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This legendary, beloved star and friend of TCM celebrates her 102nd birthday on Independence Day. I’m so grateful to TCM for sharing her films with millions of fans around the world.

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She won 2 Best Actress Oscars (for To Each His Own and The Heiress) and lived to be 104 years old. She’s best remembered for playing Scarlett O’Hara’s sister Melanie Hamilton in Gone With the Wind and for successfully suing her studio, Warner Brothers, to end an unfair contract.

Here are links to her Wikipedia bio and the lawsuit dispute:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_de_Havilland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Law

Ben interviews Ron Howard for his Talking Pictures podcast. Good conversation between the two including some stories that would appeal to classic movie fans: Andy Griffith in A Face in the Crowd, working with John Wayne, and directing Bette Davis. You could tell the two enjoyed talking to each other. Ben said at the end that he'd love to have Howard on again because he still had a list of topics he didn't get to.

"Oscar-winning director Ron Howard tells host Ben Mankiewicz that he feared being “branded” a supernatural comedy director following the success of “Splash” and “Cocoon.” After tapping guidance from his “Happy Days” boss, Garry Marshall, and insight from Frank Capra’s biography, Howard set forth to explore the medium of film in all its genres as a director. He tells Ben about being mesmerized by “Bonnie and Clyde” and “The Graduate” and learning how to work with stars when acting in “The Shootist” with John Wayne directed by Don Siegel. Ron Howard’s Super 8 answers run the gamut from nods to “Project Hail Mary.” and “Eastern Promises,” to “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” and “Blazing Saddles.”

Talking Pictures Podcast Season 3 | Episode 10: Ron Howard | HBO Max

Ron Howard Talking Pictures | iHeart

We continue our exploration of Billy Wilder's career, one movie at a time, with what some call the greatest comedy ever made. It has Lemmon and Curtis in drag, it marks the start of the Iz Diamond era, and there's lots (and lots) of Marilyn Monroe drama.

Find us wherever you get your podcasts!

At the end of a studio tour, I picked up this TCM shirt on clearance from the Warner Brothers studio shop. I've been able to identify some of the logos confidently but there's also several I'm not sure on - for example the sled on the bottom middle I'm sure is Rosebud for Citizen Kane, but then the snowglobe next to it also is Citizen Kane? Some symbols are vague and seem like they could be more of an "in general" symbol than a specific film (Cowboy Boot for Westerns? Bowler Hat for Charlie Chaplan? Magnifying glass for Mysteries?)

Let me know if any of you have guesses to help me fill in the gaps, or if you think I got something wrong!

My guesses so far:

Lips - Victor/Victoria?

Phone - Dial M for Murder?

Vespa - Roman Holiday

Scottie Dog or possibly Terrier - Greyfriars Bobby?

Magnifying Glass -

Bell - For Whom the Bell Tolls?

Heart Sunglasses - Lolita

Cowby Boot -

Cocktail Shaker - 007 / James Bond ?

Empire State Building - King Kong

Falling Body - Vertigo?

Plane - North by Northwest

Martini - The Thin Man?

Bowler Hat -

Cactus -

Umbrella -

Car -

Bird Statue/Maltese Falcon - Maltese Falcon

Sled - Rosebud for Citizen Kane

Snowglobe - Citizen Kane? Maaaaybe Heidi?

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UPDATED LIST

Lips - Rocky Horror? Victor/Victoria? Marilyn Monroe?

Phone - Dial M for Murder? Sorry Wrong Number?

Vespa - Roman Holiday

Scottie Dog - McTavish for Philo Vance movies? Asta for Thin Man series? Toto for Wizard of Oz?

Magnifying Glass - Sherlock Holmes series with Basil Rathbone (1939-1946)

Bell - For Whom the Bell Tolls? Bell Book and Candle? Hunchback of Notre Dame?

Heart Sunglasses - Lolita

Cowboy Boot - John Wayne? Westerns? Midnight Cowboy? Urban Cowboy? They Died with their Boots On?

Cocktail Shaker - 007 / James Bond ? Thin Man?

Empire State Building - King Kong? An Affair to Remember?

Body - Vertigo? Anatomy of a Murder? Sunset Boulevard?

Plane - North by Northwest

Martini - The Thin Man? 007 / James Bond?

Bowler Hat - Charlie Chaplan? Clockwork Orange? The Apartment?

Cactus - Treasure of the Sierra Madre? Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas?

Umbrella - Singing in the Rain?

Car - Bullitt

Maltese Falcon - Maltese Falcon

Sled - Rosebud for Citizen Kane

Snowglobe - Citizen Kane? Heidi? Kitty Foyle?

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He also played Jesus in the silent The King of Kings (1927)

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