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Odds Against Tomorrow — Loved the bar scene with Trapper John. Ryan is so intense. He exudes this inner rage that is so “real”, and he never makes a false move . All the actors are superb. There a few lines of dialogue I thought were affected but not many. I do object to the end of mentioned bar scene. Ryan leaves his glass of beer. Earle would not have left his glass of beer. It always bugs me in movies when someone leaves a drink unfinished, especially in a bar.

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Thanks for mentioning Paul Benedict. He fits in with my sub-theme of character actors from classic 80s/90s television. I'd also add Tom Poston as the beloved handyman George Utley on Newhart.

Another ten directors: 1. Woody Allen 2. Roger Corman 3. Andre DeToth 4. Blake Edwards 5. David Fincher 6. Sam Fuller 7. Mervyn LeRoy 8. Penny Marshall 9. Norman Z McLeod 10. Ronald Neame here's mine: 1. Woody Allen Take The Money And Run (1969) 2. Roger Corman The Masque Of The Red Death (1964) 3. Andre DeToth House Of Wax (1953) 4. Blake Edwards Experiment In Terror (1963) 5. David Fincher Zodiac (2007) 6. Sam Fuller The Naked Kiss (1964) 7. Mervyn LeRoy The Bad Seed (1956) 8. Penny Marshall Awakenings (1990) 9. Norman Z McLeod Horse Feathers (1932) 10. Ronald Neame The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

Having read and reread all comments from the thread titled: Started by Arbogast on December 2, 2020, I felt the need, or possibly the desire to look more closely into any numbers associated with total amount of films from certain time periods that have been First of all I would like to shout out a very big thank-you to MovieCollectorOH for providing everyone with the information he has gathered so that I could make these calculations in the first place. MovieCollectorOH’s elusive Old Schedules project listing TCM Unique Features and Repeats Movies only, USA only last updated on 02/02/2021 was the list I used to help me tabulate the results I have below. After several weeks of on-again, off-again tabulations, I have completed my project. The project was to figure out just how many American made films have been shown on TCM from the inception of the channel in 1994 all the way up to the last complete year of broadcast, 2020. Since much of the discussion over the years here on the message boards have concentrated on films made up to a fixed point in time, and that point in time usually has been stated to be the late 1950’s or more exact, 1959, many posters have argued that 1959 should be the last year that American studio produced films should be counted and therefore be shown on the channel. I have had long discussions with posters like JamesJazzGuitar who have indicated that the actual demise of the American studio film should be the year 1968. In November of that year, the newly formed MPAA came into existence and with it, the final determination of the old Hays Code. That code was eliminated. Although one could argue that many producers and directors had been finding ways to move away from the guidelines of the Hays Code as early as the late 1950’s and into the mid 1960’s. The influx of foreign films, the innovation and popularity of television simply was too great for the old film studios to compete against. So, even though the Hays Code was officially abandoned in November of 1968, the abandonment had started years earlier. So we have come to this. There are two camps within the posters who have commented on this issue over the years. Those who fervently believe that only films made before 1959 should be shown on the channel. And those of us who believe that any film from any period be allowed to be shown on the channel, so long as though the vast majority of the films shown are from before 1968. This project was to figure out just what percentage of American Studio films shown on TCM since TCM’s inception in April of 1994 up to the last full year of broadcast, 2020 would show definitively the percentage of films from certain time periods. Based on the excellent information gathered by MovieCollectorOH, I was able to go in and tabulate that information into the % of films shown on TCM from certain time periods. To do this as accurately as possible I used the data MovieCollectorOH tabulated in his charts. The breakdown of available films produced in the US was as follows: 1915 - 1919 1920 - 1924 1925 - 1929 1930 - 1934 1935 - 1939 1940 - 1944 1945 - 1949 1950 - 1954 1955 - 1959 1960 - 1964 1965 - 1969 1970 - 1974 1975 - 1979 1980 - 1984 1985 - 1989 1990 - 1994 1995 - 1999 2000 - 2004 2005 - 2009 2010 - 2014 2015 - 2019 I proceeded to count all of the films in a given broadcast year by counting and totally up the number of first time run films only. I did not tabulate repeats. The numbers I counted I then applied a % of those films towards a given range of years. Since much debate has occurred over the years as to which films from which range of years has often been the sticking point in conversations I used four periods of time to tabulate the results. I took the years 1915 to 1959 as the first group. My second group was from 1915 to 1969. My third group was films produced in the US from 1960 to 2020. And my fourth group was films produced from 1970 to 2020. Since there has always been debate amongst the regular contributors here on the message board, especially those folks who consider certain films from certain years to be the films TCM should focus on, I felt a more complete look at the actual %’s was warranted. Only one year was an anomaly. 1999. According to MovieCollector’s data, only 600 films were tabulated. Maybe he did not have all the information he needed to get the complete total number of films. I have included the numbers for that year in my calculations. I will post below each individual year so if anyone out there is interested in seeing a particular year you can do so. I will also present a pdf so those of you who would want to open in a separate window can do so. Here then are the results I came up with for the four periods of time: 1994 - 2020 60,653 total American Studio Films shown on TCM (no repeats) 1915 - 1959 48,205 films 79.5% 1915 - 1969 55,376 films 91.3% 1960 - 2020 12,438 films 20.5% 1970 - 2020 5,157 films 8.7% As one can see from the above results if we are to apply the “up to 1959 year”, the % is still below 80%. But if we were to include films made up to and including 1969 that figure jumps above 90%. The inclusion of after 1960 films and then 1970 and after films is not too different than what I would have expected. What do you all think?

