•  
    •  
    •  
    •  
    •  
    •  
    •  
    •  
Online Users:
502 guest(s), 7 user(s).
Reply to this Thread Reply to this Thread Search Forum Search Forum Back to Thread List Back to Thread List

Classic Missing in Action
Permlink Replies: 447 - Pages: 30 [ Previous | 1 ... 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | Next ] - Original Post: Jul 19, 2012 7:41 PM Original Post By: TopBilled Threads: [ Previous | Next ]

Posts: 1,935
Registered: 04/19/11
Re: Classic Missing in Action
Posted: Aug 1, 2012 1:48 PM   in response to: TopBilled in response to: TopBilled
Click to report abuse... Click to reply to this thread
TopBilled, Shepherd of the Hills is available on DVD as part of the John Wayne, An American Icon Collection.

Posts: 396
Registered: 09/22/09
Re: Classic Missing in Action
Posted: Aug 1, 2012 1:19 PM   in response to: TopBilled in response to: TopBilled
Click to report abuse... Click to reply to this thread
This movie isn't really missing in action. It's just that I would like to see a non-public domain presentation in it's original theatrical aspect ratio. The movie is THE PROUD REBEL with Alan Ladd , Olivia de Havilland, and David Ladd. This is one of Alan Ladd's better films of the late '50's.

Posts: 7,304
Registered: 05/24/11
Re: Classic Missing in Action
Posted: Aug 1, 2012 12:39 PM   in response to: TopBilled in response to: TopBilled
Click to report abuse... Click to reply to this thread

MAGIC TOWN (1947)...RKO...James Stewart, Jane Wyman, Kent Smith

From Robert Short at the IMDB:

A movie like MAGIC TOWN will probably seem hopelessly old-fashioned and dated, but for those who prefer a quieter and more gentle humour, it will fill the bill very nicely.

Very Frank Capra-like (not surprisingly since screenwriter Robert Riskin collaborated with Capra numerous times), MAGIC TOWN reminds us of a by-gone era, a time when living in a small town meant knowing your neighbours, pride in your community, and that moral values of common decency and humility were still part of everyday life.

James Stewart as the pollster who discovers a town full of people whose opinions exactly mirror the national thinking gives his customary good performance, as does Jane Wyman as the newspaper publisher who wants to see change in the town. Many well-known character actors (Kent Smith, Wallace Ford, Ann Shoemaker and particularly Ned Sparks) provide capable support.

Posts: 7,304
Registered: 05/24/11
Re: Classic Missing in Action
Posted: Jul 31, 2012 6:37 PM   in response to: cody1949 in response to: cody1949
Click to report abuse... Click to reply to this thread
Isn't KISS THE BLOOD OFF MY HANDS a Universal release?

Thanks for the correction, cody. I will change it on the earlier post. If you spot any other errors, please let me know!

Posts: 396
Registered: 09/22/09
Re: Classic Missing in Action
Posted: Jul 31, 2012 6:28 PM   in response to: TopBilled in response to: TopBilled
Click to report abuse... Click to reply to this thread
Isn't KISS THE BLOOD OFF MY HANDS a Universal release?

Posts: 7,304
Registered: 05/24/11
Re: Classic Missing in Action
Posted: Jul 31, 2012 4:10 PM   in response to: TopBilled in response to: TopBilled
Click to report abuse... Click to reply to this thread


.01 MAGIC TOWN (1947)...RKO...James Stewart, Jane Wyman, Kent Smith

.02 THE FAN (1949)...20th Century Fox...Jeanne Crain, Madeleine Carroll, George Sanders

.03 MISSISSIPPI GAMBLER (1953)...Universal...Tyrone Power, Piper Laurie, Julia Adams

.04 KISS THE BLOOD OFF MY HANDS (1948)...Universal...Joan Fontaine, Burt Lancaster, Robert Newton

.05 JOAN OF OZARK (1942)...Republic...Judy Canova, Joe E. Brown, Eddie Foy Jr.

