:32:21 GMT
Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)
Lee (Keye Luke), on the U.S. swim team, helps Chan find spies at the Berlin Summer Olympics in 1936.
I love that picture of Keye Luke in Team USA gear! |
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Post by lonesomepolecat on Jul 30, 2024 23:38:08 GMT
So proud of our first medal in women’s rugby today, and our first in any rugby in 100 years!  |
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Post by lonesomepolecat on Jul 30, 2024 23:41:33 GMT
Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)
Lee (Keye Luke), on the U.S. swim team, helps Chan find spies at the Berlin Summer Olympics in 1936.
A recent movie about the 1936 Berlin Olympics is THE BOYS IN THE BOAT about the Gold Medal Winning Rowing Team   |
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Post by lonesomepolecat on Jul 31, 2024 7:02:32 GMT
All this rain at the Paris Olympics reminds me of SABRINA in which Audrey Hepburn insists that Paris smells sweetest after it rains.…..  ……But Doris Day begs to differ in APRIL IN PARIS in which she insists on eating at a sidewalk cafe in a rainstorm.  Don’t worry, crashing cyclists, next time in LA the roads will be dry. Gidget can tell you it never rains here!   |
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Post by lonesomepolecat on Jul 31, 2024 19:24:46 GMT
Bruce Bennett  You know him from many classics like TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE and MILDRED PIERCE  But before all that, he won silver in Shotput at the 1928 Olympics under his real name Herman Brix  If your name was Herman Brix, you’d change it too!  |
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Post by christine on Jul 31, 2024 20:02:33 GMT
He also played in the film DARK PASSAGE 1947 with Bogart and Bacall. It's on TCM September schedule the 16th. I never knew he was an Olympic Athlete! Amazing information lonesomepolecat!  ![]() |
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Post by NoShear on Aug 1, 2024 14:44:01 GMT
^ Echoing christine above here...
lonesomepolecat, thank you for the Bruce Bennett/Herman Brix revelation.
I never cease being amazed at the knowledge you and the entire crew bring to Classicfilmtvradio - staggering.
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Post by lonesomepolecat on Aug 1, 2024 23:58:21 GMT
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Post by christine on Aug 2, 2024 4:06:46 GMT
Dean wants to bid all the athletes a good night - also Audrey Hepburn (Sabrina 1954) and Doris Day (APRIL IN PARIS 1952), as he sings - as Audrey says - the song of Paris.
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