So glad you mentioned Crime Wave. Coin flip for me between that one and Day of the Outlaw. As for Annie Hall, I think there was a certain element of "you had to be there," as is the case with many an Oscar choice or sometimes even critical raves. Many an Oscar has that "We want to acknowledge your place in the business and clutch you to our collective bosom as one of us" feeling. Voting for Annie Hall saluted Woody, Diane Keaton, independent and individualistic movies, women who weren't conventional sex symbols, etc. For people like you who haven't seen Woody Allen's films, I'd suggest starting with the funny ones, like Sleeper, Broadway Danny Rose, and Midnight in Paris, and then maybe slightly more esoteric but still funny and enjoyable ones like Zelig, The Purple Rose of Cairo, and Radio Days, a serious one like Crimes and Misdemeanors, and I'd add Husbands and Wives except for the nauseating jiggle cam.

My neighborhood has poles with wires.

Hale, Honey--Ginger Rogers in Flying Down to Rio

Heh. And I'm still wondering if TCM will show Poston's '62 supernatural "thriller" ZOTZ. Poston has a rich history in many appearances on various TV shows and movies over his time, before AND after NEWHART. And Benedict managed 33 movie appearances from '65 until '08(his death). Along with his TV work. Sepiatone

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium Next: Photographer

HENRY V (1989) Next: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (1993) Two Shakespearean adaptations with Branagh and his then-wife Emma Thompson.

Death on the Nile (2021) Next: Dead Again (1991) more directed by Kenneth Branagh

Well I don't use IMDB either but I do rely on classic film fan's opinions of movies-and I do mean this message board! Just like everyone with a phone thinks they're a reporter, I'm weary of everyone thinking their opinion is brilliant or important. Especially tiring when the person can't write well, as Lucky Dan commented earlier. A "review" is a wholly different thing, written for a universal/general audience and coming from someone with knowledge & background in the medium. A well written review takes into account it may be read by someone 17 years old or an 80 y/o, someone in another country or culture where English is their second language. (why slang is a killer) Opinion/reviews can be helpful too, but you need to know the perspective of the writer. That's why some liked Ebert and some like Siskel. The OP has film history knowledge and good command of language, why not write professionally? I certainly wouldn't put much stock in any anonymous comment or rating received from an internet website, why would you?