.06 HER HUSBAND'S AFFAIRS (1947)...ColumbiaÂ…...Lucille Ball, Franchot Tone, Edward Everett Horton

.07 RUTHLESS (1948)...Eagle-Lion...Zachary Scott, Louis Hayward, Diana Lynn

.08 TENNESSEE'S PARTNER (1955)...RKO...John Payne, Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming

.09 GENTLEMAN AFTER DARK (1942)...United Artists...Brian Donlevy, Miriam Hopkins, Preston Foster

.10 KLONDIKE ANNIE (1936)...Paramount...Mae West, Victor McLaglen, Phillip Reed

.11 PATRICK THE GREAT (1945)...Universal...Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan, Frances Dee

.12 TEXAS LADY (1955)...RKO...Claudette Colbert, Barry Sullivan, Ray Collins

.13 SPAWN OF THE NORTH (1938)...Paramount...George Raft, Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour

.14 DANCING IN THE DARK (1950)...20TH Century Fox...William Powell, Mark Stevens, Betsy Drake

.15 THE GOLDEN GLOVES STORY (1950)...Eagle-Lion...James Dunn, Kevin O'Morrison, Kay Westfall

.16 BIG BROWN EYES (1936)...Paramount...Cary Grant, Joan Bennett, Walter Pidgeon

.17 FLIGHT FOR FREEDOM (1943)...RKO...Rosalind Russell, Fred MacMurray, Herbert Marshall

.18 SO THIS IS NEW YORK (1948)...United Artists...Henry Morgan, Rudy Vallee, Bill Goodwin

.19 JOE BUTTERFLY (1957)...Universal...Audie Murphy, George Nader, Keenan Wynn

.20 MRS. WIGGS OF THE CABBAGE PATCH (1934)...Paramount...Pauline Lord, W.C. Fields, ZaSu Pitts

.21 DON JUAN QUILLIGAN (1945)...20th Century Fox...William Bendix, Joan Blondell, Phil Silvers

.22 LISBON (1956)...Republic...Ray Milland, Maureen O'Hara, Claude Rains

.23 DARK CITY (1950)...Paramount...Charlton Heston, Lizabeth Scott, Viveca Lindfors

.24 TWIST OF FATE (1954)...United Artists...Ginger Rogers, Lilly Kann, Stanley Baker

.25 THE JUDGE STEPS OUT (1949)...RKO...Alexander Knox, Ann Sothern, George Tobias

.26 THUNDER IN THE SUN (1959)...Paramount...Susan Hayward, Jeff Chandler, Jacques Bergerac

.27 THE LOVES OF CARMEN (1948)...Columbia...Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Ron Randell

.28 ONE RAINY AFTERNOON (1936)...United Artists...Francis Lederer, Ida Lupino, Hugh Herbert

.29 WOMAN ON THE RUN (1950)...Universal...Ann Sheridan, Dennis O'Keefe, Robert Keith

.30 BUNCO SQUAD (1950)...RKO...Robert Sterling, Joan Dixon, Ricardo Cortez

.31 THE SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS (1941)...Paramount...John Wayne, Betty Field, Harry Carey

Posts: 7,304
Registered: 05/24/11
Re: Classic Missing in Action
Posted: Jul 31, 2012 2:55 PM   in response to: TopBilled in response to: TopBilled
Click to report abuse... Click to reply to this thread

013. THE TEXAS RANGERS (1936)...Paramount...Fred MacMurray, Jack Oakie, Jean Parker

From FightingWesterner at the IMDB:

On a whim, bandits Fred MacMurray and Jack Oakie enlist in the Texas Rangers. The two partner up with old pal Lloyd Nolan for some crooked schemes, but soon hear the call of duty, putting them at odds with their criminal lifestyle.

Like his most famous film, THE CHAMP, director King Vidor imbues this with depression-era sensibilities and sentimentality, having lovable bums MacMurray and Oakie find self-respect, romance, and a sense of selflessness, all with a young orphan in tow. Photography, direction, and action sequences are all first rate.

Posts: 7,304
Registered: 05/24/11
Re: Classic Missing in Action
Posted: Jul 30, 2012 12:18 PM   in response to: TopBilled in response to: TopBilled
Click to report abuse... Click to reply to this thread

012. IMPACT (1949)...United Artists...Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Charles Coburn

From bengelson at the IMDB:

This film noir has three distinct movements. Brian Donlevy proves masterful at playing a high-powered executive, self-satisfied and in control. As in any good drama, his secure world is assaulted and turned upside down. The film portrays his character's descent, loss of faith and subsequent redemption. Donlevy handles each of the stages well.

Helen Walker is brilliant as Donlevy's wife. Her ability to portray a duplicitous and homicidal spouse is immaculate in its delivery.

Posts: 7,304
Registered: 05/24/11
Re: Classic Missing in Action
Posted: Jul 29, 2012 7:39 PM   in response to: calvinnme in response to: calvinnme
Click to report abuse... Click to reply to this thread
I have not seen any versions of THE TRIAL OF MARY DUGAN. I thought for sure TCM would've aired the Laraine Day one.

THE DESERT SONG with Dennis Morgan is high on my wanna-see list. I think the rights issues involve one or two songs, not the story.