Monkeys, Go Home! (1967) Next: Snowball Express (1972) - Two with Dean Jones

RASPUTIN AND THE EMPRESS

Ted Danson - legendary as Sam Malone in Cheers. Next: The Towering Inferno (1974) The Klansman (1974) The Cassandra Crossing (1976) Capricorn One (1978) The Naked Gun (1988)

MOVIE ROBERTS monday the 3rd of may private screenings: robert osborne (2014) crossfire (1947) with robert young, robert mitchum & robert ryan the night of the hunter (1955) with robert mitchum tuesday the 4th of may king kong (1933) with robert armstrong the 39 steps (1935) with robert donat strangers on a train (1951) with robert walker night must fall (1937) with robert montgomery a kiss before dying (1956) with robert wagner monday the 10th of may waterloo bridge (1940) with robert taylor marie antoinette (1938) with robert morley tuesday the 11th of may h.m. pulham esq. (1941) with robert young the music man (1962) with robert preston princess o'rourke (1943) with robert cummings i married a witch (1942) with robert benchley sunday in new york (1963) with robert culp monday the 17th of may bullitt (1968) with robert vaughn the candidate (1972) with robert redford tuesday the 18th of may hollywood shuffle (1987) with robert townsend how to succeed in business without really trying (1967) with robert morse a man for all seasons (1966) with robert shaw the last voyage (1960) with robert stack cattle king (1963) with robert taylor monday the 24th of may chaplin (1992) with robert downey jr. the great santini (1979) with robert duvall tuesday the 25th of may the long riders (1980) with robert carradine mean streets (1973) with robert de niro in cold blood (1967) with robert blake reflections in a golden eye (1967) with robert forster the thing from another world (1961) with robert cornthwaite

In Person (1935)

Too Late for Years (1949)

So the SOTM being Roberts and starting on May 3, which is Robert Osborne's birthday, is a cute way to remember him.

Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) Godzilla (1954) (Godzilla makes an appearance in Austin Powers in Goldmember.)

Holliday, Judy

A few more character actresses I have to mention from classic 80s/90s television: Alice Ghostley played rambunctious Bernice Clifton on Designing Women. Producers Linda Bloodworth & Harry Thomason also gave her a recurring role on Evening Shade. Nell Carter starred as Nell Harper, a sassy housekeeper on Gimme a Break! And boy did she need a break after dealing with the Kiniski family! Vicki Lawrence played Thelma Harper (no relation to Nell)-- the ultimate small town matriarch on Mama's Family. And Doris Roberts was Mildred Krebbs, girl Friday for Remington Steele.

Read this-it's an excellent book. Several members here have read it & all agree. ISBN: 0679728856, ISBN13: 9780679728856 I buy used through ThriftBooks, who has it for well under $10: ThriftBooks-Genius Of The System

Gilbert Roland and ventriloquist Jeff Dunham's character Jose Jalapeno

I just finished a wonderful 20 page article in Spring 2020's issue of FILMS OF THE GOLDEN AGE about great actresss Jackie Joseph. She laments at the end of the interview she was never really a big star, but she continually worked throughout her career in varied TV & movie roles. Sure, she was in LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, GREMLINS & CHEYENNE SOCIAL CLUB but you'll spot her in KING CREOLE too, with Elvis singing to her in a scene. She was a standout in guest roles on Gomer Pyle, Andy Griffith, Dick Van Dyke and was a regular on Doris Day's TV show. Even when you didn't see her, you recognized her voice, as in Josie & The Pussycats' Melody charactor. Here's a hard working lady with tons of talent - she could act, do comedy, sing, dance, everything. Even though she thinks of herself as a "charactor" actor, to me, she's a STAR & still just as cute as ever: Are there still great unsung charactor actors like the golden studio age of Hollywood? (oops sorry, charactEr)

Ethan Hawke ***** Next: Boyz n the Hood (1991) Passion Fish (1992) Malcolm X (1992) The Sunshine State (2002) Mission Impossible: Fallout (2018)

1. Woody Allen - Funny Era: Love and Death, Fellini/Bergman Plagiarism Era: Radio Days (or Amarcord Brooklyn) 2. Roger Corman - Masque of the Red Death 3. Andre deToth - House of Wax 3D 4. Blake Edwards - Victor/Victoria (still suspiciously gay and/or unnaturally obsessed with drag clubs, but at least he kept his mind on the stylistic 20's French-farce pastiche...To think for years, studios couldn't find someone to direct a movie of Broadway's La Cage Aux Folles musical.) 5. David Fincher - I was about to say the Rolling Stones' "Love is Strong" video, since I don't like his cult-geek films, and Alien 3 was meh, but then I forgot he directed Zodiac. 7. Mervyn LeRoy - Since Victor Fleming got credit for The Wizard of Oz, I guess that leaves me stuck with Golddiggers of 1933 too. 8. Penny Marshall - Jumpin' Jack Flash 9. Norman Z. McLeod - No one can truly take credit for directing a Marx Brothers movie, so I'll have to ditch Horsefeathers for It's a Gift. That's okay, either one, I don't care... 10. Ronald Neame - The Odessa File

Yes! Especially when they've literally just ordered the drink. They get their drink, take one sip, throw a dollar on the table and leave. Or they order food, take one bite, and leave.

Excellent Chaya, Peebs and Princess. It's a tie. You all answered 5 each.Yes, 12 is Vitalis. Not just Elizabeth for Lustre Cream Shampoo, countless other actresses too. If you're at a certain age, you'll remember these commercials and products. I had a bottle of Arpege. It's funny because with all the shampoos on the market, there has been a demand for Lustre Cream Shampoo these last few years. At any rate, thanks for playing . It's your turn to post one Chaya or Princess or Peebs, you can decide who gets to post the next one.,

THE WISTFUL WIDOW OF WAGON GAP (1947)

Eastman, George--Montgomery Clift in A Place in the Sun

First, we gotta get straight on what time span is covered by "today"( in the threads title) as I haven't seen many movies of late and don't also watch a lot of the TV fare produced in the last decade. But responding to some posts---- I've seen Cromwell doing various roles on many TV shows in the '70's. From NIGHT COURT to BARNEY MILLER and beyond. One guy I liked often seeing him in commercials and then eventually getting bigger roles on TV and then in some movies is PAUL DOOLEY Ghostley was also known as the sly, inept maid for a short "spell"( no pun intent) on BEWITCHED, named Esmeralda. I've also seen her pop up in small roles in several movies. And ROBERTS was seen in a wide variety of TV shows and some movies for a long time. Some here might have recognized her as the mayor's wife in the '74 flick THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3. PAUL BENEDICT, once too known as "The Painter" on SESAME STREET also had many character parts in several movies over the years until becoming a regular in the cast of THE JEFFERSONS as their British neighbor Harry Bentley. More to come whenever my sleepy memory wakes up. Sepiatone

Mommie Dearest

Long, Richard

MIDNIGHT EXPRESS (1978) Next: MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (2017)

ATLANTIC CITY (1944) and ATLANTIC CITY (1980)

The Carol Burnett award for excellence in television will be presented to the groundbreaking producer Norman Lear, who is 98 years old. Other winners were: Carol Burnett (2019) Ellen DeGeneres (2020)

Monday, March 1 David Niven’s birthday 6 a.m. The Dawn Patrol (1938). With Niven, Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone.