Posts: 1,036
Registered: 09/01/07
Re: Classic Missing in Action
Posted: Jul 29, 2012 5:23 PM   in response to: TopBilled in response to: TopBilled
Click to report abuse... Click to reply to this thread
TopBilled wrote:SYNCOPATION was remade by RKO in 1942 with Adolphe Menjou, Jackie Cooper and Bonita Granville. I have not seen that one on TCM. Wonder where it is...?
Several people on imdb have reviewed it, and apparently it has nothing to do with the original 1929 Syncopation as far as plot. I think it's the same kind of thing with a couple of other MIA films. "Trial of Mary Dugan" is MIA because of rights problems. There is a 1929 version, a 1941 version, and a 1957 version. There is no information on the 1957 version on imdb, which is a British production versus MGM like the first two. I've seen the 1941 version and it is an insipid courtroom drama mixed with a romantic melodrama of similar quality and has nothing to do with the original 29 version starring Norma Shearer.

Another member of a remake trilogy that is MIA: The 1943 version of The Desert Song. The 1929 version survives as a poor black and white print, and the 1953 version has been shown on TCM several times in the last couple of years. Alas, the 1943 version exists and is tied up in rights problems. The 29 and 53 versions have the same basic story. However, as so many WWII era films did, the 43 version incorporates fighting Nazis into the plot.

Posts: 7,304
Registered: 05/24/11
Re: Classic Missing in Action
Posted: Jul 29, 2012 4:39 PM   in response to: lzcutter in response to: lzcutter
Click to report abuse... Click to reply to this thread
a digital print of that film may not yet be available

I think that is likely the case, why NO MINOR VICE is M.I.A. It would be a perfect candidate for a Warner Archives release.

Posts: 7,304
Registered: 05/24/11
Re: Classic Missing in Action
Posted: Jul 29, 2012 4:34 PM   in response to: calvinnme in response to: calvinnme
Click to report abuse... Click to reply to this thread
SYNCOPATION was remade by RKO in 1942 with Adolphe Menjou, Jackie Cooper and Bonita Granville. I have not seen that one on TCM. Wonder where it is...?

Posts: 12,273
Registered: 02/06/05
Re: Classic Missing in Action
Posted: Jul 29, 2012 3:16 PM   in response to: TopBilled in response to: TopBilled
Click to report abuse... Click to reply to this thread
It's an MGM film so you would assume that it is in the Turner Library and available for airing.

It might be worth remembering that just because a film exists in the former Turner Library that Warner Bros now controls, a digital print of that film may not yet be available for Warner Bros to rent to TCM.

WBros has a large catalog of films in their library and I believe that George Feltenstein has said in interviews that it will take time for that to happen.

Posts: 1,036
Registered: 09/01/07
Re: Classic Missing in Action
Posted: Jul 29, 2012 3:13 PM   in response to: clore in response to: clore
Click to report abuse... Click to reply to this thread
clore wrote:I once caught BLOOD MONEY on FMC, back-to-back with CALL HER SAVAGE.

The former was an amazing pre-Code gangster film and filled with all of the necessary ingredients to make it into my top ten. But while I was able to record the Clara Bow film on a subsequent airing, I never spotted BLOOD MONEY on the schedule again.

Wow! Blood Money is very rare and very good! I don't remember ever seeing it on Fox Movie Channel. Too bad they never aired it again.

Posts: 1,036
Registered: 09/01/07
Re: Classic Missing in Action
Posted: Jul 29, 2012 3:09 PM   in response to: TopBilled in response to: TopBilled
Click to report abuse... Click to reply to this thread
1929's "Syncopation" is another rare one. Supposedly the first RKO film ever made, but some list it as an FBO title. I've never seen it on TCM or anywhere on TV for that matter. If it was RKO you'd think that TCM would have access to it. It was one of the first movie musicals and features Bobby Watson (diction coach in Singin in the Rain) and Barbara Bennett (sister of Joan and Constance) as feuding vaudevillians Benny and Fleurette. Fleurette is a shameless social climber and it ruins their marriage as she is ashamed of Benny and his friends. Best scene in the film is Morton Downey and Dorothy Lee performing "Do Do Something!" Barbara Bennett and Morton Downey met while making this, married, fought constantly, and divorced. Their son was Morton Downey Jr. of talk show fame.

I got a copy of this at an estate sale several years ago and it has no station identification on it at all. I wonder where my copy originally came from?
Pages: 30 [ Previous | 1 ... 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | Next ]
Back to Thread List Back to Thread List
Threads: [ Previous | Next ]