Here are the 78th Golden Globe nominations for motion pictures: Best Motion Picture -- Musical or Comedy "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" "Hamilton" "Music" "Palm Springs" "The Prom" Best Motion Picture -- Drama "The Father" "Mank" "Nomadland" "Promising Young Woman" "The Trial of the Chicago 7" Best Motion Picture -- Foreign Language "Another Round," Denmark "La Llorona," Guatamala/France "The Life Ahead," Italy "Minari," USA "Two of Us," France/USA Best Screenplay -- Motion Picture Emerald Fennell - "Promising Young Woman" Jack Fincher - "Mank" Aaron Sorkin - "The Trial of the Chicago 7" Florian Zeller, Christopher Hampton - "The Father" Chloe Zhao - "Nomadland" Best Original Song -- Motion Picture "Fight for You" - "Judas and the Black Messiah" "Hear My Voice" - "The Trial of the Chicago 7" "IO SI (Seen)" - "The Life Ahead" "Speak Now" - "One Night in Miami..." "Tigers & Tweed" - "The United States vs. Billie Holiday" Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture Sacha Baron Cohen - "The Trial of the Chicago 7" Daniel Kaluuya - "Judas and the Black Messiah" Jared Leto - "The Little Things" Bill Murray - "On the Rocks" Leslie Odom, Jr. - "One Night in Miami..." Best Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture Glenn Close - "Hillbilly Elegy" Olivia Colman - "The Father" Jodie Foster - "The Mauritanian" Amanda Seyfried - "Mank" Helena Zengel - "News of the World" Best Actor in a Motion Picture -- Musical or Comedy Sacha Baron Cohen - "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" James Corden - "The Prom" Lin-Manuel Miranda - "Hamilton" Dev Patel - "The Personal History of David Copperfield" Andy Samberg - "Palm Springs" Best Motion Picture -- Animated "The Croods: A New Age" "Onward" "Over the Moon" "Soul" "Wolfwalkers" Best Actor in a Motion Picture -- Drama Chadwick Boseman, - "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" Riz Ahmed - "The Sound of Metal" Sir Anthony Hopkins - "The Father" Gary Oldman - "Mank" Tahar Rahim - "The Mauritanian" Best Actress in a Motion Picture -- Drama Viola Davis - "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" Andra Day - "The United States vs. Billie Holiday" Vanessa Kirby - "Pieces of a Woman" Frances McDormand - "Nomadland" Carey Mulligan - "Promising Young Woman Best Actress in a Motion Picture -- Musical or Comedy Maria Bakalova - "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" Kate Hudson - "Music" Michelle Pfeiffer - "French Exit" Rosamund Pike - "I Care A Lot" Anya Taylor-Joy - "Emma" Best Actor in a Motion Picture -- Musical or Comedy Sacha Baron Cohen - "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" James Corden - "The Prom" Lin-Manuel Miranda - "Hamilton" Dev Patel - "The Personal History of David Copperfield" Andy Samberg - "Palm Springs" Best Director -- Motion Picture David Fincher - "Mank" Regina King - "One Night in Miami..." Aaron Sorkin - "The Trial of the Chicago 7" Chloé Zhao - "Nomadland" Emerald Fennell - "Promising Young Woman" Best Original Score "The Midnight Sky" "Tenet" "News of the World" "Mank"

Charles Coburn Next: born in Virginia

GINGER ROGERS

Well . . . Crossfire is kind of a cheat since it has 2 "Other Roberts" but at least H.M. Pulham, Esq is a starring role for him.

Cassidy, Ted

Devil And The Deep (1932) is worth seeing. Her co stars were Charles Laughton, Gary Cooper and Cary Grant.

Jive Junction (1943)

Martita Hunt Next: No Down Payment (1957) The Ugly America (1963) Jigsaw (1968) WUSA (970) The Grifters (1990)

Fred Ward Fred Dryer Fred Williamson Fred Thompson Right Said Fred ("I'm Too Sexy" 🎶)

I met Mordden at a party once, many years ago, and had a discussion with him. I didn't like him. I remembering disagreeing with him a bit, but don't recall the details.

I rarely look at imdb reviews, true, and I am referring to cases where products or movies can be reviewed and the reviews replied to. Comment secions. I do like reading Ebert's site and I find him to be a very entertaining writer. Kael can be interesting even if she's usually grinding a socio/political axe. John Simon can still be accessed. He was great at high-brow snark. I think we are living in a time, and it it has been true for a good while, where effective written communication isn't valued all that highly. We have a kind of "well you know what I mean" default position on lapses in grammar and proper usage, a reliance on stock phrases that pepper both conversation and messages, even news reporting and opinion pieces. But alright. I'll leave you to the celebration. Hope you get lots of hearts!